Red Cross Announces Emergency Blood Shortage, Fewest Donors In 20 Years
The Red Cross announced that it’s experiencing a serious blood shortage and that the number of donors is the lowest it’s been in 20 years.
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7 Hezbollah affiliates killed in rare Israeli strike on central Beirut
An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in central Beirut killed seven Hezbollah-affiliated civilian first responders. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely struck in the heart of the capital.
Israeli Strikes On Tent Camps Near Rafah Kill At Least 25, Wound 50 Palestinians
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians outside Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50, according to the territory’s health officials and emergency workers.
Ottawa turns to civilian first responders as another dire wildfire season approaches
Instead of sending in the troops to deal with what promises to be another dangerous wildfire season, Public Safety Canada is testing the capabilities of civilian-led first responders and relief providers.
Pro-Trump Nonprofit Paid Millions to Companies Tied to Its Own Leaders
The Conservative Partnership Institute, a nonprofit whose funding skyrocketed after it became a nerve center for President Donald J. Trump’s allies in Washington, has paid at least $3.2 million since the start of 2021 to corporations led by its own leaders or their relatives, records show.
Thieves Steal As Much As $30 Million In Cash From Los Angeles Vault: Reports
Tens of millions of dollars in cash was reportedly stolen from a Los Angeles storage facility’s vault in a brazen Easter Sunday theft, which is being called one of the greatest heists in the city’s history.
Jean Maria Arrigo, Who Exposed Psychologists’ Ties to Torture, Dies at 79
Jean Maria Arrigo, a psychologist who exposed efforts by the American Psychological Association to obscure the role of psychologists in coercive interrogations of terror suspects in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, died on Feb. 24 at her home in Alpine, Calif. She was 79.
Another top donor says it will resume funding the UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows
Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians said Saturday that it would resume funding, weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars in support in response to Israeli allegations against the organization.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out.
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