Columbus, OH

The Guardian

The president says his priority is to avoid a regional conflict involving Israel and Iran. Withholding arms is his best lever, says Mohamad Bazzi of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies

The war in the Middle East is escalating fast – and Biden has squandered too many chances to stop it | Mohamad Bazzi

CBS News

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, predicted on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" Sunday that Lebanese Hezbollah could soon be involved in the border conflict with Israel. "I think we are hours, maybe days — not weeks — away from Lebanese Hezbollah entering this fight." "The are the largest non-state military entity in the world," McKenzie told Brennan. Tensions have been rising in the Middle East, where fears of an expanding regional war have been growing a week after Israel killed a top Hamas leader in Iran and two Hezbollah commanders.

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie believes Lebanese Hezbollah close to entering Middle East conflict

The Hill

Oil prices dropped on Wednesday following successive surges, as fears of a broader Middle East conflict cooled and U.S. crude took an unexpected turn, energy analysts reported. © AP Photo/David Zalubowski. U.S. commercial crude oil inventories rose by 1.4 million barrels on Friday, in comparison to the week before,...

Oil prices vacillate amid Middle East tensions

USA TODAY

Defense secretary orders U.S. nuclear submarine – and speeds naval strike group deployment – to bolster Israeli defenses.

As Israel-Iran conflict looms, US sends nuclear sub, strike group to Middle East

President Joe Biden voiced his concern about the rising tension between Israel and Iran after Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran. US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby spoke to CNN’s Kate Bolduan about the administration considering deploying more US defenses to Israel amid faltering stability in the region.

Kirby explains why Biden is considering deploying troops to Middle East

A look at Lesotho, where more people take their own lives than anywhere else in the world.

The small African country with the world's highest suicide rate

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J. Souza

A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

A daring Ukrainian military push into Russia’s Kursk region has seen Kyiv's forces seize scores of villages, take hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians in what has become the largest attack on the country since World War II. In more than a...

Ukraine’s swift push into the Kursk region shocked Russia and exposed its vulnerabilities

Mississippi State

ABC News

Eddie Templeton said he had only been out in the rural creek for about 30 minutes the morning of Aug. 3 when he found the tusk while searching the bank for fossils.

7-foot-long mammoth tusk found in Mississippi creek in rare discovery

He spoke about again in his exchange with Elon Musk Monday night.

Trump wants a US 'Iron Dome' the military hasn't asked for

BERLIN -- The Berlin Zoo's newest baby pygmy hippo made her public debut on Thursday, a day after her name — Toni, inspired by German soccer star Antonio Rüdiger — was chosen from more than 20,000 suggestions. Toni was born on June 3. She's still not much...

Berlin's newest pygmy hippo makes her debut, with a name inspired by a soccer star

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

South Carolina State

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Colorado State

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Major changes to how real estate transactions are conducted are set to take affect this month that will effect how both sellers, and buyers, compensate their agents. On March 15, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settled a lawsuit brought by home sellers regarding how broker commissions were handled. As a result of that settlement, the NAR will remove agent compensation amounts from Multiple Listing Services, provide detailed compensation information to buyers and sellers and attain a written agreement outlining that compensation structure.

Broker commissions on real estate transactions will look a lot different starting August 17

President Biden and Vice President Harris will meet with national security officials in the White House Situation Room on Monday, as Iran reiterates its intention to punish Israel for the apparent assassination of top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The meeting will focus on developments in the Middle...

Biden, Harris head to Situation Room as Iran threatens attack on Israel

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Kim Dotcom, founder of the once wildly popular file-sharing website Megaupload, lost a 12-year fight this week to halt his deportation from New Zealand to the U.S. on charges of copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering. New Zealand’s Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith divulged Friday that he...

Kim Dotcom loses 12-year fight to halt deportation from New Zealand to face US case

On the night in January 2024 when volunteers counted people experiencing homelessness in Denver, no shelter beds were available for individuals or families, according to data provided by the National Alliance to End Homelessness. More than 2,500 individuals and 181 families slept outside, the data showed.

State of homelessness in Denver: Full shelters, surge in older adults

Loudoun County, VA

Ashburn, VA

A suspect has been identified in a burglary reported at a Trump for President 2024 campaign office in Virginia, authorities said.

Suspect identified in break-in at Trump campaign office: Sheriff's office

“The Union,” an action comedy with Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry, should have been more fun. Or more exciting. It certainly had a lot working in its favor, including big stars and a budget for globetrotting. But it’s lacking a certain charm that could help it be something more than the Netflix movie playing in the background.

Movie Review: Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry lead a middling spy comedy in ‘The Union’

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As the Middle East frets about conflict, Dubai booms with an influx of anxious wealth

As conflict casts a shadow across the Middle East, people are getting rich in Dubai. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- As conflict casts a shadow across...

As the Middle East frets about conflict, Dubai booms with an influx of anxious wealth

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