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BOSTON (AP) — A man with an assault-style rifle fired randomly at passing cars while striding down a busy road outside Boston, wounding two people and sending drivers scrambling until he was wounded when a state trooper and a former Marine opened fire, authorities said. As bullets tore through at least a dozen cars, including a state police cruiser, panicked motorists abandoned their vehicles or hid under them for cover, […]

Olga Deutsch Takes the Helm at NGO Monitor; Gerald Steinberg Assumes Title of President Emeritus   By The Media Line Staff   NGO Monitor announced Tuesday that Vice President Olga Deutsch will assume the positions of CEO and president beginning January 1, 2027. After founding the organization and serving as its leader for 25 years, Gerald Steinberg will take on the role of president emeritus.   The Jerusalem-based institute said the move marks the first leadership transition in […]

‘Who Gets to Belong?’ Palestinians in Syria Confront Old Suspicions Under New Rule  Arrests, media attacks, and changes in official terminology have deepened anxiety among Palestinian refugees over their legal status and place in Syrian society  By Waseem Abu Mahadi/The Media Line  [CAIRO] When Palestinian-Syrian journalist Qusai Amameh published a report on the redevelopment of Damascus’ Mount Qasioun—a project involving plans for a five-star hotel and luxury commercial complex overlooking the capital—he expected debate over corruption, transparency, […]

How Israel’s Chefs Turned Fear Into a Feast by the Sea  The Tel Aviv EAT Festival takes place at Charles Clore Park between May 11 and May 14.   By Maayan Hoffman/The Media Line   The food in Israel “reflects who we are: smart, diverse, a gathering of exiles from all over the world who came here to live. And here, we have the best food in the world,” according to Roey Mantzour, owner […]

Israeli Civil Commission Report Says Hamas-Led October 7 Attack Included Organized Sexual Violence  By The Meda Line Staff  An Israeli civil society commission said Tuesday that Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups used sexual and gender-based violence as part of the October 7, 2023, assault on southern Israel, issuing a 300-page report based on two years of documentation, testimony, forensic review, and visual evidence.  Titled Silenced No More, the report was […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder insist they haven’t been perfect during their NBA title defense. Their record at the playoffs’ halfway point disagrees. The Thunder completed their second straight series sweep of the spring Monday night when they held off the resilient Lakers 115-110 in Game 4 of the second round. Oklahoma City went 8-0 against LeBron James and the Lakers this season — and the defending […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are tweaking a powerful cancer therapy in hopes it could fight HIV instead, by supercharging patients’ own immune cells. On Tuesday, researchers said a single dose of those revved-up cells strongly suppressed HIV in two people — one for nearly a year and the other for nearly two years — without requiring their usual medicines. Larger and longer studies are needed to prove if what’s called […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced charges Tuesday in the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing the Singapore-based operator of a ship and a key employee of making critical decisions that led to the disaster and the deaths of six people. The indictment names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., based in Singapore, and Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd., based in Chennai, India. Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, an Indian national […]

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group called on the government Tuesday to withdraw from direct talks with Israel, calling them a concession and urging “indirect negotiations.” Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold two days of talks in Washington starting Thursday in an attempt to end the latest fighting that broke out two months ago, following the Iran war, and discuss the future of relations between […]