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‘Childless cat ladies’ is a political catchphrase that doesn’t match reality − Democrats and Republicans have similar demographics and experiences when it comes to parenthood
Analysis of public survey data shows that Republicans and Democrats are not too different regarding their parenthood experiences.
USA TODAY
Beyond Helene: Hurricane death toll tops 300 lives, with month left in season
By mid-October, more than 300 deaths have been directly caused by hurricanes during the Atlantic hurricane season, which ends on Nov. 30.
NBC News
Trump turns political event into surreal listening party
Donald Trump turned a town hall event in Pennsylvania into an impromptu listening party Monday, playing a unlikely selection of tunes for more than 30 minutes after the event was paused for a medical emergency.
USA TODAY
The road to the White House is through the Electoral College. How does it work?
To win the presidency, a candidate must win the electoral vote. Here is how the Electoral College works.
AFP
Hezbollah threatens to attack targets across Israel
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah threatened Tuesday to attack targets across Israel and said it would not be defeated by ongoing intense bombardment of its strongholds and leadership.Hezbollah says its strikes are in support of Palestinian militants Hamas who attacked Israel on October 7 last year, triggering the war with Israel in Gaza.
CBS News
Turbulence on Air Canada flight sends food flying around the cabin
Air Canada says nobody was hurt, but "moderate turbulence" on one of its flights from Vancouver to Singapore did make a mess of a passenger mealtime.
Reuters
Wall Street banks propelled by investment banking gains
Bankers are now more optimistic as they anticipate rate cuts over the next few months by the Federal Reserve and central banks across the world that would help grow the pipeline of deals in the offing as borrowing becomes cheaper. Easing interest rates, strong stock markets, and increased US expectations of a soft economic landing have added to dealmakers' confidence for a strong finish to the year. Goldman Sachs said investment banking fees rose 20%, driven by leveraged finance and investment-grade activity, and equity underwriting.
Associated Press
Petitions for union representation doubled under Biden's presidency, first increase since 1970s
There has been a doubling of petitions by workers to have union representation during President Joe Biden's administration, according to figures released Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board. There were 3,286 petitions filed with the government in fiscal 2024, up from 1,638 in 2021. This marks the first increase in unionization petitions during a presidential term since Gerald Ford's administration, which ended 48 years ago.
Associated Press
Supreme Court opens door to Texas online journalist's lawsuit over her 2017 arrest
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a federal appeals court to take a new look at the lawsuit filed by a Texas-based online citizen journalist who said she was wrongly arrested in a case that drew attention from national media organizations and free speech advocates. The justices tossed out the ruling of a divided federal appeals court that found journalist Priscilla Villarreal, known online as La Gordiloca, could not sue police officers and other officials over her arrest for seeking and obtaining nonpublic information from police. The high court directed the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review Villareal's case in light of the Supreme Court's ruling in June in another case from Texas.
Associated Press
A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say
A Saudi cartoonist who once drew for a Qatari newspaper as a yearslong diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, an activist group says. The sentence for Mohammed al-Ghamdi marks the latest in a widening judicial crackdown on any perceived dissent in Saudi Arabia since the rise of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, now seen as the kingdom's day-to-day ruler in place of his 88-year-old father King Salman.
USA TODAY
US soldiers arrive in Israel to help thwart Iran missile attacks
About 100 U.S. troops are expected to deploy to Israel, drawing the U.S. more deeply into the complex war playing out in the Middle East.
Politico
The October Surprise May Be Arriving Shortly
History suggests the decisive moment is still to come.
Associated Press
Georgia judge rules county election officials must certify election results
A Georgia judge has ruled county election officials must certify election results by the deadline set in law and cannot exclude any group of votes from certification even if they suspect error or fraud. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that “no election superintendent (or member of a board of elections and registration) may refuse to certify or abstain from certifying election results under any circumstance.” While they have the right to inspect the conduct of an election and to review related documents, he wrote, “any delay in receiving such information is not a basis for refusing to certify the election results or abstaining from doing so.”
Reuters
US says Israel must improve Gaza's humanitarian situation or risk aid -reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Israel must take urgent steps to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza to avoid legal action involving U.S. military aid, according to news reports on Tuesday. "We are writing now to underscore the U.S. government's deep concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, and seek urgent and sustained actions by your government this month to reverse this trajectory," they wrote in an Oct. 13 letter to their Israeli counterparts, posted by an Axios reporter on X. The State Department and Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
AFP
Oil prices fall on easing Middle East fears
Oil prices tumbled Tuesday on reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden he would not strike Iran's crude or nuclear facilities.Iran's missile attacks on Israel earlier this month sent crude prices soaring on fears that retaliatory strikes would disrupt oil supplies.
Associated Press
Hundreds attend a funeral service in southern Bosnia for 19 killed in devastating floods
JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hundreds of mourners in southern Bosnia converged Tuesday around 19 caskets covered in green cloth in Islamic tradition, part of a funeral service held for those killed during the destructive floods and landslide s that hit the country in early October. Torrential rains and winds slammed four municipalities in central and southern Bosnia early on Oct. 4, catching people by surprise. Entire areas were cut off as flash floods swept away roads and bridges, and at least 26 people were reported dead.
Associated Press
Kenya's High Court rejects move to stop deputy president's impeachment debate
Kenya's High Court on Tuesday rejected an application by the deputy president's lawyers to stop the senate from debating an impeachment motion against him after parliament voted to remove him from office last week. Justice Chacha Mwita ruled that parliament will be allowed to proceed with its constitutional mandate and the court won't “interfere.” Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment motion was approved by a 281-44 vote in parliament last week and forwarded to the senate, which will begin hearings on Wednesday.
CBS News
U.S. voices concern as "deeply disturbing" images show fiery Gaza strike
The White House says Israel must do more to protect innocent Gazans as images show "what appear to be displaced civilians burning alive."
CNN
Supreme Court leaves in place Pennsylvania law barring people under 21 from carrying guns
The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling from Pennsylvania that allowed residents under 21 to carry firearms in public, though the justices declined for now to hear arguments in the case themselves.
Associated Press
A gang leader in Haiti is injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A leader of one of Haiti’s most powerful gangs was injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police in their first major incursion into gang-controlled territory since a U.N.-backed mission began earlier this year, police said Tuesday. The second-in-command of the Kraze Baryè gang, known simply as “Deshommes,” was shot in Torcelle, a community the gang controls in the southeast region of the capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti National Police said in a statement Tuesday. Police said the incursions would continue until the gang and its top leader, Vitel’Homme Innocent, could be neutralized.

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