Iceland volcano – live: 120 earthquakes strike as Grindavik anticipate imminent eruption (www.independent.co.uk)
Okta hackers stole data on all customer support users in major breach (www.cnbc.com)
Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024 (apnews.com)
Trump gag order reinstated in New York civil fraud trial (thehill.com)
Trump targets wife of New York judge overseeing civil fraud trial (thehill.com)
And still, the gag-order is in limbo…...
Biden announces proposal to replace all lead water service lines in US within 10 years (abcnews.go.com)
The Biden administration has announced a proposal to “strengthen its Lead and Copper Rule that would require water systems to replace lead service lines within 10 years,” the White House said in a statement on Thursday....
Signs of mysterious respiratory illness affecting dogs reported in at least a dozen states (www.cnn.com)
An infectious respiratory disease among dogs that continues to baffle veterinarians has now been reported in at least a dozen US states, from Washington, Oregon and California to New Hampshire, Florida and Pennsylvania....
Hundreds of thousands in North Carolina will be added to Medicaid rolls this week (apnews.com)
A decade after the federal government began offering expanded Medicaid coverage in states that opted to accept it, hundreds of thousands of adults in North Carolina are set to receive benefits, a development that boosters say will aid hospitals and local economies in addition to the long-term uninsured....
US pending home sales fell to their lowest level in 20 years last month (www.cnn.com)
US pending home sales fell to their lowest level in 20 years in October as mortgage rates surged to their highest levels of the year, according to a report released Thursday....
Appeals court reinstates gag order that barred Trump from maligning court staff in NY fraud trial (apnews.com)
A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial....
Texas abortion case puts doctors' agency in treating pregnancy complications in the spotlight (www.statnews.com)
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a case that could end up deciding whether abortion in the state should be protected under its constitution when it’s provided for medical reasons. Also at stake is the issue of how much agency doctors have to exercise their medical judgment in the treatment of the most complicated...
Bedouin family desperate for news on teenagers held hostage in Gaza (www.bbc.com)
There are only a handful of child hostages left inside Gaza. Under the agreement struck between Israel and Hamas, under-19s were supposed to be released from captivity. On the sixth day, five more were freed, and almost 40 have now been returned home in total. But so far, Aisha and Bilal haven’t been among them.
China says US arms sales to Taiwan are turning the island into a 'powder keg' (apnews.com)
Five Mexican journalists shot and injured in one day as violence deepens (www.theguardian.com)
Southern hospitality: More people moved to the South last year than any other region. (www.usatoday.com)
Kissinger’s Central Role in Carpet Bombing Cambodia (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Mom fired as sex-ed teacher after being exposed as convicted prostitute, working escort (abc6onyourside.com)
Dollar Tree hit by third-party data breach impacting 2 million people (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Oklahoma prepares to execute man for 2001 double slaying despite self-defense claim (www.nbcnews.com)
Jezebel to be brought ‘back to life’ after being acquired by Paste Magazine (www.cnn.com)
Proud Boy Jan. 6 defendant who shot at law enforcement is sentenced to prison (www.nbcnews.com)
Nathan Pelham got into a standoff with law enforcement this year after he learned he was being charged in connection with the Capitol attack.
Suicide deaths reached a record high in the US in 2022, despite hopeful decreases among children and young adults (www.cnn.com)
CNN —...
Watch: Explosion rocks Russian tank factory (www.telegraph.co.uk)
A mysterious blast on Sunday night engulfed the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, where equipment was being produced for the war in Ukraine
Nine-year-old girl shot by mother's boyfriend in Midtown, Memphis PD says (www.localmemphis.com)
Memphis Police confirmed the shooting was a domestic violence incident.