<div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1gw9K3_0uraOyVS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1gw9K3_0uraOyVS00" width="1200" height="630" ><p>The White House says a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is as close as it's ever been, a statement that's surprising to many with the IDF continuing operations in the central and southern parts of Gaza and the Middle East on the brink of all-out war. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more.</p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div>

Columbus, OH

The remains of a teacher and four soldiers were found in an operation in Khan Younis on Wednesday.

Israeli military recovers five hostages' bodies in Gaza

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House will offer deportation relief and work permits to an estimated 11,500 Lebanese nationals already in the U.S., due to conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a memo on Friday. The measure, under an authority known as Deferred...

White House grants deportation reprieve to Lebanese, citing Israel-Hezbollah tensions

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

Hassan Nasrallah said his group will avenge the assassination of the group’s top commander, but keeping Israelis waiting is “part of the punishment.”

Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’

Fox News

Shocking images and video footage from an Iran-backed Hezbollah rocket attack on a soccer field being used by children are streaming in with reports of critically wounded people.

Hezbollah hits Israel with deadliest attack in months-long conflict, IDF says, raising fears of escalation

CBS News

Forensic authorities in the Dominican Republic worked Wednesday to identify the remains of at least 14 mostly decomposed bodies found on an abandoned vessel 10 nautical miles of its northern coast.The Dominican Republic Navy said the 14 skeletons appeared to belong to individuals from Senegal and Mauritania, according to the documentation found next to the bodies.Authorities are also working to determine the cause and time of the deaths and whether 12 packages of a substance found on the boat contained illicit drugs, presumably cocaine or heroin.Cell phones and geolocation devices were also found on the boat, said the Navy, which released images...

14 bodies, stash of suspected drugs found on abandoned boat

Minnesota State

Minneapolis, MN

MINNEAPOLIS — A Twin Cities man and 14 others are charged in connection to what federal law enforcement officials call one of the most sophisticated international drug trafficking operations they've ever seen.Clinton James Ward, 45, is facing decades in prison for allegedly running what officials describe as a "sprawling, Mexican-based" operation that spread a "truly staggering" amount of drugs across Minnesota.United States Attorney Andrew Luger, DEA Special Agent in Charge Steven Bell and FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Leah Greeves announced the charges in a joint press conference Tuesday at the United States District Court in Minneapolis.  Authorities say on...

Minnesotan charged with "kingpin statute" for allegedly running "sprawling" Mexican drug trafficking ring

Washington State

Washington state's longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down the Green River Killer advanced Tuesday to November's general election in the battle to become the next governor in a Democratic stronghold that hasn't had an open race for the state's top job in more than a decade.Bob Ferguson, a Democrat who has served as attorney general since 2013, went up against more than two dozen candidates in the primary. Ferguson declared victory in a post on social media."The general election starts today. Let's win," he wrote.Ferguson will face former U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, a...

Green River Killer detective advances in race for Washington governor

New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, Colombia's government announced Thursday, after the first robotic exploration of the three-century-old shipwreck.Dubbed the "holy grail" of shipwrecks, the San Jose was owned by the Spanish crown when it was sunk by the British navy near Cartagena in 1708. Only a handful of its 600-strong crew survived.In February, the Colombian government announced it would begin extractions from the ship off its Caribbean coast, with the wreckage believed to be holding treasures worth billions of dollars."Results of this exploration have revealed an unprecedented set of archaeological evidence, which has greatly...

New artifacts found in legendary treasure-laden shipwreck

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida canceled a planned trip to Central Asia on Friday to lead the government's response after scientists urged people to prepare for a possible "megaquake" off the country's southern coast.The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its first-ever "megaquake advisory" on Thursday warning of a possible future major earthquake triggered by the underwater Nankai Trough after a magnitude 7.1 quake shook just off the eastern coast of Kyushu island earlier in the day. The trough, which runs along Japan's Pacific coast, was the source of past devastating earthquakes.Seismologists at the agency held an emergency meeting after Thursday's quake to...

