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☆ What life is like in one of the most remote places on Earth
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Yahya Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Blomdahl moved to Svalbard in 2015 and documents her unique life to millions of fascinated social media followers. But as Blomdahl knows, life in Svalbard isn’t easy. Polar night runs from mid-November to the end of January, when the sun doesn’t rise above the horizon. I just want to show Svalbard the way it is.” Cecilia BlomdahlAs for day-to-day life, Svalbard is sufficiently equipped with the means to sustain its population. Local officials have geared available resources to primarily maintain life on Svalbard as it is, given the environmental and developmental constraints.

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☆ Iran warns of 'crushing response' following Israeli airstrikes as Pentagon announces plans to bolster US presence in the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Iran has vowed a "crushing response" following Israel's late October airstrikes. Israel's attack came in response to an Iranian missile barrage on October 1. It comes as the US announced plans to send more warships and B-52 bombers to the Middle East. AdvertisementIran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said there would be a "crushing response" following Israel's airstrikes on the country last week. Experts had predicted that Iran may look "an off-ramp" or launch a small-scale retaliation following Israel's strikes.

Persons: —, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel, Joe Biden, Biden, Putin, Pat Ryder, Khamenei Organizations: US, Service, Zionist, Israel, Pentagon, US Air Force, Central Command, Minot Air Force Locations: Iran, Israel, United States, America, CENTCOM's

☆ Meet the trainees paying $136,000 to become the next generation of airline pilots
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

It has nine intakes of 20 cadets this year for its Airline Transport Pilots Licence (ATPL) course that costs £105,500 ($136,000). It acquired another site in Vero Beach, Florida, where UK cadets spend six months of their course. Related Video Why flying is so terrible even though airlines spend billionsBooth says airlines are "very much knocking on our door" as they look to recruit new pilots. Skyborne cadets and British Airways CEO Sean Doyle at this year's Farnborough Airshow. Courtesy of British AirwaysLife at SkyborneWhen a new course starts at Skyborne, cadets move into the academy's accommodation in nearby Cheltenham.

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☆ NFL Week 9 takeaways: Who is the Chiefs’ biggest challenger in AFC? Are the Cowboys done for?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Mike Jones | Ted Nguyen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

The Athletic NFL writers Mike Jones, Ted Nguyen and Michael Silver share their thoughts on all of these storylines and more. After Week 9 wins by the Ravens, Bills, Bengals and Chargers, who is the second-best team in the AFC? If you don’t have an elite quarterback, don’t even bother trying to insert yourself into the “Who Will Win the AFC?” conversation. Denver has an elite defense but the Ravens offense presents unique challenges that they won’t see every week. That score doesn’t indicate how good this Broncos team actually is.

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☆ Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki: Volcanic erupts in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 6 people
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Associated Press | Story The | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki just after midnight on Monday spewed thick brownish ash as high as 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into the air and hot ashes hit a nearby village, burning down several houses including a convent of Catholic nuns, said Firman Yosef, an official at the Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki monitoring post. Authorities also raised the danger level and widened the danger zone for Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Monday, following a series of eruptions that began last week. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spews volcanic materials from its crater during a previous eruption in East Flores, Indonesia, on January 14, 2024. Andre Kriting/AP/FileA nun in Hokeng village died and another was missing, said Agusta Palma, the head of the Saint Gabriel Foundation that oversees convents on the majority-Catholic island. It’s Indonesia’s second volcanic eruption in as many weeks.

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CNN —Ukraine’s army chief has warned that his forces are facing “one of the most powerful Russian offensives” since the start of the war as Russia claimed it captured more settlements on the eastern frontline. Russia has steadily been making gains in the eastern Donbas region, which Russia’s President Vladimir Putin aims to capture in full. Vyshneve is close to Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in the east and a major target of the Russian offensive. Meanwhile Russian drone attacks continue, with Ukraine bracing for what could be a difficult winter with energy infrastructure already badly hit. Over the past week, Russia has dropped more than 900 bombs on Ukraine, and launched about 30 missiles and nearly 500 Shahed drones in various regions of Ukraine, he added.

