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☆ Top U.S. commander in Middle East being investigated on allegations of shoving a subordinate
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Courtney Kube | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Army Criminal Investigation Division is looking into allegations that Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla shoved an airman while traveling on a C-17 several weeks ago, the officials said. The Army Criminal Investigation Division said in a statement that it is "aware of an alleged incident and is currently looking into it. The Army Criminal Investigation Division is an independent federal law enforcement agency responsible for felony criminal investigations and operations. For now, he remains in the job and is currently traveling in the Middle East, according to a senior administration official. Kurilla has been at the helm of CENTCOM, the combatant command in the Middle East and Central Asia, since April 2022.

Persons: Michael “ Erik ” Kurilla, Kurilla, It’s Organizations: Army, U.S . Central Command, Army Criminal, Army Criminal Investigation, Defense, 75th Ranger Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, Operations Command Locations: U.S, CENTCOM, East, Central Asia, Israel, Iran, Iranian, Syria, Mosul, Iraq

Andrew Cuomo to the Department of Justice, alleging he made “criminally false statements” during closed-door testimony in June 2024. In the Republican-led committee’s referral, it says Cuomo “knowingly and willfully made materially false statements” to the panel during its investigation into the New York’s Covid-19 response. Cuomo also denied having discussions about the July 6 report being peer reviewed, according to the panel, which said documents show otherwise. The panel said Cuomo was not under oath during his testimony but was required to answer questions truthfully to Congress. Cuomo’s plan to centralize the pandemic response in the governor’s office also has received criticism, including from an independent report commissioned by his successor, Gov.

Persons: Andrew Cuomo, General Merrick Garland, Cuomo “, ”, Cuomo, “, Rich Azzopardi, ” Azzopardi, Rita Galvin, Galvin, Elise Stefanik, Brad Wenstrup, ” Wenstrup, “ You’re, Trump, ” Cuomo, Kathy Hochul Organizations: U.S, New York Gov, Department of Justice, Republican, of Health, U.S . Rep, ”, Ohio Republican Locations: New York, “

Their clash has already drawn more ad spending than any other Senate race in history, eclipsing the $412 million spent in Georgia’s 2020 race between Jon Ossoff and David Perdue. While Moreno clings to Trump, Brown tends to avoid talking too much about national political figures from either party. “Sherrod Brown, he’s taking ads in like he’s my best friend,” the former president said Sunday during a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York. He also acknowledged the threat of ticket-splitters — and the importance of Trump having coattails long enough to carry Moreno along with him. But then-Rep. Tim Ryan, a Democrat who represented much of the area for years, lost it to Vance in the Senate race by 3 points in 2022.

Persons: Ohio — Sen, Sherrod Brown, Bernie Moreno, Jon Ossoff, David Perdue, Brown, Moreno, Donald Trump, ” Brown, “, it’s, —, ”, ” Sen, Republican Bernie Moreno, Barack Obama, Bob Taft, Trump, “ Sherrod Brown, “ He’s, ” Moreno, MAGA, Donald Trump Jr, Sen, Lindsey Graham, Graham, “ Trump’s, ” Graham, Kamala Harris, “ I’m, Kamala, Joe Biden, ’ ” Brown, Obama, Brown’s, Rachel Petri, JD Vance, Tim Ryan, Vance, they’ve, ” Petri, Paul Adams, Chuck Schumer, Hunter, “ We’ve, ” Trump, Martin Luther King Jr, Shontel Brown, Chris Ronayne, Moreno “, Andre Washington, — Sherrod Brown, David Brock, He’s, ” Moreno —, Sherrod Organizations: Republicans, Trump, NBC News, Teamsters, Republican, Ohio Senate, Ohio Gov, Madison, Trump’s, Democrat, ”, Democratic, Senate, Trump Jr, Cleveland, Ohio Democratic Party, GOP, Fund, Cuyahoga County Democratic Locations: VERMILION, Ohio, Trump, Youngstown, New York, Erie, swingy Lorain County, Lorain, Lorain County, Cleveland, Delaware, Mahoning counties . Delaware, Columbus, Mahoning, Strongsville, Russia, Lake Erie, Cuyahoga County, I’m

