Georgia is a key state in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff’s seat is at stake, and the result could affect which party controls the Senate. The report describes efforts to encourage African American voters, who make up about one-third of Georgia’s electorate, to vote early.
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Jon Ossoff is a Democratic senator from Georgia.
Ossoff’s Senate seat is on the ballot in the 2026 midterms.
The race could affect control of the Senate.
African Americans make up around one-third of Georgia’s electorate.
Voters are being encouraged to vote early.
The report was issued on October 29, 2026.
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Fighting has intensified between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces on several fronts near Taiz, while both sides reported air strikes and military operations. The United Nations warned that road damage and fighting are restricting aid to Taiz, where about 800,000 people are trapped.
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Government-affiliated media reported fighting on the Al-Aqroudh and Al-Masrakh fronts and in Al-Rahn village south of Taiz.
A Yemeni government forces spokesman claimed that government forces conducted 749 military operations in 24 hours, killing or injuring 239 militants and destroying 117 vehicles and armored vehicles.
Houthi-affiliated media reported four air strikes on Mocha and its Red Sea port.
A military source said government forces carried out three air strikes southeast of Taiz; the Houthis reported more than 100 air strikes across Sanaa and eight other governorates in 24 hours.
Flights resumed at Aden International Airport after services were suspended on Wednesday following a reported missile strike near the airport.
The UN said more than 281,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since the beginning of August.
The UN warned that about 800,000 people in Taiz need aid and that damage to a key road has made access increasingly difficult.
The UN urged all parties to protect civilians and aid convoys and allow safe, sustained humanitarian access.
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President Donald Trump criticized U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes for extending an order blocking tree removal at a Washington, D.C., golf course he wants to renovate. In a Truth Social post, Trump said his administration would hold Reyes “fully responsible” if anyone were hurt; the article excerpt ends before giving more details.
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Trump posted his criticism on Wednesday evening.
The judge is U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes.
Reyes extended an order blocking tree removal at the golf course.
The golf course is East Potomac in Washington, D.C.
Trump wants to renovate the course into a championship-level course.
Trump wrote that his administration would hold Reyes “fully responsible” if anybody were hurt.
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Afghan farmers say worsening economic conditions and drought are pushing them to grow poppies despite a ban. Some families say other crops, including cotton, do not earn enough to feed their children.
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Farmers in Afghanistan report turning to poppy cultivation to make a living.
Poppy cultivation is banned in Afghanistan, according to the article.
Farmers cite worsening economic conditions as a reason for growing poppies.
Drought is also contributing to the pressure on farmers.
Some families say cotton and other crops do not bring in enough money to feed their children.
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U.S. gross domestic product grew at a 3.4% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2026, up from 2.2% in the second quarter, Commerce Department data showed. Growth came as inflation remained elevated: prices rose 3.7% from a year earlier in September, while the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady after raising them in September.
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Third-quarter economic growth was 3.4% at an annualized rate.
Growth accelerated from 2.2% in the second quarter and exceeded the 2.5% rate in the first quarter.
U.S. prices rose 3.7% in September compared with a year earlier, above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point in September, its first increase in three years.
The Fed left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday as officials awaited more economic data.
Spending on artificial intelligence chips and data centers helped support economic growth in recent quarters.
Hiring continued to grow more slowly, while unemployment remained low by historical standards.
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A Resources for the Future analysis estimates that the Senate permitting bill would expand power transmission and renewable energy, lower power-sector emissions at first, and reduce electricity system costs compared with current law. The study projects emissions would rise later but remain below the no-bill outlook; it does not directly model household electricity bills or the bill’s effects outside the power sector.
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The analysis compares the bill’s effects with a baseline of current laws and policies.
In its central scenario, the bill produces about 60 gigawatts more clean energy capacity in 2028 than the baseline.
The study estimates electricity system costs would be 3.5% to 7% lower each year through 2041 and save more than $350 billion through 2050 in present-value terms.
The analysis says expanded transmission would enable more use of clean energy and existing power resources.
