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Universal Images Group via Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA) -- The decision by children’s book publisher Scholastic to create a separate, optional section for its elementary school book fairs for titles written predominantly by and about people of color and LGBTQ people is meeting resistance from groups that oppose book bans. The news comes as attempts to ban books spike across the country and as dozens of states continue to implement policies that restrict how the subjects of race, gender a...

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of people have died and thousands more were injured after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip, leaving the region on the verge of all-out war. At least 1,400 people have died and 4,562 others have been injured in Israel, according to Israeli authorities. Another 3,785 people have died and 12,493 have be...

Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Months after missing the first primary debate stage -- which prompted a complaint with the Republican National Committee -- businessman Perry Johnson has decided to suspend his short-lived presidential campaign, he announced Friday. "With no opportunity to share my vision on the debate stage, I have decided at this time, suspending my campaign is the right thing to do," Johnson said in a statement. He has not withdrawn completely and will remain...

400tmax/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- An office at the Department of Homeland Security that helps detect biological and chemical weapons could shutter if Congress doesnt fund it by December -- an increasingly likely possibility as Republicans on Capitol Hill struggle to select a speaker. The Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office at the Department of Homeland Security, which is the one-stop shop for the departments detection and research of biological weapons, will close if not funded by D...

Wsfurlan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it was considering issuing a proposed rule to ban hair straighteners with formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is a chemical and a known carcinogen which has been found to cause an increased risk of endometrial cancers when used in chemical hair straighteners, often marketed to Black women. However, its not just straighteners. A plethora of products -- including perms, hair relaxers, lotions and gels -- geared to...

Courtesy Galit Dan(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- An Israeli woman received an unthinkably tragic update on the fate of her daughter, who has autism, and her elderly mother 12 days after they were taken by Hamas: their bodies were found at the Gaza border, authorities told the family. Galit Dans daughter Noya, 12, and her mother Carmela, 80, were taken from their homes during the Hamas attacks on their Kibbutz, Nir Oz, on Oct. 7. Dan said three other members of their family are still missing: her niece S...

Disney/John FleenorOn Thursdays episode of The Golden Bachelor, Gerry Turner was faced with difficult decisions as he came to terms with his feelings for each of the women in the mansion. For this weeks group date, Gerry invited Ellen, Sandra, Susan, Nancy, April, Theresa, Kathy and Faith to play his favorite sport -- pickleball, enlisting the help ofTrista Sutter and upcoming Bachelor Joey Graziadei for the date. Ellens experience on the court paid off, as it led her and Kathy to vic...

Quavondo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Army private Travis King, who crossed the border into North Korea before being returned to the U.S. in September, has been charged with desertion, according to military charging documents a source close to the case shared with ABC News Thursday night. In addition to desertion for crossing over into North Korea, where he was detained for two months, King faces seven additional charges, including possessing child pornography and multiple assaults, according to th...

CPSC(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of more than 60,000 biometric gun safes because of a programming feature that "can allow unauthorized access to the safes." At least one person has died, according to the CPSC. The CPSC said there have been 39 incidents of consumers reporting that their safes have been accessed by unauthorized fingerprints. "Consumers can believe they have properly programmed the biometric feature when in fact the...

Matei Brancoveanu/500px/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Douglass Mackey, the social media influencer known as "Ricky Vaughn," was sentenced Wednesday to seven months in prison for falsely assuring supporters of Hillary Clinton they could cast their vote in the 2016 presidential election through text messages or social media posts. Mackey was prosecuted under the Ku Klux Klan Act that was enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to efforts by the KKK to prevent recently emancepated ...