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Unbiased headline news for Saturday June 29, 2024 – The Biden administration has proposed new wording for parts of the ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas after negotiations reached an impasse. The revised agreement follows Hamas’s suggested changes to the original three-part plan, including a timeline for a lasting ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, which Israel rejected. The new wording reportedly focuses on conditions for the second phase of the deal, aimed at achieving a “sustainable calm” in Gaza. — No candidate won a simple majority in a four-way race for Iran’s presidency, leading to a run-off election on Friday. Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian and “ultraconservative” candidate Saeed Jalili will be the only names on the ballot. Pezeshkian secured 42.5% of the votes to Jalili’s 38.6% in an election that saw only 40% of the nation’s 60 million eligible voters participate last Friday. — As European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travels to Cairo on Saturday to deliver financial aid at the EU-Egypt Investment Conference, Amnesty International urges the EU to push for human rights reforms in Egypt. The EU will sign a short-term macro-financial assistance package worth $1.06 billion to strengthen the resilience of the Egyptian economy. This is part of a larger $7.91 billion EU package to support the Strategic and Comprehensive partnership with Egypt. — An attacker with a crossbow wounded a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade on Saturday, according to Serbia’s Interior Ministry. The officer responded by fatally shooting the assailant. Both Serbian and Israeli officials indicated initial signs pointed to terrorism as a motive. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic stated that the attacker shot a bolt at the officer, hitting him in the neck. The officer then “used a weapon in self-defense to shoot the attacker, who died from his injuries.” — Following court rulings last week that blocked key parts of a student loan policy, the Biden administration plans to place about 3 million student loan borrowers into a monthslong payment pause. The pause will resemble the pandemic-era student loan moratorium, where borrowers do not need to make payments and interest will not accrue. The SAVE Plan is considered the most affordable option for borrowers and represents President Joe Biden’s primary surviving student debt reform effort. — A North Carolina mother has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter after allegedly leaving her 8-year-old daughter in a hot car while at work, resulting in the girl’s death, police said. Officers responded Wednesday evening to reports of a critically ill child inside a vehicle in Charlotte, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The child was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead early Thursday, as stated in the arrest warrant affidavit. — Four people were killed and nine others injured after a vehicle crashed into a Long Island nail salon on Friday, authorities said. Steven Schwally, 64, was driving a Chevy Traverse southbound at high speed through a parking lot in Deer Park when he crossed a roadway and entered another parking lot, Suffolk County Police reported Saturday. Schwally then crashed through the front window of Hawaii Nail & Spa. — A man was fishing in Florida when a shark bit him, severely injuring his arm, officials said. The man, in his 40s, was on a boat at the time of the attack, which occurred around 11 a.m. Friday at West Rock near the port of Fernandina, north of Jacksonville near the Florida-Georgia border, Nassau County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Alicia Tarancon said. A responding deputy boarded the man’s boat and applied a tourniquet to his right arm to slow the bleeding. — A former lab manager at Northeastern University has been convicted of staging a hoax explosion on the Boston campus and then lying about it to a federal agent. Jason Duhaime, 46, from San Antonio, Texas, was convicted on three counts Friday by a federal jury. He faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for each offense. Two attorneys representing Duhaime withdrew from the case in January, court documents show.

