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☆ Rare daytime fireball sighting over New York metropolitan area captured by videos
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

A dedicated meteor camera system captured the fireball over Northford, Connecticut. Mark KirschnerThe American Meteor Society received over 40 reports of a fireball sighting at around 11:15 a.m. The society confirmed that two videos submitted to AMS included footage of the fireball. During the same time eyewitnesses said they observed the fireball, several other spectators reported a loud sound as well as shaking in the area. The last fireball reported in daylight over the area was about a year and a half ago, Cooke said.

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☆ Here's how much you need to earn to be middle class in each big US city
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A Business Insider analysis reveals the household income needed to be middle class in major US cities. Some parts of the Bay Area require over $100,000 to even be considered middle class. AdvertisementMost Americans consider themselves middle class, but in reality, the cutoffs are more limiting. This chart shows exactly how much it takes in each major US city to be considered upper, middle, and lower class. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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Learn moreIt's finally here: the annual Nordstrom Anniversary Sale has officially begun for everyone today, and beauty is where some of the steepest and rarest discounts are to be found. For its Anniversary Sale, Nordstrom collaborates with top luxury beauty brands like Yves Saint Laurent, Bobbi Brown, Oribe, and more to offer discounts on special jumbo sizes, buy-one-get-one packs, exclusive gift sets, and free extras. If you've been debating investing in a top-tier high dryer or styling tool, Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale is the best time of the year to do it. Below, you'll find our top recommendations for skincare, haircare, perfume, and makeup from the Anniversary Sale. Check out our guide to the best clothing and shoe deals from the Anniversary Sale, or shop all Nordstrom beauty deals here.

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☆ Biden has staked his campaign on painting Trump as a threat to Democracy. That could change after Saturday's shooting.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Biden campaign quickly paused "outbound communications" and took down television advertisements in the wake of the shooting. Will 'defense of democracy' remain a core campaign issue? But after the Butler shooting, many are wondering how Biden will campaign on the issue moving forward. AdvertisementAs the fallout from the shooting endures, Biden is set to resume his campaign after a high-touted Monday interview with NBC's Lester Holt. Business Insider reached out to the Biden campaign for comment.

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☆ Ukraine is on track to make 'significantly' more 'mortar drones' than it planned, defense industry official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Oleksandr Kamyshin, who serves as Ukraine's minister of strategic industries, shared in December that Kyiv planned to produce 1 million first-person-view, or FPV, drones by 2025. "This year we will produce significantly more than 1 million" of the FPV drones, Kamyshin told Business Insider this week, providing an update on the production efforts but declining to provide specific figures. Throughout much of Russia's brutal war in Ukraine, FPV drones have been heavily featured in combat. AdvertisementUkrainian FPV drone operator from the 53rd Mechanized Brigade launches a drone toward Russian positions in Donetsk Oblast. He referred to FPV drones as "mortar drones" and "artillery drones" in a nod to their explosive potential that's similar to the ranged weapons.

Persons: —, Oleksandr Kamyshin, Kamyshin, Ukraine Kamyshin, Paula Bronstein Organizations: Service, Business, 53rd Mechanized Brigade, General Staff of, Armed Forces, NATO Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Donetsk Oblast, Washington ,, Russia, Kyiv, Washington, Soviet

☆ Opinion: For Black people, there’s an important history of flight as fight
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Opinion Kellie Carter Jackson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

All throughout African American history, leaving has been a form of refusal — something Black people have done in response to White supremacy for centuries. Flight is one of the most common actions in the history of Black resistance. Everything in the South depended on enslaved labor. Cities were already fragile from White flight: White families that were not interested in integration left cities for the suburbs decades earlier, in the 1940s and 1950s. But in America, as a Black American, what is home?

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☆ Mali junta lifts suspension on political party activities
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —Mali’s military junta has lifted a suspension on political party activities meant to safeguard public order, the council of ministers said late on Wednesday. “By taking this deterrent measure, the government was able to contain all the threats of public disorder that hung over this major event,” the council said in a statement. Given the focus was now on implementing the recommendations of the April 13-May 10 peace dialogue, the government will allow political parties to resume their activities, it said. Mali’s junta, which seized power in a second coup in 2021, reneged on a promise to hold elections in February, postponing the vote indefinitely for technical reasons. Political parties and civil society groups at the time reacted with anger to the junta’s decision not to hold the vote and called for a return to constitutional order.