After months of incremental measures, Chinese President Xi Jinping in late September led a top-level meeting that vowed to "halt the real estate market decline." Earlier this month, the Finance Ministry introduced more measures aimed at stabilizing the real estate sector. Property sales and new home construction are unlikely to stabilize until 2027, Goldman forecast. watch nowS&P Global Ratings and Morgan Stanley this month also published reports forecasting China's real estate market will bottom in the second half of 2025. China's latest efforts to bolster confidence have given the real estate market a lift.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Edward Chan, Nomura Organizations: China Vanke Co, Bloomberg, Getty, Finance Ministry, Goldman, China Index Academy, P Global, National Bureau of Statistics Locations: China, Hefei, Beijing

The military seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, giving rise to intensified fighting with long-established armed groups associated with Myanmar’s ethnic minority groups, and prompting the formation of new pro-democracy militias. Two weeks later the Arakan Army launched attacks in its home western state of Rakhine, and since then other militia groups and PDFs have joined in around the country. But at the same time, resistance groups are closing in on Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city in the center of the country. The Tatmadaw has been accused of deliberately targeting civilians in retribution for perceived support for the resistance militias, something it denies. Should the Tatmadaw fall, that could lead to the fragmentation of Myanmar unless the groups work hard to resolve political and territorial differences.

Persons: Aung, Suu Kyi, Alliance —, ”, Connor Macdonald Organizations: Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, Arakan Army, National Liberation Army, Alliance, Council, United Nations ’ Office, Human Rights, Army, Institute for Strategy Locations: BANGKOK, Myanmar, Russia, China, Suu, Shan, Rakhine, Kayah, Naypyidaw, Yangon, Mandalay, Myanmar’s, Chin, Paletwa, Syria, Beijing

For years, Republican activists have huddled in video meetings to talk about remaking democracy and plan for the election. They successfully lobbied for new state election laws and procedures, diving deep into the intricacies of election regulations. Earlier this year, Ms. Mitchell said she was called by God to shift her attention to the possibility that noncitizens were voting. They were involved in recent attempts to make it easier for State Election Board members to hold up certification while they conduct inquiries into the vote. Ms. Mitchell has talked about a federal elections overhaul should Republicans win the White House and Congress.

Persons: Donald J, Cleta Mitchell, Rebecca Dunn, Richard Uihlein, —, Mark Meadows, Russell T, Trump, Mitchell, Trump’s, John Eastman, I’ve, Donald Trump, badgered, illegals ”, ”, ” Ms, “, ” Patrice Johnson, Mike Johnson, Chip Roy, Ron Armstrong, Richard Silvestri, Matthew Seifried, Seifried, Claire Zunk, Janine Iyer, Elizabeth Ayoub, “ Janine, Johnson, Ned Jones, John Richards Jr, don’t, Jim Womack, Mr, Jones, I’m, we’ve Organizations: Republican, The New York Times, Trump, Network, Republican National Committee, Bradley Impact Foundation, Conservative Partnership Institute, Trump White House, Citizens, Gateway Pundit, Federalist, Republicans, United States, Tea Party, Michigan, Mr, Republican Party, Michigan Fair, North, United Sovereign Americans, American Legislative Exchange Council, White House Locations: America, In Nevada, Georgia, Texas, United, Michigan, Ron Armstrong , Michigan, chimed, Trump, Georgia , Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina

As President Joe Biden fought to remain in the presidential race this summer, advisers often argued there existed a “Biden coalition” — a cohort only the incumbent could hold together. A coalition of labor groups targeting union members in battleground states is pointing to Biden’s term in office. Coons noted the vice president has campaigned in Pennsylvania’s biggest cities, but also in places like Wilkes-Barre, Johnstown and Erie to reach the kinds of voters Biden has long considered his base. And for some voters whom Biden won in 2020, the message has shifted away from being about him. The union has held rallies and other organizing events there and in Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada targeting its own and other union members.

