Notices by Flipboard News Desk (newsdesk@flipboard.social)

Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people were indicted on charges related to an attempted coup to keep the then-leader in office after his 2022 election defeat to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the country’s federal police say. Bolsonaro has denied involvement. The ex-president is also under investigation for diamond smuggling and COVID-19 fraud. Read more from @AssociatedPress.

https://flip.it/Wzvyr5

#Bolsonaro #Brazil #Crime #Coup #SouthAmerica #Lula

A bomb cyclone in the Northwest U.S. leaves hundreds of thousands without power and at least one person dead.

@CBSNews reports: "The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday and hurricane-force wind warnings were in effect as the strongest atmospheric river — a large plume of moisture — that California and the Pacific Northwest have seen this season overwhelmed the region."

https://flip.it/XUJjZR

@AssociatedPress has an explainer on bomb cyclones: https://flip.it/VO4t6_

#BombCyclone #Weather #Storm #News

"Donald Trump has announced that Elon Musk will head up the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in his second administration alongside venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy."

@Independent reports: "Under Musk, the new office — which will operate 'outside of government' — will advise on gutting federal departments and which staff should be fired if it deems they are a 'massive waste.'"

https://flip.it/zABV_d

#ElonMusk #DOGE #Trump #USPolitics #VivekRamaswamy #Politics #News

Qatar has suspended its work as a mediator in ceasefire and hostage negotiations between Israel and Hamas. "Qatar notified the parties 10 days ago during the last attempts to reach an agreement, that it would stall its efforts to mediate between Hamas and Israel if an agreement was not reached in that round," a statement from the Qatari foreign ministry said. @BBCNews has more: https://flip.it/8_aJ3Q
#News #WorldNews #Israel #Hamas #Qatar #War #MiddleEastConflict

Donald Trump's victory sparks record $64 billion gain for the world's 10 richest people, including Elon Musk.

@bloomberg reports: "The net worth of billionaires led by Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, surged by $63.5 billion on Wednesday. ... Musk alone added $26.5 billion to his pot. Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos and Oracle Corp.’s Larry Ellison were also among the top gainers."

Gift link: https://flip.it/KLWJdR

#ElonMusk #Billionaires #Trump #JeffBezos #USPolitics #Politics

Donald Trump will be the 47th U.S. president, defeating Kamala Harris, per multiple projections.

@AssociatedPress has Trump winning 277 Electoral College votes to Harris' 224. Several states have not yet been called but Trump has surpassed the 270 needed to win.

While the votes are still being tabulated, Trump is also winning the popular vote, 51-47.5%

https://flip.it/mOr_tQ

To learn more about the Electoral College: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-electoral-college-works/

#Trump #Harris #USElection #Election #News #Politics #USPolitics

In the U.S., "Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed Tuesday a bomb threat was made against a polling place, but he said it was of Russian origin and not credible."

“They’re up to mischief it seems,” he added, about the Russians. “They don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election.”

@USAToday reports: https://flip.it/8vH66H

#Georgia #USElection #Russia #Raffensperger #Election #USPolitics #Politics #News

A former police officer in Ohio was found guilty for the fatal 2020 shooting of an unarmed Black man. A jury took under three days to convict Adam Coy for the murder of 47-year-old Andre Hill, who was holding a cellphone and a set of keys when he was shot four times after Coy ordered him to emerge from a darkened garage. Read more from news-abc@flipboard.com.

https://flip.it/z.T-Ny

#Ohio #Justice #CriminalJustice #BLM #Police #Policing

Rumors, misleading allegations and outright lies about voting and fraud are flooding online spaces in unprecedented numbers just two days ahead of the U.S. election. @BBCNews has more, including where the posts are coming from: https://flip.it/FbH5kR
#News #WorldNews #USA #Election #Politics #USPolitics

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged his country’s allies to stop “watching” and take steps before North Korean troops deployed in Russia engage in the battlefield. Al Jazeera reports: https://flip.it/p5WSpI
#News #WorldNews #Ukraine #Russia #War #UkraineRussiaWar

Texas hospitals must now ask patients whether they’re in the U.S. legally. Here’s how it works.

