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• 18 beauty and wellness holiday gifts for everyone on your list

  13-10-2023 23:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  From skin care to clothing, shop the best self-care gifts for anyone this holiday season. Discover top picks from Hatch, Skims, Alo and more.
  
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• Liquor store in tiny California town to get $1m for selling billion-dollar lottery ticket

  13-10-2023 23:20 via theguardian.com
  
  The Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park will get a cut for selling the winning ticket of the second-largest Powerball drawing everJanea Herrera, a clerk at a southern California convenience store, first thought it was a joke when she was told that a winning lottery ticket was sold at the store. And it wasn’t just any ticket. It was the winning ticket for the $1.765bn Powerball, which someone had bought at the Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park, a small town north of Los Ange
  
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• Can Israel take out the tunnels that Hamas uses to move its fighters and weapons?

  13-10-2023 23:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  In its offensive against Hamas, Israel’s military is dropping U.S.-made munitions on the maze of tunnels used by Hamas to move weapons and shield its forces.
  
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• 27 Advent calendars you’ll love this season

  13-10-2023 23:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  The best Advent calendars for adults and kids are filled with chocolate, wine, beauty products and more. Shop Advent calendarsfrom Bonne Maman, Sephora and Lego.
  
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• 'Top secret' Hamas documents show that terrorists intentionally targeted elementary schools and a youth center

  13-10-2023 23:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Documents exclusively obtained by NBC News show that Hamas created detailed plans to target elementary schools and a youth center in the Israeli kibbutz of Kfar Sa'ad, to "kill as many people as possible."
  
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• On the Jewish Sabbath, some Israelis rue a new era of constant fear

  13-10-2023 23:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  As residents of northern Gaza scrambled for safety amid bombs and the threat of a possible ground invasion, across Israel, the start of a Jewish Shabbat was marked by high tensions, sirens and rockets.
  
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• Poland election: Poles prepare to vote as rivals end acrimonious campaign

  13-10-2023 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Poland elects a new parliament on Sunday with the right-wing ruling party seeking a third term.
  
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• 5 killed in riot at Mexican prison

  13-10-2023 22:56 via foxnews.com
  
  Five men were killed in a fight between inmates at a prison in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Tabasco, authorities said Friday. Four of the five inmates killed in the riot late Thursday were on trial or serving sentences for rape, homicide or other violent crimes, the state police department said. Police said control of the prison had been regained, and that nobody else had been injured or escaped. About 16 prisoners were detained in relation with the killings. HURRICANE LIDIA DISSIPATES AFT
  
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• Freddie Flintoff agrees compensation over Top Gear crash

  13-10-2023 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ex-cricketer came to the settlement with BBC Studios, after being hurt while filming the show.
  
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• Louise Glück, Nobel prize-winning poet, dies at 80

  13-10-2023 22:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Pulitzer prize winner and former US poet laureate was known for her sharp, austere lyrical workLouise Glück, the Nobel prize-winning author and a former poet laureate of the United States, has died at the age of 80.Her death was confirmed Friday to the Associated Press by Jonathan Galassi, her editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Continue reading...
  
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• The 28 best gifts under $25

  13-10-2023 22:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Shop the best holiday gifts under $25. Finding presents for your loved ones shouldn’t have to break the bank, we found budget finds that your giftee will love.
  
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• Massacre in the desert

  13-10-2023 22:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Survivors and videos detail Hamas’ terror attack on an Israeli music festival
  
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• ‘Extremely rare’ Jurassic-era fossils discovered in Lake Powell

  13-10-2023 21:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Tritylodonts, mid-sized mammal-related herbivores, roamed the area’s deserts 200m years agoScientists have discovered an “extremely rare” set of fossils at Lake Powell that the National Park Service (NPS) is calling one of the most important vertebrate discoveries in the US this year.The findings, revealed this week, include skulls and teeth from dozens of mid-sized, mammal-related herbivores called tritylodonts that once roamed the region’s vast desert. The bones lay hid
  
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• France on high alert after suspected radical Islamist kills teacher

  13-10-2023 21:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister Élisabeth Borne says country will be on ‘urgent’ terrorist alert until level of risk establishedFrance has been put on its highest level of security alert after a suspected radical Islamist killed a teacher and injured three others in the north of the country.France will deploy 7,000 soldiers after a Chechen-origin man fatally stabbed the teacher and severely wounded three other adults at a school in Arras in northern France, the Elysee presidential palace said
  
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• Hamas videos spread across some social media apps

  13-10-2023 21:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Videos published online that Hamas says are its terrorists committing violent acts during the recent attack on Israel have spread across the app X and the messaging app Telegram, with many remaining online for hours and sometimes days.
  
