• The 2018 midterm elections are just one week away, but if you won't be able to vote in person, there's still time in many states to request and send in your absentee ballot if you're registered to vote in the US.
• Most military service members, US citizens living overseas, people who will be away from their polling place on Election Day, or those who cannot vote in person due to religious conflicts or disability are eligible to vote absentee, but be sure to check your state's requirements first.
• The deadlines to request a ballot are this week in 24 states: see the deadlines in every state below. 

The 2018 midterm elections are just one week away, but if you're registered to vote in the US and won't be able to do so in person, there's still time to request and send in your absentee ballot.

While states all have different requirements for receiving a ballot, most military service members, US citizens living abroad, college students, or people who will otherwise be away from their polling place for another reason, including a disability or religious conflict, are eligible to vote absentee in the November 6 election.

All states allow voters to request ballots by mail, but only some permit in-person requests. Virginia is the only state where voters can apply for an absentee ballot online.

You can check your voter registration status and request a ballot in your state here.

If you request a ballot but don't receive it in time to mail in back by your state's deadline, you can fill out the Federal Absentee Write-in Ballot as a backup. In the meantime, you can use Ballotpedia's sample ballot lookup tool for information on all the federal, state, and local elections and/or ballot initiatives that you'll be voting on this fall.

Here are the deadlines in every state to request and mail in your ballot if you'll be voting absentee:

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• All the dates, deadlines, and rules you need to know before voting in the 2018 Midterm Elections
• Here is the last day you can register to vote in every state
• You can take time off work to vote in 30 US states — but you're out of luck in the rest

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In an age of streaming, audiences often binge their latest obsessions while waiting for the next one.

Every week, Parrot Analytics provides Business Insider with a list of the five most "in-demand" TV shows on streaming services. (The data is based on Demand Expressions, the globally standardized TV demand measurement unit from Parrot Analytics. Audience demand reflects the desire, engagement, and viewership weighted by importance, so a stream or download is a higher expression of demand than a "like" or comment on social media.)

This week's most in-demand shows include Netflix's "Daredevil," which just dropped a new season; the new hit horror series "The Haunting of Hill House"; and "Stranger Things," which is skipping 2018, leaving fans craving for its third season that will come to Netflix next year.

Below are this week's five most popular shows on Netflix and other streaming services:

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5. "Big Mouth" (Netflix)

Average demand expressions: 26,361,485 

Description:"Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty."

Season 2 premiered on Netflix October 5.

4. "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" (Netflix)

Average demand expressions:  34,685,847 

Description: "Magic and mischief collide as half-human, half-witch Sabrina navigates between two worlds: mortal teen life and her family's legacy, the Church of Night."

Season 1 premiered on Netflix October 26.

3. "Stranger Things" (Netflix)

Average demand expressions: 35,038,051 

Description:"When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments."

Seasons 1 and 2 are now streaming on Netflix; season 3 drops in 2019.

• On Monday, Bella Hadid gave fans a look at what she stocks inside her fridge when she's in New York City.
• The model's fridge is perfectly organized, as seen in two photos she posted on her Instagram story.
• The fridge is stocked with Icelandic-style yogurt, raspberry preserves, creamy cashew butter, and almond butter.
• It also contains cold brew coffee, kombucha, coconut water, oat milk, uncured salami, creamy swiss cheese, and baby carrots, among other items.

Bella Hadid is known for many things: her daring style, her love of athleisure, and, as of yesterday, her perfectly organized fridge.

On Monday, the model posted two photos on her Instagram story, giving fans a look at what she stocks inside her fridge when she's in New York City.

"If anyone wants me to shop and organize their refrigerators I work mornings," she captioned the first picture. Hadid also wrote, "I hate that this isn't straight," above a sticker of a hand pointing to a yogurt container that's ever-so-slightly askew.

In addition to several Siggi's Icelandic-style yogurt containers in blueberry, mixed berry, and peach flavors, Hadid's fridge contains Bonne Maman raspberry preserves, 365 Everyday Value creamy cashew butter, and Justin's classic almond butter.

As for drinks, the model's fridge is stocked with several cans and bottles of San Pellegrino sparkling fruit beverage, Stumptown cold brew coffee, GT's kombucha, Blueprint juices, Harmless Harvest coconut water, almond milk, and Oatly oat milk.

And the bottom two shelves are filled with hummus from CAVA and Hope, Gotham Greens pesto, baby carrots, celery sticks, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, apples, The Laughing Cow creamy Swiss cheese, and organic uncured salami, among other items.

Hadid has previously said that she likes to eat healthy while traveling for work. "I like to still make sure my diet is good and I stay hydrated and stuff," she told People in 2016.

The model has also said that she's a fan of a protein-rich diet. "I like having a good protein meal because I get really tired if I eat too much, so I try to fill myself up with things that will make me feel good," she said in a 2017 interview with Harper's Bazaar. 

Hadid also told Harper's Bazaar that she keeps green juices, ginger shots, and espressos on hand when she's working.

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• "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj" is Netflix's latest foray into talk-show territory, and a social-media analysis from Crimson Hexagon suggests it has a shot at success.
• Netflix's other talk shows, such as "The Break with Michelle Wolf," have been canceled.
• But Crimson Hexagon found that people talked more about and had a more positive reaction to "Patriot Act" when it premiered compared to the other shows.
• "Patriot Act" is similar to HBO's "Last Week Tonight" in that Minhaj focuses on a single issue each episode, and critics have praised the host's humor and unique perspective.

Hasan Minhaj's new Netflix show, "Patriot Act," might be the cure to the streaming service's talk-show woes.

"Patriot Act" debuted on Netflix with two episodes on October 28, and will be dropped on a weekly basis. A social-media analysis from consumer-insights company Crimson Hexagon, provided to Business Insider, suggests that audiences are already more interested in "Patriot Act" than they were with Netflix's other talk programs when they premiered.

Topical shows have proven to be a challenge for Netflix, as they break its usual strategy of dropping all episodes at once for users to binge at their leisure. The streamer's last few attempts — "Chelsea" with Chelsea Handler, "The Break with Michelle Wolf," and "The Joel McHale Show"— have all been canceled. "Patriot Act" hopes to break the cycle.

Crimson Hexagon measured online conversations and sentiment on the premiere dates for those four shows, and found that "Patriot Act" was talked about more and better received than the other three (we excluded David Letterman's Netflix show, "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction," as it isn't released on as frequent a basis).

While "Chelsea" wasn't far behind, more people posted about "Patriot Act" when it debuted. The number of posts were over double and triple for "Patriot Act" than they were for "The Joel McHale Show" and "The Break," respectively.

"Patriot Act" also led in sentiment, with only 8% of social-media reaction being negative. Compare that to Handler's show, for which 25% of the reactions were negative.

Reviews have been positive, as well. Vulture said that Minhaj has the humor and perspective to talk about sensitive issues that other hosts would not have. 

"That’s why Minhaj’s voice is necessary in this realm of television," Jen Chaney wrote.

Variety's Caroline Framke wrote, "Probably the sharpest tool in 'Patriot Act’s' arsenal is its host’s sharp, singular perspective. Minhaj is the first Indian-American to host this kind of show, and 'Patriot Act' (led by Minhaj’s  co-creator/head writer Prashanth Venkataramanujam) makes it count."

Minhaj seems to be what sets "Patriot Act" apart, but what else makes it different? Minhaj, a former "Daily Show" correspondent, told The Hollywood Reporter that it feels like a "visual podcast meets one-man show" and that he'll mention President Trump "very little," instead focusing on a single issue each episode, similar to HBO's "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver." 

 The show has even recruited New York Times, Vice, and ProPublica reporters as writers, according to THR.

"I want to do deep investigative reporting," Minhaj said. "And then some stuff that just makes me angry that I'll talk about for four minutes that's just funny for funny's sake."

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• The team behind "Grand Theft Auto," Rockstar Games, has another massive hit on its hands.
• The new game is named "Red Dead Redemption 2," and it's off to a huge start: It grossed $725 million in its first three days.
• Rockstar is calling the launch "the single-biggest opening weekend in the history of entertainment."

The most-anticipated game of 2018 is off to a killer start: "Red Dead Redemption 2" made over $725 million in its first three days of availability.

That's according to Rockstar Games, the prestigious studio behind the "Grand Theft Auto" and "Red Dead" franchises. 

"Red Dead Redemption 2" is the latest blockbuster from Rockstar — a massive, years-long undertaking by a set of international studios comprising thousands of people. The project was the first from Rockstar Games to combine the collective workforce of all its international studios, from New York City to India. There are no official numbers of how much "Red Dead Redemption 2" cost to make and market, but an educated guess puts it in the high hundreds of millions.

The last major game from Rockstar was "Grand Theft Auto 5" way back in 2013 — it's the only game with a bigger launch, pulling in over $1 billion in its first three days.

It's no huge surprise that the $60 "Red Dead Redemption 2" is doing so well on the sales front: It's a gorgeous, fascinating game that's been lauded by critics and hyped by a blitz of marketing.

What is particularly surprising is one statistic about the game's sales on Sony's PlayStation 4 — the most popular game console available. Despite the game being available on both Xbox One and PlayStation 4, "Red Dead Redemption 2" set sales records on the PlayStation 4 as the highest-selling game on Sony's PlayStation Network digital storefront.

That's particularly important given the massive success of games like "God of War" and "Spider-Man"— games that are only available on the PlayStation 4.

If "Red Dead Redemption 2" is already surpassing their digital launch numbers on PlayStation 4, it means the game is off to a pretty serious start. And, with the holiday sales season ahead, it won't be long before Rockstar's latest blockbuster surpasses the $1 billion mark. 

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• Apple's FaceTime is getting a major upgrade in iOS 12.1 — and group chats are finally being added.
• Up to 32 people will be able to chat together, and FaceTime will be integrated into group messages.
• Apple's FaceTime's update was supposed to be launched with iOS 12, but Apple delayed the release. Now the update will be shipped with iOS 12.1, which will be available on October 30. 

After a month-long delay, group FaceTime is getting its release.

The feature was supposed to be shipped with the release of iOS 12 in September, but Apple delayed it. Now, at its October Mac and iPad event, Apple announced that FaceTime's update will be shipped with iOS 12.1, which is available October 30. 

Instead of limiting video chats to only one other person, FaceTime will support group chats of up to 32 participants. FaceTime will also include face filters, animoji, and responsive tiles that get bigger or smaller based on who is talking in the group conversation.

FaceTime will be integrated with the Messages app, and anyone in a group chat will be able to join or leave an active FaceTime whenever they want. When one person speaks up in the video chat, their "tile" will get bigger as the others get smaller. Also, users can simply double tap on a certain tile to make it the prominent one on their screen.

FaceTime in iOS 12.1 will also feature filters, sticker packs, and customized animoji (that's Apple CEO Tim Cook below). Users can add a filter to their face or camera that will then be visible to everyone else in the conversation.

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Some of the world's biggest challenges, including climate change and political violence, extend far beyond any one nation's borders.

Global catastrophes can occur for a number of reasons, and the Global Challenges Foundation's 2018 report highlights some of the main risks to humanity today. The foundation, created in 2012, works with researchers to publish annual reports on threats that could devastate at least 10% of the world's population. This year's report contributors include astrophysicist Martin Rees and multiple experts focused on disarmament affairs at the United Nations. 

According to the foundation, the next 50 years will set the pace for humanity's survival in the next 10,000 years. 

"Why care now? Because so much is at stake, too little is done, and if we wait until later, caring may no longer matter," the report's authors said.

Take a look at the 10 greatest challenges facing humans right now.

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A nuclear explosion could trigger a "nuclear winter," with widespread famines to follow.

Nuclear weapons can kill thousands of people upon impact, and their lingering effects create even more harm.

Kennette Benedict, a Bulletin of Atomic Scientists senior adviser, and Nobuyasu Abe, the commissioner of Japan's Atomic Energy Commission, wrote in the report that nuclear explosions could trigger a "nuclear winter," where a massive amount of dust and sulfates could conceal the Sun and cool the Earth for years.

One model suggests the use of 4,000 nuclear weapons would release 150 teragrams of smoke, which is enough to lower global temperatures by 8 degrees for four or five years. The world's largest nuclear arsenals, located in the United States and Russia, each have about 7,000 warheads.

Benedict and Abe wrote that it would be very difficult to grow food during this time, and chaos would follow amid a widespread famine.

