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On Wednesday Israel launched raids into the Occupied West Bank, they say to root out Hamas militants and prevent another attack like the one that occurred on October 7th. We hear the latest on those raids. And Israelis who believe the West Bank should be Israeli territory have significantly increased...

Understanding Israel's Raids And Settler Expansion in the West Bank

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The Israeli military said a well-known local commander was among five militants killed after having "hidden inside a mosque" on Thursday, as it pressed ahead with the biggest operation in the occupied West Bank in more than 20 years.

Israel says local commander among 5 militants killed in mosque during West Bank operation

Civilians trickle out of Jenin refugee camp, sealed off for almost four days by an Israeli operation.

Families leave Jenin camp in Israel West Bank push

The Associated Press

TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it pressed ahead Thursday with its deadliest operation in the occupied territory since the start of the war in Gaza. Israel says the raids across the northern West Bank — which have killed a total of 16 people, nearly all militants, since late Tuesday — are aimed at preventing attacks. The Palestinians see them as a widening of the war in Gaza and an effort to perpetuate Israel’s decades-long military rule over the territory. The raids drew alarm from the United Nations and neighboring Jordan, as well as from British and French leaders, who stressed the urgency of cease-fire in Gaza after nearly 11 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas.  Medics at al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza said Thursday nine Palestinians from the same family — including two women and five young children — were killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment building in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Israel did not immediately offer comment on the intended target of its attack.

Israel kills a top militant in its deadliest West Bank raids since the Gaza war began

Israel is now three days into what appears to be a major military operation in the occupied West Bank, with Israel saying an air strike on Friday killed three Hamas militants, taking the total death toll from the raids to at least 19. Journalist Sophie Nivelle-Cardinale reports from the Nur Shams Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank, which she says was “besieged” by the Israeli military for two days before the soldiers left the camp last night.

Palestinians return to West Bank refugee camp after deadly Israeli raid

The bodies of six hostages being held by Hamas have been retrieved from an "underground tunnel route" inside the Gaza Strip, Israel's military has said. A statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the bodies of Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Chaim Peri and British-Israeli Nadav Popplewell were recovered from the Khan Younis area on Monday.

Six hostages' bodies retrieved from Gaza tunnels, says IDF

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Herbie J Pilato

It's been more than four decades since former child star William “Billie” Thomas Jr. died in Los Angeles of a heart attack at only 49 on October 10, 1980. Best known as "Buckwheat," the character he portrayed in the original Hal Roach-ignited Our Gang/Little Rascals classic film shorts from 1934 to 1944, Thomas faced similar challenges and misfortunes of several of his co-stars and other former child actors. This is his story.

Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas - 'Little Rascals'/'Our Gang' Child Star: 44 Years After His Tragic Death

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Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell has been relieved as the senior enlisted for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, an Army spokesperson confirmed, marking the third time within a month and the second within a week, that the Army has fired a command sergeant major of a brigade or larger unit as per Task and Purpose.

The Army Fires 3rd Command Sergeant Major in a Month: Command Sgt. Maj. Harold "Ed" Jarrel

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three migrants were killed and 17 were injured Thursday when they were hit by a vehicle on a highway in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca, authorities said. Officials confirmed that two of the dead — an adult and a child — were from Nicaragua....

3 migrants killed and 17 injured when vehicle hits them on a highway in southern Mexico

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July, officials said, likely ending five straight months of declines. Authorities made about 54,000 arrests through Thursday, which, at the current rate, would bring the August total to about 58,000...

Border arrests are expected to rise slightly in August, hinting 5-month drop may have bottomed out

Washington, DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former police officer in the nation’s capital was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for fatally shooting a 27-year-old man who had been sleeping in the driver’s seat of a car stopped at a traffic light. Former Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Enis Jevric, 42, pleaded guilty in February to involuntary manslaughter and using unconstitutional, excessive force in the August 2021 shooting death of 27-year-old An’Twan Gilmore. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss also sentenced Jevric to five years of supervised release after his prison term, according to Justice Department prosecutors. More than a dozen officers were on the scene when Jevric arrived at the intersection in Washington, D.C., where Gilmore was sleeping in the stopped car with a handgun in his waistband.