Scientists urge preparations for possible "megaquake" in Japan

Houston, TX

A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago.Arthur Lee Burton, 54, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. local time. He was condemned for the July 1997 killing and attempted rape of Nancy Adleman, a 48-year-old mother of three. Adleman had been brutally beaten and strangled with her own shoelace in a heavily wooded area off a jogging trail along a...

Texas man executed for 1997 killing of female jogger

Arizona State

Mesa, AZ

John Giles, the Republican mayor of Mesa, Arizona, is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president as the presumptive Democratic nominee vies for support in the battleground state. CBS News' Natalie Brand has more.

Harris-Walz campaign rally in Arizona as part of battleground state tour

Former President Trump and Vice President Harris will face off for the first time in a debate next month. Also, the remains of Tropical Storm Debby push north after leaving a trail of destruction across the Southeast. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener.

Eye Opener: Vice President Harris and former President Trump will debate next month

Pennsylvania State

Butler, PA

Bodycam video footage released by police on Thursday shows the moment when a local police officer spotted the gunman on a roof, just seconds before the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.The video, without audio at this moment, shows when a Butler Township Police officer is hoisted onto the roof where the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, had taken position. The officer gets a boost from another officer to get on the building, but quickly drops. He then runs to alert other officers that he saw the gunman and heads to his patrol car to...

Bodycam video from Trump rally shows officer spotting gunman on roof

Colorado State

Castle Rock, CO

Two teenagers in Castle Rock who police say shot water beads at people outside a high school with a toy gun are facing charges. School resource officers who responded to the disturbance outside Castle View High School in Colorado late Friday morning said they found a real, unloaded gun in the vehicle of the teens after they began questioning them.

Two teens who Colorado police say had a real gun in their car while they fired water beads outside school face charges

Los Angeles, CA

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Last month, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released video footage that shows a veteran LAPD officer chasing a young man through a Pacoima housing project before fatally shooting him in the back as he ran away.

20-Year-Old Fatally Shot in The Back By LAPD Officer in Pacoima Projects

Florida State

Jacksonville Today

Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a state of emergency in Northeast Florida and across much of the state as a tropical system appears almost certain to develop. The National Hurricane Center said Friday morning that a tropical wave has a 90% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next seven days. Most models show it moving into the Gulf of Mexico and then coming ashore and crossing the state, possibly moving over Northeast Florida.

Tropical system is nearly certain to develop

New Jersey State

Tropical Storm Debby flooded parts of the East Coast before retreating over the Atlantic where it is expected to strengthen before slamming the U.S. again. CBS News Philadelphia's Brandon Goldner reports on flash floods that reached New Jersey.

Debby rain floods cities along East Coast

Bakersfield, CA

A preliminary 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Bakersfield on Tuesday, sending shaking all the way to Los Angeles County.It happened at about 9:09 p.m. Tuesday, roughly 14.29 miles southwest of Lamont, California, which borders Bakersfield in Kern County. It is a relatively rural area about 89 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.Immediately after the earthquake, the Los Angeles Fire Department deployed its helicopters to survey the region for any potential damages. "Our @LAFD has activated to conduct its routine survey of the city and assess for any damages," Mayor Karen Bass posted on X. "City teams will continue to monitor any impacts."After...

Preliminary 5.2-magnitude earthquake strikes near Bakersfield, rattles LA County

Mississippi State

A 22-year-old airman has been accounted for 81 years after he died as a prisoner of war, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said on Friday.U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Alvin R. Scarborough, 22, of Dossville, Mississippi was serving in the 454th Ordnance Company when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December 1942 - sparking months of intense fighting. American and Filipino service members continued fighting until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.After the troops surrendered, thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers - including Scarborough - were...

Remains of Mississippi airman identified 81 years after he died as POW

The White House says a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is as close as it's ever been, a statement that's surprising to many with the IDF continuing operations in the central and southern parts of Gaza and the Middle East on the brink of all-out war. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more.

White House still pushing for Gaza cease-fire as fears of wider war in Middle East escalate

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