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☆ Poll: Newly popular Harris builds momentum, challenging Trump for the mantle of change
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mark-Murray-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Mark Murray | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Two-thirds of voters say their family income is falling behind the cost of living, and voters ranked the cost of living as their top concern in the election. Harris leads on abortion, fitness and change; Trump is ahead on the key issues of the border and inflationThe NBC News poll also tests Harris and Trump on 13 different issues and presidential qualities. But in this new poll, Harris is now at 48% positive, 45% negative (+3). And 66% of voters say their family’s income is falling behind the cost of living. Meanwhile, 65% of voters say the country is on the wrong track, compared to just 28% who say it’s heading in the right direction.

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☆ Inside the poll numbers: Which key groups have moved — and which ones haven't — since Biden's exit
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mark-Murray-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Mark Murray | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by 5 points among registered voters, 49%-44%, in the new national NBC News poll. In that July poll, Trump was ahead of Biden by 2 points, 45% to 43%. The new poll shows the key voting blocs that have moved — and those that haven’t really budged — since Biden’s exit. Latino voters backed Biden 54%-38% in the July poll; in this survey, Harris led Trump by a similar 54%-35% margin. In the September poll, the picture between Harris and Trump is the same: 48% Trump, 47% Harris.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Republican Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Harris, — haven’t, Biden Organizations: Republican, NBC News, NBC, Biden, Trump, Democratic

Today, it is just over $3,000,” said Harris, who also serves as chair of the National Association of Home Builders. Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed offering $25,000 in down payment assistance to first-time homebuyers and incentives to homebuilders to construct more housing for first-time homebuyers. Former President Donald Trump has said he would lower housing costs by opening federal land to development, rolling back regulations and reducing overall inflation. But homebuilders say they face a web of challenges that have been nearly two decades in the making and will likely take years to resolve. One major barrier to driving down prices and increasing supply has been a shortage of workers, homebuilders said.

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Israel and the Hezbollah militant group exchanged heavy fire across Lebanon's border on Sunday, fueling fears of a wider conflict in the region as the monthslong war in Gaza continues to rage. “Dozens of rockets hit Israel which destroyed homes, cars and communities.” Israel Defense Forces spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani said on X. In a separate statement, the IDF said roughly 150 rockets, cruise missiles, and drones were launched at Israel. “This is a blatant attack on the Al Jazeera channel and Al Jazeera Network and those who are working with them, as well as on the freedom of speech and the task of delivering the truth,” al-Omari told Reuters. Last week, Israel’s government announced it was revoking the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists in the country, four months after banning the channel from operating inside Israel.

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“I know the story of my neighborhood town, and I know the plight that a lot of these people escaped. But I just wanted to set the record straight.”Bartolotta isn’t alone among Republicans fighting these narratives. They’ve pushed for the rhetoric to be toned down as the city deals with a series of bomb threat hoaxes at local schools. Springfield, Ohio, has found itself thrust into the national spotlight over lies about Haitian immigrants. Focus on the major issues that affect everybody.”In Springfield, Rue said he never could have foreseen this attention from the top of his party’s presidential ticket when he won his mayoral election in November.

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☆ This US man failed Spanish in school. Now he’s running a language school in Spain
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Ted Purdom, from San Anselmo, California, graduated in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in English and enrolled in an overseas language program, aiming to learn Spanish. He ended up in Mallorca, the capital of the Balearic islands off the east coast of Spain, for the nine-month program. A friend told him about another program that placed American “language coaches” in Spain, called “Auxiliares de Conversación,” (conversation assistants), run by the Spanish Ministry of Education. So that November he opened The Bridge English Academy in Manacor, converting a former wine store into classrooms to give English language courses to locals. Then there’s the fact that the islanders’ first language isn’t Spanish, but Mallorquin, a dialect of Catalan.

