Saturday, October 4, 2025

Is an American grieving mother Israel’s next prime minister?

Two years after Hamas' attack, mother turned activist Rachel Goldberg-Polin probes the contours of what's next as Israel hits a crisis point. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Sat Oct 4 2025

 
Goldberg-Polin became one of the most distinctive leaders to emerge out of Israel and for American Jews since Hamas' attack on October 7. Her plight was made visible by a piece of masking tape and sharpie marker, which she has continued to count the days hostages remain in the Gaza Strip — even as her son was killed last August. Her tireless advocacy named her one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in 2024. But amid the chorus of voices, hers is a   singular one: filed with resilience, fortitude, and a compelling moral calling in the face of calamity.

Two years after Hamas' attack, mother turned activist Rachel Goldberg-Polin probes the contours of what's next as Israel hits a crisis point.

A protester holds up a photo of the future President Donald Trump with financier Jeffrey Epstein at a rally in Augusta, Georgia, on Aug. 2, 2025. Epstein, a convicted sex offender, died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting a federal sex trafficking trial.
 

Trump's commerce secretary pours gas on Jeffrey Epstein fire

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told an interviewer he found Jeffrey Epstein, his next-door neighbor, "gross" when they first met in 2005.

Radio host and podcaster Charlamagne tha God speaks with USA TODAY on Sept. 18, 2025, from Breakfast Club studio in New York about how he's become a voice for his listeners and Americans who feel disillusioned with the status quo.
 

How radio host Charlamagne Tha God turned political wrecking ball

Once known as a gossip guru, Charlamagne has emerged as a leading political pundit.

Jan 22, 2020; Mobile, Alabama, USA; Alabama head coach Nick Saban at right talks with New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick during Senior Bowl practice at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Vasha Hunt-USA TODAY Sports
 

Nick Saban says Bill Belichick is full of 'expletive' on 'GameDay'

Bill Belichick appeared on "College GameDay" on Saturday and that led to a comical encounter with Nick Saban. Here's more.

Fans cheer at the premiere of the movie "Twilight" at the Mann Village and Bruin theatres in Westwood, California on Nov. 17, 2008.
 

Timeless 'Twilight' memes in honor of the series' 20th anniversary

"Twilight," the book, gave us romance. But the movie provided us with a countless supply of memes. Here are our faves for the 20th anniversary.

Ed Gein photographed following his arrest in November 1957 in Wautoma, Wisconsin.
 

The true, horrific story of Ed Gein, the 'Butcher of Plainfield'

Ed Gein is the subject of a new Netflix miniseries. Known as the Butcher of Plainfield, Gein's story includes a house of horrors on a Wisconsin farm.

Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey
 

This gay police drama is frighteningly relevant in 2025

For Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey, high school was "an exercise in toxic masculinity." They channeled that vulnerability into new film "Plainclothes."

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, center, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, center back, hold a press conference with House and Senate leadership from the United States Capitol on the morning of the first day of the federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025 after President Donald Trump and congressional leaders failed to reach a funding compromise.
 

When will the shutdown end? It depends on health care talks

Democrats demand repealing health care spending cuts to reopen the government, but Republicans refuse to negotiate during a shutdown.

A commuter makes a sub-zero trek through the Loop on January 6, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois, as the polar vortex takes hold on the U.S.
 

The often misunderstood polar vortex is awakening again

The polar vortex is making a return to the forecast, but the counterintuitive weather feature is nothing to fear.

Christopher Shappley waves a gay pride flag during a celebration at the Tennessee state capital after the U.S. Supreme Court officially recognized the legal right for same-sex couples to be married on Friday, June 26, 2015.
 

'Hate state' to pioneer, Colorado's new LGBTQ+ case at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear its third LGBTQ+ case from Colorado in seven years on Oct. 7, this one dealing with conversion therapy for minors.

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