NEW YORK Alice Brock, whose restaurant in Massachusetts served as the inspiration for Arlo Guthrie's famous Thanksgiving classic, Alice's Restaurant Massacree, passed away at the age of 83. Guthrie revealed her passing on his own Rising Son Records' Facebook page on Friday, only one week before Thanksgiving. She passed away in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where she lived for about 40 years, according to Guthrie, who also mentioned that her health was deteriorating. Additional information was not immediately available. Guthrie wrote, "This Thanksgiving will be the first without her." Alice sounded like her normal self when we spoke on the phone a few weeks ago. Despite the fact that we knew we would never have another opportunity to speak, we joked around and shared a few good laughs. A ...

United Arab Emirates' DUBAI As tensions with Iran remain high, Israeli authorities raised the possibility on Saturday that an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who was living in the United Arab Emirates may have been abducted. Unnamed security sources cited by Israeli media suggested that Zvi Kogan, who has been missing since Thursday midday, might have been abducted. Without providing further details, the Israeli prime minister's office reported Kogan's disappearance on Saturday night. His absence coincides with Iran's threats of retaliation against Israel following an October strike that targeted Israel's sensitive military installations. Amid the Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon and the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip, Tehran has launched missile attacks on Israel twice. A request for...

More than a month after a dead baby was discovered in the Safe Haven Baby Box at the Grove Creek Medical Center in Blackfoot, an Idaho adolescent was taken into custody, according to the police. On October 13, a medical team responded to an alarm alerting them that an infant had been placed in the medical center, and within a minute, the newborn girl was taken out of the box. However, according to a news release from Safe Haven Baby Boxes last month, it was found that the newborn had been dead for a long time when she was put in the baby box. According to a news release issued by the Blackfoot Police Department on Friday, "The Safe Haven Baby Box is intended to safely and anonymously allow custodial parents to surrender a newborn under 30 days old without legal repercussions, provided the ...

Only Palestinian suspects can be detained indefinitely without trial, according to Israel's new defense minister, who also stated that security forces will no longer impose administrative detention orders on Jewish residents in the occupied West Bank. The controversial policy revisions, which come amid the battles in Gaza and Lebanon and the election of President-elect Donald Trump, are the most recent manifestation of an emboldened Israeli far-right. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's longtime supporter Israel Katz, who was named defense minister earlier in November, made the announcement on Friday. According to Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, 3,340 Palestinians were detained in administrative custody in June, more than twice as many as were detained prior to the October 7, ...

In a number of states where voters this month adopted constitutional amendments to preserve or increase access to abortion, reproductive rights organizations are getting ready for court cases. The organizations that supported seven of the ten pro-abortion rights measures on the national ballot in November are now trying to make sure they are executed smoothly, especially in areas where the amendments will overturn state abortion bans. In conservative Missouri, where they see one of the most draconian restrictions in the nation, abortion rights organizations are preparing for an exceptionally difficult battle. After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Missouri outlawed nearly all abortions, with the exception of those performed in cases of medical emergency and to save th...

A piece of art that was overtly titled "Comedian" didn't appeal to the majority of art buyers. It should come as no surprise that the comedian is merely a banana duct taped to a wall. Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian artist, created the piece, which made a big impression at the 2019 Art Basel fair in Miami but also drew as many laughs as praise from critics. However, Comedian sold for $6.24 million on Wednesday, including $1 million in fees, giving Cattelan the last laugh. Justin Sun, a 34-year-old Chinese cryptocurrency platform founder who is headquartered in Switzerland, was quickly identified as the buyer. On his X feed, Sunconfirmed the purchase, stating that it was a cultural phenomena that connects the Bitcoin community, memes, and the realm of art. I think this work will become part o...

Thousands of tiny changes in American voting patterns contributed to Donald Trump's triumph. 85.2% of counties nationwide supported Trump. Additionally, the median vote margin in the nation moved 3.2 percentage points to the right when comparing the voting patterns of each county in the 2020 and 2024 elections. It's important to note that while Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to match President Joe Biden's 2020 numbers, underperforming in three out of four counties, Trump improved on his 2020 performance even in counties where he lost. An NBC News review of U.S. Census Bureau data and election outcomes found that this caused the electoral map to shift across demographic lines. The analysis discovered: Asian American communities saw significant rightward shifts in the Northeast...

Lebanon's BeirutAs diplomats rushed to mediate a cease-fire, Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut on Saturday killed at least 11 people and injured scores more. The death toll, according to Lebanon's civil defense, is tentative because rescuers are still searching the debris for survivors. In less than a week, the strikes were the fourth to hit the capital of Lebanon. Following U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein's trip to the area this week to try to negotiate a cease-fire agreement to stop the more than 13 months of warfare between Israel and Hezbollah—which has escalated into full-fledged war in the last two months—the escalation follows.Note: Every piece of content is rigorously reviewed by our team of experienced writers and editors to ensure its accuracy. Our writers use credible sources and a...

Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, gave up the Senate seat to his Republican rival, Dave McCormick, on Thursday. Shortly after Casey's concession, NBC News predicted McCormick's victory in the fiercely contested battleground state election, further bolstering the GOP's recently secured Senate majority. "I just called Dave McCormick to congratulate him on his election to represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate," Casey told avideoonX. "As the first count of ballot is completed, Pennsylvanians can move forward with the knowledge that their voices were heard, whether their vote was the first to be counted or the last." In a statement, McCormick expressed gratitude to Casey, stating that Casey has devoted his professional life to advancing our commonwealth. He went on to s...