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☆ California took a surprisingly red turn on key issues, upending its ultraliberal reputation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Landlords, realtors, and some pro-housing groups opposed the measure, but the California Democratic Party, tenant groups, and some unions supported it. California voters did, however, vote to enshrine a state constitutional right to marry regardless of sex or race and to issue bonds for natural resource conservation. Related storiesThough Lurie is a Democrat, he received the support of some Republican groups in San Francisco who have criticized Breed's handling of crime, drug use, and homelessness in the city. AdvertisementOther signs California was turning more redBefore Election Day, there were some signs the state's electorate had shifted to the right. California is still tallying its votes, so exactly how much the presidential vote changed from 2020 to 2024 is unclear.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom's, Voters, Allen J, Incumbent San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Daniel Lurie, Lurie, Levi Strauss, Mark Farrell, George Gascón, Gascón, Nathan Hochman, Harris, Joe Biden Organizations: Service, Democratic, SpaceX, Republican, Trump, State, Democratic Gov, realtors, California Democratic Party, Los Angeles Times, Getty, Incumbent San Francisco Mayor London, Democrat, The San Francisco Republican, Los, Public, Institute of California Locations: California, Texas, Coachella, San Francisco, The, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Illinois , New Jersey , New York , Connecticut, Maryland

☆ Pentagon officials discussing how to respond if Trump issues controversial orders
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Natasha Bertrand | Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Pentagon officials are holding informal discussions about how the Department of Defense would respond if Donald Trump issues orders to deploy active-duty troops domestically and fire large swaths of apolitical staffers, defense officials told CNN. “Troops are compelled by law to disobey unlawful orders,” said another defense official. “But the question is what happens then – do we see resignations from senior military leaders? At the time, defense officials tried to include as few civilian employees as possible to limit the impact to the workforce, sources said. But “there are still ways a new administration could work around these protections,” a defense official said, even if it might take several months to do so.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, ”, Mark Milley, “, Defense Lloyd Austin, Milley, John Kelly, Trump’s, Kelly, Hitler’s, Biden, –, George Floyd, …, Austin, ” CNN’s Oren Liebermann Organizations: CNN, Pentagon, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs, Staff, ”, “ Troops, Trump, White, DoD, Defense, National Guard, White House, Defense Department, Customs, Reserves, Army, Congress, United States, Civilian, National Security and Intelligence, Management Locations: ’, ”, Hitler’s Nazi, United States

☆ ‘Death by a thousand cuts’: How experts warn Trump could use an authoritarian playbook to go after the media
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Trump has praised the leaders of many of these nations, especially Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán. Those angles include attacking journalists, discrediting their reporting, applying pressure on media owners to induce self-censorship, launching legal challenges, and leveraging wealthy allies to buy up media outlets to turn them into government mouthpieces. Those outlets were then centralized into the powerful media conglomerate, the Central European Press and Media Foundation (KESMA). That hub now controls roughly 500 outlets, Wójcik said, “consolidating the majority of pro-government media under a single entity.”The few remaining independent media outlets that continue to operate in the country “face challenges, including legal obstacles and broadcast license denials,” Wójcik said. Kamenchuk also expressed optimism that the “levers and limits” on the executive branch enshrined in US law will work to protect the free press.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Sharon Moshavi, “ It’s, ’, Viktor Orbán, “, Moshavi, ” Moshavi, Olga Kamenchuk, Kamala Harris, Harris, ” Kamenchuk, ” Anne Applebaum, ” Applebaum, who’s, Orbán’s, Anna Wójcik, Orbán, Wójcik, ” Wójcik, Mikhail Zygar, Der Spiegel, Vladimir Putin, ” “ Putin, ”, Putin, A.G . Sulzberger, ” Sulzberger, Applebaum, it’s, Kamenchuk Organizations: New, New York CNN, International Center for Journalists, Northwestern University, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Kozminski University, “, Central European Press and Media Foundation, “ Journalists, CBS, New York Times Locations: New York, Europe, United States, Russia, Hungary, India, Poland, Washington, authoritarians, Russian

☆ Questions about sexual orientation and gender ID on track to be on U.S. Census Bureau survey by 2027
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and changes to queries about race and ethnicity are on track to be asked in the most comprehensive survey of American life by 2027, U.S. Census Bureau officials said Thursday. Under the revisions, questions about race and ethnicity that previously were asked separately will be combined into a single question. Questions in English and Spanish about sexual orientation and gender identity started being tested in August with trial questionnaires sent out to several hundred-thousand households. On the sexual orientation test question, respondents can provide a write-in response if they don’t see themselves in the gay or lesbian, straight or bisexual options. The trial questionnaire also is testing “degenderizing” questions about relationships in a household by changing options like “biological son or daughter” to “biological child.”

