At the Knesset, Israeli leaders showered President Trump with praise, casting him as a “colossus” and vowing to back him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Speaker Amir Ohana said Israel will push his candidacy next year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Trump “the greatest friend Israel has ever had in...
On a day of disparate headlines, Donald Trump visited Jerusalem to mark a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchanges, joking about his 2016 feud with Marco Rubio while hailing him as a future “greatest Secretary of State,” and signing the Knesset guestbook as MAGA-style “Trump the Peace President” hats circulated. The...
All 20 remaining living hostages in Gaza were freed Monday and returned to Israel for medical checks after 738 days in captivity, prompting tearful reunions. Families clung to loved ones, including Guy Gilboa‑Dalal, and 28‑year‑old twins Gali and Ziv Berman, reunited after being held apart. Their release, part of a...
At twilight Sunday, more than 200 people gathered at the Humphreys County courthouse to mourn 16 workers killed in Friday’s explosion that leveled a building at Accurate Energetic Systems in Bucksnort, Tennessee. Sheriff Chris Davis, fighting tears, urged neighbors to wrap their arms around grieving families. Governor Bill Lee met...
Cal Raleigh delivered another statement performance as the Mariners beat the Blue Jays 3-1 in Game 1 of the ALCS. After Kevin Gausman retired 15 straight, Raleigh smashed a sixth-inning homer to tie it, then steadied Bryce Miller—starting on three days’ rest—through an early wobble before shepherding three scoreless relievers....
Hundreds of Palestinians were greeted with tears and shouts as Israel freed about 250 convicted prisoners and some 1,700 Gaza detainees held without charge, in an exchange that saw Hamas release 20 Israeli hostages, with some remains expected. In Ramallah many arrivals looked gaunt and unsteady as medics stood by,...
More than 30 people were rescued and three remain unaccounted for in western Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halong lashed coastal villages with hurricane‑force winds and flooding strong enough to carry homes away. Rescue aircraft reached Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, where at least 16 and 18 people were saved; nearly...
Barack Obama, in a surprise interview for the final WTF podcast episode posting Monday, urged institutions not to cut deals with the Trump administration, saying they shouldn’t be bullied into hiring rules “cooked up by Steve Miller.” He condemned Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago as an end...
This year’s comet boom continues as Lemmon (C/2025 A6) is poised for naked-eye viewing around the new moon on October 21, when skies will be darkest. Discovered in January by the Mount Lemmon Survey, it’s already striking in the morning sky and should become an evening sight soon. The comet...
A German woman has returned the limestone capital of an ancient column she took from Olympia more than 50 years ago, Greece’s culture ministry said. The piece, removed from the 4th-century BC Leonidaion, was handed to the University of Muenster, whose help saw it returned to Greece and Ancient Olympia....