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☆ Jill Biden closes out campaign with her own push for Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Arlette Saenz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

While her husband, President Joe Biden, has been a scarce presence on the campaign trial, the first lady has been one Biden in demand for the Harris campaign. Harris’ team has deployed the first lady to all seven battleground states in the last month. It marked a difficult period for the Biden family, which saw many fellow Democrats publicly and privately push for the 81-year-old president to step aside from the campaign. “Another Trump administration would lead to more chaos, more greed, more division.”First lady Jill Biden speaks during a campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. The Harris campaign has deployed the first lady in targeted ways, having her speak in smaller markets like Carson City, Nevada, and Macon, Georgia.

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☆ Trump says he ‘shouldn’t have left’ the White House as he closes campaign with increasingly dark message
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The US had the “safest border in the history of our country” on the day he left office, Trump claimed. I don’t mind.”A Trump campaign spokesman said after the rally that the former president was actually musing about how the press was protecting him. “President Trump was stating that the Media was in danger, in that they were protecting him and, therefore, were in great danger themselves, and should have had a glass protective shield, also. On Sunday, Trump told NBC that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent post on X about removing fluoride from public water if Trump were to win reelection “sounds OK to me.”“Well, I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but it sounds OK to me,” Trump told NBC. “Arnold Palmer was all man, and I say that in all due respect to women, I love women,” Trump said.

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☆ How news outlets are bracing for an election night cliffhanger
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

As polls show a dead heat between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in the final days of the race, news outlets are preparing an anxious nation for the likelihood that election night will stretch into an election week. Most major media outlets around the country rely on a handful of organizations to crunch the numbers and make race calls. “We’re also going to be really transparent about why we may not be able to call a race,” Pace said. In 2020, Joe Biden was not declared the winner of the presidential election until Saturday, several days after election night. While Biden went on to carry the state by roughly 10,000 votes, the network came under assault from Trump and his allies, who blasted the right-wing network’s election night projection.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Julie Pace, ” Pace, Elon Musk, “ We’re, “, Pace, Joe Biden, Trump, ”, David Chalian, ” Chalian, Chalian, Biden, Arnon Mishkin, Axios, ” Mishkin, Scott Tranter, Tranter, ” Tranter, there’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Associated Press, AP, “, CNN, Trump, Capitol, ” CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Edison Research, Fox News, Scripps Locations: New York, Pennsylvania, Arizona, South Florida, Washington ,

☆ Buy these 39 quality stocks with rising earnings in a market with intriguing but imperfect parallels to the highly volatile fall of 2016
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Here are 39 quality economically sensitive stocks to buy, according to Morgan Stanley. Economically sensitive stocks, including financials and industrials, took off in anticipation of that result and caught fire after it became official. Several parts of the stock market seem to be preparing for another Trump presidency, according to Morgan Stanley. "Markets generally welcomed a reflationary playbook in 2016," Wilson wrote. AdvertisementRegardless of who's in office, Morgan Stanley outlined a list of 39 economically sensitive stocks that should do well.

Persons: Donald Trump, Morgan Stanley, —, Trump, Kamala Harris, It's, Harris, Mike Wilson, Wilson, that's, it's Organizations: Service, Trump, Consumer, Federal Reserve Bank of St, Louis Locations: Financials

☆ 2024 NFL Week 9: The best of Sunday’s games and the standout storylines
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +26 min

Jed Jacobsohn/AP Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Alec Pierce is tackled by Miami Dolphins linebacker Jordyn Brooks on October 20 in Indianapolis. Samuel became the first wide receiver in NFL history with 20 touchdown receptions and 20 touchdown runs after scoring on a 76-yard touchdown catch. Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold throws the ball to tight end Johnny Mundt in Minneapolis on September 22. Ken Blaze/USA Today Sports/Reuters Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. breaks a tackle from Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker K.J. David Banks/USA Today Sports/Reuters Rhamondre Stevenson of the New England Patriots runs the ball against Cincinnati Bengals defenders in Cincinnati on September 8.

