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Israeli ground forces inside Gaza as Palestinians take stock after intense overnight bombardment

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:55:18 GMT

(CNN) — Israeli ground forces are inside Gaza after entering the enclave overnight, as Palestinians experienced what they have described as the most intense round of airstrikes since Israel began its retaliation against Hamas’ October 7 terror attack.Israeli forces “went into the Gaza Strip and expanded the ground operation where infantry, armor and engineer units and artillery with heavy fire are taking part,” Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Saturday morning during a press briefing in Tel Aviv.“The forces are in the field and continue the fighting,” he added, without giving further details.Hagari’s words confirm the military operation has undergone a significant expansion after what it had earlier described as two “targeted raids,” which took place on Wednesday night and Thursday night. Both those raids saw ground forces withdraw after a few hours.However, it does not appear as though any major ground offensive aimed at seizing and holding signif...

Update: all southbound lanes on Interstate 280 reopened to traffic after fatal crash

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:55:18 GMT

(BCN) -- All southbound lanes on Interstate Highway 280 north of El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills have been reopened following a nearly three-hour closure in the wake of a fatal crash Saturday morning, the California Highway Patrol said.The roadway was opened to traffic at 7:53 a.m. Saturday, hours after officers closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 280 at El Monte Road following an early morning collision which left one person dead.The crash, first reported at 3:33 a.m., occurred just south of the El Monte Road offramp on Interstate 280 in Los Altos Hills. The driver of the vehicle was confirmed dead on the scene, according to the CHP.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Stolen vehicle suspects taken into custody by Albany PD

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:55:18 GMT

(KRON) – The Albany Police Department took one person into custody for possession of a stolen vehicle on Oct. 27. Albany police officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle that was occupied and parked in a parking lot of Ocean View Elementary School on Friday at 7:16 a.m. The suspicious vehicle was found to be reported stolen, police said.  Vehicle slams into divider along I-280, killing one APD made contact with the two occupants in the vehicle by ordering them out of the vehicle. Officers subsequently took the two occupants into custody without incident for possession of a stolen vehicle, police said. According to the Albany police, one individual who was initially detained was released with no pending charges.

The Lights Are Off. Here’s What We Know About Life and Death Inside Gaza.

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:55:18 GMT

This article was originally published as a newsletter from Ryan Grim. Sign up to get the next one in your inbox.Israel turned off the lights, cut the phone lines, and shut off the internet to Gaza on Friday night, plunging the region into darkness and isolation before launching a ground invasion. Only those inside know what’s happening there.At the end of last week, I reached out to a source of mine from previous reporting, knowing that he’d been born and raised in Gaza, and I asked him how his family was managing in the face of the bombing campaign. He told me that so far, seven relatives on his father’s side, and 30 on his mother’s, had been killed. Those are numbers that we have no ability to comprehend. I told him that if he was able to, he was welcome to join our podcast, “Deconstructed” and tell their stories. After thinking about it for a few days, he decided to do it, and we spoke on Thursday evening, the night before he lost all contact with his family.  ...

Bellingham’s stoppage-time winner gives Real Madrid 2-1 victory at Barcelona in his 1st ‘clasico’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:55:18 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Jude Bellingham won’t forget his first “clasico” match as the England midfielder scored two goals including a stoppage-time winner to lead Real Madrid to a 2-1 comeback victory at Barcelona in the Spanish league on Saturday.They were Bellingham’s 12th and 13th goals in 13 games in all competitions since he joined Madrid this summer, including a Spanish league-leading 10 goals in 11 rounds.Barcelona went ahead in the sixth minute through former Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan’s first goal for his new club. The hosts also hit the woodwork twice before Bellingham equalized.Bellingham was kept in check by Barcelona’s Gavi Paéz until he found space well outside the box to unleash a strike in the 68th that swerved past Marc-Andre ter Stegen and hit the corner of the net.Bellingham then tapped in the stoppage-time winner when a deflected ball fell to him in front of the net.Madrid remained top, level on points with second-place Girona. Ba...

Billing scores long-range wonder goal to earn Bournemouth first win in Premier League this season

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:55:18 GMT

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Philip Billing scored a wonder goal from around 40 yards (meters) on Saturday to earn Bournemouth a 2-1 win over Burnley and its first Premier League victory of the season.The Denmark midfielder collected the ball just inside Burnley’s half, took a couple of touches then — from a central position — lobbed back-pedaling goalkeeper James Trafford for a goal celebrated wildly inside the Vitality Stadium.Few will have enjoyed it more than Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola, whose job was coming under pressure after arriving in the offseason and failing to win any of his first nine league games in charge.It looked like Burnley striker Jay Rodriguez might have denied Iraola the much-needed result when he shot into the corner in the 88th minute. After a VAR check that lasted more than five minutes — and drew cries of “this is embarrassing” by fans — the goal was scrubbed off.Charlie Taylor smashed home a bouncing ball home from the edge of the area to put Burnley...

