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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. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Childe Snyder. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are now on the final weekend of campaigning ahead of Election Day.

Both will be in key swing states this weekend. Last night, Harris rallied supporters in the Milwaukee area, while Trump campaigned in the cities downtown after the Labor Department said 12,000 new jobs were created in October, as Chuck Wurmbach of a member station WUWM reports. Speaking at a rally in Milwaukee, Trump said the new jobs figure of 12,000 is much less than it should be. The former president said the jobs numbers from October may help him at the ballot box over Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. The only thing good about the numbers I'm going to give you now are that

it's great to run against the people that created those numbers because it's terrible. Economists say an ongoing strike at Boeing and two hurricanes held down job growth. The nation's unemployment rate remained the same from the month before, holding steady at 4.1 percent. For NPR News, I'm Chuck Quirmbach in Milwaukee. While Trump was criticizing the jobs report, Harris urged Americans to make the choice to not return him to the White House. In all of you, in all of us, we are the promise of America.

Harris said Trump is seeking unchecked power. She's campaigning today in Georgia and North Carolina. Trump will also be in North Carolina, and he's planning a stop in Virginia as well. A federal jury last night delivered the first conviction of a Louisville, Kentucky police officer who was involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor. Her mother, Tamika Palmer, spoke outside the courthouse after the jury convicted Brett Hankinson of violating Taylor's civil rights by using excessive force. I'm grateful. I'm grateful to God.

It took a lot of patience. It took a lot of time. One thousand six hundred and ninety-four days. Hankinson faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. He'll be sentenced in March. The same jury acquitted him of violating the civil rights of three neighbors who lived in an adjacent apartment that sustained gunfire. Stocks fell this week after a mixed set of results from some of the country's top companies and PR's Rafael Nam has more.

It was a pretty volatile week in stock markets. That's not a surprise when a number of big companies reported earnings. And all in all, it was a mixed bag, helping send all three major indexes lower for the week. There were some disappointing earnings from companies like Ford, while some tech companies like Microsoft did well but raised concerns about how much they're spending on artificial intelligence. But there were some companies like Amazon that gained after beating expectations. This volatility is likely to intensify next week as the big day looms for markets, election day.

And if there's one thing the stock market never likes, it's uncertainty. World Health Organization, another phase of the polio vaccine campaign is set to bring a second dose to children in northern Gaza today. It was postponed last week by health officials concerned about safety and the heavy Israeli bombardment in the area. NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports. The polio vaccine requires two doses to effectively stop transmission. When the first dose was administered in the north back in September, Israel assured humanitarian pauses across the area. But this time, there will only be a pause in Gaza City. Israeli officials say that's because other areas in the north have been mostly evacuated.

But the WHO says around 15,000 children who need the second dose remain in northern areas that are inaccessible. Israeli forces have besieged parts of northern Gaza for weeks. Sein Hamas has regrouped there. The second dose of the vaccine was administered in other parts of Gaza last month. That campaign was largely successful. Kat Lonsdorf, MPR News, Tel Aviv. Spain is deploying more troops to the Valencia region as part of the response to catastrophic flooding and landslides

are being sent to help in the search for those who remain missing and to help survivors. Authorities say more than 200 people are dead and that the death toll is likely to keep rising. Rain is expected to continue to fall this weekend. The Conservative Party in the UK is getting a new leader this weekend. Results in the contest to succeed former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are to be announced today. The party suffered a crushing defeat in the July election that returned labor to power.

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