Israel hits Gaza with ‘extensive strikes,’ killing dozens and ending ceasefire

Israel hit Gaza with a series of “extensive strikes” overnight Tuesday, vowing to open the “gates of hell” because Hamas has not released the remaining hostages. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israel Defense Forces is targeting Hamas terrorists throughout the region and will act with “increasing military force” … Read more

60 feet below in a 3-foot-wide tomb: Freed Israeli hostage details conditions of Hamas captivity: Reporter’s notebook

Editor’s note: This reporting contains graphic descriptions. GAZA — The fighting may have stopped, but not Hamas’ digging. Every day from 5 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week, the team that guarded Israeli hostage Tal Shoham used a type of electric demolition hammer to carve additional miles of tunnel from the soft Gaza clay, … Read more

Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil describes night of his arrest in new court filing

The night federal agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil on Columbia University’s campus, the Palestinian activist feared he would be immediately deported, according to a sworn declaration included in a new court filing by his attorneys. Khalil, a leader of the encampment protests at Columbia last spring, was detained on March 8. He was taken from his … Read more

Woman arrested for allegedly providing illegal abortions in Houston, Texas AG says

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday that a 48-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly illegally providing abortions in Houston. In a press release, Paxton said that Maria Margarita Rojas allegedly provided “illegal abortions” and “illegally” operated a network of clinics in northwestern Houston. Rojas has been charged with the illegal performance of … Read more

Judge to hear arguments over Trump administration’s decision not to turn around deportation flights

A federal judge has scheduled a hearing at 5 p.m. ET Monday to address the question of whether the Trump administration knowingly violated a court order when it handed over more than 200 alleged gang members to El Salvadoran authorities over the weekend. President Donald Trump’s administration made a calculated decision Saturday to ignore the … Read more

Active-duty airman arrested for allegedly killing woman on South Dakota base

An active-duty airman was arrested on Friday for allegedly killing a 21-year-old woman on an air base in South Dakota, according to the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office. Quinterius Chappelle, 24, an active-duty airman stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, faces second-degree murder charges for allegedly killing 21-year-old Sahela Sangrait, the sheriff’s office … Read more