Persons: Reuters — Organizations: Reuters, “, Islamic Locations: West, Central Africa, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, al Qaeda, Islamic State

☆ Hot Weather Bakes Millions in U.S., as Many in Houston Swelter Without Power
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Isabelle Taft | Judson Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

More than 1.3 million utility customers in the Houston area were still without power on Wednesday, two days after Hurricane Beryl swept destructively through the region. Hot, steamy weather on the heels of the storm left many people in the region to swelter without air conditioning. As many as 144 million people across the United States were under National Weather Service heat advisories on Wednesday, from the West and Pacific Northwest to Southeast Texas and many major cities on the East Coast. Large areas of California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, and the corridor from Washington, D.C., to New Jersey were under excessive heat warnings, indicating “extremely dangerous heat conditions.” Forecasters expect dangerous conditions to persist in the West for several more days and to redevelop in the Southeast later in the week.

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☆ This $21.7 million ranch for sale in Montana once served as a hideout for a Soviet pilot who defected in a MiG-25. Take a look.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Vietor family even unknowingly housed Viktor Belenko, a former Soviet Union fighter pilot. He spent a couple years in Washington, DC, and eventually ended up at Rocking Chair Ranch, though with an undercover identity assigned by the CIA, Mansion Global reported. The CIA agent who escorted him from Japan to the US knew the Vietor family. Hall and HallVietor told Mansion Global Belenko was put to work on the ranch and first lived in a guest bedroom of the main house. Vietor told Mansion Global Belenko left the ranch in 1983 but that he stayed in touch with their family.

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☆ Fifth Third bank hit must pay penalties for repossessing cars and forcing auto insurance on customers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The CFPB said it was imposing penalties on the bank for illegally charging customers for unnecessary auto insurance policies. “Fifth Third Bank demanded borrowers pay for coverage they did not need or else face delinquency, additional fees and repossessions,” the agency said in a statement. For its illegal auto insurance activities, the bank must pay $5 million in redress to affected customers, the CFPB said. In 2015, the bank was ordered to pay $18 million to harmed Black and Hispanic borrowers in what CFPB charged was discriminatory auto loan pricing. And it was ordered to pay $3 million to harmed consumers and a $500,000 penalty for illegal credit card practices.

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☆ What is China’s ‘monster’ coast guard ship and why is the Philippines spooked by it?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“It’s an intimidation on the part of the China Coast Guard,” Tarriela said during a forum on Saturday, according to a Reuters report. Powell and other analysts say intimidation is one of the main jobs of the CCG-5901, which is larger than any regular coast guard ship in the world (a specialty US Coast Guard icebreaker is bigger) and even outsizes US Navy destroyers. The US Coast Guard, for instance, is part of the US Department of Homeland Security, not the Defense Department, although US Coast Guard vessels can come under US Navy control in certain scenarios. The China Coast Guard is part of the country’s People’s Armed Police, which is under the command of the Central Military Commission. The China Coast Guard “doesn’t want to be outdone thus this monster came along to show who’s got a bigger set of muscles,” Koh said.

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☆ Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the East
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Many areas in Northern California surpassed 110 degrees, with the city of Redding topping out at a record 119 degrees. Due to the high temperatures, emergency medical helicopters were unable to respond, as the aircraft cannot generally fly safely over 120 degrees, officials said. Death Valley has reached or exceeded 125 degrees every day since July 4. “Death Valley during the summer has always been a bucket list thing for me. Well, high temperatures across (western Nevada and northeastern California) won’t get below 100 degrees until next weekend,” the service posted online.

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☆ Opinion | Notes From a Formerly Unpromising Young Person
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Rachel Louise Snyder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

His name was Jim Dollinger. Dean Jim Dollinger, if you want to be professional about it. For two years, he watched the implosion of my dismal high school career from his administrative perch as dean of students. My situation was this: I was finishing my sophomore year of high school and had probably attended fewer days than I’d missed. I’d failed nearly all my classes, and my transcript boasted a 0.47.

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☆ As heat levels climb, so do power bills. Here’s how you can keep costs down
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Erika Tulfo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But on the tail of a record-breaking heatwave that swept the Midwest and Northeast, she’s finding it difficult to keep costs down. Americans’ power bills are expected to soar this summer, as heat waves have already begun baking parts of the country. But keeping your AC off when you’re not home may actually result in higher bills later on. In an aerial view, high voltage power lines run along the electrical power grid on May 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. A higher rating indicates lower energy consumption levels and, in turn, lower costs of cooling.

