Israel's political and military leaders say they're ready to meet wartime challenges in both Gaza and northern Israel, should Iran try to launch a reprisal for the killing of top generals in Syria earlier in April. The U.S. State Department has warned Americans to stay in the larger cities in the center and south of Israel.
The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 206,000 borrowers as part of a new repayment plan that offers a faster route to forgiveness. The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellations Friday.
And O.J. Simpson, the college and pro football defendant who was acquitted in one of the most public murder trials in history, has died of cancer at age 76.