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☆ Israel says it captured senior Hezbollah operative in amphibious special forces raid
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Tamar Michaelis | Mohammed Tawfeeq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Israeli military says it has captured a senior Hezbollah operative in an amphibious special forces raid in northern Lebanon. Members of the elite Shayetet 13 force seized the alleged Hezbollah operative after landing on the coast in Batroun, a town in northern Lebanon, then took him back to Israeli territory, an Israeli military official told CNN. The official added that the seized operative was now being investigated by Unit 504 – an intelligence unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The Lebanese government said its security services were investigating “an incident that took place in the Batroun area,” at dawn Friday. Hezbollah released a statement referring to an incident of “Zionist aggression in the Batroun area” but did not provide further details.

Persons: Israel’s, “, Imad Amhaz, speedboats, ” NNA Organizations: CNN, Unit, Israel Defense Forces, National News Agency Locations: Lebanon, Batroun, ” Lebanon’s, Israel

☆ North Korea boasts of ‘the world’s strongest’ missile, but experts say it’s too big to use in war
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The ICBM launched Thursday flew higher and for a longer duration than any other weapon North Korea has tested. As the transporter-erector launchers get bigger, their mobility decreases," Lee Sangmin, an expert at South Korea's Korea Institute for Defense Analyses. Lee Illwoo, an expert with the Korea Defense Network in South Korea, said North Korea may have developed a larger missile to carry bigger and more destructive warheads or multi-warheads. If that's the case, Lee said North Korea could have used liquid fuels as they generate higher thrust than solid fuels. watch nowLee said North Korea may have placed a dummy, empty warhead on the Hwasong-19 to make it fly higher.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim Ju, Kim Jae, Lee Sangmin, Chang Young, Chang, Lee Illwoo, Lee, they're Organizations: Yongsan, North, Getty, Korean Central News Agency, South Korea's Korea Institute for Defense, Seoul's Korea Research Institute, National, Korea Defense Network, Korea's Locations: Seoul, North Korea, Korea, North Korean, South, Korean, South Korea, U.S, Japan

☆ Police knew John Sawchak was terrorizing his neighborhood and did not arrest him, court records show. Then he shot a neighbor, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Chelsea Bailey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

A screengrab from a video shows security cam footage of Davis Moturi prior to allegedly being shot by his neighbor John Sawchak, while Moturi was doing yard work at his home. John Sawchak Hennepin County Sheriff's OfficePolice were first dispatched to the home in October 2023 after Sawchak allegedly made threats involving “disparaging racial comments” at Moturi. Then, a week before the shooting, Sawchak allegedly stood outside the Moturis’ home with a firearm and pointed the gun at Davis through the window, according to prosecutors. On October 23, Sawchak allegedly shot Moturi in the neck from his second-floor window. Yet his arrest has done little to quell renewed tensions between the Minneapolis officers and the community they have sworn to protect and serve.

Persons: ”, holing, John Sawchak, Sawchak, Davis Moturi, John Miller, “, ” Miller, George Floyd, ” Moturi, I’m, Brian O’Hara, Sawchuk, ” O’Hara, O’Hara, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s, –, Davis, Moturi, k3nyaf33lmeeee, Caroline Moturi, ” Davis Moturi, KARE, Sawchak “, Chuck Wexler, George Floyd Last, Wexler, ” Wexler, Philip Solomon, ” Solomon, Brian O'Hara, Minneapolis . Minneapolis Police Wexler, Moturi – Organizations: CNN, Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis Police, Minneapolis City, Minneapolis Mayor, John Sawchak Hennepin County Sheriff's, Police, Minneapolis, Research, ”, ’ Police, Center for Policing Equity, Minneapolis . Minneapolis Police Locations: Minneapolis, City, John Sawchak Hennepin County, Moturi, Davis, “ Minneapolis

☆ Georgia resilient vs. Florida, but how concerning was close call after DJ Lagway injury?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Seth Emerson | Matt Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Of course not, especially when its comeback came after Florida had to turn to its third-string quarterback. That said, clearly this kind of uneven game — especially from Beck — is unlikely to suffice the next two weeks. The only good news for Beck and Georgia: As much as he’s struggling, they’re still 7-1. Florida QB situation looks grimAny optimism about the Gators’ short-term and long-term future starts with Lagway, a five-star recruit ranked No. MISSILE TO MIZELL‼️ 📺 ABC pic.twitter.com/jDHCIrxGNo — Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) November 2, 2024Lagway’s status is uncertain after the hamstring injury sustained while rushing in the first half.

