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☆ Some workers qualify for a maximum Social Security retirement benefit. But even people with moderate earnings can increase their checks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

With that increase, the maximum Social Security benefit for a worker retiring at full retirement age will jump to $4,018 per month, up from $3,822 per month this year, according to the Social Security Administration. Who gets maximum Social Security benefits? Since Social Security retirement benefits are calculated based on the highest 35 years of earnings, workers need to consistently have wages up to that threshold to earn the maximum retirement benefit. If a wealthy person has other sources of income, for example from investments that do not require payroll tax contributions, that will not affect the size of their Social Security benefits, said Jim Blair, vice president of Premier Social Security Consulting and a former Social Security administrator. How can you increase your Social Security benefits?

Persons: Paul Van de, Van, Water, Jim Blair Organizations: Social, Social Security, Social Security Administration, Security, Budget, Premier Social Security Consulting

☆ ‘Everyone wants actual accountability,’ attorney for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors says as DOJ visits site
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Omar Jimenez | Cindy Von Quednow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Department of Justice officials met with survivors and “first-generation descendants” of the massacre over the last two days, Solomon-Simmons said. The department announced it would launch a civil rights review into the massacre at the end of September. Solomon-Simmons said he and the survivors have high hopes for the investigation, which began in recent weeks. This week, DOJ officials also gathered evidence at the site of the massacre, according to Solomon-Simmons. Solomon-Simmons was flanked by survivors’ descendants and US Rep. Al Green of Texas, who has been an advocate for the families.

Persons: ”, Damario Solomon, Simmons, “, Solomon, they’ve, God, ” Solomon, Emmett, Kristen Clarke, Al Green of, Green, ” Green, Hughes Van Ellis, Viola Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Ellis, Fletcher, Randle, Benningfield Randle, Mother Randle, Mother Fletcher Organizations: CNN, Department of Justice, of Justice, DOJ, Rep, Oklahoma Supreme, Capitol Locations: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Greenwood, Tulsa’s Greenwood, Al Green of Texas

☆ NASA is planning to give the beleaguered Boeing Starliner another shot at space — in late 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NASA is planning to give the Boeing Starliner another chance. The agency has scheduled two SpaceX launches — Crew-10 and Crew-11 — for 2025. AdvertisementNASA has released the schedule for its commercial launches in 2025, and the Boeing Starliner is slated to get another chance at spaceflight. Advertisement"Meanwhile, NASA is keeping options on the table for how best to achieve system certification, including windows of opportunity for a potential Starliner flight in 2025," it added. The duo are scheduled to return via the SpaceX Crew Dragon in February 2025.

Persons: Starliner, —, Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Russia's Roscosmos, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Williams, Elon Musk, NASA didn't Organizations: NASA, Boeing, SpaceX, —, Service, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, International, Station, Starliner, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Business Locations: New Mexico

Liam Payne, a member of British pop band One Direction, died Wednesday at the age of 31 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina, local authorities said. Sistema de Atencion Medica de Emergencia said in a statement to Telemundo that Payne fell from the balcony in Palermo. Police “were directed to the hotel by a 911 call reporting an aggressive man,” the emergency services agency, known as SAME, said. The agency did not say whether drugs or alcohol was involved, just that the 911 call reported that could be the caseThe agency confirmed Payne’s death, it said.

Persons: Liam Payne, Emergencia, Payne, Police “ Organizations: Sistema, Medica, Telemundo, Police Locations: Argentina, Palermo

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Biden administration at least in the short term to enforce its latest attempt to curb climate-harming carbon emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants that contribute to climate change. The Supreme Court is often skeptical of major agency actions but it has bucked that reputation in recent weeks. Under the proposed rule, the EPA wants to require “carbon capture,” a technique that uses solvents to remove carbon dioxide from a power plant’s emissions. The appeals court in July declined to block the regulation, saying the major questions doctrine did not apply on this occasion. In court papers, the challengers sought to portray the new regulation as being essentially the same as the one the Supreme Court struck down.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Biden, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Patrick Morrisey, Vicki Patton, Donald Trump, ” Morrisey, Elizabeth Prelogar, Prelogar Organizations: Republican, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S ., Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, West Virginia, Environmental Defense Fund, Democratic, EPA Locations: West Virginia, U.S, EPA’s bailiwick, ”

