--- description: THE WEEK REPUBLICANS WON THE U.S. SENATE 21 Number of inches of snow (53 cm) that fell in Cary, Maine, on Nov. 2, part of... title: Briefing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Briefing (6 Nov 2014) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2014 11:18 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2014 11:18 AM CUT THE WEEK REPUBLICANS WON THE U.S. SENATE 21 Number of inches of snow (53 cm) that fell in Cary, Maine, on Nov. 2, part of a record-early snowfall that hit New England ‘There is no way I would ask others to go on a Virgin Galactic flight if I didn’t feel it was safe enough for myself.’ RICHARD BRANSON, Virgin Galactic founder, saying he will still be the first passenger on his company’s commercial spaceflight after a test-flight crash on Oct. 31 killed one pilot and injured another Lincoln Sales surged 25% in October following an ad campaign featuring Matthew McConaughey GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK Kia and Hyundai The U.S. fined the carmakers a total $100 million for misrepresenting gas mileage ‘We are going to make ’em squeal! ‘ JONI ERNST, Republican Senator-elect from Iowa, celebrating her Nov. 4 win; she had famously aired an ad that recalled her time castrating hogs on a farm 1.29 million Number of copies that Taylor Swift’s new album sold in its first week of release, the biggest release since 2002 ‘It’s more than an insult. It’s hate.’ BETSY HODGES, Minneapolis mayor, protesting against the Washington Redskins’ name for being offensive to Native Americans; she was one of more than 3,000 people who gathered before the team’s game against the Minnesota Vikings ‘A farce that is being conducted under the threat of tanks and guns.’ PETRO POROSHENKO, Ukraine’s President, describing the elections held on Nov. 2 by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk 380 Number of pounds (172 kg) lost by a Michigan couple who married Nov. 3 after meeting at a weight-loss support group ‘I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.’ TIM COOK, Apple CEO, openly discussing his sexuality for the first time in an essay in Bloomberg Businessweek Sources: AP (3); Bloomberg (2); Bloomberg Businessweek; CNN, Minneapolis StarTribune; Reuters (2) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3560483/briefing-32/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3560483/briefing-32/"},"headline":"Briefing (6 Nov 2014)","datePublished":"2014-11-06T11:18:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:05:28.024Z","description":"THE WEEK REPUBLICANS WON THE U.S. SENATE 21 Number of inches of snow (53 cm) that fell in Cary, Maine, on Nov. 2, part of...","url":"https://time.com/3560483/briefing-32/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3560483/briefing-32/","name":"Briefing (6 Nov 2014)"}}]}] ```