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☆ Satellite images show the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike on a Russian arsenal, which blew up with the strength of a small earthquake
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewNew satellite images show extensive damage at an ammunition depot inside Russia after long-range Ukrainian drones struck the facility. AdvertisementThe aftermath of a Ukrainian attack on a Russian ammunition depot in Toropets. Just days after the Toropets attack, over the weekend, Ukraine said it struck two more ammunition depots inside Russia. AdvertisementThe attacks over the past week mark Ukraine's latest long-range strikes targeting key military and energy facilities inside Russia. Britain's defense ministry said Russia's air defenses "continue to struggle with Ukrainian deep strike operations," even though Moscow claimed to have shot down dozens of Ukrainian drones in the Toropets attack.

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☆ Boeing sweetens labor proposal in 'best and final' offer as strike enters second week
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Boeing on Monday sweetened its contract offer and said it was its "best and final" proposal for its more than 30,000 machinists as their strike, which has halted most of the aerospace giant's aircraft production, entered its second week. Boeing's new offer would raise general wages by 30% over four years, up from a previously proposed 25%. It also doubled the ratification bonus to $6,000, reinstated an annual machinist bonus and raised the company's 401(k) match. The labor union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, didn't immediately comment on the offer. The strike came as workers voted 94.6% against the previous proposal that the union had endorsed.

Persons: didn't, group's, Kelly Ortberg, Ron Epstein Organizations: Boeing, International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, Bank of America, CNBC Locations: Renton , Washington, Seattle

☆ It looks like a Russian ICBM test ended in disaster, hinting at new missile problems as Ukraine war pressures mount, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Russia apparently tried — and failed — to test its RS-28 Sarmat ICBM. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementRecent satellite imagery of the launch site indicates that Russia tried testing an intercontinental ballistic missile but failed. War analysts said that this is the fourth time the RS-28 Sarmat ICBM has failed to launch and noted that Russia has struggled with new missile development amid the war in Ukraine. Satellite images captured on Saturday by Maxar Technologies revealed the aftermath of the missile test at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Maxar Technologies, Plesetsk, Business Locations: Russia, Ukraine

☆ These before-and-after satellite images capture how Ukraine has been wiping out Russian ammo depots
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine has carried out a string of attacks on Russian ammunition depots over the past week. Newly released satellite images taken before and after the attacks reveal extensive damage at three sites. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementNewly published satellite imagery shows extensive damage at three large ammunition depots inside Russia in the aftermath of multiple Ukrainian attacks over the past week.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Ukraine, Russia

In the past, such a drumbeat of controversy in the final weeks of the campaign might have given voters pause, even prompting shifts in the race. “We are on overload with wild stories every news cycle,” said David Kochel, a longtime Republican strategist and a veteran of several presidential campaigns. You can’t keep up with it all, so a lot of people just tune it out.”Adding to it all was a moment far outside his control: Mr. Trump faced a second assassination attempt. It is unclear what — if anything — could reshuffle the race in such a fiercely polarized nation. In fact, views of Mr. Trump have improved from earlier this year when he was leading Mr. Biden, with more voters viewing him favorably now than they did several months ago.

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☆ Boeing machinists on picket lines prepare for lengthy strike: 'I can last as long as it takes'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Matt Mills Mcknight | ReutersRENTON, Wash. — Cash-strapped Boeing is facing mounting costs from an ongoing machinist strike as workers push for higher pay. The financial cost of the strike on Boeing depends on how long it lasts, though ratings agencies have warned that the company could face a downgrade if it drags on too long. Boeing 737 Max planes sit at the airport in Renton, Washington. Boeing Machinists union members count votes to accept or reject a proposed contract between Boeing and union leaders and whether or not to strike if the contract is rejected, at the Aerospace Machinists Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on September 12, 2024. Boeing's most recent offer included 25% general wage increases over a four-year deal and was endorsed by the machinists union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751.

