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Shootings kill 2 and wound 6 during Halloween celebrations in Orlando

Associated Press
Nov 01, 2024 7:05 am - Two people were killed and six others were wounded in two shootings that took place among crowds during Halloween celebrations in Orlando early Friday, authorities said.
Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign's last days

By CALVIN WOODWARD, JEFF AMY and JONATHAN J. COOPER
Oct 31, 2024 1:56 pm - For the millions of Americans on the radar of the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns and those of their allies, the apocalypse is only a text message away.
The U.S. election system has safeguards. But human nature is a vulnerability

By DAVID KLEPPER and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
Oct 31, 2024 1:27 pm - Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn't be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential race would be impossible, election officials have said, thanks to decentralized systems, paper records for nearly all ballots, exhaustive reviews, legal due process and decades of work by American election officials, volunteers and citizens.
Kamala Harris says Trump’s comments on women ‘are offensive to everybody’

By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG
Oct 31, 2024 1:25 pm - Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights “to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies."
As America votes, these big energy projects hang in the balance

By Ari Natter and Jennifer A Dlouhy
Oct 31, 2024 8:53 am - The outcome of next week’s US presidential election is poised to have profound implications for a handful of multi-billion-dollar energy projects.
US applications for jobless benefits fall as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels

By MATT OTT
Oct 31, 2024 8:30 am - Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remained at historically healthy levels despite elevated interest rates.
Inflation gauge closely watched by the Fed falls to lowest level since early 2021

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Oct 31, 2024 8:27 am - As a presidential race profoundly shaped by Americans' frustration with high prices nears its end, the government said Thursday that an inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve has dropped to near pre-pandemic levels.
Spain searches for bodies after flood of the century claims at least 95 lives

By ALBERTO SAIZ and JOSEPH WILSON
Oct 31, 2024 7:11 am - Survivors of the worst natural disaster to hit Spain this century awoke to scenes of devastation on Thursday after villages were wiped out by monstrous flash floods that claimed at least 95 lives. The death toll is expected to rise as search efforts continue with officials removing bodies from vehicles and an unknown number of people still missing.
About 8,000 North Korean troops are near the Ukrainian border, US diplomat says at UN

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Oct 31, 2024 6:57 am - The Biden administration said Thursday that it has information that some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia’s Kursk region near Ukraine's border and preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops.
North Korea’s long-range missile test signals its improved, potential capability to attack US

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHI
Oct 31, 2024 6:52 am - North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in almost a year Thursday, demonstrating a potential advancement in its ability to launch long-range nuclear attacks on the mainland U.S.

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