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California Congressional District 13 too close to call; John Duarte battles for reelection against challenger Adam Gray
- In one of the most closely watched U.S. House races in the country, results in the Central Valley contest between GOP Rep. John Duarte and Democratic challenger Adam Gray for California's 13th Congressional District were too close to call on election night, with vote counting scheduled to continue. The election marked the second time the pair have vied for this seat in Congress. In 2022, after weeks of counting, ...

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South Dakota rejects effort to protect reproductive rights in the state constitution
- This piece originally appeared as part of NPR's live coverage of the 2024 election. For more election coverage from the NPR Network head to our live updates page . SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota voters rejected an abortion rights amendment to the state constitution, according to a call by the Associated Press. Anti-abortion groups called the proposal ' too extreme .' The constitutional amendment would have ...

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US   MARKETS  
Today's Mortgage Rates, November 6, 2024 | Rates Remain Elevated as Fed Gears Up for Another Cut
- Mortgage rates for November 6, 2024, are around 6.60%. Rates have increased over the last few weeks in response to uncertainty around the election. This week, the Fed is expected to lower its benchmark rate. But it probably won't have much of an impact on mortgage rates. Mortgage rates increased substantially last month, and they've gone up even further in recent weeks thanks to uncertainty around Tuesday's ...

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Hurricane Rafael Latest: Path Update, Tracker - Newsweek
- Hurricane Rafael could make landfall in the U.S. later this week, as it continues to barrel over the Gulf of Mexico. According to the latest National Hurricane Center update, issued at 1 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Rafael is expected to reach western Cuba on Wednesday and move into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico before continuing its northwestern track toward Louisiana and Texas. With current maximum sustained winds of ...

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Angela Alsobrooks wins Maryland Senate race, defeating Republican Larry Hogan
- Democrat Angela Alsobrooks has won Maryland's Senate race, NBC News projects, defeating popular former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan and becoming the first Black woman elected to represent the state in the Senate. contest to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin was always a must-win for Democrats, who are trying to hang onto their Senate majority. It also means that, for the first time in history, Maryland ...

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More states hit with Russian-linked bomb threats
- Update (9:09 PM ET): More threats were reported at polling places in Arizona , Michigan and Wisconsin . Original story: More polling places in the metro Atlanta area had to be evacuated late on Tuesday evening after another round of bomb threats.  DeKalb County Police Department searched five polling places in the towns of Decatur, Lithonia and Chamblee in the final hour of voting in the state.   ...

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SCIENCE  
Small wooden satellite heads to International Space Station
- Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The first wood-panel satellite is on a SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, where it will test the durability of wood in space. Japanese researchers built a small satellite weighing about two pounds. The satellite, LignoSat, will arrive at the space station on a SpaceX flight and then be released into orbit. Officials said the panels were made from a type of magnolia tree and did not ...

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US   BUSINESS  
Elon Musk bet big on Trump. Here's what he stands to gain — and lose — from his win
- No single business leader did more to support former President Donald Trump's candidacy than Elon Musk. But the billionaire and his business empire face both positives and negatives after Trump won back the presidency in Tuesday's election. Musk has donated nearly so far to a political action committee he set up to support Trump, according to Federal Election Commission filings. He's appeared with Trump at rallies ...

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Why AP called the Texas Senate race for Ted Cruz
- against Democratic Rep. Colin Allred based on the incumbent's competitive showing in the state's large population centers, bolstered by his overwhelming leads in more conservative rural areas across the state. Cruz's victory, which the AP declared at 11:39 p.m. ET, blocked a possible path in which Democrats might have retained control of the Senate by offsetting possible losses by vulnerable Democratic incumbents ...

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Here's what Trump is proposing for the economy
- President-elect Donald Trump on the campaign trail laid out a broad array of ideas aimed at making life more affordable and strengthening the economy, which rank at the top of voters' concerns. Nearly all of the measures, which lack detail, would require congressional approval. That could be tough to achieve in the partisan climate on Capitol Hill. Here's what you need to know about what Trump has said he'll do to ...

