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The fight over Wisconsin — considered a must-win for Harris as part of Democrats’ so-called blue wall — could tilt the election. Tim Walz has re-energized staff members in the state, a campaign official told NBC News. With more than 200 staffers statewide, the Harris campaign touts 48 offices across Wisconsin, including some in smaller, more rural areas that Trump won in 2020. But the Trump campaign is mounting its own effort in the state. An RNC official also said the Trump campaign and the Wisconsin GOP have more than 70 staff members and 40 offices across the state.

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This is an age group that may be particularly vulnerable if they haven’t received a whooping cough booster since childhood. The state has logged 111 whooping cough cases this year so far, compared with just 11 in 2023. Last weekend, Portland State University canceled a football game following a surge in whooping cough cases among players. The whooping cough can spread that bacteria through their coughs for a long time if not treated. “Those babies are coughing so much they can’t eat, they can’t drink, so they end up in the intensive care unit.”When to get whooping cough vaccines and boostersPregnant women are encouraged to get a whooping cough booster during their third trimester.

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☆ How pagers turned into explosive devices in Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Bruna Horvath | Bruna Horvath Is An Intern On Nbc News' Tech Team. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Pagers, devices that are used every day as a crucial form of communication for health care professionals, became a deadly weapon Tuesday as thousands of them simultaneously exploded in Lebanon, killing 37 people and injuring thousands. The explosions targeted the militant and political group Hezbollah, after the devices had reportedly begun beeping and heating up. Pagers are wireless communication devices that receive radio signals from short- or long-range paging networks. The pagers that exploded in Lebanon were made to appear as if they were Gold Apollo’s AR-924 pagers, but The New York Times reported that they were actually created by Israeli intelligence workers. Following the explosions on Tuesday, Hezbollah told Al Jazeera that the “treacherous and criminal enemy will certainly be punished for this aggressive act.”How did the pagers explode?

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A section of a trail in Montana’s Glacier National Park was closed Thursday after a hiker was injured by a bear, park officials said. The injuries to the hiker, a 35-year-old man, were not life-threatening, the National Park Service said. The hiker was hurt Thursday morning after he and his group encountered a bear near the Grinnell Glacier Overlook trailhead, the park service said. Glacier National Park covers 1,583 square miles in northwest Montana. It was the 10th most-visited national park last year, according to data from the park service, which also manages other types of properties, including the Lincoln Memorial.

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He bemoaned that, despite those milestones, which he framed as being on behalf of the Jewish people, he had not seen an increase in support from Jewish voters. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for further comment on the former president's remarks. At a separate event in the capital on Thursday evening, he shared a similar warning with Jewish voters about the stakes of their support in the election. As Trump continues to court Jewish voters ahead of the November general election, he has continued to publicly assail high-profile Jewish leaders like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Pennsylvania Gov. Trump’s comments Thursday echo his years of frustration at Jewish voters’ lack of support for him (they historically lean Democratic, according to the Pew Research Center.)

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☆ Couple dies while snorkeling during Hawaii babymoon
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Samantha Kubota | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Family and friends are mourning the deaths of a Washington state couple who died while snorkeling on vacation in Hawaii. Family members identified the couple on their verified GoFundMe page as 25-year-old Ilya Tsaruk and 26-year-old Sophia Tsaruk. Local NBC affiliate KING reports the couple lived in Snohomish, Washington, according to public records. In an interview with local news outlet KITV, family members said the Tsaruks traveled to Hawaii for a babymoon with two other couples, including Ilya Tsaruk’s brother and his wife. “We don’t think that she suffocated in the mask,” Ilya Tsaruk’s brother Anatoliy Tsaruk told KITV.

Persons: Ilya Tsaruk, Sophia Tsaruk, Ilya Tsaruk’s, Anatoliy Tsaruk, KITV, ”, Melody, “, ” Taisiya Tsaruk Organizations: Local NBC, KING Locations: Washington, Hawaii, Maui, Maui County, Snohomish , Washington

An initial DNA test on remains believed to be those of Joseph Couch, the suspect in the Interstate 75 shootings, was inconclusive, but an autopsy confirmed the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, state officials said. The soft tissue DNA test was “inconclusive due to extreme decomposition of the body,” and a further DNA test with material extracted from bone will be completed, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet said in a news release. The remains were found in deep brush by a highway exit in Laurel County, which is where London is and where the shootings occurred, state officials said. A couple livestreaming the search for Couch's body helped in the effort and the discovery, state police said. The DNA test from bone is expected to begin Friday and take 24 to 48 hours, the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet said.

Persons: Joseph Couch, “ I’m, William Ralston, Phillip Burnett Jr, Fred, Sheila McCoy, they'll Organizations: Kentucky Justice, Public, Army, Authorities, State Police, Justice, Cabinet Locations: London, Laurel County

☆ Maine Democrats have likely run out of time to change Electoral College laws if Nebraska GOP acts
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

LINCOLNVILLE, Maine — As Republicans in Nebraska consider changing state law to give Donald Trump an extra Electoral College vote this fall, their Democratic counterparts in Maine have little recourse to even the score. In 2020, Trump won one electoral vote from Maine’s rural 2nd Congressional District and is heavily favored to do so again, while Joe Biden won one from Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District. And Maine GOP leaders have already signaled they have no interest in helping Democrats do away with their unusual formula for awarding electoral votes. “Maine has the gold standard of presidential election processes in the United States,” state House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham told the Bangor Daily News on Thursday. But unlike the previous times, there no longer appears to be a good way for Maine — and therefore national Democrats — to counter a change in Nebraska.

