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How 4 People Are Spending Their Juul Settlement Money - The Cut

Including one who’s never purchased any Juul products.

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A Psychologist Explains Why Americans Spend Billions to Scare
Themselves Silly on Halloween - Inc [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=86961&nl=daily]
Gone are the days when kids and their parents used cardboard and
bedsheets to whip up homemade Halloween costumes. According to the
National Retail Federation, Americans spent a whopping $12.2 billion
on Halloween last year. And a recent Lending Tree survey found around
half of us are planning a big splurge this spooky season.

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Diddy was hiding in plain sight
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These are just some of the indelible images that emerged from Sean
Diddy Combss annual White Parties from the late 90s to the late 2000s.
Splashed across magazines and gossip columns, they cemented him as
hip-hops foremost party boy.















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North Koreas fanatical regime just got scarier - The Economist
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THE KAESONG Industrial Complex in North Korea has long symbolised
hopes for peace and unity on the Korean peninsula. Opened in 2004, it
housed South Korean factories that employed North Korean workers.
Joint production trudged along until 2016, when South Korea turned off
the lights in response to advances in North Koreas nuclear programme;
subsequent attempts to restart the project faltered. This month Kim
Jong Un, North Koreas dictator, made clear that it has no future by
blowing up the roads that connect Kaesong to the south.

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These Companies Are Giving Out Election Day Freebies: Krispy Kreme,
Ikea And More - Forbes [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=86961&nl=daily]
Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Lime scooters rides and Johnny Rockets
milkshakes are among the free items major companies will be handing
out on Election Day to residents who cast their votesand not all of
them are requiring proof.














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Teva fined $503 million for disparaging a rival and using patents to
thwart competition - STAT [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=86961&nl=daily]
The European Commission found the company had artificially extended
the patent protection of Copaxone and systematically spread misleading
information about a rival product. The decision follows an
investigation opened three years ago, which marked the first time the
EC probed potential antitrust abuses stemming from patent procedures
as well as disparaging competing products.

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A Toolkit to Help You Manage Uncertainty Around AI - Harvard Business
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Uncertainty around AI takes different shapes and forms, but we can
boil it down to three main categories that every manager should
consider: state, effect and response uncertainty. State uncertainty
occurs when managers lack sufficient information to predict market
trends and changes. Managers experiencing this type of uncertainty
face challenges in understanding AIs current capabilities and
potential developments. As AI evolves rapidly, it is difficult to
distinguish between what is achievable now and what remains a distant
possibility. This uncertainty is even more daunting because AI experts
often have wildly different views on critical questions like whether
scaling AI has limits, whether AI confabulations can be fixed, or
whether AI can ever truly reason. Effect uncertainty describes the
difficulty managers have in predicting AIs impact on business. Will AI
disrupt your industry, or will it be just another tool? This
uncertainty is compounded by the fact that current tests focus on
narrow benchmarks that lack real-world relevance. As such, even
developers do not know how enhancements like an increased context
window in upcoming modelswill affect business outcomes or employee
dynamics. Response uncertainty is the challenge for managers in
determining how to react and the consequences of these actions to the
many uncertainties surrounding AI. Should you take the leap as an
early adopter, or is it wiser to wait and observe? Should your focus
be on automation and cost-cutting, or augmenting human capabilities?
This uncertainty extends to choices about models and approaches
whether to develop custom models, fine-tune existing ones, or
integrate techniques like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).














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Meta and Microsoft: AIs spending champs wont be tapping the brakes -
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The storied corporate software giant and the parent company of
Facebook and Instagram reported results late Wednesday for the
September-ended quarter. Both showed decently strong revenue growth
and even better operating profit improvements for the quartereach
exceeding Wall Streets targets for the period.

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Climate change can take big toll on Asian economies, says ADB report -
WSJ [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=86961&nl=daily]
The international treaty aims to limit the average rise in global
temperatures to that threshold, beyond which experts expect climate
change to have increasingly disastrous consequences. In the nine years
since the agreement was adopted, inaction has put that goal nearly out
of reach, the multilateral bank said.














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How a Racist Joke About Puerto Rico Could Impact the Election
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Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe was supposed to be one of over a dozen
warm-up acts for Donald Trumps campaign rally on Sunday in Madison
Square Garden. He ended up stealing the show with a raft of racist
jokes targeting Latinos, Black Americans, Jews, and Muslims that drew
swift condemnation from Democrats and Republicans alike.