Persons: DJ Lagway, Carson Beck, Dominic Lovett, Aidan Warner, Dwight Phillips Jr, Beck, Lagway, Billy Napier, Cash Jones, Graham Mertz, Ole, it’s, Beck —, — Emerson, Brock Bowers, Ladd McConkey, Beck didn’t, Bowers, McConkey, Arian Smith, Lawson Luckie, Lovett, they’re, Tim Tebow, ators, Conn, hough, ike, ade, ohnson J r., ames Organizations: Georgia, Bulldogs, SEC, Gators, Warner, Yale, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Tennessee, Saturday, Kentucky, Auburn, Mississippi State, Clemson, Alabama, Beck and, ust, aker Locations: JACKSONVILLE, Fla, —, Georgia, Florida, Yale . Georgia, Texas, Beck and Georgia, tring

☆ Iran’s supreme leader vows ‘teeth-breaking response’ to Israel and US
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Vasco Cotovio | Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has promised a “teeth-breaking” response to Israel and the United States after Israel targeted Iranian military sites in retaliatory strikes late last month. He was speaking during a meeting with students on Saturday, ahead of the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran, Iran’s state-run Press TV reported. Iran and Israel have long been enemies, a rivalry that deepened following Hamas’ attacks of October 7 last year and the subsequent Israeli invasion of Gaza. Khamenei’s remarks on Saturday signal a departure from Iran’s initial attempts to downplay the severity of the strikes carried out by Israel on October 25. He also said Iran is capable of producing nuclear weapons but remains curbed by a mandate by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei against weapons of mass destruction, Press TV reported.

Persons: CNN —, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ”, Khamenei, Israel, Khamenei’s, Iran ”, Karine Jean, Pierre, Kamal Kharrazi, Lebanon’s Organizations: CNN, CNN — Iran’s, Zionist, Hamas, Press, Wednesday, Iran’s Strategic, Foreign Relations Locations: Israel, United States, Iran, Tehran, Iran’s, Gaza, Lebanon, Tira, Islamic Republic of Iran

☆ The Navy's top ballistic missile interceptor comes with a heavy price tag, but the US can't afford to go to war without it
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Chris Panella | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementOne of the US Navy's best ballistic missile interceptors, the Standard Missile-3, got a workout in the Middle East this year, eliminating Iranian missiles headed for Israel. That's a high cost per intercept, especially if more than one interceptor is fired for each target. An SM-3 Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie during a test in the Pacific. It was then fired a second time during Iran's massive early October barrage, during which Tehran launched more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel. The industry process, coupled with the exquisite capability of the missile to intercept ballistic missiles, raises the cost of the interceptor.

Persons: —, Archer Macy, you've, Tom Karako, Navy Carlos Del Toro, Del Toro, RTX, Cmdr, Jason Tross, Bryan Clark, Karako, Macy Organizations: US, Service, Iranian, Congress, Navy, Pacific . US Navy, Missile Defense, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Combat, US Naval Forces Europe, Hudson Institute, Getty, Business, Analysts, China's Rocket Force, SM, US Navy, Studies ' Missile Defense Locations: China, Israel, Lake Erie, Pacific, Tehran, Iranian, Iran

☆ The US says it will send more warships and bombers to the Middle East as tensions persist between Iran and Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The US is deploying warships and B-52 bombers to the Middle East amid rising tensions. Israel and Iran are stuck in a cycle of retaliatory strikes. The US earlier said it would also send a missile defense system and 100 more troops to Israel. AdvertisementThe United States is sending bombers and warships to the Middle East as Iran and Israel trade threats of retaliatory strikes. The United States said it would send about 100 troops to operate the air defense system.