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☆ What Americans heard about Trump heading into the campaign’s final week: fascism and french fries
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Ariel Edwards-Levy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Conversations around Vice President Kamala Harris, by contrast, continued to focus largely around broader and more conventional stories about her campaign. The poll, conducted by SSRS and Verasight on behalf of a research team from CNN, Georgetown University and the University of Michigan, was fielded from October 25-28. Georgetown University, University of Michigan and s3mc.org“Numerous former officers in the 2016-2020 Trump administration are sounding alarms that Trump will dismantle democracy if he’s elected,” wrote one Democratic-leaning independent. Georgetown University, University of Michigan and s3mc.orgWhen the survey asked respondents what they’d been hearing about Harris, the words “campaign,” “rally,” “interview,” “polls” and “ad” all cracked the top 10. Overall, the sentiment behind the words Americans used in describing what they’d heard about both Trump and Harris remained more negative than positive, with the sentiment around Harris continuing to dip from the earliest days of her campaign.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, SSRS, Trump’s, Trump, –, “, Arnold, ”, Joe Rogan, “ Trump, ‘, Hitler, ’, they’d, Harris, Jennifer Agiesta, Edward Wu Organizations: CNN, Georgetown University, University of Michigan, Madison, Fame, ”, Trump, Beyoncé Locations: Puerto Rico, Houston

☆ The China threat and the EV slowdown— 2 takeaways from a busy few weeks in auto news
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A price war in China poses a threat to profitability. Amid the flurry of news, two themes stand out: the China threat and EV slowdown loom large for automakers. AdvertisementAnother EV price war threatens profitabilityIn China, the world's largest auto market, EV leaders BYD and Tesla are engaged in a bitter price war that initially weighed heavily on BYD's bottom line. The Chinese EV market is more competitive than ever, according the GM's Barra, who questioned the sustainability of a broader price war in the region driven by an uptick in Chinese EV startups selling inexpensive vehicles. Inexpensive Chinese EVs have long threatened the US EV market.

Persons: —, It's, Ford, Tesla, China's, Mary Barra, Barra, Mark Ford, he's Organizations: Service, Ford, Volkswagen, VW, EV, Companies, Power, Dealers Locations: China, Germany, Europe, BYD

☆ IKEA will pay 6 million euros to East German prisoners forced to build their furniture in a landmark move
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Furniture giant IKEA has agreed to pay 6 million euros ($6.5 million) towards a government fund compensating victims of forced labor under Germany’s communist dictatorship, in a move campaigners hope will pressure other companies to follow. Political as well as criminal prisoners in Germany during the Cold War era were forced to build flatpack furniture for IKEA. IKEA representatives at the time were likely aware that political prisoners were being used to supplement labor, the report found. Sven Hoppe/picture-alliance/dpa/AP“After it became known that the company was involved in forced prison labor, IKEA accepted our invitation to talk. According to UOGK, IKEA is one of many companies that benefitted from forced prison labor in communist Germany.

Persons: Ernst, Young, Andreas Hampel, East Germany’s, Walter Kadner, “, ”, Dieter Dombrowski, UOGK, Sven Hoppe, ” Dombrowski, Rainer Wagner, Evelyn Zupke Organizations: CNN, IKEA, German Democratic, Getty, Union of Victims ’, of Communist, IKEA Germany Locations: Germany, East Germany, Soviet Union, German Democratic Republic, Rothensee, IKEA Germany, GDR, Eching, Bavaria

☆ After their son came out as gay, these conservative Christian parents went into a closet of their own
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +37 min

But that’s not what happened to Greg Jr. That’s what happened to his parents, Greg Sr. and Lynn McDonald. One of them is a portrait of their son, Greg Jr., around the time his parents confronted him about his secret. An undated family photo shows Greg Jr., Greg Sr., Lynn and Connie McDonald. Courtesy Greg Sr. and Lynn McDonaldEven so, Greg Jr. learned to be quiet and blend in. They didn’t know how to answer this question: Can you still love God, the Bible and your gay son?

