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Wind gusts and humidity are helping to fuel wildfires burning across the Northeast. A whopping 27 million people from New York to Massachusetts are under fire alerts Saturday afternoon. Cities under fire alerts include New York City and Boston, where wind gusts up to 35 mph and relative humidity of around 25% to 30% is expected. The active wildfires are increasing concerns around air quality, especially in the New York City area. Sunny and dry conditions are expected in the area Saturday, with wind gusts up to 20 mph.

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☆ The best writing online about why Trump won, why Harris lost, and what it all means
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Theron Mohamed | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Commentators and academics have been weighing in on why Donald Trump won the US election. The images of him bleeding after a failed assassination attempt became the symbol of what supporters saw as a campaign of destinyHow Mr. Trump won is also the story of how Ms. Harris lost. Laurel Duggan, UnHerdWhy white women stuck with TrumpAdvertisementThe abortion issue had seemingly little impact on Republicans's performance with white women in this cycle. Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight and author of the Silver Bulletin newsletterSilver republished a lengthy blog post from late October with the new title "24 reasons that Trump won." Nate Silver offered up 24 reasons why Trump won.

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Donald Trump’s return to the presidency has done something no political opponent could: put an end date on his time atop the Republican Party. Trump single-handedly remade the Republican Party in his own image, not only becoming its unquestioned leader but also rewiring what the Grand Old Party stands for. “We are getting four more years of Trump and then eight years of JD Vance!” Trump Jr. said last week as he campaigned for Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno. He had a shaky start, but he has steadied himself,” a veteran Republican operative said. “A Trump win means [the 2028] field will be slower to develop,” a longtime Republican operative said.

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As well as drastically increasing the number of strikes, Russia has begun to fire decoy drones without warheads to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses. These cheaper drones confuse Ukraine’s air defenses, which may shoot down decoy drones instead of ones carrying a lethal warhead. Decoy drones now account for as many as half of all Russian drones fired at Ukraine, Ihnat said. In the capital, there has only been one night without a drone attack since September 1. I just hide, wait and hope that I will survive.”A car and house burn after they were damaged from a Russian drone strike in Kyiv on Thursday.

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☆ Photos this week: October 31-November 7, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Kyle Almond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Four years after losing the presidency, Donald Trump won it back in Tuesday’s election. The Republican nominee, who served from 2017-2021, defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to complete a historic political comeback. “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” Trump said at an election-night event in West Palm Beach, Florida. Harris, the nation’s first female vice president, was hoping to shatter a nearly 250-year-old glass ceiling to become the nation’s first female president. “But hear me when I say: The light of America’s promise will always burn bright.”Here are some of the stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.

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☆ Trump and his party aim to further expand power in Washington: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

In today’s edition, we explore how Republicans are eyeing maintaining their current House majority and expanding their newfound Senate majority after Donald Trump's victory. But given Trump’s decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, House Republicans are feeling bullish about their chances of preserving their slim majority. The party that will hold the majority in the House of Representatives in January 2025 has yet to be determined. Republican Tim Sheehy defeated Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in Montana, NBC News projected Wednesday morning, giving the GOP 52 Senate seats. And the races in Nevada between Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen and Republican Sam Brown and in Pennsylvania between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and GOP challenger Dave McCormick are too close to call.

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Harris offered to console Democrats over the loss to former President Donald Trump, acknowledging they were "feeling and experiencing a range of emotions right now." Trump never did when he lost to President Joe Biden and Harris in 2020. After Biden dropped out and endorsed Harris, Democrats reveled in the change, flooding donation channels and crushing fundraising records. The Biden campaign was skidding off course, setting off an eruption of party panic. Memorably, Harris offered a stinging rebuttal to Trump’s insistence on the debate stage that he had won the 2020 election.

