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• California says goodbye to junk fees — no more hidden charges that aren't advertised up-front

  09-10-2023 07:13 via businessinsider.com
  
  California says goodbye to junk fees — no more hidden charges that aren't advertised up-front.Getty ImagesCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a new bill that outlaws hidden junk fees.This means Californians won't be blindsided by hidden costs for tickets and room bookings.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau estimates that Americans spend at least $29 billion a year on junk fees.Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Saturday signed into law a new bill that makes putt
  
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• Cory Booker says he was out jogging in Israel's Old City and had to hide in a hotel stairwell when Hamas launched its attacks

  09-10-2023 06:37 via businessinsider.com
  
  Sen. Cory Booker said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that he was in Israel when the attacks by Hamas started on Saturday.Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images; Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ImagesSen. Cory Booker was in Israel when Hamas began attacking the Jewish nation on Saturday.Booker recounted his experience sheltering in his hotel's bomb shelter and stairwells in an X post. A spokesperson told Fox News that Booker and his staff left Israel safely on Sunday.Sen. Cory Booker said he had to hid
  
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• Israel would need a massive ground assault with tanks to rescue hostages in Gaza that would be a 'bloody mess' and devastate civilian areas, retired 4-star general says

  09-10-2023 06:25 via businessinsider.com
  
  "There will be no good tactical solutions for the IDF," McCaffrey tweeted.Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP and Hatem Ali/APRescuing hostages from Hamas would require a "massive" ground attack, said Ret. Gen. Barry McCaffrey.Israel has to punch into the dense Gaza strip with tanks and troops, and conduct searches, he said.The rescue effort would be a "bloody mess" and "catastrophic" to Palestinian civilians, he warned.Israel must launch a fierce ground assault in the Gaza strip with armor a
  
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• 'This is Israel's 9/11': Why Israelis say Hamas' unprecedented assault will change their country forever

  09-10-2023 05:55 via businessinsider.com
  
  Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. Said Khatib/AFP via Getty ImagesSome are likening Saturday's attack on Israel by Hamas to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US.The scale of the attacks —from land, sea, and air — is unlike anything Israel has faced before.Israelis told Insider how the crisis could remake their country's future. Reut Aisenberg woke with a sta
  
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• A Brandeis professor says his daughter and son-in-law were killed while shielding their 16-year-old son from Hamas gunfire

  09-10-2023 05:51 via businessinsider.com
  
  Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip fired and damaged a building in Tel Aviv (pictured above) with a rocket on October 7. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty ImagesA Brandeis professor said his daughter and son-in-law were killed by gunfire from Hamas militants.Ilan Troen said his daughter and son-in-law were shielding his grandson from the bullets."Although a bullet actually entered his abdomen, but he was saved," Troen told WBZ-TV.A Brandeis professor said his daughter and son-in-law lost their live
  
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• The Kremlin's propaganda machine will likely use the conflict in Israel to undermine the West's support for Ukraine: ISW

  09-10-2023 05:36 via businessinsider.com
  
  The Kremlin's propaganda machine will likely use the situation in Israel to undermine the West's support for Ukraine: ISWGetty ImagesRussian propagandists are capitalizing on the Israel conflict, per the Institute for the Study of War.The ISW says Kremlin narratives are now targeting "western audiences" to undermine aid to Ukraine.These"information operations" aim to reduce Western support for the Ukraine war, per the ISW.The Institute for the Study of War says Russia's propaganda machine will l
  
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• Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks out on violence in Gaza, calling for an end to 'apartheid' and US funding of Israel

  09-10-2023 05:11 via businessinsider.com
  
  US Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan.SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty ImagesRep. Rashida Tlaib released a statement mourning the loss of lives in Gaza and Israel. The Palestinian-American Congresswoman also asked for an end to "the occupation" of Palestine.Hundreds of people in Israel and Palestine have died as of Sunday.Amid an escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, Representative Rashida Tlaib — the only Palestinian-American member of Congress — called fo
  
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• US to send F-35 and F-15 jets to the Middle East to deter expansion of fighting beyond Israel's borders

  09-10-2023 04:02 via businessinsider.com
  
  US Air Force F-35A Lightning II Demonstration team, performs on the first day of NATO Days in Ostrava and Czech Air Force Days in Mosnov, Czech Republic.Lukas Kabon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
  The US is sending squadrons of advanced fighter jets to prevent the war in Israel from escalating.
  US Air Force F-35, F-15, F-16, and A-10 jets will deploy in the region in a "deterrence posture."
  The US is also sending an advanced carrier and heavily armed strike group to Israel's coast.
  On Sunday, US
  
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• Iranian officials spent weeks helping Hamas plan its attack on Israel, WSJ reports

  09-10-2023 01:54 via businessinsider.com
  
  A missile explodes in Gaza City during an Israeli air strike on October 8, 2023. Israel, reeling from the deadliest attack on its territory in half a century, formally declared war on Hamas Sunday as the conflict's death toll surged close to 1,000 after the Palestinian militant group launched a massive surprise assault from Gaza.MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images
  The Wall Street Journal reported that Iranian officials co-created plans for Hamas' attack on Israel.
  Israeli authorities say 700 people
  
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