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This message comes from Indiana University. Indiana University performs breakthrough research every year, making discoveries that improve human health, combat climate change, and move society forward. More at iu.edu slash forward. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are focusing much of their attention on the critical battleground state of Wisconsin with events Friday night in Milwaukee. Earlier, Harris was in Janesville and she was critical of Trump's record when it came to

labor issues. He joked with a billionaire buddy of his about the mass firing of striking workers. And while he was president, he lowered labor standards and made it easier for companies to break labor laws and then get federal contracts. Former President Barack Obama will also be in Milwaukee on Sunday at a rally, hoping to help Harris win that state's 10 electoral college votes. Former President Trump continues to attack

former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney while campaigning in Michigan. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports that Trump defended his earlier remarks, suggesting that Cheney should have, quote, guns trained on her face. Trump charged that his words were being twisted against him. He called the former Congresswoman a, quote, war hawk who sought any excuse to send U.S.

troops to battle. But then he doubled down on the violent imagery. You gave Liz Cheney a gun and put her into battle facing the other side with guns pointing at her. She wouldn't have the courage or the strength or the stamina to even look the enemy in the eye. Trump has increasingly suggested the use of violence against political opponents, calling them the enemy within. Cheney responded to the remarks stating, this is how dictators destroy free nations.

Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump's comments on Cheney disqualifying. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, Warren, Michigan. U.S. employers created only 12,000 jobs in the month of October, well below what economists had been expecting. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports this is the last major economic report to come out before Election Day. Diane Swank is the chief economist at KPMG. She says the data for October was heavily skewed. We had a perfect storm that distorted the October employment report. What we saw is everything from hurricanes Helene and Milton to strikes in the aerospace industry, suppressed job gains in the month of October. We saw only 12,000 job gains, which is the weakest number we've

had on a monthly basis since December 2020. The unemployment rate remains steady at 4.1 percent. Overall, analysts say the nation's economy is strong. Windsor-Johnston, NPR News, Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place a Pennsylvania state court ruling that says that election officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots have been rejected. Republicans had challenged the decision. From Washington, you're listening to NPR News.

Physicians in Florida are taking sides on a proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in that state's constitution. From Central Florida Public Media, Joe Murillo-Peterson reports on the divide in the state's medical community. Florida Physicians Against Amendment 4 says more than 500 physicians oppose the ballot measure. Dr. Gracie Christie is its founder. It was written in a very deceptive manner.

The results of Amendment 4 would almost completely deregulate abortion in Florida. Among the 850 reported physicians who have endorsed Amendment 4 is OBGYN Matthew Woollenschlager. He says he recently had a pregnant patient who was diagnosed with cancer. She decided to continue the pregnancy, but that was her choice. The state wouldn't have given me an option to help protect her to go ahead and end the pregnancy. With Florida's current six-week ban, Woollenschlager would have needed permission to terminate the pregnancy from another physician.

For NPR News, I'm Joe Mario Pedersen in Orlando. The state of South Carolina Friday executed Richard Moore for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk. His execution took place despite pleas for clemency that included the trial judge, three jurors, as well as a former prison director who praised his work with other inmates. Moore went into that store unarmed

and took a gun from the clerk and then shot him after the clerk shot him with the second gun before he died. All three stock indexes closed the trading week down fractionally on Wall Street. The Dow was up 288 points for the week. From Washington, this is NPR News. 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.

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