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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 Corva Coleman. Election Day is almost here, and researchers at the University of Florida say more than 78 million people across the country have already cast an early vote. The presidential candidates are not slowing down. They're focusing on seven swing states likely to

help decide the election. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in one of them yesterday, Michigan. She asked supporters in East Lansing to keep up their campaign work. Nobody can sit on the sidelines. Let's spend the next two days so that when we look back, we have no regrets that we did everything we could. So let's knock on doors. Let's text. Let's call the voters. Former President Donald Trump was in a different swing state yesterday. He held his final campaign rally in Georgia last night. From member station WABE, Raul Balli reports Trump focused on an issue key to his campaign. The biggest cheers for Trump were around the issue of undocumented immigrants blaming them for crime and unemployment. The day I take the oath of office, the migrant invasion ends, and the restoration of our country begins immediately.

Many attendees at this rally are part of the more than 4 million Georgians that have already voted. The message from many of the speakers, including Trump, was to get more supporters to the polls. But this isn't a rally. You know what this is. This is a request to tell everybody just to go, please, just go and vote on Tuesday. Trump's running mate, vice presidential nominee, J.D. Vance, will rally in the Atlanta area Monday.

For NPR News, I'm Raul Balli in Macon, Georgia. Israel's government has officially notified the United Nations that it will cut ties with the UN agency providing aid to Palestinians. The UN says the move could have devastating consequences for Palestinians living in Gaza and in the West Bank. NPR's Scott Newman reports from Tel Aviv. For decades, the agency known as UNRWA has provided crucial aid and education services to millions of Palestinians in the

Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Since 1967, Israel has allowed UNRWA to operate in these places to carry out that mission. But last week, Israel's parliament approved legislation that rescinds that agreement. Relations between Israel and the UN agencies have become increasingly strained since last year's Hamas-led attack that killed hundreds of Israelis. Earlier this year, UNRWA dismissed several Palestinian staff members that Israel says were involved in the attack. UNRWA currently employs about 13,000 workers in Gaza, who it says distribute food and provide

health services. Scott Newman, NPR News, Tel Aviv. The World Health Organization says it has finished a three-day polio vaccination campaign in Gaza City. There are reports that a clinic was attacked, but Israel says it did not strike the area. This is NPR. Iconic music producer Quincy Jones died yesterday at his home in Bel Air, California. According to his publicist, no cause of death was given. Jones was 91. NPR's Walter Ray Watson reports his influence over popular music stretched for nearly seven decades. Born in Chicago during the Great Depression, Quincy Jones seemed to have a superpower.

As composer, arranger, a tastemaker of new artists and established ones, Jones surrounded himself with musicians who helped him precisely shape hit songs like this one, while bending the recording studio to his will. All things that made him creatively and quintessentially Quincy Jones. and quintessentially Quincy Jones. Walter Ray Watson, NPR News. Authorities in Spain say more heavy rain is falling in the eastern part of the country around the region of Barcelona. One report suggests about three inches of rain may already have fallen. This comes as a more southern region, Valencia recovers from last week's unprecedented rain and flooding that killed more than 200 people. Spain's King

Felipe went to visit the region over the weekend. Some people threw mud at him and called him a murderer over the Spanish government's slow alert system and disaster response. The president of the Eastern European country of Moldova has won reelection to her office. Maya Sandu is considered to be pro-Western. Some Moldovan election officials claim Russia tried to interfere in their elections. I'm Korva Kulman, NPR News. Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent

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