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☆ Israeli army displays tunnel beneath Al Shifa it says served as Hamas hideout
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Ronen Zvulun | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

GAZA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The Israeli army showed a reinforced tunnel beside Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza on Wednesday, complete with a bathroom, kitchen and an air conditioned meeting room that it said had served as a command post for Hamas fighters. Israel has long accused Hamas of using the Shifa hospital complex as a command and control center as part of a wider strategy that seeks to hide its forces among the civilian population. [1/5]Israeli soldiers stand near the opening to a tunnel at Al Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza City, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, November 22, 2023. He said the army knew the tunnel led to another opening in a Gaza kindergarten. Israel has faced international criticism for its Gaza campaign, including its attacks on Shifa, the enclave's largest hospital.

Persons: Elad Tsuri, Israel's, Ronen, Tsuri, Israel, Daniel Hagari, Noa Marciano, Al, Ronen Zvulun, Howard Goller, James Mackenzie, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Hamas, Army, Palestinian, REUTERS, White, Thomson Locations: GAZA, Al Shifa, Gaza, Israel, Al, Gaza City, Washington, Shifa

☆ Former Model Sues Axl Rose, Accusing Him of 1989 Rape
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Ben Sisario | More About Ben Sisario | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a statement, Alan S. Gutman, a lawyer for Mr. Rose, said: “Simply put, this incident never happened.” He added: “Though he doesn’t deny the possibility of a fan photo taken in passing, Mr. Rose has no recollection of ever meeting or speaking to the Plaintiff, and has never heard about these fictional allegations prior to today.”In her suit, Ms. Kennedy says she met Mr. Rose in early 1989, when she went to a New York nightclub with a friend who was a fan of Guns N’ Roses. The band was at perhaps the peak of its fame — and its members relished their reputations as hard-partying bad boys — but Ms. Kennedy says in her suit that at the time she did not know who Mr. Rose was. According to Ms. Kennedy’s complaint, Mr. Rose invited her and another woman to a party at his suite in a hotel on Central Park West, where he offered them cocaine and alcohol. According to the complaint, the party “was in full swing” until Mr. Rose called for everyone to leave except Ms. Kennedy, the other woman and a man. According to the complaint, Mr. Rose began having sex with the other woman, in an “aggressive” way that Ms. Kennedy says in the suit “appeared painful” for the woman.

Persons: Alan S, Gutman, Rose, “, ”, Kennedy, Ms, Kennedy’s Organizations: Plaintiff, Park West Locations: New York

☆ We moved from California to Texas and back to California after 4 years. Now we live in a mobile home park by the beach.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Dan Otis and Mary Collins moved from California to Texas in 2018 to be closer to family. Otis and Collins moved back to California after four years in Texas and now live in Santa Cruz, California. After four years in Texas, the couple moved back to California and now live in Santa Cruz. Mary moved to California when she was 20, so she's been a Californian longer than a New Yorker. Courtesy of Dan Otis and Mary CollinsBoth California and Texas have their pros and cons.

Persons: Dan Otis, Mary Collins, Otis, Collins, —, Dan, Mary, she's, Mary Collins Dan, Ted Cruz, I'm, it's, We've, we've, It's Organizations: Service, Democratic, Google Locations: California, Texas, Santa Cruz , California, Coarsegold , California, Rosenberg , Texas, Santa Cruz, Bay, Queens, New Yorker, Carmel , California, Lake Tahoe, Coarsegold, Houston, In Texas, Boston, New Mexico, Reno , Nevada, Nevada, Reno, Mary, Mary Collins Both California

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Penthouse magazine model sued Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose on Wednesday, saying he raped her in a 1989 attack at a New York City hotel that left her with anxiety and depression and harmed her career. Attorney Alan S. Gutman said in a statement on behalf of Rose: “Simply put, this incident never happened. According to the lawsuit, Kennedy saw Rose have sex with another model before he became angry with the woman, ordering her out of his suite. “Rose made no attempt to ask for or check that Kennedy was consenting,” the lawsuit said. The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Kennedy has done.

