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Today’s edition of quick hits.
* The latest from North Carolina: “At least 92 people are still unaccounted for in North Carolina as first responders still sort through the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, weeks after the storm devastated the western part of the state.”
* In related news: “A storm system in the Atlantic could potentially strengthen into a tropical depression as it heads towards the Caribbean later this week, according to the National Hurricane Center — the latest storm in what is already an ‘above-normal’ hurricane season.”
* A diplomatic warning: “The Biden administration has warned Israel that if the humanitarian situation in Gaza doesn’t improve within the next 30 days, the U.S. may restrict military assistance to Israel. In a letter Sunday to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that the U.S. must continually assess under its own law whether Israel is ‘directly or indirectly’ impeding the transport of U.S. humanitarian assistance to Gaza.”
* Also in the Middle East: “At least 21 people were killed and eight others injured Monday in an Israeli airstrike in northern Lebanon, according to the country’s Health Ministry, in a rare attack on the predominantly Christian Zgharta area in the north of the country.”
* It’s about time: “Hundreds of military service members kicked out of the armed forces because of their sexual orientation under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ will be given honorable discharges, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.”
* All is not well in Florida: “Florida’s public universities are purging the list of general education courses they will offer next year to fall in line with a state law pushed for by Gov. Ron DeSantis targeting ‘woke ideologies’ in higher education.”
* A dramatic story out of Canada: “The accusation by Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, that the Indian government orchestrated a campaign to threaten and kill Sikhs on Canadian soil has cast a spotlight on the potential reach of India’s shadowy intelligence network, which has been known to operate mainly in South Asia. Mr. Trudeau’s allegations have surprised many in diplomatic circles, who say that countries are typically reluctant to air allegations of espionage and assassinations against foreign intelligence services.”
See you tomorrow.