A driver has died after going around a barricade and driving off the edge of a hurricane-damaged North Carolina highway that became a symbol of Hurricane Helene’s destruction. Photos of Interstate 40 with multiple lanes washed out by Helene near the Tennessee state line drew widespread attention after the storm as the region was largely cut off by numerous road closures.

A pickup driver died Tuesday morning after crashing into a tractor-trailer that was parked on Interstate 95 in Harford County, causing a fire that shut down the highway for hours, according to Maryland State Police.

Israeli airstrikes kill 14 across Gaza, medics say Israel's military is pushing on with offensive in northern Gaza Residents and displaced families told to head south, they say Israel says its forces have killed hundreds of militants in the north CAIRO ...

Israel said its forces had returned to northern Gaza to fight a Hamas resurgence. That has brought a new round of suffering for residents.

Four Israeli soldiers have been killed in the north of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military reported on Tuesday. The dead soldiers were non-commissioned officers aged 20 and 21, it said. Israeli media reports said they were killed when an antitank weapon fired by Palestinian forces struck a building where they were sheltering in the Jabalia refugee camp to the north of Gaza City.

While the three strikes are separate, some of the sticking points have been the same — as they have in a recent wave of other teacher strikes across the state.

Educators are pushing for better pay and other benefits, but their school committees argue these strikes are illegal in Massachusetts.

Kyiv, Ukraine - Approximately 8,000 North Korean troops have arrived in Russia’s western Kursk region, where they are expected to soon join the ongoing conflict against Ukraine, U.S. officials revealed on Thursday.

North Korean troops have begun engaging in combat operations alongside Russian forces, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, expressing concern that Russia had turned to North Korea for soldiers to fight in its war with Ukraine.

North Korea ratified a major defense treaty with Russia stipulating mutual military aid, the North’s state media reported Tuesday, as the U.S., South Korea and Ukraine say North Korea has sent thousands of troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine.