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☆ 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

☆ Why flights to Europe are the cheapest they've been in years
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A tourist takes a photo as the Acropolis’ Propylaea are seen in the background, in Athens, Greece, on June 28, 2024. Flights between the U.S. and Europe have not been this cheap in three years, when many countries were just lifting Covid-19 era rules. According to flight-tracking company Hopper, "good deal" fares across the Atlantic to Europe are averaging $578 in November, down from $619 a year earlier. Many airlines from financially troubled Spirit Airlines to profitable Southwest Airlines have cut flights or trimmed growth plans into next year, which has helped keep U.S. fares firm. Aircraft scarcity is also limiting airlines from adding many flights.

Persons: Brett Snyder, Hopper Organizations: U.S, Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines Locations: Athens, Greece, Europe, Hopper .

☆ Why all eyes are on America's fallen tech giant Intel, which is losing its spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Helen Li | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Nvidia will be replacing Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. In the past several years, it has fallen from grace, failing to jump on the AI train in time. The S&P Dow Jones Indices said Friday that Nvidia will replace Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a blue-chip index intended to project the most relevant picture of the US economy. Habana helped launch Intel's next-generation Gaudi AI chip for businesses this year. AdvertisementEven if Qualcomm acquired Intel, it's unclear what it would do with Intel's manufacturing operations.

Persons: —, Dow, Pat Gelsinger, Stacy Rasgon, Paul Otellini, Otellini, OpenAI, Habana, Intel's, Gaudi, Rasgon, Bryan Catanzaro, Logan Purk, Edward Jones, nipping, Purk, TSMC, Dan Morgan, Morgan Organizations: Intel, Nvidia, Dow Jones, Qualcomm, Service, VMware, Bernstein Research, Apple, Reuters, Microsoft, Systems, Habana Labs, Companies, AMD, Samsung, Wall Street, Apollo Global Management, Bloomberg, Broadcom, Biden Locations: Arizona, Ohio, Nervana, Synovus

☆ Russia was behind second fake video spreading false voter fraud claims, U.S. officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

It was the second piece of sophisticated Russian disinformation in a week to gain traction online that falsely asserted voter fraud in a key swing state. Easterly said she expected more attempts by Russia and foreign adversaries to spread false information before and after Election Day. The first video falsely claimed to show a person ripping up filled-in ballots in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. U.S. intelligence officials said the video was Russian made and designed to shake public faith in the democratic process. Federal authorities were countering foreign disinformation by “flooding the zone with accurate information,“ Easterly, of CISA, said in her interview on MSNBC.

Persons: CISA, “, Emerson Brooking, ” Brooking, ”, Brooking, Brad Raffensperger, Alex Wong, Elon Musk, “ We’ve, it’s Organizations: Infrastructure Security Agency, MSNBC, National Intelligence, FBI, Democratic, Digital Forensic Research, Atlantic Council, State Capitol Locations: Russia, Georgia, Moscow, United States, Russian, Bucks County , Pennsylvania, U.S, Atlanta, CISA

☆ The U.S. has a new strategy for combating foreign election interference, but will it work?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Last week, a video popped up on social media falsely claiming to show someone ripping up ballots in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Instead of relying on flagging suspected foreign disinformation posts to social media companies, U.S. authorities are declassifying information about foreign election interference in an unprecedented way, seizing web domains and issuing indictments that have exposed the mechanics of Russian and Iranian information warfare, officials and researchers said. U.S. intelligence officials later said Russian “influence actors” were behind the false story. And social media companies, under intense legal and political pressure from Republican critics, have scaled back or scrapped teams in recent years that used to take down inflammatory or conspiratorial content. The combination of homegrown falsehoods about “stolen” election conspiracies, surging foreign disinformation campaigns and a laissez-faire approach by tech firms threatens to undermine the foundations of American democracy, experts and lawmakers said.

