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November 2: Florida Jet Crash and Michigan Senate Endorsement Reversal
In Florida
All nine people aboard a Learjet 60 died when it crashed in a Palm Beach County neighborhood on Sunday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. The plane was traveling from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas. Governor Ron DeSantis told reporters there appeared to be no casualties on the ground.
In Israel
Israel’s election body says the deadlocked election result will stand even if allegations of foreign interference prove true. Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed the election was stolen.
In artificial intelligence
Anthropic has restricted Claude Code from recreating specific existing video games. Independent developers also report refusals for projects they describe as legitimate, including commissioned game-related work.
In Michigan
Democratic Representative Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for the Senate after losing the Democratic primary to Abdul El-Sayed. Representative Jamie Raskin said Stevens had assured him the night before that she would support El-Sayed. State Democratic Party chair Curtis Hertel Jr. said Stevens was expelled from the party, while national Democratic leaders reaffirmed their support for El-Sayed. El-Sayed’s campaign says it raised $1.2 million in four hours after the endorsement reversal.
On climate
A United Nations-backed report warns that even temporarily exceeding the Paris agreement’s target of one-point-five degrees Celsius could cause permanent, widespread losses of snow and ice, including glaciers and polar ice sheets. The report says warming should be brought back below one degree after an overshoot. It challenges the idea that warming of two or three degrees could be a manageable alternative to urgent emissions cuts.
In U.S. shootings
Six people, including a student, were shot near the University of Delaware. In Sussex County, one person was killed and eight others were injured at an outdoor party. Police say their preliminary investigation indicates an unidentified suspect fired into the crowd from a neighboring property.
In Western Sahara
The United Nations is warning of security risks as its peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends. The mission, known as MINURSO, has operated in the disputed region since a ceasefire in 1991.
On voting records
The Justice Department is seeking sanctions over a database analysis challenging its claims about noncitizen voting. In court papers filed Saturday, attorneys for an immigrant rights group said more than 40 percent of the people on the list they examined do not appear in the state’s voter file.
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