News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING OVERNIGHT: Israel's foreign ministry announced it will try to stop the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees from operating in Gaza once the war is over. Israel accused several staff of being involved in the Hamas attack which killed 1,200 people. @Debora_Patta has more. pic.twitter.com/Rhsr8VpKwf
— CBS Saturday Morning (@cbssaturday) January 27, 2024
Australia, Canada, the U.K., and other Western nations have joined the U.S. in pausing funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency after Israel alleged 12 UNRWA employees were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack.https://t.co/g5qBReTC3i
— Axios (@axios) January 27, 2024
Witnesses said three Palestinians were killed in an airstrike in southern Gaza, less than a day after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to do all it could to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide.https://t.co/QfvowGMc0D
— ABC News (@ABC) January 27, 2024
Ukraine says it has no evidence for Russia's claim that dozens of POWs died in a shot down plane https://t.co/wmJlCM2LSQ
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 27, 2024
Biden says he'll shut down the border if deal gives him authority https://t.co/mjCy7xU7iq
— POLITICO (@politico) January 27, 2024
The U.S.-led retaliatory strikes launched against Iranian-backed Houthi militants in the Red Sea are intended to prevent future conflict, and the U.S. does not want to "go down a path of greater escalation," Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman told ABC News. https://t.co/dJHqxU43iR
— ABC News (@ABC) January 27, 2024
Former President Donald Trump says he plans to appeal after a New York City jury ordered him to pay $83.3 million in damages for defamatory statements he made when denying he sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll. @errolbarnett was inside the courthouse and has more. pic.twitter.com/PkGQ4iyRV6
— CBS Saturday Morning (@cbssaturday) January 27, 2024
A COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Congress aims to wind it down and expand the child tax credit https://t.co/RbKCEwQFKz
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 27, 2024
Brittany Watts of Ohio was arrested after having a miscarriage in her bathroom last year.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 27, 2024
In a new interview, Watts said she does not “want any other woman to go through what I had to go through.” https://t.co/NNWJu4VrtY
Haley targeted in December swatting incident https://t.co/YLLL3Gre1M
— POLITICO (@politico) January 27, 2024
The U.S. Forest Service has rescinded its approval of plans to build 12 miles of rail through protected Utah woodlands — stopping a large-scale crude oil conveyance project in its tracks https://t.co/AymuWvBgXX pic.twitter.com/dy4RHchLTc
— The Hill (@thehill) January 27, 2024
A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search and outrage across the city of Wichita.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 27, 2024
The statue was cut at the ankles to be removed. All that remained were Robinson’s feet. https://t.co/d3rEV1MayG
