Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rejecting global calls for a cease-fire in Gaza. Politico reports on how the response from Democrats in Congress is different this time around. And Zack Beauchamp argues in Vox that a shift to the right by Israel’s government has stoked divisions between Jews and Arabs. A recent ProPublica investigation shows that millions of people in the U.S. may be exposing themselves to huge financial risk by purchasing short-term health-insurance policies with major coverage limitations in the fine print. A Black homeowner wondered if her race was a factor in why appraisals of her home were suspiciously low. The Indianapolis Star reports that when she hid her race, the value doubled. A new, experimental device can turn a person’s thoughts of handwriting into actual text. NPR has the story behind this groundbreaking research.

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