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Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., fended off a challenge from Republican Eric Hovde on Tuesday, NBC News projects, winning a third six-year term in a critical battleground state. Baldwin defeated Hovde even as Trump carried Wisconsin over Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race. Baldwin was first elected to the Senate in 2012, replacing retiring Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl. Eric Hovde speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention. Her Senate seat has remained in Democratic control since 1957, when William Proxmire won a special election after the death of Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

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Kamala Harris spoke to the nation for the first time since losing the election to Donald Trump. AdvertisementVice President Kamala Harris publicly conceded the 2024 election to former President Donald Trump in a Wednesday afternoon speech at her alma mater, Howard University. She told the crowd that she had already pledged to assist Trump with the transition and ensure a peaceful transfer of power. In his victory speech early Wednesday morning, Trump claimed a "mandate" for his agenda and pledged to put "divisions" in the past. AdvertisementImmediately following her speech, Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov.

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☆ Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin will win reelection in Wisconsin, CNN projects
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Simone Pathe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Sen. Tammy Baldwin will win reelection in Wisconsin, CNN projects, in a victory for Senate Democrats trying to defend the so-called blue wall states despite losing them at the presidential level and having already lost their majority in the chamber. Baldwin will be returning for a third term to a dramatically shifted Senate. CNN has not yet projected the other “blue wall” Senate races – in Pennsylvania and Michigan – as of Wednesday afternoon. She also scored the endorsement of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, a notable get for a Democrat running statewide. Republicans also attacked her over transgender issues, trying to paint the senator as too liberal for the state.

Persons: CNN — Sen, Tammy Baldwin, Baldwin, Republican Eric Hovde, didn’t, who’s, Hovde, –, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, “ Organizations: CNN, Republican, Republicans, Sunwest Bank, Democrats, Democratic, Senate, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, Democrat, GOP Locations: Wisconsin, West Virginia , Ohio, Montana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California, Laguna Beach , California, Badger, Madison

☆ World's first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

KYOTO, Japan — The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space Tuesday in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. Scientists at Kyoto University show LignoSat, the first satellite made from wood, in May. STR / Jiji Press / AFP - Getty Images file“Early 1900s airplanes were made of wood,” said Kyoto University forest science professor Koji Murata. “A wooden satellite should be feasible, too.”Wood is more durable in space than on Earth because there’s no water or oxygen that would rot or inflame it, Murata added. A wooden satellite also minimizes the environmental impact at the end of its life, the researchers say.

Persons: ”, Takao Doi, Doi’s, Koji Murata, ” Wood, Murata, Doi, ” Doi, LignoSat, Kenji Kariya Organizations: Kyoto University, homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry, International, SpaceX, Space Shuttle, NASA, LignoSat, Jiji Press, Getty, Elon, Station, Sumitomo Forestry Tsukuba Research Institute Locations: KYOTO, Japan, Kyoto

☆ Israeli attacks in West Bank killed at least eight people, officials and residents say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Kareem Khadder | Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A series of Israeli raids and airstrikes in towns and villages in the occupied West Bank that stretched overnight from Monday into late Tuesday have killed at least eight people, according to Palestinian authorities and local residents. Two Palestinians were killed in the town of Tamoun, said the governor of nearby Tubas, Ahmad Assad, alleging that one of the bodies was removed from the scene by the Israeli military with a bulldozer. Two were killed by Israeli gunfire, and two others killed when an Israeli military vehicle rammed a car and opened fire, according to residents and video seen by CNN. Israel has previously described its stepped-up military offensives in the West Bank as targeting militants and “terrorist infrastructure.”The bloodshed comes as violence surges in the West Bank, where the Israeli military has intensified incursions following the Hamas-led October 7 attacks. Since October 7, 2023, Israeli troops and settlers have killed at least 775 Palestinians, including 167 children, in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, the Palestinian health ministry reported on Tuesday.

