Maggie Rulli has the details on the election taking place today in Israel, the first since the war in Gaza and widely seen as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu. Plus, Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees, and police are called to a youth soccer game over a 3-year-old. Those stories and more headlines you need to know today.
00:33: ISRAELI ELECTION TODAY: Netanyahu’s main challenger is Gadi Eisenkot, who wants an official inquiry into October 7.
01:13: ONE WEEK UNTIL ELECTION DAY: More than 30 million people have already voted.
01:52: COMEY CHARGED AGAIN: The Justice Department has charged James Comey for a third time.
02:33: MICROSOFT BUYOUTS: The offer covers workers on teams from Xbox to Windows.
03:02: ANTHROPIC IPO: The A.I. company has filed to sell its stock to the public for the first time.
03:33: POLICE CALLED AT SOCCER GAME: Parents say their 3-year-old was so good at soccer that the league called the police. The league’s director tells a different story.
04:08: WORLD SERIES BLOWOUT: The Brewers are one win away from the first World Series title in franchise history.
04:33: DIAMOND SWALLOWER: A man who swallowed $760,000 worth of stolen earrings has been found guilty of robbery and grand theft.
05:01: FAMOUS LESBIAN BAR CLOSES: The Last Ditch Bar went viral over its mask policy.
05:31: WORD OF THE YEAR: Dictionary.com has chosen "maxxing" as its 2026 Word of the Year.
05:56: JAŸ-Z HALFTIME: The hip-hop mogul has chosen himself as the performer for the 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
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