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Israel and Hamas have agreed to increase their truce for 2 extra days to permit for the discharge of extra hostages taken from Israel in alternate for Palestinian prisoners. Israel says it is going to launch 30 extra Palestinians for each 10 Israeli hostages launched.
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Israel has capped the cease-fire to a most of ten days, NPR’s Daniel Estrin says on Up First. Lots of of support vehicles have entered Gaza as a part of the truce deal, however there nonetheless is not sufficient support to go round for primary wants. NPR producer Anas Baba describes lengthy strains for provides like oil. Estrin provides there’s rising anger in Israel over media reviews claiming that Israeli leaders uncared for intelligence warnings in regards to the Oct. 7 assaults by Hamas.
Take a look at npr.org/mideastupdates for extra protection, differing views and evaluation of this battle.
A 48-year-old Vermont man accused of capturing three school college students of Palestinian descent has pleaded not responsible to tried second diploma homicide. Jason J. Eaton is being held in jail with out bail and the case. He faces 20 years to life for every of the homicide prices. Authorities are investigating the incident as a hate crime. (by way of Vermont Public)
As of yesterday, all three males stay within the ICU, Vermont Public’s Brittany Patterson reviews. They’ve been pals for 12 years and went to high school collectively within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution. Elizabeth Worth, the mom of ​​Brown College pupil Hisham Awartani, spoke to NPR about her son’s accidents from her residence in Ramallah “My husband did not need Hisham to come back again for Christmas,” says Awartani’s mom Elizabeth Worth. “He thought our son could be safer [in the U.S.] than in Palestine.”Â
In fewer than two months, Republican voters will make their first selection of who would be the 2024 presidential nominee on the Iowa caucuses. The once-crowded area of nominees has shrunk — and the remaining candidates have not caught as much as front-runner Donald Trump.
Many elements make this 12 months’s caucus not like others, Iowa Public Radio’s Clay Masters says. One candidate is not normally this far forward at this level within the cycle. Masters provides that Kim Reynolds, the state’s governor, made the uncommon determination to endorse Ron DeSantis forward of the caucuses as a result of she says Trump cannot win the final election.Â
The Texas Supreme Court docket is about to listen to arguments in its abortion ban case right now. The Middle for Reproductive Rights introduced on the lawsuit on behalf of 20 sufferers and two medical doctors. The plaintiffs argue the medical exceptions in state’s abortion regulation are too slender to guard folks with sophisticated pregnancies.
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After Black Friday, Small Enterprise Saturday and Cyber Monday offers finish, charities ask us to take a break from spending to donate cash for Giving Tuesday. Kevin Scally of Charity Navigator has these tricks to contemplate earlier than making a donation:
Make an inventory of causes you care about and points you need to assist remedy. Take into consideration what share of your family finances you’ll be able to afford to donate. Give to a mixture of small, native organizations and huge nationwide or worldwide ones. Watch out for scams and take a second take a look at something that feels excessive strain or unsolicited.
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First woman Jill Biden unveiled the White Home’s Christmas decorations yesterday. Greater than 300 volunteers labored for greater than every week to place collectively 98 Christmas bushes, nearly 34,000 ornaments, 72 wreaths and roughly 142,000 vacation lights. Biden says the theme, “Magic, Marvel, and Pleasure,” was impressed by how youngsters expertise the vacation. See images of a number of whimsical rooms right here. You’ll be able to e-mail your Home consultant to schedule a tour.
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Two contestants from the brand new Netflix sport present, Squid Sport: The Problem, are threatening authorized motion towards the streaming service. They are saying they suffered accidents whereas filming. Bowie, a uncommon half-red, half-blue lobster, has gone viral. A bicolored lobster is a 1 in 50 million prevalence, based on New England Aquarium biologist Jordan Baker. Merriam-Webster’s phrase of the 12 months for 2023 is “genuine.” It was one of the crucial appeared up phrases within the dictionary’s 500,000 entries.
This text was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.