West Bank – “Israeli media reports suggesting that progress has been made in the Shalit deal are baseless,” Hassan Yusuf, a senior Hamas official in the West Bank, said on Thursday. Yusuf, who was quoted by the Islamist group’s newspaper al-Risalah, said that negotiations meant to secure the release of the kidnapped IDF soldier were deadlocked. Meanwhile, [...]

Richmond, VA – A federal appeals court in Virginia dismissed two lawsuits Thursday that had claimed President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul was unconstitutional, though it remains likely the U.S. Supreme Court will eventually decide whether the government can force individuals to buy insurance. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cited [...]

Wilkes-Barre, PA – Officials in northeastern Pennsylvania called for a mandatory evacuation of more than 100,000 residents living along the Susquehanna River on Thursday due to expected flooding. The area was inundated in the historic Agnes flood of 1972. Luzerne County Management Agency official Frank Lasiewicki told The Associated Press Thursday the river is projected to [...]

Jerusalem – Israeli security forces say they have arrested a group of Hamas militants behind a bombing that killed a British woman and wounded dozens of civilians this year. The Shin Bet security service says a 36-year-old West Bank Palestinian who constructed the bomb was among dozens of militants arrested. So was a 23-year-old Palestinian from [...]

Bronx, NY – The last of four men convicted in an FBI sting operation was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison by a judge who said she was not proud of her government for creating the plot to bomb synagogues and shoot down military planes with missiles. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon took another [...]

Fallsburg, NY – Due to flooding officials are evacuating 300 homes city wide due to flooding, multiple agencies responding to assist.

Kiryas Joel, NY – No children were injured when a Bnai Yoel School bus reared a taxicab on Bakertown Road and Hamastik Way in the Village of Kiryas Joel Wednesday morning. Authorities said the cab was making a u-turn when the bus struck it injuring the driver and two passengers, all of whom were taken to [...]

Miami – Hurricane Katia weakened to a Category 1 storm in the Atlantic early Wednesday and was not expected to hit land. The hurricane — with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph (150 kph) — was forecast to pass between the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda over Wednesday night and Thursday, according to the U.S. National [...]

Tokyo – Honda Motor Co. says it will recall a total of 962,000 cars worldwide to fix power windows and computer systems. Honda will recall 936,000 units of the Fit subcompact, CR-V crossover and Fit Aria in North America, Asia, Europe and Africa, the company said Monday. The Fit is called Jazz in some overseas markets, [...]

Alaska – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Atka, Alaska, sparking a tsunami warning for the Aleutian Islands.