The Senate race has become close and difficult to predict, with Democrats having a chance to retake the chamber. The outcome is expected to hinge on just over a dozen races across the country.
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The Senate contest was described as largely off the radar a year earlier.
The race is now entering its final days of campaigning.
The outcome is described as difficult to predict.
Democrats have a chance to retake the Senate.
Just over a dozen races across the country are expected to shape the outcome.
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A rail collision in Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha region killed at least 68 people on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, and injured more than 100, according to the article. Spain’s transport minister said an initial finding was that a train had been mistakenly ordered to proceed after a technical failure halted rail services.
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The collision involved two high-speed trains in central Spain.
The article reports at least 68 deaths and more than 100 injuries.
The crash occurred in the Castilla-La Mancha region.
The transport minister said a train was ordered to proceed in error.
A technical failure had halted all rail services before the collision.
The initial findings are likely to renew questions about rail safety in Spain.
A separate high-speed train collision in January killed 46 people.
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The October 28 CBS Evening News page lists reports on U.S. politics, coastal tides, and other national and international stories. The listing also includes coverage of a deadly train crash in Spain, Israel, and a study of NFL athletes and CTE, a brain disease linked to repeated head impacts.
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The page says the New York Times reported that Democrats recruited candidates to influence the Alaska Senate race.
The listing mentions record-breaking tides affecting the East and West coasts.
It includes a report on what comes next after Israel sees no clear election winner.
The page lists a study about NFL athletes and CTE.
It reports that the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady.
The listing includes coverage of a deadly train accident in Spain.
It includes a segment with Maine's secretary of state about federal election monitors.
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A Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday found Democrat David Crowley leading Republican nominee Tom Tiffany by 7 points in Wisconsin’s governor’s race. Crowley received 51% support among likely voters in October, up 2 percentage points from the previous month’s poll.
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The poll was conducted by Marquette University Law School.
The survey covered likely voters in Wisconsin.
David Crowley is the Democratic candidate for governor.
Tom Tiffany is the Republican nominee for governor.
Crowley received 51% support in the October poll.
Crowley’s support rose 2 percentage points from the previous month’s survey.
Crowley led Tiffany by 7 points, according to the poll.
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Distributed Denial of Secrets said it released data on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, including contact details and job information. Reuters verified some records but could not confirm the full dataset or the claim that attackers obtained it through Okta; Okta said it had no evidence its systems or data were compromised.
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The leak includes names, phone numbers, email addresses, job titles and email groups for staff at DHS agencies including ICE, Customs and Border Protection, and CISA.
Some records identify employees assigned to special operations, surveillance, computer forensics and undercover work.
Distributed Denial of Secrets said the data came from an entity calling itself Department of Peace.
DHS and Department of Peace did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Reuters matched information about six named employees to other records and confirmed details with three employees by phone.
Some leaked details were publicly available, while others showed internal organization charts or previously undisclosed programs or operations.
A Distributed Denial of Secrets co-founder said a search tool would let the public browse the data.
Okta said it was secure and that it had no evidence its data or systems were compromised.
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New York Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander appeared on CBS News’ “The Takeout” to discuss his recent detention in the West Bank and the upcoming midterm elections. The segment title also refers to his ban from Israel and a Senate race.
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Brad Lander is described as a Democratic congressional nominee from New York.
Lander discussed his recent detention in the West Bank.
The interview appeared on CBS News’ “The Takeout.”
The segment discusses the upcoming midterm elections.
The segment title refers to a ban from Israel.
The segment title also refers to a Senate race.
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In the final week before the midterm elections, Amna Nawaz discussed the state of the races with Democratic strategist Mo Elleithee and Republican strategist Doug Heye. The article describes their discussion but provides no specific assessment of the races.
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The discussion took place in the final week before the midterm elections.
Amna Nawaz hosted the discussion.
Mo Elleithee took part as a Democratic strategist.
Doug Heye took part as a Republican strategist.
The discussion focused on how the midterm races were shaping up.