The bill’s projected power-sector emissions initially fall as coal use declines, then rise while remaining below the no-bill projection.
The study uses a high-electrification demand scenario that accounts for rapid demand growth from data centers and other sources.
The analysis does not model retail electricity prices or effects on mining, pipelines, and other activities outside the power sector.
The article says a Senate test vote on the permitting bill was expected on Nov. 9.
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Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone struck a crowded platform at Dnipro railway station, killing at least 13 people and wounding at least 10. Officials also reported two girls killed in a separate Russian missile strike in Chernihiv, as attacks on railway facilities and other infrastructure continue.
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A train bound for Zaporizhzhia was at a Dnipro platform when the drone hit, according to Ukraine’s railway operator.
An 11-year-old boy was among those wounded in Dnipro, regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said.
Chernihiv regional head Vyacheslav Chaus said two 15-year-old girls were killed in a Russian missile strike and at least 11 people were injured.
Ukraine’s railway chief said authorities had announced an elevated threat level in Dnipro before the strike, but many people remained on the platform.
President Volodymyr Zelensky called for further U.S., European and G7 sanctions on Russia and criticized a deal that eased some sanctions, including those affecting U.S. imports of Russian diesel.
Ukrzaliznytsia figures supplied to AFP say attacks on railway facilities rose from 1,206 in 2025 to 1,700 so far in 2026.
Moscow’s mayor said 613 Ukrainian drones were launched overnight toward the Moscow region and that most were shot down.
The article says a local ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky was holding into its third day as a Ukrainian delegation traveled there through Belarus and Russia.
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The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 0.5% in September, after declining in August, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The index was 3.6% higher than in September 2025 and is the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation.
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The PCE price index rose 0.5% in September.
The index had declined in August.
Prices measured by the index were up 3.6% from September 2025.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released the data on Thursday.
The Federal Reserve uses the PCE price index as its preferred inflation measure.
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South Korean prosecutors renewed their request for the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk-yeol at an appeal hearing in Seoul, arguing that his 2024 martial law declaration threatened democracy. Yoon, who was sentenced to life in prison for leading an insurrection, denies that he sought to establish authoritarian rule; the appeals court plans further hearings before reaching a decision.
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Prosecutors renewed their death-penalty request at a Seoul High Court hearing on Thursday, October 29.
Yoon was sentenced to life imprisonment in February after a court convicted him of leading an insurrection.
Yoon declared martial law on December 3, 2024, and sent soldiers and police to the National Assembly.
Lawmakers voted down the martial law measure, and the government withdrew it about six hours after its announcement.
The lower court found that Yoon tried to prevent parliament from functioning, detain political opponents and remain in power.
Yoon’s lawyers said he intended to warn parliament, not establish authoritarian rule.
South Korea has retained the death penalty but has not carried out an execution since 1997.
Parliament impeached Yoon in December 2024, and the Constitutional Court removed him from office in April 2025; the appeals court plans another hearing for November 5.
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Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill said Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly had blocked their attendance at a National Economic Council meeting in Glasgow with Prime Minister Andy Burnham. The dispute comes amid unionist anger over Sinn Féin’s role in protests that stopped an Orange Order march in Portadown, and pressure on the DUP to take action against O’Neill.
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O’Neill and Little-Pengelly had both been invited to Friday’s National Economic Council meeting in Glasgow.
O’Neill said Little-Pengelly’s decision would leave Northern Ireland unrepresented at the event.
O’Neill called the decision reckless and said it was driven by DUP internal pressures and electoral concerns.
Police have interviewed O’Neill and other senior Sinn Féin figures over unnotified demonstrations in Portadown last month.
DUP MP Carla Lockhart resigned from the party’s officer board after leader Gavin Robinson did not withdraw Little-Pengelly to force O’Neill from their joint office.
DUP assembly members Diane Forsythe and Maurice Bradley have called for O’Neill to leave office or for official engagements through the joint Executive Office to stop.
A court heard that police intelligence suggested dissidents might have attacked officers if police had cleared a route for the parade.