The Federal Trade Commission is announcing a finalized rule to make it easier for people to cancel subscriptions and memberships they just don’t want anymore. When the proposed rule was announced last year, Khan said, the agency got about 16,000 comments expressing how canceling subscriptions had become a headache at best. Khan and the FTC have already taken legal action against Amazon’s Prime division over accusations that it is luring customers into subscriptions that the FTC alleges are extraordinarily difficult to cancel. “Some members have the ability to cancel their membership online based on their membership type and location of their home club,” it said. Nelson said she’d be grateful for the changes Khan and the FTC are proposing.

Persons: Lina Khan, Khan, we’ve, “, ” Khan, that’s, ”, Haley Nelson, didn’t, Nelson, she’d, it’s Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, U.S . Chamber of Commerce, “, FTC, Amazon’s, Amazon, NBC News, Fitness Locations: U.S, Minnesota

☆ SpaceX sues California regulator, claiming launches blocked due to Elon Musk’s politics
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk’s SpaceX has accused a California regulator of political discrimination after it voted to block the rocket company from conducting more launches on the state’s central coast. SpaceX also conducts commercial launches from the base to deliver its Starlink satellites into orbit. But the California Coastal Commission opposed the plan. At the meeting, commissioners “raised other concerns wholly unrelated to coastal effects,” SpaceX alleged in the complaint, filed in California Central District Court. Joshua Smith, public information officer for the California Coastal Commission, told CNN the agency declined to comment on the lawsuit.

Persons: New York CNN — Elon, “, Mike, Wilson, ‘, Musk, ’, Gretchen Newsom, Newsom, Gavin Newsom, Donald Trump, Hurricane Helene, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Biden, Kamala, ”, Joshua Smith Organizations: New, New York CNN, SpaceX, California Coastal, US Air Force, US Space Force, NASA, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Coastal Commission, Court, US Justice Department, “, FEMA, ”, California Gov, CNN Locations: New York, California, Santa Barbara , California

☆ Immunotherapy improves survival in people with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma, study shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —An immunotherapy approach to treating advanced Hodgkin lymphoma may drastically increase patients’ chances of survival, including those as young as 12, according to a new clinical trial. “The standard endpoint in studies of Hodgkin lymphoma is progression-free survival, because we think that best predicts the future,” he said. Hodgkin lymphoma can develop at any age, but it’s most common in early adulthood. ‘An immunotherapy revolution’The new study included nearly 1,000 people who were at least 12 years old and newly diagnosed with stage III or IV Hodgkin lymphoma that had previously been untreated. “However, insights in the field of cancer biology identified other potential approaches to cancer treatment in general and Hodgkin’s lymphoma in particular.

Persons: Hodgkin, Dr, Jonathan Friedberg, ”, ” Friedberg, it’s, Friedberg, Bristol, “, we’ve, Ann LaCasce, Dana, Farber, Brigham, Sanjay Gupta, James Armitage, Dan Longo, ” Armitage, Longo Organizations: CNN, New England, of Medicine, “, Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester, American Cancer Society, Bristol, Myers Squibb, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Bristol Myers, Brigham Fellowship, CNN Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Brigham, Women’s Locations: United States, Canada, U.S

☆ The next time an astronaut steps foot on the moon, it could be in a Prada spacesuit. See the design.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Axiom Space unveiled a Prada-designed spacesuit on Wednesday at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, where Prada is headquartered. The Prada spacesuit is designed to withstand extreme temperatures. Russell Ralston, executive vice president of extravehicular activity at Axiom Space, told Business Insider that the "critical design review" stage will begin in 2025. Advertisement"Once the AxEMU spacesuit is through NASA's CDR and qualification testing, the spacesuit will be ready for the Artemis III mission," he said in a statement. Artemis III will follow NASA's Artemis II, which is scheduled to launch no earlier than September 2025.

