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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 Medicare open enrollment season is a target for scammers 10/17/2023 10:53pm • You may have seen ads by mail, email, phone and on TV for the Medicare enrollment period which starts on Oct. 15 and ends on Dec. 7. That means it's open season for Medicare and for Medicare scammers. So how can you know if what you're hearing is legit? "If somebody they're from the governmen Poland's voters reject their right-wing government, but many challenges lie ahead 10/17/2023 08:47pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Poland's voters delivered a clear verdict. After eight years of rule by a right-wing government, they have had enough. While the conservative ruling Law and Justice party won more votes than any other single party in a parliamentary election on Sunday, it lost its majority an War between Israel and Hamas raises fears about rising US hostility 10/17/2023 08:27pm • A fatal stabbing in Illinois, a gun pointed at protesters in Pennsylvania, vandalism at synagogues and harassment of staff at a Palestinian restaurant all are raising fears that the war between Israel and Hamas is sparking violence in the United States. The tensions follow a familiar pattern of c Reasons to Take Social Security at Age 65 10/17/2023 08:00pm • Americans may wonder whether there's a good reason to take Social Security at 65, when the full retirement age for most Americans is now 66 or 67, or somewhere between. The full retirement age is when you can start claiming your full Social Security benefit, although it's possible to start claiming Pakistan claims its first-ever win in soccer World Cup qualifying, edging Cambodia 1-0 10/17/2023 07:49pm • Pakistan's national soccer team won a World Cup qualifying game for the first time, beating Cambodia 1-0 in Islamabad on Tuesday to advance to the second round in Asia. After the first leg in Phnom Penh finished 0-0, an angled left-foot half-volley from Harun Hamid was enough to secure victory at Ji Mayor denies discussing absentee ballots with campaign volunteer at center of ballot stuffing claims 10/17/2023 07:39pm • The mayor of Connecticut's largest city denied under oath Tuesday ever discussing absentee ballots with a campaign volunteer who resembles a woman seen on surveillance video stuffing papers into a drop box multiple times ahead of the mayoral primary. In a court hearing, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim tr Prince George's Co. moves to limit where cannabis dispensaries can operate in future 10/17/2023 06:30pm • The Prince George's County Council in Maryland spent several hours Tuesday afternoon hearing from people about cannabis, and then themselves spent 45 minutes discussing a bill that would limit any new dispensaries from opening outside of industrial or light industrial zoned areas of the county. I Sweden's soccer fans to be advised against wearing national team clothing on trips abroad 10/17/2023 04:28pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Fans of Sweden���s soccer teams will be advised against wearing clothing in national colors when they travel abroad in the wake of the killing of two Swedish supporters before a European Championship qualifying match in Belgium. At least one of the men shot dead in the incident in Congressional draft report in Brazil recommends charges for Bolsonaro over Jan. 8 insurrection 10/17/2023 04:26pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� A draft congressional report on Brazil's Jan. 8 riots on Tuesday accused ex-President Jair Bolsonaro of being the insurrection's mastermind and recommended he be criminally charged with attempting to stage a coup. The report by Sen. Eliziane Gama followed months of hearings b Britney Spears writes of abortion while dating Justin Timberlake in excerpts from upcoming memoir 10/17/2023 04:13pm • Britney Spears wrote that she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake more than 20 years ago, according to a peek inside her hotly anticipated memoir. ���If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it,��� she writes of the procedure, according to the excerpt from ���The Wom Ukraine claims a major strike on Russian airfields and thanks US for providing long-range missiles 10/17/2023 02:52pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukraine on Tuesday claimed to have carried out one of the most destructive attacks on Russian air assets since the beginning of the war, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the assault used longer-range ballistic missiles donated by the United States. Zelenskyy Belgian police kill Tunisian man suspected of shooting 3 Swedish soccer fans, killing 2 of them 10/17/2023 01:53pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Authorities in the Belgian capital shot and killed a Tunisian national on Tuesday hours after they say he gunned down three Swedish soccer fans, killing two of them, and posted a video online in which he claimed credit for the attack and said the Quran was ���a red line for which h Israeli video compilation shows the savagery and ease of Hamas' attack 10/17/2023 12:13am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� A grisly montage of video and photographs of Hamas's massacre of hundreds of civilians across southern Israel last week highlights the savagery of the attack and the ease with which the militant group appeared to operate inside Israel. The footage that the Israeli military Gunman kills 2 Swedes in Brussels, prompting terror alert and halt of Belgium-Sweden soccer match 10/16/2023 11:46pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Belgian police early Tuesday hunted for a gunman with suspected extremist motives who killed two Swedes with stunning viciousness before disappearing into the night. He created such fear that authorities shut down a Belgium-Sweden soccer match and held 35,000 fans inside for severa