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Via White House Flickr(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is warning of policy changes if Israel doesnt take steps to better protect civilians and aid workers in Gaza amid international outrage over the killing of seven World Central Kitchen members.President Joe Biden relayed the message in a phone call Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said.The two leaders spoke for roughly 30 minutes, their first conversation since mid-March.Biden "made clear t...

A new online reservation system is being launched by the Greater Wildwoods Tourism Improvement and Development Authority. Through wildwoodsnj.com, vacationers can book rooms at hotels and motels throughout the Wildwoods by clicking the “book your stay” page on the website, the authority said in a news release. The Press of Atlantic City reports plans for ... Read more

Omar El Qattaa/Anadolu via Getty Images(TEL-AVIV, Israel) -- An Israeli attack in Gaza on a convoy of aid workers from World Central Kitchen, the relief organization providing desperately needed food to Palestinians, has generated outrage from the groups founder, celebrity chef José Andrés and condemnation from around the world.Israel has apologized for the strikes, which killed seven members of the group late Monday, saying it was an accident in "the fog of war." They have promised ...

Malcolm Taylor/Getty Images)While DC Films co-CEO James Gunn is so far mum, Deadline says Craig Gillespie, the filmmaker behind the blockbuster Cruella, the Oscar-nominated film I, Tonya, and the Emmy-winning series Pam & Tommy, could direct the forthcoming movie Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. As reported, House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock will play the title role as the Man of Steels cousin Kara Zor-El.Gunn and co-CEO Peter Safran are standing up their extensive ...

A funding drop in Governor Murphy’s proposed budget could spell the end for the Hispanic Women’s Resource Center in Hammonton. Last year, the Latino Action Network Foundation, which oversees the center, received more than $3.75 million in state funding. The allotment in Murphy’s proposed spending plan sinks that number to around $1 million, a 75% ... Read more

A landslide blocks a road near Taroko national park following an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on Thursday, April 4, 2024. (An Rong Xu/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- The death toll from Wednesdays powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Taiwan climbed on Thursday to 10 people, with dozens more missing, Taiwanese officials said.At least 38 people were missing and some 660 people were trapped by rubble, authorities said in a 4:30 p.m. update.The list of people who were trapped included 611...

Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Kari Lake, the Senate candidate backed by former President Donald Trump in Arizona, has raised just over $1 million at a fundraiser for her campaign underway at Trumps Mar-a-Lago estate Wednesday, two campaign officials told ABC News.The single-night haul is significant for Lake and gives her a financial boost as she seeks to fill the seat of outgoing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in November.Lake, who is expected to be the GOP nominee, is lik...

D3sign/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, was first detected in 1996 among birds in China, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One year later, an outbreak occurred in Hong Kong that resulted in 18 human cases, including six deaths, after the people were infected directly by birds.In late 2021, a version of the virus arrived on U.S. shores and was detected in wild birds. Since February of 2022, the virus has bee...

People watch the Annular Solar Eclipse with using safety glasses in Brownsville, Texas on Oct. 14, 2023. (Mike Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- A fully booked hotel in Maine said it received its first request from a solar eclipse tourist five years ago. A portable toilet vendor in Indiana said it is doing 10 times more business than it usually would at this time of year. A botanical garden in Texas already sold out its eclipse viewing event, warning "walk-ups will not be acce...

World Central Kitchen(GAZA) -- Seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed during an Israel Defense Forces attack in Gaza, the food-relief organization said, adding that it plans to pause its operations in the region."This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war," CEO Erin Gore said in a statement. "This is unforgivable."WCK identified ...