Persons: —, Axl Rose, Sheila Kennedy, Rose, Alan S, Gutman, “, Kennedy, pantyhose, “ Rose Organizations: Penthouse, Court, New York, Plaintiff, Associated Press Locations: New York City, Manhattan, Malibu , California, New York, New York State, Palm Springs , California

☆ Axl Rose accused of sexually assaulting former Penthouse model in new lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Axl Rose, lead singer of the rock band Guns N’ Roses, has been accused of sexually assaulting a Penthouse magazine model in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday with the New York State Supreme Court and was obtained by CNN. It’s not just individual musicians stepping out of line, but an industrial system of enabling them and then covering up their misconduct and crimes, silencing survivors and normalizing sexual assault. We hope Sheila’s bravery helps other victims find their voice.”Kennedy is an actress and a model who has appeared on the cover of the adult magazine Penthouse. The law has given adult survivors of sexual assault one year to file lawsuits against their perpetrators and is set to expire on November 24.

Persons: Axl Rose, Sheila Kennedy, Rose “, Kennedy, ”, “, Rose, ” “ Kennedy, Sheila Kennedy’s, Dr, Ann Olivarius, McAllister Olivarius, It’s, ” Kennedy, Slash, Duff McKagen, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler Organizations: CNN, Penthouse, New York ., New York Locations: New York, New York City, Paradise City, ”

NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of multicolored briefs peeking out above a robbery suspect's low-slung trousers helped police arrest him more than a year later, federal authorities in New York said Wednesday. The robbery happened at a tobacco shop in Queens on Sept. 14, 2022. An anonymous tipster passed along the Instagram handle of the suspect with the colorful underwear, the complaint said. An email seeking comment was sent to the suspect's attorney with the federal public defender's office. The other two robbery suspects are still at large, authorities said.

Persons: tipster Organizations: Mazda, Police, New York Police Department, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, U.S Locations: New York, Queens, Brooklyn

☆ Israeli Army Displays Tunnel Beneath Al Shifa It Says Served as Hamas Hideout
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Ronen ZvulunGAZA (Reuters) - The Israeli army showed a reinforced tunnel beside Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza on Wednesday, complete with a bathroom, kitchen and an air conditioned meeting room that it said had served as a command post for Hamas fighters. Israel has long accused Hamas of using the Shifa hospital complex as a command and control center as part of a wider strategy that seeks to hide its forces among the civilian population. He said the army knew the tunnel led to another opening in a Gaza kindergarten. Israel has faced international criticism for its Gaza campaign, including its attacks on Shifa, the enclave's largest hospital. But Hagari, referring to Hamas' use of a hideout beneath the hospital, said: "The world now should say what happened in Shifa, what happened in the hospitals, is a war crime."

Persons: Elad Tsuri, Israel's, Tsuri, Israel, Daniel Hagari, Noa Marciano, Al, Ronen Zvulun, Howard Goller, James Mackenzie, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Hamas, Army, White Locations: GAZA, Al Shifa, Gaza, Israel, Washington, Shifa

☆ Military agreement fractures as tensions rise with North Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A rocket carrying a spy satellite Malligyong-1 is launched, as North Korean government claims, in a location given as North Gyeongsang Province, North Korea in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on November 21, 2023. South Korea had accused Pyongyang of violating the agreement after North Korean artillery shells fell into a maritime buffer zone that was supposed to be free of live-fire drills under the agreement. The North then said South Korea had resumed the use of propaganda loudspeakers at the border in violation of the agreement. South Korea's military will restart aerial surveillance in border areas, which had been conducted before the agreement was signed, the defence ministry said. South Korea said, however, its decisions on whether to take further actions to pull out of the military agreement would depend on the North's follow-up moves.

Persons: Han Duck, Kim Jong Un, Moon Jae, denuclearisation, Kim Myung, Ed Davies, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Reuters, KCNA, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, South, Korean, CMA, North, BE, Thomson Locations: North Gyeongsang Province, North Korea, Rights SEOUL, South Korea, Korea, South, Pyongyang, Seoul

On Tuesday, 2.6 million passengers were screened at airport security checkpoints, the highest ever for a Tuesday before Thanksgiving, according to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. [1/10]People go to their flight gates ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 22, 2023. The two major airports in Houston, Texas were expecting to shatter their record of air travelers from Nov. 16-28. Some 2.4 million people were expected to fly through Houston, up 11% from that period in 2022, the airports' management said. Out West, a snowstorm in the northern and central Rocky Mountains and adjacent High Plans will likely affect Thanksgiving travel from Wednesday night through Friday, the weather service said.