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The IRS is taking far too long to resolve a significant issue for taxpayers, who must wait nearly two years for the agency to address identity theft cases. A new report from the National Taxpayer Advocate, an independent watchdog within the IRS, highlights this concern. In April 2024, the IRS took over 22 months to resolve identity theft victims’ assistance cases, an increase from 19 months earlier this year. As of April, the IRS had about 500,000 unresolved identity theft cases, according to the NTA. — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced to 45 years in a U.S. prison for collaborating with drug traffickers to ensure the delivery of over 400 tons of cocaine to the United States. Judge P. Kevin Castel, who sentenced Hernández and imposed an $8 million fine, stated that the penalty should serve as a warning to “well educated, well dressed” individuals who believe their status can protect them from justice. — The Japanese yen fell below 160 against the U.S. dollar, marking its lowest level in over 37 years, as Tokyo considered appropriate intervention measures. This record fall follows warnings from Japanese and South Korean forecasters about the depreciation of their currencies. Last week, the United States placed Japan on its watch list of currency manipulators. The yen fell to 160.39 during London trading hours at one period, its lowest point since 1986. — Five individuals have been indicted for their alleged involvement in a $120,000 bribery attempt of a juror during the recent Feeding Our Future fraud trial. During the trial, a juror reported that a woman dropped a bag of cash at her home and offered more money for a vote to acquit seven people accused of stealing over $40 million from a pandemic-era children’s food program. — Electric vehicle prices are dropping as dealership lots fill with more models amid cooling consumer demand. This has resulted in EV prices, in some cases, approaching those of gas-powered cars, especially when federal tax credits are factored in. According to Kelley Blue Book, the average price of a new EV in May was $56,648, down about 15% from two years ago when the average was $65,000. — A pro-Palestinian protester captured on video leading what city officials called an “antisemitic” chant on a New York City subway surrendered to police, authorities said. Identified as Anas Saleh of Staten Island, the protester turned himself in Wednesday at the Transit District 2 precinct in lower Manhattan. He was expected to be released after receiving a desk appearance ticket, according to the NYPD. Police had been searching for Saleh since the June 10 incident. — A suspect in an Ohio killing, mistakenly released from jail due to a clerical error, was captured on Wednesday, authorities said. U.S. marshals arrested Amarion Sanders, 22, of Cleveland, during a morning traffic stop. Sanders was mistakenly released Monday from the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center, where he was held on $1 million bail. The release occurred after charges were dismissed against another man in an unrelated case. — The investigation into the ketamine supplied to actor Matthew Perry before his death in October is nearing completion, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office soon to decide if charges will be filed. The investigation, involving the LAPD, DEA, USPS, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, has been ongoing since Perry’s death. The USPS’s involvement suggests that drugs or payments may have been sent by mail.

Unbiased headline news for Wednesday June 26, 2024 – Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously ruled that the military must start drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service. This landmark decision could jeopardize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues its conflict with Hamas in Gaza. The historic ruling ends a decades-old system that granted ultra-Orthodox men broad exemptions from military service. — An aid agency issued a “crisis alert” for war-torn Sudan, criticizing the international community for failing to address the civil war that has persisted for over a year. The International Rescue Committee warned of an impending famine and stated that the lack of a political solution has left Sudan on the brink of a “catastrophe of historic scale.” “The world is not watching us, we are heading for famine, massive loss of life, and a failed state,” said the IRC’s country director for Sudan, Eatizaz Yousif. — Chaos erupted outside the Parliament of Kenya as police used live ammunition and tear gas on young protesters amid demonstrations against proposed tax hikes. Protesters overwhelmed police, breached part of the parliament building in Nairobi, and started a fire. At least five people were shot and killed while assisting the injured, according to a joint statement from Amnesty International and other organizations, which also reported 31 people wounded. — Two courts issued temporary injunctions against the Biden administration’s flagship student loan repayment plan. U.S. District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree in Kansas placed an injunction on the next phase of the SAVE program, which was set to take effect on July 1. This included a major overhaul that would have halved many borrowers’ payments starting next month. U.S. District Judge John A. Ross in Missouri also blocked the SAVE plan. — A multifaith group of Louisiana families with children in public schools is suing to challenge Louisiana’s new law requiring all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. HB 71 mandates that public schools, from kindergarten to the collegiate level, display the Ten Commandments, a religious set of rules from the Old Testament, in every classroom on “a poster or framed document that is at least 11 inches by 14 inches.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court, argues that the law violates U.S. Supreme Court precedent. — Federal investigators confirmed Tuesday that a hot railcar wheel bearing sparked a fire and caused the massive derailment of a Norfolk Southern train. In its final report on the Feb. 3, 2023, crash, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the crash, which caused the evacuation of more than 2,000 residents and endangered the lives of first responders, could have been avoided. Investigators cited a series of missteps, faulty track sensors, and delayed communications as contributing factors. — The city of Detroit is moving to ban gas stations from locking people inside the store, a year after a man was fatally shot during an argument with another customer. Police said a clerk’s decision to lock the door while he was safely behind protective glass contributed to the shooting. An ordinance approved Tuesday by the Detroit City Council would make it illegal for employees to remotely lock the door. It would apply to businesses where workers are protected by glass. — Crews have completed a temporary route around a landslide that closed a vital road for thousands of workers in a western Wyoming resort town. Wyoming Department of Transportation officials aim to reopen Wyoming Highway 22 by Friday. The road over Teton Pass near the Idaho state line has been closed since the landslide sent both lanes crashing into a deep ravine on June 8.

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