Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Jews live in fear as antisemitism rages

Meanwhile, Israel's leader swears off calls for cease-fire.

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The Daily Briefing

YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP

Tue Oct 31 2023

 

Nicole Fallert Newsletter Writer

@nicolefallert

Relatives of Israelis seized by Palestinian militants in massive October 7 raids attend a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 30, 2023.

Meanwhile, Israel's leader swears off calls for cease-fire.

An alarming rise in antisemitic acts reported across Europe and the United States in the three weeks since Hamas and Israel went to war is striking fear among Jewish people. Also in the news: Documents show sheriff's deputies were told Robert Card's mental health was seriously deteriorating months before he fatally shot 18 people in Lewiston, Maine. It's Halloween and we've got all the tricks and treats to make your day spook-tacular 👻.

🙋🏼‍♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert, Daily Briefing author. The ''I am Kenough'' Barbie doll should be on the top of your holiday shopping list.

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Here is the news to know Tuesday.

Israeli prime minister vows no cease-fire

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a cease-fire as the Israeli military expanded its incursion into the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Israel's ground invasion will pressure Hamas to free hostages, Netanyahu said in a rare press conference Monday, without explaining how his forces would do so.

The Israeli leader's words come after a female Israel soldier kidnapped on Oct. 7 was rescued from Hamas terrorists, emphasizing the importance of a ground operation, Israeli officials say. Meanwhile, another missing person in Israel was confirmed dead: 23-year-old Shani Louk, an Israeli-German citizen, who was among attendees of a music festival that Hamas terrorists attacked.
The Israel-Hamas war continues to stir emotions and stoke divisions worldwide. In France, a spike in antisemitism has left many Jewish people afraid to leave their homes.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to testify along with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to make the case to Congress that the United States should immediately send aid to Israel and Ukraine. They are testifying Tuesday at a Senate hearing as the administration's massive $105 billion emergency aid request has already hit roadblocks.

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TOPSHOT - A Palestinian man looks for survivors in the rubble of a building following Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 31, 2023.

SAID KHATIB, AFP via Getty Images

Deputies were warned ahead of Maine mass shooting

Warnings were conveyed to sheriff's deputies in Robert Card's hometown in Maine, according to documents released to USA TODAY Monday evening. Yet the records show the law enforcement officers never made direct contact with Card before Oct. 25, when he walked into two businesses in Lewiston and fatally shot 18 people. Reports from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office in Maine show deputies with the department documented concerns about Robert Card as long ago as May and as recently as mid-September. Read more

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GM, UAW reach tentative deal to end weekslong labor strike

General Motors and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement, less than 48 hours after the union struck the automaker's Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee. Despite marathon bargaining sessions with GM that ran into the early morning hours over the past few days, the two sides had been at a standstill, prompting the union to order the walkout at Spring Hill and ratcheting up the pressure on GM. The UAW already has a tentative agreement with Ford Motor Co. that it reached last Wednesday. It reached a deal with Stellantis on Saturday that mirrors the one it has with Ford. Read more

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UAW strikers walk the picket line at the GM Customer Care and Aftersales plant in Pontiac, Mich. on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.

Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press / USA TODAY NETWORK

Here's what to know about Biden's executive order on AI

President Joe Biden will sign a sweeping new executive order Monday targeting artificial intelligence in his administration's most aggressive move to date to confront growing concerns the technology poses to the U.S. workforce, privacy and national security. The order, invoking the Defense Production Act, will require that companies developing the most advanced AI platforms notify the government when developing the systems and share the results of safety tests. Read more

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Climb aboard four fishing boats with USA TODAY

Alaskan fisherman Garrett Kavanaugh anxiously awaits the first catch of the season; Lobsterwoman Krista Tripp watches Maine's warming waters slowly push her catch further and further out to sea; Diver Matt Pressly hunts for sea urchins in dwindling kelp forests off California's southern coast: These are men and women who fish commercially off the shores of the United States. They have long battled the ocean, but scientists say climate change is rapidly complicating their existing challenges. Each is seeing the impacts of climate change on an industry already struggling with the high cost of diesel fuel and the wildly fluctuating prices they get for their catch. USA TODAY, with support from the Pulitzer Center, brings you the stories of four fishers from around the country.

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Krista Tripp places lobsters she caught into a bin off the coast of Maine before she returns to the harbor to sell her haul on Friday, June 30, 2023.

Josh Morgan, USA TODAY

Photo of the day: Flavor Flav goes viral after national anthem performance

Flavor Flav might not have immediately come to mind as an option when the Milwaukee Bucks said during the offseason that the team was seeking performers for the national anthem. But the rapper sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Sunday night's Bucks game at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, making his mark as the second performer of the new season. Watch his viral rendition here.

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Flavor Flav singing the National Anthem before the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks game at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

Michael McLoone, USA TODAY Sports

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Associated Press contributed reporting.

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