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If you're the kind of person whose idea of a good party conversation starts with, I heard it on NPR, it might be time to take your super fandom seriously. Deck yourself out in style. NPR swag, from t-shirts to ball caps to the almighty NPR tote, are all at 25% off through December 1st at shop.npr.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. A truce between Israel and Lebanon took effect several hours ago. It's a 60-day ceasefire. During that time, Israel is to withdraw its troops from Lebanon

and stop airstrikes there, as Bala'av fighters are supposed to move militants and weapons more than 20 miles away from the Israeli border. And Piers Lauren Freyer is in southern Lebanon and has more on the ceasefire. As for whether this is holding, it is. It apparently seems to be so far. There was one incident in which the Israeli military says it identified what it says were Hezbollah operatives returning to areas near the border.

It opened fire on them. That doesn't appear to have kicked off anything wider. And Piers Lauren Freyer reporting. While Israeli bombs over Lebanon have stopped, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continue. NPR's Ea Batraoui reports the war with Hamas is now in its 14th month with no end in sight. That's the sound of civil defense rescuers pulling several children out alive from under the rubble of a home in Gaza City bombed by an Israeli fighter jet overnight. Other videos show the bodies of three boys killed in that airstrike lying on the floor

of a hospital morgue disfigured and bloodied. Civil defense say seven people were killed in that airstrike in Gaza City, an area cut off from the rest of the strip. Israel did not killed in that airstrike in Gaza City, an area cut off from the rest of the strip. Israel did not comment on that airstrike. Separately, the military says it targeted a school in Gaza City where a senior Hames militant was operating. Civil Defense say nine people were killed, including six women and children. The military struck that school in August in an attack Palestinians say killed at least

80 displaced people. Eya Batraoui, NPR News. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Kevin Hassett as the incoming leader of the National Economic Council and Jameson Greer as trade representative. This comes as Trump is vowing to impose costly tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. Officials in Texas are offering more border land for the incoming Trump administration's proposed mass deportation operation. Texas Public Radio's David Martin-Davies has more.

Standing near the Rio Grande with heavy machinery used for building a Texas-funded border wall, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham showed off the land she promised for a federal deportation camp. I have extended an offer to President Trump and incoming border czar Tom Homan to use this 1,400 acre property to construct a facility for the processing, detention and coordination efforts of what will be the largest deportation of violent criminals in our nation's history. Buckingham said a facility built on the farmland recently bought by Texas will be the final stop for processing migrants before deportation. And she's scouting out even more Texas land that could be used to

facilitate a Trump administration deportation program. I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio. On Wall Street in pre-market trading, stock futures are lower. It's NPR. The federal government says sales of new homes plunged more than 17 percent in October from what they were in September. The sales are at their lowest level in about two years. The report says the average sales price for a new home was nearly $550,000. In Florida, traffic citations that were issued to Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill were dropped yesterday. The police officer who issued them failed to show up in court. NPR's Greg Allen reports Hill was pinned to the ground and handcuffed by officers during a traffic stop

in September. The Dolphin star receiver was on his way to the stadium for a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in early September when he was stopped by a Miami-Dade County officer. Videos of Tyreek Hill being yanked and pinned to the ground with a knee on his back went viral. Police cited Hill for careless driving and for not wearing a seatbelt. In court Tuesday, a hearing officer dismissed the citations against Hill and another Miami Dolphins player because the officer who wrote the tickets didn't show up. In a statement, Dade's police department said the officer's failure to appear in court was quote an oversight and does not indicate the citation held no merit. Greg Allen in PR News Miami. The Walt Disney Company has agreed to settle a

lawsuit that claimed the company paid women less than male employees with the same experience. The company will pay more than $43 million to settle the suit. Thousands of women would be eligible to receive some of that money if the agreement is approved by a judge. Disney says it's pleased to have brought the case to a conclusion and says it has been committed to paying employees fairly. This is NPR.