UN aid agency says a Rafah incursion would put hundreds of thousands of lives at risk – May 3, 2024

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• The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if Israel carries out a military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
• Turkey has announced that it is suspending all imports and exports to Israel over its ongoing military action in Gaza.
• Garbage buildup at Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp creates unsanitary conditions and serious health concerns.
• It’s World Press Freedom Day, even as the war in Gaza stands out as one of the deadliest conflicts for journalists.
• President Joe Biden finalized a rule change in Obamacare today that will open the healthcare market to tens of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as children but who don’t qualify for government health insurance because they lack legal status.
• Former longtime Donald Trump adviser Hope Hicks took the stand today in the eleventh day of the former president’s hush money trial, recounting how his 2016 presidential campaign became embroiled in a political firestorm over a tape in which he boasted about grabbing women without their permission.
• Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife have been indicted and taken into custody on conspiracy and bribery charges in connection with a federal probe into their ties with the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
• Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ signing of the repeal of a Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions was a stirring occasion for the women working to ensure the 19th-century law remains in the past.
• An Asian American advocacy group released a new study this week on America’s perceptions of Asian Americans in the country, revealing new data on how Americans see Asian Americans and how Asian Americans see themselves.

Palestinian children displaced by Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip walk through a temporary tent camp near Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

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