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California owner of squatter-infested Hollywood Hills mansion apologizes, offers to repay taxpayer funds

The owner of the two Hollywood Hills mansions that have been taken over by squatters and taggers has issued an apology and vowed to rectify the situation."I would like to apologize to the people of Los Angeles, and especially to my neighbors. What’s happened to the two properties I own is unacceptable, and no matter what caused it, I own the houses," John Powers Middleton, film producer and son of […]

September 28, 2024

World News

Israeli military says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Beirut strike

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization Hassan Nasrallah died in its strike Friday against the group’s headquarters in Lebanon."This is not the end of our toolbox. The message is simple, anyone who threatens the citizens of Israel - We will know how to reach them," the IDF's Chief of the General Staff, Ltf. Herzi Halevi said of the elimination of Nasrallah.The IDF attacked the […]

September 28, 2024 2

World News

Israeli forces say head of Hamas in southern Syria killed in strike

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced Saturday morning that it eliminated the head of the Hamas terrorist network in southern Syria.The Israeli Air Force struck Ahmad Muhammad Fahd following intelligence conducted by the IDF.Fahd was responsible for carrying out terror attacks against IDF troops and Israel from the area of southern Syria, including by firing projectiles toward the Golan Heights area, according to the IDF.ISRAEL TARGETS HEZBOLLAH LEADER NASRALLAH IN […]

September 28, 2024 1

Orlando News

Israel’s military mobilizes additional reserve soldiers as tensions escalate with Lebanon

WorldCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.An Israeli soldier carries a shell next to a tank in northern Israel on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)BEIRUT – The Israeli military said it was mobilizing additional reserve soldiers as tensions escalate with Lebanon. On Saturday morning, the Israeli military carried out several strikes in southern Beirut and eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. Hezbollah launched dozens of projectiles across northern and […]

September 28, 2024 1

Sports News

College football team stranded in buses on flooded interstate amid Hurricane Helene destruction

A college football team was stranded on buses in the middle of a flooded interstate in North Carolina on Friday night, as Hurricane Helene continued to bring flash flooding across multiple southeastern states. The team, East Tennessee State University (ETSU), was on its way to a game in Charlston to play The Citadel. But the team's buses only made it as far as Exit 44 on I-26 when they hit floodwaters […]

September 28, 2024 1

Orlando News

Israel-Hamas war latest: Smoke rises from Beirut’s southern suburbs after a night of Israeli attacks

WorldCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All right reservedSmoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Smoke rose from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday morning and the streets were empty after the area was pummeled overnight by heavy Israeli airstrikes.Attacks on Hezbollah targets by fighter jets Friday continued into the early hours Saturday after the army said it told residents to evacuate […]

September 28, 2024 1

Orlando News

Dozens dead and millions without power after Helene’s deadly march across southeastern US

NationalCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reservedJill Rice looks over the damage to her store caused by flooding from Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Gulfport, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)PERRY, Fla. – Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than 3 million customers went into the weekend without […]

September 28, 2024 1

World News

Israeli forces take out head of Hamas in southern Syria

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced Saturday morning that it eliminated the head of the Hamas terrorist network in southern Syria.The Israeli Air Force struck Ahmad Muhammad Fahd following intelligence conducted by the IDF.Fahd was responsible for carrying out terror attacks against IDF troops and Israel from the area of southern Syria, including by firing projectiles toward the Golan Heights area, according to the IDF.ISRAEL TARGETS HEZBOLLAH LEADER NASRALLAH IN […]

September 28, 2024 1

Science News

Crocodiles baited with ‘nausea-inducing chemical’ to prevent them from eating toxic, invasive toad

Critically endangered crocodiles hatch at Fort Worth Zoo The Fort Worth Zoo celebrated its first-ever repeated gharial breeding success with the emergence of two hatchlings this summer. The Texas zoo is the only institution in North America to have produced multiple offspring of this species. Researchers in Australia concerned about the sharp decline of freshwater crocodiles who eat a toxic, invasive toad species have come up with a stomach-churning way […]

September 28, 2024

Orlando News

Europeans, Arab and Muslim nations launch a new initiative for an independent Palestinian state

WorldFILE - Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)TANZANIA – European, Arab and Islamic nations have launched an initiative to strengthen support for a Palestinian state and its institutions, and prepare for a future after the war in Gaza and escalating conflict in Lebanon, Norway’s foreign minister said Friday.Espen Barth Eide told The Associated […]

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