The Hollywood strikes are officially over – but they've still got a lot of work to do. Israel agrees to brief daily pauses in its assaults on Gaza. And who came out on top in last night's GOP debate? |
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Hollywood strikes are over. Now what? |
The Hollywood strikes are over! But there's still work to do before the cameras get rolling again. Now that the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) has announced a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents the major Hollywood studios, actors are just one step away from getting back to work. But if, as widely expected, the union membership votes to authorize the deal, getting production started back up again isn't as simple as people just showing back up to work. | A picketer eats donated pizza for strikers as SAG-AFTRA members and supporters picket outside Paramount Studios on day 113 of their strike against the Hollywood studios on Nov. 3 in Los Angeles. Mario Tama, Getty Images |
Israel agrees to daily war pauses |
In a crucial breakthrough for the global effort to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza, Israel has agreed to daily, four-hour pauses in fighting across northern Gaza, the White House said Thursday. U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the Israelis had committed to announcing each four-hour window at least three hours in advance. Israel was also opening a second corridor for civilians to flee the areas being pounded by its military campaign aimed at wiping out Hamas after the brutal Oct. 7 attack on border communities, with a coastal road joining the territory's main north-south highway. Pauses in the fighting have been taking place intermittently for days while tens of thousands of civilians flee northern Gaza for the south. The U.S. and several other nations have been urging Israel to provide more time for safe passage and the safe flow of humanitarian aid into war-battered Gaza. The pauses could help the effort to win freedom for about 240 hostages, including several Americans, held by Hamas and other militants since the war began. 👉 Follow our live coverage. | Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. Abed Khaled, AP |
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Absent Trump looms large at GOP debate |
As they face an increasingly urgent task to emerge as a clear alternative to former President Donald Trump, five Republican presidential candidates gathered Wednesday for the party's latest debate. Trump, the overwhelming front-runner in the race, skipped the event, as he had the first two, citing his polling advantage. There was no shortage of noteworthy confrontations on stage, as the participants debated the Israel-Hamas war, the future of abortion rights and Trump himself. But with the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses approaching, it seemed unlikely that the debate fundamentally changed the presidential nomination fight. 🗣️ Our takeaways from the GOP debate. | Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessperson Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina walk on stage for the Republican National Committee presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. Greg Lovett, USA TODAY |
Wildflowers, wild horses ... and 5 CMA wins |
Lainey Wilson cleaned up. Aside from her fiery performance of "Wildflowers and Wild Horses," Wilson dominated the 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards, earning five shiny new trophies, including wins for Album of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year. Throughout the night at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, "Fast Car" singer Tracy Chapman became the first Black woman to win a CMA award, Post Malone joined Morgan Wallen in a surprise duet of "Pickup Man" to pay tribute to country legend Joe Diffie and a star-studded tribute to Jimmy Buffett took the crowd away to Margaritaville. 🎶🎻 See the full list of winners. | Lainey Wilson performs "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" at the 57th Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV, George Walker IV/Invision/AP | | | | Seven Nashville police officers are on administrative assignment after three purported pages from the Covenant shooter's notebook were leaked online. | | | | The misdemeanor complaint lodged against Dameion Pickett came more than two months after the brawl and was not publicly announced by officials. | | | | Conservative firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene is forcing the House to vote on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas | | | | A really good prequel?! That's what you get with "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes," which surpasses the Jennifer Lawrence films. | | | | With the NFL season reaching its halfway point, it's time to issue progress reports for all 32 teams. Who's at the top of the class? | | | | The Red Rocker has collected Ferraris since the '70s, and purchased this LaFerrari model in 2014, but 'it's time' to pass it on, he tells USA TODAY. | | | | Although it's authorized in two other states, the proposed nitrogen gas execution method has never been used to carry out a death sentence. | | | | Two veteran DEA agents were convicted Wednesday of leaking confidential information in a bribery scheme that put high-profile cases at risk. | | | | Swifties went nuts over Taylor Swift's relationship with tight end Travis Kelce. Imagine what they'd do if she endorsed a presidential candidate. | | | | Former Arizona Sen. Martha McSally turned to social media to say she had been sexually assaulted while running near Omaha, Nebraska. | | | | | | | 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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