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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 in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. The presidential campaigns are focusing on key swing states this weekend. Kamala Harris will be in Philadelphia today after campaigning in Michigan yesterday with former First Lady Michelle Obama.

The joint appearance was the first time the two have appeared together on the trail as Harris focuses her campaign on reproductive rights. NPR's Deepa Sivaraman reports. In Kalamazoo, Obama said people were holding Harris and her opponent, former President Trump, to different standards. She also spoke at length directly to men about how further limits and restraints

on access to women's healthcare would impact them and their sons too. So I am asking y'all from the core of my being to take our lives seriously. Please. Her remarks echoed what Harris has been saying over the weekend as she tries to increase support from men who are favoring Trump over her. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Former President Donald Trump will be in New York City to rally supporters at Madison Square Garden this evening after For more, visit our website at www.cdc.gov. For more, visit our website at www.cdc.gov. For more, visit our website at www.cdc.gov.

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Muslim population concerned about the war in Gaza. President Biden says he hopes the Israeli strikes on military targets in Iran early Saturday is the end of it. He spoke to reporters while he was on his way to a campaign event in Pittsburgh, saying the White House got a heads up before the strikes, and remarks today Iran's supreme leader stopped short of calling for retaliation. Activists say hundreds of people in southeast Sudan have been killed in the past several days by the paramilitary group that's at war with Sudan's army. MPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu has more. More than 400 people have been killed over the last week by fighters from the Rapid Support

Forces or RSF, according to emergency response volunteers. The massacres took place in villages in Al Jazeera state, an agricultural region in Sudan. The attacks are widely believed to be reprisals after the RSF's commander in the region defected to the Sudanese army earlier this month. The army said it had taken control of the region following several months where it was controlled by the RSF. But since then, the paramilitary group has launched violence against communities in Al Jazeera, sparking outrage at the atrocities and anger at the military for failing to prevent them.

Emmanuel Atomoutou, NPR News. And you're listening to NPR News. The ruling party in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia is claiming victory in this weekend's parliamentary election. Electoral officials there say the party has received more than 54 percent of the vote. One opposition leader calls the results a constitutional coup. Voters in Japan are deciding the fate of the government of Prime Minister Shiroishibo's coalition government today. Opinion polls suggest the coalition could lose its parliamentary majority amid financial scandals and discontent over the economy. Voters are also going to the polls today in Bulgaria and Uruguay. In Los Angeles, the LA Dodgers beat the New York

Yankees 4-2 last night to take a two-games-to-none lead in baseball's best of seven World Series. But there is concern about Dodger star Shohei Otani, who suffered a shoulder injury. Steve Futterman was at last night's game. The injury to Shohei Otani occurred in the seventh inning as he was attempting to steal second base. Otani was called out, but stayed on the ground in obvious pain.

LA manager Dave Roberts says Otani appears to have suffered a partial dislocation. Some initial tests, he says, were performed on the shoulder. The strength was great. The range of motion good. So we're encouraged. Roberts says he's optimistic Otani will play in game three on Monday. Meanwhile, in game two, the Dodgers jumped out to a 4-1 lead, then had to hold off the

Yankees in the ninth when New York loaded the bases with just one out. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman at the World Series in Los Angeles. And I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News. Support for this podcast and the following message come from Dignity Memorial. When your celebration of life is prepaid today, your family is protected tomorrow. Planning ahead is truly one of the best gifts you can give your family. For additional information, visit DignityMemorial.ca.