News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: Qatari mediators told Israel that Hamas has "agreed in principle" to resume talks on a new deal to secure the release of around three dozen hostages held in Gaza in return for up to several weeks of a halt in fighting. https://t.co/SQOsuxQ8t6
— Axios (@axios) December 29, 2023
Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into a crowded town at the southernmost end of Gaza in recent days, according to the UN, fleeing Israel's bombardment of the center of the territory, where hospital officials said dozens were killed Friday. https://t.co/rPEaVt5bCu
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 29, 2023
MORE: Russia launched about 110 missiles as well as drones against Ukrainian targets during the night, Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday, killing at least seven civilians in what appeared to be one of the biggest aerial barrages of the war. https://t.co/RyvNbBZ20A pic.twitter.com/8nkuXyXwjp
— ABC News (@ABC) December 29, 2023
NATO air forces were scrambled more than 300 times in response to Russian military aircraft in 2023, the treaty organization said https://t.co/XOrqfk7zD5
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 29, 2023
BREAKING: Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has decided former Pres. Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot. pic.twitter.com/tyaMMKsKtD
— ABC News (@ABC) December 29, 2023
“This is something that I did not choose to do, but was obligated to do under Maine law and the Constitution.”
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 29, 2023
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows explains why she blocked former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot. pic.twitter.com/oNcFRVn6w7
Appeals court denies case delay over Trump immunity claim in E. Jean Carroll suit https://t.co/Cn44LniliP pic.twitter.com/aaYXxTxyQs
— The Hill (@thehill) December 28, 2023
Ohio governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care, school sports for trans youth https://t.co/P1y03Tsf3W
— POLITICO (@politico) December 29, 2023
US intelligence officials have determined that the Chinese spy balloon that flew across the U.S. earlier this year used an American internet service provider to communicate, according to two current and one former US official familiar with the assessment. https://t.co/BElIpoh7Da
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 29, 2023
The U.S. population grew by more than 1.75 million people over the past year and on New Year's Day, it will stand at more than 335.8 million, the Census Bureau said. https://t.co/Z0cAuG7smM
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 29, 2023
Eight people were hospitalized after a large rogue wave engulfed part of a Ventura, California, street. https://t.co/9J5h9Lxain
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 29, 2023
You know about the ball drop in New York. But Americans in towns big and small have taken the idea of lowering things on New Year's Eve and made them local.
— Axios (@axios) December 29, 2023
And sometimes they're very strange.https://t.co/JVFWpXoFbH
