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☆ FEMA employee fired after advising disaster relief team not to visit homes with signs supporting Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Mirna Alsharif | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee was fired after recently advising a disaster relief team to not visit homes with yard signs that support President-elect Donald Trump. FEMA did not clarify where the incident happened, or when, and the employee has not been identified. But in a statement on Saturday, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell called the incident "reprehensible." Ron DeSantis said he directed the state's Division of Emergency Management to launch an investigation into "the federal government’s targeted discrimination of Floridians who support Donald Trump." The hurricanes left over 200 people dead in their wake, including in North Carolina and Georgia, and many structures destroyed.

Persons: Donald Trump, Deanne Criswell, Criswell, Ron DeSantis, Harris, DeSantis, Milton Organizations: Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, NBC News, Florida Gov, state's Division, Emergency Management, Biden Locations: Florida, North Carolina, Georgia

☆ Northern Gaza at imminent risk of famine, WHO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Northern Gaza is at risk of imminent famine, the World Health Organization said on Friday, as Israel continues its bombardment across Gaza amid threats by the Biden administration to limit military assistance to Israel if it did not allow more humanitarian aid into the enclave. It also said that 713 aid trucks were brought into northern Gaza since the beginning of October. A Palestinian man carries a child injured in an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza on Thursday. Tens of thousands of people have fled northern Gaza to nearby Gaza City in the latest wave of displacement within the besieged territory. A Palestinian child fleeing Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on Tuesday, walks down Salah al-Din road toward Gaza City.

Persons: Biden, Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump, Israel's, ”, Netanyahu, EYAD BABA, Scott Paul, Matthew Miller, Fawaz, Itzik Cohen, Beit, Salah al, OMAR AL, Giora Eiland Organizations: World Health Organization, Israel, Getty, WHO, Israel Defense Forces, International Rescue, UNRWA, United Nations, Oxfam America, NBC News, ”, State, London School of Economics, United Nations Human Rights Office, AFP, IDF, NBC News ’, Sky News, Israeli National Security Council Locations: Northern Gaza, Israel, Gaza, Palestinian, AFP, NBC News ’ British, Gaza City, Beit Lahia, OMAR

☆ A research boat will scan the seabed to help search for those missing in Spain’s floods
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to take on a new job: Helping in the increasingly desperate search for the missing from Spain’s floods. Carrera, 60, is head of the fleet of the research vessels run by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, a government-funded science center under the umbrella of the Spanish National Research Council. The boat also helped research the impact from the lava flow that reached the sea from the 2021 La Palma volcano eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands. Finding a body at sea, Carrera said, is highly unlikely. Those findings will contribute to initiatives by other Spanish research centers to study Spain’s deadliest floods of the century.

Persons: Pablo Carrera, ” Carrera, Emilio Morenatti, David Ramos, Carrera, CESAR MANSO, “ Organizations: Associated Press, Getty, Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Spanish National Research Council Locations: Spanish, Valencia, Carrera, Alicante, Spain’s, Palma, Canary, AFP, Spain, Valencian, Turis

☆ Calmer winds help firefighters make progress against California's Mountain Fire
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Calmer winds helped California firefighters battle the once out-of-control Mountain Fire on Friday as they continued to defend homes from the destructive blaze, officials said. Evacuation orders have been lifted for at least two communities near the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, sheriff’s Sgt. Ventura County Fire Department firefighters work to extinguish hotspots at a home that was destroyed in the Mountain Fire, in Camarillo, Calif., on Friday. The blaze destroyed 132 structures through Thursday, and 10 people have been reported injured, according to Ventura County Fire Department spokesperson Andy VanSciver and Ventura County Sheriff James Fryhoff. Firefighters used their trucks to get some residents away from the looming flames, Ventura County Fire Capt.

