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Unbiased headline news – Israel’s military reported that eight soldiers were killed during “intense fighting” with Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. This announcement follows three days after the military began ground operations in the country. The update on the ground raids comes nearly a year after Israel launched its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, a response to the Iran-backed group’s October 7th terrorist attack, which also led Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, to fire rockets into northern Israel. — Political sanctions have been imposed on members of the Russia-based Evil Corp cybercriminal group and its affiliated businesses in collaboration with Britain and Australia, the U.S. Treasury Department said. Evil Corp is known for creating and distributing the Dridex malware, officials said. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an indictment against an Evil Corp member for allegedly using BitPaymer ransomware, which targets U.S. victims. — The U.S. military is deploying additional resources to assist those affected by Hurricane Helene. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has authorized up to 1,000 soldiers to aid recovery efforts in the wake of the storm, which has resulted in over 170 deaths and left hundreds missing across the Southeast. The troops, stationed at Fort Liberty in North Carolina, will help distribute food, water, and aid. — Domestic violent extremists pose “the most significant physical threat to government officials, voters, and elections-related personnel and infrastructure, including polling places, ballot drop box locations, voter registration sites, campaign events, political party offices, and vote counting sites,” according to a Department of Homeland Security report. DHS noted that extremists, driven by policy grievances, have increasingly targeted election officials. The overall threat level in the U.S. “will remain high,” according to the agency’s annual threat assessment. — The Department of Homeland Security has announced a ban on importing goods from a Chinese steel manufacturer and a Chinese artificial sweetener producer. The DHS accuses both companies of using forced labor from the Xinjiang region in China. This move expands the U.S. government’s effort to prevent products linked to human rights abuses from entering the country. — Firefighters have successfully put out a massive fire at a recycling facility in western Wisconsin after battling it for over 20 hours. The blaze erupted at Omaha Track in the town of Campbell on French Island, near La Crosse. The facility processes scrap railway ties and other materials into biofuel. Flames and smoke were visible for miles. Campbell Fire Chief Nate Melby said the fire burned through an area equivalent to four football fields of railway ties, along with a 30-foot-high mound of chips.

Unbiased headline news – Violent crime dropped by 10.3% during the first half of 2024, according to preliminary data released by the FBI. From January to June 2024, the Quarterly Uniform Crime Report noted the following: Murders declined by 22.7%, rapes by 17.7%, robberies by 13.6%, and aggravated assaults by 8.1%. Property crimes fell by 13.1%. The report is based on voluntary data from 14,809 of the nation’s 19,311 law enforcement agencies. The Midwest saw the largest regional decline, with violent crime down by 12%. Violent crime in 2024, a top issue for voters in the upcoming presidential election, is continuing its downward trend from 2023. Data released by the FBI last month found that violent crime was down 3% from 2022 to 2023, with murders down 11.6%. The drop in murders represents the “largest drop” since the agency has been collecting data, an FBI official said of the 2022 to 2023 trend in a call with reporters. In that period, the report noted that rape decreased by 9.4%, aggravated assault decreased by 2.8%, and robbery decreased by 0.3%. — North Korea’s representative to the United Nations spoke at its 79th debate session in New York, outlining the country’s vision for the future of the Korean Peninsula. Kim Song, the permanent representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, addressed the General Assembly, touching on issues like regional peace, nuclear capabilities, and societal advancements in North Korea. He also sharply criticized what he termed the ongoing “Israeli genocide.” — As hospitals and healthcare centers work to restore services after Hurricane Helene hit Florida’s Big Bend and other states, the medical supply chain could face disruption. Baxter International, a healthcare technology firm, announced it would be closing its largest plant in North Carolina due to flooding and storm damage caused by the hurricane. The plant, located in North Cove, 60 miles northeast of Asheville, primarily produces IV fluids and peritoneal dialysis solutions, according to the company. — The total acres burned in California this year surpassed 1 million as extreme heat continues to fuel wildfires. This development adds to the difficulties facing firefighters battling a persistent fire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles that intensified over the weekend. Evacuation orders were expanded on Monday for rural communities northeast of the city as the Line Fire, which has burned for nearly a month, now covers about 68 square miles (176 square kilometers) in the San Bernardino Mountains, with containment falling from 83% to 76%. — Julian Assange made his first public appearance since being released from prison. Speaking to European lawmakers, he stated the U.S. had forced him to “plead guilty to journalism” to end his years of imprisonment and warned that his case still poses a dangerous precedent. Assange addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a human rights body, in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday. He explained that he chose “freedom over unattainable justice” when agreeing to the deal that allowed him to walk free after 14 years in detention. — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the labor market continued to show strength. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers listed 8 million openings in August, up from 7.7 million in July. Economists had anticipated little change. Job vacancies increased in construction and in state and local government. Layoffs declined in August. However, the number of Americans quitting their jobs — an indicator of confidence in finding new work — fell to its lowest level since August 2020, when the economy was still reeling from pandemic lockdowns.

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Polls are limited. This latest report shows what Americans are REALLY focused on for the 2024 election. What candidates are preaching and what Americans want seems to be two different things. The results are surprising and one candidate needs to buckle down and deal with the data because the clock it ticking and it might just be too late.

