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Why this matters:

• Her win is sure to be seen as a high-profile rebuke to President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have both rejected the findings of a U.N. commission she led that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Both leaders also have been highly critical of the institutions where Pillay has worked. Pillay has repeatedly rejected accusations from critics who accused her of antisemitism or allegedly turning a blind eye to the Hamas attacks in Israel.
  
  

• Pillay’s win brings renewed attention to Trump’s ongoing feud with the International Criminal Court. The Trump administration already has sanctioned 13 of the ICC’s staff members, among them key prosecutors and nine judges. There are fears the court as a whole could be sanctioned. Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was a message to those seeking to undermine “the international rules-based system and the institutions.”

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Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed

The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009. Read more.

Why this matters:

• It’s a stunning revelation about plans for the military’s first execution in more than 65 years. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaking to the conservative TV outlet Real America’s Voice on Wednesday, said, “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public.” The public nature of the execution — let alone one as violent as a firing squad — has raised further questions about how the death penalty is carried out in the U.S., especially after the botched lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee.

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US NEWS

Residents board up windows and National Guard troops deploy as Hurricane Isaias nears US Gulf Coast

Residents boarded up windows and stacked sandbags Thursday while thousands of National Guard soldiers were deploying in anticipation of Hurricane Isaias, which threatened to bring devastating floods when it makes landfall late Friday. Read more.

What to know:

• The governors of Florida and Alabama declared states of emergency for dozens of counties. The Category 2 hurricane is most likely to strike along the Alabama-Florida state line and bring life-threatening storm surge across Pensacola Bay, according to the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama. Isaias had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, according to the hurricane center. Meanwhile, Hurricane Simon, is forecast to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane.