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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 New York City, I'm Duah Lisa Icautau. Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Virginia, where polls show Vice President Kamala Harris with a comfortable lead there. Jod Khalil from Virginia Public Media reports. Virginia is considered a blue state,

but thousands of people packed into a civic center in the state's conservative Southwest. This is a lot of people. What's going on with Virginia? Trump claimed he could win Virginia, which he lost in 2020 by 10 percentage points. And he said without citing evidence, ballot irregularities kept him from winning even bluer states like California. Trump lost in California to Biden by 30 percentage points, or 5 million votes. Trump also repeatedly said the current administration, quote, broke the economy and only he can fix it.

For NPR News, I'm Jad Kolial in Salem, Virginia. Republican vice presidential nominee Senator J.D. Vance campaigned in Arizona and Nevada. Vice President Harris' running mate, Tim Walz also visited the Southwest, traveling to Las Vegas and then to Tucson, where Senator Mark Kelly and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords welcomed Walz to Arizona. Walz told supporters that these last three days matter saying the election will be on the margins. I understand 72 hours is going to have a big impact. We've got work to do yet. This thing is not deciding it's going to be close. You know it better than anybody. This thing very well could be one in the state of Arizona. On the economy, he said in Minnesota, the economy works best when we think about it this way. We all do better when we all do better. He went on to say that Trump and Vance, their concept of a plan is in a 900-page book called

Project 2025. But Trump has repeatedly distanced himself from Project 2025 and claimed not to know the creators of that project. Aid groups are warning that nearly a month of Israel's heavy bombardment of North Gaza has brought the region to the precipice of a humanitarian disaster. And Piers Scott Newman has more from Tel Aviv. A joint statement from senior United Nations officials, as well as Oxfam and the International

Council for Voluntary Agencies, describes the situation in northern Gaza as apocalyptic. The officials say hundreds of Palestinians in the area under siege have been killed and thousands more displaced. Earlier this week, just north of Jabalia, dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, were killed by an Israeli strike. That's according to Gaza health officials. Israeli officials say they're looking into the incident

and that their intensified campaign in the north is aimed at rooting out Hamas fighters who have regrouped there. One of the last remaining hospitals in the area was also hit. Israel says Hamas fighters... This is NPR. Profit has been working to inspire Broadway audiences to head to the polls and Piers Chloe Veltman reports Broadway vote is quarreling musical theatre celebrities to help with the effort both on stage and online. As part of this effort, Broadway performers have made curtain call announcements at shows such as Once Upon a Mattress, appeared in music videos, shared on social media like this new arrangement of Keep Marching from Sufs featuring Tony Award winner Alex Newell.

You won't live to see the future that you fight for. And judged online contests. Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe talked up the latest one on social media. I am partnering with Broadway Votes for a Get Out The Vote costume contest. Broadway Votes says it plans to continue campaigning beyond this election cycle, most immediately with the New York Mayoral race in 2025, even though tourists from out of town comprise the majority of the Broadway audience. Chloe Veltman, NPR News. After issuing a formal apology for harms caused to Native children and families at Federal Indian boarding schools,

President Biden proclaimed November to be Native American Heritage Month, and this weekend across the country, many Indigenous nations kicked off the month with annual festivals and powwow competitions. Two of the largest events are this weekend at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia and the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma. I'm Dua-Hli Psykow-Tau. NPR News from New York City. Support for this podcast and the following message come from Dignity Memorial. When your celebration of life is prepaid today, your family is protected tomorrow. Planning ahead is truly one of the best gifts you can give your family.

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