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☆ World’s first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Kyoyo, Japan Reuters —The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. An engineering model of LignoSat, pictured at Kyoto University ahead of Tuesday's launch. “Early 1900s airplanes were made of wood,” said Kyoto University forest science professor Koji Murata. “A wooden satellite should be feasible, too.”Wood is more durable in space than on Earth because there’s no water or oxygen that would rot or inflame it, Murata added. A wooden satellite also minimizes the environmental impact at the end of its life, the researchers say.

Persons: ”, Takao Doi, Irene Wang, Doi’s, Koji Murata, ” Wood, Murata, Doi, ” Doi, LignoSat, Kenji Kariya Organizations: Japan Reuters, Kyoto University, homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry, International, SpaceX, Space Shuttle, Reuters, NASA, Elon, Space, Sumitomo Forestry Tsukuba Research Institute Locations: Kyoyo, Japan, Kyoto

☆ Southern Taurid meteor shower: When and how to see its peak
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Southern Taurids, the first branch of the Taurid meteors showers, will be optimally visible after midnight early Tuesday. “An advantage with (the Taurids) is that they do tend to produce bigger, brighter (meteors) compared (with) other meteor showers. The Southern and Northern Taurid meteor showers will be visible almost everywhere in the world except Antarctica, Schmoll said, as long as the constellation Taurus is visible in the sky. Every few years, the Taurid showers see an increase in the rates of meteors produced, often called the Taurid “swarm,” such as the higher rates created in 2022. This heightened activity is usually seen every three or seven years, according to the American Meteor Society.

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☆ Iran is now dangerously vulnerable to the consequences of another attack on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Israel carried out a series of precision strikes on military targets in Iran late last month. AdvertisementIran is signaling that it will deliver a harsh response to Israel's late-October strikes, which were revenge for Tehran's retaliatory ballistic missile attack at the start of the month. However, another direct Iranian attack on Israel — which would be its third ever — invites additional Israeli strikes at a time when Tehran is dangerously unprepared. Israel struck several S-300s, a Russian-made surface-to-air missile system considered to be the most advanced air-defense battery that Iran operates. He said last week that the strikes on Iran's air-defense network create "a huge disadvantage for the enemy when we will want to strike later."

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☆ Orlando Harris’ family pleaded to have assault rifle seized before Missouri school shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

AP —Orlando Harris’ family pleaded with Missouri police to confiscate the 19-year-old’s bullet-proof vest, ammunition and AR-15-style rifle. The following August he met with a Washington University psychiatry resident, telling her he thought about shooting people at his old school. Harris’ family grew more concerned on October 15, when two packages from gun and ammunition suppliers arrived. She later drove her brother to a storage facility, which was about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the high school. She told police she “knew something was going to happen.”On October 24, shots rang out as Harris entered his former high school.

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A woman in California is recovering in the hospital after a stranger and two deputies saved her from her burning home. “Soon as I arrived there, I started knocking on the door, knocking on the side,” Mohamed told NBC 7. First responders arrived just in time to find them and help Mohamed lift her out the window and even save one of her cats. I can’t talk. “As a man, you hear a woman — an old woman — screaming, burning, you know?” Mohamed said.

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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.

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☆ This radical plane concept with an all-in-one wing could be the future of flight. See the leading designs from startups and Airbus.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"Blended-wing" aircraft could be the future of commercial aviation. Airbus and startups JetZero and Natilus lead the development of these more efficient flying wings. Among the most likely concepts is a "blended-wing" body aircraft, which combines the fuselage and wing into one. A handful of companies have announced plans to build these unique vessels by the 2030s, including startups JetZero and Natilus and long-standing planemaker Airbus. The company has decades of experience designing commercial airplanes — leading the industry with its best-selling Airbus A320 family of similar capacity.