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Follow marijuana election results across Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota
- The legalization of marijuana was on the ballot in four states on Tuesday. Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota each voted on measures to legalize recreational marijuana while Nebraska voters weighed in on both recreational and medical marijuana. Here is the latest vote counts on each measure and what they would do. Florida Florida voters have apparently failed to pass Amendment 3, with 44.1% voting against it, ...

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US  
Symbiotic provides developers with real-time feedback on potential security vulnerabilities
- Symbiotic Security launched a real-time security for software development that combines detection and remediation with just-in-time training – incorporating security testing and training directly into the development process without breaking developers' workflows. Backed with $3 million of seed funding from investors including Lerer Hippeau, Axeleo Capital, Factorial Capital, and others, the company has ...

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TECHNOLOGY  
Switch 2 backwards compatibility: Original games will be accessible - TechBriefly
- As a bridge connects two shores, Nintendo's Switch 2 backward compatibility promises to seamlessly link players' existing game libraries to the next generation, preserving millions of gaming memories. There's more buzz for Nintendo's next-gen console, Switch 2 backward compatibility. While Nintendo has not officially unveiled the device, the company confirmed that Switch 2 will be backward compatible with Switch 1, ...

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HEALTH   MEDICINE  
Exploring omega-3, omega-6 fatty acids and cancer risk
- New research explores how omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may impact cancer rates Recent findings from the international journal of cancer shed light on the complex relationship between polyunsaturated fatty acids and cancer risk across multiple types. Study:  Associations of plasma omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids with overall and 19 site-specific cancers: A population-based cohort study in UK Biobank Numerous ...

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Thousands of Boeing machinists to return to work as union ends strike after vote
- The contract offer, endorsed by leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union, is the third the striking workers had considered after rejecting two others. Driving the news: "The new contract includes a 43.65% compounded wage increase – 38% before compounding – over the four-year life of the contract," per an IAM statement . That's up from the 35% and 25% wage ...

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BUSINESS   POLITICS  
Why Marketers Shouldn't Wait for the Perfect AI: Lessons From Apple's Delay
- Marketers are no stranger to perfectionism. A second, third, hundredth check on a campaign before you hit send, days of back and forth with the design team over getting an image just right... we see such attention to detail as part of the value we bring to our organizations. Usually, it serves us well. Of course, we know the pitfalls of perfectionism, too. We've all heard "don't let perfect be the enemy of good." ...

Source: marketingprofs.com
US  
Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus dies
- Bernie Marcus, the co-founder of Home Depot who became a billionaire philanthropist and GOP donor, has died at the age of 95. "The entire Home Depot family is deeply saddened by the death of our co-founder Bernie Marcus," the company said. "We owe an immeasurable debt of gratitude to Bernie. He was a master merchant and a retail visionary. But even more importantly, he valued our associates, customers and ...

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WORLD   POLITICS  
Netanyahu Fires Israel's Defense Minister - Newsweek
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, saying "trust cracked" between them. "In the midst of a war, more than ever, full trust is required between the prime minister and defense minister," Netanyahu said in a statement. "Unfortunately, although in the first months of the campaign there was such trust and there was very fruitful work, during the last months ...

Source: newsweek.com
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RFK Jr. said Trump will remove fluoride from drinking water if elected. What does that mean?
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made waves over the weekend when he suggested that big changes could be coming to the nation's water supply if Donald Trump is elected president. Kennedy, the former presidential candidate and longtime public health skeptic, made comments on X suggesting that fluoride would be banned from public water supplies under a Trump administration. Here is an overview of his remarks and the reaction to ...

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Empty seats become a more common sight at Trump's final rallies
- has spent nearly a decade bragging about his crowds. Lately, he's been making the same boasts to swaths of empty seats. In his third presidential bid, Trump for the first time is facing an opponent who stages her own massive rallies, calling further attention to the fact that his crowds, however enthusiastic they are, sometimes have failed to fill large venues and often thinned out as he spoke. In North Carolina ...

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White supremacist planned to blow up Nashville power station with explosives-laden drone, Justice Department says
- A Tennessee man with ties to white nationalist groups has been arrested after federal prosecutors say he tried to use what he thought was a drone packed with explosives to destroy a power station  in Nashville, the Justice Department said Monday. Skyler Philippi, 24, was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility,  prosecutors said in a news ...

