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As Elon Musk continues to aggressively share conspiracy theories and misinformation about elections on X, election officials are fighting back. In three instances in the last month, Musk's posts highlighting election misinformation have been viewed over 200 times more than fact-checking posts correcting those claims that have been published on X by government officials or accounts. False claims he has posted this month routinely receive tens of millions of views, by X’s metrics, while rebuttals from election officials usually receive only tens or hundreds of thousands. “He is at least implicitly telling people: don’t trust the people that are running elections, trust me, trust x.com, trust Donald Trump. “You’re constantly building up a kind of armor against rationality, against fact-finding, and against the idea that election officials and responsible media can even be credible,” he said.

Persons: Elon Musk, they’re, Barb Bynum, ” Bynum, Donald Trump’s, Biden, Musk, Bynum, Musk’s, —, Jocelyn Benson, Benson, Bonnie Cash, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Seth Bluestein, Bluestein’s, ” Bluestein, Donald Trump, Hitler, ”, Kamala Harris, Eddie Perez, ” Perez, “ You’re Organizations: Corrections, NBC News, Michigan, Bynum ., Twitter, New York Times, Republican, Trump —, Atlantic, Henrico, OSET Institute Locations: Musk’s, Michigan, U.S, Bynum . Michigan, Washington ,, Philadelphia, Republican Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Henrico County , Virginia, Virginia

Thirteen former Trump White House officials signed an open letter backing up former Trump chief of staff John Kelly, who told the New York Times that Trump fits the definition of a fascist. “We applaud General Kelly for highlighting in stark details the danger of a second Trump term. Like General Kelly, we did not take the decision to come forward lightly,” the letter said. All three former Trump administration officials have become high-profile critics of his after his presidency ended. In his interview with the Times, released Tuesday, Kelly also said he observed Trump on multiple occasions praising Adolf Hitler.

Persons: John Kelly, Trump, “, General Kelly, ” Politico, Harris, Stephanie Grisham, Miles Taylor, Olivia Troye, Mike Pence, Troye, Grisham, Kamala Harris, Kelly, Adolf Hitler, Hitler, Kelly’s, Donald Trump, ” Trump Organizations: Trump White House, Trump, New York Times, Republicans, Department of Homeland, Democratic, Convention, Times, The New York Times, NBC News

☆ Trump denies ever saying he wanted generals like Hitler's or that the Nazi leader 'did some good things'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Jillian-Frankel.Jpg | Jillian Frankel | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The magazine reported Tuesday that Trump said during a private conversation while he was in office that he needed generals like Adolf Hitler's. "People who were totally loyal to him, that follow orders," he said, The Atlantic reported, citing two people who said they heard him make the remark. Surely you can’t mean Hitler’s generals? And he said, ‘Yeah, yeah, Hitler’s generals,'" The Atlantic reported Kelly as saying. Kelly also told The New York Times in a series of recent interviews published online this week that Trump told him that "Hitler did some good things."

Persons: Donald Trump, Hitler, Trump, Anna Bross, Adolf Hitler's, John Kelly, Kelly, didn’t, Bismarck, Kelly's, Steven Cheung, “, ” Trump, Alex Pfeiffer, I’ve, Harris, Trump's, Jillian Frankel, Alex Tabet, Megan Lebowitz Organizations: VEGAS, The, National WWII Museum, Franco, New York Times Locations: Nazi Germany, New Orleans, Prussian, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Washington

☆ Hillary Clinton says Trump is ‘more unhinged, more unstable’ than in 2016
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that former President Donald Trump is now “more unhinged, more unstable” and more dangerous than when she faced him in the 2016 presidential election. “I think that she’s running her campaign based on a lot of the lessons that we have learned over the last eight years. First and foremost, how incredibly dangerous Donald Trump is. That wasn’t maybe as clear as it should have been back in 2016. “Well, first of all, I don’t think she has Jim Comey in the wings waiting to kneecap her.

