Hezbollah leader vows retaliation against Israel for device explosions

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Hezbollah vowed Thursday to keep up daily strikes on Israel despite this week’s deadly sabotage of its members’ communication devices, and said Israelis displaced from homes near the Lebanon border because of the fighting would not be able to return until the war in Gaza ends. Hezbollah and Israel Continue reading

Body discovered near site of Kentucky interstate shooting believed to be suspect: Police

Body discovered near site of Kentucky interstate shooting believed to be suspect: Police Kentucky State Police announced Wednesday night that the body discovered in the woods earlier in the day not far from where the I-75 shootings took place is believed to be suspect Joseph Couch. “There were articles associated with the body that at Continue reading

Which 0-2 NFL teams still have hope? Ranking all nine by playoff viability

Sports Seriously The NFL’s 2024 regular season is little more than 10% complete, yet a whole faction of the league’s teams is staring at a roughly 90% probability that their Super Bowl hopes are already dashed. Nine clubs are winless after two weeks – which isn’t quite a death knell as it pertains to playoff Continue reading

Hezbollah chief calls pager, radio attacks an ‘act of war’ by Israel

CAIRO — Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah blamed Israel on Thursday for the explosion of electronic devices across Lebanon this week, calling the operation an “act of war” and vowing to respond, as the Israeli military signaled it was moving ahead with plans for a new phase of the conflict along the two countries’ border. “It Continue reading

Government defeats no-confidence motion by 86 votes to 67

READ MORE Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl said the debate had been “a disgrace” with constant heckling and interruptions between Government and Opposition benches. Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen has faced criticism for his remarks during the debate where he said extending the eviction ban would be like “making sweets free for children”. “It’s Continue reading

Inquiry into Defence Forces failings ‘as soon as possible’, Varadkar says

Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images The Government is keen to have a statutory inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct, bullying and discrimination in the Defence Forces up and running “as soon as possible”, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said. Speaking during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil on Wednesday, the Taoiseach said a report on the Defence Forces Continue reading

Sen. John Kennedy’s anti-Arab attacks on Maya Berry were beyond the pale

On Tuesday, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, Maya Berry, appeared as a witness before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify on an issue that should garner concern across the political spectrum: hate crimes. In both her prepared statement and her testimony, Berry apprised lawmakers of the need for stronger enforcement of the Continue reading

Vance Won’t Stop Attacks On Haitians Legally In U.S., Falsely Claims They’re ‘Illegal Aliens’

LOADING ERROR LOADING Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R) said Wednesday he would continue to falsely call Haitian migrants living legally in the United States “illegal aliens,” doubling down on his racist rhetoric once more after spreading lies about immigrants eating people’s pets. Vance was asked about Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio, and how he planned Continue reading

A key question behind Israeli attack on Hezbollah devices: Why now?

As Lebanon braces for Hezbollah’s response , here’s what we know about the exploding devices End of carousel Israel, which rarely comments on its intelligence operations abroad, has neither claimed nor denied responsibility for the attack, which continued into a second day Wednesday as more devices exploded across Lebanon. The Israelis did not inform the Continue reading

Trump says he will visit Springfield, Ohio, ‘in the next two weeks’

Former President Donald Trump said at a rally Wednesday that he would travel to Springfield, Ohio, the focal point of unsubstantiated claims targeting Haitian migrants, “in the next two weeks.” I’m going to Springfield, and I’m going to Aurora” in Colorado, Trump said at a rally in Uniondale, New York. Trump has pushed baseless claims Continue reading