Persons: Mike Arnot, Vincent Alban Acquire, COVID, Hopper, Daniel Trotta, Allison Lampert, Joseph Ax, Gabriella Borter, Miral Fahmy, Jonathan Oatis, David Gregorio Our Organizations: National Weather Service, Airlines for America, U.S . Transportation Security Administration, Ontario . Buffalo Niagara International, O’Hare, REUTERS, American Automobile Association, AAA, Thomson Locations: U.S, United States, Canada, Niagara Falls, New York, Ontario, Chicago , Illinois, Houston , Texas, Houston, New England, New Hampshire, Rocky

[1/5] Passengers make their way through the terminal as they travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Acquire Licensing RightsNov 22 (Reuters) - Millions of Americans headed to the homes of friends and family on Wednesday, the day before the Thanksgiving holiday, on the busiest travel day since the pandemic, undeterred by a sprawling East Coast storm system that disrupted some flights and slowed traffic. Industry group Airlines for America forecast U.S. airlines would carry some 29.9 million passengers between Nov. 17 and Nov. 27. That figure would be an all-time high, 9% higher than last year and up 1.7 million passengers from the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic. Out West, a snowstorm in the northern and central Rocky Mountains and adjacent High Plans will likely affect Thanksgiving travel from Wednesday night through Friday, the weather service said.

Persons: Kevin Lamarque, Hopper, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Trotta, Joseph Ax, Miral Fahmy, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Washington Dulles International, REUTERS, Industry, Airlines, America, U.S . Transportation Security Administration, American Automobile Association, AAA, National Weather Service, Thomson Locations: Dulles , Virginia, U.S, East, COVID, Carolinas, Atlantic, New England, New Hampshire, Rocky

The other plaintiff, Kelsey Harbert, accused Gooding of groping her breast in June 2019 at the Magic Hour rooftop bar, also in midtown. Lawyers who have represented Gooding in civil and criminal litigation over his alleged sexual misconduct did not immediately respond to requests for comment. He pleaded guilty in April 2022 to a misdemeanor charge of forcibly touching Abbay, who was not identified by name at the time but revealed her identity in her lawsuit. The charge was downgraded six months later to harassment, to which Gooding pleaded guilty after complying with a plea agreement that required alcohol and behavior modification treatment and no further arrests. Accusations by Abbay, Harbert and a third woman were the basis for a six-count indictment against Gooding, which his guilty plea resolved.

Persons: Cuba Gooding, Mike Segar, Cuba Gooding Jr, Oscar, underlay, Jasmine Abbay, Jerry Maguire, Kelsey Harbert, Gooding, Gloria Allred, Russell Brand, Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Axl Rose, Sheila Kennedy, Jonathan Stempel, Dawn Chmielewski, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Criminal, REUTERS, Cuba, Lawyers, U.S, Thomson Locations: New, New York, Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Los Angeles

☆ Binance mega-fine fits go-big-or-go-home vibe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Anita Ramaswamy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Cryptocurrency is a precocious industry, in its lows as well as its highs. So it makes sense that Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has agreed to pay a $4.3 billion fine for anti-money laundering, effortlessly surpassing penalties paid by miscreant financial firms that have been around for more than a century longer. Binance boss Changpeng Zhao, a kingpin of crypto and the man who precipitated the downfall of bankrupt rival FTX, pleaded personally guilty on Tuesday to criminal violations. HSBC (HSBA.L), (0005.HK) in 2012 agreed to pay $1.9 billion for its role in facilitating drug cartels’ money laundering. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Changpeng Zhao, FTX, Zhao, Binance, Al Qaeda, It’s, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, David Solomon, Sam Bankman, John Foley, Sharon Lam Organizations: Reuters, HSBC, HK, Malaysian, U.S . Treasury Department, Thomson Locations: Iran, North Korea, U.S

☆ Opinion: Taking a trip to the firing range was something I’d never do before October 7
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Opinion Amy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

I put my clear plastic goggles back on and reenter the smoky range to learn how to shoot a gun. That’s how I found myself at Gun for Hire, a gun range and club in New Jersey, to learn how to shoot. (“I want you to get the feel for both guns,” Kedem said.) Kedem had told me I’d get used to the noise, and I did. If I came to the range a few more times, I know I could get the hang of shooting — and even excel at it.