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☆ The Hezbollah pager attacks reveal a textbook covert operation, ex-spies say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementThe chaos and carnage began on Tuesday when pagers used by Hezbollah members started beeping before they exploded en masse across Lebanon. A photo taken on September 18 in Beirut's southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers. AFP via Getty ImagesThe back-to-back attacks killed at least 30 people and injured some 3,000 more, including Hezbollah fighters, and overwhelmed local hospitals. Hezbollah, Lebanon, and Iran all blamed Israel for the deadly attacks. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERSThe pager and walkie-talkie attacks were certainly disruptive and would have made Hezbollah vulnerable to immediate Israeli military action, experts say.

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☆ Harris Has a Polling Edge in Wisconsin, but Democrats Don’t Trust It
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On paper, Vice President Kamala Harris should be feeling hopeful about Wisconsin. The last 40 public polls included in The New York Times polling average of the vital battleground state show her leading in 28, tied in four and trailing former President Donald J. Trump in eight. Ms. Harris, who is set to hold a rally in Madison on Friday evening, was up by four percentage points in the latest survey from Marquette Law School, widely considered the gold standard of Wisconsin polling. The Times polling average has shown her leading every day, albeit narrowly, since Aug. 6. And yet, in what has appeared to be Democrats’ strongest battleground state even when President Biden was still in the race, Democrats, Republicans and even the state’s pollsters can agree on one thing: They don’t fully trust the polling and don’t believe Ms. Harris is ahead by as much as some of the surveys say.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald J, Trump, Harris, Biden, ”, Charles Franklin Organizations: Wisconsin, The New York Times, Marquette Law School, Republicans Locations: Madison, Wisconsin

☆ Former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed a ‘monster,’ say lawyers representing his alleged victims
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Caitlin Danaher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The legal team representing the alleged victims of the former owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al Fayed, say the late billionaire was a “monster” whose crimes were “enabled” by the high-end department store. Armstrong said Al-Fayad was a “monster” who committed a “vast web of abuse.”Setting out the legal claim being brought against Harrods, Armstrong said Al-Fayad was “enabled by a system” that pervaded the store. “This is and was a systematic failure of corporate responsibility, and that systematic failure is on the shoulders of Harrods,” Armstrong said. The legal team involved in the BBC investigation claimed Harrods knew of Al Fayed’s alleged crimes. Al Fayed’s son, Dodi Fayed, died in 1997 along with Princess Diana in a high-speed car crash in Paris.

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While school meal prices vary throughout the country, a survey conducted by the School Nutrition Association, a trade organization, found that lunches typically cost about $2.83 for elementary school students, $3 for middle school students and $3.05 for high school students. The prices mean that the $100 million in transaction fees could have bought another 33 million or so school lunches or over 55 million school breakfasts. “Junk fees on school lunch should not exist. A handful of states have made universal school meals permanent, but most have returned to the pre-pandemic format. “School lunch should always be free, and definitely free of judgment,” Fetterman said at the hearing on Wednesday.

Persons: Tom Vilsack, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, “, ”, Bernie Sanders, ” Warren, NBC News . Sen, John Fetterman, Warren, Sanders, Fetterman, Bob Casey, Debbie Stabenow, Sherrod Brown, Raphael Warnock of, Brian Schatz, —, Marisa Kirk, Epstein, ” Fetterman Organizations: Agriculture Department, NBC News, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, School Nutrition Association, NBC News ., USDA, NBC, Sens, Supplemental, Assistance, SNAP Locations: Vermont, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Hawaii, Vilsack

☆ Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian ammo depots aim to starve its bombing campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine hit a Russian arsenal this week with long-range attack drones. The extent of the damage is unclear, but analysts say similar attacks could put Russia in a bind. A campaign against ammunition depots in Russia could force it to disperse logistics. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy .

