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  • Police and soldiers storm homes, schools and synagogues in several Gaza settlements, in a bid to evict diehard opponents of the Israeli withdrawal. Israeli media reports say more than 40 people -- mostly police and soldiers -- were injured.
  • California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced stay-at-home orders for five regions of the state when local hospitals hit 85% of their ICU capacity.
  • Americans face a challenge in the search for quality nursing home care. Expectations are low and news reports on the industry are bleak. But a group of homes in Wisconsin is trying to change that, and they've found some unexpected leaders to show the way: nurse aids. NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports for Morning Edition.
  • The British government was slow to pour resources into nursing homes where COVID-19 left an extraordinary death toll.
  • For much of this year, prices soared and homes were being sold almost as soon as they were listed.
  • Texan Ira Brown always dreamed of wealth and a place that felt safe. He found it in Japan. Brown got Japanese citizenship in 2018 and is now representing Japan at the Olympics in basketball.
  • At least 20,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday. Hundreds of blocks are submerged, threatening the city's drinking supply. Emergency officials expect it will be at least four days before water levels are low enough to get crews in pump out the excess water. About 200 homes are expected to have extensive damage due to the levee breach. Many of the same homes were also extensively damaged when the same levee broke in 1993. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Weber talkes to volunteers of all ages, as they filled sandbags.
  • In recent years, Montana’s fastest-growing city, Bozeman, has also seen a rise in the number of people who are homeless. Expensive housing and stagnant...
  • A Los Angeles Times analysis finds just 38% of homes have been rebuilt after some of the most destructive fires in California history.
  • The great anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela died late Friday night in Johannesburg. South Africans woke up to the news this morning and crowds gathered outside the former Mandela family home in Soweto township. This is the home where he lived before he was arrested, before he was imprisoned for those long years, before he became an icon. The mood among the hundreds of people outside the house and on the surrounding blocks was anything but somber.
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