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Editorial Roundup: United States 10/09/2024 10:57am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 6 The Washington Post on Hurricane Helene, FEMA and misinformation An underwater arts district. Health-care workers and patients stranded on hospital rooftops. Isolated residents pointing mirrors at the sky to catch rescue hel Hezbollah steps up rocket fire as Israel sends more troops into Lebanon 10/08/2024 10:38pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah fired another barrage of rockets into Israel on Tuesday, and the militant group’s acting leader vowed to keep up pressure that has forced tens of thousands of Israelis from their homes near the Lebanese border. The Israeli military said it sent more ground troops into sou Middle East latest: Netanyahu says Israel has killed the successor to the head of Hezbollah 10/08/2024 07:45pm • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel has killed the successor to the head of Hezbollah while the militant group's acting leader promised more fighting in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah’s overall leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and several of his top commanders were killed in recent w Democrats hope the latest court rulings restricting abortion energize voters as election nears 10/08/2024 06:09pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Two court rulings this week have delivered major blows to reproductive rights in Texas and Georgia but, during a crucial time in the election cycle, Democrats are seizing on them in an attempt to energize voters who support abortion access. Advocates hope the rulings will serve as r How AP VoteCast works, and how it's different from an exit poll 10/08/2024 03:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to understanding elections, it's not just about who won and lost. To explain what really happened, it's important to understand who voted and how, what they cared about and how they felt about important issues facing the country. At The Associated Press, AP VoteCast What polling shows about Black voters' views of Harris and Trump 10/08/2024 07:47am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Black registered voters have an overwhelmingly positive view of Vice President Kamala Harris, but they’re less sure that she would change the country for the better, according to a recent poll from the   AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll, which was conduc Middle East latest: Palestinian militants in Gaza fire rockets into Israel as it marks Oct. 7 10/07/2024 11:40pm • Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as mourners marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, without disrupting a nearby ceremony. The fighting on the anniversary underscored militants’ resilience in the face of a devastating Israeli offensive in Gaza th Maryland's 6th District candidate forum erupts in anger 10/07/2024 10:45pm • For 57 minutes Sunday, the first candidate forum in Maryland’s most competitive U.S. House district was fairly staid and civil, with Democrat April McClain Delaney and Republican Neil C. Parrott sticking to their well-rehearsed talking points and mild partisan attack lines. But the final three Gaza is in ruins after Israel's yearlong offensive. Rebuilding may take decades 10/07/2024 09:54am • The Gaza Strip is in ruins. There are hills of rubble where apartment blocks stood, and pools of sewage-tainted water spreading disease. City streets have been churned into dirt canyons and, in many places, the air is filled with the stench of unrecovered corpses. Israel’s yearlong offensive again Takeaways from AP's report on the destruction in Gaza a year into the war 10/07/2024 01:51am • Israel's yearlong offensive against Hamas, launched in response to the militant group's Oct. 7 attack into Israel, has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and caused staggering destruction across the Gaza Strip that could take decades to rebuild. Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed into How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados 10/07/2024 12:53am • KAYANZA, Burundi (AP) — Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when it is time to sell their avocados. They materialize from villages and form a crowd around the vehicle, watching closely as crews weigh and load the crated fruits. Such roadside exchanges, Montgomery Co. renters raise alarm over high levels of nitrogen dioxide in apartments 10/05/2024 01:36pm • Leila invites a reporter into her two-bedroom apartment at Cider Mill, an 864-unit complex in Montgomery Village, where she lives with her three school-age children in a largely African immigrant and Latino neighborhood. She walks into her tiny kitchen and fires up all four gas burners on the sto Having a Service Animal on Campus: What to Know 10/03/2024 08:00pm • For students with mental or physical disabilities, having a service animal on campus can help limit risks and ease the challenges that come with earning a college degree. "It allows them to experience things that otherwise they might not be able to do," such as accessing the dining hall or other fac NYC accelerates school leadership change as investigations swirl around mayor’s indictment 10/03/2024 04:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is speeding up its switch to a new schools chief as indicted Mayor Eric Adams faces mounting pressure to bring stability to a city government that has been roiled by searches, subpoenas and resignations. Schools Chancellor David Banks, whose phones were seized by fede Middle East latest: UN ponders how to calm the conflict as Israel battles militants on two fronts 10/03/2024 12:29am • The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday to address the spiraling conflict in the Middle East. Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. said his country launched nearly 200 missiles at Israel on Tuesday as a deterrent to further Israeli violence, while his Israeli counterpart