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Otograph 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 Korova Coleman. This is the final full day of campaigning in the race for the White House. Vice President Harris has several events scheduled today in the swing state of Pennsylvania. Former President Donald Trump will also go to Pennsylvania, along with North Carolina and Michigan.

NPR's Mara Eliason reports tens of millions of Americans have already cast ballots. More than 75 million people have cast their votes already, by mail or in person, depending on their state's rules. That's a little less than half the total vote cast in the 2020 presidential election. But the early vote doesn't tell you whether overall turnout will be higher than 2020, because many early voters are people who would otherwise have voted in person on Tuesday. One trend that can be seen is the large numbers of women who are voting early. The gender gap and turnout is mirroring the gender gap in the polls

where women are choosing Harris by big margins and male voters are choosing Trump. That's why Trump is reaching out to white non-college educated men who support him heavily but don't usually turn out to vote. Mara Liason, NPR News. Abortion is on the ballot in 10 states, including the swing states of Arizona and Nevada. Tomorrow, people in Florida will vote on a constitutional amendment that would guarantee the right to an abortion until fetal viability. That is usually around 24 weeks of pregnancy. Right now, abortion is banned in Florida after six weeks, with some exceptions. From member station WUSF, Stephanie Columbini reports on a Tampa woman who says the current Florida law put her health at risk.

Thea Thompson tried to qualify for an exception to Florida's ban because her fetus had a genetic disorder that was likely fatal. But she says due to legal concerns, doctors wouldn't approve it unless she got additional testing. But she says due to legal concerns, doctors wouldn't approve it unless she got additional testing, even though they warned she was at higher risk for the test to cause complications. Thompson spent thousands to travel to New York for abortion care.

Instead, I'm mad. I'm really angry that I was put in that position because of the laws because of the politicians who are making decisions about my own health. Thompson supports the abortion amendment. Governor Rondy Santas is among those opposing it. He says the band's exceptions are clear.

For NPR News, I'm Stephanie Columbini in Tampa. Striking machinists for Boeing are going to vote today on their third contract offer from the troubled aircraft maker. They've been on strike for about two months. NPR's Joel Rose reports that union leaders say Boeing has moved a great deal since its prior contract offers were rejected and this proposed deal is sweeter.

Boeing is offering a 38 percent wage hike. That is up from 25 percent in their first offer though it is still not quite the 40 percent raise the union wanted. Union leaders are endorsing this offer. That's something they notably did not do for that previous proposal. And they say, quote, it is time for our members to lock in these gains and confidently declare victory. And Biers Joel Rose prepared that report. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Daylight saving time ended yesterday in nearly every state in the U.S.

And Biers Amy Held says millions of Americans oppose turning back the clocks one hour. Twice a year, the clocks change. The complaints don't. The majority of Americans want to end what's been federal policy for decades, put in place in part for energy efficiency, but it's Americans who are lacking energy. The CDC says one in three already don't get enough sleep. Now researchers in the UK, where they also change the clocks, find that while going back an hour in the fall

allows mostly men to catch up a bit on sleep, it doesn't make up for the hour lost in the spring, leading to health risks. Here, states can stay in standard time. Arizona and Hawaii do. 20 states have moved to stay in daylight saving time. But that would require an act of Congress. Two years ago, the Senate did pass such legislation that never made it out of the House. Now there are efforts to bring

it back to light. Amy Held and PR News. Music icon Quincy Jones has died in California at the age of 91, according to his publicist, No Cause of Death was given. Jones helped oversee some of music's biggest hits that included the late Michael Jackson's record-setting album Thriller. Jones says Thriller was created quickly. One thing that I think that worked for us is we didn't have time for paralysis from analysis.

We made Thriller in eight weeks. Jones spoke to the CBC. This is NPR.