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• Israeli Attacks on Lebanon’s Baalbek Kill 19 as Prime Minister Mikati Hopes for Ceasefire Soon
• Israel Is Committing War Crimes by Targeting Health Infrastructure, U.N. Peacekeepers in Lebanon
• Israel Attacks Kamal Adwan in North Gaza, Continues Deadly Strikes Across the Strip
• State Dept. Largely Ignoring 500 Reports of U.S. Weapons Used to Kill or Injure Palestinians in Gaza
• Elon Musk Faces Philly Hearing over Pro-Trump Super PAC’s $1M Voter Giveaway Scheme
• SCOTUS Allows Virginia to Continue Voter Roll Purge Less Than One Week Before Election
• Supreme Court Rejects RFK Jr.’s Request to Remove Name from Ballot in Swing States
• House Speaker Mike Johnson Vows GOP Will Dismantle Obamacare, “Blowtorch” Regulations If Trump Wins
• Harris Hits Back After Trump Claims He’ll Protect Women “Whether They Like It or Not”
• Texas Abortion Ban Led to Deaths of at Least Two Patients Denied Reproductive Care
• Man Who Plotted to Kidnap Nancy Pelosi and Attacked Her Husband Gets Life in Prison
• Mexican Journalists Paty Bunbury and Mauricio Cruz Solís Assassinated
• U.N. General Assembly Votes to Condemn U.S. Embargo on Cuba for 32nd Consecutive Year
• Trial Opens for Ex-Cops Accused of Murdering Rio de Janeiro Councilmember Marielle Franco
• WFP Calls for Urgent Action to Prevent Famine as Israeli Siege on Gaza Continues
• Israeli Military Orders Entire Population of Baalbek to Flee or Face Bombs
• Palestinian Political Prisoner Marwan Barghouti Says He Was Assaulted by Israeli Guards
• Norway Seeks ICJ Opinion on Whether Israel’s UNRWA Ban Violates International Law
• U.N. Mission in Sudan Warns of “Staggering” Levels of Sexual Violence by Paramilitaries
• Mozambique Opposition Calls for Fresh Protests over Alleged Election Fraud 
• Kamala Harris Rallies Tens of Thousands as She Delivers “Closing Arguments” of 2024 Campaign 
• Trump Insists Hate-Filled New York City Rally Was a “Love Fest”
• Kamala Harris Wins Endorsement of Dozens of Nobel Prize Winners, 1,000+ Religious Leaders
• Steve Bannon Is Released from Prison Ahead of December Trial for Defrauding Donors
• Floods in Spain Kill Dozens After a Month’s Rain Falls Within 24 Hours
• Toxic Smog Shrouds India’s Capital Region
• More Than One-Third of World’s Trees Face Extinction
• Israeli Attack on Beit Lahia Kills at Least 93 Palestinians as Siege of Northern Gaza Continues
• Israeli Lawmakers Ban U.N. Aid Agency for Palestinian Refugees
• Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Flatten Homes in Tyre and Kill at Least 60 in Beqaa Valley

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Untangling Disinformation

Crowdsourced voting fraud claims could become grist for republican lawsuits.

One hub for rumors and conspiracies about voting is X, the social media site once known as Twitter. There, users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral.

ELECTION CONSPIRACY THEORY NARRATIVES

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Pregnant women and babies face 'terrifying' threat from xylazine addiction

Pat Haskins, a 72-year-old retired school teacher, poses for a portrait in the backyard of her home in Silver Spring, Md., on Oct. 22. She had struggled to keep up with repairs as her basement flooded, a bathroom floor sagged and her disabled partner needed a ramp. Moriah Ratner/For NPR hide caption

Millions of low-cost homes are deteriorating, making the U.S. housing shortage worse

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After setting a home run record, the Dodgers' Freddie Freeman named World Series MVP

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An Elon Musk-backed political group is posting fake Kamala Harris ads on Facebook

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Keri Russell returns as 'The Diplomat,' which is just as savvy in Season 2

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Why abortion referendums are also about the economy

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Your Health

Some 106 million people provide unpaid care for an adult in the U.S. Many feel invisible and profoundly lonely. But some are creating new ways to support each other.

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This is what it’s really like to have OCD, according to 4 people living with it

OCD is often misunderstood. Here’s what it’s like, from people who live with it.

During OCD Awareness Month, a look at different forms of OCD

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Starbucks hopes faster drinks, fewer upcharges and nicer mugs bring people back

Shoppers complain that Starbucks isn't fancy enough — but they also say it's too expensive. The new CEO, Brian Niccol, is ordering up big changes.

STARBUCKS BACK TO STARBUCKS

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Former California Governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives for a ceremony to receive a honorary doctorate by the Hertie School, a university of governance, in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Markus Schreiber/AP/AP hide caption

Arnold Schwarzenegger has endorsed Kamala Harris for president

Schwarzenegger served as the governor of California from 2003 to 2011. He said he is frustrated with both parties, and does not trust either, but felt compelled to speak out.

