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Live updates | Intense Israeli bombardments strike Gaza as the war rages on 10/18/2023 12:04am • A massive explosion at a hospital in Gaza City killed hundreds of people Tuesday, Hamas said, after intensifying bombardments near towns in southern Gaza rattled civilians where Israel had ordered them to take refuge. Hamas attributed the blast to an Israeli airstrike, but the Israeli military said After blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital, Hamas and Israel trade blame as rage spreads in region 10/17/2023 11:18pm • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by o Kansas agency investigated girl's family 5 times before she was killed, a report shows 10/17/2023 08:50pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Child welfare officials investigated the family of a 5-year-old Kansas girl five times in the 13 months before she was raped and killed, but couldn't confirm allegations of neglect or drug use by her mother, and the family repeatedly declined offers of help, a report released T Column: Remembering Jim Poole for more than just one pitch in the World Series 10/17/2023 08:10pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Sure, there was that one pitch on baseball's biggest stage, the one that clipped a little too much of the plate, the one that Jim Poole would've loved to have back. Of course, sports rarely offer up the chance for a do-over, so we're left to ponder that nagging question. Should some Broken rail caused fatal Colorado train derailment that collapsed bridge, early findings show 10/17/2023 06:38pm • A broken rail caused a train derailment that collapsed a bridge over an interstate highway in Colorado, killing a truck driver and blocking the road for days, federal authorities said Tuesday based on their preliminary findings. Investigators are examining how the rail broke and why warning systems District attorney praises officer who shot man who killed two Black bystanders moments earlier 10/17/2023 06:02pm • BOSTON (AP) — A police officer who shot and killed a man who gunned down two Black people moments earlier in the Boston suburb of Winthrop in 2021 used reasonable force to defend himself and others and won't face criminal charges, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said Tuesday. Nathan Allen, Business Highlights: Stalled spending on electrical grids, US retail sales rise n September 10/17/2023 05:59pm • ___ Electrical grids aren’t keeping up with the green energy push. That could risk climate goals FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy and could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power Maryland highway agency cited for 'serious violation' connected to crash that killed 6 highway workers 10/17/2023 05:50pm • Traffic control signs to warn drivers and protect workers were not posted near a work zone where six highway workers were killed along Interstate 695 in Baltimore County, Maryland, in March. Maryland's Occupational Safety and Health Office cited the State Highway Administration with a "serious vi Editorial Roundup: United States 10/17/2023 05:48pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Oct. 17 The Washington Post on the U.S. looking to the Pacific Islands: The Biden administration last month recognized the Cook Islands and Niue as “ sovereign and independent states ” and promised to open diplomatic relations. The Exonerated man looked forward to college after prison. A deputy killed him during a traffic stop 10/17/2023 05:47pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Leonard Cure tried to make up for the 16 years he lost imprisoned in Florida after being wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in 2004. Since being freed three years ago, he gave inspirational talks to high school students, worked a security job and, at age 53, was considering After air bag thefts, residents of Prince George's Co. complex say they 'don't feel safe anymore' 10/17/2023 05:45pm • Thieves break into a car to steal air bags in Prince George's County, Maryland. (WTOP/Sandra Jones) Residents living at the Jefferson Square Condominiums on Metzerott Road in Adelphi, Maryland, are being asked to be vigilant when it comes to their vehicles. There have been reported thefts of Justice Department investigates possible civil rights violations by police in New Jersey capital 10/17/2023 05:36pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation Tuesday into possible civil rights violations by the police department in New Jersey's capital city. The investigation in Trenton will focus on allegations that officers have used excessive force, stopped motorists and pedest What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics 10/17/2023 04:41pm • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors said Tuesday a Denver-area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before he was injected with ketamine by paramedics bears responsibility for the Black man’s 2019 death, following a split verdict by jurors last week in a separate trial against two 3 face federal charges in bizarre South Florida kidnapping plot 10/17/2023 04:40pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two brothers and another man are facing federal charges following a kidnapping that took some bizarre twists, including an attempted waterboarding when they tried to make the victim help them lure the intended target, federal officials said Tuesday. The suspects kidnap Maryland medical waste incinerator to pay $1.75M fine for exposing public to biohazardous material 10/17/2023 04:09pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A medical waste processing company has pleaded guilty to dozens of environment-related charges and agreed to pay $1.75 million in fines after state prosecutors in Maryland accused a south Baltimore incineration plant owned by the firm of exposing the public to biohazardous materia