Persons: Sgt, Monica Smith, Ventura, Mario Tama, Moorpark, Smith, Andy VanSciver, Ventura County Sheriff James Fryhoff, Etienne Laurent, Jessica Graham, Trevor Johnson, Gavin Newsom, Ryan Kittell, Kittell Organizations: Ventura County Fire Department, Getty, California Department of Forestry, Cal Fire, Ventura County Animal Services, Ventura County Fire, Ventura County Sheriff, AFP, NBC, Firefighters, Southern, Edison, Emergency Management Agency, Ventura, Air Pollution Control, Ventura Family, National Weather Service Locations: California, Ventura County, repopulation, Camarillo, Calif, Santa Susana, Santa Paula, Los Angeles, Camarillo Heights, Somis, NBC Los Angeles, Conejo, Simi Valley, Ventura

☆ FEMA fires employee who told Florida relief workers to skip Trump supporters
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell stands next to a track map of Hurricane Ian, during a press conference at FEMA Headquarters on September 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Saturday confirmed that it fired an employee who had instructed relief workers in Florida to not go to homes with yard signs in support of then presidential candidate Donald Trump. "This is a clear violation of FEMA's core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation," FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell wrote in a statement. Ron DeSantis on Friday blasted the Biden administration for the incident and said he had ordered the Division of Emergency Management to investigate the "targeted discrimination of Floridians who support Donald Trump." At the time of the hurricane damage, Criswell slammed Trump for spreading misinformation about the status of FEMA's disaster relief funding

Persons: Deanne Criswell, Hurricane Ian, Donald Trump, Criswell, Ron DeSantis, Biden, Harris, DeSantis, Kamala Harris, Hurricane Milton Organizations: Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, FEMA Headquarters, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Trump, Florida's Republican Gov, Division, Emergency Management, Biden Locations: Hurricane, Washington ,, Florida, Coast

☆ Around 70% of deaths in Gaza are women and children, says UN
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Tim Lister | Ibrahim Dahman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It added that of the confirmed deaths, 80% were killed in residential buildings or similar housing, of which 44% were children and 26% were women. UNICEF also said since the onset of hostilities more than 95% of schools in Gaza have been partially or completely destroyed. The report cited UN data that the number of aid shipments into the Gaza Strip was now lower than at any time over the past year. Before the war began, around 500 commercial and aid trucks were entering Gaza each day. The WHO report also said the price of food in Gaza had risen by 312% since the beginning of the conflict.

Persons: “, ”, OHCHR, Volker Türk, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Organizations: CNN, United Nations, UN Human Rights, UN Human, ” CNN, UN, UNICEF, Health, World, WHO Locations: Gaza, “

☆ What Trump's second term means for space and why one expert is 'hugely optimistic'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Space industry experts told Business Insider that Musk's influence over Trump could help advance his business interests, including sending the first crewed mission to Mars. "I'm hugely optimistic about what's going to happen in space now," Michelle Hanlon, executive director of the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law, told Business Insider. Hanlon's optimism isn't unfounded, especially if Trump's second term focuses on space as much as his first. AdvertisementDuring his first term, from 2017 to 2021, Trump's administration founded the Space Force, re-launched the National Space Council, and established NASA's Artemis program. A spokesperson for Trump's campaign said that Musk's ideas and efficiency will benefit federal bureaucracy but his role in Trump's administration remains under wraps.

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Trump, —, Elon Musk's, Michelle Hanlon, Musk, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Axios, Jim Watson, Deborah Sivas, it's, Elon, Hanlon, George Nield, we've, Donald Trump’s, Anna Moneymaker, Nield, Artemis program's Organizations: Service, Trump, Center for Air, Space, University of Mississippi School of Law, Space Force, Space Council, Department of Government, Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Ukrainian, Getty, SpaceX, Environmental, Stanford, Republicans, Space Transportation, NASA, Orion Locations: Pennsylvania, Butler , Pennsylvania, Sivas

☆ A worsening kind of Russian warfare was on display in the US presidential election, but it's a much bigger problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Russia's hybrid warfare tactics against the US and Europe are reaching new levels. AdvertisementRussian disinformation and interference — hybrid warfare tactics — are on the rise and again showed up in the US presidential election, but this is a problem for more than just America. Russian tactics were on full display in the 2024 US presidential election. AdvertisementMore than an American problemThis hybrid warfare is a broader problem for other Western countries, too. Moldova's pro-EU incumbent president, Maia Sandu, won reelection despite Russian efforts to sway the election.