Persons: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, “, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, ” Clinton, –, Kamala Harris ’, Trump, Obama, Harris doesn’t, Trump’s, John Kelly, ” Kelly, ”, Adolf Hitler’s, Hitler, it’s, Harris, Clinton, Kelly, Clinton dryly, James Comey, Jim Comey, CNN’s Kate Sullivan, Eric Bradner Organizations: CNN, Democratic, New York Times, ”, Justice Department

☆ Cyclone Dana lashes eastern India as hundreds of thousands evacuate
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Robert Shackelford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Fishing trawlers are seen parked at a beach near the Bay of Bengal in Digha, India, ahead of cyclone Dana's landfall, on October 24, 2024. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty ImagesAhead of landfall, authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people, shut schools and canceled trains and flights in parts of the country. The India Meteorological Department (India MET) issued its highest red rainfall warning for parts of Odisha and West Bengal. People evacuated from Amarnagar village sit inside a cyclone shelter near Dhamara fishing harbour before cyclone Dana makes landfall, in Bhadrak district of the eastern state of Odisha, India, on October 24, 2024. Dana is forecast to weaken as it drifts west through Odisha, bringing moderate to isolated heavy rainfall along its path over the weekend.

Persons: Dana, Dibyangshu Sarkar, Mohan Charan Majhi, ” Majhi Organizations: CNN, Typhoon Warning, Getty, India Meteorological Department, Press Trust of India, Authorities, Dana, Reuters, Associated Press Locations: India, Kolkata, Odisha, West Bengal, Chandbali, Bengal, Digha, AFP, Amarnagar, Bhadrak district

Mārtiņš Kazāks, Bank of Latviawatch nowOn a 50-basis-point rate cut: "Well, everything should be on the table, you know, given what the data tells us. Klaas Knot, Netherlands central bankwatch now"Are we risking a structural undershoot of our inflation target? Joachim Nagel, German central bankwatch nowOn rate cuts: "This discussion about 25 or maybe something different is not helpful. On rate cuts: "The direction is clear. Gediminas Šimkus, Bank of Lithuaniawatch nowOn rate cuts: "We are clearly moving ... towards the direction of easing monetary policy.

Persons: Karen Tso, Pierre Wunsch, I'm, we've, Mario Centeno, Klaas, It's, Robert Holzmann, Joachim Nagel, disinflation, Volcker, Olli Rehn, it's, Gediminas Šimkus, Boris Vujčić Organizations: European Central Bank, International Monetary, Bank of Latvia, National Bank of Belgium, Bank of Portugal, Austrian National Bank, Bank of France, Bank of Finland, Bank of Lithuania, Croatian National Bank Locations: Washington ,, Kazāks, Netherlands, German, Galhau, Europe

☆ The Atlantic responds to Elon Musk sharing fake image of magazine
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Bruna Horvath | Bruna Horvath Is An Intern On Nbc News' Tech Team. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The Atlantic magazine has found itself in Elon Musk’s crosshairs after it fact-checked a fake image he shared that depicted an article with a headline that never actually ran in the publication. The statement did not mention Musk by name. According to The Atlantic, it is one of several notable instances in the last several years in which faked images of articles from the magazine have gone viral. Both Musk’s and the user’s posts with the fake article were later marked with “Community Note” that clarified that the image was “not a real article.” The Community Note also attributed the edited image to the user and said it was “a satirical edit/photoshop of another article.” Musk did not respond to a request for comment. Forbes reported that in August, Musk reshared a post including a manipulated headline that resembled the British newspaper The Telegraph.