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☆ Anthony Scaramucci says he is 'working alongside' Kamala Harris on her campaign's crypto policies
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Dylan Butts | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

SINGAPORE — Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, said he and a group of crypto advocates are working with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to develop her campaign's policies on digital assets ahead of the elections in November. "There's a group of cryptocurrency advocates, bitcoin advocates etc. Harris has been hearing out crypto proponents and we are pushing her to back industry-friendly policies, he said, adding that the vice president even has some of these talks lined up for this week. "I believe that we are making progress, and I think it's going in the right direction," Scaramucci said. Last year in an interview with NBC News' Chuck Todd, Scaramucci called his former boss "a grifter."

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☆ Widlitz: It's great news they're bringing back somebody with a 32-year track record at Nike.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWidlitz: It's great news they're bringing back somebody with a 32-year track record at Nike. Stacey Widlitz, President at S-W Retail Advisors and Dealmakehers CO-Founder, discusses Nike's leadership change, praising the return of an experienced executive to boost innovation.

Persons: Stacey Widlitz Organizations: Nike, Retail, Dealmakehers

☆ What lower rates mean for markets
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Fed on Wednesday lowered interest rates, marking the first rate cut since March 2020. A decline in interest rates should, theoretically, mean good news for the stock market. The Fed likely won’t take rates lower as aggressively as they were raised, unless the economy takes a downturn and necessitates loose economic conditions. While mortgage rates and bond yields have begun drifting lower, companies and consumers still might not feel the effects of lower rates right away. But investors with outsized positions in Big Tech stocks should eye beaten-down areas of the market that benefit from lower interest rates, says Diton.

Persons: Dow, Jerome Powell, ”, Jeff Buchbinder, Powell, Eric Diton Organizations: New, New York CNN, Federal, Fed, Nasdaq, LPL, Wealth Alliance, Tech, Meta, Apple, Big Locations: New York, Big Tech

☆ iPhone 16 goes on sale: Apple CEO Tim Cook opens flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York City
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailiPhone 16 goes on sale: Apple CEO Tim Cook opens flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York CityCNBC’s Steve Kovach joins ‘Squawk Box’ from Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York with the latest news.

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☆ This power company has outpaced Nvidia, could ink next nuclear deal after Three Mile Island
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Constellation Energy plans to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant , with operations slated to resume in 2028 subject to approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It demonstrates the growing financial opportunity that nuclear power represents for utilities and their investors. VST YTD mountain Vistra shares, YTD The power company, headquartered outside Dallas, is viewed as one of the lead contenders to ink a data center nuclear deal next. "Vistra's timely acquisition of nuclear portfolio Energy Harbor in 2023 gives the company a coveted nuclear portfolio," the analysts said. Burke specifically called out Comanche Peak, a twin reactor nuclear plant with 2.4 gigawatts of capacity outside Forth Worth, Texas.

Persons: Vistra, Shahriar Pourreza, Jefferies, Julien Dumoulin, Smith, Jim Burke, Burke, John Ketchum, Duane Arnold, Ketchum, NextEra, Robert Blue Organizations: U.S, Constellation Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Microsoft, Vistra Corp, Nvidia, Energy, Guggenheim Securities, Wall Street, Jefferies, NextEra Energy, Dominion Energy, Dominion Locations: Dallas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Energy Harbor, Forth Worth , Texas, Iowa, FactSet, Waterford , Connecticut

☆ Constellation Energy reopens 'Three Mile Island' nuclear power plant in agreement with Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Pippa Stevens | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailConstellation Energy reopens 'Three Mile Island' nuclear power plant in agreement with MicrosoftCNBC's Pippa Stevens reports on the latest news regarding the provisioning of power.

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☆ With rates falling, don’t make this ‘big mistake’ with your cash
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"The Fed rate cuts are likely to support inflows to money market funds over the course of the next year," Antoniewicz said. While retail investors may slow their pace of investment, institutional flows tend to ramp up since yields on money market funds lag the funds rate, she noted. That cash can stay in a money market fund, a high yield saving account or certificates of deposit. The bucket for three to five years has about 70% in fixed income, with a small amount of high yield bonds added that have durations under five years. He'll dip more into high yield, as well as private credit, in the six to 10-year fixed income category.

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☆ Why Eli Lilly and Palo Alto Networks are both up on news from their competitors
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

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☆ CNBC Daily Open: Markets have finally processed the good news
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. [PRO] Commodity price movements Stocks have rallied on the back of the Fed's rate cut. The S&P climbed 1.7% to end at 5,713.64, the first time the broad-based index has broken through the 5,700 ceiling. At the end of Washington's song, she croons, "What a difference a day makes / And the difference is you."