Technological progress in synthetic biology and genetic engineering is making it easier and cheaper to weaponize pathogens.

Nuclear weapons are complicated and made of rare materials, but biological and chemical weapons can be made for much less money. 

Angela Kane, a senior fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, wrote in the report that biological weapons could cause global catastrophes if a pathogen leads to a pandemic. Toxic chemicals may be less deadly, but they can still contaminate a large area if they are put into water supplies.

Kane added it is possible that a worldwide consensus on banning countries from using toxic chemicals will unravel. She noted that biological and chemical weapons — despite being banned — have been used at least four times in the past 40 years. 

Climate change will have devastating consequences.

Leena Srivastava, the vice chancellor of TERI University in India, wrote that despite the Paris climate deal, there is a 90% chance that global temperature increases will exceed 2 degrees Celsius this century. 

There is also a 33% chance that the rise will go beyond 3 degrees in the 21st century, and the world is not on track to preventing this from happening, Srivastava said. 

Most of Florida and Bangladesh will be underwater if the change exceeds 3 degrees, and major coastal areas like Shanghai and Mumbai will be swamped. Srivastava wrote that large numbers of refugees will leave those regions, which would suffer from extreme weather and low food production. 

• JPMorgan's global head of quantitative and derivatives strategy, Marko Kolanovic, performs an autopsy on the stock market's brutal October.
• Kolanovic also explains why he's bullish heading into year-end, and breaks down the positive impact a trade war resolution could have on equities.

The stock market's brutal month has left investors searching for answers.

Dip-buying sentiment has all but evaporated, seemingly unassailable profit growth has looked vulnerable, trade tensions have flared, and the prospect of tighter lending conditions has investors braced for slower growth.

It's all combined to make for a thoroughly uncomfortable market environment — one where a rebound can just be a head fake ahead of the next round of selling.

JPMorgan's quant guru, Marko Kolanovic — a man whose opinion is valued so highly that it can move markets — has been on the case. He diagnosed the recent gyrations in a recent note to clients.

Kolanovic attributed the first leg down in October to roughly $150 billion of technical selling — the kind triggered by quantitative models that get stretched out of their comfort zones. Then, after that part was complete, he says stocks were dragged lower by hedge fund de-risking and tech selling.

This hedge fund capitulation lowered their net exposure from near record highs in September to the lowest level since 2015.

Kolanovic also finds that, on the heels of the stock market's worst one-month return in more than nine years, asset managers who recalibrate their holdings on a monthly basis are the most underweight on equities since February 2009.

This would appear to be a prudent, defensive approach, assuming the selling pressure continues. But Kolanovic has other ideas. For one, he's more optimistic than most on the prospect of a trade resolution — progress that would calm investor nerves and perhaps spur stock gains.

Ultimately, Kolanovic is bullish into year-end, which could spell trouble for these risk-averse money managers. And he surmises that as they flip their weightings back into bullish territory, it'll help push the market up even further.

"With investors positioned defensively, and leverage rapdily coming out of the system, there is an elevated risk of market reversion into year-end," said Kolanovic. "Investors should keep this risk in mind — namely that an October 'rolling bear market' turns into a 'rolling squeeze higher' into year-end."

Kolanovic estimates that the squeeze could contribute 1-2% to equity index levels. Beyond that, he's hopeful that share buybacks — which have regularly underpinned the nearly 10-year bull market— will help save the day once again.

Further, Kolanovic expects volatility to decline heading into year-end. He estimates that calmer waters will lead systematic investors to pile roughly $100 billion back into stocks. And, as previously mentioned, he's holding out hope for a trade war de-escalation.

"Any progress on trade could result in discretionary inflows, reduction of current elevated short positioning, and year-end performance chase," he said.

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• Apple no longer sells new laptops that come with regular USB ports.
• All of Apple's latest laptops come with USB-C ports, only. 
• Apple is still selling the old MacBook Air with regular USB ports for $1,000, but the new models are only $200 more expensive and a much better deal.
• USB-C and the connectivity standard it supports, Thunderbolt 3, is better than regular USB-A standards, but some people are having a harder time making the switch, which requires buying adapters. 

Much to the joy of Apple fans, Apple announced a new MacBook Air, which was long overdue for many, many updates.

As Apple has done with its more recently updated MacBook Pro laptops, Apple added USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports to its new MacBook Air lineup. It allows users to plug in a USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 adapter to connect a wide variety of devices — including monitors, external hard drives, and even power for charging — into a single port on the new MacBook Air.

The Thunderbolt 3 standard, which uses the USB-C port, is fast and powerful enough to support a lot of devices and extremely fast data transfer speeds. That's why it can be used to plug so many different devices into a single port. 

In the new MacBook Air, Apple also removed the regular USB-A ports we've been using for the last couple decades. That means the Apple doesn't sell a modern laptop with modern specs with regular USB ports. The MacBook, new MacBook Air, and MacBook Pros do not have USB-A ports. 

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On one hand, USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 is great. On the other hand, it means buying more accessories, like adapters and docks, like the one above, that weren't necessarily needed before Apple's move to an all USB-C lineup. I don't want to bash USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 too much, as it's certainly the future, but it does require extra costs and things to carry around.

Apple is still selling its old MacBook Air for $1,000, but I wouldn't recommend it at this stage. The new models are only $200 more expensive at $1,200 and come with newer, more powerful specs and features, as well as a modern design refresh.

You can also still buy refurbished, higher-specced models of the old MacBook Air through Apple's Refurbished Mac store, but I wouldn't recommend those, either. Refurbished models start at $1,900 on the Refurbished Mac Store, which is way more expensive than the new MacBook Airs with better specs, features, and design.

For now, the only Apple computers that come with regular USB-A ports include the old MacBook Air, new Mac Mini, iMacs, iMac Pro, and the 2013 Mac Pro.

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• Starting a business presents myriad challenges.
• Author and entrepreneur Nicole Rollender details the decisions she made that helped get her first business off the ground.
• From hiring business coaches to finding the right accountant, here are the five best things Rollender did when she started her company.

I used to tell anybody who’d listen that I’d never work for myself. I loved the comfort of having a boss and working for a company. For almost 15 years, since I graduated with my master’s degree in creative writing, I’d always worked for publishing companies.