Persons: Joe Biden, ”, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Trump, Biden, Tim Walz, Harris ’, Biden’s, Walz, ” Walz, Chris Coons, “ Kamala Harris, Harris, Coons, ” Coons, ” Harris, …, Randi Weingarten, ” Weingarten, aren’t, “, we’ve, “ We’ve, ’, Harris —, Sanders, Harris “, Shawn Fain, Lisa Blunt Rochester, “ Biden, Harris’s, Andrew Bates Organizations: Biden, Democratic, Harris, Major League Baseball, American Federation of Teachers, Task Force, Organizing, Empowerment, Trump, Republican, Culinary, United Auto Workers Locations: Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Scranton , Pennsylvania, Arizona, Lansing , Michigan, Pennsylvania’s, Wilkes, Barre , Johnstown, Erie, Scranton, Scranton that’s, New Hampshire, Nevada, Michigan, Pittsburgh, LIUNA, Michigan , Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Delaware

Counterfeiting has ballooned into a massive problem for Crye, costing it millions of dollars a year, said Jonathan Antone, the company's general counsel. By 2016, sellers were speaking out about Amazon's growing counterfeit problem, telling CNBC of the company's effort to openly court Chinese manufacturers. "There's a lot more space on that digital shelf for potential counterfeit products," he added. Agents seized "multiple tractor trailer loads" of counterfeit MultiCam products, estimated to be worth $8 million, according to court documents. Crye showed CNBC examples of counterfeit MultiCam products that were allegedly sold by retailer L&Q Tactical, one of the defendants in the lawsuit, on Amazon.

Persons: Ramin Kohanbash, Bernard Klein, Jonathan Antone, Crye, It's, it's, Counterfeits, Jason Goldberg, Goldberg, counterfeits, Kebharu Smith, Jeff Bezos, Bezos, Smith, We're, Antone, Ernesto Rodriguez, Crye's, Crye Precision's Ernesto Rodriguez Organizations: New York's Brooklyn Navy Yard, California, outfitters, California Surplus, CNBC, Amazon, Brand Registry, Justice Department, FBI, Prada, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Agents, Crye Locations: New, New Jersey, America, Brooklyn, Brooklyn , New York, Arlington , Virginia, Texas, California

Fifty-five hard-to-miss nuns of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie. These sisters don’t deserve to be put down by some misinformation that we’re a sham, that we’re a fraud,” said the prioress, Sister Stephanie Schmidt. Sister Stephanie Schmidt speaks during an interview with CNN, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Because the Benedictine Sisters don’t sit still. “If the 53 people registered at this address are legal voters… then I encourage them to participate in their right to vote,” Maloney posted.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Cliff Maloney, Pennsylvania Chase, “ We’re, Annette Marshall, I’ve, “ We’ve, ”, Stephanie Schmidt, Maloney, Al Schmidt, Sister Schmidt, Barack Obama, Diane Rabe, don’t, Sister Marshall, Theresa Zoky, Sister Linda Romey, “, Diane Cook, they’d, Sister Cook, Trump, Roger Stone, ” Maloney, Elon Musk, Tesla, Sisters don’t, Maloney “, …, We’re, they’ll Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Republican, Benedictine, CNN, Trump, Erie, Biden, Democratic, Trump . America PAC, Action, America PAC retweeted, Sisters Locations: Erie, Pennsylvania, East, Erie County, Erie , Pennsylvania, “, North Carolina , Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin

☆ Jamie Dimon says the global order is at risk — and raging conflicts could explode into World War 3
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said US adversaries want to dismantle the world order. The bank chief said the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza conflicts could escalate into World War III. AdvertisementJamie Dimon says US adversaries want to topple the world order, and the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts could explode into a new world war. Dimon emphasized the risk that global warfare could break out, citing his historical knowledge and a recent Washington Post article that said, "World War III has already begun." Ray Dalio, another Wall Street billionaire and a financial historian, said last October that the chance of a world war involving the US and China had jumped from 35% to 50% over the previous two years.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, Dimon, —, Vladimir Putin's, We've, it's, Ray Dalio Organizations: Service, JPMorgan, Institute for International, Washington Post, Wall Street Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, China, Western, Washington , DC, Washington, Iran

