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The Trump campaign taps Lara Trump to encourage voters to vote early and by mail Earlier this year, the RNC co-chair voiced a robocall falsely alleging massive fraud occurred in the 2020 election due to mail ballots. Last month, at a rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Trump disparaged early voting, and promoted it, in the same breath. … Whether you vote early, absentee, by mail or in person, we’re going to protect the vote.”The Republican parties in Arizona and Nevada also tapped Lara Trump to voice robocalls promoting early and mail voting, despite previously echoing her father-in-law’s rhetoric on early voting. “So, get out there, encourage others to vote early and remind them just how critical this election is. When we vote, we win.”Lara Trump encourages Nevada voters to vote early and by mail The Nevada Republican Party tapped Lara Trump to encourage Nevadans to vote early and by mail.

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☆ Here's how natural disasters are shaping the buy-versus-rent decision in vulnerable states like Florida
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Kelly Cloonan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Owning a home in high-climate risk states like Florida is becoming tougher amid rising costs. Experts say the next few years will be crucial for housing policy in the wake of severe climate disasters. On the one hand, buyers are facing rising costs as insurance premiums skyrocket. Still, a big advantage to owning a home is the ability to lock in housing costs. That's especially true after climate disasters, according to one study that looked at rent prices following hurricanes in US coastal states.

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☆ Lebanese American killed by Israeli airstrike while caring for those who were displaced, family says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —When Israeli airstrikes began raining down on southern Lebanon, Kamel Ahmad Jawad’s first instinct wasn’t to seek safety or return to the US. On October 1, Jawad, a 56-year-old American citizen, father of four and cherished figure in the Dearborn, Michigan, community, was killed by an Israeli airstrike, his family says. CNN has reached out to the Israeli military, which said they could not comment without being given the exact coordinates and time of the strike that killed Jawad. But his American citizenship, his daughter says, does not make his life any more valuable than the lives of the thousands of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians killed by Israeli airstrikes. Before he was killed, Jawad sent his children a simple voice note: “Peace be upon you.

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☆ Israel’s last war against Hezbollah ended in stalemate. Fierce border clashes suggest a win won’t be easy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Northern Israel CNN —The Ziv hospital in northern Israel is on high alert. Both the IDF and Hezbollah said there had been fierce clashes and several cross-border attacks in the past week. Most troops appeared in high spirits in the days after the ground operation began. He was born in 2006, the year of the Second Lebanon War – a coincidence that is not lost on him. “The first (Israeli) soldiers have now been killed in the Third Lebanon War and the children who will fight in the Fourth Lebanon War are being born now,” he said.

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CNN —Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is now entering its third month, with scores of settlements still firmly under its control. Displaced people in an undisclosed location in the Kursk region are housed in a shelter on August 29, 2024, following Ukraine's cross-border incursion. Russia is trying to avoid diverting any resources from the frontlines of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine to fight in Kursk. Ukraine has maintained control of about 300 square miles in Russia's Kursk region, according to the latest assessment by ISW. Oleg Palchyk/Global Images Ukraine/Getty ImagesYet Ukraine’s goal of diverting troops from the eastern frontline to Kursk has so far failed.

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County election officials in Florida, meanwhile, are facing a potential new challenge after Hurricane Milton made landfall on its western coast late Wednesday. Other county election offices in the state similarly said this week that that they would perform fresh assessments of their election infrastructure following Milton. Chris O'Meara/AP David Jalving throws outdoor furniture into his father's pool in Fort Myers to prepare for Hurricane Milton. Marta Lavandier/AP A man in Progreso boards up an apartment building to protect it from Hurricane Milton on Monday. “We should have the most poll workers we’ve ever had here in Oconee County,” said Ryan Nowland, assistant director of Oconee County elections.