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☆ Zelensky confirms deadly clashes with North Korean troops as Putin says he’s willing to talk with Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —North Korean troops deployed to Russia’s Kursk region have fought Kyiv’s forces on the battlefield, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, adding that the clashes resulted in fatalities. Zelensky said 11,000 North Korean soldiers are in the region, where Ukraine’s three-month military incursion into Russian territory has stalled. The New York Times reported earlier this week that a number of North Korean troops had been killed in a limited engagement with Russian and Ukrainian forces, citing senior US and Ukrainian officials. US officials had warned that around 10,000 North Korean troops are in the Kursk region and would be expected to enter combat against Ukraine. But Zelensky fears a greater role for North Korean troops if its allies fail to exert more pressure on Putin.

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Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte has won the New Hampshire governor’s race, NBC News projects, defeating Democrat Joyce Craig to keep the seat in Republican hands. Ayotte will succeed Republican Gov. Ayotte lost her re-election battle in 2016 to now-Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat, by only about a thousand votes. She got her start in politics by serving on the Board of School Committee in Manchester, before serving as an alderman for six years. Craig and Ayotte won their parties’ primaries in September, leaving them with only about eight weeks to campaign in the general election period.

Persons: Sen, Kelly Ayotte, Joyce Craig, Ayotte, Chris Sununu, Hampshire’s, Maggie Hassan, ”, Donald Trump, Craig, Don Emmert, Roe, Wade Organizations: New, NBC News, Republican, White, GOP, Trump, of School Committee, Getty Locations: New Hampshire, “ New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Manchester, N.H, AFP, Granite State, New

Tecoluca, El Salvador CNN —Sunlight pours into the cavernous building. Opened less than two years ago, it is already an iconic feature of the “new El Salvador” of President Nayib Bukele. The cells are meticulously clean — an intentional and stark contrast to the dingy and squalid prisons of El Salvador’s past. He even created his own clique, “Crazy Criminals,” now tattooed across his back, after he returned to El Salvador. Critics inside and outside El Salvador question the veracity of the government’s crime data and claimed success over the gangs.

Persons: El Salvador ”, Nayib Bukele, ”, Cecot, Belarmino, Gustavo Villatoro, “, El Salvador —, ‘, Marvin Vásquez, he’s, —, Vásquez, ” Vásquez, “ Rob, it’s, “ It’s, García, Bukele, ” Bukele, …, Juan Carlos Sánchez, Belarmino García, David Culver, Evelio Contreras, Cecot’s García, El, Salvador Molinas, Molina, we’ve Organizations: El Salvador CNN, El, CNN, Central American, Barrio, Law Foundation, Bukele Locations: El Salvador, El Salvador’s, El, Los Angeles, Cecot, America, San Salvador

☆ Here's what President-elect Trump's tariff plan may mean for your wallet
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Trump's plan would reduce average after-tax incomes by almost 3%, according to the tax think tank. "If we get tariffs, we will pass those tariff costs back to the consumer," Daniele said in September. A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests a 10% across-the-board tariff would be roughly equivalent to a $320 billion tax on consumers, Cross said. "The administration could take tariff revenue and redistribute to households via tax cuts in some form or another," explained Pugliese of Wells Fargo. However, the typical U.S. household would still lose $2,600 a year from Trump's tariff plan, even after accounting for an extension of the 2017 tax cuts, according to an analysis by the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Olson, Biden, Trump, There's, Mark Zandi, didn't, Mike Pugliese, Moody's, Philip Daniele, Daniele, Olivia Cross, Cross Organizations: Getty, NBC, Trump, CNBC, Tax, National Retail Federation, Wells, Wells Fargo Economics, U.S, AutoZone, Capital Economics, U.S ., Peterson Institute for International Economics Locations: Grand Rapids , Michigan, Mexico, Wells Fargo, U.S, North America

☆ Officials brace for a flood of disinformation and legal claims as Election Day finally arrives
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Brandy-Zadrozny-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Brandy Zadrozny | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

As Election Day finally arrives, election officials, legal experts and researchers are bracing for a flood of disinformation and legal claims as vote counting begins. The final week of the campaign featured three dynamics that could lead to a protracted legal dispute if the results are close, legal experts said. Election experts say that if a clear winner emerges quickly and voting proceeds without major disruptions, large numbers of Americans may have faith in the results. A misleading advertisement from the Election Integrity Network says “The Glitch Is In” alongside a carousel of news coverage of such procedural Election Day issues. The Election Integrity Network’s founder, Cleta Mitchell, promotes her thousand-strong group as a kind of “national neighborhood watch.”Researchers also point to a new kind of infrastructure around documenting and sharing such rumors on Election Day.

