Israel says Hamas ceasefire violated after 15 minutes (www.newsweek.com)
Friday’s pause in the fighting comes after several weeks of tough negotiations between Israel, Hamas, the U.S., Egypt and Qatar. It is the first significant break in combat since the Hamas infiltration attack into southern Israel on October 7, which killed some 1,200 people and saw around 240 taken back into the Gaza Strip as...
Man charged with 35 child sex crimes in Charleston pleads guilty, gets no prison time (www.live5news.com)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A man facing dozens of charges in connection to attempted child sexual exploitation is now out of jail and will spend no time in prison despite his guilty plea this week....
Elderly man facing homelessness after Social Security orders $60,000 repayment (local12.com)
PECULIAR, Mo. (KCTV/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - An elderly man is facing homelessness after Social Security ordered him to repay over $60,000.
South Africa, Colombia and others are fighting drugmakers over access to TB and HIV drugs (apnews.com)
Scores of Palestinians and Israelis freed from captivity on first day of Gaza truce (www.npr.org)
After nearly seven weeks in captivity, 24 hostages seized by Hamas in its deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel are now free after crossing into Egypt. In exchange, Israel released 39 Palestinians hours later at the city of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Colorado Hospital Finally Admits to Cutting Lakota Elder’s Hair Without His Permission (nativenewsonline.net)
The UC Health Hospital in Aurora, Colorado on Friday finally admitted that a hospital staff member cut the hair of a 65-year-old Lakota elder Arthur Janis, without his or his family’s permission....
Kansas School Demands Eight-Year-Old Native American Student Cut Hair to Attend (nativenewsonline.net)
School administrators in Kansas this September violated an eight-year old Native American boy’s cultural and religious freedoms when they required him to cut his long hair to conform to school policy, according to the Kansas American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU)....
New York calls PepsiCo's plastic pollution a 'public nuisance' in first-of-its-kind lawsuit (grist.org)
The company’s packaging was found to be the most significant contributor to plastic waste clogging the Buffalo River....
Weather tracker: Ethiopia hit by severe drought amid east Africa floods (www.theguardian.com)
UN chief gives interview from melting Antarctica on eve of global climate summit (apnews.com)
Georgia Supreme Court ruling prevents GOP-backed commission from beginning to discipline prosecutors (apnews.com)
Georgia’s state Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to approve rules for a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors, meaning the commission can’t begin operating....
Toronto library systems won’t be restored until 2024 after October cyberattack (www.cp24.com)
According to my librarian wife, this is one of the largest library systems in the country, if not the world.
Giulia Cecchettin's killing sparks Italian reckoning over femicide (www.bbc.co.uk)
“It is often said ‘not all men’. But they are always men,”
'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I've changed my mind' (www.bbc.com)
I spent years doubting the science of climate change and spending time with people who didn’t believe in the science either....
More Americans are expected to 'buy now, pay later' for the holidays. Analysts see a growing risk (apnews.com)
'Biggest Ever Global Strike Against Amazon' Kicks Off on Black Friday (www.commondreams.org)
Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival (apnews.com)
Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from the ocean to U.S. beaches to lay their eggs over the past several months. This year, record nesting was found in Florida and elsewhere despite growing concern about threats from climate change....
Railyard explosion, inspections raise safety questions about Union Pacific's hazmat shipping (apnews.com)
NPR: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map shows half the country has shifted (www.npr.org)
A newly updated government map has many of the nation’s gardeners rushing online, Googling what new plants they can grow in their mostly warming regions.
As Groundwater Dwindles, Powerful Players Block Change (www.nytimes.com)
From a small brick building in Garden City, Kan., 13 men manage the use of groundwater across five million acres in the southwest corner of the state, some of the most productive farmland in America for corn, wheat and sorghum....
California jogger charged over killing of homeless man blocking sidewalk (www.theguardian.com)
Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, allegedly shot Antonio Garcia Avalos, 40, in incident in Orange county...
Why Xi Jinping sounds friendlier to America (www.economist.com)
A tactical move to boost China’s economic and diplomatic interests...
Geert Wilders’ victory confirms upward trajectory of far right in Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Courts Strike Down Gun Control Measures in Two States (www.nytimes.com)
The rulings in Maryland and Oregon come amid a shifting legal landscape in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that has imposed new limits on gun regulation....