Persons: Artemis, —, Michael Suffredini, Matt Ondler, it's, Russell Ralston, Prada, Artemis III Organizations: Prada, Service, International Astronautical, NASA, Extravehicular, Mercury, Space, Business Locations: Milan, Houston

☆ The government steps in to make it easier to cancel your subscriptions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Federal Trade Commission finalized a rule designed to make canceling subscriptions easier. The rule targets "negative option" programs, such as auto-renewing subscriptions. AdvertisementThe government has had it with companies making it difficult for consumers to cancel their subscriptions. The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a final "click to cancel" rule requiring companies to make canceling subscriptions just as easy as signing up for them. Related storiesThe agency said its rule aimed to address common problems with these types of subscriptions, such as companies obscuring the terms of their subscriptions, customers getting billed when they didn't agree to pay, and companies making it difficult or impossible to cancel subscriptions.

Persons: —, Lina Khan Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Service, Wednesday, Federal

☆ Consumers are in for some relief: Lower energy prices are on the way
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Olesya Dmitracova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

London CNN —For consumers still scarred by jumps in their energy bills in recent years, the International Energy Agency has good news: Oil and natural gas prices will probably be lower over the next five years. Energy prices soared in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which followed a rise in global demand as economies reopened after Covid lockdowns put lives on hold. And that “would move us into a very different energy world from the one we have experienced in recent years during the global energy crisis,” he added in a statement accompanying the IEA’s latest World Energy Outlook report. But global oil output has been increasing, thanks mostly to producers in the United States and other countries in the Americas. The energy body reiterated its previous forecasts that demand for oil, natural gas and coal will peak by the end of the decade.

Persons: Covid lockdowns, Ukraine don’t, Fatih Birol, Birol, ” Birol, “ Organizations: London CNN, International Energy Agency, Energy, Brent, IEA, US, CNN, ” Locations: Ukraine, United States, Americas, Qatar

A pro-Hamas organization that has helped organize protests on American college campuses is a “sham charity” that fundraises for a terrorist group, the Treasury Department said Tuesday. Kates’ husband, Khaled Barakat, was also sanctioned by the Treasury Department. The Treasury Department said its actions would help protect legitimate charity organizations. Barbara McQuade, the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, said the Treasury designation will impact Samidoun’s fundraising efforts. Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesperson, said in a statement that the “United States will continue to disrupt sham organizations that function under the guise of humanitarian organizations while funding terrorism.”

Persons: ”, Charlotte Kates, Samidoun, Bradley Smith, Kates, Khaled Barakat, Barakat, Israel “, Barbara McQuade, ” McQuade, it’s, Matthew Miller Organizations: Treasury Department, U.S, Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, NBC News, Treasury, Popular Front, Liberation, Palestine, Terrorism, Financial, West Bank, “, Attorney, Eastern, Eastern District of, State Department hasn’t, State Department Locations: Vancouver, Gaza, Germany, Israel, Eastern District, Eastern District of Michigan, webinars, United States

At least 92 people are still unaccounted for in North Carolina as first responders still sort through the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, weeks after the storm devastated the western part of the state. Mario Tama / Getty ImagesThere have been at least 118 deaths in North Carolina related to the Hurricane Helene, accounting for nearly half of the 243 killed by the storm across multiple states. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell echoed Cooper's call to stop the spread of misinformation regarding the agency and the response to recent natural disasters. "And frankly, it's heartbreaking to see words or active acts of hatred toward anyone, let alone federal responders who are here to help people in this critical time," Criswell said. "We have over 2,000 people from the federal family in North Carolina, and misinformation will not deter us from our mission of helping people.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Roy Cooper, Cooper, Mario Tama, Helene, Deanne Criswell, Criswell Organizations: . North Carolina Gov, National Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Public Safety, FEMA Locations: North Carolina, Hurricane, ., Bat Cave, N.C

