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Alleged IS militants in Russia's North Caucasus were killed in a shootout with security services 03/03/2024 12:00pm • Six alleged members of the Islamic State group were killed in a shootout in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, in what the country's National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) described Sunday as a “counterterrorism operation." According to a statement by the NAC, late on Saturday the six men b At least 36 die in Pakistan as heavy winter rains collapse buildings and trigger landslides 03/03/2024 08:37am • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy rains that swept across Pakistan have left at least 36 people dead and 50 others injured, collapsed houses and triggered landslides that blocked roads, particularly in the northwest, authorities said Sunday. Mostly women and children were among 30 people who died i US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation 03/02/2024 07:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized by President Joe Biden after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during a chaot In a rural California region, a plan takes shape to provide shade from dangerous heat 03/02/2024 05:40pm • MECCA, Calif. (AP) — When Limba Contreras moved to the desert community of Oasis, California, about 50 years ago, her family relied on a water cooler to keep temperatures inside their home comfortable. Other times, they sprayed each other with a hose outside. But when the heat topped 100 degrees US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide 03/02/2024 05:39pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it, a senior U.S. administration official said Saturday, a day before talks to reach an agreement were to resume in Egypt. Internationa Capitals put Evgeny Kuznetsov on waivers after he was cleared to practice again 03/02/2024 04:02pm • ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Washington Capitals put Evgeny Kuznetsov on waivers on Saturday, a surprising move that came hours after the mercurial center was cleared by the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program to resume practicing. Kuznetsov spent the past month receiving care in the program. General Three trains involved in 'collision and derailment' in eastern Pennsylvania; no injuries reported 03/02/2024 03:10pm • BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say three trains were involved in a collision and derailment in eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday morning that caused no reported injuries or evacuations but left some railroad cars scattered along a riverbank and at least one partially in the river. Officials in N Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa kills 7 03/02/2024 12:26pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Seven people were killed when debris from a Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said Saturday. A 3-month-old baby was among the dead. A further eight people were injured, authorities sai How US airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza can help and why the operation is complicated 03/02/2024 11:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Saturday began airdrops of emergency humanitarian assistance into Gaza. President Joe Biden, who announced the operation on Friday, said the U.S. was looking into additional ways to help Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled territory as the Israel-Hamas war goes o US military planes airdrop about 38,000 meals into Gaza in first round of emergency humanitarian aid authorized by Biden 03/02/2024 09:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) — US military planes airdrop about 38,000 meals into Gaza in first round of emergency humanitarian aid authorized by Biden. Climate activists charged with vandalizing US Constitution display at National Archives 03/02/2024 08:00am • (CNN) — Two people have been charged after they allegedly dumped a “fine red powder” over the US Constitution’s display case at the National Archives, the Justice Department announced Friday. Donald Zepeda, 35, and Jackson Green, 27, were charged with felony destruction of government prop 'They wanted to humiliate us.' Palestinian women detained by Israel allege abuse in Israeli custody 03/02/2024 12:02am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Nabela thought the United Nations school in Gaza City was a safe haven. Then, the Israeli army arrived. Soldiers stormed the place, ordering men to undress and hauling women to a mosque for strip searches, she said. So began six weeks in Israeli custody that she says included repe Federal officials will investigate Oklahoma school following nonbinary teenager's death 03/01/2024 11:40pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal officials are opening an investigation into the Oklahoma school district where a nonbinary 16-year-old high school student was in a fight before dying last month, according to a letter sent by the U.S. Department of Education on Friday. Nex Benedict, whose family says Alabama IVF ruling highlights importance of state supreme court races in this year's US elections 03/01/2024 10:57pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The recent ruling in Alabama that frozen embryos are legally considered children created a political firestorm after the decision halted treatment for many couples seeking to have families through fertility treatments. It also has turned the spotlight on the importance of institutio Gov. Abbott says Texas wildfires may have destroyed up to 500 structures 03/01/2024 10:22pm • STINNETT, Texas (AP) — Wildfires may have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday, describing how the largest blaze in state history scorched everything in its path, leaving ashes in its wake. Texas officials warned that the threat was no