Persons: Elon Musk’s, “ Trump, ”, Musk, “, haring, ake, ike, ould, egan, ince, ike F all” Organizations: The, ats Locations: Elon, tring, ashington, ost, usk

Clarkston, Georgia CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama used their first joint campaign appearance, on Thursday night in this Atlanta suburb, to issue parallel warnings about the dangers facing the country if Donald Trump is elected again to lead it. Battleground Georgia is the latest stop in a late-campaign sprint by Obama, who has leveled at Trump increasingly passionate attacks and rounds of mocking. After Obama’s speech, Harris came onstage, where they embraced before the vice president delivered a nearly identical message. “What I can’t understand is why anyone would think that Donald Trump will shake things up in a way that is good for you. On Saturday, Harris is also set to appear with former first lady Michelle Obama in Michigan.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Obama, Harris, “, ” Harris, wouldn’t, ” Obama, John Kelly, ”, Trump, “ It’s, stewing, That’s, MAGA, ‘, ’, Kelly, Bruce Springsteen, ” Springsteen, Michelle Obama, CNN’s Elise Hammond Organizations: Georgia CNN —, Trump, United, New York Times, CNN, Obama’s, Democratic Locations: Clarkston, Georgia, Atlanta, United States, America, Iowa, Michigan

☆ NATO allies are teaming up for P-8 patrols to counter the growing Russian submarine threat in the North Atlantic
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The aircraft will fly North Atlantic patrols to counter the growing Russian submarine threat. AdvertisementGerman submarine-hunting aircraft will be based in the UK and will fly patrols over the North Atlantic amid a rise in Russian underwater military activity in the area. Jesenia LandaverdeSeveral countries, including a number of NATO allies, operate the P-8, a derivative of the civilian 737. Related storiesThe Trinity pact comes amid a rise in Russian submarine and underwater activity, a development that has long concerned NATO. The UK government said the Trinity pact "will strengthen national security and economic growth in the face of growing Russian aggression and increasing threats."

Persons: —, Jesenia, Trinity, Tony Radakin, Christopher Cavoli, we've, ADALBERTO ROQUE, Boris Pistorius Organizations: Service, NATO, Royal Air Force, Boeing, US Navy, Navy, US Air Force, Staff, British, Getty, Trinity, Ukraine Locations: Germany, Trinity, Lossiemouth, Scotland, Russian, Europe, Cuba, Havana's, North, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Eastern Europe

President Donald Trump did nothing but show respect to my family & Vanessa. In fact, I voted for President Trump today,” she posted. He said Trump showed the family respect by "standing against the military complex" and supporting the Guillén family. "They didn't want to get to the bottom of the investigation, and President Trump brought awareness to that, and he didn't have to do that," Muniz said. She represents the very best of the Mexican American and Latino community.”

Persons: Donald Trump, Vanessa Guillén, Trump, Mark Meadows, Alex Pfeiffer, Mayra Guillén, ”, Natalie Khawam, Khawam, Pfeiffer, Guillén, Fort, Vanessa Guillen, Joe Biden, Joaquin Castro, “ Trump, ” Trump, Gonzalo Curiel’s, Curiel, Hurricane Maria, Kamala Harris, Artemio Muniz, Mayra, Muniz, Jason Villalba, he’s, “, ’ ”, Villalba, Trumper, ” Villalba, Domingo Garcia, Harris, Garcia, LULAC, Felix Longoria, Hector P, Rep, Sylvia Garcia, Vanessa, ” Garcia Organizations: Trump, Atlantic, White, NBC News, Army, Kabul Gold Star, League of United Latin American, LULAC, The, U.S, District, Trump University, Hurricane, NBC, Federation of Hispanic Republicans, Texas GOP, Texas Hispanic Public Policy Foundation, Republican, American GI, Mexican Locations: Afghanistan, Fort Hood, Cavazos, Texas, U.S, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mexican American, American, Three Rivers , Texas, South Texas, Mexican

