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Black Pastors Pressure Biden to Call for a Cease-Fire in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)

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E. Jean Carroll says she plans to use $83 million on 'something Donald Trump hates' (abcnews.go.com)

MacKenzie Scott trims Amazon stake by $10B, philanthropist now owns about 1.9% of tech giant: 'I have a disproportionate amount of money to share' (fortune.com)

CDC warns health care workers to be on alert for measles amid rising number of cases (abcnews.go.com)

There have been 23 confirmed cases of measles since December 2023....

Oil tanker on fire after Houthi missile attack, firm says (www.bbc.com)

An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile....

No help: The federal immigration deal won’t fix the migrant crisis in Chicago — and it’s unlikely to pass Congress anyway (www.chicagotribune.com)

The current congressional proposal — one of the most conservative ever, observers say — is ambitious. But immigration laws passed decades ago are dated and can’t be changed easily....

A tanker truck carrying 7,500 gallons of diesel exploded in Ohio, leaving 1 dead (www.cnn.com)

A man is dead, several northeast Ohio roads are closed and diesel has poured into a river after a tanker truck lost control and exploded Saturday morning....

Exxon Sues to Prevent Climate Proposal From Getting a Shareholder Vote (www.nytimes.com)

The complaint, filed in a U.S. District Court in Texas, said a proposal by activist investors calling for the oil giant to cut emissions faster would not create shareholder value....

US Approves Emergency Sale of Weapons to Israel (www.voanews.com)

Extremists Call for ‘Civil War’ and ‘Secession’ Over Texas Border Ruling (www.vice.com)

They do this all the time. Maybe Biden should call their bluff, execute his powers as Commander in Chief, and order the National Guard in Texas to turn on State Police.

Ukraine Seeks Guidance From Israel To Reopen Airspace, Concerns Remain (www.forbes.com)

A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois (apnews.com)

Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it’s used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the firm and statewide complaints alleging substandard care....

Wexford Health Sources, a private prison health care company accused of substandard care, is awarded new contract in Illinois (apnews.com)

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US convicts Russian man who flew to LA without passport (www.bbc.com)

Trump targets New York judge, AG as civil fraud case verdict looms (thehill.com)

Former President Trump targeted the judge and New York attorney general in a series of social media posts on Sunday as he awaits the verdict of his civil fraud case that could bar him from ever doing business in the state again....

Swimmer, 99, just broke three world records in 100-plus age group (www.yahoo.com)

Betty Brussel took up competitive swimming at in her mid-sixties. Now 99, she’s won hundreds of medals - and just broke three world records in her age group....

Texas scheduled to execute Ivan Cantu despite new evidence, recantation of witnesses - Liberation News (www.liberationnews.org)

21 Bodycam Videos Caught the NYPD Wrongly Arresting Black Kids on Halloween. Why Can’t the Public See the Footage? (www.propublica.org)

ProPublica editor-at-large Eric Umansky started investigating police oversight after an NYPD officer hit a teenager with a car in 2019. In the years since, he’s learned how police departments have undermined the promise of body-worn cameras....

More than 1 in 4 U.S. adults identify as religious "nones," new data shows (www.cbsnews.com)

More than 1 in 4 American adults identify as “religious nones,” meaning they consider themselves to be “atheist,” “agnostic” or “nothing in particular,” according to a report from the Pew Research Center released Wednesday....

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