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The last 24 hours.64 stories from 107 sources. We recheck the news every hour and the threat board every minute. Last news check 8:07 PM ET.

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Health, 2 outlets on it, 3 hr ago

The US has lost its measles elimination status after 25 years

The Pan American Health Organization concluded this week that measles is spreading continuously in the US again, according to researchers who spoke to KFF Health News.

For your household. Two doses of the MMR vaccine prevent about 97% of infections. If someone in your house is too young for the shot or has a weak immune system, keep an eye on your state health department's outbreak page. They are the people who depend on everyone around them being protected.

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Security, Daily Caller, 10 hr ago

FAA blames a contractor's wiring job, not hackers, for Friday's nationwide ground stop

More than 4,000 flights were canceled by Saturday as airlines dug out from the first nationwide departure halt since January 2023.

For your household. If you fly before Thanksgiving, check status with your airline, not the airport board, and leave a day of slack in any trip that has to happen. One contractor job at one site stopped the whole country, and the man in charge of the system says it can happen again.

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Economy, CNBC, 11 hr ago

Heating oil is 59% higher than last winter going into the cold months

The national average hit about $5.91 a gallon on Nov. 9. Maine is up 75%, and one aid agency there got 150 emergency calls in its first hour.

For your household. If you heat with oil, order before the tank runs low and know your dealer's minimum delivery. If a wood or pellet stove is your backup, have it checked now. Aid workers in Maine are already worried about backup heaters that are no longer safe to run. Help with the bill comes through the federal LIHEAP program, which you apply for through your state or a local community action agency.

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Watch list

China Watch

Beijing, Taiwan, the South China Sea, and what China is doing inside the US.

Internal ledgers show how North Korea takes wages from its workers in China, RFA reportsRadio Free Asia, 2 hr agoNew
China and South Korea pledge closer ties at APEC as Seoul pushes North Korea talksSCMP, 13 hr agoNew
China's military bets on big data to clean up recruitingSCMP, 21 hr agoNew
US officials say Trump won't raise Nvidia or spying on his China tripCNBC, 10 hr agoNew
AI helps uncover a China corruption case involving 116 projectsSCMP, 11 hr agoNew
A Chinese tip helped a meth bust in Indonesia's AcehAsia Times, 18 hr agoNew
Nvidia scandal sharpens the US-China AI rivalry ahead of Trump's visitABC News, 20 hr agoNew
American Conservative column calls Beijing's Taiwan reunification hopes unrealisticThe American Conservative, 20 hr agoNew

Russia Watch

The Kremlin, the war in Ukraine, and Russian moves against NATO and the US.

Zelensky says the US asked if Ukraine would give up Donbas for NATO membershipZeroHedge, 10 hr agoNew4 outlets
Russia wants Britain to drop its nuclear shield over Europe as a price for peace, Telegraph reportsEuromaidan Press, 3 hr agoNew
Belarus opposition figure condemns an athlete who insulted a Ukrainian opponentKyiv Independent, 4 hr agoNew
Volunteers and Ukrainian veterans build about 35 front-line drones by hand at a Hague forumEuromaidan Press, 5 hr agoNew
Russia cuts power to more than 203,000 families near KyivEuromaidan Press, 5 hr agoNew
Kushner says the US now wants Russia and Europe talking directlyKyiv Independent, 3 hr agoNew
Ukraine hits a key Russian oil hub and a military airbase with long-range strikesKyiv Independent, 12 hr agoNew
White House confirms Trump will meet Xi and Putin together in Shenzhen on ThursdayZeroHedge, 9 hr agoNew

UFO Watch

The past week of UAP sightings, drone swarms, AARO, hearings and disclosure. Official explanations are labeled as claims.

Former Pentagon UFO investigator offers a simple explanation for the jellyfish-shaped objectFox News, 11 hr agoNew
Avi Loeb says a new UFO-spotting telescope is plannedNewsNation, 2 days agoNew
Experts explain the video of a tentacled object over AlaskaNewsNation, 3 days agoNew
Author says whistleblowers fear being murderedNewsNation, 4 days agoNew

On the Ground

Citizen reporters, storm chasers, prepper channels and open-source trackers on YouTube, Telegram and Reddit. Firsthand and fast, and not verified by us.

In Southern Donetsk, Ukrainian forces have captured the remaining residential areas in Komar, as well as taking positions east of FedorivkaGeopolitics Watch on Telegram, 45 min agoNew
Iran reports explosions heard in the port city of Kang, west of Qeshm Island, off the coast of the Strait of HormuzWar Monitor on Telegram, 4 hr agoNew
Taiwan is “completely surrounded,” after China deploys three carrier fleets as an “unannounced military tests.”r/PrepperIntel on Reddit, 6 hr agoNew
Cuba preparing for possible US military attack, president saysr/PrepperIntel on Reddit, 7 hr agoNew
A drone attacked the Palau-flagged commercial ship Larissa 1, heading to Ukraine, in Romania's territorial waters overnight into November 14,…WarTranslated on Telegram, 8 hr agoNew
The vulnerability is jet-fuel supply: in a major European war, NATO military aviation demand could exceed Europe’s available fuel as refining…OSINTdefender on Telegram, 17 hr agoNew
Ukraine carried out a series of targeted drone strikes against civilian businesses and homes in the city of Nova Kakhovka, Russian-controlled…AMK Mapping on Telegram, 22 hr agoNew
Asked if a cyberattack or rogue AI caused the FAA outage, DHS Secretary Mullin says: "There’s nothing completely certain right nowDisclose.tv on Telegram, 23 hr agoNew

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Gridwatch

Workday outage hits millions of workersBreitbart, 10 hr agoNew
Poll finds Westerners don't want their utilities tied to California's power marketDaily Caller, 10 hr agoNew
Why the Microsoft 365 outage took so long to fixNaked Capitalism, 14 hr agoNew
Microsoft apologizes for the outage that took down Outlook and other 365 servicesCNBC, 17 hr agoNew
Microsoft says service is back after a worldwide outageCBS News, 18 hr agoNew

Weather

Dramatic moment freak wave bursts through California pier as powerful tides flood streetsNY Post, 1 hr agoNew
Daily Sceptic says the Met Office used an 'implausible' scenario to claim flooding could rise 800%Daily Sceptic, 16 hr agoNew
Asia Times on the new politics of weather modificationAsia Times, 21 hr agoNew
West Coast braces for a storm that could bring 50-foot wavesCBS News, 24 hr agoNew

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The US has lost its measles elimination status after 25 years

FAA blames a contractor's wiring job, not hackers, for Friday's nationwide ground stop

Heating oil is 59% higher than last winter going into the cold months

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