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The political fallout from Tuesday's elections is only beginning, with one closely watched race still hanging in the balance and a new battle brewing in Washington. Overseas, fresh violence is raising questions about the direction of the Iran war, while major changes in health care and promising scientific advances could have lasting implications. Today's edition explores the developments worth watching and why they matter.

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Democrat Scott Colom led Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 1,138 votes in Mississippi's Senate race Wednesday evening, with 96% of votes counted and about 50,000 ballots left. The state has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in more than 40 years, and President Trump won it by more than 22 points in 2024.

If Colom wins, he would be the first Black senator elected in Mississippi since 1875. The state has no automatic recounts, and mail ballots postmarked by Election Day count if they arrive within five business days. A political scientist said the race likely won't be called until at least Nov. 10.

A tanker was struck by two projectiles about 50 nautical miles north of Qatar late Wednesday, a British military tracking agency said, with the crew's status unconfirmed. Iranian state TV said two more tankers and a towboat caught fire after striking mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a claim that could not be independently verified.

Iran's chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said the midterm results showed Americans reject the war and warned that ignoring that message would bring a nightmare. Colorado Democratic Rep. Jason Crow said, "The war has got to end," and indicated Democrats could use war powers votes and control over funding to push for that.

Democrats returning to power in the House and Senate are planning a long list of investigations into the Trump administration, backed by the power to subpoena records and compel testimony. Rep. Robert Garcia of California, who is expected to chair the House Oversight Committee, put it bluntly in a statement: "LAWYER UP."

Committee staffers say priorities include the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, the president's business interests in Truth Social and cryptocurrency, and alleged misconduct by immigration agents. They also expect oversight of projects such as the White House East Wing remodel and a monumental arch. Trump has long denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein.

Hubert Aiwanger, Bavaria's deputy governor, was found dead in a Berlin hotel room Wednesday evening, and police and prosecutors have opened an investigation into the cause of his death.

Hundreds of thousands of French demonstrators are expected to march across France Thursday as five unions demand higher wages, with 70,000 police and gendarmes deployed for the day of action.

Two Rome-bound passenger jets faced bomb threats Thursday, with an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin diverted to a French air base, days after eight European flights were similarly targeted.

Two women made it further in Navy SEAL training than any before them, though neither finished, as one was medically pulled from Hell Week and the other dropped out.

A Spokane County sheriff's deputy was killed, and another was not expected to survive after both were shot on a domestic violence call where three people were found dead.

Arkansas sued the prediction market Kalshi, accusing it of running an illegal gambling platform as more than a dozen states take on prediction markets that offer sports contracts.

CVS shares tumbled on plans to split its roughly 9,000 retail pharmacies from Aetna and its other health care businesses in a breakup expected by mid-2028.

Dutch Bros grew third-quarter revenue 30% to $550 million and plans to open about 250 coffee shops next year, even as executives warned of volatile consumer spending.

Sony's quarterly profit surged 44%, powered by "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," the box office hit behind a July-to-September haul of roughly $2.8 billion as quarterly sales also edged up 10%.

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NASA's Swift space telescope fell back to Earth over Indonesia on Wednesday after a $30 million rescue mission meant to pull it back into a safe orbit failed.

This year's Antarctic ozone hole was the largest in a decade as an unusually powerful polar vortex prolonged depletion, though scientists say long-term recovery remains on track.

Scientists grew a lens resembling the human eye's in a lab for the first time from stem cells in work that could help treat cataracts and other eye conditions.

Victor Wembanyama set career highs with 52 points and 24 rebounds plus eight blocks as San Antonio held off Dallas 112-111 for its sixth straight win.

Klay Thompson hit the winning 3-pointer with a second left in overtime as Miami rallied past the Clippers 117-116 to hand Los Angeles a seventh straight loss.

Adrian Kempe had a hat trick in Los Angeles' 7-2 rout of San Jose for his 37th multi-goal game to pass Dustin Brown for ninth in Kings history.

No. 8 Vanderbilt scored a school-record 73 first-half points and routed Queens 100-42 as preseason All-American Mikayla Blakes poured in 22 of her 24 points before the break.

Bob Dylan met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican during a break between concert dates as the pope gave him a rosary and received a copy of Dylan's autobiography.

Herbert Blomstedt has died at 99 after a seven-decade conducting career that included 10 years leading the San Francisco Symphony and concerts this year at age 98.

Chicago Fire marked its 300th episode with the exit of original cast member Joe Miñoso as his character Joe Cruz left Firehouse 51 for a rehab facility in Minnesota.

What it is: Librarians and patrons across the US say more people are leaning on public libraries as everyday costs rise. Several of the largest library systems shared data showing recent increases in cardholders, checkouts, and event attendance. A survey released in mid-October found that 44% of Americans have struggled in the past year to afford at least one basic necessity.

The detail: In-person visits, adult library card applications and Wi-Fi sessions at the Chicago Public Library each rose more than 11% year over year from January through July. In Los Angeles, digital checkouts and library visits both rose more than 20%. Arizona's Maricopa County Library District saw use of the Kanopy streaming app climb 34% and the Hoopla app 78% over three years.

Why it matters: Libraries offer much more than books, including free movie streaming, help with online job applications and "libraries of things" that lend out items like Wi-Fi hotspots, camping gear and induction cooktops. One survey found that 56% of libraries offered food security services last year. Library use also rose during the 2001 recession and the Great Recession, though not every study has found that link.

What to watch: The White House budget proposal in April called for eliminating funding for the federal agency that gives grants to libraries, after the administration tried to cancel those grants last year and reinstated them once 21 states sued. Libraries rely on a mix of federal, state and local money and must make the case for funding every year.

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MIT professors are decorating security cameras with googly eyes and rhinestones every week to protest a possible AI surveillance system on the 168-acre campus in Cambridge.

D.C. voters appear poised to ban foie gras with a measure called Initiative 86 that is named after the kitchen slang term for taking something off the menu.

A Dallas mansion modeled after a nautilus shell is relisted at $8.875 million with wedge-shaped rooms fanning out from a central elevator to give each a view.

Guy Fawkes is arrested guarding gunpowder beneath Parliament as the Gunpowder Plot is foiled (1605) · Parker Brothers releases the board game Monopoly (1935) · Franklin D. Roosevelt wins an unprecedented third term (1940) · Richard Nixon is elected president (1968) · George Foreman knocks out Michael Moorer to regain the heavyweight title at 45 (1994) · An Iraqi court sentences Saddam Hussein to death (2006)

"Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot." — Traditional English rhyme marking the foiled Gunpowder Plot

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