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A Hamas spokesman says that the group is holding dozens of captive Israeli soldiers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:53 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Hamas spokesman says that the group is holding dozens of captive Israeli soldiers.Source

Hamas surprise attack stuns Israel, leaves hundreds dead in fighting, retaliation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:53 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas militants fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of fighters into Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip in an unprecedented surprise early morning attack during a major Jewish holiday Saturday, killing dozens and stunning the country. Israel said it is now at war with Hamas and launched airstrikes in Gaza, vowing to inflict an “unprecedented price.”In an assault of startling breadth, Hamas gunmen rolled into as many as 22 locations outside the Gaza Strip, including towns and other communities as far as 15 miles (24 kilometers) from the Gaza border. In some places, they roamed for hours, gunning down civilians and soldiers until Israel's military mustered a response. Even well after nightfall, gunbattles continued in some locations.Israel’s national rescue service said at least 100 people were killed and hundreds wounded, making it the deadliest attack in Israel in years. An unknown number of Israeli soldiers and civilians were also taken captive...

At least 200 killed, 1,100 wounded in Hamas attack on Israel, rescue service says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:53 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The unprecedented, multipronged attack by the Hamas militant group on Israel has killed at least 200 people and wounded more than 1,000, Israeli rescue service Zaka said Saturday.It is the deadliest attack against Israel in decades. Hamas militants infiltrated by sea, air and land, attacking communities and stunning Israelis on a major holiday.At least 198 people in the Gaza Strip have been killed and at least 1,610 wounded in Israel’s retaliation, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Hamas militants fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of fighters into Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip in an unprecedented surprise early morning attack during a major Jewish holiday Saturday, killing dozens and stunning the country. Israel said it is now at war with Hamas and launched airstrikes in Gaza, vowing to inflict an “unprecedented price.”In an assault of startling breadth, Hamas gunmen rolled into as many...

Power outage impacts Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:53 GMT

Emergency crews were on scene at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton Saturday while a power outage impacted the hospital, officials said.The Brockton Emergency Management Agency in a statement said leadership and staff were working with Good Samaritan’s emergency response team as of around 11 a.m. to deal with “current emergency issues affecting hospital operations.”The hospital, officials said, was in “condition black” and was not accepting incoming patients. A spokesperson for Steward Health Care, which owns Good Samaritan Medical Center, said the hospital was experiencing a power outage as of around 1:45 p.m., adding “[O]ur team is working diligently to find the cause.”“As patient safety is always our number one priority, our patients are receiving uninterrupted care,” the spokesperson said. “Where needed our patients are being transferred to our sister hospitals for care.”  No further information was immediately available. This is a developing story; st...

Howie Carr: NIMBY Maura Healey not nearly as ‘distressed’ as her Massachusetts constituents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:53 GMT

If she didn’t really care about being governor, why did Maura Healey run for the job last year?Much like Mayor Michelle Wu in Boston, Maura must have been enthralled with the idea of being the “first” this or that. But now that they’ve made history, or her-story, both of them are like the dog that liked to chase the cars that drove by his house.What happens to the dog when he… catches it?Both Healey and Wu seem checked out, disinterested at best, bored at worst with anything beyond the vapid ribbon-cutting and virtue-signaling.But considering that most Americans have likewise long since checked out of Boston, Wu’s disappearance is less of a concern.It’s more significant when the governor appears to have gone MIA from the Commonwealth, whether on her endless junkets or even on those rare days she shows up in the Corner Office.Not that this is a new phenomenon for governors. But usually it takes a term, or at least a couple of years, for the incumbent to become, in Gov. Charlie Baker’...

Why Jaylen Brown, Celtics are emphasizing defense at start of training camp

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:53 GMT

Long before this Celtics training camp started, Jaylen Brown wanted to make something clear.The Celtics star, accepting his record-breaking contract extension back in July, was asked about the team’s championship expectations. This was before Jrue Holiday was acquired, but shortly after Marcus Smart was traded. Brown went out of his way to emphasize defense.“I want to make sure that’s where we hang our hats this year and that starts with me, that starts with Jayson (Tatum),” Brown said. “With Marcus gone, we don’t want our defensive identity to go out the door as well, so we have to really emphasize that at the start of training camp.”Brown’s messaging has stayed consistent, and there’s been a clear emphasis on the defensive end to start training camp. He talked at media day about maintaining the energy on defense.So why has Brown felt the need to make improved defense a goal this season? It all started with Smart’s departure.“Before we got Jrue, (I) wanted to make sure we didn̵...

New X change removes users' ability to block, report certain ads

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:53 GMT

(The Hill) — X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has removed users’ ability to block and report certain advertisements.According to a new report by Mashable Friday, users on X reached out to the publication about a new type of ad. These ads were reportedly in the “For You” feed on the platform and were not appearing on X before.The new ads also do not let users like or retweet them, Mashable reported. The publication also said the ad format does not reveal the people behind them, or their existence as ads themselves. They also reportedly do not give users options to block an account or report a post if clicked, like advertisement posts typically do.  Cohen on Trump fraud trial: ‘There’s no way for him to escape this’ The reported new ads come close in timing with another new change to X. On Wednesday, X started the process of changing the appearance of links posted to the platform. It got rid of headlines and text that had been shown with images when a link was posted. X’s ...

Co-founder of Go brewing with non-alcoholic drinks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:53 GMT

Co-founder of Go Brewing Joe Chura joins WGN Weekend Morning News to share more on non-alcoholic drinks for those wanting to take a break from alcohol.Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.

What are the scariest non-horror movies?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:53 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — With spooky season in full swing, millions of Americans are beginning their annual horror movie marathons leading up to Halloween. But scares aren't just reserved for movies classified as horror — something can be scary for a million different reasons to a million different people.Forget "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie — which non-horror film is a scary movie? ‘Lewis,’ Target’s hot new Halloween decoration, goes viral thanks to mysterious catchphrase While "scary" is subjective, here are some of the most-cited non-horror movies users of Reddit named the scariest. Wondering where to watch scary movies? Below, find the various streaming platforms you can see these movies and more."No Country for Old Men" (2007)Javier Bardem's chilling performance as merciless killer Anton Chigurh won the Spanish actor an Oscar and helped propel this Western crime-thriller into horror movie territory for many. "No Country' is borderline cosmic horror," one Redditor mused. "Anton Chigurh w...

Movie review: ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ an exhausting, unnecessary reboot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:53 GMT

Once again, David Gordon Green and Danny McBride have taken it upon themselves to futz about with a 1970s horror classic at the behest of horror uber-producer Jason Blum. So far their track record ranges from “pretty good” (“Halloween”), to “should’ve never seen the light of day” (“Halloween Kills”), to “huh?” (“Halloween Ends”), so expectations should be riding low for their take on the 1973 William Friedkin classic “The Exorcist,” now re-imagined as “lega-sequel” “The Exorcist: Believer.” Keep those expectations planted firmly in the gutter because after this encounter, you’ll likely be left thinking, “can Pazuzu just give it a rest?”“The Exorcist: Believer” is an exhausting affair, an unrelenting film that attempts to cover up its lack of shock and suspense with a kind of cinematic bludgeoning: a battering about the face and head delivered via smash cuts, jump scares, overlapping sound design and chaotic camerawork. Yet despite all this stylistic violence, all the demonic histrio...