Persons: he’d, Ted Purdom, ”, Purdom, –, “, – Lluïsa, Apollonia, Neme Jimenez, iStock, ” Purdom, Llombards, Dennis Fischer Organizations: CNN, University of Oregon, Spanish Ministry of Education, Mallorca, English Academy, San Francisco Bay Area Locations: California, Mallorca, San Anselmo , California, Balearic, Spain, Spanish, Oviedo, Asturias, Mallorca’s, Palma, Manacor, American, kickstarting, San Francisco Bay, Francisco, Bay

☆ The Houthis probed Israeli defenses with a ballistic missile, and Iran is likely taking notes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewA Houthi ballistic missile reached Israel from Yemen for the first time on Sunday, disintegrating in the air after Israel activated its air defenses. AdvertisementThe Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 both made their first-ever combat intercepts against Houthis missiles on October 31 and November 9, 2023, respectively. The Arrow 3 fires an intercept missile that strikes an incoming ballistic missile outside the Earth's atmosphere, and boasts superior range and speed over its Arrow 2 predecessor. The Palestine missiles are solid-propellent, making them more advanced than the liquid-propellent ballistic missiles hitherto used by the group. "When it comes to large-scale drone and missile attacks, Iran has to rely on large volumes to try and overwhelm Israeli air and missile defenses," Tack said.

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☆ Amazon's 5-day office push may be the beginning of the end for remote working
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Nora Redmond | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAmazon is waving goodbye to remote work. Workers were previously told to come in at least three days a week, but Amazon seems eager to end pandemic-era habits. AdvertisementThe memo outlined extenuating circumstances such as illness, a household emergency, and the need to finish coding in a more isolated environment as scenarios when remote work may be permitted. Jones, however, does not believe this new requirement will spell the end of remote work. AdvertisementIn the context of globalization, she said, Amazon employees will still be working remotely with each other because they're based in different locations.

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☆ Hezbollah, Israel exchange heavy fire after deadly Israeli strike
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Anadolu | Getty ImagesIsrael and Lebanon exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of war across Lebanon's south, while Hezbollah claimed rocket attacks on military targets in Israel's north. The Israeli military said it struck around 290 targets on Saturday including thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels and said it would continue to strike targets of the Iran-backed movement. Israel closed schools and restricted gatherings in many northern areas of the country and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights early on Sunday. Hezbollah said it targeted the Israeli Ramat David Airbase with dozens of missiles in response to "repeated Israeli attacks on Lebanon", the group posted on its Telegram channel early on Sunday. The successive barrages of rocket attacks launched by Hezbollah at Ramat David are the deepest strikes it has claimed since hostilities began.

Persons: Ibrahim Aqil, Ahmed Wahbi, Jake Sullivan, Sullivan, Najib Mikati Organizations: Anadolu, Getty Images, Ramat, Telegram, Ramat David, Lebanese, General Assembly Locations: Lebanon, Getty Images Israel, Lebanon's, Israel's, Iran, Israel, Golan, Iraq, Ramat David Airbase, Ramat, Washington, New York

☆ Barclays playbook for the election: Stocks that win under Trump or Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Pia Singh | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Stocks ranging from L3Harris to Burlington could benefit from either a Trump or Harris victory this fall, according to Barclays. The analyst highlighted several overweight-rated stocks the firm expects are best-positioned to benefit from either a Trump or Harris election victory. Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies is another Trump election play. The stock, which is up about 9.1% this year, could gain another 15.4%, according to Barclay's price target. Barclays' price target of $327 implies 20.6% potential upside.

Persons: Harris, Terence Malone, Malone, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, Gary Gensler, Bitcoin, Bernstein, Centene, bode, homebuilder D.R, Horton Organizations: Trump, Barclays, Bitcoin, Securities, Exchange, Liberty, Wednesday, Defense, L3Harris Technologies, UnitedHealth, Biden, Democratic Party, Affordable, Burlington Locations: L3Harris, Burlington, Nashville, MicroStrategy, U.S, It's

☆ Foreign leaders jostle for meetings with Trump and Harris, even as Biden ramps up his diplomacy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Trump may hold meetings with world leaders that his campaign does not announce in advance, explained sources close to the campaign. “While President Biden will be there, he will be there as a lame duck. Since leaving office, Trump has held regular conversations with foreign leaders. Foreign leaders are among the most ardent consumers of American political news, looking for clues of what the future may hold through polls, private conversations and diplomatic information gathering. It’s not unprecedented for presidential candidates to line up meetings with foreign leaders ahead of an election.