☆ Chinese influence operation targets U.S. down-ballot races, Microsoft says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

An army of Chinese-controlled social media bots is attempting to influence voters in Alabama, Texas and Tennessee while denigrating Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, according to research published Wednesday by Microsoft. The troll network has “parroted antisemitic messages, amplified accusations of corruption and promoted opposition candidates,” according to Microsoft. The bots amplified support for Blackburn’s election rival while spreading claims that she took money from pharmaceutical companies. Moore, McCaul and Blackburn are all running for re-election next month. The Microsoft researchers found the influence effort did not result “in high levels of engagement.” The report did not provide any metrics for how many Americans viewed the relevant social media posts.

Persons: denigrating Sen, Marco Rubio, Barry Moore of, Michael McCaul of, Sen, Marsha Blackburn of, Rubio, China “, Moore, McCaul, ”, Madison Green, Israel, —, China — Organizations: Microsoft, China’s Public Security Ministry, Embassy, Blackburn, Senate Intelligence Committee, Moore, Chinese Communist Party, CCP, National Intelligence, Reuters Locations: Alabama , Texas, Tennessee, Marco Rubio of Florida, Barry Moore of Alabama, Michael McCaul of Texas, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Washington, China, U.S, Israel, Russia, Iran

☆ Former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model says Trump groped her to show off for Jeffrey Epstein
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Jeremy Herb | Sunlen Serfaty | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

New York CNN —A former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is alleging that former President Donald Trump groped her in the 1990s, in what she believes was an attempt to show off for Jeffrey Epstein. “These accusations, announced on a Harris Campaign call two weeks before the election, are false,” said Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. Trump and EpsteinWhen she and Epstein left Trump Tower, Williams said that he was silent while they rode down the elevator. After Epstein was charged, Trump told reporters that he did not know about his misconduct. “I was not a fan of Jeffrey Epstein,” Trump said.

Persons: New York CNN —, Donald Trump groped, Jeffrey Epstein, Stacey Williams, Epstein, Williams, Trump, “, didn’t, ” Williams, ”, “ Stacey, Donald, Kamala ”, Kamala Harris ’, Harris, Karoline Leavitt, Doug Emhoff ‘, ’, Emhoff, Epstein “, “ Donald, Epstein –, –, she’s, Jean Carroll, Jeff, ” Trump, she’d, CNN’s Scott Glover Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, Trump, New York Magazine, Sports, Democratic, Tech, Obama Locations: New York, Trump, New York City, Beach, Lago, City

☆ Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka: US and Israel warn of potential attack on tourist locations in coastal area
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Both the United States and Israel issued security alerts Wednesday warning of a potential attack on tourist locations in a coastal area of Sri Lanka. “The travel alert for Arugam Bay and the coastal areas in south and west Sri Lanka (including for the cities Ahangame, Galle, Hikkaduwa and Weligama) has been raised to level 4,” it stated. “We recommend leaving these areas immediately. There have been protests in Buddhist majority Sri Lanka against Israel’s war in Gaza. However, there have not been any major terrorist attacks in the nation since the 2019 Easter Sunday attack, when suicide bombers launched a coordinated series of attacks on three Catholic churches and three luxury hotels across Sri Lanka, killing 270 people and injuring 500 more.

Persons: “, ”, ” Israel Organizations: CNN, Embassy, Arugam, National Security Council, Sri, Colombo Locations: United States, Israel, Sri Lanka, Arugam, “, Galle, Hikkaduwa, Gaza

☆ Democrats seize on Trump’s extremism amid latest reporting about him and Hitler
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Trump’s alleged fixation with Hitler was also supported by material in several books, including one by CNN’s Jim Sciutto. Trump’s campaign denied the exchange about Trump and Hitler reported in The Atlantic. President Trump never said this,” campaign adviser Alex Pfeiffer said. I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know, I have no idea,” he said. And the 44th president reinforced Democratic warnings about Trump’s age and cognition — turning his successor’s former strategy against Biden on him.