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Ethiopia has received 12 Russian Su-35 fighter jets and plans to acquire four S-400 air-defence batteries under agreements announced by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Moscow. The deal deepens long-standing military ties with Russia as Ethiopia faces conflict at home and tensions with Eritrea, but analysts say Addis Ababa is broadening its partnerships rather than choosing Russia exclusively.
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Abiy Ahmed announced the agreements during a visit to Moscow for the Russia-Africa Summit.
Ethiopia has taken delivery of 12 Su-35 fighter jets under an earlier agreement with Russia.
Ethiopia plans to acquire four S-400 air-defence batteries, but no delivery date was announced.
Analysts say the S-400 systems could defend against conventional air threats, but may be less effective against small, inexpensive drones.
Russia and Ethiopia have a history of military cooperation dating back to the Soviet Union’s support for Ethiopia’s former communist government.
Russia’s arms sales bring revenue and can sustain ties through training, maintenance and replacement equipment.
Abiy said talks with Putin also covered nuclear energy, health and trade; Putin said bilateral trade exceeded $1.3 billion in January through September.
Analysts say Ethiopia is seeking options from multiple international partners rather than aligning exclusively with Russia.
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A BBC Radio 4 episode examines how people convicted of financial offences try to rebuild careers and start businesses after prison. It features former Touchbase CEO Riordan Maynard and former Autonomy CFO Sushovan Hussain, whose prison experiences and difficulties returning to work inspired business ideas.
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The 35-minute episode, titled “Redemption,” aired on 29 October 2026.
Riordan Maynard led mobile phone company Touchbase as it expanded into a multinational business with offices across Europe, Australia, Asia and the United States.
After Touchbase lost hundreds of millions of pounds worth of deals following the 2008 financial crisis, Maynard was jailed in the United States for five and a half years.
Maynard said his experience in prison, including witnessing violence and struggling with his mental health, sparked a business idea.
Sushovan Hussain was CFO of Autonomy, a technology company founded by Mike Lynch.
Hussain was convicted of fraud in the United States and sentenced to five years in prison in 2019.
After prison, difficulties obtaining insurance and bank accounts inspired Hussain to start a business to help former offenders return to work.
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Wes Moore argues that preventing another case like Cornell 7 requires raising better men. He says the responsibility belongs to policymakers as well as fathers, teachers and mentors.
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The article is titled “Wes Moore: To prevent the next Cornell 7 case, we must raise better men.”
The title links preventing another Cornell 7 case with raising better men.
The article says policymakers share responsibility for this effort.
The article also names fathers as responsible.
The article also names teachers and mentors as responsible.
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A book by Matthew Cole makes allegations about Jared Kushner’s financial dealings and role in U.S. foreign policy during Donald Trump’s first term. Kushner rejected the claims, calling them “completely insane”; the Guardian said it received no response from his legal counsel.
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The book contains allegations linking Kushner to large bank accounts allegedly funded by Gulf states.
The article says Kushner has served as one of Trump’s top diplomatic envoys in the Middle East despite having no official role.
A California county elections official said federal officials gave him an inaccurate, disorganized list of names and threatened criminal prosecution if he did not act.
A federal judge declined to order California officials to separate and exclude ballots from people the Trump administration said were non-citizens.
The article says Israel’s opposition parties have a majority, but most Jewish opposition parties have ruled out governing with Palestinian-led parties.
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers and a civil rights activist, died in California at age 96, her family said.
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Israeli forces have maintained a lockdown of Hebron for seven days, closing its entrances and restricting movement and access to services. Palestinian reports describe raids, detentions, injuries, demolitions and settler attacks; the article does not say when the lockdown will end.
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Israeli forces closed Hebron’s entrances and exits starting the previous Friday.
Wafa reported that two Palestinians were injured and seven detained on Thursday.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said at least 110 people had been detained in the Hebron governorate since the raids began, including three women and seven children.
The article says more than 3,000 people were forced out of the city and some Palestinian homes were turned into military posts.
Israeli forces launched demolitions and raided the Ein Deir Bahha neighbourhood, where families fled their homes at night.