Persons: Donald Trump, “ They’ve, ” Trump, Danielle Tomson, ”, ” Tomson, “, Jennifer Liewer, Chandan Khanna, Trump, noncitizens ’, Cleta Mitchell, Elon Musk, James O’Keefe, Mike Lindell, Ben Berwick, Berwick, ” Berwick, Olivier Touron, Kamala Harris, — Harris, — Organizations: University of Washington’s Center, Convention Center, Getty, Seattle, Center, Conservative, Trump, America PAC, Heritage Foundation, Protect Democracy, “, FBI, National Intelligence Director’s, Infrastructure Security Agency, Service, Naval, Convention, National Guard Locations: Allentown , Pennsylvania, Arizona, Liewer, Maricopa, Beach, West Palm Beach, Fla, Maricopa County, Ariz, Philadelphia, Phoenix, AFP, U.S, Russia, Beach County , Florida

Trump referenced that rally during his speech in Raleigh on Monday, estimating the crowd inside to be 28,000. The crowd for Trump's speech was estimated to be around 53,000, according to the House committee investigating the riot. Harris's campaign said that around 75,000 people attended her speech last week at the same site as Trump's Jan. 6 speech. When she was interrupted by pro-Trump protesters at a rally in Wisconsin last month, she told them they should "go to the smaller rally down the street." The smaller crowd sizes with less enthusiastic participants so close to Election Day have surprised some Republicans, but it's unclear what the cause — and the significance — is, and if it's evidence of less momentum for his campaign.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Kamala Harris, ” Trump, —, Charlotte —, he's, Harris, “, ”, Karoline Leavitt, Sean Spicer, Barack Obama, ” Spicer, Martin Luther King Jr's, she'd, Tim Walz, Marveling, Walz, hasn't, Vaughn Hillyard, Jake Traylor, Dareh Organizations: RALEIGH, Madison, Black, Trump, Fiserv, NBC, White House Press, U.S . Capitol, Minnesota Gov Locations: North Carolina, New York, Raleigh, N.C, Reading, Pa, Macon, Ga, Kingston , N.C, Milwaukee, Greensboro, Gastonia, Wisconsin, Phoenix, Raleigh , North Carolina

☆ Rise of Middle-Class Shoplifters: Americans Are Stealing From Stores
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

And before you ask, no, he doesn't feel bad about it, especially when he pilfers from Whole Foods. AdvertisementBut there's also a lot we don't know about retail theft. "No, I don't feel bad about stealing from Jeff Bezos," one 20-something occasional shoplifter in Washington, DC, told me. "It doesn't feel like a world in which I can really get by and build a life very easily anymore, " he said. Advertisement"If most of this is happening in Walgreens and Walmart and places like that, I don't know, is it a problem?"

Persons: Carson's, he's, Carson, He's, shoplifts, Jeff Bezos, there's, it's, Joshua Jacobson, California who's, —, that's, Ernesto Lopez, they've, Jeff Prusan, Joe Schmoes, they're, Keith, shoplifter, That's, Donovan, Donovan's, snagging, she's, Jacobson, Jeff Bezos isn't, David Johnston, we're, hasn't, Emily Stewart Organizations: Walmart, Foods, Amazon, National Association of, Criminal, Atlantic, Depot, Target, Guardian, National Retail Federation, Business Locations: New York, California, Washington ,, Atlanta, Texas, Illinois, Walgreens

☆ Lebanon: Israeli military dropped bombs in ‘lethal proximity’ of at least 19 hospitals, CNN analysis finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Allegra Goodwin | Tamara Qiblawi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

The Lebanese health ministry data and CNN’s analysis of airstrikes show that the Israeli military has dropped bombs within dangerous proximity of hospitals, which are protected under international law. Israel has regularly dropped 1,000-pound and 2,000-pound bombs on Lebanon, according to analysis of aftermath imagery by weapons experts, inflicting catastrophic damage to neighborhoods and towns. The Israeli military has argued that it has deployed these bombs as bunker busters to destroy Hezbollah’s underground infrastructure. The lethal fragmentation radius of these bombs puts nearby people and civilian structures, such as hospitals, at serious risk. That day, an Israeli airstrike hit the premises of Marjayoun governmental hospital in a southern Christian town of the same name.