Persons: Amy Klein, Amy Klein Mira Zaki I’ve, Maga, ”, “, Woody Allen, we’d, Hillel Norry, Beth David, ” Norry, he’s, —, Klein, Amy Klein Be, Kedem, Walther, ” Kedem, he’d, Yosi, I’ve, Ben Shapiro, Norry Organizations: CNN, US Centers for Disease Control, FBI, Hire, ”, Factory, Glock, Columbia University Locations: Israel, New York City, New Jersey, Long, Snellville , Georgia, Manhattan, Israeli American, America, Chile

In Canada, the wild pigs roaming Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba pose a new threat. Wild pigs already cause around $2.5 billion in damage to U.S. crops every year, mostly in southern states like Texas. Eradication of wild pigs is no longer possible in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Brook said. “The question is: What will be done about it?”Brook said Montana has been the most serious about keeping wild pigs out. It banned raising and transporting wild pigs within the state.

Persons: Ryan Brook, they've, Brook, They've, “, ” Brook, Gary Nohrenberg, Mike Marlow, ” Marlow Organizations: University of Saskatchewan, Canada -, state’s Department of Natural Resources, U.S . Department of Agriculture, USDA Wildlife Services, Wildlife Services, USDA, Feral Swine Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, Canada, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North America, Texas, Canada - North Dakota, Vermont , New York , Pennsylvania, New Hampshire , Wisconsin, Washington

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge has denied a compassionate release request filed by a former Baltimore police officer convicted in 2018 as part of the department’s Gun Trace Task Force corruption scandal. Daniel Hersl, the oldest member of the deeply corrupt and now-disbanded Baltimore police unit, was sentenced to 18 years behind bars after a jury found him guilty of racketeering and robbery. Last month, he filed the request for release, saying he was recently diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer that has spread to his lymph nodes, liver, lungs and more. He said a prison doctor concluded he has less than 18 months to live, and asked for home detention. Hersl, 53, was one of eight indicted members of the once-lauded Gun Trace Task Force, which was created to get illegal guns off the streets of a city plagued by violent crime.

Persons: Daniel Hersl, Prosecutors, Hersl “, “, ”, George L, Russell III, ” Russell, William Purpura Organizations: BALTIMORE, —, Baltimore police, Force, District, Baltimore City Police Department, Prisons Locations: Baltimore

☆ Music industry veteran Jimmy Iovine faces sexual abuse allegation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Dawn Chmielewski | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jimmy Iovine accepts the Ahmet Ertegun Award on stage at the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 5, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 22 (Reuters) - Music industry veteran Jimmy Iovine was sued on Wednesday by an woman who claims she was sexually abused. A spokesperson for Iovine said they were "quite shocked and baffled" by the alleged claim. No one has ever made a claim like this against Jimmy Iovine, nor have we been contacted or made aware of any complaint by anyone, including this unknown plaintiff prior to now,” the spokesperson said. The onetime recoding engineer co-founded Interscope Records, a music label associated with West Coast hip hop that is now part of Universal Music Group(UMG.AS).

Persons: Jimmy Iovine, Ahmet Ertegun, Mario Anzuoni, Jane Doe, Iovine, Douglas Wigdor, Dr, Dre, Russell Brand, Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Axl Rose, Sheila Kennedy, Dawn Chmielewski, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Roll Hall, REUTERS, U.S, Interscope Records, West Coast, Universal Music, Beats Electronics, Apple, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, New York, Manhattan, West, Los Angeles

☆ Cami Téllez's underwear startup Parade went bust, and employees blame her. Is it OK to write about it?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Melkorka Licea | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +28 min

Owning Gucci loafers "wouldn't make me any less capable of leading my team," Téllez rightfully pointed out. Most startups attract people who know this and are excited by it, and Parade employees were no different. "Like any for-profit company, Parade sought to make money and deliver value for shareholders," she told Business Insider. Téllez told staffers DeFuria was sick, and some were worried enough to send flowers to his home. Téllez told employees that they should be receiving offers for positions at AAI "within the next 72 hours at the latest."