All that changed a year ago, when my position of 11 years was eliminated. Everyone told me I’d find a new job right away, since I had so much experience as a magazine editor-in-chief and head of multiple departments. That couldn’t have been further from the truth. I applied for hundreds of jobs and didn’t receive one job offer.

When I was employed and someone would ask what I’d do if I was no longer at my current job, I would say tongue-in-cheek that I’d launch my own company. But in January, after yet another 9-to-5 job interview, I decided I was ready to take a leap of faith, and I launched my own writing services business.

Here are five smart things I did when I started my company.

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1. I hired business coaches.

I had tons of experience as an executive in a company and knew my way around running a department. However, I knew that I didn’t know how to run a creative services business.  

My coaches first helped me grow the right boss mindset. For example, many freelance writers like myself underestimate the money they can make with their skill sets, so they undercharge. They often work 50 hours a week, barely making ends meet.

Mindset work helps you know exactly what you offer and its value, so you can clearly communicate that on sales calls. Getting really clear on my market value helped me find the right clients and type of work to match my expertise. I work way less than 40 hours a week.

It’s always good to work with coaches who are several steps ahead of you. My coaches had run several six-figure writing services businesses, so I got lots of spot-on tips to scale fast.

2. I’m always marketing.

This was a hard lesson for me, but it’s a fact: As a business owner, you can never stop marketing.

At a certain point, I had a lot of writing work, so I said, “I don’t have time to take on new clients, so I can stop marketing.” Then, the bottom dropped out.

In the same week, two contracts canceled, both for reasons within the client companies that were beyond my control.

It took me almost two months to find four new clients — and that was with pitching several hours every day. (Cold pitching via email and LinkedIn works best for my business.)

One coach wisely said I should always be prospecting, because relationships can take months to convert to paying clients. One of my biggest clients, in fact, took six months to sign on the dotted line.

While you may not have to prospect every day, market your firm at least several hours a week.

3. I partnered with the right accountant.

When I first set up my LLC, I hired a budget-friendly virtual accountant I found online. Unfortunately, that firm recommended and set up the incorrect business structure for my personal situation, which caused me to overpay on taxes on multiple fronts.

Luckily, a fellow business owner who’d been in a similar situation told me to shop around for the right accountant. (Whether or not the firm is local to you, it should understand small businesses and your state’s particular forms and regulations.)

I visited several local accountants and found one I felt was the right match for me. That accountant set up my new business structure, helped me get all the paperwork in order for my state, and even refiled my 2017 taxes so that I’d get back some of the money I overpaid.

• On Sunday, Brazil elected far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro. 
• Scientists across the globe are worried about Bolsonaro's plans.
• Bolsonaro wants to plow through Brazil's Amazon. It's the Earth's biggest, and most diverse tropical rainforest, and it helps cool the planet.

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's popular far-right presidential candidate, swept the polls in Brazil on Sunday, winning the election.

A large part of the reason Bolsonaro won is because Brazilians are "exhausted by corruption, by rising violence, by an economy that just hasn’t improved," and Bolsonaro's made a lot of promises to fix those ills, according to Peter Prengaman, the Brazil news director for the Associated Press.

Bolsonaro — who has been called the "Trump of the Tropics" and is known for making anti-gay, misogynistic, violent, and racist comments— is also taking aim at the country's environmental policies.

Scientists across the globe are worried, because as Brazil's president, Bolsonaro will control nearly two-thirds of the Amazon — the largest tropical rainforest on Earth. The president-elect argues that that the country has too many environmentally-protected areas hampering its development.

Bolsonaro has said he’s thinking about opening up a highway through the Amazon, while banning environmental NGOs like Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund from the country, The Guardian reported.

Bolsonaro plans to cut down more of the world's largest tropical rainforest, and critics fear he'll "institutionalize genocide" in the Amazon

Bolsonaro recently promised reporters that Brazil would stay in the Paris agreement, the landmark global climate deal he’s been critical of in the past. But it's unclear how he'd successfully uphold Brazil's end of that deal while simultaneously cutting down large swaths of the Amazon, which helps keep the world cool. Bolsonaro also wants to eliminate the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, Science Magazine reported. 

"His reckless plans to industrialize the Amazon in concert with Brazilian and international agribusiness and mining sectors will bring untold destruction to the planet's largest rainforest and the communities who call it home and spell disaster for the global climate," Amazon Watch Program Director Christian Poirier said in a statement after hearing the news about President Bolsonaro. 

Poirier isn't the only one who's concerned.

"I think we are headed for a very dark period in the history of Brazil," Paulo Artaxo, a climate change researcher at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, told Science Magazine. "There is no point sugarcoating it. Bolsonaro is the worst thing that could happen for the environment." 

Professor Genevieve Guenther, who founded EndClimateSilence.org, said on Twitter that Bolsonaro’s election "guarantees that Brazil will do nothing to curb pollution emission and untold acres of the Amazon rainforest will be destroyed," while meteorologist Eric Holthaus argued that the forest privatization scheme that the new president has in mind is essentially "planetary suicide." 

Other scientists, like volcanologist Jess Phoenix, who lost a democratic primary race in Southern California over the summer, agreed. 

Some indigenous people who live in the forest fear for their own safety, as more loggers and miners could head toward their homes under Bolsonaro.

"We are very scared. I fear for my own life," Dinaman Tuxa, the national coordinator of Brazil’s Association of Indigenous Peoples, said in an interview in Brazil de Facto. "He will institutionalize genocide."

Tropical plant expert Christopher Dick from the University of Michigan said on Twitter that "if [Bolsonaro] carries through on his rhetoric we can expect tribal genocide, torture of dissidents, and climate altering destruction of Amazon forest. This is a nightmare scenario. I hope I am wrong."

The Amazon is literally breathing life into the planet

Plants in the rainforest suck carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, use the carbon to grow, and release oxygen back into the air. This is why the colossal, 2.1 million square mile-wide Amazon is often referred to as the "lungs of the planet." The forest helps our spinning ball breathe carbon dioxide in, and exhale oxygen back out, performing a critical check on human-fueled climate change. Scientists estimate that the Amazon may house one sixth of the carbon stored in vegetation around the world.

Environmental experts argue this carbon-sucking system is one of the best solutions we have at hand for climate change.