Persons: —, Mark Rutte, Clinton, Mikhail Svetlov, it's, Doug Livermore, Donald Trump, Lev Radin, Trump, Livermore, Russia's, Maia Sandu, Daniel MIHAILESCU, Harris, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, aren't Organizations: Service, NATO, FBI, State, intel, Getty, Irregular Warfare, National Intelligence Council, US intel, Infrastructure Security Agency, Ukraine, Moldovan, Union, Xinhua News Agency Locations: Europe, Russia, Moscow, Russian, Washington, China, Iran, US, Republic of Georgia's, France, Germany, AFP, Beijing, North Korea, America

☆ Tony Todd, veteran actor behind the ‘Candyman’ horror movie franchise and more, dead at 69
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Tony Todd, the actor who played the eponymous phantom killer in the original “Candyman” horror franchise and other notable roles, has died at 69. The news was confirmed to CNN on Saturday by Todd’s talent agent, Dede Binder, of the Defining Artist agency. Todd portrayed the character, originally based on a 1985 Clive Barker short story, in the original film franchise starting with the 1992 movie, and reprised the role in the 2021 reboot directed by Nia DaCosta. Moviestore/ShutterstockRegarding his status as Black horror royalty, Todd told The New York Times in 2020 that he didn’t “mind” it. I know who I am.”“I didn’t get my master’s saying, ‘I want to be a horror film star.’ I just wanted to be a good actor,” he said, adding, “Horror fans are the most ferocious fan base there is.

Persons: Tony Todd, Dede Binder, Todd, Daniel Robitaille, Clive Barker, Nia DaCosta, Warren, Oliver Stone, Clint Eastwood’s, Charlie Parker, “ Bird, Bludworth, ” Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen, ”, ‘, ’, ” Todd, Chuck Organizations: CNN, New York Times, Fox, CBS, “, Trinity Repertory Company, Eugene O’Neill Theater

A firebrand legal adviser to the President-elect and a conservative lawyer under consideration for the post of Attorney General appear to be setting the stage for investigations and prosecution of Donald Trump’s legal adversaries, including Special Counsel Jack Smith and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The threats come as Trump campaign aides say that the president-elect considers his choice for attorney general to be his most important single appointment. Paoletta is among several people under consideration to run the Justice Department, people familiar with the matter tell NBC News. All of those people have claimed—without citing any specific evidence— that the federal prosecutions of Trump by Smith were politically motivated. The Trump Justice Department will have access to every text, email and memo written by everyone on the Smith team on government phones and computers during the investigation.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Jack Smith, Letitia James, Mike Davis, Trump, Smith, James, “, ” Davis, Benny Johnson, Davis, ”, Tom Williams, — Mark Paoletta —, Paoletta, ” Paoletta, Missouri Sen, Eric Schmitt, Utah Sen, Mike Lee, John Ratcliffe, Matt Whitaker, Donald Trump, can’t, —, Bill Barr, John Durham, Russia’s, “ Jack Smith Organizations: New York, Trump, Justice Department, Republican, Washington , D.C, Inc, Getty, NBC News, Department, DOJ, NBC, Justice, Democratic, DoJ, CIA, FBI, Trump Justice Department Locations: Washington ,, Missouri, Utah, Newsmax

☆ 50 years after a hitchhiker was killed in Wisconsin, an 84-year-old man is arrested in her death
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

An 84-year-old man was arrested this week in connection with the slaying of a female hitchhiker 50 years ago in Wisconsin. Dunn County Sheriff's officeThe Minneapolis, woman was killed while hitchhiking to an art show in Chicago, Sheriff Kevin Bygd said Friday. But through forensic genetic genealogy, Bygd said investigators tracked down Jon Miller, 84, at his apartment in Owatonna, Minnesota. Miller was awaiting extradition to Wisconsin, Bygd said. Last month, authorities in Arizona announced they used genetic genealogy to identify a John Doe whose remains were found near the Hoover Dam more than a decade ago.