Persons: “, ”, Paul Kolbe, ” Kolbe, haven’t, Biden, Yuri Kadobnov, Donald Trump’s, Matthew Olsen, — we’ve, Bret Schafer, ” Schafer, Esteban Ponce de, Tim Walz, Walz, Trump, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, ” Jamieson Organizations: FBI, Justice Department, Central Eurasia, CIA, Media, Russia, Getty, Kremlin, Alliance, Securing Democracy, NBC, Atlantic Council, Forensic Research, Democratic, Gallup, Republican, Democracies, University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication Locations: Bucks County , Pennsylvania, Russia, Iran, China, Cuba, Moscow, Tehran, Tennessee, United States, AFP, Esteban Ponce de León, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Russian, Vietnam

☆ Russia faces a crisis regardless if Putin ends or continues the war in Ukraine, economist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia faces a crisis whether it continues the war or not, economist Alexander Mertens says. War spending has been a major boost to Moscow's GDP growth and wealth, and ending the war will be tricky. If Russia continues the war, the economy looks on track for a "severe recession" and long-running stagnation, Mertens said. "The current state of the Russian economy is far from critical but it does present Putin with a dilemma. The Russian economy is not yet close to collapse, but it is increasingly dependent on wartime conditions and faces growing risks of overheating."

Persons: Alexander Mertens, —, Vladimir Putin, Mertens, Merten, Putin, That's Organizations: Service, Kyiv's International Institute of Business, Ukraine, Atlantic Council, Russian National Welfare Fund, Kremlin, International Monetary Fund Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Ukraine

☆ Passengers endured a 9-hour flight to nowhere after a Boeing 777 developed a problem over the Atlantic
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A British Airways plane turned around midway through a 10-hour journey. AdvertisementA British Airways plane turned around while halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, meaning passengers endured a nine-hour flight to nowhere. "We're sorry for the delay in our customers' travel plans after their aircraft experienced a minor technical issue," a British Airways spokesperson told Business Insider. It was not the first time in recent months that BA passengers have suffered a flight to nowhere. AdvertisementIn June, a Boeing 787s turned around after flying 2,300 miles to Canada's Newfoundland after a technical problem was detected.

Persons: — Organizations: British Airways, Service, Boeing, London Gatwick Locations: Costa Rica, London, Europe, Newfoundland

☆ Hurricane season to reawaken in its final month
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Halloween may be over, but hurricane season still has a few unsettling tricks left in its final month. Three tropical trouble spots bear watching in the Atlantic basin in the coming days as a strange hurricane season continues to defy expectations. CNN WeatherThe US Gulf Coast could finally have some atmospheric protection on its side after multiple devastating hurricane strikes this season. This season is above average in terms of named storms, hurricanes and major – Category 3 or stronger – hurricanes. Hurricane season officially ends on November 30, but tropical systems aren’t bound by that date.

Persons: Patty, Rafael, Sara, It’s, it’s, Michael Lowry, Helene, Milton Organizations: CNN, National Hurricane Center, Central America, Storm, Puerto Rico Thursday, Virgin, NOAA, Hurricane Locations: Caribbean, of Mexico, Central, Puerto, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Hispaniola, Gulf, Mexico

☆ Two Washington Post writers who resigned over Bezos’ non-endorsement join The Atlantic
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Two veteran writers who resigned from The Washington Post over its non-endorsement decision are joining The Atlantic. Robert Kagan and Danielle Allen are coming aboard as contributing writers, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg said Friday. Kagan, a Post opinion editor-at-large and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, resigned within minutes of learning the news. More than 250,000 Post customers cancelled their subscriptions in the wake of the non-endorsement, according to reporting by NPR and the Post. For The Atlantic, the Post imbroglio is also an opportunity to attract talent.

Persons: Robert Kagan, Danielle Allen, Jeffrey Goldberg, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump, Bezos, board’s, Kamala Harris, Kagan, “ Bezos, ”, “, Goldberg, Harris, ” Goldberg, Allen, Trump, Barack Obama, ” Allen Organizations: New, New York CNN, The Washington Post, Atlantic, Post, Amazon, Brookings Institution, Trump, NPR, CNN, Harvard University, Washington Locations: New York

☆ Airbus' new plane is the answer to an aging, inefficient Boeing jet that airlines are scrambling to replace
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some airlines have bought Airbus' new extra-long-haul A321XLR to replace their aging Boeing 757s. That's about 800 miles further than its predecessor and at least 880 miles further than its closest competitor: the aging, out-of-production Boeing 757. Carriers like United Airlines and Icelandair are lining up for the new jet, putting in more than 550 orders so far. Continental Airlines, now United Airlines, switched its 757-300 order to the newer 737-800 in 2003, for example. Icelandair will also replace its 757 fleet with the A321XLR, abandoning the largely all-Boeing fleet it has operated for decades.

