Final results in Israel’s wartime election showed no clear winner, with Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp running neck and neck. The result could lead to weeks of negotiations as both sides seek to form a government.
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The election took place in Israel during the war in the Middle East.
Final results showed no clear winner.
Gadi Eisenkot leads the opposition bloc.
The opposition bloc and Netanyahu’s camp were closely matched.
The projections indicated a setback for Netanyahu’s coalition.
Neither side had a clear path to power.
Forming a government could take weeks of political negotiations.
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Israel’s final election results left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc without a majority, setting up negotiations among parties with sharply different views. Parties need to assemble at least 61 seats in the 120-seat Knesset; if government-formation attempts fail, Israel could hold another election early next year.
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Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats, the main opposition bloc won 48, and Arab-led parties won 19.
The results must be certified and submitted to President Isaac Herzog before he assigns someone to form a government.
Herzog may choose Netanyahu or another person whom party leaders consider best suited to form a government.
Opposition parties face a choice between partnering with Arab-led parties and joining Netanyahu in a unity government.
Netanyahu and his Likud party repeated claims that Arab-led parties had stolen the election, but the claims were unsubstantiated.
Election committee head Noam Sohlberg asked the Shin Bet security agency to investigate possible foreign interference, saying he could not verify the claims.
The election commission said the reported investigation did not affect the final results being submitted to the president.
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Newsweek’s newsletter examines how companies can turn AI and digital technology into lasting business results. It highlights Atlassian research on AI’s hidden workload and examples from travel, manufacturing, insurance and drug safety that show the importance of reliable data, careful implementation and human oversight.
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S&P Global executives are scheduled to discuss enterprise AI in a Newsweek webinar on Nov. 4.
The newsletter identifies trusted, well-maintained data as a possible source of advantage as more companies gain access to similar AI models.
Travelport is working with Cognizant and Anthropic to modernize and test software for bookings, refunds and travel disruptions.
Toyota Motor North America says its broader digital transformation has returned $3 for every $1 invested over roughly five or six years.
Toyota uses machine learning for demand forecasting and supply-chain planning.
Talcott Financial Group connected 12 technology systems to launch three annuity products in about one year.
A GSK and Cognizant discussion considers automating drug-safety work while keeping qualified professionals responsible for regulated decisions.
The article says Atlassian research found that AI can save product teams time while also creating work to check agents, reprompt chats and clean up generated results.
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Republicans and Democrats face a pivotal midterm election, with President Donald Trump’s political influence at stake. Some Republican candidates have started to distance themselves from Trump as voters prepare to cast ballots Tuesday.
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The article says the major political parties are at a crossroads.
The midterm vote is scheduled for Tuesday.
Trump has reshaped the Republican Party over the past decade, according to the article.
The article says Trump faces the possibility of a voter backlash.
Some Republican candidates have begun distancing themselves from Trump.
The article describes Trump as an 80-year-old lame-duck president.
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Senator Chris Murphy accused the Trump administration of contributing to Egypt’s crackdown on independent journalism by waiving human rights conditions on $320 million in military aid. The State Department said it granted the waiver in September because of Egypt’s national security importance and security cooperation with the United States.
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Murphy serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and spoke at the Middle East Institute in Washington.
He said the release of the aid and the arrests of journalists were linked.
Egyptian authorities arrested six journalists from the independent fact-checking platform Matsda2sh earlier this month and charged them with belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
A Cairo court ordered the closure of the news website Madr Masa and fined its editor-in-chief, Lina Attalah.
The State Department said Secretary of State Marco Rubio waived human rights conditions on $320 million in aid on national security grounds.
A September 4 memo cited Egypt’s role in negotiations between the United States and Iran and its assistance following Operation Epic Fury.
The United States provides Egypt about $1.73 billion in military assistance each year, according to the article.
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Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, says attackers stole $6.3bn by accessing its internal systems through a compromised engineer’s laptop and other breach points. Experts cited in the article say North Korea may be responsible; Binance says it will repay customers from its own funds.
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The reported $6.3bn theft could be the largest known heist of any kind, according to crypto-crime consultancy Elliptic.
The amount is more than four times the $1.5bn stolen from the Bybit exchange in a hack the previous year.
The attackers reportedly drained internet-connected “hot” wallets rather than directly stealing private keys.
More than $2.5bn was taken in a single transaction, the article says.
Binance reported additional breach points in its systems alongside the compromised engineer’s laptop.
Binance handles trades worth about $95bn daily, according to the article.
The article says the cryptocurrency market is worth about $2.7tn and includes more than 22,000 coins, according to CoinGecko.
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The Food and Drug Administration plans to update nutrition standards for infant formula. Pediatrician Dr. Amanda Kravitz discussed the planned changes in a CBS News segment.
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The FDA plans to update nutrition standards for infant formula.
The article focuses on changes to infant formula standards.
Pediatrician Dr. Amanda Kravitz discussed the changes.
CBS News presented the discussion as a video segment.