"We have to take carbon dioxide basically out of the atmosphere in order to prevent a very dangerous increase in temperature, and major increases in floods, severe storms, and heat waves," Doug Boucher, a science advisor at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told Grist. "The best way we know to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere is to preserve and rebuild forests."

Though the Amazon is the most diverse forest on the planet, scientists say less than 0.5% of the Amazon’s flowering plant species have been studied for their medicinal potential, according to the WWF. A damning new report that the NGO released on Tuesday said nearly 20% of the Amazon has "disappeared in just 50 years." 

As Brazil has raced to keep pace with demand for more beef and soybean production, pieces of the Amazon the size of entire countries have been cleared. In one particularly intense tree-cutting period from 1991-2000, an area the size of Spain was cut down. That rapid pace of deforestation has slowed in recent years, though the trend of trading trees for livestock and agriculture is expected to continue. 

Even though Amazonian soil is not good for farming, scientists estimate that an area the size of Delaware was bulldozed through the Amazon in 2017, a number they expect to rise under Bolsonaro. Today, more than 1,930 square miles of the forest are cleared every year.

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• During the latest episode of Jada Pinkett Smith's Facebook Watch series, "Red Table Talk," she and Will Smith revealed the steps they took to rebuild their relationship after deciding to break up "within our marriage."
• Divorce "was never an option" for the couple, so Smith had to "let go of the dream" of a perfect family and give his wife space.
• The "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" actor said that he took time off from work and read various books, while Pinkett Smith tried to figure out who she was outside of being a wife and mother. 
• Now, they don't call themselves married, have eliminated deal breakers or fights, and support each other. 

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith revealed that they broke up "within our marriage" and it took years to rebuild their relationship.

During the latest episode of Pinkett Smith's Facebook Watch series "Red Table Talk" titled "Our Unique Union," the actress sat down with her mother, Adrienne Banfield Norris, daughter, Willow Smith, and husband, Will Smith, for a candid discussion.

After detailing the "low point" of their marriage, which took place after Pinkett Smith's 40th birthday, the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" star realized that his ego and vision for an ideal family led to a "decline."

"I had a public perception that I wanted to project of our relationship, of the family, and what my kids are and what my wife is and what we are in the world," Will admitted.

To repair their relationship, Will said that he had to "let go of the dream" and "essentially had to destroy our marriage"

The "Men in Black" actor explained that "divorce was never an option" for the pair.

He added: "I was devastated even worse than a divorce. We broke up within our marriage and got back together again and had to rebuild with new rules and something way, completely different."

"I put in too much, period," Pinkett Smith chimed in. "What is most important to me is my family."

Rather than split, the couple chose to give each other space and "get out of each other's way" to figure things out individually. 

"You gotta be strong enough and understand clearly what it is you're in search for, what it is you want, what it is you don't want, because that whole time when you're in a union, you're pointing fingers because you're thinking it's your partner," Pinkett Smith explained. 

"I had to go away, gain my strength as Jada again," she continued. "Not mommy, not wife — Jada Koran. That's the big one."

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Will on the other hand took two years off from work to focus on their family. 

"I worked on myself," he said. "I read 50 books on marriage and relationships and behavioral psychology. I was not going to fail in this marriage. But I shut down for two entire years to see what was I doing wrong."

The couple also explained that they had to break down "fantasies" and understand that "everyone is operating from a place of hurt." 

Will said that he "was broken and I learned how to look fixed to the world."

"But deep down inside, I was an insecure little boy that wanted Jada to say I was great," he added. "And if she didn't say I was great, the dragon came out."

Instead of doing things that would impress his wife and the public, Will said he was no longer going to try to make her happy, and encouraged her to leave and come back after finding happiness.

Pinkett Smith also added that due to "childhood traumas," she "had a lot of emotional maturity to do."

"If there were a thing that was the most detrimental to our relationship during that time was my unconsciousness," Will admitted. "The other side of that is the key to a relationship is understanding your partner's plight. There's nothing greater for a human being than to feel understood."

The couple has been married for more than 20 years and have come to better understand each other

They openly discuss how they raise their kids (Willow and Jaden) and how they've managed to refrain from swearing at each other. Pinkett Smith and Will have also reached a point where they don't refer to themselves as married because they believe that such labels create pressure.

"In my experience, the thing that everybody's looking for is not found in trapping a person to vows," Will said. "Releasing each other from obligations and expectations has made all of the moments blissful."

Pinkett Smith agreed, saying: "It's a life partnership in the sense that we've created a foundation together that we know is for this lifetime."

They support each other and don't have deal-breakers anymore

"I love you, I support you, I'm going to help you be happy no matter what," Will told Pinkett Smith during the discussion. "I don't have to like it. I describe it as the day the deal breakers are gone. We don't have any deal breakers."

Moreover, Will and Pinkett Smith no longer try to live up to each other's expectations.

"We set each other free and people really struggle with that," Will said. "The things that Jada needs to be happy, I'm not going to agree with them on. I truly have learned the definition of unconditional love."

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The pair value family and friendship, and say that they don't experience fights or struggles. The "I, Robot" star also explained why he never contemplated divorcing Pinkett Smith.

"I've never met anybody like you and I knew if I wasn't with you, I'd be searching in vain for the rest of my life," Will said. 

He added: "When you go to sleep at night knowing you have an unbreakable love, an unbreakable friendship, an unbreakable connection, that's how you want to go to sleep every night."

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• Klay Thompson scored 52 points and hit an NBA record 14 three-pointers in the Golden State Warriors win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday.
• During the game, Thompson showed how effective he is at moving without the ball to get open, a unique skill that is harder than it looks.
• The explosion also showed the Warriors' immense talent and chemistry, proving that this team is still far more talented and deep than anybody else in the league.

Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson exploded for 52 points on Monday against the Chicago Bulls, hitting an NBA record 14 three-pointers in the process.

It was a breakout game for Thompson, who — normally one of the best shooters in the league — had been mired in a slump, hitting just 14% of his three-pointers to start the season.

However, early on Monday, Thompson got a few clean looks from deep, hit them, and seemed to get untracked. When it was clear Thompson was going to have a big night, the Warriors began force-feeding him, going to the hot hand. That's when Thompson began to show why he's such a crucial part of the Warriors juggernaut.

