23, 1983, the date when truck bombs targeted two buildings housing American and French troops, killing 241 U.S. service members and 58 French troops.... Simultaneously, Israel is pressing on with the war in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of people and was spawned by an attack by Hamas militants nearly a year ago. Hezbollah was founded in 1982, as violence against U.S. troops in Lebanon spiked.... Of Aqil, he said, “ It is still a source of some satisfaction that he finally got it.” C

Ed Burke stood at the center of a “ steady drumbeat of unlawful activity, ” federal prosecutors said in closing arguments at Burke’s racketeering trial Wednesday, painting the powerful alderman as greedy and extortionate.“ Mr.... Burke used his authority, entrusted to him by those citizens, to satisfy his own greed and to line his own pockets, ” MacArthur said.“ Edward Burke used his public authority and his power to punish and extort, ” she continued.... “ Edward Burke used his power to get w

Open this photo in gallery Annamie Paul, leader of the federal Green Party, greets supporters at the Berkeley Fieldhouse on Sept.... Paul told a small campaign rally, as the polls indicated she had finished in fourth place. The Greens had little to cheer on Monday night while the election results rolled in.... That would make him the first Green MP elected in Ontario....

NEW YORK--Quintin Sweat and Renée Harrison live only 15 minutes apart by car, with the U.S.-Canada border between them. But the couple, who got engaged in 2019, has only been able to be together three times during the pandemic.... Harrison still can't drive in to Detroit, however, as the U.S.is restricting entry by car from Canada and Mexico until at least Aug.... 21. The U.S. still bars travelers from specific countries — Brazil, China, India, Iran, South Africa and much of Europe....