While skirts have hemmed women into traditional notions of femininity, a skirt’s length, style and fabric – dangling from the waist with few restrictions – can also connote freedom, wealth and agency. Source

While skirts have hemmed women into traditional notions of femininity, a skirt’s length, style and fabric – dangling from the waist with few restrictions – can also connote freedom, wealth and agency. Correspondent Faith Salie talks with fashion designer Christian Siriano, and with Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, author of “Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century,” to discuss what skirts tell us about our culture – and how women think of themselves. Source

Saturday’s unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas forces from Gaza, to which Israel’s powerful and well-funded intelligence apparatus was caught off-guard, resulted in more than 300 Israelis dead, and heavily-armed Hamas militants roaming the streets of southern Israeli towns and border communities for hours, gunning down civilians and soldiers. Israel’s military responded with a series of strikes across Gaza, killing more than 250 Palestinians – the latest chapter in an ever darker and deadlier conflict. Correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from Tel Aviv. Source

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “destroy Hamas” after an unprecedented attack by the Palestinian militant group. Source

Here’s how to watch today’s NFL game between the New York Giants (1-3) and the Miami Dolphins (3-1). Source

Here’s how to watch today’s NFL game between the Houston Texans (2-2) and the Atlanta Falcons (2-2). Source

Here’s how to watch today’s NFL game between the Carolina Panthers (0-4) and the Detroit Lions (3-1). Source

The death toll figures from the Taliban couldn’t be independently verified. Source

Today’s early morning game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Buffalo Bills is must-see NFL football. Source

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “destroy Hamas” after an unprecedented attack by the Palestinian militant group. Source