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Senior Biden administration officials told reporters ahead of the meeting that the leaders would announce plans to expand an Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness, launched two years ago to include the Indian Ocean region. Analysts said the expected outcomes would mostly build on work that has already been done within the Quad, which Biden elevated to summit level in 2021. It is true in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, South China, South Asia and the Taiwan Strait,” Biden continued. “But I think China’s recent maritime aggression could be changing the equation for India and could be prompting India to become a bit more open to the idea of Quad security cooperation,” she said. Albanese told reporters on Thursday that Canberra and Washington share concerns about China’s security ambitions in Pacific islands countries where Beijing is seeking a growing policing role.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Anthony Albanese, Narendra Modi, Fumio Kishida, Saturday’s, “, ”, Antony Blinken, he’s, ” Biden, Xi Jinping, Jake Sullivan’s, Sullivan, ” Sullivan, “ It’s, Lisa Curtis, Kishida, “ We’re, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Albanese, “ We’ll Organizations: United States, Australian, Anthony Albanese , Indian, Japanese, Biden, Pacific Partnership, Maritime, Indian, U.S . Coast Guard, Journalists, China’s, People’s Republic of China, Analysts, East China Seas, Center, New, New American Security, White House, CIA, State Department, congressional Locations: Australia, India, Japan, China, Anthony Albanese ,, Wilmington , Delaware, Southeast Asia, South China, East China, South Asia, Taiwan Strait, People’s Republic of, South, East, Beijing, Asia, New American, U.S, Canberra, Washington, Pacific

☆ Former Florida deputy who says he accidentally shot girlfriend while 'dry-firing' gun arrested for manslaughter
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A former Florida sheriff's deputy was arrested for manslaughter in connection with the accidental shooting death of his girlfriend, authorities said. Leslie Boileau called 911 Thursday night to report that he had "accidentally shot his girlfriend" at their home in Ocala. Boileau told police that he and his girlfriend had been "handling and dry-firing the firearms" when the shooting happened, authorities said. "While demonstrating the use of a rifle, Boileau accidentally discharged a loaded round, causing the fatal incident," police said. "In light of these findings, Leslie Boileau has been arrested for manslaughter for his role in the fatal shooting," police said.

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Some fans at rival schools have welcomed the Bears by mocking them as far-left radicals online, bringing the culture wars to the already scorched-earth digital battlefield of college football memes. “By taking it on from a satirical lens, I think it let a lot of Cal fans take ownership of that label and allow us to embrace it on our own terms. And simultaneously, it pokes fun at how other fans across the country have historically perceived the university." Cal fans embraced a “Calgorithm” challenge by taking to social media to support just about every hot-button issue that’d boil the blood of any conservative culture warrior. Le, the Cal fan, said he’s hopeful the football-fueled meme culture war could lead fans to better understand each other.

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Hezbollah was reeling Saturday from an Israeli airstrike that killed two of its senior figures and dozens of other people, intensifying fears of all-out war in the Middle East. At least 31 people were killed in total, including three children, and 68 injured, Lebanese health minister Firass Abiad told a news conference Saturday. The strike followed the coordinated detonation of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members across Lebanon earlier in the week. Israel has not publicly claimed responsibility for that attack, but Hezbollah and officials across the world have said Israel was behind the explosions. And a senior officer in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said the region was on the brink of war.

