2+ week, 5+ day ago (335+ words) Two National League players and a former player are arrested after a 29-year-old US tourist accuses them of rape during her stay in Tel Aviv. Two active players from the National League and League A, along with a former player, were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the rape of a 29-year-old tourist from the United States during her visit to Israel, where they met her during a night out. According to the police, the tourist reported that she was raped at the beginning of the month at a hostel in Tel Aviv. Following an intensive investigation by detectives from the Sarat police station (Shfela, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv), three young men from Netanya were arrested - two active players aged 21 and 25, and a former player. On Tuesday, they are scheduled to appear at a hearing to extend their detention…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (114+ words) Salem's Minor League baseball team has officially rebranded. The team announced their new name Saturday at Salem Memorial Ballpark. The team will go by the Salem RidgeYaks going forward. The new mascot, a yak with a baseball stuck on his horn, is named Mac the Yak, after McAfee's Knob. He's pictured riding a kayak. Salem's Minor League baseball team has officially rebranded. The team announced their new name Saturday at Salem Memorial Ballpark. The team will go by the Salem RidgeYaks going forward. The new mascot, a yak with a baseball stuck on his horn, is named Mac the Yak, after McAfee's Knob. He's pictured riding a kayak....

3+ week, 5+ day ago (293+ words) A traveling exhibit is meant to be an authentic experience of the Hamas terror attack. It's an experience created to be touched, but intended to be felt long after. Visibly shaking, Chicagoan Julia Shindel remembered the first time she saw her 23-year-old son, Mark, just days after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack. "To kill a child is to kill his mom," Shindel said. "Dead with a bullet on his left eye." Her son is one of the 430 victims spread across a wall at the Nova Music Festival exhibit, "The Moment Music Stood Still." Two years later, survivors of the attack are reliving that day. "I couldn't run away. I couldn't leave because I knew I'm the only one that can help you," Doron Mizrahi said. Mizrahi was driving his car down the road in Israel when he stopped to pull…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (253+ words) "The goal, alongside the return of all the hostages and the casualties, is to disarm Hamas of its weapons and demilitarize Gaza," he said. The IDF is working to kill Hamas terrorists and destroy the organization's tunnels that are located behind the Yellow Line, in Israel-controlled Gaza, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on social media on Wednesday. "Israel's policy in Gaza is clear: The IDF is acting to destroy the tunnels and eliminate Hamas terrorists without any restrictions within the Yellow Line under our control. The goal, alongside the return of all the hostages and the casualties, is to disarm Hamas of its weapons and demilitarize Gaza," he said. This follows similar statements made by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also stressed the need to kill the hundreds of terrorists on the Israeli side of Gaza's Yellow Line in Rafah,…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago (54+ words) The body of another Israeli hostage was returned on Wednesday as Hamas inch closer to completing a key term of the first phase of the peace process ... The body of another Israeli hostage was returned on Wednesday as Hamas inch closer to completing a key term of the first phase of the peace process...

4+ week, 1+ day ago (268+ words) Delta will resume nonstop flights to Tel Aviv from Atlanta and Boston in 2026. Atlanta service starts April 15 and Boston flights begin Oct. 24, restoring U.S. gateways to Israel. The routes mark Delta's full return to Israel following a 2023 suspension amid the Israel-Gaza war. ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines is restoring nonstop service to Tel Aviv from both Atlanta and Boston, expanding its trans-Atlantic network and reaffirming its commitment to global connectivity. The Atlanta-to-Tel Aviv route will begin April 15, 2026, operating three times a week on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays aboard the Airbus A350-900. Daily flights from Boston will follow on October 24, 2026, using the Airbus A330-900neo. Both aircraft will feature Delta's signature onboard experiences, including Delta One, Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort+, and Main Cabin seating. The airline said the new routes restore two major U.S. gateways to Israel, complementing its resumed service from New York's John F. Kennedy…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago (84+ words) Air Force second lieutenant Patrick Hoopes talks to Fox News Digital about winning a medal for the U.S. at the World Gymnastics Championships and speaks out in defense of the Israeli athletes who aren't allowed to enter Indonesia to compete. Air Force second lieutenant Patrick Hoopes talks to Fox News Digital about winning a medal for the U.S. at the World Gymnastics Championships and speaks out in defense of the Israeli athletes who aren't allowed to enter Indonesia to compete....

2+ week, 5+ day ago (120+ words) SALEM, Va. (WFXR)- Salem's Field of Honor is on full display in celebration of the men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces. The display, located at the American Legion Field, on Apperson Drive, in Salem, continues through November 15. It is hosted by the Salem Rotary Club, with proceeds benefiting the [] SALEM, Va. (WFXR)- Salem's Field of Honor is on full display in celebration of the men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces. The display, located at the American Legion Field, on Apperson Drive, in Salem, continues through November 15. It is hosted by the Salem Rotary Club, with proceeds benefiting the Veteran & First Responder Support Organizations....

4+ week, 13+ hour ago (519+ words) Local businesses in Salem and nearby cities are offering free food, reduced cost meals and other support as the community braces for the loss of government food assistance on Nov. 1. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a'federal program'that provides low-income families with monthly benefits to afford healthy food. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has warned in recent weeks the program could be at risk without new appropriations. As of Oct. 27, a message on the USDA website confirmed benefits would cease. A federal judge on Oct. 31 indicated she will order the Trump administration to use contingency funds to pay for SNAP. There are about 90,000 recipients of SNAP in Marion and Polk counties. Here are some of the local restaurants offering support. Ice cream shop On Any Sundae, located at 3987 Commercial St. SE, has a table stocked with non-perishable food items like…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago (964+ words) The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak to the media, said the remains had earlier been turned over to the Red Cross by Hamas in Gaza. The handover follows Israel's return Friday of the bodies of 30 Palestinians to authorities in Gaza. That completed an exchange after militants turned over remains of two hostages, in a sign that the tense Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement is edging forward. The incremental progress came despite Israeli strikes on Gaza this week that killed more than 100 people following the killing of an Israeli soldier. The bodies were also transferred with the Red Cross serving as intermediary. The return of the Palestinian remains was confirmed by a doctor at Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, where medical workers were striving to identify them. Gaza and Israel grapple…...