Hamas is studying a proposal for a temporary cease-fire with Israel in a “positive spirit,” as international pressure mounts on the two sides to reach a deal and end a conflict that has shaken the Middle East.

Spent fuel rods from the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant were supposed to be sent to a long-planned federal repository in Yucca Mountain, located in Nevada about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. But vociferous opposition continues to block the creation of the federal graveyard for nuclear detritus.

Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours as hundreds fled the violence early Thursday in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti’s new prime minister was announced.

A majority bloc within Haiti’s new presidential council is doing an about-face on its selection of the country’s next prime minister, saying it will return to the original political agreement to choose the leader of the transitional government from a pool of applicants.

Maryland transportation officials said Thursday that they expect to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge with a new span in just over four years. The project to replace the span of Interstate 695 by fall of 2028 is estimated to cost between $1.7 and $1.9 billion.

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer said his client had not willfully violated the order and was defending himself against criticism as a presidential candidate. He said constant taunts by witness Michael Cohen, like recently calling Trump “Von Sh--zInPantz,” were essentially “daring” him to respond.

A GOP measure that would require North Carolina sheriffs to cooperate with immigration authorities cleared the North Carolina Senate on Thursday.

People across Gaza have are thanking demonstrators on U.S. campuses for their protests against the Gaza war. Israel’s ambassador to the UN characterized the protests as “the murderous cries of the pro-Palestinian mobs” and castigated universities for allowing “Nazi-like behavior.”

Any remaining grant funding yet to be disbursed to a Metro Detroit businesswoman who spent $4,500 in taxpayer dollars on a coffeemaker will be blocked under a spending bill the Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee approved Wednesday.

An inspector general’s report helps explain why NASA has delayed by at least a year what was to have been Orion’s first flight with crew on board.