Persons: Ibrahim Akil, Ahmed Wahbi, Firass Abiad, Israel, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mohsen Rezaee Organizations: Radwan Force, Getty, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Locations: East, Lebanese, Beirut, Beirut's, AFP, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Tehran, Islamic Republic, Iraq, Syria, Tasnim

Russian intelligence services are building up their presence in Mexico for spy operations targeting the United States, a return to Cold War tactics by an increasingly aggressive regime, according to U.S. officials and former intelligence officers. The Mexican Embassy and the Russian Embassy did not respond to a request for comment. “Part of this is a function of the fact that so many Russian intelligence officers have been kicked out of Europe. Those are Russian intelligence personnel, and they keep an eye very closely on their opportunities to have influence on U.S. opportunities and access,” VanHerck said. Russian intelligence could conceivably also take advantage of Mexico’s proximity to target Putin’s political enemies inside the U.S., former intelligence officers said.

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When Vice President Kamala Harris took the reins of the Democratic nomination in late July, something happened in North Carolina. Part of the Harris campaign strategy in North Carolina, according to a campaign official, includes attempting to bulk up turnout not just among Black voters but among women in and around the suburbs. For the week after Harris became the presumptive nominee, there was a 61.5% increase in voter registration among North Carolina women. Bonier takes all of this to point to a higher turnout of Democratic voters in North Carolina. “The way you win statewide in North Carolina,” he said, “is you win on the margins.”

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Mark Robinson, ” Robinson, “, Robinson, Harris, Barack Obama, Trump —, Nikki Haley, ” Harris, Donald Trump, Jim Watson, Tom Bonier, —, Biden, Bonier, ”, Roe, Wade, Mark, ” Dory MacMillan, Trump, Democrats “, “ It’s, ” Trump, Al Drago, Getty Images Dallas Woodhouse, ” Woodhouse, Thomas Mills, Robinson “ Martin Luther King, Mills, they’re, Morgan Jackson, Josh Stein, ” Jackson Organizations: Democratic, North Carolina . Volunteers, CNN, Nazi, Trump, Republican, Getty, North Carolina, Black, Republicans, North Carolina Republican Party, GOP, Democrats, Bloomberg, Getty Images, North, American, Republican Party, Democrat Locations: North Carolina, Tarheel, South Carolina, Greensboro, N.C, Charlotte, AFP, Raleigh, “, Carolinian, Trump, Wilmington, North

A private Facebook group that he founded, Michigan Preppers, has nearly 18,000 members, up from about 8,000 since the Covid pandemic. He attributes the growth to a feeling of turmoil during President Joe Biden’s term. “If Trump isn’t elected, I’m thinking we’re either looking at a military coup or we’re looking at a second civil war,” said the part-time steel company worker. “I don’t recognize this country. I don’t recognize this world,” said Michael Clark, a Trump supporter who lives in a rural community of fewer than 1,000 people near Lake Michigan.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, specter, Donald Trump —, Trump, we’re, ”, Michael Clark, ” Clark, doesn’t, Clark Organizations: Facebook, Capitol, Trump, “, Preparedness, and Drug Administration Locations: Michigan, Lake Michigan

This is the latest in a decades-long conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. Here’s what to know:Israeli invasion: Israeli forces took almost half of Lebanon’s territory when it invaded Lebanon in 1982. Displaced residents: The increase in cross-border fighting has forced people from their homes in both northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Israel said Aqil was among senior Hezbollah figures who were killed in an airstrike on a residential building in Beirut. Lebanon was already reeling after thousands of small blasts hit Hezbollah members’ pagers and walkie-talkies during the week, killing dozens and wounding thousands.

Persons: Sabra, Shatila, Israel, Hezbollah’s, Fu’ad, Ibrahim Aqil, Aqil, ’ pagers Organizations: Commission, Christian Lebanese, Hezbollah, Hamas Locations: Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanese, Palestinian, Islamic Republic, Gaza, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Beirut . Lebanon

Defense attorneys noted that King spent 63 days in North Korea in addition to his time served in the U.S.Pvt. King, a private second class, ran across the DMZ separating South Korea and communist North Korea on July 18, 2023. He was on a tour group in the Panmunjom, South Korea, when he crossed the fortified zone and entered North Korea where he was detained. The incident occurred five decades after another U.S. soldier, James Dresnok, defected to North Korea in 1962 as he was being threatened with a court-martial. Dresnok, according to his sons, was in North Korea when he died of a stroke in 2016.