Persons: —, Bjorn Fehrm, Boeing's, Icelandair, it's Organizations: Airbus, Boeing, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Service, Carriers, Iberia, Continental Airlines, Leeham, Seattle Times, Max, United, Business Locations: Spanish, France, North Africa

☆ Bird flu was detected in a pig, and it could be a tipping point threatening more human transmission
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A pig has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in a backyard farm in Oregon. The H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in Oregon, the first instance of a swine infection in the US, officials announced on Wednesday. Pigs get both bird flu viruses and human flu viruses, making them a genetic mixing bowl where H5N1 could gain genetic mutations that help it spread between humans. AdvertisementWhy pig infection could be a tipping pointPigs play host to both bird flu viruses and human flu viruses. Inside a pig, the H5N1 bird flu virus could pick up genetic mutations that help it adapt to better infect human bodies.

Persons: —, Stacey Schultz, Cherry, Jude Children's, Jeremy Farrar, Diego Vara, Florian Krammer, Cynthia Goldsmith, Jackie Katz, Schultz, Richard Webby, Jude, Robert Giroux Organizations: Service, St, Jude Children's Research, World Health Organization, Reuters, US Department of Agriculture, USDA, Icahn, of Medicine, STAT, CDC, AP, WHO Locations: Oregon, South America, Sao Jose, Norte, Brazil, New York, St, New York City

☆ OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

ChatGPT search offers up-to-the-minute sports scores, stock quotes, news, weather and more, powered by real-time web search and partnerships with news and data providers, according to the company. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards OpenAI's ChatGPT search OpenAIThe move also positions OpenAI as more of a competitor to Microsoft and its businesses. ChatGPT will "automatically search the web based on what you ask," according to an OpenAI blog post. Users can manually click the web search icon within ChatGPT to search if they choose. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards OpenAI's ChatGPT search OpenAI

Persons: Sam Altman, Didem, Bing, OpenAI, Altman, Axel Springer, Condé Nast, Dotdash Meredith Organizations: Anadolu, Getty, Microsoft, Google, ChatGPT, Associated Press, Reuters, Hearst, Financial Times, News Corp, Vox Media Locations: ChatGPT, OpenAI

☆ The US is on the cusp of a lithium boom to loosen China's grip on EVs
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementThe US is on the cusp of a lithium boom after years of laying the groundwork for an electric-vehicle supply chain that doesn't rely on China. The three sites, expected to come online between 2026 and 2028, would massively increase the US's lithium supply. A Tiehm's buckwheat plant in Esmeralda County, Nevada, grows beside where the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron mine is planned. AdvertisementRowe said Ioneer redesigned the Rhyolite Ridge mine to limit its footprint in the critical habitat of the endangered wildflower, Tiehm's buckwheat. The Biden administration, in issuing the permit for the mine, said it would not jeopardize the flower's survival.

Persons: —, Biden, Bernard Rowe, VCG, Rowe, Karl Friedhoff, Robyn Beck, Thacker, Ioneer, brines Organizations: Service, EV, Atlantic Council, Chicago Council, Global Affairs, House, Biological Diversity, Biden, Western Shoshone Defense, AP, Resources, Survey Locations: Nevada and California, China, Nevada, Thacker, Australia, South America, Chile, Argentina, Shanghai İnternational Port, Asia, Japan, India, Ioneer, California, Texas, Shoshone, Esmeralda County , Nevada, Oregon, Arkansas

☆ England’s last ‘witch’ may have survived execution, new research suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But new research suggests that one English woman convicted of witchcraft and condemned to be hanged may have escaped the noose. Alice Molland – who has long held the tragic record of being the last woman in England to be hanged as a “witch” – was sentenced to death in 1685. In June 1685, Avis Molland – by now widowed – emerges in court records as an informant about a potential revolt, at a time when the Duke of Monmouth was attempting a rebellion against the king. Avis Molland died a free woman eight years later. Worland has spent 18 years unearthing victims’ details, and has successfully campaigned to have memorials to executed “witches” in Colchester and Chelmsford.