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Town hall test: The CNN town hall in Delaware County outside Philadelphia comes at a critical point in the presidential race with 13 days until Election Day, more than 20 million votes already cast and Harris locked in an exceedingly close race with her Republican rival. The event falls on the same night as a proposed CNN debate between the two candidates that Harris accepted but Trump turned down. Sounding the alarm: The vice president is not alone in sounding the alarm about the potential danger of a second Trump presidency. Harris participated in a pair of television interviews Tuesday, a day after holding separate campaign events in each of the Blue Wall states.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, John Kelly, Kelly, ”, Adolf Hitler’s, Tim Walz, “ Organizations: Getty, CNN, Republican, GOP, Trump, Homeland Security, New York Times, Marine, Democratic Locations: Georgia, Zebulon, Duluth, Delaware County, Philadelphia, Atlantic, Nazi, Wisconsin, Florida, Doral

☆ Democrats seize on Trump’s extremism amid latest reporting about him and Hitler
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Trump’s alleged fixation with Hitler was also supported by material in several books, including one by CNN’s Jim Sciutto. Trump’s campaign denied the exchange about Trump and Hitler reported in The Atlantic. President Trump never said this,” campaign adviser Alex Pfeiffer said. I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know, I have no idea,” he said. And the 44th president reinforced Democratic warnings about Trump’s age and cognition — turning his successor’s former strategy against Biden on him.

Persons: Tim Walz, Donald Trump, pined, Hitler, Kamala Harris ’, Jeffrey Goldberg, Trump, “, John Kelly, Trump’s, CNN’s Jim Sciutto, Kelly, Walz, Harris, “ Don’t, Adolf Hitler, ”, Alex Pfeiffer, Steven Cheung, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, he’d, “ We’re, ” Vance, –, you’ve, Joe Biden, Mandel Ngan, White, Biden, MAGA, Barack Obama, lacerating Trump, Obama, —, loonier Donald Trump, ” Obama, Kamala Harris, Sarah Rice, ” Harris, he’s, didn’t, Anna Moneymaker, don’t, ” Trump, it’s, Tuesday’s Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Trump, White House, The New York Times, Army National Guard, Times, Marine, Staff, National Guard, CBS, Black Americans, New, New Hampshire Democratic, Getty, White, NBC, Doral, Latino, Trump National Doral, Club, Capitol Locations: Atlantic, Wisconsin, Minnesota, United States, The, ”, North Carolina, Ohio, Arizona, New Hampshire, Concord, AFP, Royal Oak , Michigan, Miami

☆ Russia's military still has dangerous combat forces 'barely touched' by the Ukraine war, top US general in Europe warns
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But a top US general warns Moscow still has dangerous forces that haven't been affected by the war. AdvertisementRussia has suffered significant losses in Ukraine, but its military still has dangerous combat forces available that have barely been affected by the conflict, the top US general in Europe warned this week. Cavoli said during the Atlantic Council interview that while Russia's ground forces had suffered severe losses fighting in Ukraine, Moscow had taken notable strides to build them back up. "Now, there's some quality problems, and some of the equipment may not be the newest, but that again is localized to the ground forces," he said. "Russia has a plan to reconstitute that ground force and to deploy it, again, on the borders of NATO."

Persons: haven't, —, it's, Christopher Cavoli, Cavoli, Vladimir Putin, they've Organizations: Service, European Command, Atlantic Council, Cavoli, NATO, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, AP Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Europe, Russian, Baltic, China, Alaska

☆ Washington’s Arab allies engage with Iran as US efforts to stem Middle East violence falter
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN —Growing unease over the United States’ inability to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East is prompting some of Washington’s closest Arab allies to significantly increase engagement with its primary regional adversary: Iran. Arab nations that had spent decades brawling with Iran for regional influence are now opting to engage with it again. Despite seeing an opportunity to weaken Iran’s regional influence, Arab nations are now signaling neutrality. “The Gulf (Arab) monarchies’ priority is not to be directly involved in a proper regional conflagration. Still, regional states rely heavily on their military relationship with the US.

