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Biden will head to Israel, Jordan as concerns mount that conflict will spread

by MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press October 16, 2023October 17, 2023

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Biden’s travel to Israel as the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip grows more dire.

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Wall Street rises, and oil and gold fall as some of last week’s moves unwind

by STAN CHOE AP Business Writer October 16, 2023October 17, 2023

U.S. stocks rallied as some of last week’s moves driven by worries about war in the Middle East unwound.

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Rite Aid seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it deals with lawsuits and losses

by TOM MURPHY and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press October 16, 2023October 16, 2023

Rite Aid Corp. said in its federal bankruptcy filing that it runs more than 2,000 stores.

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Supreme Court orders makers of gun parts to comply with Biden rules on ghost guns

by Associated Press October 16, 2023October 17, 2023

The regulation changed the definition of a firearm under federal law to include unfinished parts, like the frame of a handgun or the receiver of a long gun, so they can be tracked more easily.

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Muslim child killed, mother stabbed in Illinois after she urged landlord to ‘pray for peace’

by CLAIRE SAVAGE, MELISSA PEREZ WINDER and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press October 16, 2023October 16, 2023

The 71-year-old suspect’s wife told police that her husband feared they would be attacked by people of Middle Eastern descent and had withdrawn $1,000 from a bank ‘in case the U.S. grid went down.’

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Miniature ‘Star Wars’ X-wing gets over $3 million at auction of Hollywood model-maker’s collection

by JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press October 16, 2023October 16, 2023

Also going for an eye-popping amount was a stormtrooper costume that sold for $645,000.

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Republican Jim Jordan is shoring up support and peeling off detractors ahead of a House speaker vote

by LISA MASCARO Associated Press October 16, 2023October 16, 2023

The political climb has been steep for Jordan, an outsider and founding member of the right-flank Freedom Caucus who is now just votes away from a seat central to U.S power.