Persons: —, Lloyd Austin, Pat Ryder, Austin, Ryder, Hassan Nasrallah, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Organizations: Service, Pentagon, US Air Force, Defense, United Locations: Israel, Iran, States, East, United States

☆ Russia's defense sector is running on overdrive — but firms are warning of bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Defense firms are busy — but high inflation and interest rates past 20% have left them struggling. AdvertisementIn Russia's defense sector, demand is surging — but its companies are struggling all the same. Rising interest rates and export bans were eroding Russian defense companies' profits across the board, they said, making the Russian state the only guarantor of revenues. Sheremeta described the situation as a "death spiral," where war spending begets more inflation, which requires more war spending. "If some defense companies cannot fulfill their obligations, the Kremlin can simply nationalize them," Sheremeta said.

Persons: —, Sergei Chemezov, Roman Sheremeta, Sheremeta, Daniel Treisman, Korhonen, Julian Cooper, Konstantin Sonin, Sonin Organizations: Service, Rostec, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Bloomberg, University of California, National Bureau of Economic Research, Central Bank, Bank of Finland Institute, Emerging, Centre for Russian, East European Studies, University of Birmingham, University of Chicago Harris School of Public, Project Syndicate Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Los Angeles

☆ Richard Moore executed in South Carolina despite appeal to cut sentence to life
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | 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: +6 min

Henry McMaster to reduce his sentence to life in prison without parole because of his spotless prison record and willingness to be a mentor to other inmates. A prison employee announced the execution could begin at 6:01 p.m. Moore took several deep breaths that sounded like snores over the next minute. Three jurors who condemned Moore to death in 2001, including one who wrote Friday, sent letters asking McMaster to change his sentence to life without parole. They were joined by a former state prison director, Moore’s trial judge, his son and daughter, a half-dozen childhood friends and several pastors. Moore is the second inmate executed in South Carolina since it resumed executions.

Persons: Richard Moore, Moore, Henry McMaster, McMaster, Moore’s, Lindsey Vann, Vann, Vann clutched, Barry Barnette, doted, James Mahoney, ” McMaster, Mahoney, ” Moore, “, Jon Ozmint, Ozmint, Todd Kohlhepp, ”, Alexandria Moore Organizations: COLUMBIA, Republican Gov, Supreme, ” Prosecutors, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Air Force Locations: —, Carolina, Spartanburg, U.S, South Carolina, Spartanburg County

☆ A daughter is plagued by her mother’s unsolved death while her father maintains his innocence from jail
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

David, who has maintained his innocence, was acquitted at trial earlier this year of the most serious charges — first- and second-degree murder. David told investigators he didn’t know about Karen’s second phone, but authorities found the device’s number programmed into David’s work phone, the prosecutor said. At the time of Karen’s death, David had reinjured his knee and was on crutches, Taylor said. (Goodman accused David of faking the reinjury and said he was seen moving hay bales the day before the killing.) David is innocent, Ashley said, and she believes her father is being falsely imprisoned while awaiting a new trial.

Persons: Ashley Swift, David Swift, —, Karen Swift’s, Ashley, David Swift's, Dyer, David, Weeks, “, ”, I’ve, Karen, Danny Goodman, Terry McCreight, They’d, Ashley —, She’d, she’d, Karen Swift, ” Ashley, Jeff Box, Karen Swift's, Goodman, McCreight, ” McCreight, David a, ” Goodman, Prosecutors, Tim Boxx, ” Boxx, Daniel Taylor, Taylor, who’d, acquitting David Organizations: “ Dateline, ”, “ Dateline ”, Dateline Authorities, Swifts Locations: Dyersburg, Memphis, Dyer County, Dyer, Alabama, ”

☆ Delphi murders: Suspect's confessions, denials in spotlight during trial's second week
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Allen’s contradictory statements were in the spotlight during the second week of his trial in a Carroll County courtroom. In the interview, Allen — then a CVS clerk — provided an account of what he’d done that Feb. 13. Once at Westville Correctional Facility, Allen told prison officials and officers — including the warden — that he killed the girls, prosecutors have said. A week later, Wala said, Allen told her he wanted to sign a confession, prompting the psychologist to tell him to speak with his attorneys. A day later, on May 10, Allen called his wife with the psychologist present and told her that he’d killed the girls, Wala testified.

Persons: Richard Allen, Abigail Williams, Allen, they've, he'd, Allen —, —, Abby, Libby, didn’t, I’ve, ” “, ”, He’d, “, it’s, ” Allen, Monica Wala, Michael Conroy, Wala, he’d, Stacy Diener, WTHR Organizations: Liberty, Prosecutors, NBC Chicago, Westville Correctional, NBC Locations: Indiana, Delphi, Carroll, Monon, Westville, Ind, Indianapolis

Daniel Penny went “way too far” when he put Jordan Neely in a chokehold on a New York City subway train last year until he died, a Manhattan prosecutor told jurors Friday during opening statements in Penny’s manslaughter trial. “A chokehold is only permitted when it’s absolutely necessary and only for as long as it’s absolutely necessary,” Yoran told jurors. He talked about being hungry, thirsty and made threats about hurting people and wanting to go back to jail, which frightened people on the train, Yoran said. In addition to opening statements, jurors on Friday heard from three police officers who had responded to the subway car. Kenniff said jurors also would hear during the trial from subway riders who had feared for their lives.

Persons: Daniel Penny, Jordan Neely, Dafna Yoran, Neely, ” Yoran, ” Penny, Michael Jackson, Marine Daniel Penny, Yuki Iwamura, Yoran, Penny, ”, Thomas Kenniff, Kenniff, ” Kenniff, Andrew Savulich, laud, Maxwell Wiley Organizations: Marine, Getty, TNS, Narcan Locations: New York City, Manhattan, AFP

☆ Florida bail bondsman allegedly offered female inmates bond in exchange for sex; sold women he bonded out to other buyers
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A Florida bail bondsman allegedly targeted incarcerated female inmates and offered them bond in exchange for sex, the state's attorney general said. Moncrief, the owner of Moncrief Bail Bonds in multiple Florida counties, allegedly offered to bond out the women "in exchange for sex." He also offered to bail out inmates "in exchange for sex from someone outside of jail" and allegedly sold women he bonded out to other buyers, Moody's office said. Authorities learned of Moncrief's scheme while investigating former defense attorney John Gillespie for committing similar crimes, the attorney general said. Victims of Gillespie told investigators they had also been forced to perform sex acts with Moncrief, the office said.

Persons: Russell Bruce Moncrief, Ashley Moody’s, Moncrief, Phelan M, Moody, John Gillespie, Gillespie Locations: Florida, Orange County, Moncrief

Director Jacques Audiard’s genre-defying musical, “Emilia Pérez” — a stylized imagining of how a life of crime could be at least temporarily transformed by becoming one’s true self — may be the most ambitious yet. Zoe Saldaña, right, as Rita Moro Castro and Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in "Emilia Pérez." NetflixFar from offering Gascón a small part, Audiard, by his own admission, would have struggled to make “Emilia Pérez” at all without its central star. Karla Sofía Gascón, the titular star of Netflix's "Emilia Pérez," helped French auteur Jacques Audiard shape the film’s transgender storyline. But her journey as the star of “Emilia Pérez” is far from over — with award season right around the corner and, the actor said, her characters’ lingering presence.

Persons: Mutt, ”, Jacques Audiard’s, Emilia Pérez ”, Audiard, Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia, ” Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Rita Moro Castro, Emilia Pérez, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, — Audiard, Gascón, “, ” Selena Gomez, “ I’m, Boris Razon’s, Rita, Saldana, she’s, Manitas, Gomez, they’re, Emilia —, Jacques Audiard, Marisa, Gasćon, ” Gasćon, “ She’s, “ It’s, who’s, — Organizations: Kokomo City ”, NBC News, Netflix, Cannes, Spanish Locations: Spanish, Emilia, Mexico, French, Mexico City, Europe

☆ Two of college football’s best coaches have been criticized for not winning the big game — Saturday could change that
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Andrew Greif | Andrew Greif Is A Freelance Sports Journalist. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Few college football programs have won more consistently than Ohio State under Ryan Day or Penn State under James Franklin. And yet when the third-ranked Nittany Lions (7-0) and the fourth-ranked Buckeyes (6-1) meet Saturday, a single question looms over both coaches. In the process, a win would move Penn State closer to securing what would be the first appearance in the College Football Playoff in Franklin’s decade in charge. Would the playoff selection committee select a two-loss Ohio State team? It’s a debate that would be opened should it lose to Penn State for the first time since 2016.

Persons: Ryan, James Franklin, Franklin, Drew Allar, Allar, Beau Pribula, Urban Meyer, Jim Tressel Organizations: Ohio State, Penn State, Nittany Lions, Buckeyes, College Football, The Nittany Lions, Ohio, Wisconsin, Allar . Ohio State, Nebraska Locations: Allar, Oregon

Voter turnout among this group is low — less than 8% in the 2020 presidential election, according to FVAP, compared with almost 67% overall. Overseas voters “can sway an election, especially in the swing states,” said James Lockett, chair of Democrats Abroad Hong Kong. During the 2022 midterm elections, overseas voters also made the difference in close races in Connecticut, New Hampshire and North Carolina, the DNC said. Even as Republicans raise concerns about overseas voters, their presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, appears to be seeking their support. “You can’t treat overseas Americans as second-class citizens, and I don’t care if they are Republicans, Democrats or independents.”

Persons: ”, James Lockett, Lockett, Abhi Rahman, “ We’re, ” Lockett, we’re, Biden, Lloyd Austin, “, Donald Trump, ” Trump, Solomon Yue, Trump, Kamala Harris, Yue, “ It’s, “ You’ve Organizations: U.S, Republicans, Voting, Overseas, Democratic National Committee, Republican National Committee, ” Reuters, Wall Street, Republicans Overseas, Democratic, RNC Locations: HONG KONG, United States, U.S, Hong Kong, Texas, Arizona , Georgia, Michigan, Nevada , North Carolina , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Connecticut , New Hampshire, North Carolina, Michigan , North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Eritrea, Oregon

That changed Friday, when tens of thousands of DACA recipients became able to sign up for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act for the first time. Bortolleto said she plans to sign up government-funded health insurance as early as Friday. The limited options, she said, mean many DACA recipients can’t get quality health insurance, resulting in high uninsured rates. The lawsuit says that expanding coverage to DACA recipients will create additional “resource burdens” and harm to taxpayers. She and other DACA recipients have asked the court to allow them to join the Kansas case, siding with the defense.

Persons: Camila Bortolleto, Camila, Bortolleto, ” Bortolleto, “, Barack Obama, Drishti Pillai, Pillai, can’t, ” Pillai, Donald Trump, Arthur Caplan, ”, ” Caplan, “ They’re, Kris Kobach, Biden, ” Juliana Macedo, Nascimento, Trump, Macedo, Quezada, ” Quezada, she’ll Organizations: Affordable, Biden, National Immigration Law Center, Children’s Health Insurance, NYU Langone Medical, University of Washington, Republican Locations: Brazil, Connecticut, U.S, Kansas, North Dakota, New York City, Maryland, Mexico

☆ Jim Cramer: Abbott stock is 'dirt cheap' after a surprising legal win validates our conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The legal overhang on Abbott Labs has been real, even if shares have found some traction in recent months. Bottom line Abbott Labs still faces other cases over its specialized formulas across the country, but Thursday night's win is significant. Abbott shares traded around 22 times forward earnings estimates Friday, below their five-year average of 24, according to FactSet. With victory in hand, Abbott Labs will now begin the next phase of its legal fight on much stronger ground. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Mead Johnson, Benckiser, Louis Children's, Abbott, Mead, —, Scott Stoffel, ABT, — Mead Johnson, Jim Cramer, Cramer, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Stacey Wescott Organizations: Abbott Laboratories, Club, Abbott Labs, NEC, CNBC, Abbott, and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, FDA, CDC, NIH, Chicago Tribune, Tribune, Service, Getty Locations: Missouri, St

☆ Guangdong, China: Satellite imagery shows new mystery aircraft carrier built amid breakneck naval expansion
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Edward Szekeres | Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Hong Kong CNN —China appears to have built a new and unusual aircraft carrier, intriguing experts with a potentially first-of-its-kind vessel that could further increase Beijing’s rapidly expanding maritime power. This potential new aircraft carrier “is of a somewhat unusual shape and size – much smaller than China’s previous naval aircraft carriers,” said Thomas Shugart, a former US Navy submarine commander and now a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Another view of the satellite imagery captured on October 23, 2024, showing a potentially new class of a Chinese aircraft carrier at a shipyard in the southeastern end of the country. Only the United States Navy operates aircraft carriers bigger than the Fujian. Conducted in the South China Sea, the exercise was “aiming to enhance the integrated combat capability of the aircraft carrier formations” and was “part of the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation’s regular real-combat training in the high seas,” Xinhua said.

Persons: ”, Thomas Shugart, Shugart, –, Beijing’s, Carl Schuster, Schuster, ” Schuster, ” Song Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Planet Labs, Guangzhou Shipyard, US, Center, New, New American Security, Planet Labs PBC China, People’s Liberation Army Navy, PLAN, supercarriers, United States Navy, Center for Strategic, International Studies, “, PLA, Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence, China Coast Guard, Beijing, Coast Guard, Communist Party, Xinhua, Liaoning, US Navy, Global Times Locations: Hong Kong, China, Guangdong, New American, Fujian, Shandong, Liaoning, Naval, Washington, Shanghai, Beijing, Taiwan, Matsu, South, South China, Xinhua

☆ Satellite images show Russia weirdly emptied its warships out of a Black Sea Fleet base only to put them back later
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The weird behavior follows devastating Ukrainian attacks on the Black Sea Fleet. The puzzling behavior has not yet been attributed to anything in particular, but it comes against the backdrop of a Ukrainian long-range strike campaign against the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The Black Sea Fleet was long headquartered at Sevastopol, in the southwestern corner of the occupied Crimean peninsula. Related Video Ukraine's sea drones vs. Russia's Black Sea FleetRussian warships during a naval celebration in Novorossiysk in July 2022. Ukraine's Sea Baby drones have been a weapon of choice during the Black Sea campaign.

Persons: —, BlackSky, BlackSky Brady Africk, Africk, That's Organizations: Black, Service, Business, Fleet, Ukrainian, Sea Fleet, AP, US, American Enterprise Institute, Security Service, Kyiv, Russian Locations: Russian, Russia, Novorossiysk, Sevastopol, Crimean, Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine, Kyiv, we've, Moscow

☆ American Battleground: The fight to the finish — and what lies beyond the 2024 campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Tom Foreman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +25 min

“Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?” Anderson Cooper asked her in a CNN town hall just two days earlier. They are indeed the ‘enemy from within.’”Former President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during his campaign rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on October 27. You’re a sh*t vice president.’”It’s crude, it’s rude, but for Trump’s campaign it is right on target. “We know what Donald Trump wants,” Harris says in DC just outside the vice presidential residence. As Trump’s 2020 campaign communications director Erin Perrine puts it, “Donald Trump is a political anomaly.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Read, Trump, Kamala Harris, ” Anderson Cooper, “, ” Harris, Rebecca Wright, John Kelly, Trump “, Defense James Mattis, John Bolton, Mark Esper, Bob Woodward, Staff Mark Milley, Republican Sen, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, ”, Harris, ” “, Tony Hinchcliffe, Puerto Rico, ’ ”, Anna Moneymaker, ” Trump, Ezra Klein, Maggie Haberman, He’s, Edward, Isaac Dovere, …, ” Demonizing Harris, Frank Luntz, CNN’s, Michael Duncan, you’ve, Erick Erickson, Arnold Palmer’s, ’, Jenny Kane, Jeff Zeleny, Gloria Borger, he’s, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong, “ She’s, Eva McKend, ” Zeleny, CNN’s Laura Coates, Biden, ” Coates, Julia Roberts, Eminem, Oprah, Beyonce, Michelle Obama, CNN’s Dovere, Barack Obama, Jonathan Drake, Reuters Trump, ” McKend, Erin Perrine, “ Donald Trump, Daniel Dale, Hurricane Helene, Mike Pence, “ Let’s, Let’s, Sinéad O’Connor, Hillary Clinton, We’ve, Norm Eisen, Eisen, – Trump, –, Stephanie Cutter, Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters Harris, Abraham Lincoln Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, ABC, ”, Trump, Trump’s, New York Times, Defense, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Republican, Marxist, Madison, Democratic, Puerto Ricans, New, Garden, GOP, Fox, WIN, Political, Illegal Voters, The New York Times, ” CNN, Fox News, Reuters, Biden, Univision, Capitol, “, United States Capitol Locations: Delaware County , Pennsylvania, York City, Puerto, Mexico, Portland , Oregon, Pennsylvania, DC, Georgia, In Michigan, Detroit, Charlotte , North Carolina, Trump, Hurricane, Madison, Washington ,

☆ Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on the back of Meta's Llama, Reuters reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Top Chinese research institutions linked to the People's Liberation Army have used Meta's publicly available Llama model to develop an AI tool for potential military applications, according to academic papers and analysts. Top Chinese research institutions linked to the People's Liberation Army have used Meta's publicly available Llama model to develop an AI tool for potential military applications, according to academic papers and analysts. It was found to outperform some other AI models that were roughly 90% as capable as OpenAI's powerful ChatGPT-4. The researchers didn't elaborate on how they defined performance or specify whether the AI model had been put into service. Meta has embraced the open release of many of its AI models, including Llama.

Persons: Army's, Meta META.O, ChatBIT, Sunny Cheung, Meta Organizations: People's Liberation Army, Reuters, PLA, Academy of Military Science, Meta, Jamestown Foundation Locations: China, U.S

☆ 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

☆ Victor Wembanyama achieves rare ‘5x5’ line for the second time in his career and more from around the NBA
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Victor Wembanyama recorded the second 5x5 game of his career on Thursday to power the San Antonio Spurs to a 106-88 victory over the Utah Jazz. Wembanyama finished with 25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, five steals and five blocks, becoming just the third player in NBA history with multiple 5x5 games after Hakeem Olajuwon and Andrei Kirilenko. A 5x5 line, a very rare occurrence in the NBA, requires a player to record at least five of a stat in five separate categories, such as points, rebounds, assists, etc. Ja Morant records triple-double in Grizzlies winMorant led the Grizzlies past a struggling Bucks team. Morant recorded 26 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists, including an incredible seated alley-oop pass for a Santi Aldama dunk in the second quarter.

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☆ 8,000 of the troops Kim Jong Un sent to support Russia are about to hit the front lines, the US says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

As many as 8,000 North Korean troops are being deployed to Kursk, US officials said on Thursday. "If these North Korean troops engage in combat or combat support operations against Ukraine they would make themselves legitimate military targets." "One of the reasons that Russia is turning to these North Korean troops is that it's desperate," Blinken said. Now he's turning to North Korean troops. AdvertisementSouth Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's administration has considered sending teams to observe North Korean troops in Ukraine, which it says will not require parliamentary consent.

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