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Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday.

Hezbollah spokesman killed in Israeli strike; 30 die in attack on northern Gaza

November 17, 2024, 2:37pm Latest News

A rare Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the chief spokesman for the Hezbollah militant group on Sunday, while an Israeli strike in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya killed at least 30 people, the director of a hospital there told The Associated Press. Read story

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, right, and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriiy Sybiha look at photos of fallen soldiers Saturday after a flower-laying ceremony at a memorial wall in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Moscow launches fierce attacks against Ukraine’s infrastructure

November 17, 2024, 2:36pm Latest News

Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest in recent months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians. Read story

FILE - A river borders an area that has been illegally deforested by land-grabbers and cattle farmers in an extractive reserve in Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 11, 2023.

Biden becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest

November 17, 2024, 1:09pm Latest News

Joe Biden toured the drought-shrunken waters of the Amazon River’s greatest tributary Sunday as the first sitting American president to set foot in the legendary rainforest, while the incoming Trump administration seems poised to scale back the United States commitment to combating climate change. Read story

A polar bear and cubs search for scraps in a large pile of bowhead whale bones left from the village's subsistence hunting at the end of an unused airstrip on a spit of land near the village, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Kaktovik, Alaska.

Alaska political leaders hope to see Trump undo restrictions on oil drilling

November 17, 2024, 10:28am Latest News

President-elect Donald Trump promised repeatedly during his campaign to expand oil drilling in the U.S., which is good news for political leaders in Alaska, where oil is the economic lifeblood and many felt the Biden administration has obstructed efforts to boost the state's diminished production. Read story

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) pose for a group photo, in Lima, Peru, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024.

During meeting with Biden, China’s Xi cautions U.S. to ‘make the wise choice’ to keep relations stable

November 17, 2024, 10:19am Latest News

Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new U.S. administration." Read story

Seattle-area homebuyers, trying to go agent-free, face hurdles

Anurag Kamasamudram, center, and Mayuri Gupta, right, look at a townhome with realtor Matt Miner, left, from Compass, a real estate company, in the Queen Anne neighborhood in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. The couple has an investment house but this is their first time buying a home for themselves. Ç&fnof;úMattÇ&fnof;Ùs helped us understand what we like and donÇ&fnof;Ùt like through the tours,Ç&fnof;ù says Mayuri. The couple is new to Seattle since May and still learning the neighborhoods. Ç&fnof;úHeÇ&fnof;Ùs helping us understand what areas we want to live in too.Ç&fnof;ù she says.

November 17, 2024, 6:02am Business

Ballard renters Anurag Kamasamudram and Mayuri Gupta started their home search casually this fall. They hoped to get a feel for the market, “window shopping” before they hired an agent and started searching more seriously in the spring. Read story

Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That’s what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars

A copy of the satirical outlet The Onion is seen Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Little Rock, Ark.

November 17, 2024, 6:02am Business

Headlines from the satirical website the Onion on Thursday: “New Dating Site Suggests People You Already Know But Thought You Were Too Good For.” “Trump Boys Have Slap Fight Over Who Gets to Run Foreign Policy Meetings.” “Here’s Why I Decided to Buy Infowars.” Read story

They didn’t create the homeless encampment. But one couple just realized it’s on them to clean up

On Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in San Diego, Shelly Stewart and Jason Stewart walk about their property that ends near the Interstate 15 freeway. Hidden from sight by large trees and shrubs, the couple learned recently of a large and dense encampment located at the very back of their property. (Nelvin C.

November 17, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

SAN DIEGO -- There’s a couch, a keyboard and a washing machine. You can count two widescreen TVs, a dozen pieces of luggage and who knows how many bicycles. Don’t forget the three-story dollhouse. Or the pile of needles. Read story