This combination of file photos shows Vice President Harris speaking during a campaign rally in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Oct. 26, and former President Donald Trump during a rally Oct. 22 in Greensboro, N.C. AP/AP hide caption

Harris and Trump will bring their closing arguments to 2 key Southwest swing states

With five days left until Election Day, the candidates are expected to make a pitch to Latino voters in Arizona and Nevada — and talk about border security, one of the biggest issues for the campaign.

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A civil war battlefield gives perspective on our modern divide.

The most famous battle of the Civil War took place just outside of Gettysburg. Morning Edition stopped by the historic site to hear about the cautionary tale as the election cycle nears its end.

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North Korea launches new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to threaten U.S.

North Korea confirmed the launch hours after its neighbors detected the firing of what they suspected was a new weapon.

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At least 95 people die in devastating flash floods in Spain

Spain's national weather service said it rained more in eight hours in Valencia than it had in the preceding 20 months.

Spain flooding: Photos show the devastation in Valencia

‘Witches marks’ and curses found carved into the walls of historic England manor

About 20 carvings in “a wide range of designs” including some meant to trap demons or to seek help from the Virgin Mary have been found at Gainsborough Old Hall in Lincolnshire, England.

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2024 Election

After a chaotic vote count in 2020, here's what detroit will do differently this year.

Four years ago, Trump supporters, motivated in part by false election fraud claims, loudly protested at a Detroit counting facility. Election officials are determined to avoid a repeat of the chaos.

DETROIT ELECTION SECURITY

A ballot drop box in at the Fishers Landing Transit Center in Vancouver, Wash., was set ablaze early Monday morning, destroying hundreds of ballots. Erik Neuman/OPB hide caption

Portland police say ballot box arsonist has ‘wealth of experience’ with welding

Police believe the suspect in Monday's attack on ballot drop boxes in Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash., is a white male who is 30 to 40 years old.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump shake hands during their debate on Sept. 10. Whoever wins the election could shape the Supreme Court for years. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

What could happen at the Supreme Court under Harris and Trump

Depending on who wins the presidential election and the Senate, the conservative supermajority could remain the same, be trimmed or expand to an even larger and more lopsided conservative majority.

Ms. Meyers and her students begin to count the tallies after counting the ballots at Salt River Elementary School on October 22. Sharon Chischilly for NPR hide caption

In this school’s election, it’s pizza vs. chicken nuggets, with democracy as the winner

At an Arizona tribal school, it's a fierce campaign to pick the top school lunch, as students learn about making their voice count

Kids at an Arizona tribal school learn about democracy with their own lunch vote

Gov. Glenn Youngkin gives remarks following a ribbon cutting ceremony at Hotel Petersburg on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 in Petersburg, Virginia. Shaban Athuman/VPM News hide caption

With Supreme Court backing Va.'s voter purge, experts look to what comes next

It's unclear how many suspected non-citizens may have been on the purge list mistakenly. They can re-register for provisional ballots but the ruling could have wider effects.

Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge individuals from voter rolls

Vice President Harris takes the stage at a rally in Harrisburg, Pa., on Oct. 30, 2024. Brendan Smialowski/AFP hide caption

Harris will spend election night at Howard University, the HBCU that helped shape her

Harris is the first vice president to be an alum of a historically Black college, and if she wins, would make history as the first president to be an HBCU graduate.

A 2005 electron microscope image shows an avian influenza A H5N1 virion. A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. Cynthia Goldsmith, Jackie Katz/CDC/AP hide caption

Bird flu has been found in a pig for the first time in the U.S.

The discovery of an infected pig at a backyard farm in Oregon raises concerns about bird flu's potential to become a human threat.

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Shots - Health News

Walking pneumonia is spiking, especially in kids. here's what to know.

If you or your kid has a cough that's been lingering, it could be a case of walking pneumonia. Cases are rising across the U.S. The good news — it's usually mild and easily treated. Here's how.

Walking Pneumonia cases on the rise in kids

People watch a light show on the banks of river Sarayu on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ayodhya on Oct. 23, 2022. Sanjay Kanojia/Getty Images hide caption

Millions of people will celebrate Diwali this week. Here is what you should know

Known as the “Festival of Lights,” Diwali is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in India and across the Indian diaspora, including in the U.S. Many celebrate it with food, gifts and fireworks.

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WATCH: Explore this legendary Trail of Terror, which has provided countless screams for 30 years

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Trail of Terror in Connecticut Public's latest Mini Doc.

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Enforcement was considered discriminatory. Now New Yorkers can jaywalk legally

The NYPD can no longer ticket jaywalkers, after years of protest that enforcement unfairly targeted Black and Hispanic New Yorkers.