Category Archives: National
UPDATE: Biden says 4-year-old US hostage in Gaza is released
UPDATED 11:31 A.M. NANTUCKET, Massachusetts (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Sunday said a 4-year-old U.S. hostage was released from captivity in Gaza and returned to Israel as part of a truce. Biden...
Nov 26, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks, following a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, during a press conference in Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S., November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
UPDATE: American girl, 4, freed as Hamas hands over more Israeli, Thai hostages
UPDATE: 11:29 a.m. JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A four-year-old American girl held by Hamas in Gaza was released on Sunday, President Joe Biden said, as the militant group said it had handed over 13 Israeli h...
Nov 26, 2023 Residential buildings, destroyed in Israeli strikes during the conflict, lie in ruin, amid a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Gaza City November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Bassam Masoud
UPDATE: Hamas delays hostage release, demands aid to northern Gaza
Updated: 11:38 a.m. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The armed wing of Hamas said it had decided to delay Saturday's scheduled second round of hostage releases until Israel committed to allowing aid trucks t...
Nov 25, 2023 A convoy of ambulances heads towards north Gaza during a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, near Gaza City November 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo
Former police officer convicted in death of George Floyd is stabbed in prison -media
(Reuters) -Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, was stabbed in federal prison on Friday and seriously injured, the Associated Press said, citing...
Nov 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses his sentencing hearing and the judge as he awaits his sentence after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Israel expects more hostages to be freed, prepares to release Palestinian prisoners
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas was expected to release a second group of Israelis on Saturday as a planned four-day truce to allow an exchange of 50 hostages for Palestinian prisoners continued to ho...
Nov 25, 2023 Hostages released as part of a deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas arrive by helicopter at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, November 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
UPDATE: Biden hopeful about Israel-Hamas truce extension, US hostages release
UPDATED 3:41 P.M. NANTUCKET, Mass. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that the chances were "real" of a truce between Israel and Hamas being extended and he expressed hope that U.S. ci...
Nov 24, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks following a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, during a press conference in Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S., November 24, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
UPDATE: Hamas frees 24 hostages from Gaza on first day of truce
UPDATED 2:33 P.M. GAZA/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER (Reuters) -Hamas fighters released 24 hostages on Friday during the first day of the war's first truce, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm wor...
Nov 24, 2023 Israeli military personnel stand near a Red Cross bus outside the Israeli military prison, Ofer, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, from another Israeli prison, before they are due to be released as part of a deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, to free hostages held in Gaza in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners, November 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
UPDATE: New York police identify couple killed in US-Canada border crash
UPDATED 1:21 P.M. (Reuters) - New York police on Friday identified the man and woman who were killed when their car crashed and burst into flames on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario at Ni...
Nov 24, 2023 A vehicle burns at the Rainbow Bridge U.S. border crossing with Canada, in Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. November 22, 2023 in a still image from video. Courtesy Saleman Alwishah via REUTERS
UPDATE: US shoppers set for cheapest holiday toys, coats and dresses in years
UPDATED 11:44 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -The battleground for retailers this U.S. holiday season is over merchandise priced at $35 and less, setting the stage for the cheapest shopping period in years f...
Nov 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A child looks at toys in a Target store ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday and traditional Black Friday sales in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 21, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent Alban/File Photo
Ceasefire takes hold in Gaza ahead of hostage release, aid enters enclave
GAZA/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER (Reuters) -A temporary ceasefire between Israeli and Hamas forces took hold in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the first respite in 48 days of conflict that has devastated the Palest...
Nov 24, 2023 Displaced Palestinians return to their homes as they walk near houses destroyed in an Israeli strike during the conflict, amid the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
