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Support for this podcast and the following message come from the NPR Wine Club, which has generated over $1.75 million to support NPR programming. Whether buying a few bottles or joining the club, you can learn more at nprwineclub.org slash podcast. Must be 21 or older to purchase. Dan Ronan Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. The U.S. Supreme Court Friday left in place a lower court ruling that for now allows Pennsylvania voters to cast provisional ballots if their mail-in ballots have been invalidated.

More from NPR's Nina Totenberg. Pennsylvania allows all voters to cast mail-in ballots and requires voters to place their ballots into a secrecy sleeve before placing it in the mailing envelope. Without the secrecy sleeve, the ballot is considered naked and will not be counted. But state law also says that voters whose naked ballots have been voided may then cast a provisional ballot at the polls. Faced with that conflict, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that voters can cast provisional

ballots when notified their mail-in ballots have been invalidated. The Republican National Committee asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block that ruling, but the justices left it in place, at least for now. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. In Louisville, a federal jury found former police detective Brent Hackeson guilty of violating Breonna Taylor's rights when she was killed by police more than four years ago. Reporter Amani Helani of Member Station Louisville Public

Media reports. The decision came hours after jurors indicated they were deadlocked on the charge. Hankeson was part of the raid in which police shot and killed Taylor in her home. Prosecutors say he fired into Taylor's apartment building through a covered door and window with no line of sight to the inside. Hankison faces a maximum of life in prison and will be sentenced in March. So far, it's the only conviction of an officer who executed the search warrant at Taylor's apartment. Her death fueled mass protests in 2020, calling for racial justice and police accountability.

The jury also returned a not guilty verdict for a second count of civil rights violations, which focused on Taylor's neighbors. For NPR News, I'm Amina Elahi in Louisville. The economy added 12,000 jobs in October, but many say it was a relatively soft report impacted heavily by the two hurricanes, Milton and Helene, and an ongoing labor unrest at Boeing, whose workers remain on strike. NPR's Scott Horsley explains. Most economists think the job market is cooling down, but only gradually, not falling off a cliff. And one sign of that is the unemployment rate, which held steady last month at a low 4.1%.

If the job market were really falling apart, you would expect to see some increase in the unemployment rate. So that's reassuring. Now, there are other signs that hiring has slowed down from what had been a blistering pace. You know, the number of job openings has come down. Employers are no longer bidding up wages as fast as they had been a blistering pace. You know, the number of job openings has come down. Employers are no longer bidding up wages as fast as they had been to recruit workers.

The jobs report is the last major economic report before the election next Tuesday. Former President Trump criticized the numbers. You're listening to NPR News. Major League Baseball's champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, got a rousing welcome home on Friday when the team had a parade and then a rally at Dodger Stadium. Team president and part owner Stan Kastin addressed the crowd saying

this championship is a result of years of hard work by the players, manager Dave Roberts and the staff. Everyone in this organization has spent their lives waiting for this day. The Dodgers defeated the American League, New York Yankees in five games to win the franchise's eighth World Series championship. Teens who spend more than four hours a day on screens are more likely to experience depression and anxiety. That's according to a new report from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. NPR's Maria Gaudet has more. The report is based on data collected between July 2021

and December 2023. Teens themselves described their typical weekday screen use, not counting the time they spent doing schoolwork on screens. The report found that about half of all U.S. teens ages 12 to 17 spent at least four hours a day on screens. And one in four teens who spent this much time on screens said they'd experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression within the previous two weeks. Teens who had less than four hours of daily screen time were significantly less likely to report these symptoms of mental health problems. Maria Godoy, NPR News. And from Washington, this is NPR News.

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