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Russia Supreme Court Bans “LGBT Movement” as “Extremist” (www.hrw.org)

Taiwan urges elderly, young to avoid China visits due to respiratory illnesses (www.reuters.com)

Taiwan’s health ministry on Thursday urged the elderly, very young and those with poor immunity to avoid travel to China due to the recent increase in respiratory illnesses there, a move some experts said was ineffective to manage public health risks....

'An economic divide that is widening': Almost one third of Americans earning $150,000 a year or more say they're living paycheck to paycheck and many rely on credit cards to close the gap (finance.yahoo.com)

LGBTQ teens won a grant for their school. Adults sent the money back. (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Could homebuyers finally catch a break? Experts predict a housing glut in 2024 (creditnews.com)

Children making AI-generated child abuse images, says charity (www.bbc.com)

Panama's high court declares mining contract unconstitutional. Here is what happens next (apnews.com)

Hamas invites Elon Musk to Gaza to see ‘extent of destruction’ by Israeli strikes (www.theguardian.com)

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.

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