Columbus, OH

The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of five Israelis taken back to Gaza as hostages during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 7 October. The bodies of kindergarten teacher Maya Goren as well as the soldiers Sergeant Major Ravid Aryeh Katz, Master Sergeant Oren Goldin, Staff Sergeant Tomer Ahimas and Sergeant Kiril Brodski were found in a Hamas tunnel in the southern city of Khan Younis on Wednesday.

Israeli military recovers five hostages' bodies in Gaza

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said “it may be just and moral” to starve 2 million Gaza residents until Israeli hostages are returned, but “no one in the world would let us.”

Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’

NBC News

JERUSALEM — Israel will respond forcefully to any attack on it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and of a senior Hezbollah leader in Beirut. Netanyahu said Israel had delivered crushing blows to Iran’s proxies over the past...

Netanyahu says Israel will exact heavy price for attacks in response to its strikes in Iran and Beirut

Palestinian authorities in Khan Younis, Gaza, carried out a mass burial of 89 bodies returned to the territory by the Israeli military. Residents desperate for information about missing loved ones gathered at Khan Younis’ Turkish cemetery, hoping to identify the remains of their relatives. Palestinian officials said that the Israelis did not provide any identities for the corpses, and there is no information about when or how the individuals died. The Israeli military has not commented on the transfer of bodies and did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.

Shocking video shows 89 bodies returned to Gaza by Israel

Mediaite

CNN anchor Kasie Hunt was stunned by an exchange in which former President Donald Trump claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris resembled his wife former First Lady Melania Trump in her TIME Magazine cover illustration. Trump participated in a glitch-plagued X/Twitter event with Elon Musk Monday night during whieh he...

‘What?! Like WHAT?!’ CNN Anchor Stunned By Trump Saying Kamala Harris Looks Like Melania

The Mirror US

A distraught father couldn't help but cry over his daughter's body as she's wheeled off in her hospital bed to donate her organs following a deadly fight with her boyfriend, which ended with a fatal head injury

Dad sobs over daughter's brain-dead body as she's rolled away to donate organs after deadly fight with boyfriend

Straight Arrow News SANcom

Hezbollah said that it struck northern Israel with drones and rocket attacks on Aug. 6. However, the group warns another attack is coming.

Hezbollah strikes northern Israel, warns the worst is yet to come

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered a direct strike on Israel following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The Times reported, according to three sources, “Mr. Khamenei gave the order at an emergency meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Wednesday […]
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Iranian Leader Orders Direct Strike On Israel Following Hamas Chief’s Killing, Per Report

Nevada State

Virginia City, NV

NewsNation

On Aug. 7, three suspects — two women and one man — were arrested and booked into jail.

Three arrested after alleged racist encounter in Nevada

Wisconsin State

Hudson, WI

HUDSON, WI – Madison Bergmann, a former teacher from Hudson, Wisconsin, is at the center of a controversial legal case after being charged with first-degree child sexual assault. The 24-year-old was accused of inappropriate conduct with an 11-year-old student, leading to her arrest on May 2. The incident has shocked the local community and sparked widespread concern about child safety.

SHOCKING UPDATE in Case of Wisconsin Teacher Caught ‘Making Out’ With 11-Year-Old!

Lafayette County, MS

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Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. Deputies from the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of possible animal cruelty on County Road 418 on August 4, according to Dark Horse Press. Upon arrival, officers encountered a distressing scene: several malnourished dogs and multiple deceased dogs still attached to their collars and chains.

Man Arrested for Animal Cruelty After Disturbing Discover

UPI News

Israel Defense Forces reportedly killed 30 and injured 100 when the IDF launched an airstrike Saturday against a Hamas command center inside a school compound in central Gaza.

30 dead, 100 injured in IDF strike on Hamas command center

Israeli settlers reportedly set a Palestinian village ablaze on Thursday, Aug. 15, killing at least one Palestinian man.

Israeli settlers set Palestinian village ablaze, kill 1 in West Bank attack

Fox News

Popular American evangelist Franklin Graham condemned the Evangelicals for Harris organization for using footage of his father in a political attack ad against Donald Trump.

Rev. Franklin Graham calls out 'Evangelicals for Harris' for 'trying to mislead people' using his father in ad

Russia began evacuating thousands more people from its border regions on Thursday (August 15) after Ukraine said it was advancing deeper into the country in a lightning incursion. FRANCE 24's Rob Parsons gives us his analysis.

Ukraine's incursion in Kursk region: What is Kyiv's goal?

Colorado State

David Heitz

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

DOHA, Qatar — Hamas is willing to concede on governing the Gaza Strip after the war, but will not lay down arms against Israel, one of the group’s leaders says. Basem Naim, a leader in Hamas’ politburo, met with NPR in Qatar for a wide-ranging interview about the war with Israel, prospects for a cease-fire deal and how the Palestinian group now views its Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

A Hamas leader says they will give up governing Gaza, but won’t lay down arms

Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Friday released a video showing what appeared to be underground tunnels and large missile launchers amid fears of all-out war between the Iran-backed group and Israel. The release comes as negotiators seeking a Gaza ceasefire were to meet for a second day in Qatar, and amid...

Hezbollah Video Appears to Show Its Tunnels, Missiles

A cease-fire deal in Gaza could prevent Iran from attacking Israel, President Joe Biden said. But the president said efforts to reach a cease-fire are "getting hard." Oil prices jumped earlier this week on Iran-Israel tensions, but have since pulled back as softening demand in China weighs on the market.

Oil prices fall after Biden says Iran could refrain from attacking Israel if cease-fire reached

(AFP) – A senior Hamas official on Saturday dismissed optimistic talk by US President Joe Biden that a Gaza truce is nearer after negotiations in the Gulf emirate of Qatar. "To say that we are getting close to a deal is an illusion," Hamas political bureau member Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP. "We are not facing a deal or real negotiations, but rather the imposing of American diktats."

Hamas official dismisses 'illusion' that Gaza truce nearer

NewsBreak

🔴 Live: Hamas official calls Biden's optimism about Gaza ceasefire ‘an illusion'

Lebanon's health ministry said Saturday an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon overnight killed at least 10 people, including a woman and two children, even as...

🔴 Live: Hamas official calls Biden's optimism about Gaza ceasefire ‘an illusion'

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