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A federal judge is sharply questioning government lawyers who are prosecuting former FBI Director James Comey.

The prosecutors are facing new questions about the grand jury process.

NPR's Ryan Lucas explains that process led to Comey's indictment on false statements and obstruction charges.

The Israeli military carried out deadly airstrikes in Gaza last night despite the shaky ceasefire.

Health authorities in Gaza say more than 30 people were killed.

Israel says gunmen opened fire on its forces.

The U.S.

government will release its overdue report this morning on employment numbers for September.

This was held up by the federal government shutdown.

NASA has released new images of a comet that is zipping through our solar system.

Researchers say it's only the third time observers have spotted an object from another solar system, making it interstellar.

UCLA astronomy professor David Jewett says...

The comet is from somewhere else in the Milky Way galaxy.

The comet will not threaten Earth.

It flew by Mars in October.

But researchers at NASA could not immediately release the images of the comet.

That was because of the federal government shutdown.

On Wall Street and pre-market trading, Dow futures are higher.

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The National Weather Service has issued flood watches and advisories for central Texas.