Hurricane Milton, which strengthened to a Category 5 storm, spins closer to southwest Florida. And it’ll cost you a little more for a chance at the big Mega Millions jackpot. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida’s already hard-hit west coast Still reeling from…

A man, identified as a former photojournalist, attempted to set himself on fire during a pro-Palestinian rally near the White House on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 5. Samuel Mena Jr. set his left arm ablaze, holding it high and screaming in pain as bystanders quickly intervened, dousing water on Mena and using clothing to…

Israel is entering its second year of war, marked by a year of turmoil overseas and friction in the U.S. regarding federal assistance to Israel following the Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Since that attack, the United States has provided $17.9 billion in military aid to Israel, the most the U.S. has ever…

Vice President Harris defended US support for Israel in a CBS News interview, citing the need for Israel to defend itself against threats from Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. Harris emphasized the importance of humanitarian aid, a ceasefire, and a deal to release hostages. She also highlighted the strong alliance between the American and Israeli people.

One year later, people around the world are marking the anniversary of Hamas’ terror attack on Israel that sparked the ongoing war in the Middle East. And Florida is once again on high alert as another hurricane barrels toward the Sunshine State. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. One year…

The life expectancy for Hezbollah leaders is getting pretty short these days. In the early morning hours of Oct. 4, Israel struck several buildings near Beirut, Lebanon, reducing them all to rubble. The target of the strike was Hashem Safieddine, the cousin of and apparent successor to Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s founder and longtime leader, who…

A 21-year-old Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 has been rescued from Gaza and reunited with her family in Iraq. The State Department said when the girl was just 11 years old, ISIS kidnapped her in Iraq, sold her, forced her to marry a Hamas fighter and then moved her to Gaza…

President Joe Biden said the United States is discussing potential Israeli strikes on Iran’s oil facilities. Soon after his comments, oil markets reacted, with crude oil prices spiking 5%, the largest one-day increase since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Biden made these remarks in response to a reporter’s question outside the White House on…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning of potential Election Day violence targeting poll workers, government officials and voters. The assessment from the department on Wednesday, Oct. 2, said that the biggest threat comes from lone domestic extremists. The agency believes that criminals may be driven to violence by racism, bigotry, anti-government rhetoric,…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his “deepest condolences” on Wednesday, Oct. 2, to the families of eight soldiers killed in southern Lebanon. While the circumstances surrounding the deaths has yet to be released at the time of this report, it had been known that Israeli troops were fighting Hezbollah militants inside Lebanon after launching…