Laura Esposito

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Jon Gambrell |Wafaa Shurafa |Maya Sweedler |Laura Esposito |Mohammed Jahjouh

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least 60 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza in a 24-hour period, Gaza's health ministry said Friday, as Israel pressed ahead with its military offensive and let in minimal aid to the strip. The dead included 10 people in the southern city of Khan Younis, four in the central town of Deir al-Balah and nine in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the north, according to the Nasser, Al-Aqsa and Al-Ahli hospitals where the bodies were brought.

Mar 3, 2025 | post-gazette.com | Laura Esposito |Steve Bohnel |Benjamin Kail

Elon Musk's car company is required each year to report to investors all the bad things that could happen to it, and the latest version lists every imaginable threat from costly lawsuits to out-of-control battery fires to war and another epidemic. But there’s barely any mention in the latest annual update of Mr. Musk’s full-bore entry into right-wing politics, which some experts say is turning off potential customers who don’t share his views.

Feb 19, 2025 | post-gazette.com | Anton Troianovski |Ismaeel Naar |Laura Esposito

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump is living in a Russian-made “disinformation space” as a result of his administration’s discussions with Kremlin officials. Zelenskyy said he “would like Trump’s team to be more truthful.”He made the comments shortly before he was expected to meet with Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, who arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday.

Jan 19, 2025 | post-gazette.com | Benjamin Kail |Michael Sallah |Mike Wereschagin |Laura Esposito

WASHINGTON — After Donald Trump becomes president again on Monday, he’s on the hook for achieving a hefty chunk of his promises even before the day is out. One of those promises is to make you dizzy. “Your head will spin when you see what’s going to happen,” he said of Day 1. Steady yourself. This is some of what he promised voters he would get done on his first day in office:• Launch the largest deportation in U.S. history to remove all people in the country illegally.