☆ Maine shooting survivors claim Army negligence and FDA's weight-loss drug decision: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump bang on glass where election absentee ballots are counted at Detroit's TCF Center on Nov. 4, 2020. Jeff Kowalsky / AFP via Getty Images fileNearly four years later, the mayhem at the TCF Center is burned into the minds of many election officials, lawyers and poll watchers. An NBC News investigation can now report the extent of the Republican Party and Trump campaign’s involvement in the TCF Center ordeal in 2020. ➡️ Former President Bill Clinton said the election will come down to whether there is a fair and transparent vote tally. ➡️ House Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the election will reflect “a demographic shift” showing larger blocs of voters helping elect Republicans.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, “, Jeff Kowalsky, ➡️ Harris, ”, Harris, ➡️, Bill Clinton, Mike Johnson, Robert Card, Card’s, Lilly’s, Mounjaro, wouldn’t, Eli Lilly, Bao Li, Qing Bao —, Jimmy Chin, — Elizabeth Robinson, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: FDA, Trump, Democrat, TCF Convention, Detroit's TCF Center, Getty, TCF Center, NBC, Republican Party, RNC, Democratic, of Defense, Army, Keller Army Community Hospital, Secret Service, Zoo, Canada, Indiana, ”, Geographic, Ikea Locations: Detroit, AFP, Michigan, Erie , Pennsylvania, Maine, U.S, Lewiston , Maine, West Point , New York, North Carolina, China, Irvine, Everest

☆ Citi's regulatory nightmare still haunts CEO Jane Fraser
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Citi CEO Jane Fraser denied the prospect of an asset cap after being pressed by two analysts. CFO Mark Mason said Citi is reevaluating its budget and strategy to fix regulatory problems quicker. AdvertisementCiti topped Wall Street expectations this quarter, but CEO Jane Fraser was dogged by questions regarding the bank's regulatory fate. Fraser was asked three times for reassurances that Citi did not and would not have an asset cap before answering the question. "We do not have an asset cap and there are no additional measures other than what was announced in July in place and not expecting any."

Persons: Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Jane Fraser, Mark Mason, —, Fraser, Vivek Juneja, Warren's, Anand Selva, Wells, Mike Mayo —, I'm, Mayo, Mason, Tim Ryan Organizations: Citi, Service, OCC, Federal Reserve Locations: Selva

☆ Crude oil prices fall more than 4% as looming surplus overshadows Iran-Israel tensions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Crude oil futures fell more than 4% on Tuesday, as a looming global oil surplus next year overshadowed the risk of a supply disruption from the conflict between Israel and Iran. Oil prices spiked earlier this month after Iran hit Israel with a ballistic missile attack, raising fears that Israel would respond by targeting the Islamic Republic's oil facilities. The International Energy Agency said Tuesday that its members are prepared to take action if there is a supply disruption in the Middle East. Meanwhile, crude production in the Americas, led by the U.S., is poised to grow by 1.5 million bpd this year and next, the IEA said. OPEC has cut its oil 2024 forecast for the third consecutive month in a row.

Persons: Israel Organizations: International Energy Agency, OPEC Locations: Israel, Iran, Americas, U.S

☆ Elon Musk’s empire of misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —At any Tesla event, you have to go in expecting a good amount of smoke and mirrors. This is the company run by Elon Musk, after all — its self-anointed Technoking who’s made overpromising and underdelivering a theme of his career. ICYMI: The robotaxis, Tesla’s fully driverless vehicles that it hopes to put into service next year, were the main event. But Musk’s reality distortion field is something else entirely — hardly limited to overly optimistic timetables or pie-in-the-sky projections for Tesla’s delivery schedule. In a twist, though, X dropped Unilever from the lawsuit on Friday.

Persons: CNN Business ’, Elon Musk, Technoking who’s, Tesla, ” Gordon Johnson, ” Morgan Stanley, Adam Jonas, they’re, Steve Jobs, Donald Trump, ”, Craig Fugate, X Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Elon, Bloomberg, “, Apple, National Guard, FEMA, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, ” Unilever, ”, Unilever Locations: New York, Carolina

☆ Harris PAC's $1 million contribution from Ripple's Chris Larsen shows crypto industry warming to VP
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

In total, Larsen has given around $1.9 million to support Harris' campaign directly and through PACs, according to FEC data compiled by crypto market and blockchain analyst James Delmore and independently verified by CNBC. Nearly half of all the corporate money flowing into the election has come from the crypto industry, according to a recent report from the nonprofit watchdog group Public Citizen. "What we've had to date has been almost like purposeful chaos by Gensler to kind of crush the domestic industry," Larsen said. Horowitz said that he and his wife, Felicia, "have known Vice President Harris for over 10 years and she has been a great friend to both of us during that time." On Monday, the Harris campaign unveiled its "Opportunity Agenda for Black Men" in a report.

