Netanyahu signals openness to cease-fire with Hezbollah, officials say
TEL AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has indicated he is open to a cease-fire in the yearlong conflict with Hezbollah, as U.S. officials pressured him to finalize a deal before Thanksgiving, according to two Israeli officials briefed on his thinking.
Philippines president slams vice president’s assassination plot
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday that he was taking seriously “deeply concerning” threats that had been made against him, days after his vice president said she had arranged for an assassin to kill Marcos if she were murdered.
When Sasaki signs his deal, other amateurs will suffer
The excitement over Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki coming to Major League Baseball should be tempered by the likelihood that his signing will produce unintended consequences: teenage Latin American prospects who will be abandoned by the team that signs him.
Trump plans tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China that could cripple trade
President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he would impose tariffs on all products coming into the United States from Canada, Mexico and China on his first day in office, a move that would scramble global supply chains and impose heavy costs on companies that rely on doing business with some of the world’s largest economies.
Jack Smith seeks dismissal of 2 federal cases against Trump
Special counsel Jack Smith asked two courts Monday to effectively shut down the federal criminal cases he brought against President-elect Donald Trump last year, bowing to a Justice Department policy that says it is unconstitutional to pursue prosecutions against sitting presidents.
Hezbollah fires about 250 projectiles into Israel after deadly strike in Beirut
JERUSALEM — Hezbollah fired about 250 projectiles into Israel on Sunday, a day after an Israeli strike in the heart of the Lebanese capital killed more than 25 people.
Connecticut couple charged in $1 million theft of Lululemon goods
A Connecticut couple were charged with being part of an organized retail theft operation that is suspected of stealing about $1 million in Lululemon merchandise across several states, authorities said.
The world seeks an end to plastic pollution at talks in South Korea
On the heels of contentious climate talks in Azerbaijan, negotiators from around the world are descending on Busan, South Korea, this week with another formidable goal: to hammer out the world’s first treaty designed to tackle plastic pollution’s explosive growth.
Trump is running his transition team on secret money
President-elect Donald Trump is keeping secret the names of donors who are funding his transition effort, a break from tradition that could make it impossible to see what interest groups, businesses or wealthy people are helping launch his second term.
Food poisoning kills 23 children as South Africa declares emergency
The six young children had just shared snacks bought from a corner store when they began convulsing. The children, all under 8, died moments later, adding more victims to a wave of food poisoning that authorities say has killed nearly two dozen children in a few months.
Owners of Colorado funeral homes admit to abusing nearly 200 corpses
A couple who owned a funeral home at two locations in Colorado pleaded guilty Friday to multiple counts of corpse abuse, more than a year after 191 bodies were found decaying at their businesses in a horrific scene, authorities said.
Israeli strike in the heart of Beirut kills at least 20
An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Beirut killed at least 20 people Saturday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, part of an intensifying Israeli military campaign that appears aimed at pressuring Hezbollah into a cease-fire deal.
Trump picks Brooke Rollins, a conservative lawyer, to lead Agriculture Dept.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday chose Brooke Rollins, his former White House domestic policy adviser, to helm the Agriculture Department, whose wide-ranging purview includes supporting farmers who grow the nation’s two biggest crops, corn and soybeans, and setting the nutrition standards in school cafeterias across the nation.
Nadal: A king of clay who should be remembered as so much more
Rafael Nadal retired from tennis on Tuesday night. He won 22 Grand Slam titles in 23 years across all three tennis surfaces, with an Olympic gold medal and 92 ATP titles in all. He was most dominant on clay, winning 63 per cent of his titles on the surface and compiling an 81-match win streak between April 2005 and May 2007, which remains the longest single-surface streak in the Open era of men’s tennis.
Climate talks end with a deal on money after a bitter fight
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Negotiators at this year’s United Nations climate summit struck an agreement early Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan, to triple the flow of money to help developing countries adopt cleaner energy and cope with the effects of climate change. Under the deal, wealthy nations pledged to reach $300 billion per year in support by 2035, up from a current target of $100 billion.
Inside the deadliest job in America
COOS BAY, Ore. — Mostly employed in densely forested pockets of the Pacific Northwest and the South, loggers have the highest rate of fatal on-the-job injuries of any civilian occupation in the nation, outpacing roofers, hunters and underground mining machine operators.
Ex-treasurer in Arizona pleads guilty to embezzling $38 million
As the elected treasurer in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, for more than a decade, Elizabeth Gutfahr’s job was to safeguard public funds for one of the state’s smallest counties.
Guard at US Embassy in Norway accused of spying for Russia and Iran
Authorities in Norway have arrested a Norwegian man who worked as a security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, accusing him of passing sensitive information to Russia and Iran.
Ukraine cancels parliament session, citing a warning over a missile attack
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s parliament canceled a session Friday over a warning that Russia could target the building in an attack with a missile that Ukraine’s air defenses cannot shoot down, lawmakers said.
‘This helps Netanyahu’: Israelis rally around Netanyahu over warrant, for now
JERUSALEM — The more Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is cast as an international pariah, the more many Israelis appear to embrace him.