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• Suspected bomb on Panama City flight actually a diaper, police say

  13-10-2023 21:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials removed passengers on Copa Airlines aircraft bound for Florida and identified diaper as cause after emergency inspectionA Copa Airlines aircraft bound for Tampa, Florida, from Panama City turned back following a suspected bomb threat and the 144 passengers on board were disembarked, but the scare turned out to be a false alarm, authorities said on Friday.Officials carried out an emergency inspection of the aircraft, and identified a disposable diaper for adults as the object that promp
  
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• Man pleads guilty to stealing Wizard of Oz ruby slippers

  13-10-2023 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Terry Martin thought the rubies in the slippers were real gems, but they were in fact made of glass.
  
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• Chinese female drill team in Seattle challenges image of an 'American girl'

  13-10-2023 20:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Forget the typical homecoming parade featuring a drill team doing high kicks or throwing batons.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin dismisses allegations over mystery Baltic pipeline damage

  13-10-2023 19:56 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereRussian forces have continued to pummel the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka from the ground and air on Friday, the fourth day of intense fighting in the biggest offensive by Russian forces in months, Reuters reports.Ukraine said its forces were holding their ground but Vitaliy Barabash, the head of Avdiivka’s military administration, said the town was under constant attack from air, artillery and large numbe
  
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• UN still does not label, sanction Hamas as terror group despite murderous attacks

  13-10-2023 19:44 via foxnews.com
  
  As Israel reels from the deadliest terror attack in years by Hamas, the United Nations Security Council still does not recognize or sanction Hamas as a terror group -- despite multiple other nations declaring it to be so. "The U.N. Security Council votes to impose sanctions and designations on groups like al Qaeda, the Taliban or ISIS. But no such sanctions or designations exist for Iran’s axis of terror groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah," Richard Goldberg, senior advisor at the Founda
  
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• Seagulls force Venice’s Marco Polo airport to close briefly

  13-10-2023 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  A number of flights delayed or redirected after unusually large number of birds ‘invade’ the runwayVenice’s Marco Polo airport has been forced to close briefly after an unusually large number of seagulls “invaded” the runway, leading flights to be delayed or redirected.Various tools were deployed to ward off the gulls on Friday morning, including a falconer and an acoustic deterrent, according to Save, the airport’s management company. Continue reading...
  
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• Suicide bomber strikes Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan, killing 7 and injuring 15

  13-10-2023 19:42 via foxnews.com
  
  A suicide bomber blew himself up among worshippers attending Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan, killing at least seven people and wounding 15 others, a police spokesperson said. The attack happened in the city of Pol-e-Khomri, the capital of Baghlan province, police spokesman Sher Ahmad Borhani said in a statement. Security officials were working to determine how the attacker reached the area to strike at the Imam Zaman mosque. There was no immediate claim of responsibili
  
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• The View' co-host Sunny Hostin accuses Israel of committing war crimes, compares Hamas to Proud Boys

  13-10-2023 19:41 via foxnews.com
  
  "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin accused Israel on Friday of committing war crimes as it lays siege to the Gaza Strip following the Hamas terror attack that slaughtered Israeli civilians, including children and infants. She also referred to Hamas as being "designated a terror organization" in the same way that the Proud Boys are designated a terror organization in the U.S. Hostin’s words came less than a week after the deadly Hamas attack that killed more than 1,200 innocent civilians in Is
  
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• Wisconsin state rep calls parents selfish for opposing trans athletes in girls sports

  13-10-2023 19:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Parents taking issue with the consequences of their daughters playing on sports teams with transgender athletes are displaying "selfishness," according to a Wisconsin state representative. On Thursday, the Wisconsin state assembly voted in favor of legislation that would ban gender transition procedures for minors and bar biological males from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Both bills have been considered controversial by Democratic representatives, including Dave Considine.
  
