Egypt began allowing a few people from Gaza across the border, but millions remain trapped. A law that might have stopped the mass shooting in Maine was never used. And while some people were snickering about Kim Kardashian's nipple bra, these women were rejoicing. |
👋 Hello! Laura Davis here. Ready for Wednesday's news? Let's go. |
But first, a pig journey for Kevin Bacon! 🐽 After two weeks of playing hide-and-seek with his owner, Kevin Bacon, the internet-famous runaway pig from Pennsylvania, has finally returned home. |
Americans among first civilians allowed to leave Gaza |
Egypt allowed hundreds of foreign passport holders, including Americans, and dozens of seriously injured Palestinians trapped in the Gaza Strip to flee through the Rafah crossing Wednesday as the humanitarian crisis intensified and the war's combined death toll climbed above 10,000. A State Department spokesman said about 400 U.S. citizens are seeking to leave the territory, along with their family members. Egypt had refused to accept refugees amid concerns Israel might not allow them to return but made an accommodation for those in dire need of medical help. More than 2 million Palestinians remain trapped while Israel has bombed Gaza relentlessly since the attack of Hamas militants on Israeli border communities on Oct. 7. 👉 Follow our live coverage. | Foreign passport holders arrive in the Egyptian part of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on November 1, 2023. Hundreds of injured residents and foreigners escaped Gaza to Egypt in the first evacuations from the war-torn Palestinian territory pounded by Israeli warplanes in retaliation for an unprecedented Hamas attack. -, AFP via Getty Images |
🎧 One Israeli and one Palestinian cry together for peace: The Parents Circle is the club nobody wants to belong to. Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin, co-directors of the club, advocate for peace between Israelis and Palestinians after both lost their young daughters to the violence that has embroiled their region for decades. As Israel and Hamas dig in for a protracted fight, the war teeters on the edge of becoming a much wider conflict with many more civilian lives at stake. Rami and Bassam join USA TODAY World Affairs Correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard to share why they are using their grief as a platform to advocate for peace. Listen now. |
This time. Amid a remarkably strong economy and job market, the Federal Reserve held its key interest rate steady Wednesday but left the door open to another hike, possibly as soon as December. The decision leaves the Fed's benchmark short-term rate at a 22-year high of 5.25% to 5.5% after an aggressive campaign of rate increases aimed at taming inflation. It's the first time the Fed has left its federal funds rate unchanged at consecutive meetings in nearly two years. 📈 Will the Fed raise interest rates again? What we know. | A woman shops at a Dollar Store in Alhambra, California on August 23, 2022. FREDERIC J. BROWN, AFP via Getty Images |
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Maine law might have taken shooter's guns – but it wasn't used |
In the mass shooting suspect's hometown in Maine, law enforcement officers heard repeated warnings about him from relatives and fellow soldiers. But they never took the step experts say could have separated the man from his guns before he committed the deadliest mass shooting in state history. Detaining him under Maine's "yellow flag" law would have allowed police to order a psychiatric assessment and could have opened the door to asking a judge to ban the man from possessing firearms. 🔎 We break it down. |
👉 A possible motive: Records released this week show repeated warnings about the suspect's mental condition and an account of him threatening to commit a shooting. Here's what we know. | A woman visits a makeshift memorial outside Sparetime Bowling Alleyon Saturday, the site of one of Oct. 25 mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine. Robert F. Bukaty, AP |
Kim Kardashian's nipple bra: A game changer? |
Meshing business with climate change awareness, Kim Kardashian announced the release of her new Skims push-up bra featuring built-in nipples that "unlike the icebergs… aren't going anywhere." Kardashian has, perhaps unintentionally, created a product that could be a game changer for one growing community in particular: people who have had breast cancer and lost their nipples in an attempt to save their lives. The product was initially met with ridicule online. The breast cancer community, however, praised it and emphasized it could also serve as a gender-affirming product for trans and nonbinary people. 👙 Keep reading. | | | | In Florida, climate change is baking waters historically rich with sea life, pushing marine creatures further out to sea and supercharging hurricanes. | | | | Donald Trump Jr. testified in the New York attorney general's civil fraud case seeking $250 million in damages and a ban on Trump work in the state. | | | | Erika Hamilton from Oregon said she was harassed by a flight attendant over where her infant daughters were being seated. | | | | The Raiders became the first team to make a coaching move this season, dismissing Josh McDaniels and GM Dave Ziegler after just a year and a half. | | | | The latest effort in an investigation of the Supreme Court, Democrats announced Monday three targets of subpoenas. And Republicans are pushing back. | | | | A Southwest Airlines passenger and his service dog were headed to Maine to comfort the Lewiston community following a mass shooting that killed 18. | | | | Meg Ryan's new rom-com "What Happens Later," with David Duchovny and depicting a couple in their 50s, says love can be interesting no matter the age. | | | | Starbucks announced Wednesday the company's holiday menu and cup collection would be returning to stores beginning Nov. 2. | | | | New York City police did not initially investigate the case as a hate crime despite calls from Singh's family and advocates for charges to be filed. | | | | Stephen A. Smith is one of the most powerful figures in American sports. How he allegedly treated journalist Jim Trotter was a misuse of that power. | | | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | | |
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