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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 17.10.2024.
It displays 131 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
17.10.2024 ⇢ The Day Hamas Leader Fell
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Early reports suggested the possible elimination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. By afternoon, Israeli officials confirmed his death, marking a significant development in the ongoing conflict. This news overshadowed other stories, including Kamala Harris's contentious Fox News interview, which dominated morning headlines. The vice president's performance was scrutinized by both supporters and critics. In parallel, the Los Angeles Archdiocese agreed to pay $880 million to settle sex abuse claims, bringing total payouts to over $1.5 billion. The Supreme Court allowed the EPA to limit power plant emissions, while a panel investigating a Trump assassination attempt called for Secret Service reform. As evening approached, focus returned to Gaza, with Netanyahu stating Sinwar "ran away in fear" before his death, potentially signaling a shift in the war's dynamics.
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The former One Direction member died Wednesday in Buenos Aires after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony. He was 31.
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Yahoo! News
Takeaways from Kamala Harris's contentious 1st interview on Fox News
The vice president continued her media blitz on Wednesday evening with an often combative appearance on the right-leaning network.
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During a town hall outside Miami, Trump touted his record on the economy, yet called Jan. 6 a "day of love" and would not back off false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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What we know about Liam Payne’s death at 31
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05:07⇢Harris's Fox Firestorm
⌨The newspapers extensively report on Vice President Kamala Harris's Fox News interview (Breitbart, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Yahoo, The Daily Beast). Conservative sources criticize her performance, while liberal outlets defend it. Former One Direction member Liam Payne's unexpected death is widely covered (NBC, NY Post, Yahoo). The Los Angeles Catholic Church's record settlement for clergy abuse cases is also reported (LA Times, NYTimes).
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Associated Press
The Houthis’ al-Masirah news channel reported airstrikes around Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which the group has held since 2014.
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Liam Payne, 31, dies after hotel balcony fall
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Los Angeles Times
Before she was the Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris took actions as California attorney general and San Francisco district attorney that have left lasting impacts on people in the Golden State.
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It's expected to be a meeting of great political importance — especially for Europe.
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New York Post
A newly released emergency call detailed the chilling moments that led up to One Direction star Liam Payne’s deadly fall from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
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Associated Press
Tune into a Donald Trump or Kamala Harris rally and you’ll hear a lot of grim talk. Trump pronounces his rivals evil and says they’re destroying the country.
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The Daily Beast
MSNBC has video and emails suggesting the former president’s legal team is once again offering a kickback in exchange for a signed NDA.
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Los Angeles Times
Anna Flagg, Shannon Heffernan, and Nicole Lewis
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Republicans are likely to retake the Senate next year. But a few longshot races are still worth paying attention to.
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An independent panel probing the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, found "deeper systemic issues that must be addressed with urgency."
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The interview was the vice president's first formal sit-down with Fox. She faced questions on immigration, and was given a chance to answer again what she would do differently from President Biden.
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The New York Times
Future Forward has ascended to the top of the Democratic political universe, but it has also drawn scrutiny and second-guessing.
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Biden Thinks He Found a Student Loan Loophole
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Associated Press
The independent panel faulted the Secret Service for poor communications that day and failing to secure the building where the gunman took his shots.
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The Daily Beast
The Fox host said their first exchange—on immigration—showed that she would be “tough.”
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Despite Joe Biden’s historically pro-union policies, the Democrats’ share of the union vote is falling.
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09:08⇢Harris's Fox Grilling Ignites Media Firestorm
⌨The newspapers report extensively on Vice President Kamala Harris's recent Fox News interview (Fox News, CBS, CNN, NPR, NYTimes). Conservative sources criticize her performance, while liberal outlets defend it. The Secret Service faces scrutiny over an attempted assassination of Trump (CBS, AP News). Liam Payne's unexpected death continues to be covered (CNN, NY Post).
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday that it may have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, after a body was discovered that closely resembled him in the aftermath of a battle in the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli military says troops may have killed Hamas' senior leader in Gaza, as a separate strike targets "dozens of terrorists" allegedly holed up in a school.
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What we know about former One Direction member Liam Payne’s death
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Los Angeles Times
Graffiti has been a central part of Los Angeles for generations, an omnipresent part of the cityscape that has endured many attempts to stamp it out. But L.A.’s graffiti culture is in the midst of a very loud and brash change.