Eddie Nketiah scores hat trick as Arsenal routs last-place Sheffield United 5-0 in Premier League

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:55:18 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Eddie Nketiah scored his first Premier League hat trick as Arsenal brushed aside last-place Sheffield United 5-0 on Saturday to keep pace in the title race. The England striker made sure Arsenal didn’t miss the injured Gabriel Jesus as he opened the scoring in the 28th minute from close range and completed his hat trick in the 58th with a fierce shot from outside the area to put Arsenal 3-0 up. Substitute Fabio Vieira netted the fourth from the penalty spot in the 88th and Takehiro Tomiyasu completed the rout deep into stoppage time from a corner. Jesus had been the architect of Arsenal’s win at Sevilla in the Champions League in midweek with a goal and an assist, but also sustained a hamstring injury that is expected to sideline the Brazilian for a few weeks. That gave Nketiah another chance to impress and he made full use of it against a team that has now conceded a league-high 29 goals in 10 games. In a tepid first half that saw Arsenal continually pass the ba...

Harry Kane imitates David Beckham by scoring from his own half for Bayern Munich

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:55:18 GMT

MUNICH (AP) — Harry Kane has done a David Beckham.The England captain scored a spectacular goal from his own half for Bayern Munich against Darmstadt on Saturday before going on to claim a hat trick.Kane spotted goalkeeper Marcel Schuhen was off his line and fired the ball around 60 yards (meters) from Bayern’s side of the center circle. The shot flew over Schuhen, who was desperately running back to his goal, and into the net to increase Bayern’s lead to 5-0 in the 69th. Bayern won the game 8-0 with Kane getting his hat trick in the 88th.Kane has now scored 12 goals in nine Bundesliga games since he joined the German champions in the off-season from Tottenham. The game was 0-0 until Kane opened the scoring with a header in the 51st before Bayern scored a series of goals in quick succession.Beckham thrust himself into the limelight by scoring from a similar distance on the opening day of the 1996-97 Premier League season against Crystal Palace in one of the league’...

Talks on Ukraine’s peace plan open in Malta with officials from 65 countries — but not Russia

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:55:18 GMT

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Talks on Ukraine’s plan for peace kicked off in Malta on Saturday, with the participation of more than 65 countries — but not Russia, Maltese and Ukrainian officials said.The two-day meeting of national security delegates is the third round of such talks in recent months. Ukraine sees them as an opportunity to win support for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 10-point peace plan from countries across the globe, especially as the conflict in the Middle East risks shifting the focus away from Ukraine. Russia has dismissed the initiative as biased and refused to attend the meetings.“Ukraine’s diplomatic efforts are paying off, as international support for the Ukrainian peace formula is growing,” The head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, wrote on X — formerly known as Twitter — ahead of the opening session, stressing the strong international attendance.The initial round of talks in Copenhagen in June saw just 15 participants, rising to 43 f...

DP World Tour Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Scores

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:55:18 GMT

SaturdayThe Doha Golf CourseDoha, QatarPurse: $3.75 millionYardage: 7,466; Par: 72a-amateurThird Round Suspended for DarknessSami Valimaki, Finland67-67-67—201Sean Crocker, United States67-69-67—203Scott Jamieson, Scotland65-72-66—203Nacho Elvira, Spain68-69-66—203Jordan Smith, England68-68-69—205Matt Wallace, England71-65-69—205Tom Mckibbin, Northern Ireland71-69-65—205Tapio Pulkkanen, Finland68-71-66—205Stephen Gallacher, Scotland66-69-71—206Thriston Lawrence, South Africa67-68-72—207Joshua Grenville-Wood, UAE67-68-72—207Pablo Larrazabal, Spain67-69-71—207Daan Huizing, Netherlands68-69-70—207Niklas Lemke, Sweden70-67-70—207Kalle Samooja, Finland67-73-68—208Jeff Winther, Denmark72-68-68—208Jason Scrivener, Australia70-69-69—208Aaron Rai, England68-68-73—209Richie Ramsay, Scotland70-70-69—209Jeunghun Wang, South Korea70-70-69—209Eduardo Molinari, Italy68-69-72—209Thorbjørn Olesen, Denmark70-68-71—209Zander Lombard, South Africa69-71-69—209Antoine Rozner, France71-67-71—209Rasmus Hoj...