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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Just weeks ago, the Gaza Strip’s feeble health system was struggling with a runaway surge of coronavirus cases. Authorities cleared out hospital operating rooms, …
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By ISABEL DEBRE and FARES AKRAM
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5/13/21
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JERUSALEM (AP) — In the 1980s, Rabbi Meir Kahane's violent anti-Arab ideology was considered so repugnant that Israel banned him from parliament and the U.S. listed his party as a terrorist …
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN and JOSEPH KRAUSS
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5/13/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — Chrissy Teigen, the wife of superstar John Legend, has apologized for harassing a then-teenage Courtney Stodden online years ago.
“Not a lot of people are lucky enough to be …
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By The Associated Press
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5/13/21
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DENVER (AP) — Two small airplanes collided in the air near Denver, leaving one aircraft nearly ripped in half and forcing the other's pilot to deploy a parachute. Remarkably, both planes landed …
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By PATTY NIEBERG
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5/13/21
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar appreciates what today’s NBA players are doing in their attempts to make the world better, how they’re using their voices and platforms as conduits for change.
And going …
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By TIM REYNOLDS
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5/13/21
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THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Torn apart in the deadly chaos of an air raid, a Syrian family of seven has been reunited, against the odds, three years later at a refugee shelter in Greece's second …
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By COSTAS KANTOURIS
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5/13/21
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Screams and flying debris enveloped Umm Majed al-Rayyes as explosions hurled her from her bed in Gaza City. Groping in the dark, the 50-year-old grabbed her four …
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BY ISABEL DEBRE and FARES AKRAM
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5/13/21
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For months, Victoria McAllister searched online to make a vaccination appointment. Unlike other people who can hop into a car, though, she has ruptured discs that could slice …
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By JANIE HAR
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5/13/21
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Weary Palestinians on Thursday prepared for a somber feast marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as Gaza braced for more Israeli airstrikes and communal …
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By FARES AKRAM and JOSEPH KRAUSS
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5/13/21
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr in a subdued mood for a second year Thursday as the COVID-19 pandemic again forced mosque closings and family separations on the holiday …
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By NINIEK KARMINI
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5/13/21
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins was considering adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Underground Railroad into a limited series, he kept …
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By AMANDA LEE MYERS
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5/12/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — Children ages 12 and older can now roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., offering parents and schools a chance to relax their pandemic precautions and bringing …
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By CANDICE CHOI
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5/12/21
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U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday — just as planned new guidelines say it's OK for people of any age to get a coronavirus shot at …
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE
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5/12/21
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Screams and flying debris enveloped Umm Majed al-Rayyes as explosions hurled her from her bed in Gaza City. Groping in the dark, the 50-year-old grabbed her four …
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BY ISABEL DEBRE and FARES AKRAM
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5/12/21
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JERUSALEM (AP) — As rockets from Gaza streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below and rioters torched vehicles, a restaurant and a synagogue in one of the worst spasms …
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS
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5/12/21
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Human rights groups and Western nations led by the United States, Britain and Germany accused China of massive crimes against the Uyghur minority and demanded unimpeded access …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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5/12/21
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As a lengthy, bitter fight over mask requirements for students neared its conclusion, the chairperson of a Florida school board announced that she would agree to lift a mandate that had been in place …
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By JEFF AMY and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
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5/12/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — Rising prices for a variety of commodities are contributing to a jump in prices at the consumer level, with Americans paying more for meat, gasoline, items they keep in their homes …
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The Associated Press
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5/12/21
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has ruled that there were aggravating factors in the death of , paving the way for a longer sentence for according to an order made public Wednesday.
In his …
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By AMY FORLITI
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5/12/21
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Olympic champion Caster Semenya was sentenced to 50 hours of community service for speeding while driving in South Africa, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The runner …
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By GERALD IMRAY
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5/12/21
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