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Palestinians are streaming out of eastern Khan Younis, the second-largest city in Gaza, as an Israeli evacuation order affects roughly 250,000 people, the United Nations said Tuesday.Israel’s military estimated that around 1.9 million people — more than 80% of all Palestinians in the Gaza Strip — are now clustered into the territory’s central region. Although the exact number of people fleeing Khan Younis was not immediately known, Sigrid Kaag, the top U.N. humanitarian official for Gaza, said there are around 1.9 million displaced people in Gaza. She said civilians in the besieged territory have been pushed “into an abyss of…
According to reports from Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel, prices in New York City’s Manhattan housing market fell in the second quarter of this year, while sales recovered for the first time in two years.The average sales price in the borough was down 3.3% from a year ago to about $2 million, though it was up more than 8% from the previous quarter. Sales volume increased more than 31% quarter-on-quarter and was up 12% from last year.”After two years of sluggish sales and rising mortgage rates, the second quarter offered a respite,” the report said. “Median sales prices declined nominally…
CHICAGO (WLS) — A small Chicago housing developer is in a major dispute with its bank over more than $40,000 in fraudulent charges that its owners believe were made by scammers.Jeff Benacci’s fight against fraud began almost immediately after his Lincoln Park-based company, Lexington Homes, ordered the renderings.ABC7 Chicago is currently streaming 24/7. Click here to watch”We wanted to get a bird’s-eye view and an overview of what the finished community will look like,” he said.The developer hired a Canadian company, but the renderings didn’t live up to his expectations. He canceled the order and offered to pay for the…
Get our FREE US Election Countdown newsletterImportant news about money and politics in the race for the White HouseBeijing and Manila have held talks to manage tensions over a reef in the South China Sea that has become one of the Indo-Pacific region’s most dangerous flashpoints and which the United States has warned is covered by a defense treaty with the Philippines.Chinese and Philippine diplomats discussed the situation on Second Thomas Shoal in Manila on Tuesday. In recent months, the Chinese coast guard has adopted increasingly aggressive tactics to block the delivery of supplies from the Philippines to marines stationed…
Among the 12 awardees the Quantum Hub based in Colorado and the Photon Sensor Hub based in Montana. The Commerce Department announced that it will award $504 million in implementation funds to 12 regional coalitions aiming to jumpstart technology development across the United States. Announced Today the winner is The 31 finalists People who applied to the Tech Hub program, which Congress created through the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. The hubs’ focus areas include quantum information, photonics, semiconductors, clean energy, sustainable polymers, climate resilience, biomanufacturing, personalized medicine, and autonomous systems. Each hub will receive between $19 million and…
TOPEKA — The chair of the Kansas Democratic LGBTQ Caucus has denounced U.S. House candidate Nancy Boyda’s opposition to transgender women’s participation in organized athletic programs for girls and women as “hateful drivel.” In a statement promoting her campaign for Congress in the 2nd District, Boyda said she was against transgender girls participating on girls’ sports teams. In an interview, she made it clear that she was focused on excluding postpubertal transgender women from single-sex programs for girls and women. Brandi Armstrong, chairwoman of the state party’s caucus, said Boyda’s decision to sidestep the Kansas Democratic Party’s platform and refuse…
A lawsuit filed Tuesday against Northwestern University opens a new front in the fight against affirmative action, alleging that the school’s law school violates federal anti-discrimination laws by hiring less qualified people of color and women for teaching positions than white men.The lawsuit, brought by a group of faculty, alumni and students opposed to racial favoritism, targets Northwestern’s law school, but it adds to a broader criticism of American universities that they prioritize diversity over merit and compliance with federal law.The lawsuit, brought by conservative legal activists, is an effort to win a ruling that will force change to widespread…
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Kannauj MP Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said his party’s victory in Faizabad (Ayodhya) was a “message from Lord Rama”. He said the outcome of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections marked an end to “sectarian politics” in India and was a moral victory for the Indian camp.Akhilesh read out “Shaili” and recited Chaupai from Ramcharitmanas while taking part in the vote of thanks for the President’s address. The SP leader thanked the “wise and sincere” voters who had not allowed “Loktantra to Ektantra (shift from democracy to individual system)” in the country. Akhilesh attributed the SP’s…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Supreme Court’s nine justices are divided along ideological lines, with six conservatives forming a sizable majority on the court today. Article informationauthor, Bernd Debsmann Jr.role, BBC News, Washington 1 hour agoThe U.S. Supreme Court has always played a powerful role in American life, deciding everything from civil rights and the environment to gun and religious freedom.But the Supreme Court’s role has changed in some ways, and its nine unelected justices, who serve for life, now have much more influence in the country’s politics.The Supreme Court, in the final stretch of its 2023-2024 term, ruled…