November, 2024

• 5 November

  Russian Plot Placed Incendiary Devices on Cargo Planes in Europe, Officials Say

  Western officials are investigating whether devices planted at shipping hubs in Europe may have been a test run by Russian operatives for placing them on planes bound for the U.S. Source link

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• 5 November

  An Election Denial Group Has Spent Months Compiling ‘Suspicious Voter’ Lists in North Carolina

  

  A group in North Carolina with more than 2,000 members is compiling lists of so-called “suspicious voters” in their state with the intent of challenging their votes en masse on Election Day and the days following. The technology comes from EagleAI Network, a company that helps identify potential targets of …

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• 5 November

  NFL Power Rankings Week 10: Something nice about every team, starting with Lions, Chiefs

  

  The Power Rankings are aware that there may be bigger news around the country today, and that makes Week 10 the perfect time for us to focus on the positive. Our regular readers know that the comments on this piece each week trend away from our better angels as a …

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• 5 November

  What’s on My Ballot Today? How to Find Out Quickly This Election Day

  

  The 2024 presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has reached its endgame, as Election Day has arrived with over 85 million people already voting early. If you’ve already got your plan to vote sorted, you can do even more to prepare yourself before heading …

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• 5 November

  ‘Love Is Blind’ Resets, ‘Survivor’ Stalls: A Reality TV Check-in

  A palate-cleanse conversation about the state of legacy reality franchises, and what might come next for them. Source link

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• 5 November

  Boeing ‘adds another check’ to turnaround list as worker strike ends

  

  Boeing’s (BA) turnaround efforts had stalled amid a seven-week strike by its biggest union that cost the company billions and set back production of its jets. That particular risk to its stock has now been removed. The strike by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) ended Monday …

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• 5 November

  Irish Leader Plans to Call Election Later This Week

  Simon Harris, Ireland’s prime minister, said Tuesday that he would dissolve Parliament later this week, setting the stage for a general election by the end of the month. Source link

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• 5 November

  Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Set Off a Race to the Bottom

  

  But for years, public pressure from government officials, civil society, and the media pushed tech companies to invest in teams and tools that could at least somewhat address issues of hate speech or misinformation on their platforms, so they could say they were making a good faith effort to deal …

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• 5 November

  Michael Jordan’s 23XI, NASCAR have first preliminary hearing regarding antitrust lawsuit

  

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — 23XI Racing co-owners Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin started off NASCAR championship week by facing the sanctioning body in federal court. 23XI, which along with Front Row Motorsports is suing NASCAR and its CEO Jim France for antitrust violations, had its first in-person courtroom showdown with NASCAR …

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• 5 November

  Can I Still Request a Mail-in Ballot Today, on Election Day?

  

  Mail-in voting is one of the major modern conveniences afforded to US voters, but with Election Day finally upon us, a few states will still let you request a mail-in ballot today to vote. Mail-in ballots — known sometimes as “absentee ballots” — are an increasingly common method of voting, …

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