TEL AVIV — Relatives of U.S. citizens feared to have been taken hostage by Hamas urged the Biden administration Tuesday to help free their loved ones, saying they had yet to receive “formal communication” from the White House.

A library system in Alabama flagged a children’s book, “Read Me a Story, Stella,” as potentially “sexually explicit” because the author’s last name is “Gay.”

President Joe Biden said that 14 Americans have been killed in the attacks carried out by Hamas in Israel and that there are American hostages taken by Hamas. Biden said the U.S. “stands with Israel” in his remarks following a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

As the Biden administration and lawmakers consider advancing U.S. aid to Israel and Ukraine in a single package, but many House Republicans are skeptical of the idea.

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The area is one of the most densely populated places in the world.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear arguments in a case challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to reject approvals of flavored electronic cigarettes.

Israel said it has found the bodies of 1,500 Hamas fighters, hinting at the scale of a likely ground invasion by Prime Minister Netanyahu into the Gaza Strip.

Clorox, which makes bleach, Glad trash bags and Burt’s Bees skin products, is still picking up the pieces after a devastating cyberattack two months ago.

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