Flash flooding forced evacuations in southeastern Wisconsin. The National Weather Service warned on Sunday, Aug. 10, of torrential downpours adding to the current high water situation. The water reached record levels along the Milwaukee River with a crest of 11.19 feet. It hit 10.48 back in July of 2010. No injuries have been reported as […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, Aug. 10 defended his plan to take over Gaza, despite growing international opposition to a military offensive as well as protests in his own country. Speaking to the media before a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Netanyahu said Israel has “no choice” but to […]
President Donald Trump took to social media on Sunday, Aug. 10, to promote an upcoming news conference involving Washington D.C. safety. The president focused on the homeless, sharing multiple pictures on a social media post. “The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,” Trump […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, Aug. 10 Russian airstrikes resulted in casualties in the city of Zaporizhzhia. “Air-dropped bombs on the city, on residential buildings, on the bus station, on one of the clinics,” he said on X. Zelenskyy said this bombing is why sanctions and pressure on Russia are necessary. “If Russia […]
No one was injured after a Delta Air Lines plane clipped another plane while pushing back from the gate the morning of Sunday, Aug. 10. A Delta spokesperson told the Associated Press the wing of the plane “reportedly made contact” with an empty aircraft. The incident happened at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Georgia. The […]
Two Japanese boxers, Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, died after suffering brain injuries while competing on the same card in different fights at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on Aug. 2. The World Boxing Organization announced Urakawa’s death on Saturday, Aug. 9, and Kotari’s on Friday, Aug. 8. “The boxing world is in shock and deep sorrow […]
The Israel Defense Forces said it killed a journalist on Sunday, Aug. 10, and claimed he headed a Hamas cell. Reuters reported Anas Al-Sharif, along with three photojournalists, were found dead following a strike on Gaza City. A total of seven people reportedly died in the blast. “The terrorist Anas Al-Sharif served as a cell […]
VICTORIA, Texas — The quilt hanging behind Connie Kortz started as all quilts do. Dozens of fragments — 560, actually, in this instance — waiting for someone to stitch them together with patience and purpose. Patchwork pieces looking to be made whole. It’s called a “poppy” quilt, featuring seven rows of poppy flowers — those […]
President Donald Trump threatens to clear homeless camps and send more federal law enforcement into Washington, D.C., ahead of a press conference at the White House on Monday morning. In Gaza, a prominent Al Jazeera journalist is among seven people killed in an Israeli strike, as Prime Minister Netanyahu vows to expand the war into […]
Officials have released more details about the man that police say opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) campus on Friday, Aug. 8. Authorities said the suspect killed an officer before he later died. Investigators identified the shooter as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White from Georgia. According to law enforcement, White claimed […]