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☆ 7 dead identified in Georgia island gangway collapse during celebratory weekend
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

DARIEN, Ga. — The seven people killed Saturday in a gangway collapse on a Georgia barrier island were all in their 70s, except for one woman in her 90s, the coroner said Sunday. A portion of the gangway which collapsed Saturday afternoon remains visible on Sapelo Island in McIntosh county, Ga., on Sunday. Sapelo Island ferry service will resume Monday using an auxiliary dock, Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Tyler Jones said Sunday. It’s not clear if any of those who died in Saturday's collapse were Gullah Geechee people. Meanwhile, Grovner said, survivors of those who died Saturday will be embraced by the Gullah Geechee and their longstanding fight to exist.

Persons: Melvin Anderson, Jacqueline Crews Carter, Cynthia Gibbs, Charles L, William Johnson Jr, Carlotta McIntosh, Isaiah Thomas, Queen Welch, Walter Rabon, Rabon, Heather Houston, Meeks, “ I’m, ”, “, Lewis M, Levine, Tyler Jones, Annmarie Reynolds, Reynolds, R.J, Hogg Hummock, I've, Grovner, Jesse Kirsch, Maria Piñero, Dennis Romero Organizations: NBC, Atlanta . Authorities, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources, NBC News, Houston, U.S . Coast Guard, Camden County Sheriff’s Office, of Natural Resources, The, Southeastern, National Register of Historic Places Locations: DARIEN, Ga, Georgia, Savannah, McIntosh County, Jacksonville , Florida, Jacksonville, Darien , Georgia, Atlanta, Houston, ” Houston, McIntosh county, U.S, Camden County, Sapelo, Africa, Southeastern United States, Hog, San Diego

☆ The US can 'ill afford' another war now its rivals are teaming up so well, US general says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The US can "ill afford" another war if conflict breaks out in East Asia, Gen. Charles Flynn warned. From the Middle East to Russia, authoritarian regimes are challenging US power. AdvertisementThe US Army's outgoing top commander in the Pacific region has warned that the US can "ill afford" another war because its military is vastly overstretched. "There's a limited regional war going on in the Middle East. We can ill afford another limited regional war in Asia.

Persons: Charles Flynn, —, North Korea —, Flynn, Russia's, Kim Jong, Russia's Vladimir Putin, GAVRIIL GRIGOROV, Kathryn Levantovscaia, Stephen Sklenka, haven't, Raphael Cohen Organizations: Service, Defense, —, Washington DC, North, Bloomberg, Observatory, Getty, Forward Defense, Atlantic Council, NATO, Sydney Morning Herald, RAND Corporation, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Locations: East Asia, East, Russia, — Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Taiwan, Europe, Asia, Ukraine, Pyongyang, United States, Stockholm

☆ BRICS: The West wants Putin isolated. A major summit he’s hosting shows he’s far from alone
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was expected to join but canceled his trip after suffering an injury at home. “This BRICS summit is really a gift (for Putin),” said Alex Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, then-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose as they arrive for the BRICS summit in Brasilia in November 2019. While BRICS is primarily geared toward economic collaboration, its meeting last year took place in the shadow of the war in Ukraine. The gathering in Kazan also gives Putin ample opportunity for one-on-one facetime with his fellow BRICS leaders and other friendly dignitaries in attendance.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, –, Xi, India’s Narendra Modi, Iran’s Masoud, Cyril Ramaphosa, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Putin –, Xi –, Putin, BRICS, Donald Trump, ”, Alex Gabuev, …, BRICS “, ” Gabuev, Xi Jinping, Jair Bolsonaro, Narendra Modi, Adriano Machado, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel –, Jonathan Fulton, Volodymyr Zelensky, Yevhen Titov, they’ll, Manoj Kewalramani Organizations: CNN, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Indian, Reuters, International, Israel, Atlantic Council, United Nations General Assembly, US, New Development Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, BRICS, Kremlin, Takshashila Locations: Ukraine, Moscow, Russian, Kazan, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Iran, Beijing, Tehran, United States, Berlin, Brasilia, Johannesburg, Israel, Gaza, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Abu Dhabi, “, Gabuev, BRICS, Kharkiv, Indian, Bangalore

