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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 14, 2024

Emergency THAAD Deployment To Israel Heightens Concerns On Strain To U.S. Air Defenses

IDF Discovers Expansive Hezbollah Underground Compound Stocked With Weapons

Over 86% of surveyed health care providers are short on IV fluids

‘Mystery Drones’ Penetrate Restricted U.S. Air Space in Virginia, Pentagon Stumped Related: Five Chinese graduates of UMich were caught spying on US military base

Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence—experts want it to stop

Scientists cast doubt on claims Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Spain

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 13, 2024

US sending air defense systems, troops to Israel

Is divorce coming to the Philippines?

The Missing Dockworkers

SpaceX Starship Launch and Historic Catch Was Good

Link above has more media, this is just straight up reporting. SpaceX catches returning rocket in mid-air, turning a fanciful idea into reality

Study finds Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe

Possible trigger of Crohn’s disease discovered: Dysfunctional mitochondria disrupt the gut microbiome

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 11, 2024

Russia launches counterattack in Kursk region, reportedly seizing over 14 square miles in a day and threatening to surround Ukrainian troops

Iran Interrogating Top General Over Israeli Strikes That Dismantled Hezbollah Leadership

A visual guide to the damage caused by Hurricane Milton

New York Is on the Hook for Billions to Replace Lead Pipes

Some of those donations then earned Adams’s campaign even more money through the city’s generous public financing program, which uses taxpayer funds to match eligible donations at a rate of $8 to $1.

U.S.A. facts of the day

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 10, 2024

The Russian army is increasingly relying on older recruits — but frontline soldiers say ‘grandpas’ aren’t fit for war

Zelenskiy sets up Ministry of Unity to save Ukraine from demographic disaster

North Korea Wading Deeper Into Russia’s War Against Ukraine

In first public comments on Wildberries shooting, Kadyrov declares ‘blood feud’ against federal lawmakers who he claims ordered his murder

Esmail Qaani under guard and questioned as Iran probes Nasrallah killing. Head of Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force not wounded but swept up in major investigation into Iranian security breaches, sources tell Middle East Eye

Who is Germany’s far-right AfD leader Alice Weidel?

China hacked Verizon and AT&T, may have accessed US wiretap systems

More educational for me then I would have thought. Do U.S. Ports Need More Automation?

Student Association Congress at Binghamton U. Rescinds BDS Resolution From the Spring

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 9, 2024

Israel’s Oct. 7 Early Warning Failure: Who Is to Blame?

Analysis: Iran threatens Israeli civil and nuclear infrastructure on October 7 anniversary

Navy Says 26 Ships Affected by Faulty Welds at Newport News Shipyard in Virginia

It was revealed this weekend that Chinese hackers managed to access systems run by three of the largest internet service providers (ISPs) in the US. What’s notable about the attack is that it compromised security backdoors deliberately created to allow for wiretaps by US law enforcement.

Net interest payments are projected to eat over 20% of federal revenues in 2025, unprecedented for the US in modern history. The future could be much worse.

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with governor’s 400-year veto