Persons: Tim Walz, Donald Trump, pined, Hitler, Kamala Harris ’, Jeffrey Goldberg, Trump, “, John Kelly, Trump’s, CNN’s Jim Sciutto, Kelly, Walz, Harris, “ Don’t, Adolf Hitler, ”, Alex Pfeiffer, Steven Cheung, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, he’d, “ We’re, ” Vance, –, you’ve, Joe Biden, Mandel Ngan, White, Biden, MAGA, Barack Obama, lacerating Trump, Obama, —, loonier Donald Trump, ” Obama, Kamala Harris, Sarah Rice, ” Harris, he’s, didn’t, Anna Moneymaker, don’t, ” Trump, it’s, Tuesday’s Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Trump, White House, The New York Times, Army National Guard, Times, Marine, Staff, National Guard, CBS, Black Americans, New, New Hampshire Democratic, Getty, White, NBC, Doral, Latino, Trump National Doral, Club, Capitol Locations: Atlantic, Wisconsin, Minnesota, United States, The, ”, North Carolina, Ohio, Arizona, New Hampshire, Concord, AFP, Royal Oak , Michigan, Miami

A man whom authorities named the “Penguin Bandit” was sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison last week after robbing multiple banks in the Denver, Colorado area. The teller told Ruthstrom that he activated a “distress system” in the cash dispenser which gives out $400 in twenty-dollar bills and triggers a hold-up alarm. According to the complaint, Ruthstrom asked for more money, so the teller did this two more times and gave him a total of $1,200 before he left. The note from the Jan. 18 robbery demanded that the teller give over $10,000 in hundred and fifty dollar bills. Ruthstrom's robbery note from 2043 S. Colorado Blvd on Jan. 18.

Persons: ”, Samuel Richard Ruthstrom, District of Colorado Matt Kirsch, Ruthstrom’s, Ruthstrom, waddle, Jeep Organizations: Attorney, District of Colorado, Denver Police Department, Zing Credit Union, Colorado, United States, FBI Locations: Denver , Colorado, ”, Wells, Jan

☆ I'm a doctor, CEO, and mother of 3. I set aside time to be fully present with my family every day, but I wish I had more to give.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I began a private practice, providing personalized psychiatric care and psychotherapy, focusing on women's mental health and perinatal mental health. I also now have a digital mental health platform. Now, as the cofounder and CEO, I'm caring for patients and working to raise awareness of relevant mental health issues. 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.:Dinner time is family time — I block my work calendar to be fully present during these hours. The evening usually involves playing with the toddlers and caring for the baby, but by this point, I'm pretty exhausted.

Persons: Sarah Oreck, Oreck, —, Emma Sugerman, he's, doesn't, I'm, We've, Lauryn Haas Organizations: Mavida, Service, Mavida Health, Health, lhaas Locations: Los Angeles, East Coast, LA

☆ US Navy aviators killed in stateside Growler fighter jet crash flew combat strike missions off a carrier in the Red Sea fight
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Two US Navy aviators were killed last week when their fighter jet crashed during a training flight. The Navy on Monday identified the two aviators as Lt. Cmdr. Evans and Wileman had recently returned from flying combat missions against the Houthis. AdvertisementThe two US Navy aviators who were killed in a fighter jet crash in the United States last week had recently returned from flying combat missions against the Houthis. AdvertisementAnd Wileman was awarded three Strike Flight Air Medals for her role in combat missions between December and April.

Persons: Cmdr, Lyndsay Evans, Serena Wileman, Evans, Wileman, —, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Lyndsay, Miley, Serena, Ike, Houthi aggressions Organizations: US Navy, Navy, Service, US, EA, Navy's Carrier Strike, Electronic, Boeing, Eisenhower, . US Navy, Coalition Locations: United States, Washington's Mount Rainier, Yemen, Houthi, Arabian, Iran