Persons: Alice Molland –, ” –, Mark Stoyle, Alice Molland ”, Avis Molland –, Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles, Susannah Edwards, Molland, Joane Snell, Wilmott Snell, Agnes Furze ”, Stoyle, Avis Molland, “ Alice ”, Molland –, Avis Macey –, –, Duke of Monmouth, “ Alice’s, Avis, Alice, ”, ” Innocent, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Charlotte Meredith, ” John Worland, Worland, “, I’m, who’d, Judy Molland, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, UK’s University of Southampton, Bideford, MPI, Scotland, Exeter Castle, Getty, Essex, Exeter Cathedral, Devon Locations: Europe, England, Exeter Castle, Devon, Exeter –, Avis, Exeter, St, David’s, today’s, North America, Salem, Salem , Massachusetts, ”, Essex, Colchester, Chelmsford, “

☆ America’s oldest tombstone has new origin story, according to study
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Historical evidence then pointed the study authors to a Belgian tombstone export business thriving at the time, where they theorize the tombstone began its journey. Burial within a church was typically saved for high-status individuals and clergy, and Yeardley was one of two knights to die while the Jamestown church was in use, according to Jamestown Rediscovery. Colonial period cemeteries have suffered neglect and vandalism, with the Knight’s Tombstone likely surviving for as long as it did because vegetation concealed it, she added. It seems to be pretty inherent there in nature, but most (colonists) didn’t have the resources to import a nice carved stone,” Key said. “There were a lot of people being buried in the church, but only one of them had a big old black (limestone) tombstone from Belgium.”

Persons: ”, Marcus Key, Joseph Priestley, Sir George Yeardley, England, Marcus, Mary Anna Hartley, Hartley, Yeardley, Weeks, —, ” Hartley, “, Queen Elizabeth II’s, King George VI, George’s, didn’t Organizations: CNN, Tombstone, International, Philosophy, Dickinson College, Key, Dickinson College Geosciences, General Assembly, First Peoples Locations: United States, Jamestown , Virginia, North America, Europe, Belgian, Carlisle , Pennsylvania, Belgium, London, Jamestown, Ireland, Virginia, England, Tombstone, America, British, St, Windsor

☆ American Battleground: How ‘brat summer’ set up Kamala Harris’ remarkable run
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Tom Foreman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

Chief among them, the person the outgoing president tapped to replace him on the ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris. “People understood that if you didn’t choose Kamala Harris, you’d have a big problem with your base voters,” Etienne says. He’s had plenty of women who worked for him over the years, but there was no one who looked like Kamala Harris and there was no one in a position of authority. Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty ImagesComing Thursday: How cat people are still haunting Trump’s campaign

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Read, ” Joe Biden, CNN’s MJ Lee, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Lee, “, ”, Pelosi, “ America’s, Evan Vucci, Trump’s, Team Trump, “ Trump, unpleasantly, Tim Alberta, NPR’s Michel Martin, Kamala Harris, “ Joe Biden’s, California’s Gavin Newsom, Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer, J.B, Pritzker, Kentucky’s Andy Beshear, Maryland’s Wes Moore, Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro, Sens, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Manchin, Pete Buttigieg, Harris, ” Lee, Ashley Etienne, Barack Obama, you’d, ” Etienne, Trump, Harris ’, ‘, “ Kamala, I’ve, Ron Bieber, cheaters, Donald Trump’s, “ We’re, Kevin Mohatt, CNN’s Kristen Holmes, CNN’s Phil Mattingly, Van Jones, he’s, Rachel Scott, Vincent Alban, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Lyin, Kamala ”, Etienne, Treene, Jeff Zeleny, detests Biden, viscerally detests, He’s, Tim Walz, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Walz, ” Vance, Vance, Brendan Smialowski, CNN’s Edward, Isaac Dovere, Beyoncé’s, Roe, Wade, smirking, Elijah Nouvelage Organizations: CNN, Guardian, White, Republican National Convention, Team, Trump, Governors, Democratic National Convention, Naval, Democratic Party, Harris, Biden, Democratic, AFL, National Association of Black Journalists, ABC, Howard University, Minnesota Gov, Marine, Army National Guard, United States Marine Corps, Ohio Republican, Arlington National Cemetery, Pentagon, Getty, Republicans, “, Fox News, ABC News Locations: Wilmington, Delaware, Atlantic, Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer , Illinois, Minnesota, West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, West Allis , Wisconsin, Trump, Jamaica, India, United States, Iraq, United States of America, Afghanistan, Philadelphia, AFP, Roe, Alabama, Atlanta

