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After 100 and 18 days, the S A Afra actors strike is over. The union reached a tentative deal with Hollywood Studios yesterday. Calling off the strike at midnight in recent days, studios and the Actors Union met to iron out disagreements on pay raises, residuals and the use of artificial intelligence. Z A Afra President Fran Drescher posted the news on Instagram writing quote. We did it the billion plus dollar deal three times. The last contract new ground was broken everywhere. Thank you Z A Afra members for hanging in and holding out for this historic deal. Here's the union's executive director on the deal. It's an agreement that our members can be proud of. I'm certainly very proud of it and that's what we always said we would do. We said we would only accept a fair equitable and respectful deal and that's precisely what this deal is. I think our members as we are able to release more of the details of it will look at them and say, you know, this is something that was worth being on strike for and our union has helped protect our future. The specifics will be revealed publicly once board members review the deal tomorrow, the union's roughly 160,000 members will still have to vote to approve the contract house. Republicans not only subpoenaed President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, they also subpoenaed the president's brother James Biden. This move from House Oversight Committee, Chairman James Comer is the latest and most aggressive step in the gops impeachment inquiry into the president. So far, Republicans accuse the Biden family of influence peddling in its business dealings including with overseas clients, but have not uncovered any evidence implicating the president himself. Hunter Biden's attorney calls the subpoenas quote yet another political stunt. And James Biden's attorney says there's no justification for the subpoena saying James Biden quote has never involved his brother in his business dealings. Former president Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump testified yesterday in her father's civil fraud lawsuit. Ivanka spent weeks resisting calls to take the stand but appeared yesterday in a New York courtroom to field questions about her role in her father's real estate ventures. Ivanka testified that she played no part in his personal financial statements. Ones that New York Attorney General, Letitia James says were deceptive and fraudulently inflated Donald Trump denies any wrongdoing and says, quote, this case is a disgrace. End quote. A federal trial is set to begin today for the man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, former House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi's husband, David de Pap has pleaded not guilty to federal charges including assault on a family member of a federal official and attempted kidnapping of a federal official also pleaded not guilty to state charges including assault, attempted murder and others. According to court documents, he broke into Pelosi's home last October and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer. The federal trial is set to run through next week. A date for the state trial will be set on November 29th and police have arrested a suspect in the murder of the Detroit synagogue leader, Samantha Wool who was killed last month. The city's police chief says, quote, while this is an encouraging development in our desire to bring closure for Miss Wool's family, it does not represent the conclusion of our work in this case. End quote, police have not identified the subject suspect and the chief says officials will keep further details of the investigation confidential for now. Officials say Wool was found dead with multiple stab wounds outside her home on October 21st hours after returning home from a wedding. A law enforcement source tells CNN that investigators believe Wool's death was the result of a domestic dispute. Not extremism shifting overseas to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The United Nations says 50,000 people evacuated northern Gaza yesterday through a humanitarian corridor opened by the Israeli military. This corridor open for six hours again today for additional evacuations. Now the majority of the hospitals in Gaza have ceased functioning. That's according to the Palestinian Health Ministry 71% of the territory's primary care facilities shut down because of damage and a lack of fuel. There's been no fuel deliveries to Gaza since the war began. Speaking today from Egypt, the United Nations High Commissioner for Humanitarian Rights said both Israel and Hamas are committing war crimes. The atrocities that were perpetrated by the senior armed groups on the seventh of October were penis brutal and shocking. They were war crimes as is the continued holding of hostages. The collective punishment by a threat of Palestinian civilians amounts also to a war crime. As does the unlawful forcible evacuation of French President Emmanuel Macron called for the protection of civilians in Gaza today at the start of a conference, an aid conference in Paris Macron said, quote, Israel knows that the fight against terrorism can never be carried out without rules and the US military has conducted an air strike on a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria. The Pentagon announced yesterday that two US F-15 fighter jets struck the facility which is used by the Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated groups. Defense secretary, Lord Austin said the strike was a self defense response to several attacks against us personnel in Iraq and Syria by I RGC forces. Austin added quote, the United States is fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and our facilities. We urge against any escalation. End quote in Mexico. Apple co founder, Steve Wozniak was reportedly hospitalized yesterday after fainting at an event at the World Business Forum in Mexico City, the 73 year old tech entrepreneur was scheduled to take part in the event in Mexico's capital and was reportedly taken to a hospital shortly before going on stage to speak. The reason for his hospitalization is unclear at this moment. The Apple co founder is known for designing the Apple one and Apple two computers as well as engineering the Apple computer systems.