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The unprecedented destruction Hurricane Helene has wreaked on western North Carolina could take months, if not years, to rebuild. “We are always playing like we’re one point down,” a Trump campaign official said. A Trump campaign official pointed to efforts to expand the Trump tent with surrogates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Iowa Gov. The Harris campaign also hosted community meals that fed 120 families, and it is organizing similar events, spending more than $30,000 on relief efforts. Ultimately, after Biden toured North Carolina, Harris visited once in her official capacity after she visited Georgia to underscore relief efforts.

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More than 500 people were rescued from an apartment complex in a non-evacuation zone in Clearwater overnight after Milton brought major flooding to the city, its mayor told CNN. “These people weren’t expecting this, but the rain came down so hard, so fast that it completely flooded this apartment complex,” he said. The next challenge will be finding shelter for the residents who are displaced from the complex, the mayor said. “We feel like we’ve had one major hurricane in two separate events. If you put it all together, it’s really, really tough for our entire community,” Rector said.

Persons: Milton, Clearwater Mayor Bruce Rector, “, ”, Rector, we’ve, it’s Organizations: CNN, Clearwater Mayor Locations: Clearwater

“We’re going to be going to the Congress. Going to need a lot more money as we identify specifically how much is needed. But discussions surrounding FEMA and disaster-relief funding have taken a sharply political bent in recent weeks, a development that may complicate discussions in Congress. “Conservative, hardcore” Republicans, Biden said “are standing up and saying, ‘It’s got to stop.’” He later called Florida Gov. In more productive conversations, Biden spoke by phone with Scott, who told CNN they discussed ways Congress could re-up funding for FEMA and SBA when the time is right.

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CNN —An Israeli airstrike killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens more sheltering at a school in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on Thursday, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said. The attack on the Rafidah school injured at least 54 Palestinians, according to the Red Crescent. Thursday’s strike is the latest to hit a school in Gaza. Last month, an Israeli strike on a school compound near Gaza city, killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, according to Palestinian officials. Israel confirmed it carried out the strike, saying it had targeted a Hamas command post and killed several fighters.

Persons: Israel Organizations: CNN, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Crescent . Locations: Deir al, Gaza, Palestine, Crescent, Al, Daraj, Gaza City, Israel, Lebanon, Iran

☆ FEMA was strapped for cash even before America's hurricane double whammy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

FEMA for two months had to pause $9 billion meant for communities still recovering from past disasters. In this case, for nearly two months, FEMA hoarded $9 billion to make up for delayed funding from Congress. But Biden-administration officials warn of another shortfall as soon as January, especially after Hurricane Milton slammed into the Tampa area late Wednesday. "So if FEMA delays reimbursements, local governments have to bear those costs, and they may put off recovery efforts. FEMA officials have repeatedly said they have enough resources to respond to Hurricane Helene and now Hurricane Milton but declined to specify how much disaster aid remained available.

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"You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza," Netanyahu said in a video address Tuesday delivered in English. Israeli soldiers raise their national flag in Lebanon's southern border village of Maroun al-Ras. And Wednesday, a video, geolocated by NBC News, stoked outrage: Israeli soldiers raising the country's flag on the outskirts of a border village. Lebanese people who spoke to NBC News on Wednesday bristled at Netanyahu’s warning, with some also mocking the footage of Israeli soldiers planting the flag in the southern village of Maroun Al-Ras. Israel’s invasion of Lebanon amid its 1982 civil war resulted in a nearly two-decade occupation of the country’s south.

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☆ Biden held ‘direct,’ 30-minute call with Netanyahu, White House says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Biden has grown frustrated that Netanyahu appears to brush off his advice and recommendations, and to publicly reject his attempts at lowering regional temperatures. Biden last week made clear he expected to speak with Netanyahu ahead of any potential reprisal against Iran for its missile onslaught. Still, she acknowledged the significance of the conversation, the first between Biden and Netanyahu since August 21. Still, Biden was insistent that he speak to Netanyahu ahead of Israel’s next steps, believing it important to convey his views directly. The White House, which has declined to comment on those reports, has insisted the two men maintain a functional relationship.

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☆ The undeniable crisis that’s not driving American voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Eduardo Munoz/Reuters A relief group climbs up the side of a hill as they help near Bat Cave, North Carolina, on Thursday. Jeffrey Collins/AP Len Frisbee dumps a wheelbarrow of dirt as he helps with cleanup in Hot Springs, North Carolina, on Tuesday. Gerald Herbert/AP Meta Gatschenberger surveys the remains of her collapsed house in Boone, North Carolina, on Saturday, September 28. Jonathan Drake/Reuters Floodwaters are seen in Asheville in this image released by the North Carolina Department of Transportation on Saturday. Marco Bello/Reuters In pictures: Hurricane Helene unleashes its fury Prev NextBut Vance’s remedy to the so-called weird weather is counterintuitive.

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ISRAEL LEBANON Israeli armored vehicles crossed the border Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Flattened buildings Israeli armored vehicles YAROUN YAROUN Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area LEBANON ISRAEL Flattened buildings Vehicle tracks Israeli armored vehicles crossed the border Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area ISRAEL Israeli armored vehicles crossed the border LEBANON Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Flattened buildings Israeli armored vehicles YAROUN ISRAEL LEBANON Israeli armored vehicles crossed the border Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Flattened buildings Israeli armored vehicles YAROUN Source: Satellite image by Planet Labs, Oct. 5Tank tracks leading from Israel across the border to the Lebanese village of Yaroun are visible in satellite images taken on Saturday by Planet Labs, a commercial satellite provider. So are newly constructed banks of earth where the Israeli military set up positions for tanks and other military vehicles. Over the past week, the Israeli military has flattened large parts of two border villages: Maroun al-Ras and Yaroun, seen in the video above that was filmed by the Israeli military and verified by The Times. Aug. 28, 2024 Rubble YAROUN Destroyed buildings Rubble YAROUN Destroyed buildings Oct. 5, 2024 YAROUN Area flattened YAROUN Area flattened Oct. 5, 2024 Newly destroyed buildings Appears burned YAROUN Appears burned Newly destroyed buildings Appears burned YAROUN Appears burned Even before the ground invasion, months of rocket strikes had damaged Yaroun, this satellite imagery from the summer shows. Aug. 28 MAROUN AL-RAS Destroyed building MAROUN AL-RAS Destroyed building Oct. 5 Israeli military vehicles Vehicle tracks Israeli military vehicles MAROUN AL-RAS Vehicle tracks Vehicle tracks Israeli military vehicles Vehicle tracks MAROUN AL-RAS Oct. 5 Newly destroyed buildings MAROUN AL-RAS Destroyed mosque Flattened area Newly destroyed buildings Destroyed mosque MAROUN AL-RAS Flattened area Maroun al-Ras has seen fighting before: It was the scene of a major battle during Israel’s 2006 invasion of Lebanon.

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44 health care workers saw multiple cases of preteen children who had been shot in the head or chest in Gaza. 2 did not Merril Tydings Flight, emergency and critical care nurse, 44 years old, Santa Fe, N.M. “ These people were starving. ” Abeerah Muhammad Emergency and critical care nurse, 33 years old, Dallas, Texas “ Everyone we met showed us pictures of themselves before October. ” Merril Tydings Flight, emergency and critical care nurse, 44 years old, Santa Fe, N.M. “ It is very simple. ” 53 health care workers saw many children suffering from easily preventable infections, some of whom died from them.

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On the anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks, Gaza’s north was hit with more Israeli strikes, with no end in sight to the war devastating the enclave. Israel’s objective of defeating Hamas still seems far from reach as its military offensives in Gaza continue to ramp up. Israel launched a new ground operation in northern Gaza on Sunday and encircled the Jabalya refugee camp, where it says it saw signs of Hamas regrouping. Earlier this year, Israel’s military said it had defeated Hamas in northern Gaza, only to announce new offensives there in May. The camp was targeted early on in Israel’s response to Hamas’ attacks one year ago and has been struck several times during the war.

