LONDON — The Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Security Agency said Thursday they are “checking the possibility” that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was among three people killed in the Gaza Strip. “At this stage, the identity of the terrorists cannot be confirmed,” the IDF wrote in a post to X. “In the building where

Hurricane Milton brought powerful winds, a storm surge and flooding to much of Florida after making landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. It weakened to a Category 1 storm as it moved through Florida early Thursday. Power outages were widespread, and four deaths have been reported from severe weather. The storm […]

MADISON, Wis. — All three election workers in a Wisconsin town of about 800 people resigned last week over a longstanding dispute, just ahead of the start of in-person absentee voting in the crucial swing state and a month before the Nov. 5 election. An interim clerk was appointed last week to oversee elections in […]

Fifteen people have been killed, including children, by an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The school was sheltering displaced people, Gaza health ministry official Medhat Abbas told Reuters. Dozens were also injured in the strike, he said, adding: “There is no water to extinguish

Former President Jimmy Carter has voted in the 2024 election, the Carter Center confirmed. Carter, the oldest living president, voted by mail on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Carter Center. Jason Carter, the chairman of the organization and the former president’s grandson, said in a text message on Wednesday that his grandfathe