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☆ Iranians are voting in a presidential runoff. What will it mean for the world?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Here’s what to expect on Friday’ second round of elections, and how the results could impact Iran and the world. During the first round, Pezeshkian led with 42.5% of the votes, followed by Jalili with 38.6%, according to the state news agency IRNA. In a move that shocked observers, the man who led Ghalibaf’s electoral campaign, Sami Nazari Tarkarani, also declared his support for reformist Pezeshkian, Khabar Online reported. People drive past a billboard with pictures of presidential candidates Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili on a street in Tehran, Iran, on Monday. Presidential candidates Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili attend an election debate at a television studio in Tehran, Iran on Tuesday.

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☆ CNBC Daily Open: Tesla powers S&P 500, Nasdaq to record highs
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Abid Ali | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Record highsThe S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed at record highs in a shortened session ahead of the July 4 Independence Day holiday. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell as the latest economic data indicated the jobs market was cooling. Despite some officials advocating for potential rate hikes, the Federal Open Market Committee ultimately decided to hold rates steady. [PRO] Tesla bull caseWedbush analyst Dan Ives raised his Tesla price target to $300 from $275, with a bull case of $400 by 2025.

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☆ Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage with new bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread. Advocates hope the new legislation will better protect girls in Sierra Leone, around a third of whom are married before they turn 18, increasing the maternal death rate due to the physical risks they face from pregnancy, according to the health ministry. Parents or those attending such marriage ceremonies could also face fines. The legislation should “break the cycle of early marriage and its devastating consequences,” said Human Rights Watch researcher Betty Kabari. “It also sets a pathway forward for other African nations, such as Tanzania and Zambia, to revoke laws that permit child marriage.”

Persons: Julius Maada, ”, Betty Kabari Organizations: Sierra, U.S . Bureau, African Affairs, UNICEF, Sierra Leonean, Reuters, Rights Locations: Sierra Leone, Central Africa, Tanzania, Zambia

☆ Burgum set to decide on massive pipeline project that’s pitting his rural constituents against GOP megadonors
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Allison Gordon | Casey Tolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Hamm also donated $50 million toward Burgum’s effort to build a presidential library honoring Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota. CNBC first reported on Burgum’s financial ties with Continental, and the Associated Press previously reported on the politics of the Summit pipeline debate. Gaylen Dewing and Marvin Abraham put up a sign opposing the Summit pipeline east of Bismarck, N.D. in August 2023. Supporters say it will be an economic driver for North Dakota and help reduce emissions across the Midwest. North Dakota landowner Kurt Swenson attends a court hearing related to the pipeline project.

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☆ Record numbers of people are flying. So why are airlines’ profits plunging?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Airlines face numerous problems, including higher costs, such as fuel, wages and interest rates. And problems at Boeing mean airlines have too few planes to expand routes to support a record numbers of flyers. Labor costs and jet fuel prices, the airlines’ two largest costs, are both sharply higher this year. Jet fuel prices are climbing because of higher demand in the summer. Southwest announced in April that it would stop serving four airports to trim costs — Bellingham International Airport in Washington state, Cozumel International Airport in Mexico, Syracuse Hancock International Airport in New York and Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

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The administration and other Western governments are scrambling to keep up with the mounting danger ISIS-K poses. Before this year, U.S. and other Western officials believed ISIS-K had the intent but not the ability to orchestrate attacks abroad. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in Europe since 2004. ISIS-K also launched a major attack in Iran this year that killed dozens, and other plots were disrupted in Europe. The Taliban sees ISIS-K as a threat to its rule and has launched a series of attacks on the group.

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☆ US judge’s financial conflict leads to revived lawsuit against big banks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

A US appeals court threw out the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit accusing 10 large banks of overcharging investors on corporate bonds, saying the trial judge should have been recused because his wife owned stock in one of the banks. Liman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, was assigned the lawsuit in April 2020 and dismissed it with prejudice in October 2021, three months after his wife sold $15,000 of Bank of America stock. The banks said Liman’s failure to uncover his conflict didn’t require recusal or reviving the case. But the appeals court found a “legitimate risk” that similar violations could undermine public confidence in the judicial process. US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts highlighted in his 2021 annual report on the judiciary a need for judges to be vigilant about financial conflicts.

