Israel's military defended its airstrikes on Gaza's largest refugee camp because it was targeting a Hamas commander who helped plan the group's Oct. 7 surprise attacks in southern Israel. It's not clear yet how many people were killed, which may take longer to learn after a new phone and internet blackout this morning. Also, dozens of people entered the Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt today. |
Palestinians look for survivors in the rubble at Jabaliya refugee camp. (AP Photo/Abdul Qader Sabbah) |
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Robert Card's family and Army Reserve unit took guns away from the firearms instructor while his mental health worsened over the summer and early fall, according to documents released by Maine State Police and a local sheriff's office. Despite those efforts, the 40-year-old was still able to obtain multiple weapons ahead of fatally shooting 18 people one week ago. |
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Sheriff's deputies fatally shot a man who had confronted officers with a rifle outside a police station. Rumford is about 40 miles away from last week's mass shooting in Lewiston. Sean Dyment, 23, appeared to have been following someone in a car who arrived at the police station to tell officers. |
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About 4,000 residents in rural southern California were under evacuation orders for a second day after strong desert winds fueled a wildfire. The hot, dry Santa Ana winds can accelerate wildfires during the cooler months of the year. |
A firefighter and resident discuss how to protect his possessions Monday as the Highland Fire burns in Aguanga, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) |
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5. RECORD UNIVERSITY FINE |
The Education Department levied a $37.7 million fine against Grand Canyon University for lying to thousands of potential students about the cost of its graduate programs. The country's largest Christian university has more than 100,000 students, about 80,000 of whom are enrolled in online programs. |
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Local officials across the U.S. said they need the federal government's help to stop uneaten food from piling up in landfills, where it makes up nearly 60% of their planet-warming methane emissions. Their letter to the EPA urged the agency to help them divert all food waste from dumps and incinerators by 2040. One-third of food produced in the U.S. is never eaten — while 17 million people struggled to get enough to eat last year. |
Organic waste is moved at a renewable energy facility in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) |
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This cursed word refers to the rising cost of live entertainment, especially concerts and sports, which has caused 60% of consumers to cut back this year, according to a Wall Street Journal poll. Ted Jenkin of oXYGen Financial shared a slew of clever tips for saving on tickets to theme parks, sports and the movie theater. Sadly, the Live Nation-Ticketmaster "quasi-monopoly" on concerts means we can do little to save on those tickets, he said. |
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New England, especially Massachusetts, is still coming to terms with its 17th century pastime of terrorizing women accused of sorcery. The Massachusetts Witch-Hunt Justice Project has been working to clear the names of women who were killed, many before the Salem witch trials, as well as the women who were arrested, charged or accused. |
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10. HEIDI KLUM'S HALLOWEEN COSTUME |
At last year's party, the supermodel embraced body horror as a giant rain worm. (Look below; we saved you a search.) This year, she turned to a more naturally glamorous creature — one that required 10 Cirque du Soleil performers, the New York Times reports. |
2023 vs. 2022: Slightly different approaches. (Photos by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) |
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The fun day of haunting has passed; now we return to being haunted by everyday things, such as bills and stains. For the latter quotidian terror, we learned which household potions — er, products — can remove different types of domestic blemishes. Sure, but when will science invent a household product that can remove bills? |
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always a fine line between being stoned enough to think a movie is really good and being stoned enough that you can't stop thinking about how you're just watching real people pretend to be other people for money —@itsmariannnna
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