There is some debate in the NBA about whether Thompson would be as good and as efficient if he were the top scorer on a team instead of the third or fourth on the Warriors. Thompson undoubtedly benefits from the attention defenses pay Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry.

But Thompson also possesses a unique skill: getting open. It's a skill he shares with Curry. When defenses key in on them, they can wiggle their way back open, thanks to their incredible floor vision and shifty moves.

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In the second quarter, with the Bulls well aware that Thompson was hot and the Warriors were looking for him, Thompson used his ability to "relocate" to get open. That is, he would give up the ball, squirm through and around screens, moving without the ball until he could get a clean look. In the meantime, his teammates would strategically move the ball until they could get it back to Thompson.

When players go for 52 points, it usually means they dominated the ball. Not Thompson. In the entire game, he took just 13 dribbles.

Watch below, as Thompson ran around the court, relocating to the opposite corner to get an open three. Also of importance is the quick decision by Draymond Green to catch the ball on the move and immediately find Thompson in the corner. This is the kind of chemistry that can only be built over years.

Moments later, Thompson got the ball on the wing, quickly gave it up, rerouted through the paint, and got to the opposite corner. Again, he was open. Also, note how Curry set a screen for Thompson in the corner before Thompson even finished moving — another sign of their chemistry.

This may seem like a simple skill, but it isn't. As The Ringer's Kevin O'Connor documented, Thompson has dedicated countless hours to his conditioning and core strength to better wind around screens and stay balanced and ready to shoot. It also takes experience to understand how and when to move, something he's improved upon over the years.

Thompson has taken notes from all of the greats in the NBA on how to get open, but his back-court partner has helped him, too.

"I learned a lot about [stopping on a dime] from watching Steph," Thompson told O'Connor. "He doesn't use as much energy by using these shifty moves to get his man off." Whereas Thompson used to sprint to get open, he's learned how to use a change of pace and direction to get open.

Curry and Thompson are both elite players when it comes to moving off the ball. A lot of players stop moving when they give up the ball. Curry and Thompson do the opposite. When they pass the ball, they continue running, knowing defenses will monitor their every move and shift to stay with them. This, in turn, can open up opportunities for their teammates.

Curry showed off this skill throughout the playoffs and even talked about how important it is to the Warriors' offense.

"How teams guard us with all our switching and things like that, you've got to find different ways to create space," Curry said, via Anthony Slater of The Athletic. "Isos are great, and we have guys that are capable of doing that all across the board.

"But when we keep the ball moving and keep bodies moving, good things usually happen. When we're dialed in offensively, we're really efficient with getting into the paint, kicking it out, finding an open guy, whether it's me relocating to the corner or Klay coming off a pindown or Draymond getting an open three."

Consider the Warriors' run over this past week. Last Wednesday, Stephen Curry scored 51 points in three quarters. The following game, Durant scored 25 points in the fourth quarter alone to beat the New York Knicks. Two nights later, Curry scored 35 points to beat the Brooklyn Nets, setting an NBA record for consecutive games with at least five three-pointers. Then, on Monday, Thompson exploded for 52.

The NBA has seen a slight shift in power this season, and there are some encouraging contenders throughout the league. But when the Warriors are clicking like this, they're in their universe.

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• BuzzFeed is known for racking up millions of video views through social platforms but has recently begun fixating on social chatter within the comments of posts to gauge the success of its content.
• According to new research, the number of "shares" of BuzzFeed's videos has decreased 19% over the past year while the number of posts tagged with @ symbols in comments grew 10%.
• Edwin Wong, SVP of research and insights at BuzzFeed, said the publisher's pitch to marketers is switching from focusing on reach to "relevancy and intimacy."

Facebook's algorithm continues to get trickier for publishers to navigate, but BuzzFeed has always been an innovator in that area.

The digital publisher continues to launch new Facebook brands and Watch programs for the platform, but as social distribution changes, it's making an interesting shift in analyzing how successful its posts are. Instead of fixating on the number of people who click the "share" button on a video or post, BuzzFeed is increasingly zeroing in on "at mentions," which tracks readers who tag a friend or family member in a comment.

According to new research from BuzzFeed, the number of shares on its content has decreased 19% over the past year. In other words, people aren't publicly sharing BuzzFeed posts to their social media accounts as often as they were a couple years ago. At the same time, Facebook's newsfeed continues to get stuffed with posts that prioritize content from friends over posts from brands and publishers.

That could be a major problem for BuzzFeed, which is focused on distributing media to a bunch of platforms with the goal of getting people to share content in their own newsfeeds.

"We were looking at a piece of work and over the last so and so months, we've seen less shares — obviously we got nervous," said Edwin Wong, BuzzFeed's SVP of research and insights.

But BuzzFeed said the drop-off in clicks of the "share" button doesn't necessarily mean that its content is viewed less.

Instead, the way that people share has changed, and they're sharing posts by tagging — or @ing someone, in social media parlance— account names in comments. More than 90% of BuzzFeed videos have at least one "at mention" in the comments, Wong said. And BuzzFeed's "at mention" rate has increased 10% over the last year.

Part of the reason for the change is because a few years ago, people shared Facebook videos because they were a new media format. BuzzFeed's food juggernaut Tasty, for example, pioneered "hands and pans" videos.

"You're seeing less of that but you're seeing more 'at' shares," Wong said. "When we started to see what was behind it, you saw almost like an evolution of that language ... I no longer need this piece of content to make me look cool, now I need it to connect with my friends."

BuzzFeed is flipping its pitch to marketers

For years, BuzzFeed and other digital publishers chased huge audiences on social media to grow, pitching advertisers on reach and the ability to target consumers across multiple platforms.

With the move to analyzing "at mentions" though, BuzzFeed's beginning to sell marketers smaller, engaged audiences.

"Reach is always going to be important because of efficiency and whatnot," Wong said. "But reach is so easy to achieve these days — we can get it from an ad network."

"The ability to drive a conversation and to have that conversation I think becomes even more important and makes the content so much more valuable to actually break through the clutter."

Still, advertisers want to reach big audiences

The challenge is that advertisers like scale and knowing that they're able to reach a wide swath of consumers through digital ads.

That's why BuzzFeed's giant network of brands plays a role in targeting engagement-based content to specific groups, Wong said.

