News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Parched fields and damaging blazes: The Northeast drought and wildfires in photos. https://t.co/OADjp1UoZr
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 15, 2024
Federal law enforcement officials say they stopped a Texas man from carrying out a possible terrorist attack in Houston. https://t.co/jU0uLi0wfc
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 15, 2024
Four people were arrested in California for insurance fraud after they filed claims that bears damaged their vehicles — only for investigators to find that it was allegedly a “person in a bear costume,” the state’s Department of Insurance said. Insurance companies were defrauded… pic.twitter.com/3DQ9Rw1c3Z
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 15, 2024
General Motors lays off roughly 1,000 employees to cut costs and realign priorities, according to a person familiar with the decision. https://t.co/W2zODXeeWn
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 15, 2024
British jets were scrambled to monitor a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying close to U.K. airspace, the defense minister in London said. https://t.co/7T24LimbWK
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 15, 2024
CNN got rare, exclusive access inside El Salvador's Cecot prison, where some of the country's most notorious gang members are held. David Culver tours the controversial high-security facility with prison officials, capturing firsthand accounts from inmates https://t.co/haOFa7um37 pic.twitter.com/CxJwvJB6ci
— CNN (@CNN) November 14, 2024
VIDEO: 🇷🇺 Authorities have ordered the closure of Moscow's award-winning Gulag History Museum, dedicated to the victims of Soviet-era repression. The closure was officially put down to alleged violations of fire safety regulations#AFPVertical pic.twitter.com/W8jitQSQYT
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 15, 2024
VIDEO: 🇪🇸 Spain's eastern, southern regions survive fresh rain alert
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 15, 2024
The traumatised Valencia region emerged unscathed from the most recent storm and rain alert, two weeks after the country's deadliest floods in decades killed more than 200 people there#AFPVertical pic.twitter.com/6GwWI4xC6x
The far side of the moon once had erupting volcanoes too https://t.co/5vxpXTUWmK
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 15, 2024
The last supermoon of 2024, also known as the beaver moon, will peak at its biggest and brightest around 4:29 p.m. Eastern time Friday. https://t.co/awQmAlkX6g
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 15, 2024
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