He’s not Hitler,” former first lady Melania Trump said in an interview Tuesday on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” when asked how she feels about people comparing Trump to the Nazi leader. “The newest line from Kamala and her campaign is that everyone who isn’t voting for her is a Nazi,” Trump said at a campaign rally in Atlanta. I’m the opposite of a Nazi.”Reached for comment Tuesday, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said that Trump is "correct." Tim Walz, said at an event in Henderson, Nevada, on Sunday that there was “a direct parallel” between Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally and the Nazi event. A Trump campaign spokesperson denied the reports, as did the former president, saying that he never made positive comments about Hitler.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, “, Hitler, ”, He’s, Melania Trump, “ Fox, they’re, ” Trump, Kamala Harris, Kamala, He’s Hitler, I’m, Karoline Leavitt, Harris, “ Kamala, Biden, Tim Walz, Sen, Brad Hoylman, Sigal, Hillary Clinton, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, ” Kennedy, Kennedy, Donald Trump, Adolf Hitler —, John Kelly, Kelly, ’, Trump's, JD Vance, Ohio, I’ve, Vance Organizations: Nazi, Fox News, Minnesota Gov, Trump, Madison, Garden, CNN, “, ”, Fox, Hitler, New York Times, Democratic National Committee, CBS News Locations: Atlanta, Henderson , Nevada, Trump’s Madison, New York, Madison, American

☆ Hurricane season isn't over. Experts predict a final surge of storms and maybe even a December cyclone.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hurricane season may end with a November surge of storms starting next week, AccuWeather forecasts. Chance of a December cycloneIt's already been a nasty hurricane season, with storms so far causing more than 300 deaths and nearly $500 billion of losses in the US, according to AccuWeather. Hurricane season ends on November 30, but DaSilva said there may be a rare December cyclone this year. However, the NHC said in August that this Atlantic hurricane season would likely produce 17 to 24 named storms total. AdvertisementThis could lead to a tropical storm or even a hurricane in the first few days of November," DaSilva said.

Persons: —, Hurricane Milton, Alex DaSilva, Chance, DaSilva, Hurricane, Sean Rayford, Bernie Rayno, Milton, Nicole, Hurricane Ian, Kate Organizations: Hurricanes, Service, Associated, National Hurricane Center, Business, NHC, Florida, Yankee Locations: Florida, Carolinas, Milton, Hurricane, Gulf Coast — Alabama, Mississippi , Louisiana, Texas, AccuWeather ., Bat Cave , North Carolina, Caribbean, Sarasota , Florida, Cuba

☆ Argentina hotel collapse: People trapped beneath rubble of collapsed building in Villa Gessell
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Joaquin Caballero | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A man has died and up to nine other people are missing after a 10-story hotel collapsed in Argentina. Firefighters, paramedics and police were working to remove debris in order to reach people who are thought to be buried. The victim is thought to have been an 80-year-old man who lived in the building next to the collapsed hotel, minister of security of the province of Buenos Aires Javier Alonso said on the TN news channel. The missing include workers from a construction site at the hotel that was apparently operating “clandestinely, without complying with municipal regulations,” according to the statement. Emergency workers are trying to free up to nine people believed to be trapped in the rubble.

Persons: Buenos Aires Javier Alonso, Alonso, Pablo Funes, CNN’s Michael Rios Organizations: CNN, Villa Gessell, Firefighters, Buenos Aires, Reuters CNN Locations: Argentina, Dubrovnik, Villa, Buenos Aires, Buenos

☆ Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier appears to be smoking as seen from space
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Eric Zerkel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The warmer water injected warmer, moist air into the exceptionally dry, cold air whipping across it. Sea smoke rises from the the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Portland, Maine, in February 2023. But seeing it on satellite over Pine Island Glacier was rare because the area is usually shrouded in clouds, according to NASA. Strong winds blow snow into stark lines across Pine Island Glacier. NASA/USGSPine Island Glacier is a vital and highly monitored part of Antarctica that is threatened by a warming world.

Persons: Robert F, ” Thwaites Organizations: CNN, NASA Locations: Antarctica, South Portland , Maine

☆ What These Founders Learned From Trying to Take on Elon Musk's Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

About three weeks after Elon Musk bought Twitter in October 2022, #RIPTwitter started trending. As the bird app's outlook grew more bleak, several alternative conversation platforms hatched: Narwhal, Spoutible, Spill, Post, and Cohost among them. I talked to several founders about what they learned trying to compete with Musk, and the state of civil discussion online. "There's a ton of power in whoever controls" a big social media platform, Thompson says. Spill, a Black-owned social platform, has been downloaded more than half a million times.