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Safeguarding the Pennsylvania Election - The New Yorker
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The term red teaming derives from the war games that U.S. officials
conducted during the Cold War to prepare for catastrophic attacks
against American interests. In the run-up to the Presidential
election, think tanks have been executing countless such exercises. So
has the state of Pennsylvania, which has an election-threat task force
that includes officials from the governors office, the Department of
Homeland Security, the National Guard, and the Pennsylvania Emergency
Management Agency (PEMA). For most of this year, the task force met
once a month to share information and to spend half a day gaming out
what might go wrong. In October, it began meeting once a week.














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Is Election Anxiety Keeping You Awake? Sleep Experts Share Advice -
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If the nerve-racking buildup to the U.S. presidential election has
stolen your sleep, youre not alone. An American Psychological
Association survey released last week found that more than 82 percent
of adults have felt that this election cycle has been an emotional
rollercoaster and that 25 percent say they have lost sleep over it.
But experts in the field have some good news: a few actionable,
science-based steps can help.

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This 'Friendly' Wisconsin Town Might Be the Most Divided Place in
America
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Algoma is known in Wisconsin as a sleepy, charming little place, a
draw for tourists with its charter fishing trips, antique shops and
beachfront boardwalk that is perfect for a lakeside stroll.














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Trump Offends Women as His Campaign Reaches Out to Young Men
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“Do you want a person like Kamala Harris negotiating in private
rooms with people like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping?” Vance asked,
not mentioning the fact that Trump has praised both dictators. “Or
do you want a person like Donald Trump actually sticking up for the
United States of America?”

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As Election Nears, Foreign Leaders Fear 'a Vacuum' in American
Leadership
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“There is always a fear that you could have an America stepping
back, a kind of seclusion and isolation,” Mr. Christodoulides said.
“We’ve seen it in the past. That’s the main concern because the
region is in turmoil right now. It’s extremely dangerous.”














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Trump Had an 'America First' Foreign Policy. But It Was a Breakdown in
American Policymaking.
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Mr. Trump was never a true isolationist, of course, and for all his
internationalist talk Mr. Biden has demonstrated more than a few
streaks of nationalism. But should Mr. Trump prevail, it will almost
certainly mark a return to an era of foreign policy decrees,
untethered to any policy process, at a moment of maximum international
peril.

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Has Your Stance on Immigration Changed? Tell Us.
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Polls suggest that American voters’ attitudes on immigration have
hardened in recent years, regardless of their political affiliation or
party. A recent New York Times/Siena poll found that 57 percent of
respondents supported mass deportation. It also found that 57 percent
of voters support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants
living in the United States. About 20 percent support both options.













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Elon Musk Tries to Move Case About $1 Million Giveaway to Federal
Court
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Mr. Krasner’s lawsuit does not appear to have slowed down Mr.
Musk’s efforts on behalf of Mr. Tump. On Wednesday, America PAC
announced its next $1 million winner and said it would continue to
announce winners each day through Nov. 5.

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AI darling Super Micro Computer could get booted off the Nasdaq as the
stock plunges another 15%
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Following these accusations, Super Micro’s stock price took a
significant hit. The company refuted the claims, stating that the
report contained misleading and inaccurate information and that it
would address the allegations in due course.

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Elon Musk's pro-Trump super PAC is doing some shady stuff
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In August, the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office announced it
was investigating the PAC following a complaint to the state election
board. The complaint alleged that the PAC’s website collected
personal data without helping users register to vote as promised.

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Why a Memphis Community Is Fighting Elon Musk's Supercomputer
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So far, xAI is using the Memphis facility to develop its artificial
intelligence models on a network of thousands of high-powered computer
servers. Some of its models are trained on data from Mr. Musk's social
media platform, X.

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Amazon Stock Jumps After Earnings Report Record $15.3 Billion Profit
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Amazon had warned investors last quarter that consumer behavior was
particularly tricky to predict in the election season, as a volatile
political climate can distract consumers from shopping. Sales in its
North America e-commerce business grew 9 percent in the quarter. It
produced $5.7 billion in operating profit.

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Elon Musk moves $1 million voter lottery lawsuit to federal court for
now
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"America PAC and Musk are lulling Philadelphia citizens - and others
in the Commonwealth (and other swing states in the upcoming election)
- to give up their personal identifying information and make a
political pledge in exchange for the chance to win $1 million,"
Krasner's lawsuit says. "That is a lottery."

