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October 11, 2023     "No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face. " —John Donne   1 Mary Lou Retton in ICU, Unable to Breathe on Her Own Legendary gymnast Mary Lou Retton is currently battling a rare form of pneumonia and has been in an intensive care unit for more than a week. Keep reading   2 Gaza Set to Run Out of Electricity Within Hours Residents in Gaza are facing an imminent loss of electricity as fuel supplies run dangerously low in the sealed-off territory, where 250,000 people have been displaced, according to the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency. Keep reading   From our sponsors Here Are 29 of the Coolest Gifts for This 2023 29 Insanely cool gadgets you'll regret not getting before they sell out. See List >     At a Glance An Afghan girl carries a child amid destruction after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, western Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Another strong earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier one killed more than 2,000 people and flattened whole villages in Herat province in one of the most destructive quakes in the country's recent history. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) Keep reading   3 Ilhan Omar Called 'Unfit to Serve' After Israel Comments Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of "the Squad" in the House of Representatives and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, on Monday took to social media to decry Israel's response to the attack by Hamas. Keep reading   4 After Meeting Ahead of Speaker Vote, No Idea 'How You Get to 218' By the end of Tuesday night's closed-door meeting, the AP was reporting that the Republican House majority appeared "stuck ... in a stalemate that threatens to keep Congress partly shuttered indefinitely." Keep reading   5 Hurricane Lidia Makes Landfall as 'Extremely Dangerous' Storm Hurricane Lidia made landfall as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Tuesday evening with winds of 140mph near Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta, the AP reports. Keep reading   6 Man Jumps Into Pool at 9/11 Memorial A man was arrested Monday afternoon in New York City after allegedly jumping into one of the reflecting pools at the 9/11 Memorial at the site of the World Trade Center. Keep reading   From our sponsors   7 63 Years After Girl Was Killed, a New Sketch of Suspect On the night of November 13, 1960, Ohio 14-year-old Nancy Eagleson was walking home from the movies with her 5-year-old sister, Sheryl, when a man drove up to the pair, asking them if they needed a ride home before forcing Nancy into the car and pushing Sheryl aside. Keep reading   8 Israel Defense Minister Says He Has 'Released All the Restraints' Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory now suffering severe retaliation for the deadly weekend attack by Hamas militants. Keep reading   This Day in History On Oct. 11, 1991, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her; Thomas re-appeared before the panel to denounce the proceedings as a "high-tech lynching." Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2014: Youngest Female Billionaire, 30, Revolutionizes Blood Tests   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2023 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved