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☆ Ancient asteroid 20 times larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs likely hit Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Jupiter’s moon Ganymede may have shifted on its axis when a massive asteroid smashed into it about 4 billion years ago, according to a new study. Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, is even bigger than Mercury and the dwarf planet Pluto. The crater left behind on Ganymede was 25% the size of the Jupiter moon, according to the study. Understanding how the impact altered the moon could reveal insights into its intriguing internal structure, Hirata said. “I want to understand the origin and evolution of Ganymede and other Jupiter moons,” he said.

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☆ A boomer who worried about retiring in the US and Canada moved to Mexico, which he said is much cheaper and safer
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewRon Allanach, 74, and his partner Ben Lorgeranon moved to Vancouver from New England in 2005, thinking they would stay there for their retirements. The city is safer than he imagined, prices for nearly everything are much lower, and healthcare is more reliable. Allanach said they felt safer in Mérida than in the US or Canada, and prices were lower. They stayed there between trips back to Vancouver, and they moved to Mérida fully in 2020. AdvertisementA street in Mérida, Mexico.

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☆ American couple left the U.S. for Mexico and lives on $3,000 per month: What they say is cheaper
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

When Jen Barnett and Brett Andrews started seriously thinking of leaving the U.S., they had a few parameters for their new home. "We say we have red state money — we don't have blue state money," Barnett, 52, tells CNBC Make It. In 2022, they visited Merida, the capital city of the Yucatan state in Mexico, and fell in love. They pay themselves a combined salary of $3,000 per month, "which is close to the average salary in Merida and covers our needs," Barnett says. Here's how some of the costs stack up between Alabama and Mexico.

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☆ Tour $60 million mansion in Delray Beach, Florida
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Ray Parisi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

The Mar Pietra compound in Delray Beach, Florida, is being offered at $60 million. Daniel PetroniThe trophy home's massive footprint and its giant oceanfront lawn are a rare sight on this strip of beach in Palm Beach County. While the estate has been on and off the market since December 2021, its $60 million price tag holds steady. Daniel PetroniThe home's driveway passes through a grand archway called a porte-cochere that leads to a circular motor court. Daniel PetroniThe home's so-called auto lounge is an underground garage adorned with giant crystal chandeliers, ornate ceilings and parking for seven cars.

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☆ What’s in Store for the 2024 Hurricane Season?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Christopher Kuo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Hurricane Beryl intensified into a Category 5 storm last week, it broke records and left a trail of damage across the Caribbean. The first named hurricane of the season, Beryl is the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, and also the first Category 4 hurricane to form in the Atlantic in the month of June — a portent of what experts say is a hurricane season that will be much more intense than usual. Hurricane season usually runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, with most storms developing between mid-August and mid-October. If you’re planning to travel during this hurricane season, here’s what you should know. How bad will hurricane season be this year?

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☆ Beryl regains hurricane strength as it bears down on Texas coast
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Lifeguard Sebastian Gonzales watches over people at the beach as tides rise and clouds loom overhead just before hurricane Beryl is expected to make landfall on Sunday, July 7, 2024 in Galveston. "Life-threatening storm surge, heavy rainfall, and strong winds are ongoing across portions of Texas," the hurricane center said. A hurricane warning is in effect for the Texas coast from Mesquite Bay north to Port Bolivar, the center said. People on the Texas coast boarded up windows and left beach towns under evacuation order. Along the Texas coast, many residents and business owners took the typical storm precautions but also expressed uncertainty about the storm's intensity.

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☆ Beryl bears down on Texas, where it is expected to hit after regaining hurricane strength
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Olive Rowe states, "everything is gone, everything is gone," as she stands in her home that was destroyed when Hurricane Beryl passed through the area on July 05, 2024 in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Mexico after passing through Caribbean islands, including Jamaica. Other parts were under tropical storm warnings. "We're expecting the storm to make landfall somewhere on the Texas coast sometime Monday, if the current forecast is correct," said Jack Beven, a senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It then battered Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane, toppling trees but causing no injuries or deaths before weakening to a tropical storm as it moved across the Yucatan Peninsula.

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☆ Beryl set to strengthen on approach to Texas due to hot ocean temperatures
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A view shows damage caused by Hurricane Beryl on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters on July 5, 2024. Beryl hit Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 hurricane on Friday, then weakened to a tropical storm. The hurricane center forecasts it will hit as a strong Category 1 storm, but wrote "this could be conservative if Beryl stays over water longer" than expected. "People in southern Texas now need to really keep an eye on the progress of Beryl," Beven said. Beryl set the record for the earliest Category 4 with winds of at least 130 mph (209 kilometers per hour) — the first-ever category 4 in June.

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☆ Beryl moves into the Gulf of Mexico after battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, takes aim at Texas
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Beryl moved into the the Gulf of Mexico Friday and took aim at the south Texas coast after battering Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Texas officials issued disaster declarations and urge coastal residents to prepare as the storm headed their way. The storm's center Friday afternoon was in the Gulf just off Mexico, about 615 miles (995 kilometers) southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas. Some Texas counties have already issued voluntary evacuation orders in low-lying areas, and Texas officials urged coastal residents to prepare. Beryl spread destruction in Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados this week.

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☆ Hurricane Beryl: Damaging winds and storm surge could hit South Texas this weekend
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Tropical Storm Beryl will strengthen as it tracks toward the Texas-Mexico border this weekend, bringing a risk of damaging winds, life-threatening storm surge and dangerous flooding to Texas beginning late Sunday. • Hurricane and storm surge watches issued: Hurricane and storm surge watches were extended eastward along the Texas coast Friday night. • Beryl expected to slam South Texas: Beryl is forecast to make landfall over South Padre Island, Texas, close to the Texas-Mexico border, as a Category 1 hurricane late Sunday night, according to the National Hurricane Center. • At least nine dead due to Beryl: Beryl became the earliest Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic on record earlier this week. Randy Brooks/AFP/Getty Images Brad Reinhart, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, tracks Hurricane Beryl on Monday.

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On Today’s Episode:Labour Party Wins U.K. Election in a Landslide, by Mark Landler, Megan Specia and Stephen CastleMajor Democratic Donors Devise Plans to Pressure Biden to Step Aside, by Kenneth P. Vogel, Theodore Schleifer and Lauren HirschHurricane Beryl Gains Strength as It Bears Down on Yucatán, by Jovan Johnson, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Eric NagourneyF.B.I. and Justice Department Open Criminal Investigation in Chinese Doping Case, by Michael S. Schmidt and Tariq Panja

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Beryl is set to emerge in the Gulf of Mexico this weekend after it roars through the Caribbean and Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. The National Hurricane Center’s forecast calls for Beryl to restrengthen as it tracks across the southwestern Gulf of Mexico this weekend. It will then push toward Mexico’s coast and make landfall Sunday night in far northeastern Mexico. Anyone from Mexico’s eastern Gulf Coast to Texas and even Louisiana should keep a close watch on the forecast in the coming days. Even if Beryl makes landfall in northeastern Mexico, wind and rain from the cyclone will likely impact parts of the US’s Gulf Coast.

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☆ Photos this week: June 27-July 4, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Emmalee Reed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Hurricane Beryl, which tore through Caribbean islands this week, became the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic. A Category 5 is the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with sustained winds of 157 mph or greater. But it was only the second Category 5 to ever be recorded in the Atlantic in the month of July. The storm’s strength has been fed by abnormally warm ocean waters driven by planet-warming fossil fuel pollution. Here are some of the stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.

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☆ Buy this quiet corner of the stock market as the US braces for a highly active hurricane season, research firm says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

CFRA recommends investing in insurance stocks ahead of what's expected to be a busy hurricane season. AdvertisementThe prospects for a highly active US hurricane season means investors should snap up shares in a quiet corner of the stock market: insurance companies. At the same time, an active hurricane season could be disruptive to the homeowners and commercial property markets. For Berkshire Hathaway, CFRA reiterated its $472 price target for Class B shares, representing potential upside of 16% from current levels. Berkshire Hathaway's insurance and reinsurance operations include GEICO, Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group, General Re, National Indemnity, and Alleghany.

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☆ Hurricane Beryl roars toward Jamaica after killing at least 6 people in the southeast Caribbean
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A boy clears rock from the street as it gets flooded after the hurricane Beryl passes in the parish of Saint James, Barbados, near to Bridgetown, Barbados on July 1, 2024. Hurricane Beryl was roaring toward Jamaica on Wednesday, with islanders scrambling to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean. A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. Late Monday, Beryl became the earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic and peaked at winds of 165 mph (270 kph) Tuesday before weakening to a still-destructive Category 4. It had maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 kph) and was moving west-northwest at 20 mph (31 kph), the center said.

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☆ Ernest Shackleton’s Quest shipwreck has finally been found
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 men set off aboard the HMS Endurance in 1914. A search expedition found the HMS Endurance wreck in 2022, and now, another part of Shackleton’s legacy has been recovered. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesAn international team of experts using sonar has located the exploration ship Quest, once captained by Shackleton, off the coast of Canada. — A botanist spotted a tiny plant species new to science growing in an unlikely place on the slopes of the Andes.

