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Up First briefing: Voices from the West Bank; Sam Bankman-Fried convicted

Palestinians in the West Bank give their perspective on Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is convicted of fraud.
The Steller's jay, Cooper's hawk, and Wilson's warbler will all get renamed under a new plan to remove human names from U.S. and Canadian birds.

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He says he's working on protecting civilians in Gaza caught in the crossfire of Israel's war with Hamas. More than 1,400 people in Israel were killed nearly four weeks ago when Hamas attacked, taking more than 200 hostages. Since then, more than 9,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Palestinian

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