Persons: Chris Larsen, Donald Trump's, Chris Larsen isn't, Ripple, Kamala Harris, Larsen, who's, Harris, he's, Biden, " Larsen, isn't, James Delmore, that's, Evelyn Hockstein, Andreessen Horowitz, Trump, keynoted, Josh Shapiro, John Deaton, Massachusetts Republican who's, Democratic Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi, Gary Gensler, Brad Garlinghouse, Marvin Ammori, Skybridge Capital's Anthony Scaramucci, Scaramucci, Warren, Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen, Horowitz, Felicia, Delmore Organizations: YouTube, White, CNBC, Biden, Democratic, Harris, Fund, Forbes, Public Citizen, U.S, Erie International Airport, Democratic Pennsylvania Gov, Massachusetts Republican, Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund, Biden PAC, SEC, Trump, Ripple, White House, Sen Locations: Bay, Erie , Pennsylvania, U.S, Nashville , Tennessee, Massachusetts, Washington ,, New York

Nearly one-third of the cameras in the Border Patrol’s primary surveillance system along the southern U.S. border are not working, according to an internal agency memo sent in early October, depriving border agents of a crucial tool in combating illegal migrant crossings. The officials said there are some areas that are not visible to Border Patrol due to broken cameras. The Border Patrol union in Laredo, Texas noted the issue last week in a post to its Facebook page. The Department of Homeland Security’s budget request to Congress, via the White House, has routinely asked for more money to restore surveillance systems along the border. House Republicans blocked a bipartisan bill earlier this year that would have significantly improved surveillance systems, hired additional Border Patrol agents and resumed border wall construction.

Persons: ” Organizations: Patrol, NBC, Systems, Customs, Border Protection, Border Patrol, NBC News, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Department, Homeland, White, House Republicans Locations: U.S, Mexico, Laredo , Texas

An armed North Carolina man was arrested after it was reported that he had made comments about “possibly harming FEMA employees” involved in hurricane relief efforts in the state, authorities said. William Jacob Parsons, 44, was arrested Saturday after the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office received a call saying the caller witnessed Parsons making threatening comments about Federal Emergency Management Agency responders in Lake Lure and Chimney Rock, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. He was charged with “Going Armed to the Terror of the Public,” the sheriff’s office said. In Ashe County, FEMA operations were briefly put on pause in response to the threats and resumed today, the county sheriff’s office said on Facebook. “FEMA continues to support communities impacted by Helene and help survivors apply for assistance,” a FEMA spokesperson said.

Persons: William Jacob Parsons, Parsons, “, ‘, ’ ”, Shayne Martin, Hurricane Helene, Donald Trump, Helene, ”, ” Parson, Alejandro Mayorkas, Trump Organizations: FEMA, Sheriff’s, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington Post, U.S . Forest Service, National Guard, ’, NBC News, Forest Service, North Carolina National Guard, Facebook, . Homeland, Institute for Strategic, North Carolina Department of Public Locations: North Carolina, Rutherford, Lake Lure, Rutherford County, U.S, N.C, Lure, Ashe County, Madison County, Asheville, London

The FDA’s announcement on Oct. 2 declaring the shortage over meant that compounding pharmacists had to stop filling tirzepatide prescriptions. Simone Williams, 50, of Spartanburg, S.C was prescribed compounded tirzepatide in June 2023 after her Mounjaro savings card expired. Williams began taking compounded tirzepatide for weight loss last year after her Mounjaro savings card expired. Tirzepatide was on the FDA’s drug shortage list for nearly two years. ‘Peace of mind’Meanwhile, patients and compounding pharmacists are celebrating the FDA decision to allow tirzepatide compounding to continue.