Persons: Elon Musk, RIPTwitter, shitposting, Gabor Cselle, Cselle, Meta, Jack Dorsey, Twitter, Musk, Twitters, he's, imminently, Fortune, Noam Bardin, Andreessen Horowitz, Bardin, Laurene Powell Jobs, Nicholas Thompson, Thompson, Narwhal, Trump, Hitler, Alphonzo Terrell, Kerry Washington, Terrell, there's, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Harris, I've, I'm Organizations: Elon, Google, Twitter, Anti Software Software, Politico, Boston Globe, The, Amplica Labs, Democratic, Spill, Phillies

☆ Trump calls Harris a fascist, says he is ‘the opposite of a Nazi’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“He used to always say: ‘Never use the word Nazi. Don’t use that word,’” Trump said. ‘He’s Hitler.’ And then they say, ‘He’s a Nazi.’”“I’m not a Nazi,” Trump said. “I’m the opposite of a Nazi.”Trump also responded to Harris calling him a fascist by saying, “She’s a fascist, OK? “They decided to compare us to literal Nazis for gathering in Madison Square Garden and celebrating the United States of America.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Kamala, ” Trump, Harris pounced, Trump, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi, John Kelly, Harris, ”, Kelly’s, Hitler, ‘ He’s Hitler, ’, He’s, “, “ She’s, Mike Johnson, Mitch McConnell, ” Harris, “ Donald Trump, Tim Walz, ” Walz, Trump’s, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, ” Vance, Vance, CNN’s Kit Maher, Aaron Pellish, Nikki Carvajal, Michael Williams, Kate Sullivan Organizations: CNN, Monday, Nazi, Madison, Trump, Democratic, New York Times, Republican, Garden, Minnesota Gov Locations: Georgia, Madison, Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania, New York City, United States of America, Wisconsin, Normandy, Nazi Germany

☆ Iran is weighing how to respond to Israel's attack. Here's what may happen next.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Israel launched "precise strikes" on Iran on Saturday, killing four soldiers. The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out "targeted and precise strikes" on Iranian military sites on Saturday. Four soldiers were killed following the attack, Iran's military said, according to the IRNA state news agency. Voller said that should Iran choose to respond, it could turn to its proxies to defend its nuclear program. He added that Israel's targeting of Iran's military sites, including its air defense system, would allow it to launch further air attacks if Iran were to escalate the conflict.

Persons: Israel, —, Joe Biden, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Jonathan Panikoff, Yoel, Voller, Panikoff, Ellie Geranmayeh, Israel shouldn't, Netanyahu, Geranmayeh, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, University of Kent, Security Initiative, The New York Times, Institute for National Security Studies, Iranian, REUTERS, European Council, Foreign Relations, Times Locations: Iran, Iranian, Here's, Israel, East, Tehran, Tel Aviv, North Africa

☆ Witchcraft isn’t all broomsticks or cauldrons. How real witches make magic
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But witchcraft, to Green, isn’t about finding answers to life’s big questions (or death’s, for that matter). “Knowing is overrated.”The way Green practices witchcraft defies stereotypes of broomstick-wielding, cauldron-toting, pointy-hatted witches. The traits others might find strange only strengthen one’s witchcraft, Green said. As long as your intentions are clear and your mind is open, you can become a witch, Samayoa said. “Taking care of yourself is better for your witchcraft.”Both witches said that practicing witchcraft is healing, even if the process remains unfinished.

Persons: Green, they’re, he’s, ”, ” Green, He’s, “ We’ve, It’s, Andrea Samayoa, wasn’t, Samayoa, — Green, WitchTok, Pam Grossman, Agatha, “, they’ve, you’re Organizations: CNN Locations: Northern, Green’s, Green, Tampa, Hurricane Milton

☆ Army releases report on incident involving Trump campaign aide at Arlington cemetery
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The U.S. Army on Friday released a heavily redacted copy of a police report stemming from an August incident in which a staffer from former President Donald Trump’s campaign allegedly pushed an Arlington National Cemetery worker. A Trump campaign spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday night on the Army documents. Arlington National Cemetery released a statement at the time pointing to a federal law barring political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, including the use of photographers. An Army spokesperson also said in August that the Trump campaign aide had “abruptly pushed aside” a cemetery employee who was trying to enforce restrictions on taking photos and video in that area. Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung previously denied elements of the incident, saying that there “was no physical altercation as described,” and that an unnamed person “decided to physically block” members of Trump’s team.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, ”, Trump, “, Steven Cheung, John Kelly, Hitler, Kelly Organizations: U.S . Army, Arlington National Cemetery, NBC, Army, Politico, American, Defense Department, Arlington National, Military, Trump, White House, The New York Times, White, The Locations: Arlington, Islamic State, Kabul, Afghanistan

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