Persons: Mary K, Schlais, Kevin Bygd, ”, “, Bygd, Jon Miller, Miller, I’ve, John Doe, Don Schlais, “ I’m Organizations: Sheriff’s, Ramapo College, University of Minnesota Locations: Wisconsin, Spring Brook , Wisconsin, Dunn, Dunn County, Minneapolis, Chicago, Owatonna , Minnesota, Mahwah , New Jersey, Arizona

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice on Friday charged an Iranian man in a murder-for-hire plot to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump and two others in a plot to kill an American journalist critical of Tehran. The three who were charged are Farhad Shakeri of Iran; Carlisle Rivera of Brooklyn, New York; and Jonathan Loadholt, of Staten Island, New York. Around Oct. 7, the Iranian official tasked Shakeri with providing a plan within seven days to kill Trump, he told law enforcement in recorded interviews, the complaint says. Shakeri told FBI officials that he didn’t intend to propose a plan to assassinate Trump in the timeframe set by the IRGC, it says. Trump was also briefed by U.S. intelligence officials after the attempt in September about threats from Iran to kill him.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, Trump, ” Damian Williams, Qasem Soleimani, Farhad Shakeri, Carlisle Rivera, Jonathan Loadholt, Shakeri, surveil, Steven Cheung, ”, Rivera, Masih Alinejad, Alinejad, Loadholt, realDonaldTrump, Merrick Garland, Christopher Wray, —, Biden Organizations: The Department, Justice, Southern, of, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian, U.S, Trump, FBI, White, Prosecutors, NBC News, Fairfield University, Service, Emergency Economic Locations: American, Tehran, U.S, of New York, Iran, Brooklyn , New York, Staten Island , New York, New York City, Sri Lanka, United States, Afghan, New York State, Brooklyn, Loadholt, Staten Island, Republic, America, Florida, New York

If he wins the election in November, he has pledged to follow a similar course on another contentious policy proposal: ending birthright citizenship. Under Trump’s proposal, at least one parent would need to be a citizen or legal resident for a child to receive birthright citizenship. Trump had pledged to end birthright citizenship when first running for president in 2015 and he raised it again in 2018. Opponents of birthright citizenship say that language means citizenship is denied to anyone whose parents are not legally in the country. Sometimes relevant information could be hard to determine, such as if the immigration status of an absent parent is not known to the other.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, Trump, ” Trump, ”, Omar Jadwat, “ It’s, Mark Krikorian, Paul Ryan, Ken Cuccinelli, Cuccinelli, Christopher Hajec, James Ho, Ho, Wong Kim Ark, ” Hajec, “, Emma Winger Organizations: Supreme, American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Immigration Studies, American Immigration Council, . Citizenship, Immigration Services, Republican, of Homeland, Trump, Heritage Foundation, Immigration Reform Law Institute, Circuit, Appeals, Social Security Administration, State Department, Department of Homeland Security, Social Locations: U.S, United States, New Orleans, States, San Francisco, China

In President-elect Trump, these ascendant insurgents across the pond see a key ally, someone who shares their mix of authoritarianism, populism and extreme hostility to immigration. “We have big plans for the future!” posted Hungary’s Prime Minister Vikor Orbán, an influential Trump friend and ally, calling it “a much needed victory for the World!”Orban visited Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida earlier this year. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at an EU Summit in Budapest on Friday. The AfD is an anti-immigration, anti-Muslim political party that is being monitored by the country’s domestic intelligence agency for suspected extremism — something it denies. Argentina’s far right, libertarian president, Javier Milei, told Trump he could “count on Argentina to carry out your task.” And Israel’s ultranationalist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir reacted with a “Yesssss.”