Persons: ”, haven’t, ” Lena, Philippe Lazzarini Organizations: Hamas, United Nations, Residents, CNN, Mercy Corps, UN, UNRWA Locations: Gaza, Israel, Jabalya, Israeli

☆ A year into the war, Israeli military operations in Gaza continue to ramp up and Hamas is yet to be defeated
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Irene Nasser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

A new military ground operation was launched on Sunday in Jabalya, northern Gaza, where the military said it is encircling the area after it saw signs of Hamas rebuilding. Earlier this year, Israel’s military said it had defeated Hamas in northern Gaza, only to announce new operations there in May. Ahead of the Israeli military announcements Monday, hospitals said they had received five bodies and several injured people following Israeli “artillery fire” in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. The Israel military said it intercepted five projectiles launched from northern Gaza on Monday. Earlier in the day, nine projectiles were launched from southern Gaza, injuring two people, the military said.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, “, ”, Al Mawasi, Kamal Adwan, Khan Younis, Lena, haven’t Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Mercy Corps, Israel Locations: Gaza, Israel, Jabalya, Beit Lahia, Khan, Al Mawasi

☆ The 9 Elements of a Trump Rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Ian Prasad Philbrick | Ashley Wu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +89 min

We have some voters, they’re for us, but they’ve never voted and they’re going to want to vote. There’s something wrong with Kamala and I just don’t know what it is, but there is definitely something missing. They’re going to get him in Florida.” It was always… That seemed to be the documents case. That’s great. They’re great.

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North Carolina’s election board voted Monday to give residents in the western part of the state, which was hit hardest by Hurricane Helene, greater flexibility to vote by mail and run their elections. Previously, voters were limited to dropping absentee ballots off at the board of elections or early voting sites in their counties. Some of the planned voting sites are being used as shelters and warehouses for incoming sites, state officials said, while others were damaged or made inaccessible by the storm. The state’s voter registration deadline of Friday was not extended. South Carolina extended its voter registration deadline to Oct. 14, while Georgia officials say election operations are expected to continue smoothly.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Karen Brinson Bell, Brinson Bell, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Voters, State Board, Florida Gov, Associated Press Locations: Carolina, Georgia

☆ One year on, the Israel-Hamas war has taken an unprecedented toll on journalists
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Multiple news organizations and free press groups have accused the Israeli military of deliberately targeting journalists. “One year in, Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza has exacted an unprecedented and horrific toll on Palestinian journalists and the region’s media landscape,” CPJ said. Four Israeli journalists were killed in the October 7 attacks, and others barely survived. The raw footage is also subject to Israeli military censorship. CNN’s Clarissa Ward is one of the only foreign journalists to have entered the strip without the Israeli military, when she embedded with a United Arab Emirates field hospital crew.

Persons: Israel’s, ” CPJ, ”, Tania Kraemer, Clarissa Ward, they’ve, ” Al Jazeera, CNN he’s, “, Deborah Turness, Janine Zacharia, ‘ You’ve, ” Zacharia, William Lafi Youmans, George Washington, Youmans, ” Youmans, that’s Organizations: CNN, Journalists, Protect Journalists, “, Foreign Press Association, Deutsche Welle, Union of Journalists, United, United Arab Emirates, Court, West Bank, Israeli Journalists Union, Associated Press, BBC, West Bank “, Stanford University’s Department of Communications, The Washington Post, Reuters, George Washington University’s School of Media, Public Affairs, European Union Locations: Israel, Gaza, Jerusalem, Egypt, United Arab, American, Israeli, Palestinian, “, United States

As with Gaza, US officials say Israel was initially planning for a much larger ground incursion into Lebanon before the US convinced it to scale back. ‘The right moment’ for diplomacyThe US still wants to see Lebanon ceasefire talks resume, officials said, and US officials continue to believe that the conflict can only be resolved diplomatically. Nasrallah and other members of Hezbollah’s senior leadership are now dead as a result of Israel’s operations in Lebanon. Earlier in the day, a reluctant Biden told reporters he’d be “comfortable with [Israel] stopping” the campaign in Lebanon that risked further inflaming the region. Behind closed doors, sources say, Biden offered reluctant support for eliminating Hezbollah infrastructure along Israel’s border and in southern Lebanon, as long as Israel’s operations remained limited in nature.

