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Mr. Abed said he was relieved when the Israelis brought another Red Crescent paramedic, Asaad al-Nasasra, still alive, over to the group of detainees. In handcuffs and a blindfold, Mr. al-Nasasra, whispered to him what he knew about their colleagues, Mr. Abed recalled.Two looked wounded, one of them seriously, he said Mr. al-Nasasra told him. And last he had seen them, Mr. al-Nasasra recalled, two others were reciting the Shahada.One Israeli soldier sounded triumphant when Mr. Abed asked about the other ambulance workers, he recalled. “Your colleagues — all of them are gone!” he told him, mockingly, in broken Arabic,…

An undocumented immigrant attending an anti-Trump “Hands Off!” rally on Saturday said she was “unafraid” to flash her immigration status and sexual orientation publicly.”I am an immigrant, I am undocumented, unafraid, queer and unashamed,” Greisa Martinez Rosas, a longtime left-wing immigration activist, told those in attendance at the Washington, D.C., demonstrations over the weekend, according to a report in the New York Post.The comments come as protests against the Trump administration’s immigration and cost-cutting policies have spread across the country in recent days, with critics slamming the president for his push to hasten deportations and gut federal agencies through the…

The digital billboards began popping up recently on busy thoroughfares in Pittsburgh and more than a dozen other American cities and towns. The simple white letters on a stark black background carried a pointed message.Tariffs are a tax on groceries.Tariffs are a tax at the gas pump.Tariffs are a tax on hardworking Americans.The billboards aren’t paid for by an industry trade group or a political action committee, but rather by the sovereign (for now) government of Canada, a point that is noted in the not-so-fine print.The advertising campaign is another sign of how the neighbors to the north are responding…

The Athletic has in-depth coverage of the 2025 Men’s Final Four.The men’s NCAA Tournament started with 68 teams and plenty of March Madness dreams.Three weeks and 66 games later, we’re set for Monday’s national championship game, where the fun will come to its conclusion as Florida and Houston meet in San Antonio.It’s been an interesting and unusual tournament, one notably short on Cinderellas and decidedly heavy on big-conference dominance. All four No. 1 seeds reached the Final Four, and now we’ll have a title game featuring two of them, plus a nice selection of future NBA stars.It’s the SEC vs. the…

A third straight Serie A defeat has left Atlanta feeling the heat as they cling to a top-four spot.

BRUSSELS: European Union countries will seek to present a united front in the coming days against US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, likely approving a first set of targeted countermeasures on up to US$28 billion of US imports from dental floss to diamonds. Such a move would mean the EU joining China and Canada in imposing retaliatory tariffs on the United States in an early escalation of what some fear will become a global trade war, making goods more expensive for billions of consumers and pushing economies around the world into recession. The 27-nation bloc faces 25 percent import tariffs on…

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBitcoin fell below the $79,000 level as investors braced for more financial market volatility after U.S. equites suffered their worst decline since 2020 on the rollout of President Donald Trump’s restrictive global tariffs.The price of bitcoin was last lower by 4% at $78,835.07, according to Coin Metrics, after trading above the $80,000 for most of this year — barring a couple brief blips below it amid recent volatility. It’s off its January all-time high by about 34%.The flagship cryptocurrency usually trades like a big tech stock and is often viewed by traders as a…

The strikes targeting the capital hit a home and wound more than 20 other people, according to Houthi authorities.United States air strikes have killed at least four people in Yemen’s Sanaa, according to the Ministry of Health. The attacks on the capital on Sunday hit a home and wounded more than 20 other people, including four women and children, according to local sources. US warplanes launched three other air strikes on the Al Jabal al Aswad area in the Bani Matar district, west of the capital. No details were available regarding casualties. Earlier, the Houthis said US air strikes killed…

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A raging charter boat captain has gone viral after he boarded a small boat to harangue a young fisherman who he accused of nearly causing a collision that morning. The fiery exchange that took place shows 40-year-old Brock Horner in a fishing boat with two other men as they pull up alongside Gage Towles, who is in a small fishing boat by himself on Florida’s Gulf Coast.The April 1 confrontation, which sees Horner jump onto Towles’ boat and aggressively challenge him, was recorded by Towles, who posted it to his Facebook page, where it has generated 15 million views.An animated and…