☆ My partner and I moved to a coastal Portuguese town, sight unseen. We finally have the work-life balance we've dreamed of.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Iman M'Fah-Traoré | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I was raised in NYC, but my French partner and I just moved to a Portuguese town, sight unseen. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementI was born in Paris and raised in New York, which has made me a city girl through and through. AdvertisementMy partner and I are both French-Brazilian, so we decided France and Brazil were out of the question. If I could tell 16-year-old me that 10 years later, she'd be living in a quaint Portuguese town, she wouldn't believe me.

Persons: I'd, —, Normandy —, Iman M'Fah, we've, We're, she'd Organizations: Service, Portugal we'd Locations: NYC, Portuguese, Portugal, Paris, New York, Normandy, France, Hawaii, Alaska, Brazil, Ericeira, York

☆ The rise and fall of 23andMe
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

2024: Wojcicki responds to consumer concernsWojcicki said she would not consider "third-party takeover proposals." Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunchThe company's reputation took another hit in September when an SEC filing said Wojcicki "would be open to considering third-party takeover proposals." "Accordingly, in order to update my prior statement and avoid any confusion in the market, I am no longer open to considering third-party takeover proposals for the Issuer." The Atlantic reported that the sale of 23andMe could also mean the potential sale of user data. A 23andMe spokesperson told BI that Wojcicki "has publicly shared she intends to take the company private, and is not open to considering third-party takeover proposals."

Persons: Wojcicki, Steve Jennings, Wojcicki's, Anne Organizations: Getty, SEC, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Seven people are believed dead after a gangway that's part of a marina collapsed on Sapelo Island, Georgia, on Saturday. "The gangway has been secured on Sapelo Island and the incident is currently under investigation." Brian Kemp said he, his wife and daughters are "heartbroken by today's tragedy on Sapelo Island." The Sepalo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society organized its annual Cultural Day celebration on the island on Saturday, calling it "our most celebrated event." Sapelo Island, on the Atlantic Coast, is about 72 miles south of Savannah.

Persons: Brian Kemp, it's Organizations: Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, U.S . Coast Guard, Georgia DNR, Georgia Gov, Sheriff, Elm, Elm Grove Baptist, University of, Revitalization Society Locations: Georgia, McIntosh, Elm Grove, Meridian, Sapelo, Savannah

Tracking Tropical Storm Oscar Leer en españolOscar was a tropical storm in the North Atlantic Ocean Monday evening Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical storm had sustained wind speeds of 40 miles per hour. By The New York TimesOscar is the 15th named storm to form in the Atlantic in 2024. In late May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that there would be 17 to 25 named storms this year, an above-normal amount. Without El Niño this year, clouds are more likely to tower to the tall heights needed to sustain a powerful cyclone.

Persons: Oscar Leer, Oscar, The New York Times Oscar Organizations: National Hurricane Center, The New York Times, NOAA, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Hurricanes Locations: United States

☆ Military leaders who served under Trump sound the alarm about him winning a second presidency
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

And it is senior military leaders who served under him that have most clearly sounded the alarm about Trump. When he became president, Trump staffed his cabinet with senior generals. Despite Trump’s bromance with the military, senior retired generals and admirals haven’t loved him back. We found that five times more flag officers, 255, were critical of Trump, while 54 supported the Trump administration. Given his longstanding loyalty to Trump, Kellogg will likely return to some senior role if Trump wins in November.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Mark Milley, Bob Woodward, “, Woodward, Jim Mattis, Milley, Trump, ” Trump, George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Mattis, John Kelly, Michael Flynn, Trump’s, haven’t, ”, Donald Trump, Kelly, CNN’s Jake Tapper, McMaster, …, Gen, Stanley McChrystal, Osama bin Laden, Kamala Harris, ” Unstated, McChrystal, Bill McRaven, —, Mike Mullen, George Floyd “, Keith Kellogg, Mike Pence, Kellogg, Benjamin Netanyahu, ” Kellogg, didn’t, wouldn’t Organizations: CNN, Trump, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, McMaster, Trump White House, Operations Command, The New York Times, Washington Post, Joint Chiefs, Israeli, “, Fox News Locations: ”, New York, Vietnam, Washington , DC, Washington, New America

