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☆ More than 15,900 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7 -Palestinian health minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Ali Sawafta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

More than 40,900 people in Gaza have been wounded in by Israeli bombardments, according to her ministry. "If the pace at which the (Israeli) forces are going continues, the health sector may collapse completely," said al-Kaila. She referred to the "disastrous" state of health services in Gaza, remarks similar to those by a World Health Organization official in the besieged enclave earlier in the day. Gaza health officials have recorded as many cases of severe diarrhoea among children as had been recorded among children in the enclave in all of 2020 and 2021 combined, she said. In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where violence has surged since the Gaza war erupted, 260 Palestinians have been killed and 3,200 injured since Oct. 7, Al-Kaila said.

Persons: Khan Younis, Nasser, Mai al, Kaila, Ali Sawafta, Maggie Fick, Edmund Blair, Andrew Heavens, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Hamas, West Bank, Health, Civil Defence, World Health Organization, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, RAMALLAH, West, Ramallah, Al

A Radical AgendaTo be sure, some of what Mr. Trump and his allies are planning is in line with what any standard-issue Republican president would most likely do. For example, Mr. Trump would very likely roll back many of President Biden’s policies to curb carbon emissions and hasten the transition to electric cars. He has said he would fundamentally re-evaluate “NATO’s purpose and NATO’s mission” in a second term. After some demonstrations against police violence in 2020 became riots, Mr. Trump had an order drafted to use troops to crack down on protesters in Washington, D.C., but didn’t sign it. “You look at any Democrat-run state, and it’s just not the same — it doesn’t work,” Mr. Trump told the crowd, calling cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco crime dens.

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Residents, many of whom had moved there to flee earlier attacks in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, said they could hear tank fire and feared a new Israeli ground offensive was building. The Israeli military earlier ordered people to evacuate some areas in and near the city, but made no announcement of any new southern ground assault. "The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) continues to extend its ground operation against Hamas centres in all of the Gaza Strip," spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters in Tel Aviv. GROUND OFFENSIVE FEAREDGaza residents said earlier on Sunday they feared an Israeli ground offensive on the southern areas was imminent. Tanks had cut off the road between Khan Younis and Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, effectively dividing the Gaza Strip into three.

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☆ Wounded and dead overwhelm southern Gaza hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Arafat Barbakh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] People mourn next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip December 2, 2023. REUTERS/Fadi Shana Acquire Licensing RightsGAZA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - In southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital, a young man cradled the lifeless body of his brother then reached out to try to grab a medic running past him in the corridor. More than 15,500 people have been confirmed killed in Gaza since the start of the conflict, according to Gaza's health ministry. Elsewhere in Khan Younis, families gathered at funerals. Reporting by Arafat Barbakh in Gaza Writing by Maggie Fick; Editing by Andrew HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Nasser, Khan Younis, Fadi Shana, Israel, Akram el, Arafat Barbakh, Maggie Fick, Andrew Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Palestinian, Hamas, Reuters, Nasser Hospital, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Khan, Israel

☆ DeSantis Says He Would Pass a Bill to ‘Supersede’ Obamacare
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Maggie Astor | More About Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ron DeSantis of Florida said on Sunday that, if elected president, he would pursue legislation that would “supersede” the Affordable Care Act, echoing former President Donald J. Trump’s comments, which Democrats seized upon last week. “We’re going to look at the big institutions that are causing prices to be high — big pharma, big insurance and big government — but it’s going to need to be where you have a reform package that’s going to be put in place,” he said. “Obamacare promised lower premiums. After President Biden’s campaign denounced the statement, Mr. Trump wrote: “I don’t want to terminate Obamacare, I want to REPLACE IT with MUCH BETTER HEALTHCARE. Obamacare Sucks!!

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Donald J, Mr, DeSantis, ”, Trump’s, “ We’re, “ Obamacare, Trump, Biden’s Organizations: Affordable, Press, pharma Locations: Florida

☆ Israel, Hezbollah trade fire for second day after Gaza truce ends
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border on Saturday in a second day of hostilities after the collapse of a truce in Gaza between Palestinian group Hamas and Israel. Iran-backed Hezbollah said in a statement that one of its fighters was killed but did not specify when. Three people in south Lebanon were killed by Israeli shelling on Friday in south Lebanon, according to Lebanon's state news agency. The Israeli military said it carried out shelling near Naqoura after spotting "unusual activity" in the area. It has been the worst fighting since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, a Hamas ally.

