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As President Joe Biden prepares to visit Israel and Jordan, the humanitarian crisis continues to build in Gaza as trucks with water, food, generator fuel and other aid have been stuck in Egypt for days while trapped civilians are desperate to get out at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. The Israel-Hamas war has killed more than 4,100 people on both sides and forced more than 1 million Gazans to flee their homes ahead of an impending Israeli invasion. 

Palestinians wait their turn to collect water from a tap in Khan Younis, Gaza.

(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

The Pentagon reportedly ordered about 2,000 U.S. troops to prepare for deployment to countries near Israel in case they're needed to provide Israel with medical support, security and other non-combat assistance. Elsewhere, the head of Israel's equivalent of the FBI said he takes responsibility for failing to prevent Hamas from attacking southern Israel, and he wants an investigation into why the agency mistakenly believed an attack would be much smaller. 

Rep. Jim Jordan could become House speaker this afternoon when the chamber holds a floor vote. Allies of former President Donald Trump, who has endorsed Jordan, have spent days pressuring holdouts to back the combative co-founder of the far-right Freedom Caucus. Democrats have condemned the potential election of Jordan, who helped Trump push false claims of election fraud and defied a subpoena to testify about the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

Jordan is the center of attention in the GOP's effort to fill the speaker seat.

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaking of the former president, the federal district judge overseeing his election subversion trial ordered him to stop making statements targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses and the judge's staff. A Trump lawyer condemned the decision as censorship, but Judge Tanya Chutkan said "no other criminal defendant" would be allowed to mount a "smear campaign" that interferes with the case. Trump's statements could inspire supporters to become violent, she said.

Trump making statements that inspire his supporters to become violent? Like that would ever happen.

The drugstore chain, heavy in debt and facing lawsuits for how it prescribed opioids, filed for bankruptcy protection. Unlike larger rivals such as CVS, Rite Aid has not branched into healthcare services that could have buoyed its business as revenues fell from a decline in prescription reimbursements and Covid-19 tests and vaccines.

A railroad bridge near Pueblo, Colo., collapsed Sunday onto a semi-trailer truck, killing its driver, while a derailed train of coal cars fell onto the interstate. Investigators are trying to learn what happened first: The train derailing, the bridge collapsing or the truck becoming stuck underneath the bridge.

The wreckage near Pueblo, Colo., Sunday.

(Joshua Johnson/Pueblo County Sheriff's Office via AP)

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, Italy, will not host the downhill sliding sports of bobsled, luge and skeleton, because organizers said it would cost too much to build the downhill track needed for the games. Tracks in Austria and Switzerland, 100 and 200 miles away, might be used instead, the first time Winter Olympics events would be held outside the host nation.

Rude to treat the athletes like a bunch of lugers.

To any smart alecks out there, yes, the easiest way to save money on takeout is not to get it. But some of us haven't quite mastered meal prepping, so we appreciated learning how these apps can save us a few bucks when we order.

We have fewer than two weeks before every retail Halloween display turns into a wintry holiday one, the bat signal to pull out our wallets for Christmas, Hanukkah and other holiday presents. Smart shopping expert Trae Bodge shared ways to free up cash for gifts and how to make your money go further even without shopping on Black Friday.

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A weekly flight for a medical treatment doesn't sound like a good time, especially for a kid. But Alec and Southwest Airlines crews have turned the El Paso-to-Dallas flights into something fun, and now Alec is practically a member of the crew himself.

You can pull off a great Halloween costume using what you already have in your closet, say celebrity fashion designers Sheila Gray and Byron Lars. Steal their ideas for styling costumes for Barbie, Wednesday Addams, Sherlock and the Little Mermaid.

My in laws are visiting and I feel like my mother in law is much too smug for someone who's son I'm still raising.

—@hellotorifletch

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