Comprehensive coverage of the day\u2019s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.\n\n\nIsrael steps up air and ground attacks in Gaza and cuts off the territory\u2019s communications in advance of an expected ground assault.\nThe UN General Assembly today approved a nonbinding resolution which calls for a \u201chumanitarian truce\u201d in Gaza.\nMaine officials lift shelter-in-place order as search for mass shooting suspect continues.\nDonald Trump is set to testify Nov. 6 in civil fraud trial; Daughter Ivanka also will testify.\nThe family members of six Palestinian-Americans trapped in Gaza put out a plea today, asking for the US government to help their loved ones out of the war zone.\nResidents of affordable housing communities in San Jose caravanned from the Bay Area to Orange County today, to protest rent increases in front of the house of the CEO of the company that owns the properties.\n\nSmoke rises from explosions caused by Israeli airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)\nThe post Israel steps up air and ground attacks in Gaza and cuts off the territory\u2019s communications in advance of an expected ground assault \u2013 Friday, October 27, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.