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This message comes from Indiana University. Indiana University is committed to moving the world forward, working to tackle some of society's biggest challenges, nine campuses, one purpose, creating tomorrow today. More at iu.edu. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to the Southwest Thursday in hopes of convincing independents and disillusioned Republicans to vote for her. At a rally in Reno, Nevada, Harris suggested that voters visualize the difference between having her in the Oval Office and having Donald Trump there. Someone who is increasingly unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance, and is out for unchecked power.

Harris told supporters that Trump would limit rights for women, citing his victory in getting the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. On his second campaign stop of the day Thursday in Henderson, Nevada, former president Trump made brief overtures to the state's Hispanic voting bloc. Trump also continued to question Vice President Harris's fitness for office as NPR's Ben Giles reports. Trump twice addressed comments by Biden from a Tuesday video call that sounded like the president was calling Trump supporters garbage. How stupid is a man to say that, right? How stupid is a man to say that?

But she believes it too. In his typical rambling style of speaking, Trump also hyped his social media platform, Truth Social, and bragged about his endorsement from billionaire Elon Musk. I would say you got to say, in terms of computer, I would say he's probably about as good as you get. Trump and Harris each made stops in Nevada Thursday, hoping to court Latino voters in that swing state.

Ben Giles, NPR News. Four voters and the Hispanic civil rights group are suing Iowa's secretary of state and some county auditors for challenging their election ballots. Secretary Paul Pate flagged registered voters he suspected of being non-citizens. According to the complaint, the plaintiffs are naturalized citizens who were instructed to cast provisional ballots instead. Pate has told reporters that the state relies solely on records at the Department of Transportation. A top Israeli military official says that soldiers fighting multiple wars against Iran-backed militants are now under strain and need more

help. Details from NPR's Kat Lonsdorf in Tel Aviv. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR Newsreel Host Israel's chief of the general staff, Herzl Halevi, spoke to soldiers in northern Israel earlier this week. He acknowledged that there was strain on troops and that the Israeli military needs more forces as well as more reservists. Israel has been fighting for more than a year in Gaza with longer and longer deployments for soldiers. Last month, Israel called up even more reservists as it began its invasion into southern Lebanon. And Israel has troops regularly operating in the Israeli occupied West Bank as well. Casualties on Israel's military are also mounting. October was one of the deadliest months

for its troops in recent years. That's as, of course, civilian casualties in Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank are mounting as well. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv. U.S. futures are higher in after-hours trading following losses on Wall Street Thursday. This is NPR. The United States and South Korea are urging China to use its influence over Russia and North Korea. Top diplomats made their appeal to the Chinese ambassador Thursday amid fears that the thousands of North Korean troops in Russia will end up fighting the war in Ukraine. A judge in Rio de Janeiro has convicted two former police officers in the 2018 killing

of a councilwoman who championed human rights causes. As Julia Canaro reports, the defendants faced decades in prison for a crime that has exposed rampant corruption and collusion among police and politicians. It was a historic trial for Brazil's most notorious political murder. Marielle Franco was a rising political star, a gay black city councilwoman raised in Rio's favelas, championing human rights issues when she was shot dead at age 38, along with her driver Anderson Gomes. The tragedy transformed her into a national icon. More than six years later, a jury in Rio has sentenced two former police officers to de-facto

life sentences. Rony Lessa for shooting and killing Marielle and Elcio de Queiroz for driving the car used in the shooting. The men accused of ordering her death will face a separate trial. Two are politicians with alleged mafia ties. A third is Rio's former civil police chief. For NPR News, I'm Júlia Carneiro in Rio de Janeiro. Danielle Pletka The search continues for victims of catastrophic

flooding in eastern Spain. The death toll from the disaster stands at 158, mostly in the Valencia region. I'm Shea Stevens. 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. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com.