Texans training camp could be prime time for rookie S Jalen Pitre

Reuters
Hezbollah faces long recovery, officials fear thousands of fighters lost to Israel offensive
With the bodies of its fighters still strewn on the battlefield, Hezbollah must bury its dead and provide succour to its supporters who bore the brunt of Israel's offensive, as the first steps on a long and costly road to recovery, four senior officials said. Hezbollah believes the number of its fighters killed during 14 months of hostilities could reach several thousand, with the vast majority killed since Israel went on the offensive in September, three sources familiar with its operations say, citing previously unreported internal estimates. One source said the Iran-backed group may have lost up to 4,000 people - well over 10 times the number killed in its month-long 2006 war with Israel.
AFP
US Fed's favored inflation gauge ticks up in October
US inflation -- set to be a key issue for incoming president Donald Trump -- accelerated slightly last month, according to data published Wednesday, underscoring price pressures in the world's largest economy.Personal income rose 0.6 percent month-on-month, an acceleration from September, when it rose by 0.3 percent.
Politico
Did Libertarians spoil the GOP’s chances of a bigger House majority?
Republicans believe third-party candidates hurt their prospects in three swing districts in Ohio, Oregon and North Carolina.
AFP
Hezbollah cooperating with army deployment in south Lebanon: MP
Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said Wednesday the group was cooperating with the army's deployment across south Lebanon under the terms of a ceasefire with Israel, insisting "there will be no problem"."There is full cooperation on this issue and there will be no problem there," he said.
Associated Press
Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy
President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition. On Tuesday night, Trump nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health, tapping an opponent of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates to lead the nation's top medical research agency. Bhattacharya and the other nominees are expected to play pivotal roles in implementing Robert F. Kennedy Jr's sprawling “Make America Healthy Again,” agenda, which calls for removing thousands of additives from U.S. foods, rooting out conflicts of interest at agencies and incentivizing healthier foods in school lunches and other nutrition programs.
Reuters
British PM opens Google-backed AI Campus to inspire students
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday opened London's first Google-funded AI Campus which aims to help young people develop skills in the rapidly developing technology. The centre, based in Camden, an area which Starmer represents in parliament and which is also home to Google's future offices in Kings Cross, has already started a two-year pilot project for local students. An first cohort of 32 people aged 16-18 will have access to resources in AI and machine learning and receive mentoring and expertise from Google's AI company DeepMind, the tech giant said.
The Conversation
Travelling by minibus taxi in South Africa: literature highlights the perils of Black life in a racially unequal society
Travelling remains time-consuming, precarious, and shockingly dangerous for most South Africans 30 years after apartheid has ended.
Reuters
Exclusive-Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say
The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter. The operation involved mercenary hackers who successfully breached the email accounts of environmental activists and others, the sources told Reuters. The scheme allegedly began in late 2015, when U.S. authorities contend that the names of the hacking targets were compiled by the DCI Group, a public affairs and lobbying company working for Exxon at the time, one of the sources said.
Associated Press
Average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the US slips to 6.81%
The rate slipped to 6.81% from 6.84% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Wednesday. A year ago, it averaged 6.56%, Freddie Mac said. Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including the yield on U.S. 10-year Treasury bonds, which lenders use as a guide to price home loans.
Yahoo Finance
Mortgage rates edge lower after Trump picks Bessent to lead Treasury
Mortgage rates were little changed this week as financial markets reacted to President-elect Donald Trump’s slate of Cabinet picks.
Associated Press
Northern lights may be faintly visible across parts of the US this Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, solar storms may produce faint auroras across the northern rim of the United States. Pale auroras may be seen across many northern states Thursday and Friday, but they may be brief and and seeing them will depend on how intense the solar storms get, NOAA meteorologist Mike Bettwy said in an email. Much of the following states are best positioned for potential auroras: Washington, Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Maine.
AFP
Faeces, vomit offer clues to how dinosaurs rose to rule Earth
Faeces, vomit and fossilised food from inside stomachs have provided new clues into how dinosaurs rose to dominate Earth, a new study revealed on Wednesday.For the new study in Nature, a European team exhaustively probed more than 500 "bromalites" -- the fossilised remains of dinosaur faeces, vomit and undigested food inside intestines -- from sites in Poland.
Reuters
Saudi Arabia likely to join GCAP jet fighter project, Italy says
A partnership involving Italy, Britain and Japan to build an advanced front-line fighter jet will likely be extended to Saudi Arabia, the Italian foreign minister said on Wednesday. "The deal we have with Britain and Japan ... I think will now be extended to Saudi Arabia," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said.
Yahoo Finance
The US labor market has become 'low-hire, low-fire'
Fewer Americans are filing for unemployment benefits. But that doesn't mean companies are hiring.
NBC News
California man is indicted after allegedly trying to fly with 71 pounds of meth-soaked clothes, including a cow onesie
Authorities arrested a man at Los Angeles International Airport after he tried to check suitcases filled with clothes soaked in meth, including a cow pajama onesie.
CBS News
NASA shows off image of U.S. military's abandoned "city under the ice"
Scientists now have a clearer picture of Camp Century, an abandoned U.S. military base long hidden under the ice in Greenland, thanks to a NASA research team's good luck.
Reuters
Trump places high-risk, high-reward bet on tariffs to stem fentanyl
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's vow to impose tariffs on China and Mexico unless they stem the flow of fentanyl and migrants across the U.S. border could impel deeper cooperation from those governments on drug policing, experts said. But the threat also carries risk, particularly concerning U.S.-Chinese collaboration on fighting fentanyl, which has improved this year after bilateral negotiations between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. In social media posts on Monday, Trump promised to impose additional 10% tariffs on Chinese imports and 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods - the United States' three largest trading partners - and asserted that not enough was being done to stop drugs and migrants from entering the country.
Associated Press
White House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds so they have enough troops to battle Russia
President Joe Biden's administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18. A senior Biden administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private consultations, said Wednesday that the outgoing Democratic administration wants Ukraine to lower the mobilization age to 18 from the current age of 25 to help expand the pool of fighting age men available to help a badly outmanned Ukraine in its nearly three-year-old war with Russia.
Time
Europe Is Already Reaching for Its Checkbook
The return of Trump means the continent will spend more for its own defense, and embrace a greater independence.
AccuWeather
Winter storm packing snow, rain puts millions of Thanksgiving travelers in Northeast on alert
A storm centered on Thanksgiving will cause significant travel delays for tens of millions as it delivers drenching rain to areas along the East Coast and in the lower Ohio Valley, but snow will fly and accumulate farther to the north and west, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The storm unloaded feet of snow on California's Sierra Nevada Range into Tuesday night and was making for wintry conditions from Utah's Wasatch Range and Colorado's Rocky Mountains at midweek. Airline delays and flight can

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