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☆ Bill Clinton has hopes and fears on what comes after 2024 – for the country, the party and himself
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Clinton speaks at a campaign rally in Durham, North Carolina, on October 17, 2024. His wife was the one whose loss put Trump in the White House, in a way that burns him still. Then again, Clinton said, he was “gobsmacked” that companies that said they’d pay to help with the transition never did. Clinton speaks during morning service at a church in Albany, Georgia, on October 13, 2024. Tim Walz appears with Clinton at the campaign rally in Durham, North Carolina, on October 17, 2024.

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☆ 10 House races to watch on election night (and beyond)
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Terence Burlij | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

With so much at stake, CNN has identified 10 races to watch on Tuesday – grouped into buckets that nod to broader themes across the House landscape. Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger decided against seeking a fourth term, instead launching a campaign for governor in 2025. Democratic Rep. Jared Golden has crafted a moderate profile by challenging his party on issues ranging from spending to immigration. This year she faces a challenge from GOP state Rep. Gabe Evans, a fellow Mexican American and a former Army helicopter pilot and police officer. GOP Rep. Zach Nunn, an Air Force officer, was first elected in 2022 – defeating Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne by about 2,000 votes.

Persons: CNN —, Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Eugene Vindman, Derrick Anderson, Abigail Spanberger, Biden, Vindman, Anderson, Trump’s, Alexander –, Volodymyr Zelensky, Jen Kiggans, Missy Cotter Smasal, Don Bacon, Tony Vargas, –, Joe Biden, Brad Ashford, Bacon, Vargas, Harris, Jared Golden, Austin Theriault, Golden, Theriault, Elissa Slotkin’s, Curtis Hertel, Tom Barrett –, Barrett, Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan’s, Dan Kildee, Yadira Caraveo, Gabe Evans, Hyoung Chang, Yadira, Evans, Scott Perry, Janelle Stelson, Stelson, Josh Shapiro, Perry, Marc Molinaro, Josh Riley, Sen, Al Franken, Trump, Michelle Steel, Derek Tran, Don Davis, Davis, Laurie Buckhout, Zach Nunn, Cindy Axne, Lanon Baccam, CNN’s David Wright, Matt Holt, Molly English, Renée Rigdon, Andrew Menezes Organizations: CNN, Congress, Republicans, GOP, Louisiana Republican, New York Democrat, White, Republican, Democratic, Labor, Army, National Security Council, NSC, Biden, Nebraska Rep, GOP Rep, Air Force, Democrats, Electoral College, Harris, Capitol, Trump, Marine Corps, Trump voters, NASCAR, Democrats outpacing Republicans, Republican Democratic Rep, Army helicopter, Slotkin, Hertel, CIA, Central Michigan, Colorado Rep, Denver Post, crosscurrents, Colorado, Latina, Caucus, – Trump, MAGA, Empire, Democrats outspending Republicans, District :, US Army, North, North Carolina –, an Air Force, Iowa’s, Dallas County, US Department of Agriculture Locations: Louisiana, Virginia’s, Washington, Virginia, District, Virginia Beach, Omaha, Maine’s, Canada, Lewiston –, AdImpact, Michigan’s, Michigan, Lansing, Central, Denver, exurbs, Mexican, Aurora, Central Pennsylvania, New York, Empire, Hudson, It’s, California’s, District : California, California, Orange, Los Angeles, Korean, North Carolina’s, North Carolina, Alabama, Iowa’s, Des Moines, Laos

☆ 24-year-old was laid off from her 6-figure tech job—now she shucks oysters for parties: 'I do feel very happy'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Hannah Chea (center) is considering turning her side gig of shucking oysters for parties into her full-time gig after being laid off from her tech job. These days, you can find her shucking oysters for partygoers at lavish events and entertaining them with fun facts about the chilled mollusks. "I think it's crazy to say I only do oyster shucking — in heels. I really wanted break the monotony of my remote tech job [and] just staring at a computer all day." 'I'm not in a rush to find a new tech job'