Ex-DC police officer is sentenced to 5 years in prison for fatally shooting man in car

NEW YORK (AP) — Fatman Scoop, the rapper who topped charts in Europe with “Be Faithful” in the early 2000s and later lent his distinctive voice and ebullient vibe to hits by such artists as Missy Elliott and Ciara, died after collapsing on stage at a show in Connecticut, according to officials and his family. He was 53.

Rapper Fatman Scoop dies at 53 after collapsing on stage in Connecticut

Minnesota State

FRENCH TOWNSHIP, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota neighborhood campfire meant to celebrate the holiday weekend became deadly after an unknown flammable liquid induced exploding flames, killing one man and burning and injuring others. A 53-year-old man died Friday evening as a result of his injuries and a child who...

One man dead, others burned after neighborhood campfire explodes

Portland, OR

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A small plane crashed into a collection of townhouses Saturday morning in a neighborhood east of Portland, causing a massive fire. Gresham Fire Chief Scott Lewis said at least two people were aboard the aircraft and one person inside the townhomes was unaccounted for, KPTV-TV in Portland reported. No deaths have been confirmed.

Small plane carrying at least 2 people crashes into townhomes near Portland, engulfs home in flames

A former Defense Ministry official was ordered held in a fraud case Thursday, the latest high-profile arrest in what appears to be a sweeping investigation into abuse of office in Russia’s military leadership. Former Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov faces up to 10 years in prison if he is charged and convicted following his detention on suspicion of committing fraud, Russian state news agencies reported, adding that he was ordered held until at least Oct. 29. The case against Popov relates to business activities at a sprawling park in Moscow sometimes called Russia’s “military Disneyland.” Patriot Park, a pet project of former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, is designed to inspire national pride in younger generations and showcases Soviet and Russian weaponry. It has a firing range, air base, museums and conference center and a massive, khaki-colored Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, which features mosaics of Soviet and Russian soldiers. President Vladimir Putin personally donated money to commission the main icon for the church, according to the Kremlin.

A former Russian defense official is detained in a fraud case, part of an ongoing military probe

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to allow tugboats and rescue ships to assist a Greek-flagged oil tanker that remains ablaze in the Red Sea “in consideration of humanitarian and environmental concerns,” Iran’s U.N. Mission said late Wednesday. The Pentagon said Tuesday...

Iran says Yemen’s Houthi rebels will allow tugboats and rescue ships to aid tanker ablaze in Red Sea

Here’s the latest for Saturday August 31st: Polio campaign begins in Gaza; Mississippi bus crash kills 7, injures dozens; Brazil blocks social media platform X; Fans scramble for Oasis reunion tour tickets.

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Seven people were killed and dozens were injured in Mississippi after a commercial bus overturned on Interstate 20 on Saturday morning, according to Mississippi Highway Patrol. Authorities said a 6-year-old boy and his 16-year-old sister died.

Mississippi bus crash kills 7 people and injures 37

This blog is no longer being updated. For more coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, please click here. The Israeli army on Wednesday launched a major operation in the north of the occupied West Bank, killing nine Palestinians in several West Bank towns, according to the Israeli military. Israel's large-scale military...

Israeli raids risk worsening 'catastrophic' situation in occupied West Bank, UN says

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Insurgents on Saturday freed four people, including an army officer who was abducted three days ago from a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, the military said. Lt. Col. Khalid Ameer was seized on Wednesday while he was sitting in a mosque to...

Pakistan’s military says insurgents have freed an army officer and 3 others abducted on Wednesday

A convoy of Israeli military vehicles was seen on a street in the West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday. The Israeli military struck the city on Friday, the third day of heavy fighting in the Palestinian territory.

Israeli military vehicles seen moving in Jenin, West Bank and helicopters overhead

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