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BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Maryland’s handgun licensing law, finding that its requirements, which include submitting fingerprints for a background check and taking a four-hour firearms safety course, are unconstitutionally restrictive. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond said they considered the case in light of a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that “effected a sea change in Second Amendment law.”The underlying lawsuit was filed in 2016 as a challenge to a Maryland law requiring people to obtain a special license before purchasing a handgun. Even though Maryland’s law doesn’t prohibit people from “owning handguns at some time in the future, it still prohibits them from owning handguns now,” Richardson wrote. Pennack said the 2013 law made obtaining a handgun an overly expensive and arduous process. Before that law passed, he said, people had to complete a more limited training and pass a background check, among other requirements.

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☆ Opinion: The drama around Sam Altman is an urgent warning
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is on its third CEO in as many days. And how should other institutions – governments, non-tech industries, global alliances, regulatory bodies – reign in the worst excesses of potentially dangerous AI innovators? This dynamic – a potentially dangerous technology developed at extreme speed, largely behind closed doors – is partly to blame for Altman’s firing. And we all have a stake in whose interests AI will serve – and right now, its development is being funded with billions of dollars by people expecting to make a huge profit. The Altman story is fascinating because Altman is the most powerful figure in AI technology, which in effect makes him one of the most powerful men in the world.

Persons: Jill Filipovic, Sam Altman, Altman, Jill Filipovic It’s, OpenAI, CNN’s David Goldman, he’ll, ”, – Organizations: Twitter, CNN, Microsoft, Israeli Defense Force Locations: New York, Big Sur, Yorker, Atlantic, Silicon Valley

☆ When people move out, wildlife moves in: 10 abandoned places reclaimed by nature
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Arya Jyothi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

The temple and surrounding forested areas were abandoned three centuries later, when the king moved the capital of the empire away from Angkor. People started moving out in the 1990s and by 2002, the village was completely abandoned. People started moving out in the 1990s and by 2002, the village was completely abandoned. The Whanganui River holds 18 fish species including eels, freshwater crayfish and black flounders. Graham Harries/ShutterstockLocated off the Pembrokeshire coast in west Wales, stands a time capsule in the form of a long-abandoned island fort.

Persons: Prohm, King Jayavarman, Alexander Arndt, Angelina Jolie’s, “ Lara Croft, pileated gibbons, silvered, Johannes Eisele, Leo Francini, Marcio Martins, University of São Paulo, Martins, “, Al Madam, Giuseppe Cacace, Yasuyoshi Chiba, James Beasley, allan wright, Kilda, Graham Harries, Shutterstock, Nicholas Mueller, ”, Mueller Organizations: CNN, Wildlife Alliance, ., Steam, SS, Titanic, Cyclone, University of São, Google Arts & Culture, National Institute of Ecology, Al, Getty, United Arab, Japan Earthquake, University of Georgia, TED, UNESCO Locations: CNN —, Europe, Ta Prohm, Cambodia, Angkor Thom, Khmer, Angkor, Shengshan Island, China, AFP, Houtouwan, Shengshan, Zhoushan, Mangapurua, , New Zealand, Nowhere, Mangapurua Valley, New, Whanganui, North, Australia, Grande, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Marcio, Korea, South Korea, Al Madam Village, UAE, Al, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sharjah, Fukushima, Japan, St Kilda, Scotland, Scotland’s, Kilda, Atlantic, Soay, Boreray, Fort, Wales, Pembrokeshire

The South American country's markets are closed on Monday for a local holiday, so will only fully trade on Tuesday. Overseas-listed sovereign bonds and some equities will trade, mainly in Europe and the United States. In his first speech Milei pledged speedy reforms to fix an economy mired in crisis. If Milei can convince the market that the chainsaw (fiscal discipline) is the heart and soul of his presidency then bonds rally," he said. But he still faces a divided Congress where his Liberty Advances bloc only has a small share of seats.

