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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. It's a busy day of presidential campaigning in North Carolina today. Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are visiting the state in this final weekend before Election Day.

NPR's House McCollough reports. There are 16 electoral votes up for grabs in North Carolina, and it's traditionally been a key state for Republicans. To that point, Trump is holding two separate rallies there today. Meanwhile, Harris will hold a rally in Georgia, and then later tonight she'll hold a North Carolina rally of her own in Charlotte. She's been doing these concert-like events with celebrities to try to energize the crowd to get out and vote.

With the exception of Barack Obama in 2008, North Carolina has gone to the Republican presidential candidate in every election for the last few decades. Asma Khalid, NPR News. Today marks the fourth day in a row that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will be campaigning in the same state. They each rallied supporters in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area last night as part of their final push for votes. The director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Jen Easterly, is among

those warning Americans of fake videos circulating on social media aimed at sowing distrust in the election system. It's everywhere. It's almost like Americans are getting blasted with this disinformation. U.S. intelligence officials say a video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia is fake and the work of what they call Russian influence actors. That video shows a man claiming to be a Haitian immigrant talking about voting multiple times. Another video that appears to show someone destroying ballots marked for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania has also been attributed to the same Russian disinformation campaign. In Louisville, a federal jury found former police detective Brett Hankison guilty of

violating Breonna Taylor's rights when she was killed by police more than four years ago. Reporter Amina Elahi of Louisville Public Media reports. The decision came hours after jurors indicated they were deadlocked on the charge. Hankison 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 conservative party has elected Kimmy Patonok as its new leader as it tries to re-brown from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. She is the first black woman to lead a major British political party. This is NPR News.

Spain is mounting a massive disaster recovery operation in response to the deadly flash floods that have killed more than 200 people. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in a televised address today, said the government is sending 10,000 more army troops and police to help search for dozens of people who remain missing and to help with cleanup efforts. That's in addition to some 2,500 troops that have already been deployed. Torrential rain swept through eastern Spain this week, and rain is expected to continue this week in the eastern region of Valencia. It was the hardest hit. Thousands remain without electricity in areas that rescuers are struggling to try to reach.

And in Paris, Julia Simon reports that climate scientists see a connection to human-caused global warming. Climate change made this week's intense rainfall in Spain about 12 percent heavier and twice as likely, according to a rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution, an international network of scientists. A hotter atmosphere can hold more water vapor, which can make downpours more intense. In a town near Valencia, a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours. Spain's floods also have a likely climate connection to super hot oceans. Global warming likely increased temperatures in the part of the Atlantic where most of

the moisture contained in the storm originated. Global warming is mostly caused by humans burning oil, gas, and coal. Scientists say using solar and wind energy plus big batteries can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. podcast sponsor free on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.