A driver died in a head-on crash in York County on Friday afternoon, troopers said. Around 1:15 p.m., South Carolina Highway Patrol was called to Highway 274 about 5 miles south of Clover. There, they found a crash with three cars involved: A Chevrolet pickup truck, a Ford pickup truck, and a Chevrolet SUV. ALSO […]
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Talks due in Cairo on Rafah crossing reopening, media channel reports
Egyptian, US and Israeli officials are due to meet in Cairo on Sunday to discuss reopening the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip nearly a month after its closure, according to an Egyptian TV station. Citing a high-level source, state-linked al-Qahera News TV reported Saturday that Egypt insists on Israel’s complete withdrawal from the […]
Crossing Way in Staunton opens with ribbon cutting
STAUNTON – Staunton Mayor Stephen Claffey stepped out from under the tent, stepping into the sole spot in the sunlight as a crowd gathered in the shade. The tent was set up in the parking lot on Crossing Way, just beyond a barricade that’s been on the road for months as the new road was built. […]
Egypt denies agreeing with Israel to reopen Rafah border crossing
Egypt has denied it has agreed with Israel to reopen the vital Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian TV channel reported on Friday. Earlier this month, Israel took control of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, in an operation that halted aid deliveries via the facility into the heavily […]
Egypt agrees to send aid trucks through Israeli crossing to Gaza
Egypt has agreed to send United Nations humanitarian aid trucks through Israel’s main crossing into Gaza, but it remains unclear if they will be able to enter the territory as fighting rages in the southern city of Rafah amid Israel’s escalating offensive there. Meanwhile, the bodies of three more hostages killed on October 7 were […]
Poland will analyse if it can reopen one crossing with Belarus, says PM
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland may reopen one border crossing with Belarus, the prime minister said on Friday, in a bid to help businesses in the country’s east who have taken a hit from the closure of checkpoints due to tense relations between Warsaw and Minsk. Poland’s border with Belarus has been a flashpoint since migrants […]
Egypt says it will send aid trucks into Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing
Egypt says it has agreed to send humanitarian aid trucks and fuel through Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza for the United Nations, after a call between President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and US President Joe Biden. The agreement aims to reverse a dramatic drop in UN aid entering the Gaza Strip since Israel launched its […]
Pedestrian killed Saturday shows peril of crossing Corpus Christi streets
A crash that happened near a busy intersection in the 200 block of Baldwin Boulevard late Saturday night took the life of a 67-year-old man who was walking across the street. A pedestrian was hit while crossing the street near the intersection of Ayers Road and Baldwin Boulevard late Saturday. Corpus Christi Police Department senior […]
Turkish migrant crossing US border says Americans are ‘right’ to be concerned: ‘No security’
A Turkish migrant, who told Fox News he paid around $10,000 to a cartel on his way to the United States, selling everything he owned, said Americans should be worried about the lack of security at the southern border. The man told Fox News after crossing illegally into Jacumba, California, in San Diego County: “In […]
Trump says people crossing the border bring ‘very contagious disease’ with them
Former President Donald Trump asserted Wednesday that people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border are bringing contagious disease with them. “They’re coming in as terrorists. Many, many terrorists are coming in, and people are coming in with very contagious disease,” Trump said Wednesday evening during his interview with New York radio station WABC. “You know, like it’s […]
Central Crossing Bridge gets pedestrian walkway upgrade
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Crews are working to demolish and rework the pedestrian undercrossing at 1st Street and Central Avenue. The work is part of the ongoing upgrades for the Rail Trail project. “Our community has been asking for an at-grade crossing at the First and Central Crossing for years, and now we are delivering,” Mayor Tim […]
Threat from Israeli operations preventing Rafah crossing aid deliveries, says Egypt
(Reuters) – The cessation of aid deliveries through the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is connected to the threat posed to humanitarian work by Israel’s military operation in the area, Egypt’s foreign minister said on Monday. “Now there is a military presence on the outskirts of the Rafah crossing and military operations […]