@AssociatedPress reports: "Critics fear the change could scare people away from hospitals in Texas, even though patients are not required to answer the questions to receive medical care. The mandate is similar to a policy that debuted last year in Florida."

https://flip.it/eMCo_W

For more state and local politics news, follow @state-and-local-ElectionCentral

#Texas #Immigration #Migrants #USPolitics #Politics

The biggest typhoon to directly hit Taiwan in nearly 30 years has made landfall on the island’s eastern coast. Before making landfall, Typhoon Kong-rey hit sustained winds of 200kph, the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. Schools and businesses closed and residents emptied supermarkets as the storm approached the country. The typhoon has killed at least one person and injured 70 so far, authorities say. Read more from @BBCNews.

https://flip.it/Yzd.34

#Taiwan #Storm #Typhoon #Climate #Weather #Asia

When the LA Times' owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, killed its endorsement of Kamala Harris, he also quashed a multi-part series, tentatively called "The Case Against Trump," @TheWrap says. So far, three staffers — editorial writer Karin Klein, Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Green and editorials editor Mariel Garza have quit over the lack of endorsement, with Klein calling Soon-Shiong a "chickensh**." To date, the LA Times Guild is the only institution from the paper that has commented publicly. Here's more — free registration may be required to read the full article.

https://flip.it/AXqtI9

#LATimes #Politics #USPolitics #DonaldTrump #Media #Journalism

“If Mr. Trump returns, we will open multiple bottles of champagne,” Hungary’s far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said during a news conference. It is unusual for European leaders to weigh in on elections in the United States, but former President Donald Trump and Orbán have had an openly friendly relationship. The fondness isn’t shared by other Republicans. Read more from @CBSNews.

https://flip.it/6FENqw

#Trump #Orban #Hungary #Europe #Republicans

Mark Prompakdee, a 71-year-old retiree who lives in the Twin City mobile home park in Florida with his older brother, spent Hurricane Helene camping out in a parking lot on higher ground. With no family or friends who can take them in and Hurricane Milton approaching, he says he has no other choice but to do it again. “They’re saying, ‘Get out of here,’” Prompakdee said. “Where?” Read more from NBC News.
|
https://flip.it/AZoySO

#Hurricane #Milton #Florida #Storm #Helene

Weather forecaster AccuWeather has estimated that the financial damages due to Hurricane Helene are $225 to $250 billion, doubling their figure from last week’s Florida landfall, dwarfing the economic costs of Sandy in 2012 and Harvey in 2017. The number is estimated by calculating the cost of rebuilding homes, businesses and infrastructure on top of the loss of economic output. Read more from The @Grist.

https://flip.it/TRski2

#Helene #NorthCarolina #Tennessee #Hurricane #Economy

In a new court filing, U.S. special counsel Jack Smith says former President Donald Trump and his allies “resorted to crimes” in an attempt to keep him in power after losing the 2020 election. He also blames Trump’s rhetoric for fomenting violence, saying he is responsible for “the tinderbox that he purposely ignited on January 6.” Read more from @abc.

https://flip.it/TbxSse

#Trump #Crime #Election #2020 #JackSmith #January6th

A research team in the United Kingdom identified a new blood group system called MAL in which proteins called antigens are missing from red blood cells. They also developed a test to identify patients who fall into the blood group, which would allow for better blood transfusions and could potentially save thousands of lives a year. Read more from @BBCNews.

https://flip.it/8kD-U1

#Blood #Health #Medicine #Research #Doctor

Florida's new COVID-19 booster guidance is straight-up misinformation.

From CBS News: "In what has become a pattern of spreading vaccine misinformation, the Florida health department is telling older Floridians and others at highest risk from COVID-19 to avoid most booster shots, saying they are potentially dangerous. Clinicians and scientists denounced the message as politically fueled scaremongering that also weakens efforts to protect against diseases like measles and whooping cough."

https://flip.it/5Atmex

For more fact checks, follow @fact-check-ElectionCentral

#COVID19 #COVID #Misinformation #FactCheck #Florida #Desantis #PublicHealth

Donald Trump says crime is soaring in America, and that immigrants are to blame. But the data tell another story.

From the Los Angeles Times: "Violent crime shot up across the country at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 while Trump was president, but has since come down sharply. Studies for years have shown that immigrants are less likely than U.S.-born citizens to be incarcerated for committing crimes."

Registration may be required: https://flip.it/98_eu3

For ongoing coverage, follow @immigration-AxiosNews

#Trump #FactCheck #Debate #Immigration #Crime #USPolitics #Politics #News