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Let's get to this morning's need to know headlines. We are going to start in the US today where a manhunt is underway this morning after two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine late yesterday left at least 16 people dead, dozens more injured. The sheriff's office released images of the man who they believe opened fire at a bowling alley and a restaurant. This happened just before seven pm eastern time. The suspect is still at large just before 11 pm. Authorities named 40 year old Robert Card resident of neighboring town Bowden, a person of interest in this investigation. His vehicle was located by police about eight miles outside of Lewiston. Roughly an hour later, federal agencies including the FBI are assisting Maine. Police in the manhunt. Residents of the area are under a shelter in place order schools in the area are closed. Authorities are planning a news conference about the shootings at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time this morning. Elsewhere recovery has started in Acapulco, Mexico after hurricane Otis made landfall as a category five overnight. On Wednesday. Local authorities say more than 500,000 of the area's nearly 1 million residents are still without power phone and internet service has also been interrupted while the storm brew heavy rain, 100 and 65 mile per hour winds and landslides to the coastal city. The beachfront resorts and hotels took significant damage as you see and roads are blocked by debris making Acapulco difficult to access. Mexico's President said the number of deaths and injuries are still unclear moving overseas today, Israel rolled tanks into northern Gaza for what the military called a targeted raid aiming to destroy Hamas infrastructure. In a statement, the Israeli defense forces called the raid quote part of preparations for the next stages of combat. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, Israel has agreed to delay a ground invasion of Gaza. The United Nations Security Council yesterday failed to pass two separate resolutions proposed by the US and Russia on humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza. The US plan called for humanitarian pauses for the delivery of aid while the Russian plan called for a broader ceasefire, un relief agencies say without fuel, they will soon have to cease operations in Gaza. Former President, Donald Trump was fined $10,000 by the judge in his New York civil fraud trial. Yesterday, Judge Arthur Edgar on briefly questioned Trump on the stand and determined that the former president violated a gag order that prohibits him from talking about the judge's staff and fined $5000 last week. And Trump left the courtroom yesterday after the judge denied his request to dismiss the case. His attorneys argued that Michael Cohen's testimony showed Trump never directly asked his employees to falsify or exaggerate his net worth or the worth of his assets. A woman sentenced to life in prison in Idaho for murdering her two Children can now face similar charges. In Arizona. Laurie Vlo Del was convicted earlier this year for killing her two Children. Seven year old Joshua JJ Vallo and 16 year old Tyley Ryan. She was also convicted for conspiring to kill a woman. She believed to be a threat in her new relationship. Yesterday, Idaho, Governor Brad Little signed an extradition warrant allowing Arizona officials to take temporary custody of Valo Del so she can face charges in Arizona for conspiring to kill her ex husband and her niece's ex husband. In 2019, Valo Del lived in Arizona with her two Children in divorce filings, her estranged fourth husband wrote Valo Del believed she was sent to usher in the biblical apocalypse. A Senate inquiry revealed that justice Clarence Thomas failed to repay a quote, significant portion and quote of a loan to buy a luxury RV. Thomas is long time friend, businessman Anthony Walters offered the Supreme Court justice a 202 $167,000 loan on the vehicle. In 1999 Walters referred to it as interest only payments according to a Senate Finance Committee report released yesterday. Walters forgave the loan nine years later in 2008 Thomas has been under scrutiny in recent months over his failure to report lavish trips and gifts that he received from wealthy Republican donors. Doctors in Taiwan made a surprising discovery when a 64 year old female patient complained of clicking and rustling sound in her ear. We'll take a look. Turns out the woman had a spider in her ear. The woman had struggled to sleep for several days and went to an ear, nose and throat clinic to get checked out. Doctors found a small spider. You see it on your screen moving around in her ear canal. It measured 1/10 of an inch and had discarded its exoskeleton, which was there. It is located nearby doctors used a tube to suction out the spider and the exoskeleton details of the case were published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine. I just got goosebumps.