TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military says a rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv injuring 16 people. The attack comes after Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebel-held capital Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida killed at least nine people in response to attacks on Israel. The Israeli military…… MORE
Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day. That’s only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, that intersection of the two religious holidays provides an auspicious occasion for interfaith engagement. One example of togetherness: a Chicanukah party hosted by several Jewish organizations in Houston, bringing together members of the…… MORE
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26. He was well-regarded by colleagues at the San Francisco company, where a co-founder this week…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown. It now goes to President Joe Biden, who is expected to quickly sign it into law. The House passed the package late Friday in an overwhelming vote. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…… MORE
MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Authorities in the German city of Magdeburg say at least two people were killed and dozens were injured after a car plowed into a busy Christmas market what officials called a deliberate attack. Authorities say an adult and toddler were killed in Friday’s violence. At least 60 other people were were…… MORE