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November 4: Senate Race Projections and Greenland’s U.S. Deal
At ITER
ITER has successfully tested a 330-metric-ton superconducting fusion magnet at half its planned operating current. Engineers cooled the coil to minus 269 degrees Celsius and energized it to 34 kiloamperes, measuring how it deformed under electromagnetic forces. ITER’s lead mechanical engineer says it behaved as models predicted. The coil now goes into storage before installation, with testing intended to catch problems before the reactor’s magnets are integrated.
AI-powered pet scams
Scammers are using AI-generated images of missing pets to demand reward money. Cat owners say they received threats that their animals would be killed unless they paid. The images are being used to exploit people searching for their pets.
In U.S. elections
Decision Desk HQ projects Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito will win a third term in West Virginia, defeating Democrat Rachel Fetty Anderson. It also projects Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff will defeat Republican Congressman Mike Collins in Georgia, with 11 percent of precincts reporting.
In Virginia, Decision Desk HQ projects Democratic Senator Mark Warner will win a fourth term, defeating retired Army General Bert Mizusawa. That projection came shortly after polls closed, with no votes yet reported.
School threats in Italy
A Rome school was evacuated after a bomb threat as an anonymous email reached 271 Italian schools on November second, 2026. The email claimed to represent Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and named Ryanair flight FR4438, traveling from Riga to Rome Fiumicino, which was airborne at the time.
Florida jet crash
A business jet crashed in Florida, killing all nine people aboard. The pilot was a longtime aviator, a husband and a father.
Bee honey research
Researchers writing in PLOS One report that honey from an Australian native stingless bee stopped the growth of every bacterial type they tested, including E. coli and golden staph. Propolis, the resin-and-wax material bees use in nests, inhibited certain fungi. These laboratory findings do not show that either product can treat infections in people. Further safety and effectiveness testing is needed.
Greenland’s agreement
Greenland has approved a three-way agreement with Denmark and the United States after months of pressure from President Trump. Trump had sought control of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, a NATO ally.
Alaska Senate investigation
The Justice Department has sent target letters to a prominent Democratic attorney in Washington and others in a criminal investigation involving an Alaska Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent. The letters notify recipients that they may be targets of the inquiry.
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