The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, The Old Country: More From the Deer Head Inn, and Intermezzo
🎮 Games: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the first in the main game series to star princess Zelda. NPR’s James Perkins Mastromarino breaks down how it stands up against the rest of the series.
🎵 Music: Keith Garret will release his jazz album The Old Country: More From the Deer Head Inn on Nov. 8, which was recorded with a trio in 1992. Ahead of that he will be offering a world premiere of the swinging first single, “Straight, No Chaser.”
📚 Books: Sally Rooney’s fourth novel Intermezzo is a story about learning to accept loss. The film follows two Irish brothers, 32-year-old Peter Koubek and 22-year-old Ivan, who navigate their troubled relationships with each other and women in the aftermath of their father’s death.
📺 TV: Police detective Lois Tryon teams up with a nun who is also a journalist to solve a series of heinous crimes that could have been concocted to taunt her in Grotesquerie. There are more shows coming this week.
What do we hope to be in the next election? A Last Question to Everyone West of Las Vegas and their Last Question: Where Do We Hope to Be?
In the movie His Three daughters, sisters who are at odds are forced to come together in their father’s apartment.
My last question to everyone I spoke to was this: Where do you hope we are as a country the day after the election? The word “united” was in every answer, just like it was in the name.
An hour and half west of Las Vegas, I visited the town of Pahrump in rural and conservative Nye County. I talked to a lot of Trump supporters who believed Congress would stop Trump from fulfilling his campaign promises even if he won the election.
I thought tipped workers might be optimistic, considering both presidential candidates promised in Las Vegas campaign stops that if elected, their tips would no longer be taxed. Nope. Many wondered how the government would make up for lost tax revenue on their tips after a feeling that nothing comes for free.
When I went door-to-door with canvassers, I’d ask people how they were feeling about how the election was going. Before they’d answer, I’d notice how tired they were and then say how they just want it to be over already.
Source: Hurricane Helene batters the South. And, takeaways from voters in swing state Nevada
The men’s prison: a critical review of Lewisburg’s action against the paramilitary RSF in Khartoum
According to the latest review of the medium-security men’s institution, Lewisburg failed to take needed steps to reduce suicide risks among its inmates. A report from the Bureau of Prisons watchdog found prisoners with mental illness at Lewisburg were placed in solitary confinement for longer than recommended by BOP policy, usually with another prisoner with a mental illness. This puts them at higher risk of assault and even death. The location has many issues and here is a closer look.
Sudan’s army has launched a major offensive against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum in a bid to regain the capital. The capital has been under the RSF’s control for over a year. Since the start of the war, millions have been displaced in the world’s worst food crises.
Danny Danon said that the government was pushing for certain terms in any deal. “If we can achieve the goals of the war through diplomacy, we prefer that,” he said outside the U.N. Security Council on Friday. “And the goals are to allow the citizens of Israel, 70,000 refugees to move back to their homes. To push Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon.
The Up First Newsletter: Hurricane Helene in the South, and the Israeli Premier Meets the High-profile Israeli High-Power Security Adviser
After hitting the Florida Big Bend region with a Category 4 storm, Hurricane Helene dropped to a Category 1 storm before moving northward to Georgia. The storm made landfall with winds up to 140 miles per hour and a storm surge of 20 feet. Early reports say there have been three storm-related deaths. Helene could potentially cause destruction across a vast area of the South in the hours and days to come.
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The Israeli premier met with his Dutch counterpart during one of several meetings in New York this week, and raised the proceedings currently underway at the court. During the bilateral conversation, Netanyahu said that the prosecutor’s actions constituted a political proceeding that endangers every democracy for defending itself against terrorism.
As the Israeli military calls up further reserves close to the northern border and responds to Hezbollah rocket fire with dozens of airstrikes in Lebanon, Netanyahu also remains at the center of a high-profile demand for an arrest warrant against him, issued by the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, which is based in The Hague, Netherlands.
Israel continued with its military campaign. Danon said Israeli forces carried out a “precise attack on Hezbollah’s central headquarters” in Beirut Friday.
The United States, Egypt and Qatar brokered the cease-fire in Gaza. According to Israeli media outlets, this type of obstruction is still happening in the proposed cease-fire proposal by the US and France.
Critics say Netanyahu will agree to show flexibility in private negotiations before issuing public statements blocking progress during peace talks.
He decided to come to New York and set the record straight despite his late arrival because of domestic considerations, and he told the group that he did not want to hurt his reputation.
Benjamin Netanyahu: defending Israel against the threat of the U.N. and its enemies in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Lebanon and the occupied West Bank
Abbas told delegates that Israel’s UN membership should not be granted because the government has exploited it. The international community has recognized the war crimes committed by the Hamas-led attack in Israel. Israel has denied committing genocide or other war crimes, arguing that it is fighting to defeat militant groups and defend itself from further attacks.
The behavior of the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank and Lebanon had long been denounced by the Arab leaders.
Many of the delegates in the U.N. hall stood up when he started his address and left in a public protest.
In a fiery speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country is “winning” on multiple fronts and would attack Iran and its proxies anywhere in the Middle East, even as Israeli air force jets were preparing to pound a complex of buildings in central Beirut that Israel says serve as a headquarters for the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.