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ExxonMobil and Chevron beat analyst estimates for the third quarter, supported by higher prices and strong production. Meanwhile, U.S. drivers faced much higher fuel costs: AAA put average gasoline at $4.20 a gallon and diesel at $6.32, with voters citing living costs as a major election concern.
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ExxonMobil reported adjusted third-quarter profit of $4.23 per share, above the $4.12 analyst estimate.
ExxonMobil revenue rose 33% to $113.16 billion for the three months ended in September.
ExxonMobil raised its quarterly dividend to $1.07 per share and announced a $20 billion stock buyback plan.
Chevron reported third-quarter earnings of $9.9 billion, or $5.06 per share, and revenue of $67.8 billion; both exceeded estimates.
AAA reported average U.S. gasoline prices of $4.20 per gallon, nearly $1.20 higher than a year earlier, and diesel at about $6.32 per gallon.
ExxonMobil said its Gulf Coast refineries operated at full capacity and diesel production reached its second-highest level on record.
Chevron said its quarterly results included one month of production in Venezuela, where it plans to invest $7 billion over five years.
A Harris poll for the Guardian found that 36% of voters named the rising cost of living as the most important issue in the election.
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Evacuations and aid deliveries began Friday in Oleshky, a Russian-controlled city in Ukraine’s Kherson region, after a ceasefire took effect earlier in the week. Ukrainian and Russian officials gave different accounts of the crisis and the evacuation arrangements, while Ukrainian officials said some residents feared they might not be allowed to return to Ukrainian-held territory.
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Oleshky has been under Russian control since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
The article says a ceasefire brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump began at 3 a.m. local time Tuesday and appeared to hold.
Officials said about 2,000 people, including around 50 children, remained in Oleshky before the evacuation began.
Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, said Ukrainian teams had reached the city and were working under agreements with Russia’s human rights commissioner.
Ukrainian officials said demining around Oleshky had finished, allowing roads into the city to reopen.
Ukraine said it was transporting residents who wanted to leave to Ukrainian-held territory; reports said several hundred people chose to stay.
A Russian-installed Kherson official said temporary accommodation was available in Russia and Russian-occupied areas, including Crimea.
Ukrainian officials said they feared evacuees might not be allowed to return to Ukrainian-held territory.
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NASA researchers identified Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in Mali’s Sahara Desert in 2022, as a roughly 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars. Its minerals and evidence of ancient water offer clues about how the planet’s crust formed and changed.
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The nearly two-pound meteorite was named Teghaza 001 after the salt plain where it was found.
Researchers used its chemical and mineral composition to identify it as Martian.
NASA said it is among the three oldest Martian meteorites discovered on Earth.
The rock contains volcanic minerals, including zircon crystals, that match observations of Mars’ southern highlands.
An age-dating method analyzed individual mineral grains in a sample smaller than a fingernail.
The analysis found that Martian water altered the rock about 4.1 billion years ago, though the rock itself may have formed earlier.
Researchers said the findings suggest early Mars may have had a more active water cycle than previously thought.
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The New York Times reported that Alaska Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited a man named Dan Sullivan, who shares the name of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, to run for the seat. Peltola denies the report. CBS News correspondent Jonah Kaplan spoke with neighbors of the second Dan Sullivan, who disagreed about his character.
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The race is for a U.S. Senate seat in Alaska.
The incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan is Peltola’s opponent.
The New York Times alleged that Peltola’s campaign recruited a second Dan Sullivan to run.
Peltola denied the report.
Jonah Kaplan traveled to Alaska to speak with neighbors of the second Dan Sullivan.
The neighbors disagreed about whether the second Dan Sullivan was a nice person or a hoaxer.
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Pope Leo XIV voted by mail in the 2026 Illinois midterm elections, the Vatican said, making him the first sitting pope known to vote in a U.S. election. The Vatican said he supports citizens’ participation in democratic processes and has voted in U.S. and Peruvian elections when eligible.
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Leo XIV is a U.S. citizen and submitted his ballot in Chicago, according to the Vatican.
The ballot must travel from Vatican City to Joliet, Illinois, where he is registered to vote.
The ballot includes Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s reelection race.
It also includes the race to succeed Sen. Dick Durbin and a House contest between Democratic Rep. Jonathan Jackson and Republican Christian Maxwell.
Leo XIV has voted in both Democratic and Republican primaries during the past two decades, the article reports.
The Vatican said he also voted when eligible during his years living in Peru.
Joliet radio station WJOL reported on Oct. 23 that the pope had requested a mail-in ballot.
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Archaeologists found personal items, coins, cooking vessels and other objects inside a wooden wardrobe in a Pompeii home. Among them was a child’s charm necklace, called a crepundia, which could help parents keep track of children and identify them.
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The wardrobe was found in a home on Via dell’Abbondanza, a busy street in Pompeii.
The objects included tweezers, a glass perfume bottle, an incense burner and a bronze lantern.
The crepundia necklace had more than 20 charms made from different materials and depicting figures including the gods Bes and Mercury.
Archaeologists also found 38 bronze coins, cooking pots and a wooden box with lead weights, which may indicate that a resident was a tradesperson.