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At a hospital in Kentucky, witnesses say, a man who had been declared dead after a drug overdose was moving and visibly crying as he was prepped for surgery to donate his vital organs. The surgery was stopped and the man is alive three years later.
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New York Post
Verification of the startling photographs come as Argentinian officials vow to hunt down the drug dealer involved, the outlet reported.
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Associated Press
The Israeli military says it is looking into whether Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a military operation in Gaza.
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Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond, who died last week, made Scottish nationalism mainstream. His independence promise was caught in a key contradiction, seeking to make Scotland a model social democracy within globalized capitalism.
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One America News
The Israeli military announced Thursday morning it was investigating whether Hamas leader and October 7th mastermind Yahya Sinwar was among three terrorists killed in a recent strike in Gaza.
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Los Angeles Times
Shirin Ali
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Sinwar, a U.S.-designated terrorist, is regarded as the architect of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.
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A mysterious Supreme Court case could change everything about criminal punishment.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday that it may have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, after a body was discovered that closely resembled him in the aftermath of a battle in the Gaza Strip.
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The Israeli military says Yahya Sinwar, Hamas' top leader in Gaza, was killed by forces operating in the war-torn Palestinian territory.
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After Univision’s merger with Mexican telecom, the broadcaster faces questions over shift on Trump
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Los Angeles Times
Graffiti has been a central part of Los Angeles for generations, an omnipresent part of the cityscape that has endured many attempts to stamp it out. But L.A.’s graffiti culture is in the midst of a very loud and brash change.
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13:07⇢Hamas Leader's Demise: Sinwar's Fate Hangs in the Balance
⌨The newspapers report extensively on the potential killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza by Israeli forces (Boston Globe, Breitbart, CBS, CNN, Fox News, AP News). Israeli military is investigating and DNA-testing a body to confirm his identity (AP News, USA Today). This development is seen as a significant event in the ongoing conflict (Breitbart, Fox News).
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Yahya Sinwar is widely considered to have been the masterminded behind Hamas’ cross-border assault on Israel a year ago.
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Hamas chief and Oct. 7 architect Yahya Sinwar was killed in an airstrike in southern Gaza after more than a year of eluding Israeli forces, officials said.
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The New York Times
Israeli officials said the body of a slain militant was being taken to a laboratory in order to assess whether the DNA matched that of Yahya Sinwar.
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Kamala Harris is spending her week trying to shore up support in the “blue wall” states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
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A female-focused town hall gets very weird indeed.
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HuffPost
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The for-profit bail industry is behind a new federal effort to criminalize charitable efforts designed to help people who can’t afford to post bail. The legislation is part of a national wave of attacks on bail reforms.
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One America News
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse that goes decades back in the past, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuser settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.
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Sinwar, a U.S.-designated terrorist, is regarded as the architect of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel. The death drew comparisons to the killing of Osama bin Laden.
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Breitbart News
Israel has officially confirmed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead, killed in a chance encounter Wednesday with infantry and armored units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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After Univision’s merger with Mexican telecom, the broadcaster faces questions over shift on Trump
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New York Post
Hamas chief and Oct. 7 architect Yahya Sinwar was killed in an airstrike in southern Gaza after more than a year of eluding Israeli forces, officials said.
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The New York Times
The Israeli military confirmed that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, was killed on Wednesday. His body was definitively identified by the Israeli authorities, the military said.
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Yahoo! News
911 call from Buenos Aires hotel sheds light on Liam Payne's death at 31
The 911 call was made about 10 minutes before the former One Direction singer fell multiple stories from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
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Yahya Sinwar was a chief architect of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that sparked war. Hamas has not confirmed his death.
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15:08⇢Hamas Leader Sinwar Eliminated: Israel Confirms Kill
⌨The newspapers extensively report on Israel's confirmation of killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza (Boston Globe, Breitbart, CNN, Fox News, NBC, NPR, NY Post, NYTimes, Newsweek). This development is seen as a significant event in the ongoing conflict. Some sources (AP News, HuffPost) discuss Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign efforts in key states.
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Austerity is not bad economics. It is a century-old project to undermine democracy in crucial areas of our lives.
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One America News
The United States has announced that it has sent another $425 million in military aid to Ukraine, following President Joe Biden's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday.
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Alexander Sammon
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Breitbart News
Israel has officially confirmed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead, killed in a chance encounter Wednesday with infantry and armored units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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Los Angeles Times
An LAPD officer who shot and killed an unarmed homeless man in Venice Beach in 2015 will face criminal charges based on the recommendation of a special prosecutor hired by Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón.
