17-year-old Palestinian killed during Israeli military raid in northern West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli security forces stormed into a town the northern West Bank on Tuesday, leading to fighting that killed a 17-year-old Palestinian, according to Palestinian health officials, the latest violence to grip the occupied territory.
The Israeli military conducted an arrest raid before dawn in the town of Zababdeh south of Jenin, local medics said. The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that 17-year-old Othman Abu Kharj was fatally shot in the head. The raid came as Israeli security forces were still searching for the Palestinian gunman that carried out a shooting in the northern Palestinian city of Hawara that killed an Israeli father and son on Saturday.
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell last month to the slowest pace since January, as elevated mortgage rates and a stubbornly low inventory of homes on the market combined to discourage many would-be homebuyers. Existing home sales fell 2.2% last month from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.07 million, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. That’s below the 4.15 million pace that economists were expecting, according to FactSet. Sales slumped 16.6% compared with July last year. The national median sales price rose 1.9% from July last year to $406,700, marking the first annual increase in prices since January.
Former Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Clark and former Georgia Republican Party chair David Shafer, who were indicted last week along with former President Donald Trump, have filed paperwork to transfer the case to federal court. Lawyers for Clark argued in a court filing Monday that he was a high-ranking Justice Department official and the actions described in the indictment “relate directly to his work at the Justice Department as well as with the former President of the United States.” Shafer’s attorneys argued that his conduct “stems directly from his service as a Presidential Elector nominee.”
The next book from “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff is both a recounting of the recent past and a prediction for the near future. Wolff’s “The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty” will come out Sept. 26, publisher Henry Holt announced Tuesday. A spokesperson told The Associated Press that Wolff, whose previous books also include “Rupert Murdoch, The Man Who Owns the News,” interviewed “people throughout the Murdoch organization, including many with direct knowledge of Murdoch and his family.” Wolff will offer behinds-the-scenes accounts of everything from Tucker Carlson’s ousting, to Rupert Murdoch’s clashes with former President Donald Trump to tensions within the Murdoch family that mirror HBO’s “Succession.”
There is no doubt that Coco Gauff has to be considered one of the leading title contenders at the U.S. Open. The year's last Grand Slam tournament starts next week in New York. Gauff is a 19-year-old American who is playing as well as anyone in women's tennis right now. She has won 11 of her past 12 matches and the two biggest titles of her career. That run follows a disappointing first-round loss at Wimbledon. After that setback, Gauff stayed in her London hotel room for two days and thought about how that defeat made her feel. And then she got back to work.
Albania’s prime minister has responded to not being invited by Greece to a dinner for top officials from nine Balkan nations and the European Union by saying that in “such turbulent times” Europe’s unity is “larger than what divides us.” A day earlier, Greece's prime minister hosted an informal dinner for nine Balkan leaders, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council head Charles Michel to discuss the region’s European future. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was not invited in a protest over his country’s jailing of ethnic Greek minority leader Fredi Beleri, who was arrested before a mayoral election in May on vote-buying allegations. Beleri, who won the election, cannot be sworn in as mayor while under arrest.
This Date in Baseball, August 23 - Barry Bonds becomes the 1st player in ML history with 400 HRS and 400 SBs
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When John Eastman's trial before the California Bar Court began in June, professional ruin was his gravest immediate threat. Hoping to save his law license, the former advisor to Donald Trump spent days answering questions, defiantly defending his role in the chaotic aftermath of the 2020 election.
BALTIMORE -- On Monday night in the Mount Washington neighborhood, Baltimore Ravens alum Michael Oher shook hands with football fanatics and hugged people who had waited in line at The Ivy Bookshop to have him sign a copy of his latest book, “When Your Back’s Against the Wall.”
Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell jumped into the U.S. Senate race in Florida on Tuesday, becoming the highest-profile Democrat yet to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott for his seat.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Brandon Hagel to an eight-year extension worth $52 million. Hagel will count $6.5 million against the salary cap annually when the new contract kicks in for the 2024-25 NHL season. The soon-to-be 28-year-old had a career-best 64 points in 81 games last season. It was his first full season with the Lightning since they acquired him in a trade with Chicago. Hagel is earning a significant raise from the just over $2 million he'll get this season. The Saskatoon native has 143 points in 240 regular-season and playoff games.
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore judge has ordered the release of most of the redacted names in the attorney general’s report on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s history of child sexual abuse, according to court records unsealed Tuesday. ç
LOS ANGELES — Tom Girardi spent his career schmoozing with other lawyers about big cases, often in a smart suit at a choice table in his private club.
2 children have been rescued from a dangling cable car in Pakistan, emergency services say.
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says that Russia already is in the process of shifting some short-range nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus. Duda said Tuesday the move will shift the security architecture of the region and the entire NATO military alliance. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans in March to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus over the summer. The U.S. and NATO haven’t confirmed the move. Duda made his comments at a joint news conference with visiting Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. He says of the nuclear weapons placement, "Indeed, this process is taking place, we are seeing that.”
In announcing his Thursday surrender in Fulton County, former President Donald Trump fumed that DA Fani Willis “is overseeing one of the greatest murder and violent crime DISASTERS in American History.”
How well do you know the U.S. Open? How much do you know about Grand Slam tennis? The AP has put together a quiz to test your knowledge ahead of Monday's start of the hard-court tournament in New York. What was the last year before 2023 that neither Serena Williams or Roger Federer won a single match in any major tournament? How much did the U.S. Open women's singles champion collect in 1972 — a year before the event became the first major to pay out equal prize money? Who was the oldest first-time women's Grand Slam singles champion?
LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. — The man authorities say shot and killed a Lake Arrowhead shop owner last week after a confrontation over a pride flag has been identified.
LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles was under an unprecedented tropical storm warning and officials were urging residents not to travel, Texas dispatched its latest bus of migrants to the city.
Some three months after an election that represented one of the biggest challenges in years to Thailand’s royal establishment, the country finally has a new prime minister — and it’s someone who has the support of forces aligned with the palace.
Some U.S. states are turning down all or most of their initial share of federal money to find and replace lead pipes. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included $15 billion to help remove lead pipes that can deposit dangerous amounts of lead in tap water. The money would be provided over five years in the form of grants and loans. Washington, Oregon, Maine and Alaska declined all or most of the money they were offered in the first year of funding. Experts say some states and communities may be hesitant to take out loans to search for lead pipes. Activists say declining the money could mean failing to address an important public health issue.
The Los Angeles Fire Department says a power outage at a hospital prompted the evacuation of at least 21 patients in critical condition to other facilities. More than 200 other patients at Adventist Health White Memorial’s specialty care center were being moved to other buildings. Fire Department spokesperson Margaret Stewart says the specialty care center was the only building on the campus affected by the power outage. As for what caused it, Stewart referred questions to hospital officials, who didn’t respond immediately to an email seeking comment. The outage happened after Tropical Storm Hilary dumped record rainfall on Los Angeles.
President Joe Biden says former Obama administration attorney Ed Siskel is the new White House counsel. Siskel helped craft the Obama administration’s response to the congressional investigations into the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. Siskel begins in September, taking over during a critical time when Biden is vying for reelection and congressional and judicial investigations into his administration and family are swirling. The Democratic president made the announcement about Siskel on Tuesday. Siskel replaces Stuart Delery. Siskel is from Chicago and is the nephew of movie critic Gene Siskel. The White House counsel’s job is to advise on legal and policy questions related to the presidency.
A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez has agreed to a two-year contract extension with the club he led to the 2019 World Series championship. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because nothing has been announced. The Nationals have won seven of their past nine games heading into a series opener at the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. Martinez's contract was due to expire at the close of this season, part of a lot of uncertainty around a team that is in the middle of a rebuilding effort on the field and has been for sale off it. Martinez, a former major league player, took over as the manager of the Nationals in 2018.
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A team of Kenyan officials is in Haiti to explore how best to help the troubled Caribbean nation fight the scourge of gang violence, following up on Nairobi’s offer to lead a multinational force in the task. The force is meant to assist Haiti’s understaffed and under-resourced police department, with only about 10,000 officers for the nation’s more than 11 million people. Earlier this month, the United States said it would introduce a U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorize Kenya to lead a multinational police force and provide 1,000 officers. No timetable for the resolution has been given. The first meeting between Haitian officials and the 10-member Kenyan team took place on Monday.
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Wander Franco’s seven-day stay on the restricted list is scheduled to end ahead of Tampa Bay’s homestand opener against Colorado on Tuesday night, leading to the possibility it could be extended or he could be placed on administrative leave under the sport’s domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy. The 22-year-old All-Star shortstop was placed on the restricted list for a week on Aug. 14 while MLB launched an investigation following social media posts suggesting Franco was in a relationship with a minor. The AP has not been able to verify the reported posts.
Manchester City says manager Pep Guardiola has undergone “emergency surgery” on a back problem and isn’t expected to take charge of the English Premier League champion for another month. City says Guardiola has been suffering with severe back pain for some time and decided to have an operation in Barcelona. He will spend time there recovering. Assistant manager Juanma Lillo will take over Guardiola’s duties in the meantime. City says Guardiola “is expected to return after the forthcoming international break." City has league games against Sheffield United and Fulham before the two-week pause for international matches.
Greek authorities say the bodies of 18 people have been found in area of northeastern Greece struck by a major wildfire.
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A former government minister from the Central African Republic has denied involvement in crimes against humanity and war crimes for his alleged role in a deadly conflict in the impoverished nation. Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka issued the denial at a preliminary hearing Tuesday at the International Criminal Court. Prosecutors accuse Mokom of coordinating operations of the anti-Balaka, a mainly Christian group that fought against the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebel group. The fighting left thousands dead and displaced hundreds of thousands in 2013 and 2014. The hearing that started Tuesday is not a trial. It will establish if evidence is strong enough to merit putting Mokom on trial.
Senegalese authorities say 37 migrants who survived after being rescued off the coast of Cape Verde as they tried to reach Spain's Canary Islands have been brought back home. Families from the coastal community of Fass Boye greeted the survivors on Monday at a military airstrip in the capital of Dakar. The remains of seven people found dead on the boat were buried in Cape Verde. One survivor remains in hospital in the Atlantic island nation's capital of Praia. In Senegal's coastal community of Fass Boye, the journey’s departure point, people say worsening employment prospects in fishing communities are driving young men to board large wooden boats called pirogues on dangerous journeys to Europe.
South Carolina Republicans Nikki Haley and Tim Scott once were allies and now they're rivals in the race to be the next president. Haley, the state's first Asian American governor, and Scott, the state's first Black senator since Reconstruction, are both waiting for their breakthrough campaign moment that could come during the first debate. These two Christian candidates of color will need one if they hope to win over the GOP's white evangelical base and cut into support for the frontrunner, former President Donald Trump. On the campaign trail, Scott wears his faith on his sleeve; whereas, Haley's faith is more subdued. Haley and Scott are in single digits nationally, according to polls.
Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelenskyy has been meeting with leaders of Balkan nations and the head of the European Commission on the sidelines of a meeting between European and Balkan leaders in the Greek capital, Athens. The leaders included Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, whose country has refused to join the international sanctions imposed on its traditional ally Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Zelenskyy described his meeting with Vucic, the first since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, as “open, honest and fruitful.”
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