☆ I became the breadwinner when my family moved to France. I feel like I've done my husband the biggest favor ever.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Karen Kissane left her job, started a coaching business, and moved her family to France. Had this not happened, my family wouldn't be in France now. I feel like I've done my husband the biggest favor everOur roles swapped when we moved to France. It's great we could make this swap, effectively taking turns, as I did this before when he was a partner in a business working long hours. AdvertisementMoving to France helped my coaching business take offI didn't need a special business visa for France because we moved before Brexit.

Persons: Karen Kissane, Kissane, —, wouldn't, It's, we'd, they'd, they're, I've, we've, Lauryn Haas Organizations: Service, Space, lhaas Locations: France, Northamptonshire, Cognac, French, British

☆ Over a year of astonishing ocean heat has given way to the largest coral bleaching on record
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The previous record from the 2014 to 2017 mass bleaching affected just below 66% of the world’s reef area. Triggered by heat stress in warm oceans, coral bleaching occurs when corals expel the colourful algae living in their tissues. A bleached coral is not dead, but ocean temperatures need to cool off for any hope of recovery. “We’ve never had a coral bleaching event this big before.”In just the last six weeks, bleaching has been confirmed in the waters of Palau, Guam and Israel. What are we going to do about it?” said Emily Darling, who leads the Wildlife Conservation Society’s global coral reef conservation programme.

Persons: Derek Manzello, Sirachai Arunrugstichai, Lillian Suwanrumpha, Manzello, “ We’ve, ”, Emily Darling, El Niño Organizations: CNN, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Reuters, NOAA, Reef, Getty, ”, United Nations, Wildlife Conservation Locations: Trat, Thailand, Raja Ampat, Indonesia's West Papua, AFP, Palau, Guam, Israel, Caribbean, South China, Colombia

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's red-hot internet gambling market set another record in September with Atlantic City's casinos and their technical and online partners winning over $208 million. “The ongoing success of internet gaming helped push Atlantic City’s total gaming revenue to its highest figure for the month of September in over a decade,” said James Plousis, chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission. “For the third consecutive month, total gaming revenue surpassed $500 million. In terms of in-person winnings, Borgata won $62.4 million in September, up 15%; Hard Rock won $44.6 million, down 4.7%; Ocean won $28.4 million, down 28%; Caesars won $20.5 million, down 4.1%; Harrah's won $18.6 million, down 16.3%; Tropicana won $17.9 million, down 16.3%; Resorts won $14.3 million, down 3.9%; Bally's won $12.5 million, down 4.4%, and Golden Nugget won $11 million, down 12.5%. When internet and sports betting revenue is included, Borgata won $120.2 million, up 12%; Resorts won $106.5 million, down 3.4%; Golden Nugget won $72.8 million, up 25.8%; Hard Rock won $64.4 million, up 10.8%; Ocean won $33.9 million, down 24%; Bally's won $24.1 million, up 19.2%; Caesars won $20.6 million, down 3.4%; Harrah's won $18.7 million, down 16.6%; and Tropicana won $18.1 million, down 16%.

Persons: ”, James Plousis, ” Jane Bokunewicz, Lloyd Levenson, Borgata, Harrah's, Bally's, Wayne Parry Organizations: CITY, Atlantic, of Gaming Enforcement, New Jersey Casino Control, “, Stockton University, Atlantic City, Ocean, Caesars, Tropicana, Resorts, Golden Nugget, Golden, Associated Press Locations: N.J, New Jersey, Atlantic City, Atlantic

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