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• Pro-Palestinian activists were told not to engage with media during demonstration, but some defied the order

  13-10-2023 19:30 via foxnews.com
  
  The leaders of a pro-Palestinian rally held at the University of Virginia on Thursday did not want to reveal their identities and discouraged the event attendees from speaking with the media, despite claiming to be Gaza advocates.  "The press here, you guys can all see them, we strongly discourage speaking to them," the masked student organizer hosting the event said. "We would really strongly ask you not identify anyone, especially if you know any of the leaders of this event. Please don't
  
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• North Carolina gears up for Medicaid expansion, aiding hundreds of thousands in need

  13-10-2023 19:22 via foxnews.com
  
  Federal regulators have given their final approval for North Carolina to begin offering Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of low-income adults on Dec. 1, state health officials announced on Friday. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told the state in a letter Thursday that changes to North Carolina’s Medicaid program to provide expanded coverage through the 2010 Affordable Care Act had been approved. An estimated 600,000 adults age 19-64 who earn too much for traditional Medi
  
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• Prolific Colombian serial killer 'The Beast' dies at 66 after confessing to over 190 child murders

  13-10-2023 19:18 via foxnews.com
  
  A prolific Colombian serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children during the 1990s died Thursday in a hospital, prison authorities said. He was 66. Luis Alfredo Garavito, nicknamed "The Beast," confessed to having murdered children between the ages of 8 and 16 — mostly from low-income families – whom he kidnapped and abused by posing as a monk, a homeless person or a street vendor. The National Penitentiary and Prison Institute said that Garavito died in a hospital
  
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• BBC journalists held at gunpoint by Israeli police

  13-10-2023 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A BBC Arabic team was driving to back to a hotel when they were stopped and dragged from their car.
  
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• Arrests made in connection to mosque attack targeting anti-India militant in Pakistan

  13-10-2023 19:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Pakistan said Friday that police arrested several suspects behind this week's killing of a member of an outlawed anti-India militant group in an attack inside a mosque. The arrests took place in multiple raids over the past two days, said Usman Anwar, the police chief in eastern Punjab province where a pair of gunmen walked into a mosque in the city of Daska on Wednesday. They opened fire at the worshippers, killing Shahid Latif, a member of an outlawed anti-India militant group and two others b
  
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• Northern Mexico helicopter crash claims lives of 3 military personnel

  13-10-2023 19:15 via foxnews.com
  
  An armed forces helicopter crashed in the northern Mexico state of Durango, killing three military personnel, defense officials said Friday. The Defense Department said the crash happened Thursday as the helicopter was flying to a base in the township of Canelas. The crash killed all three crew members aboard the Bell 412 chopper. The area is in a drug-producing region known as the Golden Triangle, because the borders of three states meet there: Durango, Chihuahua and Sinaloa. HURRICANE LIDIA DI
  
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• House Republicans to vote on new speaker candidate Friday

  13-10-2023 19:15 via foxnews.com
  
  House Republicans could select their new candidate for speaker in a vote Friday afternoon after huddling for several hours behind closed doors.  A senior GOP aide told Fox News Digital that Republicans will vote on their pick for the speaker's gavel after a 1 p.m. candidate forum. GOP lawmakers started the day discussing whether the threshold to pick a nominee for speaker should be raised to 217 — a House-wide majority. Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., won a simple majority of th
  
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• Reba McEntire 'so mad' at Taylor Swift for dating 'crush' Travis Kelce

  13-10-2023 19:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Reba McEntire has a bone to pick with Taylor Swift now that the pop star and NFL tight end Travis Kelce are reportedly dating. McEntire admitted she has had a crush on the Kansas City Chiefs star despite her long term relationship with Rex Linn. "Oh, my gosh, I am so mad at [Taylor] because I had a crush on him," the musician told "Today." "Now I can’t have a crush anymore because he’s dating her." TAYLOR SWIFT DECKED OUT IN CHIEFS GEAR AS SHE RETURNS TO ARROWHEAD AMID TRAVIS KELCE D
  
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• Hamas massacre captured on Israeli mothers' WhatsApp group

  13-10-2023 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Messages reveal how trapped families called for help and shared words of comfort as militants killed 100 in their kibbutz.
  
