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Donald Trump Heads to South Carolina Under Pressure  Newsweek

Most Democrats praised the agreement, but many progressives still want Biden to push for an extended cease-fire.

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Often overlooked in favor of nearby San Francisco, Sacramento offers a great deal for the traveler looking to get off the beaten path, including fantastical theme parks and late-night doughnut joints.

Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend 10 years ago at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world. He will be released from prison on Jan. 5, but will be constantly monitored by parole

Heroic Immigrant Actually Stopped Stabbing That Led to Far-Right Riot  The Daily Beast Riots erupt in Dublin after children injured in stabbing attack  CBS News Rioters clash with police, torch car after knife attack in Dublin  Fox News I lived through the Syrian

In all, 50 captives are set to be freed during a four-day truce. Israel is set to free 150 Palestinians over the next four days, as part of the deal. Thirty-nine prisoners are to be freed Friday.

South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison in January after he was granted parole on Friday, a decade after he shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world, prison authorities said.

Additional humanitarian aid trucks started rolling over the Rafah Crossing from Egypt to Gaza early Friday morning, as the planned four-day ceasefire began. The aid trucks, fuel tankers among them, were a welcome sight amid the seven-week-long war between Israel