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November 15, 2024     "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." —Soren Kierkegaard   1 Trump Delivers First Post-Election Speech President-elect Trump praised nominees including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his first public post-election speech. Keep reading   2 Musk Pitches New Hires: 80 Hours, 'Zero' Compensation The upcoming government efficiency office to be run by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy is hiring, and it appears the first expense they intend to save money on is their staff. Keep reading     At a Glance A dragonfly is backdropped by the moon in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. November's supermoon marks the fourth and final one of 2024, and the last one until October 2025. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo) Keep reading   3 US Obesity 'Is at a Crisis Point' "Obesity is at a crisis point throughout the USA," according to researchers who tracked obesity rates nationwide, per CTV News. Keep reading   4 Crypto's 'Clyde' Gets 5 Years, Asks for Leniency for 'Bonnie' A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices—and then spent years laundering the hacked cryptocurrency with help from his wife—was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison. Keep reading   5 Denzel: Gladiator II Gay Kiss Got Cut Denzel Washington says he filmed a notable moment for Gladiator II, out next week, that didn't end up in the final version of the movie. Keep reading   6 Star of the New Snow White Criticized Over Trump Posts The star of Disney's updated, live-action version of Snow White is facing backlash from Trump voters after she posted on social media about her disappointment following the election. Keep reading     7 Animal Welfare Check Ends With 7 Dead Dogs An investigation continues into an incident earlier this month in Tennessee that left seven dogs dead, with a local deputy accused of gunning them down while responding to a call. Keep reading   8 Trump Reveals Choices to Lead Interior, Veterans Affairs President-elect Trump's latest Cabinet picks are two Dougs: Department of the Interior: Trump will nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, whom the Washington Post calls an "aggressive champion of the oil industry." Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI World's Tallest Teenager to Redshirt Freshman Year See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Nov. 15, 1959, four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, were found murdered in their home. (Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were later convicted of the killings and hanged in a case made famous by the Truman Capote book "In Cold Blood.") Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2018: Under Greenland's Ice, a Surprise Find   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved