Daily Briefing: Jews live in fear as antisemitism rages

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An alarming rise in antisemitic acts reported across Europe and the United States in the three weeks since Hamas and Israel went to war is striking fear among Jewish people. Also in the news: Documents show sheriff's deputies were told Robert Card’s mental health was seriously deteriorating months before he fatally shot 18 people in Lewiston, Maine. It's Halloween and we've got all the tricks and treats to make your day spook-tacular 👻.

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Here is the news to know Tuesday.

Israeli prime minister vows no cease-fire

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a cease-fire as the Israeli military expanded its incursion into the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Israel's ground invasion will pressure Hamas to free hostages, Netanyahu said in a rare press conference Monday, without explaining how his forces would do so.

TOPSHOT - A Palestinian man looks for survivors in the rubble of a building following Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 31, 2023.
TOPSHOT - A Palestinian man looks for survivors in the rubble of a building following Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 31, 2023.

Deputies were warned ahead of Maine mass shooting

Warnings were conveyed to sheriff’s deputies in Robert Card’s hometown in Maine, according to documents released to USA TODAY Monday evening. Yet the records show the law enforcement officers never made direct contact with Card before Oct. 25, when he walked into two businesses in Lewiston and fatally shot 18 people. Reports from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office in Maine show deputies with the department documented concerns about Robert Card as long ago as May and as recently as mid-September. Read more

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GM, UAW reach tentative deal to end weekslong labor strike

General Motors and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement, less than 48 hours after the union struck the automaker's Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee. Despite marathon bargaining sessions with GM that ran into the early morning hours over the past few days, the two sides had been at a standstill, prompting the union to order the walkout at Spring Hill and ratcheting up the pressure on GM. The UAW already has a tentative agreement with Ford Motor Co. that it reached last Wednesday. It reached a deal with Stellantis on Saturday that mirrors the one it has with Ford. Read more

UAW strikers walk the picket line at the GM Customer Care and Aftersales plant in Pontiac, Mich. on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.
UAW strikers walk the picket line at the GM Customer Care and Aftersales plant in Pontiac, Mich. on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.

Here's what to know about Biden's executive order on AI

President Joe Biden will sign a sweeping new executive order Monday targeting artificial intelligence in his administration's most aggressive move to date to confront growing concerns the technology poses to the U.S. workforce, privacy and national security. The order, invoking the Defense Production Act, will require that companies developing the most advanced AI platforms notify the government when developing the systems and share the results of safety tests. Read more

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Climb aboard four fishing boats with USA TODAY

Alaskan fisherman Garrett Kavanaugh anxiously awaits the first catch of the season; Lobsterwoman Krista Tripp watches Maine's warming waters slowly push her catch further and further out to sea; Diver Matt Pressly hunts for sea urchins in dwindling kelp forests off California's southern coast: These are men and women who fish commercially off the shores of the United States. They have long battled the ocean, but scientists say climate change is rapidly complicating their existing challenges. Each is seeing the impacts of climate change on an industry already struggling with the high cost of diesel fuel and the wildly fluctuating prices they get for their catch. USA TODAY, with support from the Pulitzer Center, brings you the stories of four fishers from around the country.

Krista Tripp places lobsters she caught into a bin off the coast of Maine before she returns to the harbor to sell her haul on Friday, June 30, 2023.
Krista Tripp places lobsters she caught into a bin off the coast of Maine before she returns to the harbor to sell her haul on Friday, June 30, 2023.

Photo of the day: Flavor Flav goes viral after national anthem performance

Flavor Flav might not have immediately come to mind as an option when the Milwaukee Bucks said during the offseason that the team was seeking performers for the national anthem. But the rapper sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Sunday night's Bucks game at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, making his mark as the second performer of the new season. Watch his viral rendition here.

Flavor Flav singing the National Anthem before the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks game at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
Flavor Flav singing the National Anthem before the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks game at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

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Associated Press contributed reporting.

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