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| COP has going on for decades, but the bad news about climate change keeps coming. Also in the news: It's the day before Election Day and disinformation poses a major threat to millions of voters. The Georgia Bulldogs stay on top of college football. |
| 🙋🏼♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert, Daily Briefing author. Time change got you down? Here's how to cope. |
| Now, here we go with Monday's news. |
Global diplomats are talking about climate change — again. |
| More than 30,000 people are meeting at the United Nations' climate change conference in Egypt that began Sunday. Called COP27, the 13-day conference brings together diplomats, scientists, activists, lobbyists, environmental groups and businesses to work out the details. Read more |
| One thing to know: It will be hard for world leaders to make progress given all the other things happening in the world. And China, India and Russia will be missing while the U.S. midterm elections will be grabbing headlines. |
| • | President Joe Biden will be attending COP27 for at least a day. But Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said the meetings are mostly a chance for "leaders and people in power to get attention, using many different kinds of greenwashing." | | • | But as the effects of climate change grow more dire, danger is rising for Americans in floodplains, coastal marshlands, wildfire-prone areas and swaths of land struggling with drought. | | • | The pattern of extremes becoming the norm fits the model for a warming planet, experts say. On the Mississippi River, low water levels mean harvested crops and other cargo are being shipped much more slowly, straining crews and costs. | | • | Climate activism has been drawing attention: A German group behind an attack on a Monet painting are called "The Last Generation" because they say they fear they may be the last human generation. | |
 | | This photo obtained from Italian news agency Ansa on November 4, 2022 shows Climate activists from Last Generation posing by "The Sower", an 1888 painting by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, after they threw pea soup at it on November 4, as it was on show at Rome's Palazzo Bonaparte. | | STRINGER, ANSA/AFP via Getty Images | |
Disinformation could keep millions of voters at home, analysts say |
| Disinformation, or disseminating intentional lies disguised as truth, is a major concern ahead of Election Day Tuesday when it comes to getting people to vote. These mistruths are hard to trace yet powerful enough to swing U.S. elections. Sometimes the lies are designed to confuse people on how, when and where to vote. Sometimes the lies play on fears to try to make them vote a certain way. Researchers are tracking which actors are behind efforts to spread false information about poll closings or changed locations, from foreign operatives to U.S. politicians. And the lies are often targeted at communities of color. Read more |
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| 👉 Can't make it to the polls on Election Day? Here's how to vote absentee in the midterm elections. |
 | | An official ballot collector for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections gives a voter their "I Voted" sticker after depositing their mail-in ballots into a collection box in Cleveland, Ohio on November 6, 2022, ahead of the midterm elections. | | DUSTIN FRANZ, AFP via Getty Images | |
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A combination vaccine for flu and COVID-19 is in the works |
| As the holiday season draws near, more Americans may be sporting two Band-Aids after receiving both their flu shot and the new COVID-19 bivalent booster. Vaccine developers are looking to relieve people from the unpleasant nature of getting two shots by creating one that offers strong protection against both viruses. Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, companies that have led the COVID-19 vaccination strategy, say they're beginning trials to assess the safety, efficacy and dosage of their candidate vaccine that combines four flu strains and two coronavirus strains. Health experts say these combination vaccines could be available as early as next flu season. Here's what to know. |
 | | Vaccines sit at the ready at the Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lakewood. | | Mark J. Terrill, AP | |
What's going on with Twitter? |
| Twitter just finished its first full week with new owner Elon Musk at the helm and the social network is in turmoil. As Musk laid off an estimated half of Twitter's staff, he also acknowledged that advertisers are fleeing the platform. And the first signs arrived that the social media site's iconic verification system is set to turn into a subscription service: an update to Twitter's iOS app mentions a Twitter Blue $7.99 offering that includes the blue checkmark and will soon have "half the ads & much better ones," as well as the ability to post longer videos. Read more |
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 | | "Saturday Night Live" dug at Elon Musk's multimillion-dollar purchase of Twitter, with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) discussing the woes of Truth Social as a plea to rejoin Twitter. | | NBC, Will Heath/NBC | |
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Week 10 college football winners and losers: Bulldogs on top |
| Two months after christening the regular season with a 46-point win against Oregon, the top-ranked Bulldogs made another huge statement by pushing around No. 3 Tennessee in a 27-13 win that essentially locks down the SEC East. There's no longer any question over which team is the best in the FBS: Georgia is the undisputed No. 1 and the current favorites to repeat as national champions. Read more |
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 | | Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker tries to escape a tackle by Georgia linebacker Smael Mondon Jr. during the second half at Sanford Stadium. | | Dale Zanine, USA TODAY Sports | |
📷 Photo of the day: 2022 New York City Marathon 📷 |
| In the men's race, Kenya's Evans Chebet's victory in 2:08:41 continued a Kenyan stranglehold in marathon majors this year, where a male runner from that country had won all of five of those races coming into New York City. Kenya's Sharon Lokedi, an NCAA champion in 10,000 meters in 2018, won the women's pro race in her NYC Marathon debut. Lokedi picked up the pace in the final three miles to break away from the pack and cross the finish line in 2:23:23. Read more |
| Click here to see more photos from the 2022 New York City Marathon. |
 | | It was a Kenyan sweep at the 2022 New York City Marathon with Sharon Lokedi winning the women's division and Evans Chebet winning of the men's division. | | Timothy A. Clary, AFP via Getty Images | |
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 | | Los Angeles Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey (5) breaks up a pass intended for Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans. | | Nathan Ray Seebeck, USA TODAY Sports | |
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