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☆ Mansion to misery: A glimpse inside the prison Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs now calls home
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Artemis Moshtaghian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Described as “disgusting” with “horrifying” conditions, the detention center music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs now calls home is a far cry from the Miami and Los Angeles mansions he once lived in. A federal judge denied Combs bail Wednesday saying the bail proposal set forth by his defense attorneys was “insufficient” in addressing the court’s concerns. This after the Federal Bureau of Prisons shuttered its Manhattan complex shortly after multimillionaire financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in 2019. A month later, inmate Edwin Cordero died in a fight that broke out inside the prison. The incident prompted a Justice Department investigation assessing whether the Bureau of Prisons had “adequate contingency plans” to address inmate living conditions.

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His new home is a notorious federal jail in New York City known for extreme violence and abominable medical care. Still, the conditions are horrid across the facility, according to interviews with more than a half-dozen defense lawyers and a review of court documents. “The agency as a whole has failed to assist MDC Brooklyn with the staffing crisis, hence allowing MDC Brooklyn to fail,” the union head, Rhonda Barnwell, wrote in a memo to Bureau of Prisons officials in June 2023. "That is why, earlier this year, the director appointed an Urgent Action Team to take a holistic look at the challenges at MDC Brooklyn," the spokesman added. A statute in the federal court system requires defendants who are out on bail to be remanded to jail after they are convicted.

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☆ Ukraine says it wiped a key Russian missile and artillery arsenal 'off the face of the earth' in long-range strikes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewUkrainian forces used long-range drones to strike a key Russian ammunition depot overnight, destroying missiles, bombs, and artillery. The warehouse was "literally wiped off the face of the earth," the source said, according to a translation of their remarks. AdvertisementAn image of the Toropets facility on September 7. The facility after the Ukrainian attack on Wednesday. A former Ukrainian military officer who goes by the social media handle Tatarigami called the Toropets attack "a very significant achievement."

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☆ Ukraine isn't flying the most dangerous missions with its F-16s because the pilots are still new to the fighter, US general says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA top US Air Force general said that Ukraine is not using its F-16s for the most dangerous missions because the pilots flying them are still new to the fighter jet. Given the vulnerabilities of more offensive missions, it was thought that Kyiv would use the fighter jets in an air-defense role. Before Ukraine received its long-sought-after F-16s from NATO, one of the big questions surrounding the much-hyped transfer of the fighter aircraft was how Kyiv would actually go on to use them in combat. AdvertisementThe Ukrainian F-16s flew their first combat mission in late August as they helped defend the country against a massive Russian aerial bombardment. It's still unclear what caused the crash, but Ukraine dismissed the commander of its air force and said it would investigate the incident.

Persons: —, James Hecker, haven't, they're, " Hecker, that's, Ogirenko, Oleksandr Syrskyi, It's Organizations: Service, US Air Force, Business, US Air Forces, NATO Allied Air Command, Tuesday's Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Air & Space Forces Magazine, Ukraine, NATO, REUTERS, Former US Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Europe, Ukrainian, Kyiv

☆ More devices are blowing up in Lebanon a day after Hezbollah pagers fatally exploded
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The latest incidents follow deadly blasts Tuesday when pagers belonging to Hezbollah exploded. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementHand-held radios exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday, according to multiple reports, potentially signaling a second wave of coordinated attacks targeting personal devices in the Middle Eastern country. The official broadcaster of the Hezbollah militant group, Al-Manar, reported a wave of explosions from wireless devices across Lebanon, according to local and international media.

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☆ Satellite images show the difficult mission to save a stricken oil tanker in the Red Sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewSatellite imagery obtained by Business Insider captures the difficult mission to rescue an oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea nearly a month after the Iran-backed Houthi rebels first attacked the vessel. Operation Aspides stated that it would continue to monitor the situation while "private stakeholders" finish the salvage mission. Satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies this past weekend show the salvage mission underway. Related storiesRear Adm. Vasileios Gryparis, the operational commander of Aspides, told BI earlier this month that a successful salvage mission required meeting safety, technical, environmental, and weather considerations. AdvertisementThe Houthis have struck a number of vessels with missiles and drones since the Iran-backed rebels started attacking merchant shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden last fall.

