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Israel Closes Al Jazeera Facilities (www.telesurenglish.net)

The ban comes after Al Jazeera presented a well-documented report suggesting that Israel was responsible for the attack on Al-Ahli Hospital....

300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum (apnews.com)

After a stopover in the U.S. that lasted the better part of a century, a baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II was returned to Germany on Thursday....

State Department official resigns over Biden’s approach to Gaza crisis: ‘Failure of American politics’ (www.the-independent.com)

Louisiana man accused of setting New Orleans house fire that killed his 3 kids (www.nbcnews.com)

The children’s mother called 911 from work late Tuesday and said he was threatening to set the house on fire and to please hurry, audio played by local media shows....

Access to HIV preventive drugs sees boost (thehill.com)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary data that found 36 percent of people who could benefit from taking PrEP received a prescription in 2022....

Volvo’s EX30 with Google built-in passes new EU speed limit warning requirements (www.theverge.com)

Child’s Grave Unearths Ancient Mystery: 9,000-Year-Old Necklace Redefines Neolithic Culture (scitechdaily.com)

An ancient necklace from a child’s grave in Jordan reveals the Neolithic culture’s social intricacies, highlighting the importance of adornments and suggesting complex societal dynamics of the period. Final physical reconstruction of the necklace, today exposed at the new museum of Petra in Jordan.

UK's nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years (www.bbc.co.uk)

The US is moving quickly to boost Israel's military. A look at what assistance it's providing (apnews.com)

United States is rapidly increasing support to Israel. This assistance includes the deployment of warships and aircraft to the region, with a second carrier strike group dispatched from Virginia....

Hamas terrorists hospitalized alongside the civilians they shot (www.israelnationalnews.com)

How many consecutive days at #3 do I need to do a hard reset? (sh.itjust.works)

Israeli death toll passes 600, another 2,048 injured (www.timesofisrael.com)

Hezbollah and Israel exchange fire as Israeli soldiers battle Hamas on second day of surprise attack (apnews.com)

In an extinct Australian Aboriginal language, Mbabaram, the word for "Dog" is almost exactly the same as the English word for "Dog". The similarity is a complete coincidence. (en.m.wikipedia.org)

…the Mbabaram word for “dog” was in fact dúg, pronounced almost identically to the Australian English word…

Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook (www.wsj.com)

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Ford makes new offer in US labor dispute, GM furloughs more workers (www.reuters.com)

Met a friendly panther on the way to work. (i.imgur.com)

Prime Minister Trudeau backs bill to ban export of live horses for Japanese horse-meat delicacy (www.theglobeandmail.com)

X is shutting down Circles (www.theverge.com)

Say your goodbyes to Circles by October 31st.

Google Domains halts registrations as it waits for the Google Grim Reaper (arstechnica.com)

Portal 2 VR mod gets an early release (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Still one of the best puzzle games ever made, Valve’s Portal 2 now has a community-made VR mod available in the early stages that’s already quite impressive. The mod works, although it’s certainly a little rough around the edges with various bits not quite hooked up yet. Even so, it’s impressive what modders are able to...