Air strikes kill at least 195 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, medics say, as Israel targets Hamas militants with the heaviest raids on Gaza for decades.
Nearly $5 billion in development projects in the city have been delayed or canceled because of the credit crisis, which has had similar effects nationwide.
AP - Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of airstrikes Saturday, killing more than 200 people and wounding nearly 400 in the single bloodiest day of fighting in years.
AP - Crews gradually restored electrical service across parts of Oahu on Saturday after a power failure blacked out the island's population of about 900,000 people and thousands of tourists including vacationing President-elect Barack Obama.
AP - Pakistan told India on Saturday it did not want war and was committed to fighting terrorism — a move apparently aimed at reducing tensions after Pakistan moved troops toward their shared border.
Israeli airstrikes pounded targets in Gaza today, killing at least 170 people, Palestinian medical sources said. An Israeli army spokeswoman said her country is ready to continue the attacks "as long as it takes." The strikes followed several days of rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel.
A man angry that a family was talking during a movie threw popcorn at the son and then shot the father in the arm, according to police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
After shooting several people at the home of his former in-laws, police say Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, dressed as Santa Claus, sprayed gasoline in the home. The house exploded, and he suffered third-degree burns. That's why, police say, Pardo decided to kill himself rather than use the airline ticket to Canada that was in his pocket.