JERUSALEM — Israel's top general resigned Tuesday, taking responsibility for security failures tied to Hamas' surprise attack that triggered the war in Gaza and adding to pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has delayed any public inquiry that could potentially implicate his leadership. While a fragile new ceasefire in...
Musk’s Straight-Arm Gesture Embraced by Right-Wing Extremists
NEW YORK — Right-wing extremists are celebrating Elon Musk’s straight-arm gesture during a speech Monday, although his intention wasn't totally clear and some hate watchdogs are saying not to read too much into it. “I just want to say thank you for making it happen,” Musk said during a speech...
Trump Orders to Roll Back Transgender Protections and End DEI Programs
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday rolling back protections for transgender people and terminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government in what he described in his inauguration speech as a move to end efforts to “socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and...
Trump’s First Full Day Back in White House Includes Firings and an Infrastructure Announcement
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is spending his first full day back in the White House meeting with congressional leaders, making an infrastructure announcement and demonstrating one of his favored expressions of power: firing people. The new president posted on his Truth social media network early Tuesday that he would...
Celtics Hand Warriors Their Most Lopsided Home Loss in 40 Years
SAN FRANCISCO — Jayson Tatum scored 22 points, Kristaps Porzingis had 18, and the Boston Celtics handed the Golden State Warriors their most lopsided home loss in 40 years with a 125-85 victory on Monday. The Celtics built a double-digit lead early and put it away with a 43-24 edge...
Ohio State’s Ryan Day Earns Vindication With Buckeyes’ First National Title Since 2014
ATLANTA — Ryan Day deserved to feel vindication when he won a national championship less than two months after it seemed his Ohio State job was on the line. That relief only lasts so long. Day made that clear when it was suggested to him on Tuesday morning that Monday...
Trump Signed an Order to End Birthright Citizenship. What Is It and What Does That Mean?
President Donald Trump moved to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship when he ordered the cancellation of the constitutional guarantee that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status. Trump's roughly 700-word executive order, issued late Monday, amounts to a fulfillment of something he's talked about during the presidential...
Migrants Stranded When Thousands of Appointments to Enter the US Are Canceled
TIJUANA, Mexico — They came from Haiti, Venezuela and around the world, pulling small rolling suitcases crammed with clothing and stuffed animals to occupy their children. They clutched cellphones showing that after months of waiting they had appointments — finally — to legally enter the United States. Now outside a...
Palestinians Confront a Landscape of Destruction in Gaza’s ‘Ghost Towns’
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Across the tiny coastal enclave, where built-up refugee camps are interspersed between cities, drone footage captured by The Associated Press shows mounds...
Could Patrick Mahomes’ Actions Lead to NFL Flopping Crackdown?
NFL officials were heavily scrutinized for some of the flags they threw in the four divisional round games that saw the Chiefs, Bills, Eagles, and Commanders advance to next weekend's conference championships. Yet, it was one play that didn't draw a flag that could prove a most consequential non-call if the NFL decides to join the NBA and...