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7 ways that Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol plans to change the coffee
chain
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More broadly, Starbucks isn't planning to change North American prices
through the next fiscal year, which ends around early October, in the
hopes of improving consumers' perception of its pricing.

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Opinion | Leopards Are Telling You That They Will Eat YOUR Face
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Those remarks alone tell you two things. First, that Musk doesn’t
understand federal spending. Second, a new Trump administration would
probably inflict a lot of hardship on millions of Americans, and
it’s unlikely that it would be temporary.

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Netflix gives us another sneak peek of Squid Game season two
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Seong seems to be on a personal crusade to save the latest batch of
players who may not have any understanding of the games and its very
high stakes. Unlike last season, Seong isn’t smiling when he takes
his official contestant photo. The new trailer also features an
impassioned Seong trying to convince the new batch of players to vote
to leave the island with their lives still intact.

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WhatsApp custom lists are here to help you keep track of convos
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This is just the latest update for the world’s favorite chat app.
The platform announced that users can now add contacts from any
device, and not just the primary smartphone affiliated with the
account. WhatsApp recently hit 100 million users in the US, though
that figure pales to the two billion users across the globe.

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China sanctions US drone maker Skydio in ongoing trade war
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DJI, it should be mentioned, has long been in the crosshairs of the US
government. In mid-October, the Chinese drone maker filed a lawsuit
against the Department of Defense over a decision the Pentagon made to
designate it as a “Chinese military company.” Earlier in the year,
DJI narrowly avoided a national ban when the US Senate released its
version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.

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Election 2024: What are the candidates' policies on EVs and clean
energy?
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In general, Donald Trump is skeptical of climate change and efforts to
limit humans’ impact on the environment. He has pledged to withdraw
from the Paris Climate Accord (again) and called for building hundreds
of new power plants, including coal, hydro and nuclear, but wind and
solar farms are noticeably absent from his plan for American energy
independence.

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About 8,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US
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North Korean troops would be “co-belligerents, and you have every
reason to believe that … they will be killed and wounded as a result
of battle,” the US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, said on
Wednesday.

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How will the outcome of the US election affect Australia, Aukus and
our region?
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“At a broad level, she believes in American leadership, she believes
in alliances, she prefers democracy to dictators, she more pro-trade
than Trump. But beyond that, it’s very hard to know how she will
approach Asia, the part of the world Australia is in, because she
hasn’t been a prominent foreign policy voice in the Biden
administration.”

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Housing, social care and universities: who lost out in the UK budget?
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The Women’s Budget Group thinktank said: “Reintroducing the freeze
on local housing allowance is deeply disappointing for the hundreds of
thousands of families struggling in temporary housing or facing
eviction. The cost of private renting has been increasing, eating up
more and more of women’s incomes – with the gender housing
affordability gap widening in the last year. The average rent for a
one-bedroom property in England is now taking up 47% of a woman’s
median earnings, up from 36% last year, compared to 34% and 26% for
men respectively.”

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Exclusive: Kalshi secures tens of millions in loans from VCs, eyes
$50M+ round amid election betting boom, source says
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In addition to Sequoia and Neo, Kalshi’s backers include Y
Combinator, Henry Kravis, and Mantis VC, a fund managed. The company
raised a total of $106 million in equity capital and was last valued
at $787 million, according to PitchBook data.

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How to court -- and retain -- Gen Z workers | TechCrunch
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Its the topic on everyones mind: Are Gen Z workers actually different?
TechCrunch sought to find out at this years Disrupt 2024. We sat down
with

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MealMe, the startup integrating food ordering tech into apps, picks up
$8M | TechCrunch
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The company will use the new capital to strengthen marketing efforts
and grow the team to deliver better developer support to enterprise
customers. In addition to food ordering and delivery, the company aims
to focus on expanding into other areas, such as broader e-commerce and
AI.

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Exclusive: Buddy.ai is using AI and gaming to help children learn
English as a second language
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“We just believe that the future is hybrid where AI tutors and AI
agents can really help teachers,” Crewkov said. “You just need to
provide a lot of practice, practice daily. We will never [have] enough
teachers to do that; it’s the prefect applications to AI.”

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Internal Emails Show Harvard Leaders Debating Response to Hamas Attack
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What is clear is that administrators struggled to find consensus on
delicate moral judgments — like whether certain behavior constituted
antisemitism — and how to take a stand on portentous affairs
dividing the world.

