Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill 100 people. That would make it the deadliest day since October
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said it struck 300 targets in Lebanon in one of the most intense barrages of airstrikes in nearly a year of fighting against the Hezbollah militant group. The Lebanese Health Ministry said 100 people were killed and more than 400 wounded Monday in what would be the deadliest day in Lebanon since the conflict started in October. Before the escalation beginning with the wave of pager explosions last Tuesday, around 600 people had been killed in Lebanon since October, mostly fighters, but also more than 100 civilians. The Israeli army announced the action on social media.
Lebanese doctor races to save the eyes of those hurt by exploding tech devices
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese ophthalmologist has been working around the clock trying to keep up with the flood of patients with eye injuries after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded en masse. Elias Jaradeh says he has lost track of how many eye operations he has performed since the explosions happened. He has managed to save the sight of some, but many will never see again. Lebanese hospitals and medics were inundated after thousands of hand-held devices belonging to the Hezbollah group detonated simultaneously across Lebanon. At least 37 people were killed and around 3,000 were wounded. Israel has not confirmed or denied its involvement in the explosions.
Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign’s last stretch
NEW YORK (AP) — One presidential candidate is talking up gun ownership and promising tough new border security measures. The other vows to cap credit card interest rates and force insurance companies to cover in vitro fertilization. Which one is the Democrat and the Republican? The lines that have traditionally defined each party’s policy priorities are blurring as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump fight to expand their political coalitions in the final days of the 2024 presidential contest. In both cases, the candidates are embracing positions and rhetoric that would have once been anathema to their political bases. But as the electoral landscape continues to evolve in the Trump era, Harris and Trump are tapping nontraditional policies to help win over persuadable voters from the other side.
Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have a deal on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months. The agreement announced Sunday averts a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushes final decisions until after the November election. Bipartisan negotiations began in earnest shortly after a failed vote last week in the House. House Speaker Mike Johnson dropped his plan to link temporary funding with a mandate that would have compelled states to require proof of citizenship when people register to vote.
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition plant to thank workers and ask for more
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that is producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country’s fight to fend off Russian ground forces. His visit to the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant on Sunday took place under tight security. The plant is one of the few facilities in the country to manufacture 155 mm artillery shells and Ukraine has already received more than 3 million of them. Rep. Matt Cartwright, a Democrat from the Scranton area, was among those who met with Zelenskyy. He said the president had a simple message: “Thank you. And we need more.”
At the UN, world leaders try to lay out a vision for the future — and actually make it happen
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a “Pact for the Future” to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now comes the hard part — uniting the world’s divided nations to move quickly to implement its 56 actions. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked the 193-member world body for approving the pact. He said it unlocks the door for nations to join forces to tackle challenges ranging from climate change and artificial intelligence to escalating conflicts and increasing inequality and poverty. The pact was adopted at Sunday’s opening of a two-day “Summit of the Future.”
Co-founder of Titan to testify before Coast Guard about submersible that imploded
The co-founder of the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Coast Guard as part of its investigation of the maritime disaster. Businessman Guillermo Sohnlein founded Titan owner OceanGate with Stockton Rush, who was among the five people who died when the submersible imploded in June 2023. The Coast Guard has opened a public hearing as part of a high level investigation into the cause of the implosion. Sohnlein left the Washington company years ago, but in the aftermath of the submersible’s implosion he spoke in defense of the company’s efforts. In his testimony Monday, he is expected to provide perspective into the company’s inner workings.
Search underway for suspects in Alabama mass shooting that killed 4 and injured 17
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A search is underway for the shooters who killed four people and injured 17 others in a weekend shooting at a popular nightspot in Birmingham, Alabama. Authorities say they believe the shooting late Saturday was a paid hit on one of the victims. They did not report any arrests as of early Monday. The mayor planned a morning news conference Monday to provide updates on the case. The mass shooting was one of several this year in the city of Birmingham and left city officials pleading for help to both solve the crime and address the broader problem of gun violence.
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new Marxist president?
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis that hit the South Asian island nation two years ago. Dissanayake, whose pro-working class populist campaign won him youth support, secured victory over opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, the runner up; and incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took over the country two years ago after its economy hit bottom. Dissanayake is the leader of coalition headed by a Marxist political party that waged two unsuccessful armed insurrections in 1970s and 1980s to capture power through socialist revolution.
Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Esai Reed, at only 6 years old, has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities. He is one of 70 children that dozens of families in the U.S. from Tennessee to California are trying to bring home as Haiti crumbles under gang violence. They accuse the U.S. government of forcing families to travel to the capital of Port-au-Prince, 80% of which is under gang control, to complete adoptions as they request humanitarian parole. It was an opportunity awarded earlier this year to nearly a dozen other children, but not theirs.
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