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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. With just 10 days left before Election Day, former First Lady Michelle Obama helped Vice President Kamala Harris rally support during a stop today in Kalamazoo, Michigan. If we want to elect someone with a character that is worthy of the Oval Office, someone

with the strength of heart to guide our country to a better day, we have got to what? Root the pain. And that someone, of course, is my dear friend Kamala Harris. Harris, meanwhile, criticized former President Donald Trump for calling for the termination of the U.S. Constitution after he lost the 2020 election. Former President Trump, meanwhile, was campaigning once again in Pennsylvania, where he held a rally at Penn State University tonight and Perazelina Moore was there. Trump took the stage more than an hour and a half

later than he was slated to and just a day after he arrived nearly three hours late to a rally in Michigan. But while speaking to the crowd at Penn State he made a direct appeal to younger Americans, a growing voting block that generally supports Democrats, but one that both candidates are courting. For all the young people here at Penn State and across America who may be voting for the first time, I want you to know that I am in this fight for you.

I didn't need this. Pennsylvania is expected to be one of the most consequential states in the presidential election. Trump and Harris have visited there more than any other swing state since August. Alaina Moore, NPR News, State College, Pennsylvania. At a borscht cooking contest in Milwaukee this weekend, some of the talk was about the presidential contest and which candidate is most likely to support continued U.S. military aid to Ukraine.

Chuck Wormbock of Member Station WWM reports. Several pots of borscht simmered on a serving table inside a Milwaukee tavern at a Ukraine fundraiser. Vinyar Gazazulin stepped outside to talk about why the Ukrainian, who recently became a U.S. citizen, is casting his first presidential ballot for Democrat Kamala Harris. My heart is Ukrainian and I already support American power who is support Ukrainian. Geza Zulin says Ukraine has needed the U.S. weaponry approved by the Biden-Harris administration and Congress to limit Russian advances since Russia attacked Ukraine nearly three years ago.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump maintains if elected he could end the fighting in Ukraine before he takes office. For NPR News, I'm Chuck Krumbach in Milwaukee. The Los Angeles Dodgers won Game 2 of the World Series Saturday night, beating the New York Yankees 4-2. But the Dodgers are anxiously awaiting word on star player Shohei Otani, who left the field in the seventh inning after he was thrown out on a stolen base attempt. The team manager says he partially dislocated his left shoulder.

Game three in the series will be Monday in New York. You're listening to NPR News. Trick or Treaters dressing up as Dr. Doom or Lady Deadpool will be in good company this year, as NPR's Neda Ulibi reports. The majority of this year's leading costume trends come from Hollywood. It seems movies still matter, at least on October 31st. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. The year's most searched costumes are nearly all from popular movies.

Number one, from Beetlejuice. You can find videos all over TikTok and YouTube explaining how to make costumes for the character known as Shrunken Head Bob. The Shrunken Head is glued to the top. Next we've got the yellow suit. Other trending costumes this year include all the emotions from the movie Inside Out. Outside the realm of cinema, trending costumes include Chipotle burritos and the ill-famed Olympic breakdancer known as Ray Gun. Nettie Ulipi, NPR News. The Washington Post reported today that Tesla owner Elon Musk worked in the U.S. illegally

while he was building a startup company in the 1990s. Musk has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and he's been using his social media platform X to support Trump's anti-immigration policies. The Post article says that Musk came to the U.S. in 1995 while on a student visa, but instead of going to school he worked on his business. Police in Pakistan say a suicide attack at a checkpoint in the northwestern part of that country has left four people dead and five others injured. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but officials say it's likely the Pakistani Taliban was involved in the incidents. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. This message comes from Indiana University. Indiana University performs breakthrough research every year, making discoveries that improve human health,

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