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☆ Dennoriss Richardson: FBI investigating death of Black man found hanging in Alabama
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Widespread skepticism about Richardson’s death underscores deep-seated distrust of local law enforcement in Colbert County. A spokesperson for the FBI’s field office in Birmingham confirmed the FBI is aware of Dennoriss Richardson’s death and is reviewing the allegations of criminal misconduct. Marvin Long, a 57-year-old Black man and lifelong Colbert County resident, knew Dennoriss Richardson’s family well growing up. He shares the skepticism about the suicide ruling and said Richardson’s death has intensified his fear of retaliation. Dennoriss Richardson pleaded guilty to drug possession in 2006 and was sentenced to five years in prison.

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☆ Natilus Horizon plane’s innovative shape promises greener flights and added comfort
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Spurred by increasing global demand for air travel, aviation emissions have been rising faster than those from rail, road, or shipping in recent decades. The Natilus Horizon passenger plane aims to reduce emissions by 50%, and increase payload by 40%, due to its blended-wing body shape. Matyushev says the blended wing body design originated in the 1990s from McDonnell Douglas, a major American aerospace manufacturer that merged with Boeing in 1997. Boeing never commercialized a blended wing plane, but studied the concept and produced an unmanned prototype, the X-48. “One of the challenges with the blended wing body design is stability and control,” he explains.

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☆ Boeing, union reach sweetened contract offer in bid to end strike, vote scheduled for Monday
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Boeing and its machinists' union have agreed on a new negotiated offer to raise worker pay and potentially end a crippling strike that began almost seven weeks ago with a vote on the new proposal set for Monday. The union urged workers to approve the contract. Boeing said Thursday at the end of the contract, average machinist pay will average $119,309. "We encourage all of our employees to learn more about the improved offer and vote on Monday, Nov. 4," Boeing said in a statement. The Boeing strike is expected to dent Friday's U.S. jobs report.

Persons: Kelly Ortberg Organizations: International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, Boeing, Workers, Microsoft, — Locations: Renton , Washington , U.S, Seattle

I found what I was looking for in the Coway Airmega AP-1512HH Mighty, an air purifier designed for medium-to-large rooms. Coway Airmega AP-1512HH Mighty Air Purifier If you need a powerful, energy-efficient air purifier for medium to large rooms, the Airmega AP-1521HH Mighty is your best option. AdvertisementOur review of the Coway Airmega AP-1521HH MightyThe Coway Airmega AP-1512HH Mighty prefilter captures large particles like pet fur. Air quality sensor: Open the air quality sensor cover every two months (or sooner in dusty environments) and clean it with a soft brush or vacuum cleaner. Heidi Borst/Business InsiderConsider the Coway Airmega AP-1512HH Mighty if you're seeking an effective and user-friendly air purifier for a medium-to-large environment.

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☆ China's warplanes have all but erased the dividing line in the Taiwan Strait, creating a dangerous new normal
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementChina's warplanes are pressuring Taiwan and have all but eliminated an important dividing line, with near-daily incursions creating a dangerous new normal. Since 2020, Taiwan has released regular, almost daily updates on incursions in its air defense identification zone by Chinese military aircraft. In 2021, the Chinese military flew 972 aircraft into Taiwan's ADIZ, and that number nearly doubled in 2022. "We've become desensitized to high numbers of the military aircraft flying across the median line of the Taiwan Strait," Shattuck told Business Insider. AdvertisementChinese incursions are tiring out Taiwan's forcesThe near-daily ADIZ incursions aren't just changing the status quo in the area; they're also exhausting Taiwan's military.

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☆ A woman lost 75 pounds and kept them off. She made 2 simple changes, while enjoying her favorite foods.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Bertrand made simple lifestyle changes that she actively enjoyed, which resulted in weight loss. Weight loss drugs including Ozempic have also helped dispel the myth that willpower alone is enough to achieve a healthy weight. She decided that it wasn't, and she would try to lose weight. Bertrand shared the two simple changes she made that led her to lose 75 pounds and keep it off without giving up her favorite foods. When she decided to lose weight, she began to notice how other people ate.

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