Things you should know today: 11/14/18

November 14, 2018

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Mom of Utah shooting victim: Gun owner should be prosecuted

A photograph of University of Utah student and track athlete Lauren McCluskey, who was fatally shot on campus, is projected on the video board before the start of an NCAA college football game between Oregon and Utah Saturday, Nov. 10, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer.)

The mother of the recently killed University of Utah track athlete Lauren McCluskey said the man who lent a gun to her daughter’s killer should be prosecuted. “It is a great responsibility to own a gun,” Jill McCluskey tweeted Tuesday, Nov. 13.

The person who lent Lauren's killer the gun needs to be prosecuted. It is a great responsibility to own a gun. #ForLauren
— Jill McCluskey (@jjmccluskey) November 13, 2018

Overheating machines complicate Florida’s recount battle

Employees at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office feed ballots through a machine as they count votes during a recount, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Overheated tallying machines in Palm Beach County, Florida, have mismatched election results. Workers have been forced to recount 174,000 early voting ballots, delaying election results.

Israeli defense minister resigns over Gaza cease-fire deal

Palestinians gather in front of a destroyed building that was hit by Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Israeli defense minister Avigdor Lieberman resigned Wednesday, Nov. 14, protesting a cease-fire Israel reached with Gaza militants. Lieberman claimed the cease-fire was a “surrender to terrorism” and that he could no longer serve a government that endorses it.

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