Persons: ”, Mohammad Fouani, ” Fouani, ” Israel, Yara Nardi, Firass Abiad, Abiad, Israel, “, Firas Abiad, ” Trevor Ball, ” Abiad, what’s, Thaer Ahmad, Al Nasser, Khan Younis, CNN Ahmad, ” Ahmad, Bint Jbeil, Salah, Mones Kalakish, Beirut’s, Jihad Saadeh, Foany, ” CNN’s Rachel Wilson, Abeer Salman, Mohammad Tawfeeq Organizations: CNN, Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Hariri University Hospital, Reuters, Israel Defense Forces, “, CNN CNN, IDF, Hezbollah, UN, Lebanese Civil Defense, Red Cross, Rights, Al Sahel General Hospital, General Hospital, Lebanese, Zahra University Hospital, Zahra University, Beirut’s Rafik Hariri, Hospital Locations: Israeli, “, Iran, Beirut, Israel, Lebanon, Lebanese, Gaza, Al Sahel, American, Dahiyeh, al, Bint, Christian

☆ I was a fitness influencer with 1 million Instagram followers. I made a career U-turn after I realized my content was damaging myself and others.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Madalin Giorgetta, 35, used to sell a fitness guide to help women get a curvy, muscular figure. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Madalin Giorgetta, 35, a fitness influencer-turned-nutritionist who lives in Australia. In 2019 I ran a fitness empire and had one million Instagram followers. I started to interrogate the message I was sendingWhen Giorgetta started reflecting on her posts, she felt guilty about what she had said. I use it as a way to get clients, connect with my community, and share educational content about nutrition and fitness.

Persons: Madalin Giorgetta, Giorgetta, —, I'm, Kayla Itsines, Kayla, Giorgetta I've, I'd, hadn't Organizations: Service Locations: Australia, San Francisco

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday handed a loss to Republicans by allowing Pennsylvania voters who sent mail-in ballots that were flagged as being potentially defective to submit a separate provisional in-person ballot. The justices rejected, with no noted dissents, a Republican request to put on hold a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling from last week. The Supreme Court action does not definitively resolve the legal issue, which could yet return to the justices. Many of Pennsylvania's counties, which administer elections, already allowed for voters to cast provisional ballots if their mail-in ballots lacked a secrecy envelope even before the recent state Supreme Court ruling. Genser and Matis lost in a trial court, but an intermediate appeals court and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in their favor, prompting Republicans to appeal again to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Ben Geffen, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Alito, Geffen, Rick Hasen, Harris, Walz, Donald Trump, encroaches, Donald Trump’s, Faith Genser, Frank Matis, Genser, Matis, Joe Biden Organizations: Republicans, Pennsylvania, Republican, Supreme, Democratic, Pennsylvania Supreme, UCLA School of Law, NBC, Democratic National Committee, Republican National, U.S, U.S . Constitution, Trump, Butler, Republican National Committee Locations: Pennsylvania, Butler County, Pennsylvania's, U.S .

☆ With ‘Endurance,’ an Oscar-winning duo meet their toughest subject to date
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Jimmy Chin has done many memorable things in his time, but the adventure athlete and Oscar-winning filmmaker is still more used to documenting big stories than becoming the story itself. (credit: Jimmy Chin) Jimmy Chin/National Geographic/PA Media“It was like finding a needle in a thousand haystacks,” Chin added. They, along with Natalie Hewit, directed “Endurance,” a thrilling retelling of the discovery of the lost ship Endurance. CNN: Why do you think Shackleton remains such an enduring figure of fascination and inspiration? Chin: I think there’s some consensus that this is one of the greatest stories of survival ever told.