Unbiased headline news – In Syria, 37 militants linked to the extremist Islamic State group and an al-Qaeda-affiliated faction were killed in two separate strikes, according to the United States military. Two of the dead were identified as senior militants, the military said. U.S. Central Command reported that a strike in northwestern Syria on Tuesday targeted a high-ranking militant from the al-Qaeda-affiliated Hurras al-Deen group along with eight others. The militant was said to be responsible for managing military operations. — Tens of thousands of South Koreans, along with members of the Korean diaspora, marched and rallied today in support of Korean unification and the freedom of North Korean citizens at the Imjingak Peace Park. The event took place seven kilometers from the DMZ and coincided with Korea’s National Foundation Day, officially observed on October 3. Dubbed the 2024 Korean Dream Grand March for a Unified Korea, the event was organized by Action for Korea United, the nation’s largest coalition of civil society groups advocating for Korean unification. — Eleven hours after the successful launch of its Crew 9 spacecraft, which is tasked with retrieving two stranded astronauts from the International Space Station, SpaceX announced it has paused future launches due to an issue with the second stage’s deorbiting. The company posted on X: “After today’s successful Crew-9 launch, Falcon 9’s second stage was disposed of in the ocean as planned, but experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn. As a result, the second stage landed safely in the ocean, though outside the designated area. We will resume launches once we have a clearer understanding of the root cause.” — Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated, while others were instructed to shelter in place to avoid exposure to a chemical plume caused by a fire at a chemical plant. Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDaniel told reporters that the fire started around 5 a.m. Sunday at the BioLab plant in Conyers when a sprinkler system malfunctioned. Water mixed with a water-reactive chemical, creating a plume. The fire chief stated that the specific chemicals involved were not immediately known. — A Long Island man, who was about to be arrested for drunk driving, escaped police custody by slipping his handcuffs over his head and stealing a patrol car, New York police reported. The man was later captured in a cemetery miles away and arrested once again. The 37-year-old suspect was initially pulled over by state troopers at around 5:30 a.m. Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence. After failing a sobriety test, he was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police vehicle, officials said. — Several people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed into the woods near the Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport in North Carolina. The crash occurred at approximately 5 PM on Saturday, according to a National Park Service press release. The exact number of victims and their identities have not been released. Witnesses reported the plane was attempting to land at the airport when it crashed, according to the NPS. The aircraft caught fire following the crash, which was later extinguished.

Unbiased headline news – Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and several other commanders were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut, both the group and Israeli officials confirmed on Saturday. Following his death, Israel continued launching strikes on the city. ## Iranian state media reported Saturday that an Iranian Revolutionary Guard general, Abbas Nilforoushan, was also killed in the same Israeli airstrike. Nilforoushan, the IRGC deputy commander for operations, had been sanctioned by the U.S. for his involvement in suppressing protests in Iran. * * * Three days ahead of his communist government’s 75th anniversary, China’s foreign minister cautioned world leaders on Saturday against “expanding the battlefield” in Russia’s war with Ukraine, reaffirming China’s commitment to shuttle diplomacy in seeking to bring the conflict to an end. ## “The top priority is to commit to no expansion of the battlefield. … China is dedicated to playing a constructive role,” said Wang Yi. He also warned against other countries “throwing oil on the fire or exploiting the situation for selfish gains,” an apparent reference to the United States. * * * On Friday, the U.S. and Iraq announced an agreement to conclude the anti-ISIS coalition’s military presence in Iraq within two years, potentially reducing the 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq, while retaining 900 troops in northeast Syria. U.S. officials emphasized that the agreement doesn’t represent a full U.S. troop withdrawal but a shift to a new U.S.-Iraq military relationship, distinct from the coalition. In a joint statement, the U.S. and Iraq outlined a timeline for ending the coalition’s presence in Iraq no later than September 2025. * * * Two Georgia police officers were injured, and a man was killed during a shooting inside a suburban Atlanta store, which bills itself as the world’s largest gun shop. ## Smyrna Police Chief Keith Zgonc stated that the officers were responding to gunfire reports and a suspected burglary around midnight when they found the suspect inside Adventure Outdoors, a store with more than 18,000 firearms. “When officers arrived, they encountered an armed suspect inside the store … gunfire broke out between the suspect and officers,” Zgonc said, adding that two officers were wounded, and the suspect was killed. * * * A jury has ruled in favor of three women who claimed they were sexually abused as patients at a Virginia children’s hospital, awarding them $300 million in damages. ## The Richmond Circuit Court jury awarded each woman $60 million in compensatory damages and $40 million in punitive damages on Friday, according to WTVR-TV. A total of 46 former patients have filed lawsuits against the Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents and its medical director, Dr. Daniel Davidow, for abuse at the New Kent facility. * * * WW International announced on Friday that CEO Sima Sistani would be stepping down immediately, with Tara Comonte, a WeightWatchers board member and former Shake Shack executive, assuming the role of interim chief executive. The New York-based weight loss company didn’t disclose the reason for the sudden leadership change but noted that Comonte’s appointment comes as the company focuses on “improving its operational and financial performance.” Founded over 60 years ago, WeightWatchers has recently faced financial challenges, with profits declining and expenses increasing from restructuring efforts.