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Why Gov. John Carney Is Stepping Down and Running for Mayor of
Wilmington
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Mr. Carney, 68, spoke to The New York Times about his decision, and
why the possibility of running for a U.S. Senate seat did not appeal
to him. This interview has been condensed and lightly edited for
clarity.

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Soldier Charged in Death of Fort Leonard Wood Sergeant
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Sergeant Roque was a bridge crew member, an Army group that constructs
bridges and rafts to help soldiers over rough terrain and water. She
served as a mine dog handler with the K9 detachment, which uses dogs
to detect explosives, according to Army officials. Since she enlisted
in 2020, she had received several military awards, including the Army
Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal
and the Army Service Ribbon.

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Harris Campaign's New Ad in Spanish Highlights Puerto Rico Insult at
Trump Rally
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In addition to featuring notable Puerto Ricans, the ad includes a
snippet of sound from street protests on the island. The chant —
“Somos más, y no tenemos miedo,” or “We are more, and we are
not scared” — was popular during the summer of 2019, when huge
street protests led to the resignation of Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló.

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Why Is Trump Campaigning in New Mexico and Virginia?
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Maggie Haberman is a senior political correspondent reporting on the
2024 presidential campaign, down ballot races across the country and
the investigations into former President Donald J. Trump. More about
Maggie Haberman

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Trump and Vance Escalate Efforts to Sow Doubts on Pennsylvania Voting
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“Let’s remember, in 2020, Donald Trump attacked our elections over
and over,” Mr. Shapiro said in a post on social media. “He’s now
trying to use the same playbook to stoke chaos, but hear me on this:
we will again have a free and fair, safe and secure election — and
the will of the people will be respected.”

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'I'm Not Supposed to Say This,' Trump Says. But Then He Does.
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The Wisconsin rally wasn’t even the first time he acted out that
particular bit. Two nights earlier, he was in Atlanta, pretending to
go off the same script: “I think it’s fine to say I will protect
the women of this country,” he said. “They said, ‘Please, sir.
Please don’t say that.’”

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LeBron James Endorses Kamala Harris for President
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Mr. James’s response went viral. “U bum @StephenCurry30 already
said he ain’t going!” he wrote. “So therefore ain’t no invite.
Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!”

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United Airlines Passenger Repeatedly Punched Another Flier,
Authorities Say
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Mr. Nelson was charged with one felony count of assault by beating,
striking and wounding, and he appeared in federal courtroom in
Alexandria, Va., on Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge William B.
Porter. As of Thursday, Mr. Nelson remained in custody and had not
entered a plea.

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A Spooky Halloween Ad Tries to Tie Harris to Migrant Crime
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Then things get gory. A woman is seen being awakened in the night by a
loud sound. Splattered blood is shown on the floor of a home. The
woman is seen walking in the dark home, as if investigating the sound.
A girl is shown sleeping in bed, and then a television screen shows a
mug shot and the headline: “Migrant Charged With Raping Teenager.”

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Trump and Harris Campaign Ads Are Giving Voters Permission to Go Rogue
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It is intended to “create a permission structure,” said Todd
Harris, a Republican consultant. “In order for a message to sink in,
you have to have people listening and paying attention.”

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Campaign Ad for Nebraska Senator Uses Images From the Northeast
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The final days of the campaign for each candidate will be busy. On
Saturday, Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a fellow Republican, will
stump for Ms. Fischer at a rally in Papillion, Neb. Mr. Osborn will
appear at rallies in Lincoln and Omaha and will be at a tailgate party
before a Cornhuskers football game, where a banner in support of him
will fly over the stadium.

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Deer Hunter Is Killed in Apparent Bear Attack in Alaska, Authorities
Say
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“It is not uncommon for residents or visitors to Alaska to see
bears, usually from a safe distance,” the department said. “But
even if you don’t see a bear, you will never be far from one; Alaska
is bear country.”

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Puerto Rico Focuses on Governor Election After 'Garbage' Insult at
Trump Rally
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Puerto Ricans living in swing states became a focus of attention in
the presidential election this week after a comedian at a rally for
former President Donald J. Trump called Puerto Rico a “floating
island of garbage.” Vice President Kamala Harris and her allies
amplified and denounced the offensive remark, while Mr. Trump quickly
sought to distance himself from it.

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Harris Supporters Want to Ensure That, This Time, White Women Vote for
a Woman
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They are the country’s largest voting demographic, making up about
30 percent of the electorate, and they consistently turn out at very
high rates. They tend to swing in larger numbers toward the Republican
in presidential elections — including in the last two contests for
Mr. Trump.

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