Issa was the senior-most Hamas member to be killed by Israeli forces in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict since 2014, according to a statement released by Hamas. The message is the first acknowledgment from the group regarding militant casualties in the current round of fighting with Israel. “With all the signs of pride, fortitude and defiance, the Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades offer to the sons of our people and our nation everywhere the martyrdom of the Qassam mujahid commander Bassem Issa ‘Abu Imad’ commander of the Gaza Brigade in the al-Qassam Brigades, and a group of his brothers, the leaders and the mujahideen who rose during the occupation’s aggression against the positions, the capabilities and the ambushes of the resistance....

Boston gets the top-four defenseman it has been missing for a couple of seasons. The team was looking to upgrade the blue line and get one of the top defenders available at the deadline as it looks to make another Cup run with a core of Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand that isn’t getting any younger. The 28-year-old Lindholm is in the final year of a six-year, $31.5 million contract....

The fight at Food Town is just the latest in the country’s most vicious Senate race. Everything Americans hate about politics–name-calling, big money, negative ads–has found its way into the New Jersey campaign. It’s more extreme here because the candidates, little known statewide, are in a rush to win name identification–at the other guy’s expense. And because New Jersey is the only major state without its own media market, Zimmer and Torricelli must spend extraordinary sums on New York and Philadelphia television to get their messages out....

It still wasn’t clear just how difficult that job would be – whether the allies could defeat Saddam’s Army mainly from the air, at relatively little cost, or whether their ground forces would have to wage bloody trench warfare to dislodge the Iraqis from a maze of fortifications in and around Kuwait. So far, the land war amounted to only a few skirmishes, and the massive air campaign was producing mixed results....

The directive–spelled out in internal memos obtained by NEWSWEEK–is part of a potentially far-reaching new policy designed by Ashcroft’s top aides to insure “real time” in federal prisons for convicted tax evaders, inside traders and other white-collar malefactors. The Justice directive, signed this week by Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson, orders Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), to put an immediate end to a longstanding BOP practice that has allowed hundreds of white-collar felons to avoid spending any time in prison....

Harden scored a career-high 51 points and went 8-of-9 from 3-point range Wednesday night as the Rockets defeated DeMarcus Cousins and the Kings, 115-111. MORE: Top Final Four MOPs — by NBA careers | Davis would give the MVP to Harden Wednesday night marked the second time this season Harden has scored 50 or more points, joining Hakeem Olajuwon, Moses Malone, and Elvin Hayes as the only Rockets to ever accomplish that feat....

Ford, 77, was promoting his new movie The Call of the Wild, prompting host Jimmy Kimmel to mock up a poster featuring quotes attributed to one Donald J. Trump, among them: “That was a perfect call.” The puns, of course, are a reference to the president’s call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy last summer which prompted a recent impeachment investigation. Ford was visibly tickled by Kimmel’s poster. He laughed and appeared to say, “that’s the first thing that sum-bh has done for me, ever,” a colloquial contraction of “son of a bh....

The Duke of Sussex is publishing his life story with Penguin Random House and the book is expected to drop towards the end of 2022. Royal watchers will be keen to see whether the book re-ignites royal feuds or serves as an olive branch after the bombshells of Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021. Richard Kay, a friend of Harry’s mother and a Daily Mail columnist, told True Royalty TV’s The Royal Beat: “There is still that possibility that the entreaties of the Royal Family have not fallen on deaf ears, and that Harry is having second thoughts about when he publishes this book at all....

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex triggered 151,030 references to them across mainstream and social media, analysis by data intelligence agency Zignal Labs suggests. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were mentioned 27,424 times from September 1 to October 6, the company found. By contrast, the Sussexes were talked about more on their single busiest day alone, when they earned 28,900 references at the start of their tour to New York on September 23....

Fans were excited to see Styles hosting, with #HarryHostsLateLate trending on Twitter. One of the most talked-about moments was Styles being questioned by his ex, Jenner, in a game segment. A game of Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts sees the host and the guest take turns asking each other personal questions. In last night’s show, Jenner asked Styles, who she previously dated, which songs on his debut album were about her....

Jennie Bond, formerly a correspondent for the BBC from 1989 to 2003, spoke of her belief that the impending release of Harry’s memoir is “poisoning the relationship” between Harry and brother Prince William, during an interview with British news station GB News. Harry’s planned literary release was announced last year by publisher Penguin Random House and was billed as an “intimate and heartfelt memoir from one of the most fascinating and influential global figures of our time....

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast accused Weinstein of preying on Annabella Sciorra, Mimi Haleyi and Jessica Mann—who was identified for the first time as one of Weinstein’s accusers—by leveraging their relative inexperience in the film industry against his stature. “It will be clear throughout this trial that the defendant knew he was preying on naïve and inexperienced [women],” Hast said, showing photographs of each of his three accusers on a television screen as she described their stories....

The Red Devils finished second in their Europa League group behind Real Sociedad which saw them placed into a draw against those teams who finished third in this season’s Champions League group stages. It means there will be no Champions League football for Ronaldo this season but Real Madrid’s all-time leading goalscorer will return to Spain for the two-legged match against Barca. This begs the question: what is the United number seven’s record in Europe’s secondary competition?...

The 2004 Africa Cup of Nations champions who will make their fifth World Cup appearance in Russia have been paired with England, Belgium and Panama in Group G. After missing out in the 2014 edition in Brazil, Tunisia will be targeting their first win in the quadrennial event since their 3-1 win over Mexico in Argentina 1978. With experience at three World Cup tournaments, the former Manchester City and Ajax defender who made 66 international appearances advised the Carthage Eagles on their anxiety and what is expected of them....

Fife, 43, has been on the summer recruiting circuit as a five-star prospect, as a Division I head coach and as a high-major assistant. This will not be the same. Let go by Indiana last March, ending, after a single season, what was supposed to be a dream come true, Fife will spend this winter away from the game he loves, away from the work that has driven him in the two decades since he led the Hoosiers to an improbable NCAA Championship game appearance....

Things only got worse for manager Frank Lampard and Everton with the 2-0 loss to fellow strugglers West Ham on January 21 which left them in the bottom three with the highest probability to be relegated at the halfway point of the season according to FiveThirtyEight. Everton lost their latest match to two Jarrod Bowen goals, while the Toffees only mustered two shots on goal for the entire match. The forward line of Demarai Gray (3 goals), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (1 goal), and Alex Iwobi (1 goal) weren’t a match for what the Hammers had....

Oahu Emergency Management, the official Twitter account for the city and county of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management, tweeted: “EVACUATE NOW from Haleiwa, including Weed Circle to Paalaa Rd, Joseph P. Leong Hwy to the ocean. Evacuation points are open at Wahiawa District Park and Waialua High. If you are in these zones, LEAVE NOW.” Rick Blangiardi, mayor of the city and county of Honolulu, tweeted: “The #flooding we’re seeing on the North Shore is life-threatening from Weed Circle to Paalaa Rd, and from the Joseph Leong Hwy to the shore....

Hawaii and the Navy have been in a dispute over the stored water since harmful chemicals began to leak from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility into tap water in November, making thousands sick. Though the state’s Department of Health laid out a plan for the Navy to fix the issue, the Navy seems to be backtracking, arguing the state is wrong in saying the water poses an immediate danger, according to the Associated Press....