Israeli warplanes pounded Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries.
The strikes in Lebanon were the heaviest since a 2024 ceasefire ended the last war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah. More than 95,000 people have fled Beirut’s suburbs and southern Lebanon after sweeping Israeli evacuation warnings.
Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month, his legal team said Friday.
Lai, an outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist Party who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, was found guilty in December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles.
An Iowa man has been charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of two hikers and a third woman authorities say he killed inside her home after he spent a night in a shed on her property in Utah.
22-year-old Ivan Miller told investigators after his arrest that he killed the three women to steal their cars and credit cards because he needed money to get back to Iowa, charging documents show.
Miller was arrested in Colorado Thursday after a multi-state search following the discovery of two of the victims’ bodies.
Miles Schiffer can be reached at schi9629@stthomas.edu.
