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Fri Nov 3 2023

Hamas took her family hostage. The hate she's experienced since has shocked her.

Alana Zeitchik, 38, looks at a poster of one her cousins who is being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Zeitchik, photographed in her Brooklyn apartment Oct. 19, 2023, has six cousins that are currently being held by Hamas. "I'm just a person that loves my family very deeply, and I have to advocate for them" she say, "I can't envision sitting here doing nothing."

Siblings from New York are desperately trying free their family from Hamas. Their plight is being met with empathy by some and antisemitism by others.

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Rideshare drivers demonstrate against rideshare companies Uber and Lyft during a car caravan protest on August 6, 2020 in Los Angeles. - The drivers, organized by the Mobile Workers Alliance and Rideshare Drivers United unions, say Uber and Lyft's are pushing a "deceptive" November ballot initiative, which, if passed, they claim would "rewrite labor law" and turn app-based drivers into independent contractors, exempting companies such as Lyft and Uber from standard wage and hour restrictions. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Uber, Lyft drivers may be eligible for settlement money. How to claim your back pay

Eligible Uber and Lyft drivers throughout New York can file a claim to receive the funds they are owed.

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A person is carried out of the rubble on Brick Row in the Village of Wappingers Falls after a gas main was ruptured on November 2, 2023.

Explosion, building collapse in Wappingers Falls injures 10 people

An explosion in Wappingers Falls Thursday afternoon collapsed part of an apartment building and injured several people.

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Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., looks on as the House of Representatives holds a vote on a new Speaker of the House at the US Capitol on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC.

NY House Republicans lead failed push to expel Santos. What happens now?

New York's swing-district Republicans in Congress led a failed push to oust indicted Rep. George Santos after resisting an earlier push by Democrats.

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A promotional poster for Powerball sits next to the other lottery forms.

Powerball jackpot rises to $173M. When is the next drawing?

There have been nine consecutive Powerball drawings without a jackpot winner.

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