TYRE, Lebanon — Deep in the rugged hills close to the Israeli border, two Hezbollah fighters crouched near a small fire, which heated a teapot. Despite the late-summer sun, they were both wearing full face masks to disguise their identity, because Hezbollah forbids its members from speaking with foreign reporters. […]
MIAMI — As the devastated Florida Keys began reopening to residents who fled Hurricane Irma, officials warned the returning islanders to bring enough supplies to sustain them for a while, because no one yet knows when water and power will be fully restored. “The Keys are not what you left […]
LOS ANGELES — Mitchell Flint, an American aviator who helped form the Israeli Air Force in 1948 and served in Israel’s first fighter squadron has died. He was 94. Flint, a former US Navy fighter pilot, died Saturday in Los Angeles of natural causes, said his son, Michael Flint. Flint […]
Three concerts planned for St. Louis this weekend were canceled as protests over the acquittal of a white former police officer in the 2011 killing of a black man continued Saturday, and police said they would continue to arrest those who break the law. Nine city police officers, a county […]
While Hurricane Irma devastated parts of Florida, it may have inadvertently unearthed a hidden treasure potentially centuries old: a wooden canoe. That’s where the mystery begins. Randy “Shots” Lathrop, a fine art photographer, was on a bike ride Monday morning to see the damage that Irma inflicted on his coastal […]
Jason Stockley was cleared on Friday of killing Anthony Smith, 24, after a police chase in the city of St Louis, in Missouri, in 2011. Shop windows were smashed as 600 protesters marched through the city. Ten officers were hurt and 33 people were arrested on Friday and eight on […]
More than 30 members of the British charity Team Rubicon, staffed mainly by military veterans, took part in the rescue effort. While the Government’s £32million aid effort is targeted at the main areas of devastation, Rubicon were the first to arrive at the tiny Caribbean island of Virgin Gorda. “We […]
Brigadier John Ridge, who has been coordinating the task force across the Caribbean, said he was “tremendously proud” of British-led relief efforts. More than 1,100 British troops are deployed in an operation stretching 1,000 miles from Barbados via Anguilla to Turks and Caicos. Most of the troops on Grand Turk […]
1. Theresa Lindsey, left, dressed as Snow White helps Timothy Schlarmann, center, dressed as Uncle Sam, with his costume as they join other juggalos, as supporters of the rap group Insane Clown Posse are known, in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington during a rally on Saturday, Sept. 16, […]
1. Theresa Lindsey, left, dressed as Snow White helps Timothy Schlarmann, center, dressed as Uncle Sam, with his costume as they join other juggalos, as supporters of the rap group Insane Clown Posse are known, in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington during a rally on Saturday, Sept. 16, […]
California’s push to lead the nation’s shift to renewable energy hit a bump early Saturday, as the state Legislature defeated a pair of bills to create a regional electrical grid and a measure that would have required all electricity in the state to come from non-carbon sources by 2045. Even […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Democrats approved a “sanctuary state” bill Saturday that would limit how local and state police can interact with federal immigration agents. The bill is intended to bolster immigrant protections in the state that are already among the toughest in the nation. It will now be considered […]
Even with a kooky safety video and a variety of film offerings, long flights can still be boring. But Icelandair is trying something new: An 11-hour immersive theater production took place last week on a flight from London to New York, with an on-the-ground bonus performance during the layover in […]
LOS ANGELES — Mexican location scout Carlos Munoz Portal was shot to death in a violent region in central Mexico on Monday while scouting for season four of Netflix’s hit show “Narcos.” The seasoned scout, who worked for Stacy Perskie’s Mexico City-based production company Redrum, has a slew of high […]
What happens in Vegas will still stay in Vegas — but perhaps no longer behind closed doors, at least when it comes to pot. Earlier this week, Nevada’s Legislative Counsel Bureau gave the green light for marijuana to be permitted in public places, as long as patrons are of legal […]
Montana came to understand the power of ice and fire this week as it dealt with snowfall and a wildfire at the same time. Glacier National Park announced the closure of an eastern portion of Going-to-the-Sun Road Friday because of snow and ice, while the western section of the roadway […]
Pierre Moscovici, who serves as European Commissioner Economic and Financial Affairs, openly criticised the unaccountability around the single currency. The Frenchman embarassed his European counterparts this morning as he ripped into their handling of the eurozone during an EU meeting in Estonia. He said that the eurozone amounted to a […]
US national security adviser H.R. McMaster said there is a military option to deal with the regime after it launched another missile over Japan on Friday. The missile, thought to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile, was launched despite international calls for North Korea to stop its weapon operations. Mr McMaster […]
On Friday morning, a North Korea ballistic missile flew over the Japanese island of Hokkaido and into the Pacific Ocean. This came a day after Pyongyang said that Japan “should be sunken into the sea”. The missile flew 2,300 miles in around 17 minutes, which means that the US territory […]
The Catalan government wants to hold a referendum on October 1 to allow the region to decide whether it should be self-governed. However, Spain’s constitutional court has branded the vote illegal and Madrid has even threatened to arrest any of the region’s mayors who take part or enable the vote […]