More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed each other as they scavenged for food.

Scientists know this because they have examined 1.5-million-year-old fossils they unearthed and have concluded they represent the first example of two sets of hominin footprints made about the same time on an ancient lake shore. The discovery will provide more insight into human evolution and how species cooperated and competed with one another, the scientists said.

The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire began Wednesday morning. Less than two days later, it seems to be faltering, with multiple reports of Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon, and claims of violations by both sides.

Israel carried out an airstrike against the outskirts of Baysariyeh, which is near Tyre. They confirmed the attack, saying they were targeting a Hezbollah storage facility after seeing “terrorist activity.” They added in their statement that they were “acting to enforce violations of the ceasefire.”

Elon Musk, named by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, tweeted today that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) should be eliminated.

In response, Public Citizen co-president Robert Weissman issued the following statement: “Elon Musk should do his research (or ask his AI to do it). The CFPB has been a model of government efficiency, returning almost $20 billion to consumers cheated by bank and financial corporation wrongdoing.

“If Musk looks at the facts, he’ll discover: 1) Massive deregulation led to the 2008 financial crisis, which cost American’s trillions, necessitating stronger rules and agencies like the CFPB; and 2) the CFPB was created specifically because none of the overlapping financial regulatory agencies prioritized consumer protection.

Gaza needs 600 aid trucks per day to avert famine according to USAID. Biden asked Israel to let in 350.

Pre-trial hearings for students who participated in a Gaza solidarity encampment in central Illinois last spring are being held on November 20 and December 4, 2024. The outcome of the four students’ trials will determine whether they will risk up to three years of incarceration on felony “mob action” charges for having exercised their free speech rights on campus.

A coalition of more than 40 civil rights organizations have penned an open letter raising the alarm about the growing trend of anti-mask legislation and urging lawmakers to oppose mask bans.

On Thursday evening, the Senate voted on three resolutions introduced by Bernie Sanders to block three arms sales the Biden administration had previously approved for Israel. The resolutions failed 18-79, 19-78, and 17-80, respectively.

In the lead-up to the vote, the White House aggressively lobbied the Senate to reject Sanders’s resolutions (i.e., to vote against blocking the sales) despite the abundance of evidence showing Israel has used the same weapons in war crimes and probably will again based on past behavior. Let this be remembered as how Biden chose to spend his remaining days in office — lobbying senators to approve more weapons for Israel.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez voted for a resolution on Wednesday which endorses a bogus Israel lobby definition of anti-Semitism.

In backing the measure, she broke with several other members of the so-called Squad, the dwindling group of progressive Democrats in Congress, and sided with the Anti-Defamation League, a powerful Israel lobby group that welcomed the resolution’s passage.

Representatives Cori Bush of Missouri, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan were the only Democrats to vote no on the resolution.

Elbit Systems UK has lost its largest-ever British arms contract, worth over £2.1bn, after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) scrapped its Watchkeeper drone programme with Elbit subsidiary UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS). It comes after Palestine Action sustained years of direct action against the company – which had already resulted in it losing several other contracts.

The Biden administration faced fierce criticism on Wednesday after using its veto power at the United Nations Security Council to block a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional, and permanent cease-fire in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip.

The vetoed measure also called for all parties to implement a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolution passed in June—which would lead to the release of all hostages—and to enable Gaza civilians’ immediate access to basic services and humanitarian assistance.