Suzanne Nuyen
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Suzanne Nuyen

Tuesday

Rockets and "light bombs" are seen over the Gaza strip on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, from Sderot, Israel. As Israel's response to Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks entered its fourth week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war would be a long one and would amount to a "second war of independence." Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Israel won't agree to a cease-fire; how tech messes with our senses

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Monday

A boy in Khan Younis sits on donkey-drawn cart loaded with a water tank, as drinking water and fuel become increasingly scarce in Gaza. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Gazans describe a communication blackout; Biden's new AI oversight

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Friday

Law enforcement officials surround a house on Meadow Road in Bowdoin, Maine. Nick Song/Main Public hide caption

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Up First newsletter: Maine shooter at large; support for humanitarian pause in Gaza

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Thursday

A manhunt is on in Maine after a series of mass shootings. And, NPR wants to know how the Israel-Gaza crisis is affecting you. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Maine mass shootings; dwindling fuel complicates Gaza aid

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Wednesday

Students from Hunter College chant and hold up signs during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the entrance of their campus in New York earlier this month. Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Concerns over Israel's war strategy; long COVID origins

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Tuesday

A local citizen searches through buildings which were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday in Khan Younis, Gaza. Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Hamas releases 2 more hostages; posture and our mental health

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Monday

Police tape is pictured at a crime scene in Monterey Park, Calif., in January. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Aid trickles into Gaza; 9 GOP reps battle for House speaker job

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Thursday

Men carry out the body of a victim from a building in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip as the Israeli bombardment continued Thursday. Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Gaza aid deal; preventing catalytic converter theft

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Wednesday

Wounded Palestinians sit in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, after arriving from Al-Ahli hospital following an explosion there, on Tuesday. Abed Khaled/AP hide caption

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Up First briefing: Deadly hospital blast rocks Gaza; House plans second speaker vote

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Tuesday

President Biden is pictured at the White House on Oct. 10, giving remarks about the attack by Hamas on Israel. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Up First briefing: Biden heads to the Middle East; how screen time changes your eyes

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Monday

Workers stack supplies on Sunday at one of the warehouses in North Sinai, Egypt, where the Egyptian Red Crescent stores foreign aid destined for Gaza. The aid convoy, organized by a group of Egyptian NGOs, set off from Cairo for the Gaza-Egypt border crossing at Rafah. Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Gazans struggle to survive; Biden seeks Israel and Ukraine aid

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Friday

A girl cries as people leave their houses in Gaza City due to Israeli airstrikes for a fifth day on Wednesday. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Israel warns Gaza's civilians to leave; Scalise drops speaker bid

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Thursday

An Israeli army self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Wednesday. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Gaza's humanitarian crisis; Scalise gets House speaker nomination

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Wednesday

An Israeli army self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Oct. 11. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Israel and Hamas war escalates; older voters on aging politicans

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Tuesday

Israeli soldiers take up position in Kfar Aza, in the south of Israel, bordering Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Israel is regaining Gaza border; GOP reps race to find new speaker

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