Palestinians plead ‘stop the bombs’ at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be ‘obliterated’ (apnews.com)
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US strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops (apnews.com)
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15,000 Scientists Warn Society Could 'Collapse' This Century In Dire Climate Report (www.vice.com)
Vice.com
South Carolina man pleads guilty to obstruction of justice in murder of Black transgender woman (thehill.com)
Live Nation spars with senator over its vow to ditch hidden ticket fees (www.nbcnews.com)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar argues Ticketmaster’s parent company hasn’t fulfilled its “all-in” pricing pledge. The company says she’s mischaracterizing its commitments....
'Go Away TEA,' Say Houston ISD Parents and Teachers (www.texasobserver.org)
“We are professional educators. We demand to be respected.”
U.S. economy glows red hot with a 4.9% GDP reading for the third quarter (fortune.com)
The nation’s economy expanded at a robust 4.9% annual rate from July through September as Americans defied higher prices, rising interest rates and widespread forecasts of a recession to spend at a brisk pace....
Taylor Swift Vaults Into Billionaire Ranks With Blockbuster Eras Tour (www.bloomberg.com)
Georgia’s congressional map violates Voting Rights Act, court finds (www.politico.com)
The court ordered the state legislature to draw a new map by Dec. 8.
Mike Johnson's ties to Christian nationalism revealed (www.newsweek.com)
Elon Musk knew he made a bad bet on Twitter. He was right. (www.axios.com)
Friday is the one-year anniversary of Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of Twitter, which he subsequently renamed X....
Special counsel urges court to reimpose Trump gag order in election interference case (www.npr.org)
Special counsel Jack Smith is arguing that the former president continues to try to intimidate witnesses on social media and in his public statements.
Canada top court to get first woman majority bench with Trudeau's new nominee (www.reuters.com)
The naming of Moreau will give Canada’s top court five female judges and four male judges. Moreau was most recently the chief justice of Alberta’s superior court, and has worked in that court for 29 years. She will fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the resignation of Russell Brown in June....
Before and after satellite images show destruction in Gaza (www.cnn.com)
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Investor Byron Wien of Blackstone dies at 90 (www.cnbc.com)
Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 20 (www.theguardian.com)
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Secrecy Shields Powerful Adults in Our Juvenile Justice Systems. Kids Showed Me What’s Really Happening. (www.propublica.org)
Robert E. Lee statue being melted down; bronze to be re-used for new more inclusive art (www.npr.org)
Jack Smith Asks Court To Jail Trump If He Keeps Yapping About Witnesses (www.huffpost.com)
2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show (apnews.com)
A month after federal officials recommended new versions of COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot....
T-Mobile Walks Back Forced Plan Migration, Won't Make People Switch Plans After All (www.cnet.com)
Strikers have shut down a vital Great Lakes shipping artery for days, and negotiations are looming (apnews.com)
Around 360 workers in Ontario and Quebec with Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, walked out early Sunday in a dispute over wages with the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. The strike has shut down 13 locks between Lake Erie and Montreal, bottling up ships in the Great Lakes and preventing more ships from coming...
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies outside jury's presence (www.reuters.com)
The judge released the jurors for the rest of the day following a lunch break and instructed them to return on Friday morning. The unusual move came after Bankman-Fried’s lawyers said they planned to elicit testimony about the involvement of FTX lawyers in key company decisions like document retention and in crafting of loans...
Harris addresses shootings in Maine: 'It does not have to be this way' (youtu.be)
Vice President Harris began her remarks at an event with the Australian prime minister by addressing the shootings in Lewiston, Maine, that killed at least 1...
Newly-elected Speaker Mike Johnson comments on Lewiston shootings (youtu.be)
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., addressed the shootings in Lewiston, Maine, that killed at least 18 people, calling it a “horrific tragedy.”