Israeli forces isolated 12 villages and hamlets in the Masafer Yatta area, restricting access to urban centres, markets and hospitals.
Wafa reported that settlers uprooted more than 200 fruit trees and damaged wells and agricultural facilities east of Hebron.
The lockdown followed the killing of two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the settlement of Telem; the Palestinian gunmen were later killed by Israeli forces.
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Former President Barack Obama campaigned in Georgia for Senator Jon Ossoff five days before the U.S. midterm elections. Obama criticized the Trump administration’s response to a joke he had made, saying it had mobilized government resources over the joke rather than inflation.
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Obama appeared in Georgia to support Senator Jon Ossoff’s midterm campaign.
The article said the midterm elections were five days away.
Obama referred to comments he had made about the Cheesecake Factory.
Obama said the Trump administration had mobilized a government response to his joke.
Obama contrasted the response to the joke with the administration’s handling of inflation.
The article said polls indicated Democrats might win a majority in the House.
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DoorDash said it will acquire Instacart for $17 billion, offering $65 per share. The companies will remain separate until the deal closes, which they expect in late 2027 or early 2028; DoorDash plans to keep Instacart’s brand, technology and app afterward.
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DoorDash announced the acquisition on Thursday.
DoorDash will pay $65 per share for Instacart.
DoorDash said the companies will operate as separate entities until the merger is finalized.
The companies expect the deal to close in late 2027 or early 2028.
DoorDash plans to retain Instacart’s brand, technology and app after the deal closes.
DoorDash said the acquisition could help more supermarkets use Instacart’s platform for their websites.
DoorDash said customers could gain more store choices, faster delivery options and savings when shopping locally.
Capital One estimated that nearly 150 million Americans shopped for groceries online in 2025.
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Chillicothe police said reports that a Trump supporter was stabbed outside Donald Trump’s Ohio rally were false. Police said an officer intervened in a fight, and the officer’s pocketknife stayed closed when its clip caught on a person’s shirt.
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The incident happened outside a rally at the Shoemaker Center on the Ohio University Chillicothe campus on Wednesday evening.
Police said two people were involved in an altercation.
An officer intervened to break up the altercation.
Police said the officer’s pocketknife retention clip caught in one person’s shirt.
Police said the knife did not open and there was no stabbing.
Conservative activist Tyer Bowyer posted video of the incident on X and claimed a Trump supporter had been stabbed.
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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered the Department of Public Safety to investigate an alleged effort to recruit candidates for the state Senate race who could confuse voters. The order followed a New York Times report alleging that people linked to Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee helped recruit a candidate with the same name as Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan; both groups denied involvement.
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Dunleavy said the Alaska Division of Elections investigated similar concerns in June.
He directed the Department of Public Safety to determine whether the effort violated state law and whether criminal or civil action was warranted.
The New York Times reported that its account drew on 12 sources, text messages and documents.
The Times said the alleged effort was internally called the “ballot composition project” and aimed to recruit a candidate who might draw votes from Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Peltola’s campaign committee said it had no involvement with either Sullivan campaign.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said it was not involved with Dan J. Sullivan.
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U.S. home listing prices fell year over year in September, with Austin posting the largest decline among the 10 metro areas listed by Realtor.com. The article links falling prices to higher inventory and weaker buyer demand, while noting that affordability remains a barrier for many buyers.
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Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos had the steepest decline: listing prices fell 9.8% to $446,450 from a year earlier.
The national median listing price fell 1.4% year over year to $419,250, marking 11 consecutive months of declines.
The other metro areas in the top 10 were Memphis, Tampa, San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver, Phoenix, St. Louis, Washington, and Providence.
Memphis had the second-largest decline at 8.7%, followed by Tampa at 6.6%.
Austin's median listing price remained below its July 2022 peak of $598,000.
Austin active listings were up 1.4% year over year in September, and new listings were up 2.1%.
The article attributes price declines to expanded housing supply, weaker demand, and affordability challenges.
Despite price drops, median listing prices were $888,450 in San Diego and just over $1 million in Los Angeles.
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