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Podcast: The Update with Brandon Julien
Episode: The Update- October 20th
Description: They’re making an honest buck from honest Abe. The Associated Press reports that two front-row balcony tickets from the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated inside Ford’s Theatre have been sold at auction for a cool $262,500. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continue and Israel’s defense minister has told troops to be ready for a ground assault on the Palestinian territory, although he has not said when that will begin. Meanwhile, families of the more than 200 people whom the Israeli military says were taken hostage by Hamas militants in southern Israel on Oct. 7...