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☆ Jim Cramer's hopeful on Abbott Labs after court case win
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

But Thursday night, the jury from its second trial found the company not liable. The second trial was brought before the same judge in Missouri as the first one. Abbott Labs' shares jumped on Friday in response to the news, finishing the session up 4.61%. Cramer listed reasons he's positive on Abbott Labs, saying he likes the company's four core businesses, especially its medical device arm focused on cardiology and diabetes. Abbott Labs did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Abbott's, necrotizing, Cramer, Health —, Abbott Organizations: Abbott Laboratories, NEC, Abbott Labs, and Drug Administration, Center for Disease Control, National Institutes, Health, Abbott Locations: Missouri

☆ The Brooklinen Down Comforter has held up for 1,000+ nights. Here's why it's the most comfortable duvet we've tested
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Mara Leighton | Lisa Sabatini | Senior Digital Culture Reporter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Brooklinen All-Season Down Comforter (Queen) The Brooklinen All-Season Down Comforter is a soft, light, and comfortable choice that's airy and warm but remains breathable so you can use it any time of the year. Check price at Brooklinen Check price at Amazon What we like Check mark icon A check mark. Light and airy feelCheck mark icon A check mark. Smooth sateen shellCheck mark icon A check mark. The Brooklinen All-Season Down is the best all-year comforter I've found, but it's not magical.

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☆ Coterra Energy posted a mixed quarter, but delivered beats where it matters most
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Coterra Energy Why we own it: Formed by the merger of Cabot Oil & Gas and Cimarex, Coterra Energy is an exploration-and-production company with a high-quality, diversified asset portfolio. It's committed to returning 50% or greater of annual free cash flow to shareholders. However, shares are moving lower Friday after management cut its discretionary cash flow outlook for the remainder of the year. So far this year, Coterra has returned 100% of its free cash flow to shareholders. As a reminder, management's stated commitment is to return 50% or more of annual free cash flow via dividends and buybacks.

Persons: —, It's, Coterra, management's, We're, Daniel Guffey, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Brandon Bell Organizations: Coterra Energy, LSEG, Coterra, Cabot Oil & Gas, EQT Corp, Devon Energy, Oil, CNBC, Getty Locations: Nolan , Texas

☆ What’s at stake on Tuesday? The planet.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Bill Weir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Julian Quinones/CNNFormer Trump administration officials have outlined the speed at which they intend to dismantle the progress the Biden administration made on climate change. Trump has publicly distanced himself from the ideological blueprint, but CNN found at least 140 authors worked in the Trump administration. But given the momentum of the clean energy train, some experts and analysists doubt that Trump would be able to derail it entirely. While the green trend in economics now has Republican states like Texas leading the nation in clean energy installations, Germany, Japan and China got there first. Trump’s plan is to undo that progress, throw billions of dollars of clean energy investment out the window and give other countries the economic opportunity, instead.

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☆ Why Dodgers’ Game 5 win over Yankees was the craziest World Series clincher ever
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Jayson Stark | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +21 min

So let’s do our best to tell you about Game 5 of the 2024 World Series — the game that crowned the Los Angeles Dodgers the champions of baseball, but also very possibly the craziest World Series clincher ever. Was that upside-down enough to qualify as the craziest World Series clincher ever? That was Game 5 of the 2024 World Series, the only postseason game in history in which all that happened. On one hand, STATS tells us that the previous two teams to do it in a World Series game both won anyway. That would be the Cubs, in Game 7 in 2016, and the Cardinals, in The David Freese Game (Game 6) in 2011.

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☆ LeBron James endorses Kamala Harris in presidential race against Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Basketball superstar LeBron James threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid Thursday evening, emphasizing that “the choice is clear” just days ahead of Election Day. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!! James has previously backed Democratic candidates, including endorsing Hillary Clinton in 2016, and was an outspoken critic of Trump during his time in office. James was also actively involved in the last presidential election, founding More Than A Vote — a voting rights organization focused on combatting voter suppression — along with other athletes. Ahead of Election Day, the Harris and Trump campaigns are utilizing the star power of celebrities.

Persons: LeBron James, Kamala Harris ’, Donald Trump, KAMALA HARRIS, Harris, ” James ’, Taylor Swift, Bunny, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James, Hillary Clinton, Trump, Stephen Curry, George Floyd, Floridians, Joe Biden’s, Brett Favre, Cardi, Flo Milli Organizations: CNN — Basketball, Los Angeles Lakers, Democratic, Golden State Warriors, White, Black, Trump, NFL Locations: Detroit, Beyoncé, Wisconsin, Milwaukee

☆ Meet Glean, the enterprise AI search company that's so powerful Sam Altman deemed it a threat to OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Sri Muppidi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Among them are Anthropic, Elon Musk's xAI, OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence, and AI search startup Perplexity. The last of the five rivals, and perhaps the least well-known, is Glean, an enterprise search assistant. Founded in 2019 by Rubrik cofounder and ex-Googler Arvind Jain, Glean helps corporate workers find information across their companies' tools and data. Related Video Sam Altman moves to Microsoft after OpenAI fires him as CEOThe company enables AI search by integrating apps like Slack and Dropbox and powering search across their company's universe of data. AdvertisementBesides enterprise search, Glean also has an AI assistant that generates answers based on search results, such as summarizing the day's Slack messages or synthesizing multiple documents.

