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GM reaches tentative deal with UAW, ending strikes at Detroit automakers after six weeks (www.cnbc.com)

‘Wholly ineffective and pretty obviously racist’: Inside New Orleans’ struggle with facial-recognition policing (www.politico.com)

In the summer of 2022, with a spike in violent crime hitting New Orleans, the city council voted to allow police to use facial-recognition software to track down suspects — a technology that the mayor, police and businesses supported as an effective, fair tool for identifying criminals quickly....

Pharmacy staff from CVS, Walgreens stores in US start 3-day walkout (www.reuters.com)

Last operating US prison ship, a grim vestige of mass incarceration, set to close in NYC (abcnews.go.com)

A little-known New York City jail believed to be the last operating prison ship in the country is set to shutter the week...

‘People just can’t pay their bills’: Oklahoma’s wild marijuana market is about to shrivel (www.politico.com)

Getting angry may help you achieve your goals, study suggests (www.independent.co.uk)

Getting angry could help you achieve your goals, new research suggests....

Trump, who once appeared to defend January 6 threats against Pence, calls on his former VP to endorse him (edition.cnn.com)

“Because I had a great successful presidency, and he was the vice president, he should endorse me,” said Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 GOP nod. “I chose him, made him vice president. But … people in politics can be very disloyal. I’ve never seen anything like it.”...

US regulators sue SolarWinds and its security chief for alleged cyber neglect ahead of Russian hack (abcnews.go.com)

U.S. regulators have sued SolarWinds and its top security executive for fraud for allegedly concealing poor cybersecurity practices ahead of the Texas-based technology company’s stunning hack by Russian spies...

Biden administration takes on JetBlue as its fight against industry consolidation goes to court (apnews.com)

The Biden administration’s fight against consolidation in the airline industry is being tested Tuesday as lawyers for JetBlue Airways and the Justice Department squared off in court....

Israel’s ‘Teddy Bear’ armoured bulldozer is anything but cuddly (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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UPDATE: Former State Senator Ray Holmberg pleads not guilty to federal child porn charges (www.kvrr.com)

State Sen. Ray HolmbergFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Former State Senator Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks has entered a not guilty plea to two federal child porn charges: child sex tourism and receipt of child porn. An initial trial date has been scheduled for December 5, 2023 in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota in...

Court arguments on blocking Trump from the presidential ballot under the ‘insurrection’ clause begin (apnews.com)

A weeklong hearing on one lawsuit to bar Trump from the ballot in Colorado begins Monday, while on Thursday oral arguments are scheduled before the Minnesota Supreme Court on an effort to kick the Republican former president off the ballot in that state....

Courtroom scuffle erupts after Capitol rioter resists detention order (www.wusa9.com)

U.S. Marshals and FBI agents had to forcibly detain 34-year-old Vitali Gossjankowski after he refused to surrender in court.

Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure for some. (www.businessinsider.com)

From the Galilee to Gaza : A Voice from Palestine (crimethinc.com)

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Palestinians plead ‘stop the bombs’ at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be ‘obliterated’ (apnews.com)

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US halts exports of most civilian firearms for 90 days (www.reuters.com)

Export licences for Ukraine and Israel, as well as some other close allies, will be exempted from the temporary halt in exports

Apple Warns Top Indian Opposition Leaders, Journalists About ‘State-Sponsored’ Attack on Phone (m.thewire.in)

Apple Warns Top Indian Opposition Leaders, Journalists About ‘State-Sponsored’ Attack on Phone

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‘Despair’: UN deplores Gaza conditions, child casualties amid Israeli war (www.aljazeera.com)

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U.S. targets in Syria and Iraq attacked at least 23 times since Oct. 17 (www.nbcnews.com)

U.S. targets in Iraq and Syria have been attacked at least 24 times since Oct. 17, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday....

Paul Bristow: Ministerial aide sacked after call for Israel-Gaza ceasefire (www.bbc.com)

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Protesters force their way onto airport tarmac in Dagestan, Russia to intercept flight from Tel Aviv — Meduza (meduza.io)

Hamas Official Mousa Abu Marzouk: The Tunnels In Gaza Were Built To Protect Hamas Fighters, Not Civilians; Protecting Gaza Civilians Is The Responsibility Of The U.N. And Israel (www.memri.org)

Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau said in an October 27, 2023 interview that aired on Russia Today TV that the tunnels in Gaza were built to protect Hams fighters from airstrikes, not civilians. He added that Hamas fights Israel from within the tunnels. Abu Marzouq added that since 75% of the residents in...