Persons: Javier Milei's, Sergio Massa, Juan Manuel Pazos, Milei, Mauricio Macri, Patricia Bullrich, Martin Castellano, Walter Stoeppelwerth, Gletir, Gustavo Ber, Jorgelina, Walter Bianchi, Jorge Otaola, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Peronist, FX, Institute of International Finance, Liberty, Thomson Locations: BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, American, Europe, United States, Buenos Aires, Rosario

☆ Families of Hostages in Gaza Are Desperate for Proof of Life
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Michael D. Shear | More About Michael D. Shear | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

We understand the pain,” said Jason Straziuso, a spokesman for the Red Cross. It’s not possible.”The Red Cross has about 130 employees in Gaza, he said, giving it some ability to deliver humanitarian aid and to visit the scenes of destruction from the war. Mr. Straziuso said Red Cross officials were talking to Hamas, Israel, the United States and other nations about the condition of the hostages. Warring nations have blocked the Red Cross from visiting hostages or prisoners of war in previous conflicts. In 2022, eight months into the war between Ukraine and Russia, the Red Cross still had little access to prisoners held by either side.

Persons: ”, Jason Straziuso, “, Straziuso, Cross, Osama Hamdan, Liz Hirsh Naftali, Abigail Idan, Abigail, “ Abigail, ” Ms, Naftali, Lester Holt, Rachel Goldberg, Polin, Goldberg, Jon Polin, Rachel Goldberg’s, Hersch Organizations: Red, NBC News, NBC Locations: Gaza, Israel, United States, Egypt, Qatar, Lebanon, Jihad, Ukraine, Russia, Richmond , Va

Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Monday that prohibits individuals convicted of a misdemeanor related to domestic violence from possessing firearms for at least an eight-year-period. State law currently includes firearm restrictions for those with felonies related to domestic abuse, but no law had existed for misdemeanor domestic violence. The overhauled gun laws follow two deadly mass school shootings that happened in Michigan within a 14-month period. Federal law already prohibits those charged with felonies or misdemeanors related to domestic violence from purchasing or possessing a gun. Guns were used in more than half, 57%, of those killings in 2020, a year that saw an overall increase in domestic violence during the coronavirus pandemic.

Persons: Gretchen Whitmer, ” Whitmer, “, Whitmer, Democratic State Sen, Stephanie Chang, Governor Whitmer, ” John Feinblatt, Maggie Wardle, Maggie, Rick Omillian, Maggie’s Organizations: — Michigan Democrats, Democratic State, District of Columbia, Federal, “, Safety, for Disease Control, Kalamazoo College Locations: LANSING, Mich, Kalamazoo, Michigan, “

☆ Thieves are crashing cars and construction vehicles into stores to steal ATMs, guns, and luxury handbags in a theft phenomenon known as 'ram raiding'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some thieves are stealing vehicles, from cars to backhoes and driving them into stores that they want to rob. Retailers from Target to Home Depot have talked a lot lately about theft, though the extent of the problem is unclear. AdvertisementSome thieves who target retailers are stealing vehicles and smashing them through storefronts in a twist on retail theft known as "ram raiding." But some thieves aren't looking to steal merchandise at all: Instead, they steal ATMs inside of stores to break into them and steal the cash. But gauging the real impact of retail theft on retailers' stores and broader business is tough.

Persons: —, Christian Dior, John Ham Organizations: Target, Service, Wall Street, Christian, San Francisco, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives Locations: Oakland , California, Missouri, San Francisco, city's

☆ CNN visited the exposed tunnel shaft near Al-Shifa Hospital. Here’s what we saw
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

We would spend the next six hours inside Gaza, much of that time spent getting back and forth from the tunnel shaft. Oren Liebermann/CNNIt was nearing midnight as we walked the last few feet to the exposed tunnel shaft. The discovery of the tunnel shaft the next day was more compelling, showing an entrance to something underground. Standing on the edge of the tunnel shaft, it was apparent that the structure itself was substantial. The IDF said the tunnel shaft extends downwards approximately 10 meters and the tunnel runs for 55 meters.

Persons: Humvees, Oren Liebermann, Tom, “, —, ”, Daniel Hagari Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Shifa, Residents, IDF, Hamas, Health Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Gaza’s, Israel

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