Persons: Travis King, King, Carl Gates King, Travis, ”, Frank Rosenblatt, Allyson Montgomery, James Dresnok Organizations: Department of Defense, U.S . Army, Army's, Army, Incheon Airport Locations: U.S, North Korea, South Korea, Panmunjom

☆ Rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut kills Hezbollah commander and more than a dozen others
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. The Israeli military did not provide the identities of the other Hezbollah commanders allegedly killed in its strike on the crowded neighborhood just kilometers from downtown Beirut. Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire regularly since Hamas' Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel ignited the Israeli military's devastating offensive in Gaza. The last time Israel hit Beirut was in a July airstrike that killed senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukur. After Friday's Israeli airstrike, Hezbollah announced attacks on northern Israel, two of which it said targeted an intelligence base from where it claimed Israel directed assassinations.

Persons: Daniel Hagari, Ibrahim Akil, Yoav Gallant, Akil, Hassan Nasrallah, —, Hussein Harake, Gallant, Israel, pagers, Fouad Shukur, Hagari, Nasrallah Organizations: American University of, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Hezbollah, Radwan Force, Israeli, Jihad, U.S, Embassy, U.S . Marine Corps, U.S . State Department, Lebanon's Health, Beirut's St, Therese Hospital, Gaza, Health Ministry Locations: American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Israel, Beirut, Dahiya, Lebanese, United States, Beirut's, Therese, Gaza, Israel's, Hamas, Gaza City

☆ I married my high school sweetheart. Here's what everybody gets wrong about love stories like mine.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Autumn Gavora | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

That night, Daniel showed up at my house for a movie night I was hosting with friends. Over the years, I've found that people have many assumptions about high school sweethearts. We must have a house full of kids by now, with at least one in high school. AdvertisementLiving in the Bible Belt, getting married at a younger age is common due to religious reasons or family values. It's as if our love story is something out of a fairytale, a rare and beautiful journey I'm blessed to live.

Persons: —, Daniel, me, I've, didn't, we'd, Schellie Hogan, We're Organizations: Service, Blockbuster, Business

☆ Return-to-office mandates are helping drive up housing prices in these 10 cities
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe rise of remote work freed many Americans from the daily commute to an office, empowering them to live wherever they choose. According to Realtor.com, San Jose leads the nation, with homes selling 6.2% above their asking prices. As a result, the demand for housing, combined with a perpetual housing shortage, has made the real-estate market exceptionally competitive. AdvertisementReturn-to-office policies from various companies could make the San Jose market even hotter, a local real-estate broker said. "The real-estate market will probably heat up even more as people move from far areas to be closer to work," Orosco said.

Persons: —, It's, Hannah Jones, Realtor.com, Lex Orosco, Orosco Organizations: Service, Business, Federal Reserve, Realtor.com, California Bay Area, PayPal, eBay, Adobe, Google Locations: West Coast, Texas, Florida, California, San Jose, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Bay

☆ Harris accepts CNN debate invitation for October 23, again challenging Trump to another showdown
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Samantha Waldenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday accepted an invitation from CNN to debate former President Donald Trump on October 23, challenging her rival to another engagement on a public stage in the final weeks of the campaign. “Vice President Harris is ready for another opportunity to share a stage with Donald Trump,” campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement. “Donald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate.”Harris tweeted Saturday that she “will gladly accept a second presidential debate” and that she hopes Trump “will join” her on October 23. The debate would mirror the first 2024 presidential debate in June between Trump and President Joe Biden, taking place at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, according to the network. After a dismal performance at that Atlanta debate, Biden eventually bowed out of the race and endorsed Harris as the Democratic nominee.

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