AP Week in Pictures: North America

People hold candles as Jewish rabbis and members of the community demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza during the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Snipers stand watch from an adjacent rooftop during an event commemorating Kristallnacht, the 1938 government-backed pogroms against Jews in Germany and Austria, at the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Sean Hathcock, right, kisses Michelle Ashley after the two left candles for victims of a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. The two graduated from the school and live nearby. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A woman in conservative dress walks past a menorah standing outside a Jewish synagogue ahead of the start of Hanukkah, in Miami Beach, Fla., Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Daily life for many Jews has been upended by the surprise attack on Oct. 7 in Israel, when Hamas militants killed about 1,200, mostly civilians, and by the rise in antisemitism worldwide during the ensuing war, in which more than 15,800 Palestinians have died. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

The sun sets as a Christmas tree waits to be lit up for a Speedway Children’s Charities event at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Guests observe the five turbines of America’s first offshore wind farm, Block Island Wind Farm, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I., during a tour of the North Fork Wind farm organized by Orsted. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Palestinian supporters calling for an immediate ceasefire stage a mock funeral with dolls and people wrapped in white cloth smeared with red paint to resemble Palestinian victims of the Israel-Hamas war, in front of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. The strike follows seven months of contract bargaining for increased wages. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Republican presidential candidates, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, right, talk during a commercial break at a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at the Moody Music Hall at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Drexel’s Justin Moore (11) reacts past Villanova’s Jordan Longino after Drexel won the NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams dives to the endzone for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Pearl Harbor survivor Ken Stevens, shakes hands with an attendee during the 82nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

Christian activists bow their heads in prayer as they recreate the story of the birth of Jesus, at the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Players for Los Angeles FC and Houston Dynamo wait for smoke to clear before the start of the MLS playoff Western Conference final soccer match Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)