Persons: Donald Trump’s, ”, Vikor Orbán, Trump, ” Orban, András, “, László, aren’t, Viktor Orban, Petr David Josek, Geert Wilders, Giorgia Meloni, Alice Weidel, Stefan Keuter, Christoph Reichwein, Siegbert Droese, ” Stefan Keuter, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Keuter, “ Trump, Javier Milei, Itamar Ben, Gvir Organizations: Trump, Hungary’s, Fidesz, NBC, EU, Washington, WIN, Getty, NBC News, Young Republicans, Nazi, National Locations: Lago, Florida, Budapest, Netherlands, Italy, Washington, Rome, Germany, Essen , Germany, Ukraine, Europe, Argentina

☆ New Chinese stealth fighter to take center stage at China’s biggest airshow
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

China’s new J-35A stealth fighter jet will be displayed for the first time next week at the country’s biggest civil and military airshow, a biennial event where Beijing showcases its expanding aerospace industry. The J-35A, which uses airstrips to take off and land, is a variant of the J-35, a stealthy aircraft China is developing for use on aircraft carriers. Diplomats and security analysts have closely watched the evolution of J-35 variants given the importance of the plane to China’s aircraft carrier program, which seeks to expand jets’ range and payload to project power beyond China’s home waters. Monday marks the 75th anniversary of the PLAAF, which will have its largest presence at the airshow, according to Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency. This year’s Zhuhai airshow is its first post-pandemic edition since Beijing lifted its zero-Covid policy and travel restrictions in 2023.

Persons: Donald Trump, Lockheed Martin, China’s, Kelly Ortberg, COMAC Organizations: China International Aviation, Aerospace, ”, People’s Liberation Army Air Force, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation’s, SU, Lockheed, People’s Liberation Army, Diplomats, Airbus, Embraer, Boeing, Industry, U.S Locations: Beijing, Greater Bay, Zhuhai, Taiwan, South China, China, Russia, West, Xinhua, China’s

☆ South Korea’s president denies wrongdoing in growing scandal around him and his wife
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denied wrongdoing on Thursday in a burgeoning influence-peddling scandal involving him and his wife that is severely hurting his approval ratings and providing political munition to his rivals. The political firestorm coincides with South Korea facing a slew of critical foreign policy issues, such as Donald Trump’s election win to become the next president of the United States and North Korea’s reported entry into the Russia-Ukraine war. The opposition party alleges that the conversation proves Yoon provided Myung with political favors in return for free surveys. Lee, a firebrand lawmaker who narrowly lost to Yoon in the 2022 presidential election, is undergoing four separate trials over corruption and various other allegations. Yoon noted that North Korea’s arsenal has significantly advanced since Trump’s diplomacy with Kim collapsed in 2019.

Persons: Yoon Suk, Donald Trump’s, Yoon, Kim Keon Hee, Myung Tae, Myung, “, ” Yoon, ”, Kim Young, Lee Jae, Lee, Yoon —, Shigeru Ishiba, Trump, Kim Jong, Kim, ” “, Biden Organizations: South, People Power Party, Democratic Party, firebrand, Trump, North Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, United States, North, Russia, Ukraine, Washington, Tokyo, Seoul

☆ Former CIA officials worry Trump could politicize and weaponize intelligence agencies
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Yet Durham found that no senior FBI or CIA officials had committed crimes. Former intelligence officials disagree on whether Trump would seek to use the spy agencies against domestic political opponents, and if he did, how the intelligence workforce and courts would respond. Presidents face few legal constraints when it comes to their authority over the intelligence agencies, legal experts and former senior officials said. Supporters of Trump say dire warnings about the future of the intelligence agencies under a new Trump administration are hysterical and overblown, and that his record at the White House shows that he strengthened the spy agencies. “And the other is the risk that the intelligence agencies will be directed to do things that are either unlawful or inappropriate.”

