Israel kills Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

Thursday, October 17, 2024

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Israel announced their forces killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza, Liam Payne's cause of death is revealed and Fox News's Bret Baier claims Kamala Harris was late to his interview.

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1 | Israel kills Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza

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2 | Liam Payne cause of death revealed in preliminary autopsy

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3 | Fox News host Bret Baier claims Harris was late to interview

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4 |A camper's death was initially thought to be a bear attack. It was actually a brutal homicide

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5 | JD Vance finally gives straight answer as to whether he believes Trump lost 2020 election

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The Big Question

Why did Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy leave Argentina just before his death?

Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy revealed she and the One Direction singer, who passed away on October 16 after falling from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires, weren't supposed to be in Argentina for more than five days.

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STAT OF THE DAY

93 years old

Mitzi Gaynor, the actor, singer and dancer best known for her starring role in the 1958 film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, dies at 93.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"It was like having someone who was a drunk fraternity brother become president of the United States."

Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots, said Donald Trump being elected was like having a 'drunk fraternity brother' in office.

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