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CNN —Russian state media claimed Sunday that American rapper and producer Kanye West is visiting Moscow, but CNN has not been able to independently verify he is actually there. West, who now goes by Ye, arrived in Moscow on a private visit, according to the brand team for Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy, state media TASS reported. West himself allegedly posted on the Russian social media website VK on Sunday saying, “Hi, Moscow,” according to state media RIA Novosti. Several videos have emerged in Russian media purporting to show West and his security guards in Moscow, but he is not clearly identifiable in the footage. Luzhniki Stadium told Russian state media that there is no information about a Kanye West concert set to take place in the capital.

Persons: Kanye West, Ye, Gosha Rubchinskiy, Rubchinskiy, West, Hi, Yana Rudkovskaya, West’s, “, ”, Eduard Ratnikov Organizations: CNN, TASS, VK, Novosti, Luzhniki, Kanye, TCI Locations: Moscow, West, Russian, ”, American, Ukraine

☆ Russia can’t fight NATO on the battlefield – so it’s waging a hybrid war instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

And while they might look minor in isolation, taken together these incidents amount to what security experts say is Russia’s hybrid war on the West. Thornton said Russia was resorting to a campaign of sabotage as an alternative to a full-on war with NATO, which would be disastrous for Russia. Article 5 is the cornerstone principle that an attack on one member of NATO is an attack on all members. Danylyuk said the Russian security apparatus doesn’t shy away from using criminals to do its dirty work, tapping into its links with international organized crime. Russia can only be strong if the West and NATO are weak.

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☆ BET Awards 2024: See who won
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The BET Awards kicked off on Sunday night with an electric performance by the one and only Megan Thee Stallion. The event, hosted by Taraji P. Henson, celebrates the best in Black entertainment, across music, film, television and sports. Nicki Minaj follows closely with six nods, including album of the ear for “Pink Friday 2,” best female hip-hop artist two best collaboration nominations, one with Lil Uzi Vert on “Everybody” and another for “Barbie World” with Ice Spice and Aqua. Will Smith, Lauryn Hill and Childish Gambino are among the scheduled performers.. ET on Sunday on BET and BET.com.

Persons: Megan Thee Stallion, Taraji P, Henson, Drake, ”, J, Cole, “ Rich, Daddy, Nicki Minaj, Lil Uzi, “, Will Smith, Lauryn Hill, Childish Gambino, Usher, Chris Brown, Victoria Monét Michael, Mike Pink, Beyoncé Coco Jones, Muni, Brent Faiyaz Bryson Tiller, Chris Brown Drake, London Usher, Ty Dolla, Lil Wayne, FLO, Lil Durk, Cole “, Kendrick Lamar “, Megan Thee, Rich, Lola Brooke, Latto, Yung Miami, Uzi, Summer Walker, Savage, Daddy ”, Sexyy, Cardi, Gunna J, Cole Kendrick Lamar Lil Wayne, Cole “ Barbie, ” – Drake, ” – Usher, Monét, Boom Child, Cole Bennett Dave Meyers Janelle Monáe, Alan Ferguson, Tyler, 4Batz Ayra Starr, Dlow, BOBBY JONES, Shirley Caesar “, Kirk Franklin, Angel ”, Halle Bailey “, CeCe Winans, Erica Campbell, Naomi Raine, Chandler Moore, Jack Harlow “, Davido, Lojay, Aya Nakamura, Ayra Starr, Cleo Sol, Karol Conká, RAYE, Holly G, Seyi, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Missy Elliott “ Hiss, Bob Marley, Beyoncé ”, Clarence ” “, Anthony Mackie Colman Domingo Damson Idris Denzel Washington Donald Glover Idris Elba Jeffrey Wright, Stanfield, Angela Bassett Ayo Edebiri Coco Jones Danielle Brooks Fantasia Halle Bailey Issa Rae Regina King YOUNGSTARS, Akira Akbar Blue Ivy Carter Demi Singleton, Diana Harris JaBria, Jalyn, Leah Jeffries Van Van, Wilson Angel Reese Coco Gauff Flau’jae Johnson Juju Watkins Naomi Osaka Sha’Carri Richardson Simone, Anthony Edwards Gervonta Davis Jalen Brunson, Irving LeBron James Patrick Mahomes Stephen Curry Organizations: CNN, BET, “, Spice, Kanye, BEST, OF, BOBBY JONES BEST, Maverick City, ACT, BK ’ Locations: London, Texas, Africa, France, Brazil, Tyla, Jungeli, Makhadzi

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