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Magnitude 7 Earthquake Shakes Anchorage A magnitude 7 earthquake struck about eight miles north of Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey, causing damage to buildings and roads and briefly stoking fears of a tsunami throughout the region. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/earthquake-anchorage-alaska.html

NASA’s InSight Mission Has Touched Down on Mars to Study the Red Planet’s Deep Secrets The InSight lander, NASA’s latest foray to the red planet, has landed. Cheers erupted on Monday at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., which operates the spacecraft, when InSight sent back acknowledgment of its safe arrival on Mars. That was the end of a journey of more than six months and 300 million miles. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/science/nasa-insight-mars-landing.html?4

Russia seizes Ukrainian ships near annexed Crimea after firing on them Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea on Sunday after opening fire on them and wounding several sailors, a move that risks igniting a dangerous new crisis between the two countries. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia/russia-seizes-ukrainian-ships-near-annexed-crimea-after-firing-on-them-idUSKCN1NU0DL

U.S. Climate Report Warns of Damaged Environment and Shrinking Economy A major scientific report issued by 13 federal agencies on Friday presents the starkest warnings to date of the consequences of climate change for the United States, predicting that if significant steps are not taken to rein in global warming, the damage will knock as much as 10 percent off the size of the American economy by century’s end. In direct language, the 1,656-page assessment lays out the devastating effects of a changing climate on the economy, health and environment, including record wildfires in California, crop failures in the Midwest and crumbling infrastructure in the South. Going forward, American exports and supply chains could be disrupted, agricultural yields could fall to 1980s levels by midcentury and fire season could spread to the Southeast, the report finds. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/climate/us-climate-report.html

Brexit Deal in Crisis After 2 U.K. Cabinet Ministers Quit LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain faced a deep political crisis on Thursday after two cabinet ministers quit her government, including Dominic Raab, her chief negotiator on withdrawal from the European Union — decisions that threaten to wreck not only her plans for the exit but also her leadership. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/world/europe/uk-brexit-theresa-may.html

Stan Lee, creator of legendary Marvel comic book superheroes, dies at 95 Stan Lee, the godfather of Marvel Comics whose cast of characters such as Spider-Man, the Hulk and the X-Men were beloved by millions of readers for decades before becoming a multibillion-dollar movie empire that dominated box offices in the 21st century, has died. He was 95. https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/stan-lee-creator-legendary-marvel-comic-book-superheroes-dies-95-n819371

Mass shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California A Marine veteran clad in black and armed with a .45-caliber Glock handgun shot his way into a Southern California bar crowded with college students and unleashed hell before turning the gun on himself, officials said Thursday. When it was over, 12 others, including a sheriff's sergeant who tried to stop the carnage, were also dead and many more were wounded. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shooting-reported-borderline-bar-grill-thousand-oaks-california-n933831

Jeff Sessions Is Forced Out as Attorney General as Trump Installs Loyalist WASHINGTON — President Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday, replacing him with a loyalist who has echoed the president’s complaints about the special counsel investigation into Russia’s election interference and will now take charge of the inquiry. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/politics/jeff-sessions-fired-trump.html

Democrats Capture Control of House; G.O.P. Holds Senate Democrats harnessed voter fury toward President Trump to win control of the House and capture pivotal governorships Tuesday night as liberals and moderates banded together to deliver a forceful rebuke of Mr. Trump, even as Republicans held on to their Senate majority by claiming a handful of conservative-leaning seats. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/us/politics/midterm-elections-results.html?3

189 Feared Dead in Indonesia Plane Crash, Adding to Country’s Troubling Record JAKARTA, Indonesia — A plane carrying 189 people from Jakarta to a smaller Indonesian city crashed into the Java Sea on Monday, prompting hard questions about the safety of the skies over a vast island nation dependent on air travel. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/world/asia/indonesia-lion-air-plane-crash.html?2

Brazil Election Heads to Runoff as Far-Right Candidate Falls Just Short of Outright Win RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilians on Sunday expressed their disgust with politics as usual and endorsed an iron-fist approach to fighting crime and corruption by giving the…

11 Killed in Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre; Suspect Charged With 29 Counts PITTSBURGH — Armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle and at least three handguns, a man shouting anti-Semitic slurs opened fire inside a crowded Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning, killing at least 11 congregants and wounding four police officers and two others, the authorities said. In a rampage described as among the deadliest against the Jewish community in the United States, the assailant stormed into the Tree of Life Congregation, where worshipers had gathered in separate rooms to celebrate their faith, and shot indiscriminately into the crowd, shattering what had otherwise been a peaceful morning. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/us/active-shooter-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting.html?6