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Israel Has Created “Extermination Zone” in North Gaza, Advocates Warn
Israel is effectively trapping hundreds of thousands in north Gaza and is systematically killing them all.
![Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 president designate and minister of ecology and natural resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan, gives a speech in Baku, Azerbaijan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2177721648-400x300.jpg)
Critics May Face Repression in Azerbaijan Amid COP29, Human Rights Watch Warns
The 20-page UN agreement with Azerbaijan “is replete with ... ambiguities on the protections for participants’ rights.”
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Voting Drop Boxes Have Become Flash Point for Election Fraud Conspiracies
In Wisconsin, the State Supreme Court, local councils and right-wing activists have been engrossed with the receptacles.
![A Palestinian woman kisses a child who was killed in an Israeli strike outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on October 9, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176993172-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has Killed at Least 3,100 Palestinians Under Age of 5 Since Last Year
Roughly 710 children killed in Gaza between October 7, 2023, and August 31, 2024, were younger than a year old.
![A crossing from Largo to Indian Rocks Beach on the Gulf of Mexico is closed ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall on October 9, 2024, in Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1009-florida-po-400x300.jpg)
Several FL Jails in Milton’s Projected Path Refuse to Evacuate People Inside
“When my son was sentenced, he was not given a death sentence,” said one parent of a person currently in jail.
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Biden Ghost Gun Rule Appears Safe, as SCOTUS Justices Defend Its Reasoning
The Supreme Court will issue a final ruling on ghost guns sometime around June of next year.
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DeSantis Administration Threatens News Station for Airing Abortion Amendment Ad
The ad highlights how Florida's anti-abortion statute restricts abortion even in cases where a person's life is at risk.
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US Disproportionately Convicts Native People of Felonies, Harming Voting Rights
Federal courts often convict Native people of felonies for crimes that tribal courts would prosecute less harshly.
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Israel Orders 400,000 Palestinians to Leave Northern Gaza While Firing on Them
Hospitals and shelters have been forced to shut down in an area that has not received humanitarian aid in over a week.
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Corporate Price Gouging Amid Hurricanes Prompts Calls for Federal Action
Airlines, hotels, and other companies have taken advantage of the crises brought by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.