## Biden directed US military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles

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Biden directed US military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles.

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he directed the U.S. military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles -- an attack, Biden said, that appears to have been "defeated and ineffective.".

"This is testament to Israeli military capability and the U.S. military," Biden said in his first on-camera remarks on the issue.

"Make no mistake, the United States is fully, fully, fully supportive of Israel," Biden added.

Vice President Kamala Harris, in her own remarks, said she "fully supported" Biden's order to help shoot down the Iranian missiles and that her support for Israel was "unwavering.".

Biden and Harris monitored the Iranian attack against Israel from the White House Situation Room and received regular updates from their national security team, Sullivan said.

Asked at the White House briefing whether Biden would recommend Israel have a limited response as he did after Iran's attack in Israel in April, Sullivan declined to say. »

### Iran launches missile attack on Israel for killing of Hezbollah leader, general

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The attack came on the heels of Israel's deployment of ground forces into south Lebanon, escalating its offensive on Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group.

Most of the nearly 200 missiles were intercepted by Israeli and U.S. defenses, and there were no known fatalities in Israel from the attack.

Israel Defense Forces reported some hits from the missiles, whose damage was being assessed, according to an Israeli security official. »

### Postal worker steals over $1.5 million in checks from letters in MO center, feds say

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National Postal worker steals over $1.5 million in checks from letters in MO center, feds say.

A postal worker stole letters containing checks worth $1.5 million, federal officials said.

When $1.5 million in checks went missing from letters at a Missouri mail distribution center, fingerprints tracked back to a 29-year-old postal worker, federal officials said. »

### Baldur's Gate 3 Players Have Downloaded More Than 15 Million Mods Since Patch 7 Arrived

Authored by ign.com

Baldur's Gate 3 players have uploaded more than 1,000 mods and downloaded more than 15 million since Larian Studios released an official toolkit alongside Patch 7 on September 9.

The 1,000 uploads and 15 million downloads is only counting the official toolkit mods too, meaning traditionally made mods and ones created using the cracked version.

Players will also be relieved to hear that it's not the final Baldur's Gate 3 patch after all. »

### Tennessee plastics factory staff killed in Hurricane Helene reportedly told not to evacuate

Authored by theguardian.com

Impact Plastics confirmed there had been fatalities at its plant in Erwin but did not say how many people had been killed.

“They should’ve evacuated when we got the flash flood warnings, and when they saw the parking lot,” he said to the newspaper.

“When we moved our cars, we should’ve evacuated then … we asked them if we should evacuate, and they told us not yet, it wasn’t bad enough. »

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