Persons: Hannah Chea, Chea, she's Organizations: Paramount, CNBC, Super Bowl Locations: San Francisco, U.S, Las Vegas, Bay

☆ 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

☆ Insider Today: Big Tech battle royale
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . On the agenda today:Related Video How Twitter panic took down Silicon Valley BankBut first: Takeaways from a big week in Big Tech. All about AI, all the timeGetty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIThe trillion-dollar giants of Big Tech reported earnings this week, beating estimates and committing billions to AI. The disappearing tech freebiesMint Images - David Arky/Getty, masterzphotois/Getty, Tyler Le/BIAfter years of upping the ante with everything from exercise classes to laundry services, tech companies are clamping down on freebies.

Persons: —, we'll, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Sundar Pichai, execs, Mark Zuckerberg, Natalie Ammari, Tesla, James Yates, David Arky, Tyler Le, BI's Graham Flanagan, Matt Garman Organizations: Business, Service, Big, Big Tech, Apple Apple, underwhelmed, Apple Intelligence, Meta Meta, Nvidia, Microsoft Microsoft, United States Army, Amazon Locations: Big Tech, China, Italy, Spain, New Zealand, Hawaii

☆ Harris makes surprise appearance on SNL and gives advice to fictional self played by Maya Rudolph
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Samantha Waldenberg | Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on “Saturday Night Live,” making a surprise stop during the show’s last episode before Election Day to give her fictional self some advice ahead of the presidential election. You can open doors,” the vice president said through a set piece designed to look like a mirror. Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris appears with actress Maya Rudolph during the cold open of "Saturday Night Live" on November 2, 2024. Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty ImagesNumerous cast members and actors appeared before the vice president made her surprise stop, including Samberg; Jim Gaffigan as Minnesota Gov. He appeared in a sketch of a fake show called “What’s the Name?” During the segment, Kaine appeared and asked the contestants to identify him.

Persons: Kamala Harris, “, ” Harris, Maya Rudolph, Kaitlan Collins, Andy Samberg, Doug Emhoff, Rudolph, who’s, ” Rudolph –, Harris, ”, Kamala, I’m, ” Rudolph, Charly Triballeau, Jim Gaffigan, Tim Walz, Dana Carvey, Joe Biden, Alex Cooper, Charlemagne Tha, Donald Trump, John Mulaney, Chappell Roan, Trump, Virginia Sen, Tim Kaine, Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s, ” Kaine, It’s, —, Clinton, Barack Obama Organizations: CNN, SNL, Trump, Democratic, Getty, Minnesota Gov, “ SNL, NBC, Trump — Locations: Philadelphia, South, Bay, AFP, Minnesota

With Pennsylvania expected to be a close and crucial state in the 2024 race for the presidency, it's unusual election laws are again under the microscope. Election experts say Pennsylvania's laws make it fertile ground for rigged election claims to flourish. “The Pennsylvania legislature had multiple opportunities to clarify and improve the state’s election law,” said Nate Persily, an NBC News election law expert and professor at Stanford Law School. Vance, was "voter fraud" perpetrated by Democrats. Trump supporters on county boards across the country have sought to block the certification of election results by delaying or voting against the certification in the past.

Persons: it's, —, ”, Nate Persily, Donald Trump, J.D, Vance, Al Schmidt, “ They’ve, they’ve, ‘, ” Trump, Wendy Weiser, Weiser, isn’t, “, Michael Morse, Morse, Trump Organizations: Pennsylvania, NBC, Stanford Law School, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School, NBC News, Trump, University of Pennsylvania Law, Court of, Electoral Locations: Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Lancaster, Lancaster County , Pennsylvania, ”, Court of Pennsylvania

In Wisconsin’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race, Republican Eric Hovde has focused much of his closing messaging on attacking the finance career of Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s girlfriend, highlighting their same-sex relationship. Another Hovde campaign ad features a narrator talking about Baldwin’s relationship with Brisbane. “This is Sen. Tammy Baldwin,” the narrator says. Now vying for a third Senate term, Baldwin has said the attacks are designed to distract from her record. Baldwin campaign officials and LGBTQ rights organizations said that Hovde’s attack lines amount to a cynical ploy by Republicans.