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Reason
J.D. Vance Says 7 Million Able-Bodied Men Have Dropped Out of the Labor Force. Where Are They?
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Associated Press
Yahya Sinwar was a chief architect of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that sparked war. Hamas has not confirmed his death.
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The Atlantic
Israel now has an opening to say that it has accomplished a core objective.
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Under Donald Trump, Congress moved swiftly to block a president from starting a war with Iran. As Joe Biden allows the country to be dragged into such a war, criticism is nearly nonexistent.
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The owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, Clark Hunt, said on Wednesday that he has no issue with kicker Harrison Butker forming a political action committee (PAC) to encourage conservatives to vote for what the PAC describes as “traditional values.”
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A new HBO documentary claims to have found the inventor of bitcoin.
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The Boston Globe
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An Israeli drone captured Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s last minutes alive — as the Oct. 7 mastermind swung a piece of wood in a futile attempt to take out the device before he was killed, officials said.
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Israel’s killing of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ top leader and the mastermind of the group’s Oct. 7 2023, attack, is a dramatic turning point in the brutal yearlong war that it touched off.
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The betting market for the 2024 presidential election is swinging toward 45th President Donald Trump. Offshore bettors continue to drive up that probability because they predict Trump is better off winning swing states.
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Yahya Sinwar, widely regarded as mastermind behind Hamas' brutal attack on Israel last year, was killed in Israeli military operation in Gaza.
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After Yahya Sinwar’s death, Netanyahu has a chance to declare victory and wind down the war. Will he take it?
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19:07⇢Hamas' Mastermind Falls: Sinwar's Death Confirmed
⌨The newspapers report extensively on Israel's confirmation of killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza (Breitbart, Fox News, NY Post, AP News, The Atlantic). This development is seen as a significant turning point in the ongoing conflict. Some sources (HuffPost, Jacobin) discuss Vice President Kamala Harris's recent interview on Fox News and her campaign efforts, while others (Reason, Vox) focus on economic and social issues in the US.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday evening that Hamas terrorists who freed Israeli hostages would be allowed to live, but that those who sought to harm them would be hunted down and killed. He added that the war in Gaza would end if the hostages were freed and Hamas terrorists laid down their weapons.
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Agriculture, which intersects with key issues — the economy, climate change and immigration — is a barometer of where a region and its people are heading.
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The New York Times
The soldiers who killed Mr. Sinwar, a major target of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, had not expected to run across him, Israeli officials said.
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Associated Press
Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight.
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Phillips 66, an American multinational energy company, announced on Wednesday that it plans to shut down one of their oil refineries in the Los Angeles area by 2025, citing concerns with specific regulations California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law.
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Travis County Judge Jessica Mangrum granted a temporary restraining order halting Robert Roberson's execution at the request of a group of lawmakers.
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After Univision’s merger with Mexican telecom, the broadcaster faces questions over shift on Trump
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Los Angeles Times
Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets the start for the Dodgers as they look to take a commanding lead in the NLCS with a win over the New York Mets in Game 4. The game is in progress (FS1).
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The news marks a major development — the death of Israel's most wanted man — a year into the war in Gaza after Israel vowed to crush Hamas following its attack on Israel.
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The New York Times
The soldiers who killed Yahya Sinwar, a major target of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, had not expected to run across him, Israeli officials said.
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Yahoo! News
Biden: Hamas leader's death opens door for ceasefire, release of hostages
U.S. officials are guardedly optimistic after Israeli troops killed Yahya Sinwar, who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.
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One America News
In an indication that she views the lower house as a possible check on former President Trump, should he win a second term in the White House, former "Republican" Representative Liz Cheney is extending her anti-Trump campaign to the congressional arena by supporting Democrats in two hotly contested House seats.
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Travis County Judge Jessica Mangrum granted a temporary restraining order halting Roberson's execution. The state's top appeals court overturned it soon after.
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23:07⇢Hamas Mastermind Falls: Sinwar's Death Confirmed
⌨The newspapers report extensively on Israel's confirmed killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza (Boston Globe, Breitbart, CNN, Fox News, NBC, NPR, NY Post, NYTimes). This event is viewed as a significant development in the ongoing conflict, with potential implications for ceasefire negotiations and hostage release (Yahoo, NBC). Meanwhile, Trump and Harris's appearances at the Al Smith charity dinner are also covered (Boston Globe, Fox News).