Thursday, November 23, 2023

Hostage release delayed, won't start before Friday, Israeli official says: Updates

The deal calls for Hamas to free 50 of the estimated 240 hostages. The truce will be extended an additional day for every 10 hostages released.

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Thu Nov 23 2023

 
People write on an installation simulating a tunnel in Gaza in an act of solidarity with hostages believed to be held underground by Hamas and calling for their return, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023.

The deal calls for Hamas to free 50 of the estimated 240 hostages. The truce will be extended an additional day for every 10 hostages released.

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Law enforcement personnel block off the entrance to the Rainbow Bridge, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls.
 

Officials say no sign of terrorism in US-Canada border blast that killed 2 on Rainbow Bridge

 

The FBI said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River.

The National Weather Service defines a white Christmas as having 1 inch of snow on the ground on the morning of Dec. 25.
 

Will there be a white Christmas in 2023? We asked experts.

 

Thanks in part to El Niño, the chances may not be so good this year for many of us, based on long-term forecasts.

A wild hog uses a tree as a scratching post as it trips a motion sensor camera set up in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed in January of 2022.    INSIDE Tropicalia big
 

Wild hogs in Canada threaten to invade Montana, Minnesota and North Dakota

 

Feral hogs in U.S. cause about $2.5 billion in agricultural damages each year and authorities fear Canadian 'super pigs' could spread destruction.

Aug 7, 2023; Buffalo, NY, USA Mohammad Shams, 14, second from right, runs with a kite that he found stuck in a tree, alongside his brothers and father at Broderick Park in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, August 7, 2023. From left his brothers are, Mustafa Shams, 8, and Irshad Shams, 12, and Shams father is Mohammad Hakim Hotak, 68. Mohammed, 14, arrived alone to the USA in November 2021, just two months after the fall of Kabul. He didn't speak English and had no   other relatives with him. At the two-year anniversary of the U.S.'s hasty retreat from Afghanistan, authorities continue to struggle with what to do with the remaining Afghan youths in U.S. custody.
 

Heroes, rescues and hope: Six stories to share this Thanksgiving

 

Even in times of trouble, stories of good emerge. Here are six worth being thankful for.

Rancho Cielo Youth Campus in Salinas, Calif.
 

Jobs, not jail: A judge started helping kids instead of jailing them

 

Rancho Cielo aims to give students the skills to get good jobs and a sense that their lives have purpose and meaning.

Blue Cat and Chugs at Macy's Balloonfest 2023 at Meadowlands Sports Complex on November 04, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
 

Get a sneak peek at new balloons for the 2023 Macy's parade

 

Blue Cat and Chugs, Beagle Scout Snoopy and Kung Fu Panda's Po are just three of the latest additions to this year's Macy's parade.

Customer Kathlyn Wright shops Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, for holiday candy at the Walton Street Walmart in Rockford.
 

What's open on Thanksgiving? Starbucks open; Target, Walmart closed

 

What's open on Thanksgiving this year? From grocery stores and pharmacies to retail and restaurants, here's a full list of what's open and closed.

US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting on progress to counter the flow of fentanyl into the US, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2023.
 

How a secret US cell secured the hostage release, prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas

 

A "cell" of aides to President Joe Biden worked secretly behind the scenes to negotiate a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.

The FBI says a wanted man suspected of embezzling $8.7 million from a Cincinnati company has been  arrested six years after he was charged in a 75-count federal indictment.
 

Ohio Walmart mass shooting possibly motivated by racist ideology, FBI says

 

The mass shooting at a Walmart in Beavercreek, Ohio, was possibly motivated by racist beliefs, FBI officials said in a statement Wednesday.

 

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