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☆ Mohamed Al-Fayed, the late billionaire with links to the royal family, has been accused of sexually abusing multiple women
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewMohamed Al-Fayed, an Egyptian-born billionaire, owned Harrods, a luxury London department store, for 26 years. After decades of fame and controversy, Al-Fayed died last August aged 94. Now, after years of mounting evidence and speculation, multiple women have come forward to say Al-Fayed sexually assaulted them. I just wanted it to be over," one unnamed woman, who said Al-Fayed raped her at his apartment in London's upmarket Park Lane, told the broadcaster. Al-Fayed owned Harrods for 26 years and later owned Fulham Football Club and the Paris Ritz.

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☆ Analysts say don't chase Nike pop on new CEO: 'There are probably no quick fixes'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Nike's CEO is stepping down, and some on Wall Street appear to be lukewarm about the news. On Thursday after the bell, the sneaker giant announced that CEO John Donahoe will be retiring on Oct. 13. Wells Fargo maintained its overweight rating and increased its target by $9 to $95, implying more than 17% upside ahead. "We expect multiple expansion commensurate with Hill's hire — as leadership has been a large point of contention and controversy surrounding the stock," analyst Ike Boruchow wrote in a note. Bernstein, which has an outperform rating on Nike, expects the turnaround "will take time," but said market sentiment will be sympathetic.

Persons: John Donahoe, Elliott Hill, Jay Sole, Sole, Morgan Stanley, Alex Straton, Straton, Wells Fargo, —, Ike Boruchow, Bernstein, Aneesha Sherman Organizations: UBS, Nike, JD, Bank of America Locations: FL

And, like thousands of Haitians, he chose to settle in Springfield, Ohio, where his brother lived and the surrounding community made him feel safe and welcome. “That’s hard.”Vilbrun Dorsainvil speaks to CNN in Springfield, Ohio. “There are concerns for our safety and future,” said Madet Merove, a Haitian immigrant and United Methodist pastor who lives in Springfield. But that’s changed, she said, with the increase of Haitian immigrants. But despite the threats, Dorsainvil said he has reason to hope.

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☆ The Late Morning Rundown: September 20, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

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CNN —Suspicious packages were sent this week to election offices in more than 20 states, leading to an FBI investigation, triggering evacuations and rattling staff, according to a CNN survey of state offices and Associated Press reporting. Karen Brinson Bell, the executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, told CNN that that the battleground state was also targeted this week. Officials in Kansas and New York said in statements and interviews that, after the letters were noticed, they evacuated their offices. Postal Inspection Service are investigating a series of suspicious mailings sent to election officials in several states,” the FBI said in a statement. A source involved with a group that coordinates with election officials across the country told CNN the 2023 incident led many of these offices to step up precautions and safety measures, so they were better protected this time around.

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☆ U.S. keeps missile system in Philippines as China tensions rise, tests wartime deployment
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Typhon system, which can be equipped with cruise missiles capable of striking Chinese targets, was brought in for joint exercises earlier this year, both countries said at the time, but has remained there. China and Russia have condemned the first deployment of the system to the Indo-Pacific, accusing Washington of fueling an arms race. The deployment, some details of which have not been previously reported, comes as China and U.S. defense treaty ally the Philippines clash over parts of the hotly contested South China Sea. Philippine officials said Filipino and U.S. forces continued to train with the missile system, which is on the northern island of Luzon, facing the South China Sea and is close to the Taiwan Strait. A Philippine army spokesman, Colonel Louie Dema-ala, on Wednesday said training was ongoing and it was up to Philippine authorities and the United States Army Pacific to decide how long the missile system would stay.

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☆ What TikTok ban? Advertisers, employees, and creators seem unfazed by its increasingly precarious future
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A former Department of Justice attorney told Business Insider this week that the court seemed poised to rule against TikTok. AdvertisementMany TikTok creators appear unconcerned by the prospect of a ban. Others are fighting it: In May, a group of eight TikTok creators filed a lawsuit against the US government over the potential ban. TikTok users turn to the app for more than just entertainment. The current TikTok staffer told BI that they felt that advertisers were paying less attention to TikTok ban news as they've been busy gearing up for the holiday season.

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☆ 401(k) savers can access one of the 'rare guarantees' in investing, CFP says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Yet, according to financial advisors, there is an outlier in the realm of investing: the 401(k) match. The basic concept of a 401(k) match is that an employer will make a matching contribution on workers' retirement savings, up to a cap. In this example — a dollar-for-dollar match up to 3% — the investor would be doubling their money, the equivalent of a 100% profit. "If you were in Vegas and every time you put $1 in [the slot machine] you got $2 out, you'd probably be sitting at that slot machine for a mighty long time," said Elliott, a member of CNBC's Advisor Council. However, that money can come with certain requirements like a minimum worker tenure, more formally known as a "vesting" schedule.

Persons: Kamila Elliott, you'd, Elliott Organizations: Collective Wealth Partners Locations: Atlanta, Vegas

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