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In Michigan, Harris hits back against Trump over his electric car attack lines

Franco Ordoñez
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October 4, 2024

The Trump campaign is telling Michigan that Vice President Harris would ban gas-powered cars. At a rally in Flint, she pushed back – and said Trump would be bad for the state’s best-known industry.
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A victim of a crypto ‘pig butchering’ scam just got his $140,000 back

Bobby Allyn
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October 4, 2024

NPR investigated a crypto scam company known as SpireBit, which stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Russian-speaking seniors. Now, some of the victims are getting their money back after a lawsuit by Massachusetts authorities.
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Biden says he is worried about violence around the presidential election

Tamara Keith
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October 4, 2024

President Biden told reporters he was confident the election “will be free and fair,” before saying, “I don’t know whether it will be peaceful.”
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As Oct. 7 approaches, synagogues and mosques bolster security

Adora Namigadde
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October 4, 2024

Mosques and synagogues in the U.S. are bolstering security ahead of Oct. 7, the one-year mark of the Hamas-led attack in Israel.
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What about Grandmas? Global thinkers assess the U.N. 'Summit of the Future'

Marc Silver
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October 4, 2024

The U.N. has adopted a lengthy "pact" of items for the world to address for a better tomorrow. We asked global thinkers if they'd like to add anything or give more emphasis to certain agenda items.
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Supreme Court refuses, for now, to block new EPA rules to fight climate change

Nina Totenberg
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October 4, 2024

The justices, in a break from the way they have handled most such cases in the recent past, told the challengers to first litigate their claims in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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‘Touch grass,’ ‘For You page’: See 200 new words and phrases added to Merriam-Webster

Alana Wise
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October 4, 2024

“Our lexicographers monitor a huge range of sources to select which words and definitions to add,” Merriam-Webster's Peter Sokolowski said. These sources range from academic journals to social media.
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The scale of Helene’s devastating impacts are eye-popping, even from space

Bill Chappell
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October 4, 2024

Many of Helene’s effects are individual and heartbreaking, such as the deaths of children, grandparents and others. But the storm's impact is also so outsized that it’s clearly visible from space.