Persons: Republican Eric Hovde, Democratic Sen, Tammy Baldwin’s, Maria Brisbane, ”, ” Baldwin, Baldwin, ” “ Tammy, Sen, Tammy Baldwin, Tammy doesn’t, Morgan Stanley, MSNBC’s “ Andrea Mitchell, Eric Hovde, Hovde, “, “ Eric Hovde, —, Zach Bannon, “ Sen, Sarah Kate Ellis, ” Kelley Robinson, ” Robinson, GLAAD didn’t, Andrew Mamo, ” “, Donald Trump Organizations: U.S, Senate, Republican, Democratic, Wall Street, Maria’s, Republicans ’, Baldwin TV, U.S . Senate, Big Pharma, ”, CNN, Banking, Human Rights, GLAAD Locations: Brisbane, Wisconsin, New York City , Wisconsin, New York, California

But that hasn’t stopped abortion rights supporters from pushing for votes up and down the ballot. Across the South, supporters of abortion rights are using the issue to motivate voters. Although Texas does not have a statewide referendum on abortion, Rep. Colin Allred's Senate campaign has galvanized abortion rights supporters. It’s easier for Democrats to campaign on the issue, she said, because their party is more united in favor of abortion rights than Republicans are in opposition. That switch proved pivotal in passing the state’s abortion ban.

Persons: Roe, Wade, hasn’t, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, “ Nobody’s, Emma Horst, Martz, Travis Dove, Harris, Colin Allred, Sen, Ted Cruz, Colin Allred's, JerSean Goldblatt, Diana Mutz, ”, “, Lauren Gonzalez, Josh Stein, Mark Robinson, he’s, fairgoers, Brett Dearing, he’d, Bill Pincus, “ I'm, ” Pincus, Bracey Harris, Trump, Cruz, it’s, Allred, Gina Ortiz Jones, Rachel O'Leary Carmona, Joe Biden, — Candi Miller, Amber Nicole Thurman —, Amber Nicole Thurman, Candi Miller, Elijah Nouvelage, Mimi Zieman, GYN, “ They’re, Horst, ” Horst, Matthew Morman, Stein, Morman, we’ve, they’re, ” Matthew Morman, NBC News Safiyah Jackson Organizations: ”, NBC, Colin Allred's Senate, NBC News Abortion, Institute for, Citizens, University of Pennsylvania, North Carolina voters, Elon University, Democratic, Republican, Gov, North Carolina, Fair, Lexington, NBC News, Carolina State Fair, Senate, OB, Trump, Planned Locations: RALEIGH, N.C, —, Wake County, North Carolina, ”, Carolinians, Georgia, Texas, ” North Carolina, Raleigh, Carolina, U.S, Amarillo, Atlanta, Raleigh , North Carolina, Fuquay, Varina

Early November ushers in a skywatching bonanza, with three active meteor showers offering the chance to see shooting stars light up the night sky. The Southern Taurids meteor shower is expected to reach its peak overnight from Monday into Tuesday. At the same time, the last of the Orionid meteor shower should still be visible, following its peak on Oct. 20. The Southern and Northern Taurids, meanwhile, are both long-lasting meteor showers, with peaks that are less clearly defined than some other shooting star shows. The Taurids meteor showers get their name because the shooting stars appear to stream from a point in the sky where the Taurus constellation is located.

Persons: Northern Taurids, it’s, Taurid Organizations: American Meteor Society, Northern, NASA Locations: Southern, Northern, streetlights

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