Persons: Lilly’s, Mounjaro, Zepbound, semaglutide, Wegovy, drugmakers, tirzepatide, “, Simone Williams, S.C, Simone Williams Simone Williams, Williams, ” Williams, she’s, I’m, ”, Lilly, Michael Ganio, Ganio, Dr, Christopher McGowan, ” McGowan, ” Lilly, Jared Shapiro, ’ ” Shapiro, Elizabeth Kenly, ” Kenly, Kenly Organizations: Drug Administration, FDA, Association, American Society of Health, System, Outsourcing, Alliance, Pharmacy, APC Locations: Spartanburg, Spartanburg , South Carolina, U.S, Cary , North Carolina, Graham , North Carolina

Eleven people were hospitalized after eating wild and apparently toxic mushrooms on Friday night, a fire agency that serves Pennsylvania Dutch Country said. The station reported that family members foraged wild mushrooms and ate them that night. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says eating mushrooms foraged outdoors should almost never be done except by trained experts known as mycologists. Most of the known mushroom poisonings and deaths in the United States involve foraging of amanita phalloides mushrooms, known as "death caps," in the wild, the CDC said in a report on the toxic fungi. Eating them can cause death as well as abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration and liver damage, the CDC said.

Persons: WGAL Organizations: Pennsylvania Dutch, NBC, Country, Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, CDC Locations: Peach Bottom, Lancaster , Pennsylvania, Dutch, Philadelphia, Maryland, Delta, United States

☆ North Carolina: FEMA forced to pause Hurricane Helene aid due to reported threats toward responders
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Paradise Afshar | Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Aid to several communities impacted by Hurricane Helene was temporarily paused in parts of North Carolina over the weekend due to reports of threats against Federal Emergency Management Agency responders, amid a backdrop of misinformation about responses to recent storms. Some FEMA teams helping disaster survivors apply for assistance in rural North Carolina are currently working at secure disaster recovery centers in counties where federal workers are receiving threats, a FEMA spokesperson told CNN on Monday. More than 100 people were killed in North Carolina and thousands of others were left grappling with catastrophic damage. There were more than 1,200 FEMA staff providing support in North Carolina as of Saturday, according to an update from the agency. FEMA officials have received threats before, but the difference is the magnitude of threats received in the wake of Helene’s devastation in North Carolina, the FEMA spokesperson told CNN.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, It’s, Helene, Phil Howell, Howell, we’ve, Hurricanes Helene, Milton, Joe Biden, ”, Kerry Giles, CNN’s Jalen Beckford Organizations: CNN, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, National Guard, Washington Post, Sheriff B, Facebook, Rescue, Hurricanes, Biden, Senior Locations: Hurricane, North Carolina, Rutherford County, Asheville, Florida, Ashe County, Tennessee, Virginia, ”, ” Rutherford

☆ NASA launches a probe to find out if there really could be alien life on Jupiter's moon Europa
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NASA launched Europa Clipper to see if Jupiter's moon Europa could host alien life. NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI InstituteThe NASA mission, called Europa Clipper, aims to figure out whether the Jupiter moon and its ocean could support life. The Europa Clipper spacecraft at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/Kim Shiflett"We scientists have been dreaming about a mission like Europa Clipper for more than 20 years. An artist's concept of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft.

Persons: —, Laurie Leshin, Kim Shiflett, We've, Gina DiBraccio, Jordan Evans, Evans Organizations: NASA, Europa Clipper, Service, SpaceX, Jet Propulsion, Caltech, SETI, Europa, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kennedy Space Center, Clipper, JPL, Planetary Science Locations: Florida

☆ Biden, surveying Milton's aftermath, announces $600M for rebuilding in Florida and other states
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Elyse-Perlmutter-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

President Joe Biden announced while surveying storm-damaged Florida on Sunday that over $600 million will flow to states affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton, which ravaged Georgia and North Carolina as well. Ahead of the storm, the Biden administration sought to combat misinformation about the emergency funds flowing to the state. No money is being diverted from disaster response needs. FEMA’s disaster response efforts and individual assistance is funded through the Disaster Relief Fund, which is a dedicated fund for disaster efforts. Disaster Relief Fund money has not been diverted to other, non-disaster related efforts.”FEMA uses Disaster Relief Fund money solely for that purpose.

Persons: Joe Biden, Milton, Pete Beach, Biden, ” Biden, Adrian Petrila, Kathleen Peters, Donald Trump, Jim Jordan, Trump, Mike Johnson, Kristen Welker, “ We’re, ”, “, Welker, I’ve, ” Johnson Organizations: St, Pete, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Disaster Relief Fund, Disaster, Fund, Border, Lawmakers, NBC Locations: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, St, St . Petersburg, Pinellas, Tampa, Ohio, U.S

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