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Pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As war broke out in recent days with a Hamas attack and an Israeli response that has left an estimated more than 4,100 people dead in Israel and Gaza, gruesome images and disinformation spread widely on major social media platforms. From repurposed video game footage masquerading as videos showing military engagements to imposter accounts spreading false information about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to violent and graphic footage flooding newsfe...

ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Influenza and other respiratory viruses are starting to circulate but so far remain lower than this time last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Oct. 7, CDCs FluView weekly report showed that the percent of flu cases were relatively unchanged, rising about 1% compared to the week prior. In that same timeframe, 1,127 people were hospitalized with influenza, up from 1,050 people the week prior. About 35% of all flu hospital...

Paul Archuleta/Getty ImagesSuzanne Somers, the actress best known for her roles in TV comedies including Threes Company and Step by Step, has died, her longtime publicist announced Sunday. She was 76 years old. “Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th," R. Couri Hay said in a statement. "She survived an aggressive form of breast cancer for over 23 years. Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband Alan, her son Bruce, and her immediat...

ABC News/Courtesy of Tala Imad Herzallah(LONDON) -- Tala Imad Herzallah remembers every bombardment she has witnessed in her 21-year-old life in Gaza. At 1 p.m. last Saturday, she heard the pounding sound of a strong one, close to her house in Tel Elhawa. "It was terrifying, I did not want those memories to come back," she told ABC News. The Israeli government has cut off water, food, medical aid and electricity to the Gaza Strip in response to a surprise attack by Hamas on Oct. 7. The...

Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans voted Friday to nominate conservative firebrand Jim Jordan for speaker of the House -- the latest twist in a chaotic battle for speakership. Jordan, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, received 124 votes to secure the nomination -- still more than 90 votes shy of the 217 he will need to grab the gavel in a vote on the House floor, according to members and aides who were the room. That floor vote has not yet been scheduled. A secret b...

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for FLCDirector Michael Mann’s Ferrari biopic makes its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival on Friday, October 13. Prior to the premiere, stars Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz, who portray Enzo Ferrari and his wife, Laura, spoke at a press conference about the preparation that went into crafting their performances. Driver did as much research as he could, finding even the smallest of details useful. He learned that Enzo “would sign...

University of Utah Health(MONTANA) -- A Montana man who survived a horrific bear attack and endured arduous surgeries to repair his jaw shared that he wanted others to keep on fighting as he prepares to head home after five weeks in the hospital. "Even if there seems to be no hope, keep on fighting," Rudy Noorlander said in a message read by one of his daughters at a press briefing Friday. Noorlander, 61, a Navy veteran, was helping a group of hunters track a deer in Big Sky, Montana, ...

Grace Cary/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Major housing industry groups voiced "profound concern" in a letter this week urging the Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates. The rare public admonishment from top business advocates -- including the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Home Builders -- underscores a dramatic slowdown in the housing market due in large part to rising interest rates. The letter arrives roughly three weeks before the Fed plans ...

Celal Gunes / Anadolu Agency(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. State Department will be arranging chartered flights for American citizens who are currently in Israel, the White House announced Thursday. The details on the flights are still being worked out, but those citizens will be flown out from Israel "to sites in Europe" starting Friday, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. "I would add that were also exploring other options to expand the capacity ...

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Birkenstock took a big step forward on Wall Street this week, taking the nearly 250-year-old German shoe and sandal maker public. The footwear, often seen as a counter culture shoe for hippies, and in more recent years influencers, has become must-have footwear for many people, but Birkenstocks Initial Public Offering, or IPO, which was originally priced at $46 per share, didnt attract the dress shoe-wearing stock brokers on Wednesday. Shares opened at $41...