Persons: Glean, Jain, —, Sam Altman, Elon Musk's, Ilya Sutskever's, Googler Arvind Jain, Kleiner Perkins, Deedy Das, Larry Page, Das, Bipul Sinha, Rubrik, Mamoon Hamid, Vishwanath, Tony Gentilcore, Piyush Prahladka, …, Arvind, Hamid, Paul, Rajeev Dham, they're, Slack, Altman, It's Organizations: Google, Service, Elon Musk's xAI, DST Global, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia, Microsoft, Sony Electronics, Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT, Menlo Ventures, IIT Delhi, University of Washington, Akamai Technologies, Technology, YouTube, Kleiner Locations: Jaipur, Indian, IIT Delhi, India, Glean, Seattle

☆ Eagle feathers play a sacred role in powwows. Poachers are exploiting the high demand
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | 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: +8 min

Golden eagle feet recovered by law enforcement officers from a Washington state man's vehicle. He said illegal shootings were “absolutely wrong” but sympathized with tribal members who don’t want to wait years for eagle parts. Around his waist was a decorative piece strung with eagle feathers, and he carried a short wooden stick carved into a bald eagle head, a single feather hanging from it. Online posts from people selling eagle feathers illegally are relatively easy to find on internet marketplaces. Most dead eagles, parts and feathers received by tribal members come from the wildlife service’s National Eagle Repository.

Persons: —, AP Perry Lilley, they’re, it’s, That’s, ”, Ed Grace, “, Kenneth Deputee, Bill Voelker, ’, Grace, ” Grace, Voelker, Lilley Organizations: Montana Indian, U.S, Attorney, District of, AP, Fish, Wildlife Service, Prosecutors, U.S . West, Eagles Locations: Mont, —, poisonings, Montana, Washington, U.S, District of Montana, Nakota, Colorado, powwows, Billings, Crow, Kootenai, Dakota, Iowa , Montana , Nebraska, Wyoming, U.S ., Oklahoma, Denver

“I was betrayed, and I was used.”Guy, 63, is the Antrim County Clerk in northwest Michigan. But in the first hours following the 2020 election, results posted unofficially had Joe Biden improbably winning the county. It simply read: “Things don’t look right.”In this tiny Michigan county, election integrity is now itself on the ballot. And after the 2020 election, I felt that that horrible error that I owned was my legacy.”Guy acknowledges she messed up “big time” in 2020. Facts don’t matter to these people.”And so, in this tiny Michigan county, election integrity is now itself on the ballot.

Persons: — Sheryl Guy, ”, “, ” Guy, Shery Guy, Donald Trump, Joe Biden improbably, Guy, we’ve, Trump, ” Trump, Biden, ” Guy —, Republican who’d, –, Sheryl Guy, Victoria Bishop, Guy couldn’t, Bishop, I’ve, Bishop’s, ” Tom Stillings, Bishop —, ” Stillings Organizations: NBC, States, Trump, Republican, Victoria, Republican Party Locations: BELLAIRE, Mich, Antrim, Michigan, Antrim County, Traverse City, U.S

☆ No other sector has more on the line in this election than energy. How to play it
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The Invesco Solar ETF (TAN) and the iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (ICLN) have tumbled more than 9% and 10%, respectively. While Trump's platform says he wants to unleash production from all sources, the document specifically calls out oil, gas and nuclear. How voters perceive the two candidates' energy policies could end up playing an influential role in the outcome of the election altogether. While the election will bring short-term volatility, the solar industry remains well positioned for long-term growth, according to Bank of America. About 25% of oil and 10% of natural gas production is on federal land and waters, according to the bank.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, fracking, Barack Obama, Trump, Steve Fleishman, Roger Read, Read, Biden, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Trump, Republican, Green New, Clean Energy, Bank of America, Keystone State, GOP, Republicans, Democratic, Wolfe Research, Wells, Wells Fargo Securities . Oil, Biden, CNBC, Exxon, Chevron Locations: Wisconsin , Michigan, Pennsylvania, China, Trump, Wells Fargo, U.S, New Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, Iran, Tehran

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