Politics & World
Herzog Taps Eisenkot to Form Israeli Government
President Isaac Herzog on Saturday gave opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the mandate to try to form Israel’s next government after an election left no bloc with a majority.
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Israel Coalition Bid, Anthropic IPO, and FAA Floppy Disks
Eisenkot gets the nod to form Israel’s next government, Berkshire buys back billions, and a retired professor reinvents himself as a Taylor Swift scholar.
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Politics & World
CENTCOM Disables Cargo Ship, Launches Blockade Task Force
U.S. Central Command said a military aircraft struck and disabled a commercial cargo ship in the…
Sources: The Hill, Stars and Stripes, Washington Examiner
Business
Berkshire Buys Back $9.6 Billion as Profit Falls
Berkshire Hathaway said Saturday it repurchased $9.6 billion of its own stock in the third quarter…
Sources: AP News, CNBC Top News
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The age, in years, of dinosaur bones in which scientists chemically confirmed preserved traces of blood. Researchers had long assumed fragile biological molecules couldn’t survive anywhere near that long, and the find is forcing a rethink of those limits.
Source: Science Daily
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The self-making world
Why Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’s vision of self-making life — long dismissed as evolution’s great wrong turn — deserves another look. (Read)
Aeon · Jessica Riskin
CARE packages provided a lifeline for World War II survivors — an 80-year legacy
How CARE turned leftover Army rations into packages that became a lifeline for World War II survivors — and an 80-year humanitarian legacy. (Read)
Smithsonian
The international power broker trying to normalize Hamas
How international power broker Mohammed Dahlan is maneuvering to normalize Hamas amid questions over Palestinian elections and negotiations with Israel. (Read)
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- Wednesday, Nov. 11
The U.S. observes Veterans Day, with federal offices and banks closed as the nation honors its military veterans.
Etcetera
- ‘Dracula’ almost went to print under a very different name
- Eight mischievous gargoyles and grotesques hiding in plain sight
- Sled dog races and snow festivals you’ll only find in Anchorage
- The mom who swapped streaming for a VHS player — and says the tantrums stopped
- This retired professor, 72, reinvented himself as a Taylor Swift scholar
- NASA will fly your name to Saturn’s moon Titan
Today’s clickbait, so you don’t have toA Dad Left His 6-Year-Old at Target — to Hold His Spot in the Pokémon Card Line
On this day · November 8
The Historybook- 1889Montana is admitted to the Union as the 41st US state
- 1895Wilhelm Röntgen discovers X-rays while experimenting in his Würzburg laboratory
- 1923Adolf Hitler’s failed Beer Hall Putsch begins in Munich
- 1960John F. Kennedy narrowly defeats Richard Nixon in the presidential election
- 2016Donald Trump defeats Hillary Clinton to win the US presidency
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Quote of the day
“I did not think; I investigated.”
— Wilhelm Röntgen, when asked what he thought upon discovering X-rays on this date in 1895
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