Pompeii Archaeological Park director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said the money and personal belongings may have been left behind when residents fled the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
The home had been linked to a person named Cornelius Maximus based on inscriptions, and its facade was first excavated in 1912.
Excavations are also underway in the servants’ quarters at the Villa of the Mysteries to learn more about daily life and the household economy.
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Israeli forces demolished the homes of two Palestinians accused of carrying out a shooting in Hebron that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others. A military siege imposed on Hebron after the shooting has displaced more than 4,000 residents.
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The demolished homes belonged to two Palestinians accused of involvement in the shooting.
The shooting killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others.
The shooting took place in Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces imposed a military siege on Hebron after the shooting.
The siege has forcibly displaced more than 4,000 residents.
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Some creators on TikTok and other social media platforms are pretending to take money from people through Apple Pay as part of a prank. CBS News correspondent Tom Hanson reports on the trend.
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The prank appears in videos posted on TikTok and other social media platforms.
Creators pretend to swipe money from members of the public.
The videos present Apple Pay as the payment method involved.
CBS News describes the prank as cruel.
Tom Hanson reports on the prank for CBS News.
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Content creators are posting a prank on social media in which they pretend to take money from members of the public using Apple Pay. CBS News reporter Tom Hanson reports on the prank.
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The article describes the videos as a new prank.
Content creators are posting the videos on social media platforms.
The creators pretend to take money from members of the public.
The prank involves Apple Pay, Apple's digital payment service.
The article characterizes the prank as cruel.
Tom Hanson reports on the prank for CBS News.
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Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola said she knew nothing about an effort to recruit another candidate named Dan Sullivan for Alaska’s ballot. The Justice Department has issued new grand jury subpoenas as part of a criminal investigation, while Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a separate state investigation. President Donald Trump questioned whether Peltola should be allowed to run and later said she should be removed from the ballot and prosecuted.
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Peltola is challenging Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who is seeking re-election.
The additional candidate is Dan J. Sullivan Jr., a retiree with little political experience, according to the article.
A person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press that federal subpoenas and records-preservation demands were issued after a New York Times report about Peltola’s campaign and the recruitment effort.
The recipients and number of federal subpoenas were not immediately clear, and more subpoenas were expected, the source said.
Republicans have accused Democrats of recruiting the second Dan Sullivan to confuse voters and split support for the incumbent.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced plans for a criminal investigation and said the reporting supported earlier findings by the state elections board.
Trump said he doubted Peltola could be allowed to run and later called for her removal from the ballot and prosecution.
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California voters are set to decide on Proposition 40, a proposed one-time 5% tax on billionaires who lived in the state on January 1, 2026. The measure grew from a union-led effort to address expected health coverage losses linked to federal cuts and has become a costly, divisive campaign, drawing opposition from tech billionaires and support from progressive politicians and public figures.
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SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West president Dave Regan helped develop the proposal after President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 4.
The article says the federal law will cut about $1 trillion in Medicaid, Affordable Care Act and other health funding over a decade.
The article estimates that more than 3.4 million Californians could lose health coverage when the law takes effect in January.
Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires living in California on January 1, 2026.
The proposal would direct revenue to health programs as well as some education and food assistance.
Opponents, including tech billionaires, have contributed more than $356 million to political action committees opposing the measure.
The opposition campaign spent more than $42.8 million in the first two weeks of October, according to the latest campaign filings cited in the article.
Supporters have promoted the measure through social media and rallies featuring figures including Bernie Sanders, Shepard Fairey and Mark Ruffalo.
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The article outlines expert recommendations for preparing a household emergency kit, following the UK government’s Be Ready campaign. Experts advise keeping first-aid supplies and medicines, a battery or wind-up radio, and other basic provisions at home.
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The UK government launched its Be Ready emergency-preparedness campaign in October.
Experts recommend a first-aid kit with sterile dressings, tape, bandages, scissors, tweezers and gloves.
Suggested household medical supplies include a thermometer, paracetamol, ibuprofen, antihistamines, Imodium and rehydration sachets.
The article recommends taking a basic first-aid course; St John Ambulance and the British Red Cross offer courses.
The government advises households to keep a battery-powered or wind-up radio for use if communication channels fail.
Some wind-up radios include a torch and a USB port for charging a phone.
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GhostTube Seer is a subscription app that uses phone sensor signals to generate words and images that paranormal investigators interpret as possible evidence of ghosts. Its creators have featured it in investigations, while some paranormal researchers question what data its AI uses and whether AI-generated content changes the nature of ghost hunting.
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Amy Waine and Jarrad Cutting developed GhostTube Seer.
The app uses signals from a phone’s built-in magnetometer to select words and phrases, then generates images.
The app requires a paid monthly subscription and has more than one million downloads, according to its Google Play listing.
Waine and Cutting used Seer during an investigation at the Winchester Mystery House and interpreted its generated images in relation to the home.
The app launched in 2023, according to the article.
Some paranormal forums, including the r/Nosleep subreddit, prohibit AI-generated stories.
Paranormal researcher Alex Matsuo questioned what data AI ghost-hunting tools use to identify or depict ghosts.
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