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Florida police search for Ocala mall shooter; ask public for help finding suspect  CBS News A man is killed and a woman injured in a ‘targeted’ afternoon shooting at a Florida shopping mall  Orlando Sentinel One man killed, one woman shot in

Florida police search for Ocala mall shooter; ask public for help finding suspect  CBS News Police offering $5,000 for Florida mall shooter arrest  Fox News A man is killed and a woman injured in a ‘targeted’ afternoon shooting at a Florida shopping

Mike Nussbaum, reputed as the oldest professional actor in America with a prolific stage career and roles in films including “Field of Dreams” and “Men in Black,” has died. He was 99.

Israeli airstrikes kill dozens, Gaza officials say, in Christmas bloodshed  Reuters.com Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza as Israel-Hamas war rages  CNN Battle for Southern Gaza Could Take Months, Israeli Military Says  The Wall Street Journal Israel increases strikes in central Gaza, killing scores  The

Israeli airstrikes on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Sunday left about 70 people dead, according to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in Gaza, as the Israeli military also expanded its ground offensive. Israel’s president and prime

Pope Francis mourns the rejection of peace and “futile logic of war” this Christmas  NPR How to Stream Christmas Midnight Mass Online and on TV  Parade Magazine ‘Our hearts in Bethlehem’, says Pope in Christmas Eve mass, shadowed by war  Al Jazeera English

In his Christmas Mass address Sunday, he said the word of God is being drowned out by the violence in Gaza. Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire multiple times since the war started on Oct. 7. (Image credit: Gregorio

Police in Serbia fire tear gas at election protesters threatening to storm capital’s city hall  The Associated Press Serbia protests: Anti-government demonstrators try to storm Belgrade city hall  BBC.com Serbian police fire teargas as thousand protest over ‘unfair’ elections  The Guardian Serbian opposition

Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable in Bethlehem, Pope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today” prevents Jesus “from finding room in the world.”

Israeli forces ‘massacre’ at least 70 in Gaza’s al-Maghazi refugee camp  Al Jazeera English Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza as Israel-Hamas war rages  CNN Herzog says slide toward ‘toxic’ pre-October 7 disunity harming war effort  The Times of Israel Battle for Southern Gaza