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Live updates | Israel's bombardment in Gaza surges, reducing buildings to rubble 10/24/2023 10:19pm • Israel has ramped up airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, reducing residential buildings to rubble and crushing families. Airstrikes have killed dozens at a time in leveled homes, according to witnesses. The surging death toll foretells even greater loss of life ahead in Gaza, where Israeli forces a 9 Best Mutual Funds to Buy Now 10/24/2023 08:00pm • In the age of exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, many investors think that mutual funds are the kind of old-timey investments that were good for our grandfathers but useless to us in the 21st century. They say mutual funds are overpriced, harder to trade and just plain inefficient. While there certainl Person suspected of making food delivery robot bomb threat at Oregon State University arrested 10/24/2023 07:51pm • CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — A person suspected of threatening to place a bomb in a robot that delivers food orders on Oregon State University's campus in Corvallis Tuesday has been arrested, officials said. University officials at lunchtime sent out what they called an urgent alert on X, formerly known Georgia Supreme Court sends abortion law challenge back to lower court, leaving access unchanged 10/24/2023 07:17pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a lower court ruling that the state's restrictive abortion law was invalid, leaving limited access to abortions unchanged for now. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said last November that the ban was “unequivocally un California regulators suspend recently approved San Francisco robotaxi service for safety reasons 10/24/2023 07:06pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators have revoked the license of a robotaxi service owned by General Motors after determining its driverless cars that recently began transporting passengers throughout San Francisco are a dangerous menace. The California Department of Motor Vehicles' indefin Texas sues Biden administration seeking to stop federal agents from cutting razor wire on border 10/24/2023 06:29pm • McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas sued the Biden administration on Tuesday, seeking to stop federal agents from cutting the state's razor wire that has gashed or snagged migrants as they have attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico at the Rio Grande. In the lawsuit filed in federal court in Del Rio, Tex Business Highlights: UAW strike expands to GM plant in Texas; Big profits lift Wall Street 10/24/2023 05:12pm • ___ UAW strikes at General Motors plant in Texas as union goes after automakers’ cash cows DETROIT (AP) — First it was Ford, then Stellantis, and now a General Motors factory has been added to the growing list of highly profitable plants where the United Auto Workers union is on strike. On Tuesd Forced labor concerns prompt US lawmakers to demand ban on seafood from 2 Chinese provinces 10/24/2023 04:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of U.S. lawmakers wants the Biden administration to ban seafood processed in two Chinese provinces from entering the U.S. market because of concerns about rights abuses. They also say that Chinese facilities using forced labor should be banned from doing business with Ame Man United pays respects to the late Bobby Charlton with pre-match tributes at Old Trafford 10/24/2023 03:41pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A lone piper playing the tune to the Manchester United anthem “We’ll Never Die” provided a moving soundtrack inside Old Trafford on Tuesday to the latest tributes to club great Bobby Charlton following his death at the age of 86. The piper led out United manager Er Virginia Tech turns attention to defense in hopes of rebounding from a season that fell short 10/24/2023 02:59pm • Offense has rarely seemed a problem since Mike Young became the coach at Virginia Tech. This year, the Hokies hope to make defense a strength, too. Coming off a disappointing 19-15 season that was marked by defensive deficiencies, Young has the Hokies focusing more on that end of the floor. They did Why travel can make you exhausted just by sitting still 10/24/2023 01:30pm • (CNN) — Travel sickness isn’t just hearsay. Nearly a third of people experience motion sickness – and to this day we don’t exactly know what causes it. The prevailing theory suggests it is triggered by a poor perception of movement. Departure to and return from summer vacations seem mo Atlanta firefighter and truck shortages prompt the city to temporarily close 3 fire stations 10/24/2023 01:21pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The city of Atlanta has temporarily closed three of its more than 30 fire stations because of truck breakdowns and a shortage of firefighters. Atlanta Fire Rescue Chief Roderick Smith told a City Council committee of the closures on Monday. Smith told the committee that the departme 2 cargo ships have collided off the coast of Germany. At least 1 sailor is dead and 4 are missing 10/24/2023 11:50am • BERLIN (AP) — Two cargo ships collided in the North Sea off the coast of Germany on Tuesday and one of them sank, German authorities said. At least one sailor died and rescuers were trying to find another four. The vessels collided shortly before 5 a.m. about 22 kilometers (14 miles) southwest of Local Fairfax County volunteer firefighters serve on international search and rescue team 10/24/2023 11:40am • This content is sponsored by the Fairfax County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. When a disaster happens in the United States or anywhere around the world, members of the Fairfax County International Urban Search & Rescue Team are ready to jump into action and help people who are in Get ready for the 17th Street High Heel Race with 'Queer Eye' star Karamo, street closures 10/24/2023 06:33am • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” You've seen him heal minds, bodies and souls as the mental-health makeover expert on the Netflix reality series "Queer Eye." On Tuesday, Karamo Brown will participate in the 36th annual 17th Street High Heel Race, wh