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☆ Sweden told people to open their hearts to immigrants 10 years ago. Its U-turn has been dramatic
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Sweden registered 81,301 asylum seekers in 2014, data shows. Jonas Ekstromer | Afp | Getty Images"It pains me that Sweden is no longer capable of receiving asylum seekers at the high level we do today. Since then, Sweden's immigration policy has been on a one-way street. A decade ago, all member states of the European Union were encouraged to welcome asylum seekers and refugees fleeing conflict zones in the Middle East, notably Syria but also Iraq and Afghanistan. This year, Sweden is expected to have its lowest number of asylum seekers since 1997.

Persons: Laurie Noble, Sweden's, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Jonas Ekstromer, Stefan Löfven, Jimmie Akesson, Ulf Kristersson, Ebba Busch, Johan Pehrson, Kristersson, Linnea Rheborg, Jacob Lind, " Lind, Lind, Lesbos Spencer Platt, Migration Maria Malmer Stenergard Organizations: Stone, Getty, Afp, Sweden Democrats, Sweden, Moderate, Liberal, Christian Democrats, Malmö University, CNBC, European, UN Refugee Agency, Swedish Migration Agency, EU, Migration, Nurphoto Locations: Stockholm, Sweden, Europe, Syria, Malmo, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Afghanistan, Swedish, Sundbyberg, Germany, Lesbos, Stockholm City

Jabaliya Gaza City Gaza Strip Israel Mediterranean Sea Khan Younis Egypt Jabaliya Gaza City Gaza Strip Israel Mediterranean Sea Khan Younis Egypt Jabaliya Gaza City Gaza Strip Mediterranean Sea Israel Khan Younis EgyptGaza in Ruins After a Year of War Much of Gaza has been destroyed by Israel’s relentless military campaign. Sea Gaza Strip Israel Egypt Gaza City 74% of buildings have been likely damaged or destroyed. Gaza City, the strip’s capital, is home to the ancient Old City, as well as Al-Rimal, a once-vibrant, upper-middle-class neighborhood. Omar Al-Mukhtar Street, Gaza City Before Fouad Abu JasserThe park was a gathering place for rallies and protests. Omar Al-Mukhtar Street, Gaza City After AFPNot far away, the Rashaad Shawa center, which housed the oldest library in the Gaza Strip, has been severely damaged.

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☆ The Middle East is on high alert for October 7 anniversary attacks as Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza and Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Hannah Abraham | Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Middle East is anticipating strikes on the anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks. Israeli offensives have targeted several Middle Eastern regions, including Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria. AdvertisementThe Middle East is on high alert for military strikes timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks on Israel. AdvertisementThere are fears the conflict could escalate into a full-blown war in the Middle East. AdvertisementIn June, the IMF said that the long-term economic effects of conflict on real GDP per capita in the Middle East would be particularly severe.

Persons: —, Yuval Baron, Keith Siegel, Adm, Daniel Hagari, Israel, Khader Ali Tawil, Kfar Yuval, Georgios Petropoulos, Jake Oubina, Piper Sandler Organizations: Service, Gaza Health Ministry, Reuters, Military, UN Humanitarian Affairs, CNN, Hamas, Health Ministry, BBC, Bank of Israel, Fox Business Locations: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Haifa, Israel, Iran, Tiberias, Beirut, Kfar, suboffice, Rafah, Yemen

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