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Joshua Levy, acting U.S. Attorney district of Massachusetts (left) faces reporters as Matthew Olsen, assistant attorney general justice department's national security division (center) and Nadine Pellegrini, chief of national security at the U.S Attorney's office (right) look on during a news conference, Monday, March 4, 2024, in Boston. Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira plead guilty in federal court Monday to leaking highly classified military documents about Russia's war in Ukraine and other national security secrets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Courts & Law

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty under a deal that calls for at least 11 years in prison

Teixeira pleaded guilty in Boston’s federal court Monday to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act.

1 year ago

Madeleine Dean
Politics & Policy

U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean calls for ceasefire in Gaza after her recent trip to Israel and West Bank

The Montgomery County congresswoman, who recently returned from a trip to Israel and the West Bank, criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his “dishonesty.”

1 year ago

President Joe Biden talks with Seth Meyers during a taping of the ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'' Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in New York.
Politics & Policy

Biden hopes cease-fire, hostage deal to pause Israel-Hamas war can take effect by next Monday

Biden commented in New York after taping an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers.”

1 year ago

Israeli female paramedic soldiers
Politics & Policy

Israel vows to target Lebanon’s Hezbollah even if temporary pause reached with Hamas in Gaza

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Sunday that anyone who thinks that a temporary cease-fire with Gaza will also apply to Hezbollah is “mistaken.”

1 year ago

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

White House promises ‘major sanctions’ on Russia in response to Alexei Navalny’s death

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the new package would be unveiled this Friday.

1 year ago

The Security Council meets before voting on a resolution concerning a ceasefire in Gaza at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024.
Politics & Policy

The U.S. vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

It was the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire.

1 year ago

Fernando Ramirez, Yulia Kozyrkova, and Christy McCaffrey, speak on a panel to the Philadelphia community on Wednesday, December 7 for the premiere of ‘Beyond the Statistics.’
Community
Billy Penn

Facing dual realities, Philadelphia’s Ukrainian community two years into war

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its third year, Philadelphia continues to be a hub for displaced Ukrainians.

1 year ago

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (right) and Kenya's Defense Minister Aden Duale (left) listen during the National Anthem during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.
Health

Defense Secretary Austin hospitalized with bladder issue, transfers powers to his deputy

Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and continues to deal with complications from his treatment.

1 year ago

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) shakes hands with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, at Diwan Annex, in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.
Politics & Policy

Qatar gets ‘positive’ response from Hamas on cease-fire plan as group reiterates its broader demands

In its own statement, the militant group reiterated its demand for an end to the war, something Israel has thus far ruled out.

1 year ago

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

U.S. blames group of Iran-backed militias for deadly drone attack in Jordan as it weighs reprisals

The Sunday drone attack on a military base in Jordan killed the three troops and injured at least 40 others.

1 year ago

Battleship New Jersey
Community

Battleship New Jersey headed to drydock, but still needs money to fund ‘once in a generation’ repairs

The storied ship has been on the waterfront for three decades. It’s due for about $10 million of work before returning to host visitors in Camden.

1 year ago

William Rivers
Community
6abc

Willingboro, N.J. man among 3 Army reservists killed in drone attack on U.S. base in Jordan

Sgt. William Rivers enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2011 as an Interior Electrician.

1 year ago

President Joe Biden speaks at St. John Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C., on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024.
Politics & Policy

3 US troops are killed and 25 injured in drone strike by Iran-backed militia in Jordan, U.S. says

They were the first U.S. fatalities in months of attacks on American forces across the Middle East by Iranian-backed militias amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

1 year ago

Israeli soldiers travel on an army armored personnel carrier (APC) near the Israeli-Gaza border as smoke rises to the sky in the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Community

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 25,000 while Israel announces the death of another hostage

The level of death, destruction and displacement from the war is without precedent in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

1 year ago

South Africa's Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola (center) and Palestinian assistant Minister of Multilateral Affairs Ammar Hijazi (right) address the media outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.
Courts & Law

South Africa says Israel’s campaign in Gaza amounts to genocide. What can the UN do about it?

The case that started Thursday will likely last for years.

1 year ago

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