Persons: Maggie Fick, Angus MacSwan, David Holmes Organizations: United Nations Interim Force, UNIFIL, Hezbollah, Thomson Locations: BEIRUT, JERUSALEM, Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, Palestinian, Iran, Shomera, Marwahin, UNIFIL, Naqoura, Rmaych, Tayr, Beirut, Jerusalem

The city of Khan Younis is the focus of Israeli air strikes and artillery fire after fighting resumed on Friday following the collapse of a week-long truce. Its population has swelled in recent weeks as several hundred thousand people from the northern Gaza Strip have fled south. Abu Wael Nasrallah, 80, scoffed at the Israeli army's latest order to move further south to Rafah, bordering Egypt. The message was delivered via leaflets dropped from the sky over several districts in Khan Younis. "We've not asked the whole population of the south to relocate, we've not even asked the whole population of Khan Younis to relocate.

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The super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida in his presidential campaign, which has seen a series of changes in the last month, went through another shake-up this week when it fired its new chief executive officer who had stepped in just nine days earlier, according to two people briefed on the matter. Ms. Davison was not alone in being fired, according to the people briefed on the matter. A spokeswoman for the group, Erin Perrine, was dismissed, they said, with more departures possible. The changes come as the primary enters the intense final weeks before the first nominating contest, and as Mr. DeSantis was in the Iowa celebrating the final stop in his tour of the state’s 99 counties — an achievement made possible by the organizational muscle and money of his allied super PAC, which is suffering its third round of upheaval in recent weeks.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Kristin Davison, Scott Wagner, Mr, DeSantis, Adam Laxalt, Davison, Erin Perrine Organizations: Gov, PAC Locations: Florida, Iowa

☆ For the First Time, Most Golfers Play Off-Course
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Will Feuer | Photographs Maggie Shannon For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Trevor Underwood now plays golf in a complex off the highway more often than on the lush course he has frequented for years. “It sure beats the driving range,” says the 34-year-old marketing executive from New Braunfels, Texas. Underwood says his local Topgolf, a chain that offers food, drinks and simulated golf, is more convenient, even when driving there takes him past his longtime traditional golf course.

Persons: Trevor Underwood, ”, Underwood Locations: New Braunfels , Texas

REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Acquire Licensing RightsKHAN YOUNIS, Gaza, Dec 1 (Reuters) - At Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, a man cradling a boy with a bloodied scalp cried for help. Barely two hours after the lapse of a week-old truce between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, Gaza's Hamas-controlled health ministry reported that 32 people had already been killed in Israeli air strikes. Reuters footage from Nasser Hospital, the second largest in the Gaza strip, showed a steady stream of wounded children and adults being brought in as other people wept outside beside bodies of loved ones killed in strikes. "Gaza's health system has been crippled by the ongoing hostilities," Dr Richard Peeperkorn, the World Health Organisation's representative in Gaza, said. "It cannot afford to lose any more hospitals or hospital beds," he told reporters by video link.

Persons: Nasser, Khan Younis, Abu Mustafa, KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza's, António Guterres, Richard Peeperkorn, Arafat Barbakh, Mohammed Salem, Gabrielle Tetrault, Farber, Maggie Fick, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: REUTERS, Nasser Hospital, Palestinian, Hamas, United Nations, Health Organisation's, Thomson Locations: Israel, Khan, Gaza, Gaza's Hamas, United, Geneva

☆ One Costco employee at each new store can win $500 in cash if they correctly guess first-day sales
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In a company tradition, employees at opening warehouses guess their location's first day sales. AdvertisementNovember was a busy month for Costco, with 10 new locations opening up during the month, and seven of those within a ten-day span. A year later I am on the marketing training team and part of my job is traveling to new warehouse openings. This is my first official new warehouse opening and I am so excited to be part of this opening in Newark, California. I love new warehouse openings because there are items that we do not carry all the time, and some warehouse traditions as well.

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The main super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign has been rocked by another significant departure, as Adam Laxalt, a friend and former roommate of the Florida governor, has stepped down as chairman of the group. Mr. Laxalt, who unsuccessfully ran to become a Republican senator in Nevada in 2022, lived with Mr. DeSantis when he was training as a naval officer. He said in the note that he was still committed to Mr. DeSantis’s becoming president. The departure represents the second major departure from Never Back Down in the last two weeks. In a statement put out by the group after the resignation, Mr. Jankowski said that his differences at the group went “well beyond” strategic arguments, without explaining more.

Persons: Ron DeSantis’s, Adam Laxalt, Laxalt, DeSantis, “, ” Mr, DeSantis’s, Chris Jankowski, Jankowski Organizations: Republican, The New York Times Locations: Florida, Nevada

☆ Remember when Fran Fine’s fashion broke the ’90s TV show mold?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Marie Lodi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Still, not many have had the cultural impact of “The Nanny” herself, Fran Fine. Over the years, fan accounts like What Fran Wore and the Fran Fine Fashion Database have documented all of the character’s roughly 700 outfits. Drescher in character as Fran Fine in a promotional photo for "The Nanny", pictured with the show's other principcal cast members. CBS/Getty ImagesCooper says that when she first envisaged Fran’s aesthetic, it didn’t reflect early ‘90s fashion trends. It’s no wonder that after all these years, fans of “The Nanny” and fashionable TikTokers continue to cosplay as Fran in swarms.

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☆ Why a Major Primary Challenge to Biden Is So Unlikely
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Democratic anxiety that has swirled around President Biden for over a year has kicked into overdrive in recent weeks, as his approval ratings have stayed stubbornly low and polls have shown the possibility of his losing to former President Donald J. Trump. That anxiety has crystallized into one question, repeated like a drumbeat: Can’t some big-name Democrat challenge him? There are several reasons for that, most of which boil down to it being really hard to run a successful primary campaign against a sitting president. And doing so at this point, just two months before voting starts, wouldn’t be feasible anyhow. Making things still more difficult for a would-be challenger is that Mr. Biden remains relatively popular among Democratic voters.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Marianne Williamson, Dean Phillips, doesn’t Organizations: Trump, Democratic, New York Times, Siena College

In the latest incident, a UNIFIL patrol was hit by Israeli gunfire in the vicinity of Aytaroun of southern Lebanon, although there were no casualties. The force is deployed in southern Lebanon with the primary role of helping maintain international peace and security. Last December, an Irish soldier serving in UNIFIL was killed after the UNIFIL vehicle he was travelling in was fired on as it travelled in southern Lebanon. Seven people were charged by a Lebanese military tribunal in January for his death, the first fatal attack on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon since 2015. Calm had prevailed on the border since Hamas and Israel agreed a temporary truce that began on Nov. 24.

Persons: I've, Stephen MacEoin, Shamrock, MacEoin, Andrea Tenenti, Tenenti, We’ve, Aziz Taher, Hussein Al Waille, Maggie Fick, William Maclean Organizations: Camp Shamrock, United Nations Interim Force, UNIFIL, Reuters, United, Security Council, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, UNIFIL, Maroun, Ras, Lebanese, Israel, Gaza, Tiri, Lebanon's, Iran, United Nations, Aytaroun, Irish, Seven, U.N

☆ The woman who travels around the US in an Airstream with her husband and a goat
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“We didn’t know how well she was going to do with traveling,” Cate tells CNN Travel. Kid on boardPet goat Frankie spends several months of the year traveling around the US in and Airstream with her owners Cate and Chad Battles. “We’ve been all over the country and we’ll pass someone on a trail and they’ll be like, ‘Is that Frankie?’” Cate recalls. “So it’s really, really funny.”She particularly enjoyed getting the chance to speak with other goat owners to “talk goats,” while appearing on the program. And it ended up working really, really great.

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☆ Jamie Dimon Urges Donors, Even Democrats, to ‘Help Nikki Haley’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Maggie Astor | More About Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

At the same time, Ms. Haley earned a new lift from the super PAC, called Independents Moving the Needle. It said it would initially focus on New Hampshire, where Republican voters are more moderate than in many other states — and, crucially, where voters who are not registered with a party can choose to participate in the Republican or Democratic primary race. After the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 23, the group will turn to South Carolina — Ms. Haley’s home state — and to “selected Super Tuesday states with open primaries,” according to a memo shared with The New York Times. “We all believe that Nikki Haley is an outstanding leader,” the memo says. “She has by far the best electability of any Republican presidential candidate in 2024.

Persons: Haley, “, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, —, ”, Frank Laukien, Jonathan Bush, George W . Bush, Bonnie Anderson, Robert Fisher, Tamra Laukien, Laukien, Haley “ Organizations: Republican, Democratic, New, South Carolina —, The New York Times Locations: New Hampshire, South Carolina, Ukraine, Israel

At Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s private club and residence in Florida, she and another lawyer, M. Evan Corcoran, advised the former president that he needed to obey the government’s demands that he return the classified material. The indictment filed by Mr. Smith in June accuses Mr. Trump of illegally holding on to 32 classified national security documents and then conspiring to cover up his actions with two of his aides at Mar-a-Lago. The case is set to go to trial in Federal District Court in Fort Pierce, Fla., at the end of May. It was unclear what else Ms. Little testified to in her grand jury appearance. On Wednesday night, Steven Cheung, a Trump campaign spokesman, denounced “misleading leaks” about the case that showed “utter disregard” for attorney-client privilege.