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☆ Who were the victims of Maya sacrifice? Ancient DNA reveals an unexpected finding
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But the impact of ancient DNA, which has revolutionized archaeology in Europe and higher latitudes, has been more limited in tropical areas because DNA degrades more easily in warm conditions. However, recent advances in ancient DNA technology are expanding its reach, she said. And suddenly, we now have the ability to do these large-scale genomic studies and apply ancient DNA as a tool to help us understand the past in Mesoamerica,” Warinner said. The team compared the ancient DNA with that of 68 residents of the present-day Maya community of Tixcacaltuyub. “They were super happy to learn that they were related to the people that once inhabited Chichén Itzá,” Barquera said.

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☆ We sold 8 houses in Michigan to cram our family of 6 into a small apartment in California. We have no regrets.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Evelyn Pech-Vazquez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That morning we were surrounded by a lot of other people also speaking Spanish — a mix of Mexican, Cuban, and Puerto Rican accents could be heard in the background. After returning home, he continued to ask why no one spoke Spanish in our neighborhood, and I felt sad, explaining that Orlando had more people from different countries. I saw that my four children were the only bilingual kids in the neighborhood. AdvertisementSeeing her four kids proud to be bilingual makes the author feel proud. I was surprised by how many kids spoke Spanish, not to mention the long list of other languages.

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☆ We sold 8 houses in Michigan to cram our family of 6 into a 2-bedroom apartment in California. We have no regrets.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Evelyn Pech-Vazquez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jacob Garcia/ReutersPolls in Mexico are set to close at 6 p.m. local time. More than 98 million voters are registered to cast a ballot in Mexico, and 1.4 million Mexicans are eligible to vote abroad. How voting has unfolded so far: Polls opened at 8 a.m. local time, however, on Sunday, some voting stations in parts of the country opened with delays. Outside polling stations, voters told CNN that public security was one of their main concerns. US officials are closely monitoring the presidential election as it comes at a critical time for the Biden administration.

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CNN —Mexicans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a historic election expected to return the country’s first woman president. More than 98 million voters are registered to cast a ballot in Mexico, and 1.4 million Mexicans are eligible to vote abroad. Mexico's opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Gálvez outside a polling station in Mexico City on June 2, 2024. Outside polling stations, voters told CNN that public security was one of their main concerns. Jorge Luis Plata/ReutersUS officials are closely monitoring the presidential election as it comes at a critical time for the Biden administration.

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☆ Mexico election: What to know about a historic presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Aditi Sangal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Here’s who is running for president:Claudia SheinbaumThe 61-year-old Sheinbaum is a former Mexico City mayor and climate scientist. A longtime political ally of incumbent President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, she was the Mexico City environment secretary from 2000-2006 when he was mayor. Her close alignment with López Obrador has been both a blessing and a curse politically. (López Obrador has repeatedly dismissed whispers that he favors a candidate that he could influence, telling press in February that he would “retire completely” after his term.) For a relative newcomer, Galvez’s entry into the presidential race has gained impressive momentum, experts say.

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☆ The Maya Train Will Get You to All of Yucatán’s Best Spots. But Not Yet.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Elisabeth Malkin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I stepped off the platform at the gleaming new Maxcanú train station, eager to see the magnificent Maya archaeological site of Uxmal. All I needed was a taxi to take me there, a trip of about 30 miles away. And I was the third person in two weeks to get off at Maxcanú expecting to reach Uxmal, he said. I was midway through a five-day trip to explore the brand-new Maya Train and several of its destinations in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. Designed to run 965 miles (1,554 kilometers) around a loop of 34 stations when completed, the train will whisk passengers in cool comfort through colonial cities, archaeological sites, splashy resorts and tropical forests.

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☆ Disillusioned with life in the US, she moved to Mexico seven years ago. Here’s how it completely changed her life
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Her love affair with Mexico began at a young age, and Marjorie Skouras’ passion for the country only grew with the passing of time. Marjorie Skouras/@Marjorie_Skouras_DesignAs Skouras’ career developed and she started a family, her visits became less frequent, but her affection for the country remained. That’s all completely changed [now].”Skouras and Bardavid officially moved to Merida in 2017. “And I find that to be so peculiar.”Spanish languageMarjorie Skouras and her husband Bruno Bardavid moved from California to Mexico in 2017. There’s nothing going on here.”Seven years after packing up her life in California and heading for Mexico, Skouras’ appreciation for the country, and its people, is stronger than ever.

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