Persons: —, Aspides, BlackSky, Valdez, Vasileios Gryparis Organizations: Service, Business Insider, Business, Maxar Technologies, Technologies, European Locations: Iran, Red, Iraq, Greece, Gulf, Aden, Yemen

☆ Hundreds of Iran-backed Hezbollah members were hurt when their pagers just weirdly exploded
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Hundreds of Iran-backed Hezbollah members were hurt when their pagers suddenly exploded. Lebanon's Internal Security Forces urged people to stay off the roads for emergency vehicles. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementHundreds of Hezbollah members in Lebanon were hurt on Tuesday when their pagers suddenly exploded, according to multiple reports. Lebanon's Internal Security Forces said people were injured after wireless communications devices exploded in several regions across the country.

Persons: Israel, — Organizations: Internal Security Forces, Service, Business Locations: Iran, Lebanon

☆ Hezbollah decided months ago to switch from risky cellphones to pagers for security. The low-tech devices just blew up.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewHezbollah militants decided to switch from risky cellphones to old-fashioned pagers only months before the devices suddenly blew up across Lebanon on Tuesday, earlier reporting shows. Wireless pagers used by Iran-backed Hezbollah members mysteriously detonated around Lebanon, killing at least eight people and injuring nearly 3,000 more, including scores of militants, per local estimates. Hezbollah and Lebanon have both blamed Israel for the carnage, which has not claimed responsibility. Lebanese security services told Reuters on Tuesday that the pagers were new models acquired by Hezbollah in recent months. AdvertisementDespite long-standing concerns of escalation, Israel and Hezbollah have managed to avoid a wider confrontation.

Persons: —, Israel, Washington, It's, Marwan Naamani, Benjamin Netanyahu's Organizations: Service, Wireless, Business, US State Department, American University, Getty Images, Reuters, Hezbollah Locations: Lebanon, Iran, Beirut, Ukraine, Lebanese, Israel

☆ The Houthis painted the word "hypersonic" on the new ballistic missile they fired at Israel, which says it's actually just a regular missile
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The Houthis fired what they claimed was a "new hypersonic ballistic missile" at Israel on Sunday. The Israeli military said the missile, despite its speed, was not actually a hypersonic missile. AdvertisementThe Houthi rebels painted the word "hypersonic" in English on the missile they launched at Israel over the weekend, emphasizing a new capability. The Israeli military, however, is pouring cold water on the Houthis' claim that the missile is a hypersonic weapon. The Houthis published footage on Monday purportedly showing the launch of their new missile at Israel on Sunday.

Persons: — Organizations: Sunday, Service, Business Locations: Israel, Palestine

☆ Newly released satellite images show the bridges Ukrainian strikes destroyed inside Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewSatellite images newly released by the British defense ministry show several destroyed bridges in Russia after Ukrainian strikes. The satellite images, which were captured last month but only released on Saturday, show the aftermath of Ukrainian strikes on one road bridge and two pontoon bridges in Kursk. AdvertisementRussia can use its floating pontoon bridges, which are temporary, to ferry personnel and military equipment across the Seym. These bridges came into play as Ukrainian strikes knocked out some of the more permanent structures. Related storiesUkraine has also used ground-launched weapons like the US-provided High Mobility Rocket Artillery System, or HIMARS, to strike bridges in Kursk.

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☆ Meet the Enigmatic Man Who Oversees Larry Page's Google Fortune
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

His success has also helped fuel a boom in family offices, a financial structure pioneered by J.P. Morgan and popularized by the Rockefellers. Today there are thousands of family offices globally, with the total number tripling between 2019 and 2023, according to the data provider Preqin. To protect Page, Osborne has long remained hidden, the man behind the megabillionaire's curtain. AdvertisementThe small staff at Koop, Page's family office in Palo Alto, are fiercely committed to Page's privacy. Through his investment in Way2B1, Page is seeking to make money by monetizing the techniques he uses to make money.