"When marketers ask us, 'Help us understand what are some of the triggers to what will go viral,' we believe that the 'at' mention is a good correlation piece to help us understand that virality — it basically shows that the content has become a conversation," he said.

"We think that marketers need to start to think about this in a different way because it's not just [about] the targeted demo."

People love to pass around nostalgic, feel-good stuff

According to Buzzfeed's research, there are a few types of content that people are most likely to share:

• 31% of people said that they typically shared content related to "rewind, nostalgic or memories."
• Another 31% of people share pet and animal content.
• 29% of people share entertainment-focused content.
• 28% of people share food and cooking content.

All of those categories jive well with the content that BuzzFeed regularly cranks out.

Here's a chart that breaks out mention rates by the type of BuzzFeed video:

According to BuzzFeed's findings, 49% of people said that the last time that they shared, commented, or tagged content was for the purpose of "culture or building a community." 42% of people said that they shared something because it was funny, and 22% shared to spur people to take an action.

And once a person is tagged in a post, chances are they'll immediately react to the content. The average reader is 87% more likely to read or watch content from a post that was either shared or tagged to them, per BuzzFeed's findings.

"Having done this work for almost a decade, people used to say, 'I share things because I want to make people laugh,'" Wong said. "And today, the top reason is all around culture building, community."

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• A Sun Country Airline pilot was arrested in Florida on Friday night after a loaded handgun was found in his luggage as he passed through a TSA security checkpoint, according to multiple reports. 

• Brian A. Machtemes, 54, a pilot for Twin Cities-based Sun Country Airlines was arrested at the Southwest Florida International Airport on charges of unlicensed carry of a concealed firearm after a gun was found in his travel suitcase. 

• Machtemes provided a valid permit to carry a weapon in Minnesota, but according to a police report obtained by Business Insider "the state of Florida does not recognize a carry permit from MN." 
• Business Insider spoke with Mark Howell, a TSA Regional spokesperson, who said, "There's a very small population of pilots that can carry. They have to go through additional training." 

A Sun Country Airline pilot was arrested in Florida on Friday night after a loaded handgun was found in his luggage as he passed through a TSA security checkpoint, according to multiple reports. 

According to NBC 5 Minneapolis, Brian A. Machtemes, 54, a pilot for Twin Cities-based Sun Country Airlines was arrested on Friday night at the Southwest Florida International Airport on charges of unlicensed carry of a concealed firearm after a gun was found in his travel suitcase. 

According to a police report provided to Business Insider by the Lee County Port Authority office associated with the Southwest Florida International Airport, the handgun was detected in a suitcase while being screened by a TSA x-ray operator at approximately 6:50 p.m. 

According to the police report, Officer Jacob Brunick was called to the TSA checkpoint. Officer Brunick confirmed the bag belonged to Machtemes and that Machtemes had packed it himself and that it hadn't left his possession since being packed. 

Brunick then searched the bag, and in the suitcase's second zipper pouch he found a .380-caliber pistol that was loaded with six rounds. 

Machtemes provided a valid permit to carry a weapon in Minnesota, but "the state of Florida does not recognize a carry permit from MN," the police report read.

According to the report, Machtemes was read his Miranda rights and chose not to answer any further questions without his attorney present. 

The Minnesota Star Tribune reports Machtemes posted bond, was released less than two hours later and given a November 26 court date.

In a statement provided to Business Insider, Sun Country Airlines confirmed Machtemes is a pilot for the airline and said, "In the interest of respecting the privacy of and preserving the trust of all our employees, we do not comment or confirm details related to individual employee conduct or work performance," adding that passengers of the flight Machtemes was scheduled to pilot were provided with hotels for the evening, and meal and flight vouchers. 

The Minnesota Star Tribune reports TSA regulations allow for pilots under certain conditions to have a firearm in the cockpit, but it must be transported in a locked case when not on the flight deck. 

Business Insider spoke with Mark Howell, a TSA Regional spokesperson, who said, "There's a very small population of pilots that can carry. They have to go through additional training, FFDO (Federal Flight Deck Officer), they have to go through a whole separate screening process that's different than just forgetting to have a firearm in your bag." 

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• MealKitt founder Julian Gaine took a series of photos that show how much you should eat for Christmas dinner depending on your weight goal.
• The photos show portion sizes according to if you want to lose, maintain, or gain weight.
• According to Gaine, portion control is the easiest and most fundamental way to achieve your weight goal.

Who doesn't love the holidays?

It's a time full of celebrations, gifts, and delicious food.

Unfortunately, though, all of that delicious food can lead to some unwanted weight gain.

Julian Gaine, the managing director and founder behind MealKitt, wants to combat those extra pounds through portion control.

Gaine recently released a series of photos that show how much food you should eat during a typical Christmas dinner, depending on if you're looking to lose, maintain, or gain weight.

INSIDER spoke with Gaine about the photos and portion control in general. Keep scrolling to see what he told us.

The photos depict three courses of a Christmas dinner: a smoked salmon appetizer, an entree consisting of turkey, vegetables, stuffing, and potatoes, and pudding for dessert.

The photo above depicts how large an entree you should eat if you're looking to lose weight. Gaine said the photos were created under the assumption that a Christmas meal is going to account for around 60% of your calories for the day.

He said that it's common for people to have a small breakfast, then eat a large meal, and "nibble" for the rest of the day.

Gaine said the photos are geared towards an average man who's between the ages of 20 and 50, is anywhere between five foot six inches and six feet tall, and weighs between 200 to 220 pounds.

According to Gaine, the average man who gets around 30 minutes of brisk exercise per day needs about 2,500 calories per day to maintain weight, whereas the average woman needs around 2,000 calories per day to maintain weight.

The portion pictured above is broken up into about 30% protein, 30% fat, and 40% carbohydrates, a ratio Gaine said is ideal for weight maintenance.

He said that since the difference between a man and a woman's daily caloric needs aren't all that different, these photos can apply to women as well.

The difference between weight maintenance and weight loss or gain is around 600 calories per day, according to Gaine.

Gaine said that the main culprits behind weight gain are carbohydrates and sugar. When a client wants to gain weight, Gaine ups their carbohydrate intake, which is why the gain photo includes more potatoes than the maintain and lose photos. 

