The devastating explosion that struck Iran’s largest port, Bandar Abbas, has left at least 40 dead and more than 1,000 people wounded, according to reports from Iranian state media on Sunday.
While investigations are still underway to uncover what triggered the blast, one Iranian lawmaker pointed the finger at Israel, alleging that explosives had been hidden inside shipping containers.
“Israel was involved in the explosion,” MP Mohammad Siraj stated to the Rokna news agency on Sunday. “It was not accidental. Clear evidence points to Israeli involvement.”

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli

Nechama Grossman, Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor, passed away at the age of 109 on Thursday—Yom Hashoah, Israel’s national day of remembrance for Holocaust victim. Her granddaughter, Luba, shared her grief with Kan News, saying, “I am in shock—I have no words. Honestly, we thought she’d make it to 110. Yesterday… she wasn’t feeling well. She was lucid until the end and died peacefully. On Holocaust Remembrance Day of all days.” In her final days, Grossman reportedly dreamed of Nazis returning to harm her, waking up fearful that the horrors of her youth were resurfacing. “She was afraid of the Nazis—that it was coming back,” Luba said. “She always said that we need to live in peace and without wars.

Nearly 36,000 Gazans—close to 2% of the coastal enclave’s population—have left the Gaza Strip since the start of the war triggered by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel, Channel 12 News reported Friday. Most of the departing residents have relocated to Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Western European nations, and Romania, according to the report. Approximately 2,000 Gazans were able to exit through Israeli territory, traveling via Ramon Airport near Eilat or the Allenby Crossing into Jordan. The vast majority, however, crossed through Gaza’s Rafah Crossing with Egypt, which reopened briefly on January 31 during a now-expired ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The crossing closed again on March 18 when fighting resumed.

State lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to use more taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuitions and homeschooling expenses even as they try to figure out how to budget in a time of economic uncertainty. A $1 billion-per-year voucher program the Texas Legislature sent to the governor last week and a longshot push in Congress to expand vouchers nationally, including to states that have rejected them, are focusing attention on the issue. In states that already have programs to pay private education costs for most students, the expense has quickly gobbled up more of their budgets as revenue growth has slowed or stalled.

(AP) – President Donald Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor’s practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October, accusing Democrats of denigrating the explorer’s legacy as he pressed his campaign to restore what he argues are traditional American icons. Democrat Joe Biden was the first president to […]

Failed Former Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan: “What I’ve seen, in 100 days, is terrible damage to America’s credibility & trust with our allies and to America’s appeal.”

Chinese manufacturers have been pushing forward in the electric vehicle sector, unveiling innovations like a battery that claims it can deliver a 320-mile charge in just five minutes. This week, KCBS Radio’s Holly Quan interviewed Bloomberg’s David Welch about this breakthrough and whether such technology might eventually reach the United States.
“They have a licensing deal with Ford in Michigan,” Welch said, referring to CATL, the China-based electric vehicle battery maker.
Despite the buzz surrounding the announcement at the Shanghai auto show, Welch pointed out that U.S. drivers shouldn’t expect to see these ultra-rapid charging batteries on American roads anytime soon.