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[0] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[1] It's Friday, November 10th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[2] Hundreds of anti -Israel protesters took over Bryant Park in New York on Thursday, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.
[3] Dozens of the protesters then took over the lobby of the New York Times office building in Manhattan.
[4] They claim the media is biased against Palestinians and is promoting genocide.
[5] An NYPD vehicle was also vandalized by the protesters who spray -painted the letters IDF and KKK and free Gaza on the patrol car.
[6] No arrests were made.
[7] A jury found Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital liable for damages up to $220 million in the medical malpractice case of Maya Kowalski this week.
[8] Kowalski, now 17 years old, was separated from her family for three months by health workers and child protective services contractors who accused her mother of fabricating Maya's condition.
[9] The stress of the separation, which included severely restrained, visited visitation and communication with the family, ultimately drove Maya's mother to suicide, the jury concluded.
[10] The case is seen as a win for parental rights.
[11] Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled to Ukraine this week to meet with President Zelensky.
[12] According to the Department of Transportation, the secretary was there to support, quote, investments in transportation infrastructure, which are funded by U .S. aid to Ukraine.
[13] The trip comes as watchdog group Americans for Public Trust reported that Buttigieg has flown on private jets a taxpayer expense 18 times since 2022.
[14] In response, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green introduced an amendment to reduce the secretary's salary to $1 per year.
[15] While implementing his tyrannical climate agenda through his office and preaching for the government to curb carbon emissions, Pete Buttigieg has reportedly taken at least 18 taxpayer -funded flights on private jets managed by the FAA.
[16] The next GOP presidential debate will be host to by former Fox host Megan Kelly and will air on fledgling network News Nation.
[17] The debate will happen on December 6th in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
[18] Kelly will be joined by former NBC host Elizabeth Bargis in Washington Free Beacon Editor -in -Chief Eliana Johnson.
[19] Kelly said, quote, it will be the margarita of debates, spicy fun, and somewhat intoxicating.
[20] We'll be watching.
[21] The defense attorney for the man accused of assaulting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer, says he was driven by conspiracies when he broke into the Pelosi's San Francisco residents last year.
[22] During the Thursday trial, the attorney for David DePapp didn't dispute that her client attacked Paul Pelosi as the encounter was caught on camera.
[23] She instead argued that DePap believed that he was taking action to stop corruption and the abuse of children by politicians and actors.
[24] The first human eye transplant has been completed and looks to be a success.
[25] 46 -year -old veteran Aaron James of Hot Springs, Arkansas, lost his eye in a work -reliven related high voltage power accident.
[26] Six months ago, surgeons at NYU's Langone Hospital performed the transplant.
[27] While James does not have vision in the transplanted eye, doctors say the retina and blood vessels appear healthy.
[28] Getting your eight hours of sleep per night might not be as important as we've been told.
[29] A new study published by the sleep journal shows that consistent sleep and wake times, which means going to sleep and waking up at the same hour each day, is more important to good health than how long you sleep.
[30] Consistent sleep was shown to reduce premature death.
[31] And analysts say the new Marvel's studio film titled The Marvels could see one of the lowest opening weekends in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
[32] Early predictions saw the film bringing in $75 to $80 million within the U .S., but the estimate soon shrank to a range between $60 million and $65 million in recent weeks.
[33] Those are your drive home updates this afternoon.
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