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Israel and Hezbollah Trade Fire, With Deaths Reported on Both Sides

Israel and Hezbollah Trade Fire, With Deaths Reported on Both Sides

Hezbollah militants fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel from Lebanon on Wednesday, in what they said was retaliation for an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon overnight. The militants’ barrage came as pro-Palestinian protesters turned up the pressure on the government in neighboring Jordan to sever ties with Israel. It …

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Joseph I. Lieberman, Senator and Vice-Presidential Nominee, Dies at 82

Joseph I. Lieberman, Senator and Vice-Presidential Nominee, Dies at 82

Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut’s four-term United States senator and Vice President Al Gore’s Democratic running mate in the 2000 presidential election, which was won by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney when the Supreme Court halted a Florida ballot recount, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 82. His family …

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