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• Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter on track to play Friday against Stanford: report

  13-10-2023 18:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Colorado Buffaloes two-way superstar Travis Hunter is on track to play Friday night against Stanford for the first time since Week 3 after suffering a lacerated liver.  Hunter, who was cleared to play earlier in the week and has been practicing, "remains on track to play" Friday night, though the Colorado staff will watch him pregame to make sure he’s ready, according to an ESPN report.  Hunter plays both cornerback and wide receiver for Colorado but will have his snap count moni
  
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• UN refugee agency: Gaza becoming a 'hellhole' on the 'brink of collapse'

  13-10-2023 18:55 via foxnews.com
  
  The United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians said the situation in Gaza is dire, as Israeli forces issued a call to evacuate more than 1 million civilians living in the territory's north. United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini called the evacuation order "horrendous" in a statement predicting the escalating Israeli response to Hamas terror attacks will "lead to unprecedented levels of misery and push people in Gaza into the abyss."  Lazz
  
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• Giants’ Saquon Barkley reveals fan comment that prompted sideline spat: ‘That just doesn't sit well with me’

  13-10-2023 18:55 via foxnews.com
  
  New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley revealed the comment a fan made during last week’s loss against the Miami Dolphins that triggered him to shout back in defense of quarterback Daniel Jones.  Speaking with the media on Thursday, Barkley addressed what had been behind the now-viral video that showed him interacting with someone in the crowd during last weekend’s 31-16 loss at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. "We live in New York and New Jersey, and we play fo
  
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• Georgia GOP Rep Austin Scott announces bid for House speaker

  13-10-2023 18:54 via foxnews.com
  
  A new fighter has entered the ring for the speaker's gavel. Georgia Republican Rep. Austin Scott, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, announced his candidacy for the lower chamber's speaker's gavel. Scott threw his hat into the ring for House speaker on Friday after Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., the original nominee for the gavel, pulled out of the race Thursday night. HOUSE GOP LAUNCH SERIOUS TALKS ABOUT RULE UPHEAVAL AFTER SCALISE'S STUNNING EXIT FROM SPEAKER'S RACE The Georg
  
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• Morgan State University shooting: Manhunt seeks armed and dangerous suspect

  13-10-2023 18:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Law enforcement tracked down two suspects connected to the Oct. 3 shooting at Morgan State University that injured five people, including four students, Baltimore police said. One of the suspects is now in custody. A 17-year-old, whose name was withheld because of his age, was arrested Thursday in Washington, D.C., and transported to Central Booking & Intake Facility, where he has been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder.  A manhunt is underway for the other suspect –
  
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• Man accused of stealing ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers from Minnesota museum to plead guilty

  13-10-2023 18:31 via foxnews.com
  
  A man charged with the museum heist of a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the "The Wizard of Oz" was expected to change his plea to guilty in court Friday, pulling back the curtain on a whodunit mystery dating back 18 years. Terry Jon Martin, 76, was indicted in May on one count of theft of a major artwork. The shoes from the film were stolen in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in the actress' hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and recovered in 2018 by the FBI. No one was arreste
  
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• Israeli forces entered Gaza for localized raids, IDF tells Fox News

  13-10-2023 18:29 via foxnews.com
  
  The Israel Defense Forces tells Fox News that its infantry forces and tanks entered the Gaza Strip Friday to conduct localized raids. Fox News' Trey Yingst reported the military action was not the much-anticipated ground invasion by the Israeli military of the Gaza Strip. The development comes as the militant group Hezbollah took responsibility for targeting Israeli military posts with small-arms fire along the country's border with Lebanon, which the Israelis responded to with artillery strikes
  
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• Georgia recaptures escaped inmate, parents charged with helping son flee hospital

  13-10-2023 18:19 via foxnews.com
  
  A prisoner who ran away from a southwest Georgia hospital has been recaptured, and his mother and stepfather were charged with helping him get away. Dougherty County sheriff's deputies said they caught Carlton Bradford Gillis, 37, on Thursday. He's accused of escaping from an Albany hospital after overpowering a guard on Saturday. Gillis’ mother, 63-year-old Trudy Sellars, and his stepfather, 47-year-old Randy Williams, turned themselves into police on charges that they aided Gillis' escap
  
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• 'Jeopardy!' contestant teased by Ken Jennings, slammed by fans for missing 'cakewalk' clue: 'Way too easy'