Persons: Trump, Ms, Little, Evan Corcoran, Smith, Corcoran, Smith’s, Steven Cheung Organizations: ABC News, Mr, Mar, Federal, Court Locations: Georgia, Florida, Fort Pierce, Fla

☆ South Carolina lawyer convicted of murder gets 27 years for financial crimes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Alex Richard Murdaugh is seen in this police mugshot photo in Orlando, Florida, U.S., October 14, 2021. Murdaugh has appealed his murder convictions and maintains he is innocent of the killings. At his murder trial, prosecutors said Murdaugh killed his wife and son to distract from his financial crimes, through which he stole millions of dollars used to support a years-long opioids addiction and lavish lifestyle. He pleaded guilty to bank fraud and other financial felonies in a separate federal case in September. Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Sonali PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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The political network founded by the billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch has endorsed Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential nominating contest, giving her organizational muscle and financial heft as she battles Gov. The commitment by the network, Americans for Prosperity Action, bolsters Ms. Haley as the campaign enters the final seven weeks before the Iowa caucuses. Since the first Republican primary debate, Ms. Haley has steadily climbed in polls, even as Mr. DeSantis has slipped. Mr. Trump remains the dominant front-runner in the race. Nikki Haley is that leader.”

Persons: Charles, David Koch, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Donald J, Trump, Ms, Haley, DeSantis, Donald Trump, ”, Emily Seidel Organizations: Prosperity Locations: Florida, Iowa

☆ TikTok couple say they don't exploit their kids for content, deny making them produce 40 videos on Disney World trip
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

They were accused of making their children work while on vacation at Disney World. AdvertisementA TikTok duo has responded to allegations of child exploitation, after a video criticizing their vacation content schedule went viral. "Paul and I don't even make 40 videos when it's just us making content full-time," Davis said. "They made the decision to make a list of how they're going to film their children for content on family vacation," she said. "ADHD is not responsible for the decision to film your children for content on family vacation," she said.

Persons: Lilly Davis, Paul, —, dearanddarling, Davis, KC Davis, KC, Maggie, it's, Paul's TikTok, Lily Davis Organizations: Disney, Service, KC, Business

☆ Maggie Haberman is writing another book about Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman is writing another book about Trump, according to Axios. She'll be joined by Times reporter Jonathan Swan, whose 2020 interview with Trump went viral. AdvertisementNew York Times senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman has already written a best-selling book about former President Donald Trump. Haberman's "Confidence Man," which was released in 2022 and chronicled Trump's rise to the Oval Office, was a New York Times bestseller. Swan, a former political correspondent at Axios, won an Emmy for his 2020 interview with Trump at the White House.

Persons: Maggie Haberman, She'll, Jonathan Swan, Trump, —, Donald Trump, Simon, Simon & Schuster, Swan Organizations: New York Times, Trump, Times, Service, Simon &, Axios, White

The full benefit for these Indian manufacturers will not be immediate, said Peter DeYoung, CEO of Piramal Pharma Solutions. Nimgaonkar said Indian CDMOs need to do more to ensure their reputation on quality standards matches Western and Chinese ones. The Indian CDMOs told Reuters that their facilities are routinely inspected by the FDA. Aragen counts seven of the 10 biggest pharma companies as clients, he said, declining to name them. "New biotechs are deciding to put eggs in both the Indian and China baskets from the start," Subramanian said.

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Prosecutors felt they needed an industry insider to flip on others in the business, explain the intricacies of lending agreements and serve as a narrator on the witness stand. In Mr. Braun, who had made clear he was desperate to get out of prison, they thought they had an ideal candidate. They were still going back and forth with his lawyer about a deal that would have freed him from prison when Mr. Trump commuted his sentence. Prosecutors instantly lost their leverage over Mr. Braun. The investigation into the industry, and Mr. Braun’s conduct, remains open but is hampered by the lack of help from an insider.

Persons: Braun, Trump, Prosecutors, Braun’s, — Organizations: Department, U.S, Prosecutors, Justice, Trump Locations: Manhattan

Even amid the uproar over President Donald J. Trump’s freewheeling use of his pardon powers at the end of his term, one commutation stood out. Jonathan Braun of New York had served just two and a half years of a decade-long sentence for running a massive marijuana ring, when Mr. Trump, at 12:51 a.m. on his last day in office, announced he would be freed. Mr. Braun was, to say the least, an unusual candidate for clemency. A Staten Islander with a history of violent threats, Mr. Braun had told a rabbi who owed him money: “I am going to make you bleed.” Mr. Braun’s family had told confidants they were willing to spend millions of dollars to get him out of prison. At the time, Mr. Trump’s own Justice Department and federal regulators, as well as New York state authorities, were still after him for his role in an entirely separate matter: his work as a predatory lender, making what judges later found were fraudulent and usurious loans to cash-strapped small businesses.

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