Persons: Donald Trump, Kash Patel, MAGA, Gina Haspel, Patel, Trump, Marc Short, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, Dan Coats, ”, José Luis Villegas, ” Trump’s, Joe Biden, Brian Hughes, Justice Department —, Vladimir Putin, “, ” Trump, Putin, Devin Nunes, John Ratcliffe, Robert O’Brien, Sen, Marco Rubio, Robert Mueller's, Hillary Clinton, Bill Barr, John Durham, Durham, Steve Bannon, ” Bannon, Nixon, Chip Somodevilla, Trump’s, Glenn Gerstell, ” “, Robert Litt, ” Litt Organizations: Lawmakers, CIA, Justice Department, White House National Security Council, NBC News, “, Texas, FBI, Trump, DOJ, Democratic National Committee, Trump White House, Washington , D.C, National Security Agency, White House, National Intelligence, NBC Locations: Minden, Nev, Russian, Moscow, Helsinki, Devin Nunes of California, Russia, Vietnam, Washington ,, ”, Virginia

☆ Justice Department brings charges in thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Rebecca Shabad | Michael Kosnar | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Department of Justice on Friday charged an Iranian man and two New York residents in murder-for-hire plots targeting then-candidate Donald Trump and others. The department said the plot was part of Iran's efforts to exact revenge for the death of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani during the Trump administration. Around Oct. 7, the Iranian official tasked Shakeri with providing a plan within seven days to kill Trump, he told law enforcement in recorded interviews, the complaint says. Shakeri told FBI officials that he didn't intend to propose a plan to assassinate Trump in the timeframe set by the IRGC, it says. Trump communications director Steven Cheung said Friday that the president-elect is aware of the attempted assassination plot.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Damian Williams, Qasem Soleimani, Farhad Shakeri, Carlisle Rivera, Jonathan Loadholt, Shakeri, surveil, Steven Cheung, Rivera, Masih Alinejad Organizations: U.S, The, Justice, Southern, of, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian, Trump, FBI, White, Prosecutors, NBC News Locations: Iranian, Tehran, Iran, New York, U.S, of New York, Brooklyn , New York, Staten Island , New York, New York City, Sri Lanka, United States, Afghan, New York State, Brooklyn, Loadholt, Staten Island, American

☆ The air freight industry is on high alert after fires at DHL warehouses were linked to Russian sabotage operations
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Fires at DHL warehouses this year may have been part of Russian sabotage operations, officials have said. AdvertisementSuspected Russian sabotage activities targeting the air freight industry have been on the rise this year, and the industry is preparing for further action. Speaking a few months after the DHL fires, the chief of the UK's MI6 intelligence service, Richard Moore, said he believed Russian intelligence services had "gone a bit feral." AdvertisementKremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied Russia's involvement in sabotage operations in Europe. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's domestic intelligence services, and the BND declined to comment further.

Persons: —, Brandon Fried, Fried, Thomas Haldenwang, Haldenwang, Frank Umbach, Umbach, Richard Moore, Shashank Joshi, Joshi, Dmitry Peskov, KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV, Keir Giles, Giles, that's Organizations: DHL, Service, Airforwarders Association, Street Journal, Financial, Energy, Security, University of Bonn, Rheinmetall, Royal United Services Institute, NATO, Military Counterintelligence Service, Federal Office, Getty Images, Chatham House's, Eurasia Program Locations: Europe, Russia, Moscow, Germany, America, Leipzig, Birmingham, Lithuania, North America, Russian, Ukraine, AFP, Chatham House's Russia

☆ Amy Coney Barrett: Meet the last best hope for Supreme Court liberals
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

CNN —Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett stands apart. And that is why Barrett has become the best hope for what remains of the liberal wing, particularly after Trump’s election victory. As Trump returns to the White House, the Supreme Court may be even more positioned to check the balance of powers. Nonetheless, progressives have few options, and an uncertain horizon, and cannot help but imbue Barrett with hope. “As Justice Barrett said…,” is a common Kagan refrain, too.