☆ New York magazine is parting ways with Olivia Nuzzi following the revelation of her RFK Jr. relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York magazine is parting ways with Olivia Nuzzi after a third-party investigation. AdvertisementNew York magazine is parting ways with Oliva Nuzzi, its star Washington correspondent, after a third-party investigation into her work, the publication announced Monday. New York magazine characterized the parting as mutual and said the investigation found "no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias" in her reporting. AdvertisementThe scandal roiled New York magazine and spilled into Nuzzi's personal life and beyond. Here's New York magazine's full statement on parting ways with Nuzzi:

Persons: Olivia Nuzzi, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, —, Oliva Nuzzi, Davis Wright Tremaine, she'd, Kennedy, Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, Lizza Organizations: Service, New York, Vox Media, New, New York Times, Politico, Business, York Locations: York, Washington, New York, Here's

☆ TikTok once planned to use content posted by its users to influence Mitch McConnell, lawsuit reveals
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Attorneys general from 14 states are suing TikTok over claims it harms children's mental health. One document shows how the company planned to influence Sen. Mitch McConnell. Now, internal TikTok documents included in the state lawsuits are shedding new light on how TikTok tried to influence Congress during its debate on a potential ban. One of those documents revealed that TikTok planned to use content from its users to sway lawmakers, including influential Sen. Mitch McConnell, who supported the TikTok ban. Advertisement"As is standard practice at other companies, we also monitor public sentiment on issues that relate to the company," TikTok said.

Persons: TikTok, Sen, Mitch McConnell, —, McConnell Organizations: TikTok, Service, Purdue Pharma, Congress, United States, Lawmakers, Kentucky Public Radio, NPR, Kentucky Public Locations: United, Kentucky

☆ Hopes for ceasefire in Gaza tempered by difficult politics as Harris heads to Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The moment was carefully coordinated between aides to the president and vice president. For Harris, the complicated politics of the Middle East are unlikely to be made much easier by Sinwar’s demise. And as she headed to Michigan a day later for a three-stop swing, the fraught politics were likely to continue dogging her. The Israel war has proven a complicating factor as the vice president looks for votes among the state’s large Arab- and Muslim-American population in the Detroit metro area. Earlier this month, Harris met with Arab-American leaders in Michigan, where participants encouraged her to distance herself from Biden’s approach to the conflict.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Yahya Sinwar, Harris, Joe Biden, ” Harris, ”, Biden, he’d, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Bibi Organizations: CNN, Air Force, Biden, Israeli Locations: Germany, Wisconsin, Michigan, Detroit, Israel, Gaza, Berlin

☆ Half of all global food threatened by growing water crisis, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( David Hodari | David Hodari Is A London-Based Editor. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“The global water crisis is a tragedy but is also an opportunity to transform the economics of water — and to start by valuing water properly so as to recognize its scarcity,” said Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization and one of the commission’s co-chairs in a statement. With nearly three billion people already in areas experiencing unstable water trends and several cities sinking due to the loss of below-ground water, densely populated areas such as northwestern India, northeastern China and southern and eastern Europe will bear the brunt of global water mismanagement, the report says. “The global water crisis is a ticking time bomb. Even so, a lack of public funds being devoted to water issues by lawmakers around the world will do little to solve the problem. Governments “can’t even react to the symptoms of the water problem, let alone solve the problems if they’re being fiscally strangled,” said UCL's Mazzucato.

Persons: ”, Ngozi, Mariana Mazzucato, we’ve, Mazzucato, Tim Wainwright, “, they’re, UCL's Mazzucato Organizations: World Trade Organization, University College London Institute for Innovation, Purpose, NBC News, OECD, United Nations Locations: India, China, Europe, Netherlands

Vice President Kamala Harris will make campaign stops in Milwaukee, La Crosse and Green Bay, Wisconsin on Thursday as she continues to campaign across Blue Wall states, according to a campaign official. The vice president will then travel to La Crosse where she will hold a rally at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in an effort to engage young voters. Harris will wrap up her day with a rally in Green Bay, alongside Wisconsin leaders. Trump won the presidency in 2016 by stunning Democrat Hillary Clinton to win all three states by a combined margin of about 80,000 votes. President Joe Biden won back the White House in 2020 by recapturing all three states by a combined margin of around 260,000 votes.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, Harris ’, Donald Trump –, Trump, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Read, CNN’s Ronald Brownstein Organizations: Blue Wall, University of Wisconsin -, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, White House Locations: Milwaukee, La Crosse, Green Bay , Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Green Bay, Badger, Wisconsin , Michigan, Pennsylvania

