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    1. Mars and Jupiter pair up before dawn this weekend: November's free sky showMars and Jupiter appear about 1.2 degrees apart before sunrise on Nov. 15-16; look southeast around 5 a.m.
    2. NOAA's winter outlook: strong El Niño favors a warmer North and a wetter SouthA strong to very strong El Niño is likely to last through January-March 2027, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center says.
    3. Winter heating bills: what you'll pay this year, and heat pump vs. furnace in plain wordsEIA forecast for Nov-March: natural gas about $640 (down 9%), electricity $1,196 (up 4%), propane $1,246 (down 3%), heating oil $2,115 (up 21%).
    4. "Housefishing": when edited listing photos cross the line, and how to spot itA Coraly study of about 40,000 main listing photos in early 2026 found nearly 11% showed signs of digital alteration.
    5. Bessent publicly blames Lutnick's Commerce Department over Nvidia chips reaching ChinaOn CNBC Nov. 13, Bessent said Treasury, State, Defense and USTR backed blacklisting Megaspeed "for months," but "Commerce has the pen."

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    1. WorldMars and Jupiter pair up before dawn this weekend: November's free sky show
    2. North AmericaNOAA's winter outlook: strong El Niño favors a warmer North and a wetter South
    3. North AmericaWinter heating bills: what you'll pay this year, and heat pump vs. furnace in plain words
    4. North America"Housefishing": when edited listing photos cross the line, and how to spot it
    5. North AmericaBessent publicly blames Lutnick's Commerce Department over Nvidia chips reaching China
    6. North AmericaStarship's booster calls off its catch; SpaceX tries to catch the ship today
    7. North AmericaTanker hits river cruise boat in New Orleans; 32 hurt, everyone accounted for
    8. WorldTrump, Xi and Putin expected to meet in Shenzhen next week: what's on the table
    9. North AmericaFAA lifts nationwide ground stop after telecom outage: what happened and what to do if your flight was hit
    10. North AmericaDemocrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race, ousting Cindy Hyde-Smith
    11. WorldMicrosoft outage knocks out Outlook and Teams worldwide: what happened and what to do next time
    12. North AmericaJones Act waiver extended 90 days to keep fuel moving: what it means for gas and diesel prices
    13. Middle EastIran claims it destroyed a U.S. radar in Bahrain; U.S. says it shot down two drones with no damage
    14. North AmericaWholesale prices up 6.5% from a year ago: what October's producer price report means for your wallet
    15. North AmericaFDA adds eye-condition warning to Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and other GLP-1 drugs: what to know
    16. WorldGood News Friday: Teen with autism found alive after six days lost in the Australian bush
    17. Middle EastTrump says "we don't need a deal with Iran" and pulls Vance off the talks; oil jumps
    18. North AmericaCongress presses Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify over chips in China
    19. North AmericaNvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns: what it means for markets and your 401(k)
    20. North AmericaWhite House warns Democrats their planned probes could cross into "blatant criminality"
    21. North America3 women killed as minivan hits crowd outside North Hollywood Metro station; driver arrested
    22. North AmericaBrooklyn building collapse: 8 dead, 18 hurt as search continues in Flatbush
    23. North AmericaTom Emmer keeps the No. 2 House GOP job, beating August Pfluger 103-76
    24. EuropeNATO jets scrambled as at least four drones stray into Baltic airspace
    25. WorldRussia's ambassador to the U.S., Alexander Darchiev, dies at 66
    26. EuropeFour EU countries push back on Germany's Merz over Ukraine money in the EU budget
    27. North AmericaBernie Sanders says he won't back Chuck Schumer for Senate Democratic leader
    28. EuropeSpain's first general strike in 14 years: millions walk out over housing costs
    29. North AmericaVeterans Day 2026: what's open and closed today, plus free meals for veterans
    30. North AmericaRepublicans pick their leaders after midterm losses: Thune stays, Jordan beats Scalise
    31. Middle EastIran says two more tankers are burning near Hormuz as Trump calls the war "effectively over"
    32. North AmericaU.S. gas falls to $3.98, the lowest since July, but still about 90 cents above last year
    33. North AmericaSenate votes 73-25 to take up big permitting reform bill: what's in it
    34. North AmericaCalifornia voters reject Prop 40, the one-time 5% billionaire wealth tax
    35. North AmericaU.S. inflation runs hotter than expected in October; December rate hike looks likely
    36. North AmericaSupreme Court lets border wall work resume in Texas' Big Bend region
    37. North AmericaHouse shelves Massie's Hegseth impeachment in 211-204 vote
    38. North AmericaB.C. braces for 250 mm of rain as third storm hits the coast
    39. WorldOil falls below $90 for the first time since August
    40. EuropeFrance's protests: thousands arrested as anger over prices grows
    41. EuropeKraków shooting: six killed in the city's Main Square
    42. EuropeFrance raises the minimum wage by €24 a month; unions say it's not enough
    43. Middle EastSteel plant explosion in western Turkey kills 17 workers
    44. Middle EastTrump meets Qatar's leader on Iran talks, but no deal yet
    45. EuropeRussia, Ukraine and U.S. end Abu Dhabi talks with a prisoner swap deal, but no breakthrough
    46. North AmericaAlaska Senate race still undecided as both sides go to court
    47. North AmericaCanada lost 4,700 jobs in October; unemployment rises to 6.7%
    48. WorldOil drops on hopes of a U.S.-Iran deal: what it means at the pump