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☆ Trump could pick government’s top ethics official – after key ally blocked Biden’s choice
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Fredreka Schouten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —President-elect Donald Trump could be in a position to select the government’s top ethics czar when he assumes office in January – after a key ally in the Senate blocked President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Government Ethics. The federal agency is charged with monitoring compliance with ethics laws that are aimed at preventing corruption. Walter Shaub, the OGE director when Trump first took office in 2017, clashed repeatedly with the then-president at the start of Trump’s first term. Among other things, he openly criticized Trump for not relinquishing ownership of his real estate and licensing empire. The previous OGE director, Trump appointee Emory Rounds, left the position in July 2023.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s, Republican Sen, Mike Lee of, David Huitema, Biden, Lee, Harris, ” Huitema, Lisa Gilbert, ”, ” Gilbert, Virginia Canter, Trump, Walter Shaub, Shaub, Jimmy Carter, George W, Bush, Emory Rounds, Shelley Finlayson Organizations: CNN, Republican, Biden, State Department, Public Citizen, Democratic, Truth, Trump, Trump Organization Locations: Mike Lee of Utah, Washington

☆ Ukraine keeps finding Western parts in Russia's weapons, this time in the wreckage of its new heavy Hunter drone
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine said it found Western-made parts in the wreckage of a new Russian drone. The reported find marks the latest discovery of Western parts inside Russian weapons. AdvertisementUkraine said on Friday that it found Western-made parts inside the wreckage of a new heavy Russian combat drone that crashed last month. Ukraine uploaded purported evidence of the Western-made parts to a government portal, where several other companies were listed. Ukrainian service members inspect parts of a Russian S-70 drone in eastern Ukraine on October 5.

Persons: Hunter, —, Russia's, Nuzhnenko, HUR, Lockheed Martin, Russia's Okhotnik, it's Organizations: Service, Devices, Texas Instruments, AMD, Infineon Technologies, Business, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, AP Infineon, Royal United Services Institute, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, Lockheed Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Europe, US, Germany, STMicroelectronics, Switzerland, Russia, Radio Free Europe, Ukrainian, Kostyantynivka, Ukraine's Donetsk

☆ Bitcoin's on track to hit $100,000 after Trump's election victory, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bitcoin is on track to hit the $100,000 price milestone by the end of the year after President-elect Donald Trump's election victory, according to analysts. Bitcoin at $100,000 "doesn't sound so unreasonable" given it equates to "just 10% of gold's market share," Butterfill told CNBC in emailed comments. BTC to hit $100K by Trump's inauguration A $100,000 bitcoin price is likely to be reached by the time Trump is inaugurated president on Jan. 20, 2025, according to Fadi Aboualfa, head of research at crypto custodian Copper.co. Still, with bitcoin exchange-traded funds currently holding roughly 1.1 million bitcoins, momentum is likely to be positive in the coming months, Aboualfa added. It cuts in half the supply of bitcoin issued to miners who successfully produce new bitcoins.

Persons: Donald Trump's, James Butterfill, Butterfill, Trump, Kamala Harris, Gary Gensler, CoinShares, Kooner, Fadi Aboualfa, Aboualfa Organizations: Republicans, CNBC, Wednesday, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Federal Reserve, BTC, Trump's Locations: America, bitcoin, U.S

☆ Cargo plane operators are on high alert after a string of suspected Russian sabotages
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

☆ Mary Schlais Wisconsin 1974 cold case solved after killer identified with genetic genealogy
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Investigators in Wisconsin used genetic genealogy to solve a 50-year-old cold case this week, charging an 84-year-old Minnesota man with killing a woman who was found dead in 1974, authorities said. “This is a huge victory for our agency,” Bygd said at a Friday news conference. It’s the first time the agency has used genetic genealogy to solve a case, the sheriff said. Forensic genetic genealogy can generate leads for unsolved cases by analyzing DNA on top of traditional genealogy research, according to the US Department of Justice. So, I think he was done fighting it, personally,” said Sheriff Bygd.

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