US Democratic candidate Kamala Harris is trying to get a second opportunity to debate her Republican challenger Donald Trump in this year's presidential race, Harris said on Friday."I'm trying to get another debate. We'll see,” Vice President Harris said in front of about 600 people at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Harris and Trump debated each other for the first time on September 10.

Hedge fund manager Steven Eisman, known for a big winning bet against the US housing market dramatized in the movie The Big Short, was put on leave by his firm on Friday after he said on social media he was celebrating devastation in the Gaza Strip.His firm, Neuberger Berman, said Eisman did not speak on its behalf and called his actions "objectionable."The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry has said that more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's nearly year-old war in the enclave.An X user posted that the world was silent about war-ravaged Gaza. Eisman responded: "You must be kidding. We are not silent. We are celebrating." His account has since been deleted.Eisman could not immediately be contacted. In comments cited by media reports, he apologized for his remarks and said he had intended to refer to Israel's attacks on the Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon.A Neuberger Berman spokesperson distanced the firm from Eisman's comments."Even though Mr. Eisman has acknowledged that he mistook the content of the post he responded to, his actions on social media were irresponsible and objectionable," the company spokesperson added. Eisman joined the firm in 2014.

US Army Private Travis King, who last year ran into North Korea and was taken into custody there, was sentenced on Friday to one year of confinement then freed based on time already served, his lawyer said in a statement.He pleaded guilty to five charges, and the sentencing was held at Fort Bliss in Texas.The US Army charged King with crimes including desertion for running into North Korea in July 2023, assault against fellow soldiers and solicitation of child pornography, Reuters reported late last year.He was charged by the Army with 14 offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, after his release from North Korean custody in September 2023 following behind-the-scenes negotiations. The government moved to dismiss nine offenses after he pleaded guilty to five charges."With time already served and credit for good behavior, Travis is now free and will return home," his lawyer said.

White House National Security Spokesman John Kirby said on Saturday that he was not aware of any Israeli notice to the United States before the assassination of Ibrahim Akil in Beirut.Kirby added that Americans have been urged not to travel to Lebanon or leave if they are there."War is not inevitable," Kirby said. "We will continue to do everything we can to try to prevent it."