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WASHINGTON — Two sister meteor showers are already flashing across night skies — and will peak a week apart.The Southern Taurids will reach their zenith early Tuesday morning and the Northern Taurids on Nov. 12. While the two showers only produce around five visible meteors per hour under ideal viewing conditions, they are often very bright fireballs, said Sally Brummel, planetarium manager at the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum. “What’s notable is that they’re likely to produce brighter and longer-lasting meteors than some other showers, even if there aren’t as many” at a time, she said.The Southern Taurids will peak…

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina had already surpassed its early-voting record set in 2020, but the State Board of Elections announced Sunday that more than 4.2 million voters cast ballots at early in-person voting sites, with turnout in western counties hit by Hurricane Helene outpacing the rest of the state.Early in-person voting, which ended Saturday, has become increasingly popular in the presidential battleground state over several election cycles. People can simultaneously register to vote and cast ballots at early voting sites.Four years ago, a record 3.63 million people voted at hundreds of sites in all 100 counties during the early-voting…

Germany’s Alexander Zverev won the Paris Masters on Sunday by defeating home hope Ugo Humbert 6-2, 6-2 in a dominant display by the new world number two. Zverev, 27, now boasts seven ATP 1000-level titles over the course of his career, following two wins in Rome and Madrid, as well as victories in Montreal and Cincinnati. It was a happy return to Paris for Zverev, after he lost the French Open final in five sets to Carlos Alcaraz in June. Four years ago he lost the 2020 Paris Masters championship match to Daniil Medvedev. “I knew I had…

As the race for the White House remains a toss up, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have ramped up their courtship of a crucial voting bloc: young votersA recent ABC News/Ipsos poll found Harris leading Trump by 14 points among voters under 30 years old. That lead appears to track with the newest data from the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School published this month, which shows Harris continuing to lead among the nation’s youngest voting cohort.In a five-way matchup that includes third-party candidates, the Harvard poll found that Harris leads Trump by 20…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Votes cast for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in Ohio will not be counted despite her name appearing on the state’s ballot in Tuesday’s election after an appeals court panel denied her motion seeking to force the election chief to tally them. The three-judge panel on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday against her request for an injunction targeting Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose on Friday in a dispute over the person listed as her running mate on the ballot. Stein filed as an independent presidential candidate in Ohio because the Green…

Man Utd vs Chelsea Live Streaming, Premier League: When And Where To Watch© AFP Man Utd vs Chelsea Premier League, Live Streaming: Manchester United are all set to host Chelsea in their upcoming Premier League match on Sunday (IST) at the Old Trafford. Manchester United will be coming to this game after facing 2-1 defeat against West Ham in their previous clash. This will also be their first Premier League match after the sacking of their coach Erik Ten Hag, who was relieved from his duties after loss against West Ham. In the match against Chelsea, Ruud van…

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are heading into Election Day neck-and-neck in national and battleground state polls.As of Nov. 1, Harris and Trump were separated by just 1.2% in nationwide polling averages compiled by 538.At the state level, neither candidate has a lead greater than 2 percentage points any of the swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.Those seven battleground states will determine who clinches 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.How close the swing-state margins were in 2020President Joe Biden narrowly won six out of the seven states in…

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans vying to replace longtime leader Mitch McConnell have been crossing the country to campaign and fundraise for colleagues, making their final arguments before a consequential ballot the week after the presidential election. But their pitches are mostly behind closed doors, and most GOP senators won’t yet say which lawmaker they are backing.South Dakota’s John Thune, McConnell’s current No. 2, and John Cornyn of Texas, who held that job before Thune, are the front-runners in the Nov. 13 secret ballot to replace McConnell. The Kentucky senator is stepping aside from the post in January after almost two…

As the cricketing fraternity awaited the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 retention lists to be announced, rumours of Virat Kohli returning as the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru also started to float. The chatter intensified as the RCB left out skipper Faf du Plessis from the retention list, strengthening fans’ believes that Kohli would re-take the team’s captaincy. However, RCB’s Director of Cricket Mo Bobat poured cold water on Kohli’s captaincy rumours, saying the franchise hasn’t made any decision on the matter yet. Kohli left RCB captaincy after the 2021 season, paving the way for a new leader…

NEW YORK — For some television viewers, size apparently does matter. Forget the 65-inch TVs that were considered bigger than average a decade ago. In time for the holidays, manufacturers and retailers are rolling out more XXL screens measuring more than 8 feet across. That’s wider than a standard three-seat sofa or a king-size bed.Supersize televisions only accounted for 1.7% of revenue from all TV set sales in the U.S. during the first nine months of the year, according to market research firm Circana. But companies preparing for shoppers to go big for Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa have reason to…