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US  
Elon Musk's $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge says
- PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes that Elon Musk 's political action committee is hosting in swing states can continue through Tuesday's presidential election, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Monday. Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta — ruling after Musk's lawyers said the winners are paid spokespeople and not chosen by chance — did not immediately explain his reasoning. ...

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Netflix Netherlands and France offices raided in tax fraud probe
- Offices of streaming giant Netflix in Paris and Amsterdam have been raided by the French and Dutch authorities as part of an investigation into tax fraud, French judicial sources say. Officials from the two countries have been co-operating on the case since the investigation was opened in November 2022. Netflix has not as yet made any specific comment on the raids, but insists it complies with tax laws wherever it ...

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Joe Rogan reveals presidential endorsement hours before election day
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. The podcasting titan said his latest guest Elon Musk had made 'the most compelling case for Donald Trump you'll hear' The popular podcaster Joe Rogan has endorsed Donald Trump , shoring up the former president's appeal to young men in the final 24 hours of the election. In a social media post on Monday ...

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WORLD   POLITICS  
Middle East latest: Dozens killed in Gaza as Israel says it targeted a weapons facility
- Israeli strikes killed at least 30 people in Gaza, including on a home where displaced families were sheltering, according to Palestinian health officials. Ten people were killed early Tuesday, including four children and two women, and a strike late Monday on the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya Israel has been waging a massive offensive in northern Gaza — which was already the most isolated and heavily ...

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Top Georgia court blocks extended deadline for county voters who received late-mailed ballots
- The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday blocked Cobb County, Georgia, election officials from counting a block of absentee ballots if they are received after 7 p.m. on Election Day. The state supreme court granted a Republican emergency request , report , the , , and . The Georgia Supreme Court affected Cobb County voters who requested ballots on time but did not receive them until shortly before Election Day. The ...

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TECHNOLOGY  
Google Claims World First As AI Finds 0-Day Security Vulnerability
- Update, Nov. 05, 2024: This story, originally published Nov. 04, now includes the results of research into the use of AI deepfakes. An AI agent has discovered a previously unknown, zero-day, exploitable memory-safety vulnerability in widely used real-world software. It's the first example, at least to be made public, of such a find, according to Google's Project Zero and DeepMind, the forces behind Big Sleep, the ...

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Supreme Court to review Louisiana congressional map in key voting rights challenge
- Monday's decision puts the spotlight back on an enforcement provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act, Section 2. While Louisiana's majority-Black District 6 will stand for Tuesday's election, the justices' eventual opinion could have repercussions in multiple states. WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review Louisiana's congressional map, which has garnered heightened legal attention ...

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Federal judges deny Missouri, Texas requests to block Justice Department election monitors
- Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A pair of federal judges rejected requests from the attorneys general of Missouri and Texas seeking to block the Justice Department's plan to send election monitors to polling places in their states on Election Day Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk ruled that Missouri did not adequately show that the presence of the Justice Department monitors would cause irreparable harm to the state and ...

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Amazon gets FAA approval for new delivery drone as it begins tests in Arizona
- Amazon  said Tuesday it received regulatory approval to begin flying a smaller, quieter version of its delivery drone, the latest step in its long-running efforts to get the futuristic program off the ground. The company  unveiled  the new drone, called the MK30, in November 2022. It said then that the MK30, in addition to the other changes, would fly through light rain and have twice the range of ...

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Rudy Giuliani's apartment was emptied weeks ago, victims in defamation case say
- Rudy Giuliani must appear in person in federal court on Thursday after two election workers who are to receive nearly all of his most valuable assets told a judge they believe the former Donald Trump attorney is hiding items from them. The complaint from the election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss – whom Giuliani owes nearly $150 million for defaming them after the 2020 election – comes after ...

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US   MARKETS  
Average age of first-time homebuyers is 38, an all-time high. Here's what that says about the real estate market
- In 2024, the median first-time homebuyer was 38 years old, according to the National Association of Realtors' 2024 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers report.  Factors including low inventory, wealthy competitors and high rent costs make it harder to buy a home for the first time, experts say. First-time homebuyers in the U.S. are getting older. The median first-time homebuyer has reached an all-time high age ...

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World's oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
- Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple.  . Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate designs left behind by engraved cylindrical seals that were rolled across clay tablets about 6,000 years ago. Scholars consider cuneiform the first writing system, and humans used its wedge-shaped characters to inscribe ...

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Meta's Data Center Expansion Hits an Unexpected Roadblock: Bees
- Like its Big Tech rivals, Meta (META) has been on a voracious spending spree lately to build data centers to power its A.I. ambition. But the Mark Zuckerberg -helmed company recently ran into an unusual problem: bees. Meta had reportedly been planning on establishing a new nuclear-powered data center in the U.S., but the company's deal came to an end amid environmental and regulatory issues that included the ...

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SCIENCE  
Fastest-feeding black hole found in the early universe
- Supermassive black holes reside at the centers of most galaxies, captivating scientists with their enormous gravitational pull. However, understanding how these black holes managed to grow so rapidly in the early universe has posed significant challenges.  A recent study led by Hyewon Suh of the International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab sheds light on this cosmic enigma. The team uncovered an extraordinary ...

Source: earth.com
US   POLITICS  
Where Can You Register to Vote on Election Day?
- Vote.gov provides state-specific instructions on how and where to register and what kind of identification is needed. Nearly half of U.S. states and Washington, D.C., allow voters to register and cast ballots on Election Day. Vote.gov provides state-specific instructions on how and where to register and what kind of identification is needed. Voters can also check their registration status there. Most states allow ...

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DIGITAL  
X-Ray Recaps on Amazon Prime Video might spoil your fun - TechBriefly
- Imagine having a savvy friend who remembers every show detail without spoiling the surprises - that's Amazon's new X-Ray Recaps, using AI to refresh your memory of Prime Video content right when you need it. X-Ray Recaps is a new tool on Amazon Prime Video that summarizes shows and movies quickly and spoiler-freely. This AI feature, available only on Prime Video, provides viewers with plot highlights, character ...

Source: techbriefly.com
TECHNOLOGY  
Meta Opens Its Llama AI to US Military and Contractors: Here's Why
- Henry is a managing editor and writer at Business2Community.com with a passion for writing and… Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The information on this page should be construed for information purposes only. We may earn commissions from the products mentioned on this site Meta Platforms is allowing multiple agencies of the United States government and several of its ...

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MARKETS  
Nintendo reports lower profits as demand drops for its aging Switch console
- TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario franchise, said Tuesday that its profit fell 60% in the first half of the fiscal year, as demand waned for its Switch console, now in its eighth year since going on sale. Kyoto-based Nintendo Co. reported a 108.7 billion yen ($715 million) profit for the April-September period, as sales slipped 34% from the previous year to 523 ...

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76ers' Joel Embiid suspended three games for shoving Philadelphia columnist
- Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was suspended by the NBA on Tuesday three games without pay for shoving a member of the media. Embiid's suspension will begin with the next NBA regular-season game for which he is eligible and able to play. The 2023 NBA MVP has yet to play this season because of what the 76ers call left knee management. The Sixers begin a road trip in Los Angeles against the Clippers on ...

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US   POLITICS  
The key counties to watch across the battleground states on election night
- Once the polls begin to close Election Day , all eyes will turn to the swing states across the country counting votes in the presidential race. And within those states, there are a handful of counties that could hold the keys to the outcome. Here's a look at some of the key counties to watch across the seven presidential battleground states, ordered by the state's final poll closing time (in Eastern Standard Time). ...

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US  
Ex-Ohio police officer found guilty of murder in 2020 Andre Hill shooting
- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Ohio police officer was found guilty of murder Monday in the 2020 shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man whose death led to law enforcement changes in Columbus. A Franklin County Common Pleas Court jury found Adam Coy, 48, guilty of murder, felonious assault, and reckless homicide in the December 2020 shooting of 47-year-old Hill. Judge Stephen McIntosh will sentence Coy, who faces life ...

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US   POLITICS  
Illinois man allegedly punched election judge in face after barging to front of voting line
- An Orland Park, Illinois , man allegedly punched an election judge in the face after barging his way past several voters at a local polling spot on Sunday, according to police. The Village of Orland Police Department said 24-year-old Daniel Schmidt was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a victim over 60 years of age, two counts of aggravated battery in a public place, five counts of resisting arrest ...

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