AL BIREH, West Bank (AP) — Hamas militants on Saturday released 17 hostages, including 13 Israelis, from captivity in the Gaza Strip, while Israel freed 39 Palestinian prisoners in the latest stage of a four-day cease-fire. The late-night exchange was held up for several hours after Hamas accused Israel of violating the agreement. The delay underscored...
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) raised a stark warning for online shoppers Saturday, noting the rising frequency of fraudulent product reviews before Cyber Monday. “With Cyber Monday coming up, consumers should beware of fake reviews,” Pallone said on X, formerly Twitter. “Fortunately, the FTC is working to stop businesses from using fake or paid-for positive reviews....
A 9-year-old Israeli-Irish girl believed to be dead was unexpectedly freed Saturday as part of the hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. Emily Hand was among the 17 hostages released Saturday, the second wave of 50 hostages planned to be released by Hamas by Monday after Israel and Hamas reached a short-term cease-fire deal...
An Israeli military spokesperson denounced a delay in the release of the second wave of Israeli hostages by Hamas on Saturday, saying the tactic is part of a “strategy” of “psychological warfare.” Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Doron Spielman said the long-negotiated truce deal that promised the release of 50 Israeli hostages was “on the...
Israel announced that 17 hostages were swapped in exchange for Palestinian prisoners Saturday night, following a tense spate of negotiations to keep the fragile four-day cease-fire alive.
Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd, is expected to survive a prison stabbing, the Minnesota Attorney General's Office said Saturday. Chauvin was stabbed Friday at a federal prison in Tucson, Ariz., The Associated Press first reported. He was seriously injured in the knife attack, the AP said. A spokesperson for the...
Conservative political analyst Karl Rove predicted that the Iowa Caucus will be “do or die” for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), dubbing a victory in the first primary essential for his hopes of defeating former President Trump in the 2024 GOP primary. “Iowa is do or die. He’s putting a lot of effort there,” Rove said...
Veteran Univision anchor Jorge Ramos ripped his network over an interview with former President Trump this month he dubbed too "friendly." Ramos wrote in a column that the interview “put in doubt the independence of our news department,” and remarked that journalists have an obligation to ask hard questions to powerful figures when given the...
Students at a high school in Queens, N.Y., reportedly stormed the hallways after learning a teacher attended a pro-Israel protest Monday. According to the New York Police Department (NYPD), school safety agents at Hillcrest High School “requested the response of the school sergeant in regard to a disorderly group of students inside of the location.”...
Former President Trump turned his ire onto influential Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats after he announced his endorsement of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this week. "Bob Vander Plaats, the former High School Accountant from Iowa, will do anything to win, something which he hasn’t done in many years," Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social. "He’s...