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Hinenu at 10 million: 100 lives that tell Israel’s real story

As Israel reaches 10 million citizens amid war, one photographer captures 100 lives that reveal a quieter, more human story.

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A truck from the child advocacy organization Heat Initiative calling on Apple to do more to police child sex abuse material on iCloud, is parked outside the Apple store as the new iPhone 15 is released in Boston, Massachusetts, US, September 22, 2023

West Virginia sues Apple over iCloud's alleged role in distributing child sex abuse material

Six skiers were rescued, eight lost their lives, and one is missing after an avalance in the Castle Peak area of Truckee, California, February 17, 2026.

Eight backcountry skiers perish in California avalanche, ninth presumed dead

Six skiers were rescued, eight lost their lives, and one is missing after an avalance in the Castle Peak area of Truckee, California, February 17, 2026.

Six skiers stranded, nine others missing after avalanche in California's Castle Peak


Rare 'super pod' of over 1,500 Risso's dolphins spotted off California coast

Over 1,500 Risso's dolphins formed a rare super pod off Carmel Bay, California, stunning marine biologists as they stretched for miles, leaping and gliding.

 Rare 'super pod' of over 1,500 Risso's dolphins spotted off California coast.

‘Hate can be an addiction’: Ex-neo-Nazi, Montana Tucker take to the streets

Former neo-Nazi Arno Michaelis and social media activist Montana Tucker took to the Santa Monica Pier on Holocaust Remembrance Day to talk to people about antisemitism and the Holocaust.

 Montana Tucker and Former Neo-Nazi Arno Michaelis Unite to Combat Antisemitism on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Pearl Cohen merges with San Francisco IP firm

The new partners joining are all American attorneys with extensive experience in IP.

 Construction in Tel Aviv on December 3, 2024.

Israel sends firefighting and rescue experts to aid US with LA fire

"The special relationship between America and Israel on display!" The House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans said on X Saturday.

 An air tanker drops fire retardant at the Palisades Fire, one of simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, as seen from Woodland Hills, neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 11, 2025.

‘Just things’ - like what my LA neighbors lost - are what makes houses into Jewish homes - opinion

Every home taken by fires, no matter the family’s cultural background, contained a lifetime of memories and artifacts.

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Vance: Trump will let IDF 'knock out' Hamas, if hostages not released before Jan. 20

J.D. Vance reveals the incoming administration's plans to address the Gaza hostage crisis and domestic disaster relief, promising decisive action on both fronts.

 Republican US Senate candidate J.D. Vance arrives to speak to supporters at an election party after winning the primary in Cincinnati, Ohio, US May 3, 2022.

Jamie Lee Curtis likens LA fires to 'war-torn' Gaza, sparking controversy

"But the entire Pacific Palisades looks like, unfortunately, Gaza or one of these war-torn countries," Curtis stated in the viral clip.

 Jamie Lee Curtis in front of background of the Palisades Fire, one of simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, as seen from the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 11, 2025. (illustrative)

President Biden welcomes first great-grandchild

"I'm a great-grandfather as of today," CBS News quoted from the news conference.  "Baby boy. So I'll remember this day."

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office yesterday.

'Israelis are the new Nazis' graffitied next to Oakland hanukkiah

"Oakland continues to be ground zero for antisemitic hatred in the Bay Area, California, and America -- without exaggeration," JCRC Bay Area CEO Tyler Harris Gregory said.

 Graffiti comparing Israelis to Nazis was discovered on the last night of Hanukkah in Oakland.

Two Bay Area House reps face class-action suit for supporting Israel aid

Northern California residents are suing their Democratic congressional representatives over their votes to fund Israel's military, claiming emotional distress and seeking to block future aid.

 Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters are gathered to protest the Israeli offensives in Gaza outside the Federal Building in San Francisco, May 31, 2024.