  13-10-2023 18:16 via foxnews.com
  
  "Jeopardy!" is known for its difficult trivia questions, but in a surprising twist, fans have deemed last night's Final Jeopardy clue as "way too easy." Some viewers specifically took issue with the answer that one contestant, a man named Steve, offered for the clue. Fans were shocked that he couldn't come up with the correct response for a question that one deemed a "cakewalk." Going into Final Jeopardy, Steve was in the lead with $19,100, in second place was Josh with $16,400 and contestant Va
  
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• Double homicide suspect in Georgia commits suicide while fleeing from officers

  13-10-2023 18:13 via foxnews.com
  
  A person suspected of fatally shooting two people on Thursday near a dental office northwest of Atlanta died by suicide when officers tried to stop the individual's vehicle, police said. The Cobb County Police Department said in a Facebook post that their major crimes unit is investigating a double homicide that happened near a dentist's office in Smyrna. Preliminary investigation suggests that a person approached the business and then shot and killed two people who were known to that person, po
  
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• 49ers’ George Kittle expects fine for profane shirt, has no regrets: ‘I’d do it again’

  13-10-2023 18:13 via foxnews.com
  
  San Francisco tight end George Kittle is not worried about being fined for pulling up his jersey and revealing a shirt disparaging the Dallas Cowboys on "Sunday Night Football."  San Francisco dominated the Cowboys in Week 5, moving to 5-0 in a 42-10 win.  Kittle caught three touchdown passes from quarterback Brock Purdy but revealed the T-shirt he was wearing underneath his jersey after a fourth-quarter score by running back Jordan Mason. TRAVIS KELCE'S BIG DAY HELPS CHIEFS' WIN STREA
  
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• Grand Canyon 'love locks' put wildlife in danger, park says

  13-10-2023 18:09 via foxnews.com
  
  "Love locks" – padlocks snapped onto fences and barriers at breathtaking locations by couples to symbolize the permanence of their bond – are apparently a threat to wildlife, per a social media post from staff at Grand Canyon National Park.  "Love is strong, but our bolt cutters are stronger," park staff wrote in a Wednesday Facebook post. "People think putting a lock on fencing at viewpoints is a great way to show love for another person. It's not. Leaving padlocks is litt
  
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• Alabama commission aims to award medical marijuana licenses before 2024 following bumpy rollout of program

  13-10-2023 18:07 via foxnews.com
  
  The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is aiming to award licenses to growers and distributors by the end of the year after a bumpy roll out of the state's medical marijuana program that has included multiple lawsuits over the selection process. The commission on Thursday adopted an emergency rule approving a new process for selecting license winners. Companies will make presentations to the commission. Commissioners can also consider scores that were previously awarded to submitted application
  
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• Venice airport closed, flights diverted by flock of seagulls

  13-10-2023 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Flights were also diverted from Marco Polo Airport in the Italian city due to the birds' presence.
  
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• They're 'celebrating' a 'massacre of innocent civilians': Jewish college students denounce anti-Israel protest

  13-10-2023 18:05 via foxnews.com
  
  Pro-Israel college students at the University of Massachusetts were disgusted at the rhetoric used at a pro-Palestinian demonstration on campus celebrating the "historic win" of Hamas' deadly attack on Israel.  "I was overwhelmed by how many people came out to support what I think is just terrible," Olive, a Jewish college student, said. "It’s a massacre of innocent civilians, and it should be strongly condemned, and instead they’re here celebrating this." WATCH MORE FOX NEWS DI
  
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• NYC lawmaker Inna Vernikov arrested for allegedly bringing gun to Brooklyn College pro-Palestinian rally

  13-10-2023 18:04 via foxnews.com
  
  The New York City Police Department told Fox News Digital Friday that it has arrested a Republican city councilwoman after she was spotted with a handgun protruding from her pants at a pro-Palestinian rally in Brooklyn.  Authorities say Inna Vernikov, 39, was taken into custody around 3 a.m. and charged with criminal possession of a firearm following yesterday’s demonstration at Brooklyn College."The Councilwoman was at the location observing a pro-Palestine protest which was taking p
  
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• Maryland conservative action committee fined for sending mass campaign texts without identifying sender

  13-10-2023 18:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A conservative political action committee has been fined $20,250 in Maryland for failing to include information in the text message to identify who was sending it during a school board election, officials said Thursday. The 1776 Project PAC was fined for sending 13,879 text messages to Carroll County voters in last year's school board election without noting it was the source of the message, according to a news release from f Prosecutor Charlton Howard and State Administrator of Elections Jared
  
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