☆ Trump complains to judge that Kamala Harris has used Jack Smith's evidence in ads
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump's lawyers argued in a court filing that evidence is being used in Kamala Harris ads. Trump's attorneys asked a judge to hold off on the release of documents until after the election. AdvertisementDonald Trump is fighting to delay another release of prosecutors' evidence in the 2020 election interference case against him. AdvertisementChutkan has previously admonished Trump's team for seemingly raising conspiracy theories in their arguments. Additionally, the court documents said that Trump replied, "So what?"

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, —, Trump's, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Harris, Chutkan, Smith, Trump, Mike Pence, Pence, President's Organizations: Service, United States, Democratic, Trump, Politico, Business

An army of political propaganda accounts powered by artificial intelligence posed as real people on X to argue in favor of Republican candidates and causes, according to a research report out of Clemson University. The network identified by the Clemson researchers included at least 686 identified X accounts that have posted more than 130,000 times since January. Many of the accounts were removed from X after NBC News emailed the platform for comment. In Arizona’s Republican congressional primary, the accounts supported Blake Masters over Abraham Hamadeh. A search on X for that hashtag shows only one other tweet, from 2018, has used it.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Pepe, Darren Linvill, They’re, Frank LaRose, Bernie Moreno, Blake Masters, Abraham Hamadeh, didn’t, —, Sen, Sherrod Brown, ” OpenAI, Kai, Cheng Yang, ”, Yang, ChatGPT, Elon Musk, Musk, ” Linvill, Larry Norden, “ There’s, ” Norden, “, Norden, Clemson’s, Eric Hartford, Hartford Organizations: Republican, Clemson University, Clemson, NBC, NBC News, Democratic, Clemson’s Media, “, Ohio Republican Senate, Trump, GOP, Hamadeh, Northeastern University, Ohio Republican, Center for Justice, United, Social Locations: American, Montana , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, ”, China, Taiwan, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, United States, U.S

☆ ‘We are fed up’: Ballot drop boxes are dividing neighbors in Wisconsin
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Casey Tolan | Sara Murray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Still, that’s far lower than the 528 drop boxes that the commission was aware of in 2020. PoolNick Ramos, the executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a voting rights group that has pushed for more drop boxes, said he was discouraged by the number of municipalities that had decided not to use drop boxes this election. “Drop boxes are safe, they are reliable and secure.”Changing legal statusFor years, ballot drop boxes were legal in Wisconsin with little controversy or attention, and in 2020, they became a key tactic for municipalities to encourage safe voting during the coronavirus pandemic. A conservative group filed a lawsuit to ban drop boxes in Wisconsin, and the state Supreme Court’s conservative majority sided with them in 2022, banning drop boxes except ones inside clerks’ offices. In Milwaukee, most drop boxes are in front of libraries, and in Madison, the state capital and a Democratic stronghold, officials decided to locate almost all of their drop boxes in front of fire stations.

Persons: Donald Trump, Dale Schmidt, Trump, Nick Ramos, “ We’re, ” Ramos, “ It’s, Joe Biden, Doug Diny, Diny, ”, “, I’ve, Jeff Mandell, Nancy Stenzel, Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald, Vos –, Janet Protasiewicz, Protasiewicz, Dylan Brogan, Schmidt, ” Schmidt, Eric Hovde, “ We’ve, ” Hovde, Catherine Engelbrecht, ” Engelbrecht, Mandell Organizations: CNN, Wisconsin county, “, Trump, Commission, Madison, Wisconsin Democracy, Wausau, Republican, City Hall, Department of Justice, Council, State Assembly, GOP, Democratic, USA, Conservative, US, Washington Post, WIRED Locations: Wisconsin, Dodge County, Milwaukee, Dodge County , Wisconsin, Juneau , Wisconsin, Wausau, ”, Hall, Madison, Kenosha

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