• Atlanta Hawks rookie point guard Trae Young has impressed in his first six games in the NBA.
• On Monday, the Hawks went on the road to take on notorious smack-talker Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers.
• Although the 76ers dealt Atlanta a 21-point loss, Young managed to embarrass Embiid with a nutmeg pass to Dewayne Dedmon for the slam.

On Monday, Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks traveled to Philadelphia to take on star Joel Embiid and the 76ers. Embiid — who dubbed himself "The Process" in light of the 76ers' successful rebuild — is so notorious for his smack-talking on and off the court that Atlanta head coach Lloyd Pierce called him out heading into the game.

"I expect a lot of trash talk from some players," Pierce told Sixers beat writer Keith Pompey. "I won't name any names, but Joel [Embiid] is probably going to talk all game."

But Pierce's rookie point guard managed to find a way to shut Embiid up — even if it was only for a moment.

With his team trailing by 18 early in the fourth quarter, Young dribbled around the perimeter searching for an opening. Embiid and last season's Rookie of the Year Ben Simmons double-teamed him, but he managed to slip a bounce pass between Embiid's legs and connected with center Dewayne Dedmon for the emphatic slam.

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Young ranks 11th in the NBA in assists per game, but that dime may just be the most impressive of his NBA career so far. Aside from that highlight-reel assist, the Lubbock, Texas native struggled in his trip to Philadelphia. Young scored just 11 points on 5-for-13 shooting from the field and 16.7 percent from beyond the arc for the lowest scoring output of his young NBA career. He did, however, post eight assists without giving up a single turnover in 29 minutes on the floor. Still, Young was critical of his performance in his postgame comments Monday night:

"[The problem] was energy, it was energy from start to finish," Young said, per SB Nation's Glen Willis. "We didn't have it and that was the main reason why we lost... It starts with me. With energy. I've got to bring energy start to finish."

The six-foot-two, 180-pound point guard has averaged 18.3 points and seven assists through his first six games with Atlanta, but his 39.1 field goal percentage and 30.2 percent shooting from beyond the arc have been a cause for concern for Hawks fans and management.

Young was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks with the fifth pick of the 2018 NBA Draft but was promptly shipped to Atlanta in exchange for Slovenian small forward Luka Doncic. A product of Oklahoma, Young caught the world of college basketball by storm during his freshman campaign with the Sooners. He drew comparisons to two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry thanks to his sensational shots, incredible range, and crafty dimes. Even before his rookie season in the NBA began, Young made headlines by draining a game-winning shot from near half court in a preseason contest against the San Antonio Spurs.

 The Hawks travel to Cleveland Tuesday night, where Young will look to improve his shooting numbers and bring his team closer to .500 against the LeBron-less Cavaliers.

"It will be a tough game, it will be a tough atmosphere,"Pierce said postgame. "We just need to be better. We need to play better, we need to come together as a team, we need to have a better spirit going into this road trip."

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• Land O'Lakes has withdrawn support for Republican Rep. Steve King after calls for a boycott of its dairy products over a political donation it made to the congressman. 
• King has often come under fire for racially charged remarks and support for white nationalist viewpoints.
• Most recently, King has been criticized for defending his ties to a Nazi-linked group in Austria.

Land O'Lakes has withdrawn support for Republican Rep. Steve King after calls for a boycott of its dairy products over a political donation it made to the congressman. 

"The Land O’Lakes, Inc. PAC has traditionally contributed to lawmakers of both parties that represent the communities where our members and employees live and work and are also on committees that oversee policies that directly impact our farmer owners,"the company said in a statement.

"We take our civic responsibility seriously, want our contributions to be a positive force for good and also seek to ensure that recipients of our contributions uphold our company’s values," the company added, saying that "on that basis" it's no longer supporting King "moving forward."

This came after calls for a boycott of the company in relation to its support for King went viral on social media.

King has often come under fire for racially charged remarks and support for white nationalist viewpoints.

The Iowa Republican once tweeted, for example, that "diversity is not our strength." Not long before that, King tweeted that "we can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies." 

More recently, King has been criticized for defending his ties to a Nazi-linked group in Austria, the Austria Freedom Party. 

In a recent interview with The Washington Post, King said the Austria Freedom Party "would be Republicans" if they were in the US. The interview was published shortly after a massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue, which marked the deadliest attack on Jews in US history. 

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Apple held a splashy media event in Brooklyn on Tuesday to unveil its holiday menu of new laptops, iPads and other gadgets. Unlike the big event Apple hosted at its California headquarters in September to show off its new iPhone line-up, Tuesday's event was focused on computing devices designed for working and creating. 

Here are some of the most important products that Apple unveiled on Tuesday: 

• A new MacBook Air that features a 13.3-inch Retina display with 4 million pixels, and replaces the aluminum border around the display with a black bezel. The new MacBook Air is 17% less volume than its predecessor and includes cool, new features like Touch ID. 
• A new Mac Mini with up to 64 GB of memory (previously, 16 GB was the limit) and which is five times faster than before. 
• The new iPad Pro has an edge-to-edge, 11-inch LCD "Liquid Retina" display. It also says workloads on the new iPad Pro are now up to 90% faster, and graphics performance is 1,000 times faster. 
• The new Apple Pencil attaches to the iPad magnetically and charges wirelessly.
• The new MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and iPad Pro are all made from 100% recycled aluminum, a new alloy creation made by Apple's metallurgy team. 

You can read Business Insider's full coverage of the Apple event here

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• Notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was reportedly found dead at a West Virginia prison. 
• Bulger was listed as a transfer to the high-security USP Hazelton in West Virginia, earlier on Tuesday.
• Bulger, 89, was serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing at least 11 people.

Notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger has been found dead in a West Virginia prison, according to multiple reports.

Bulger was listed as a transfer to the high-security USP Hazelton in West Virginia earlier on Tuesday. 

The news was first reported by Boston-based reporter Michele McPhee, and later confirmed by NBC News.

President of the corrections officers' union at Hazelton, Richard Heldreth, told WVNews that a male inmate had been killed over night but did not confirm the man's identity.

Bulger, 89, was serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing at least 11 people.

He had recently been moved from Florida to a transfer facility in Oklahoma City before moving to West Virginia, according to DailyMail.com.

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