President Joe Biden vowed major support in his visit to Israel. More House speaker votes, but no new House speaker. And a confession in the 2005 murder of Natalee Holloway. |
👋 Hey there! Laura Davis here. It's Wednesday. Ready for the news? |
But first: Oyster outrage! 🦪 The video starts out pretty normal. See the viral TikTok about a woman's date who took off during her oyster power hour. In her defense, the food does look really good, lol. |
Biden vows staunch support for Israel |
Biden swept into wartime Israel for a 7 ½-hour visit Wednesday that produced a heaping dose of support for the Israeli people, a deal to get limited humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt and a warning not to allow rage over the deadly Hamas attack to consume them. "Israel must be a safe place again for the Jewish people," he said. Biden embraced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a show of solidarity just a week and a half after the militant group Hamas staged an assault that killed more than 1,400 Israeli civilians and soldiers. |
The president's support pledges: Biden said he would ask Congress later this week to approve an "unprecedented support package" to help shore up Israel's defense. He also pledged $100 million for humanitarian assistance for Gaza and the West Bank. The money could provide a critical lifeline to the more than 1 million displaced Palestinians in the besieged territory where water, food, fuel and medicine are in desperate need. 👉 Everything from Biden's visit to Israel. | President Joe Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport on Wednesday in Tel Aviv. Evan Vucci, AP |
Meanwhile, a deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza sparked rage throughout the region as Hamas and Israel pointed fingers at each other. Hamas said the explosion was an Israeli airstrike. The Israeli military, however, denied responsibility and blamed a missile misfire on Islamic Jihad, a militant group that sometimes cooperates with Hamas. Biden and his administration said a U.S. assessment concluded Israel did not cause the blast. 👉 Follow our coverage of the conflict. | People search through debris outside the site of the Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza on Wednesday in the aftermath of an overnight blast there. MAHMUD HAMS, AFP via Getty Images |
What everyone's talking about |
Is there a speaker in the House? |
Yeah, no. It's still not going great. The House is in its 15th day without a speaker and there is still no clear resolution in sight. As the lower chamber remains paralyzed, a familiar scene played out again Wednesday: Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, failed on a second floor vote to garner the near-unanimous support from fellow Republicans he needs to become speaker, highlighting the deep divisions that run through the House GOP conference. 🗳 Follow our updates as they battle it out. | Rep. Jim Jordan, second from left, speaks with former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after failing to win the speakership in the second round of balloting on Wednesday. Jack Gruber/USA TODAY |
Prime suspect confesses to killing Natalee Holloway |
Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, has confessed to killing her and disposing of her remains before attempting to extort the girl's grieving family. The initial revelation came via U.S. Judge Anna Manasco on Wednesday during a sentencing hearing where van der Sloot, 36, agreed to plead guilty to charges accusing him of extortion and wire fraud charges. In 2010, federal prosecutors accused van der Sloot of hatching a plot to sell information about the whereabouts of Holloway's remains to her grieving family in exchange for $250,000. The Dutch national was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and as a condition of a plea deal, van der Sloot agreed to reveal how Holloway died and how her body was disposed of. 👉 Here's everything we know. | Beth Holloway speaks to media after Joran van den Sloot, the chief suspect in her daughter Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance in Aruba, admitted he killed her and disposed of her remains. Butch Dill, AP | | | | After 21 years without answers about her sister and nephew's disappearance, a woman's relentless efforts led police to give the case another look. | | | | Facing up to four criminal trials in 2024, Trump has served notice that he is willing to bring his campaign to courthouse in four cities. | | | | When it comes to the NFL's alternate uniforms, there's plenty to like (Buccaneers' Creamsicles!) and plenty to dislike (Broncos' snowcapped helmets). | | | | The average cost for a family health insurance plan offered through an employer jumped 7% this year to $23,968, the highest rate increase in a decade. | | | | Nearly 200 bodies have been recovered from a funeral home in Colorado as part of an investigation into remains being improperly stored. | | | | Lakers icon LeBron James played 18 minutes during Friday's preseason loss against the Warriors. He returned to the bench with a fruit salad. | | | | How did a pirated work by the world's most famous Communist become, more than 100 years later, a gem in the thoroughly capitalistic world of rare books? | | | | Josephine Wright is getting a new home after a months-long fight against developers on Hilton Head Island, thanks to Tyler Perry. | | | | The law violates a core tenet of American democracy – namely, that state-sanctioned religion is constitutionally prohibited from public institutions. | | | | A 34-year-old man's lifeless body was mistaken for a training dummy in North Carolina by landscapers and his family wants answers. | | | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | | |
![The share of Americans under the age of 65 without health insurance fell every year between 2010, when the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, and 2016, when President Barack Obama left office. Though the uninsured rate among Americans younger than 65 has inched up over the years since, it remains well below the […]](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2022/02/15/USATODAY/usatsports/imageForEntry27-8nh.jpg?crop=768,768,x299,y0&width=456&disable=upscale&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
No comments:
Post a Comment