Persons: Thomas, Larry Page, Wayne Osborne, Osborne, Koop, —, Wayne, Jeffrey Epstein, Gmail, Page, he's, Larry, Morgan, Morgan Stanley, hasn't, Justin Sullivan, hawking, Sergey Brin, George Pavlov, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Melinda Lewison, Natasha Pearl, Aston Pearl, James Estrin, Helen Frankenthaler, Minerva, Joseph E, Brooks, Taylor, Mortimer Zuckerman, Zuckerman, he'd, who'd, Koop's, Ken Goldman, Eric Schmidt, Hugh Langley, Michael Floyd, Floyd, Page's, Lucy Southworth, Southworth, It's, Way2B1, it's, Gilles Martin, Hal Bailey Organizations: QS, Osborne, J.P, Google, Harvard Business School, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presbyterian Church, New York Times, Minerva, U.S . News, Boston Properties, Shell, CIA, Energy Technologies, Oceankind, Forbes, Business, Fiji Locations: New York, Caribbean, St, Palo Alto , California, Wayne, Mississippi, Connecticut, Silicon Valley, U.S, Silicon, Palo Alto, Koop, Nola, margarita, Way2B1, Fijian, superyachts, New Zealand, Fiji

☆ Covering aircraft with tires the way Russia has can confuse weapons looking for the plane, US military official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewCovering aircraft with tires, as Russia has done during the Ukraine war, can confuse weapons that are looking for the plane, a US military official said recently. Multiple Russian military aircraft, including fighter jets and bombers, were spotted last year with tires placed on top of them. While some observers suggested they might be meant to confuse image-matching weapons, others said they might be intended as shields. Russia has turned to several different deceptive practices during the war beyond placing tires on its aircraft. And Russia and Ukraine have both relied on decoy military equipment, such as inflatable tanks, wooden rocket launchers, and fake radar reflectors, among other weapons.

Persons: —, Schuyler Moore, " Moore, Brace, Moore's, Moore Organizations: Service, Business, US Central Command, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Russia, Kyiv, Russian Air Force, CSIS Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Moscow

☆ Photo hints a big US Air Force Reaper drone competition was focused on one of China's fake islands in the South China Sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA newly released photo suggests a recent US Air Force Reaper combat drone event appears to have been focused to some degree on an artificial Chinese island in the South China Sea. AdvertisementOne of the screens featured a map of Mischief Reef and the surrounding area in the contested Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. The South China Sea has long been a source of tension between the US and China, as well as a number of other Indo-Pacific nations. AdvertisementSatellite imagery of the Mischief Reef in the South China Sea. "Air Force Special Operations Command is focused on specialized air power," said Col. Mark Jones, AFSOC concepts and capabilities development division chief, in the Wednesday release.

Persons: —, Thomas Shoal, Deanna Muir, Deanna Muir China, Mark Jones Organizations: Service, US Air Force, Wing, Business, Air Force, Operations, Squadron, Technologies, Air Force Special, Command Locations: South China, Florida, Spratly, Philippines, Beijing, China, Washington

☆ Here's what the Boeing strike might mean for flyers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Rob Wile | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Boeing workers went on strike Friday, the latest disturbance in what has proven a devastating year for the American aircraft manufacturer. Southwest had sharply brought down its delivery target for Boeing aircraft earlier this year. A United spokesperson said the carrier was working with Boeing to understand what the impact to the airline's delivery schedule might be. "There will probably be very little direct impact on consumers as a result of the Boeing strike," Harteveldt told NBC News. The previous Boeing machinists strike, in 2008, lasted nearly two months; however, in a note to clients, Bank of America analyst Ronald Epstein said the latest one could prove as short as a week.

Persons: Jon Holden, Henry Harteveldt, Harteveldt, Ronald Epstein, Boeing's Organizations: Aerospace Machinists, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, Southwest, United, Atmosphere Research, NBC, Bank of America, FAA, Dow Locations: Seattle , Washington, U.S, Southwest, United, Renton , Washington

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