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Distributed Denial of Secrets published personnel data for more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees on Wednesday. The group did not name the source of the information, referring to the person as the “Department of Peace.”
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The data concerns more than 40,000 DHS employees.
DDoSecrets published the data on Wednesday.
Some employees in the dataset work in the intelligence community.
DDoSecrets did not identify the source of the leaked information.
The group called the unnamed source the “Department of Peace.”
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Historic high tides flooded coastal communities across California, damaging homes and businesses and disrupting roads and train routes. Scientists say ocean warming, rising sea levels and a warm-water wave are contributing to higher water, while a strong El Niño could bring more severe flooding this winter.
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Flooding affected communities from San Diego to the San Francisco Bay Area.
In Marin County, drivers were rescued from flooded cars, and cyclists encountered waist-deep water.
Tides near Los Angeles and San Diego rose above 8 feet; San Francisco set a new October high-tide record on Wednesday.
The National Weather Service issued flood advisories and warnings, with coastal flooding expected in parts of Southern California through Thursday.
Los Angeles has recorded 12 coastal flood days in 2026, according to NOAA, more than in any year in the past 50 years.
Climate scientist Daniel Swain said he expects this winter’s water levels to exceed those seen this week multiple times.
NOAA forecasts an above-80% chance of high-tide flooding in December for San Diego, La Jolla, Los Angeles and Santa Monica.
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A photo essay traces labor and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta’s public life, from organizing farmworkers in the 1970s to receiving honors and appearing at political events in later decades. The photographs also show tributes to Huerta in California and New Mexico on October 28, 2026.
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Huerta and Hope Lopez discussed boycott strategy in Los Angeles in December 1970.
Photographs show Huerta at United Farm Workers events and rallies in California in the 1970s.
In 1989, Huerta and Cesar Chavez showed photographs of conditions in farm labor camps at a Fresno news conference.
In 2002, Huerta and UFW president Arturo Rodriguez led a march calling for binding arbitration in farm labor contract disputes.
President Barack Obama awarded Huerta the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
Huerta attended a California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra’s election-night event in Los Angeles on June 2, 2026.
Photographs dated October 28, 2026, show a Dolores Huerta elementary school in San Francisco and an altar honoring her in Albuquerque.
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CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss said declining ratings for 60 Minutes are not her main focus and described the show as doing “tremendously well.” The program’s latest episode drew 5.64 million viewers, below last season’s average of 9.1 million, though its 4 October edition averaged more than 10 million.
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Weiss spoke about 60 Minutes’ ratings at an industry conference organized by The Information.
She said she could not build the program by focusing on how many people watched a particular segment on a given Sunday.
Weiss overhauled 60 Minutes in late May, replacing its executive producer and parting ways with three senior correspondents, including Scott Pelley.
Last season, 60 Minutes averaged 9.1 million viewers per episode.
The latest episode drew 5.64 million viewers, according to the article.
The program’s ratings vary depending in part on whether a highly watched NFL game airs before it.
The 4 October edition averaged more than 10 million viewers.
Weiss said she wants to focus on CBS News rather than running CNN, which is part of Warner Bros Discovery.
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Nearly 40 million votes have been cast in races that will affect control of Congress and local and state offices. PBS News says it will rely on the Associated Press again next Tuesday to track results, and the report examines how the AP counts votes.
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Nearly 40 million votes have already been cast.
The races will help determine who controls Congress.
The races include governor contests.
The races include mayoral contests.
The races include city council contests.
PBS News has relied on the Associated Press to track results for many years.
PBS News plans to rely on the AP again next Tuesday.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a policy directing HHS not to enforce restrictions on compounding pharmacies that make six specific peptides. The policy does not change the peptides’ regulatory status, and FDA scientists have said evidence of their safety and effectiveness is insufficient.
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The six peptides are BPC-157, Epitalon, KPV, MOTS-c, Semax, and TB-500.
In 2023, the FDA removed the peptides from a list of substances that compounding pharmacies could use because of safety concerns.
The new policy says HHS will not take enforcement action against certain pharmacies for making the peptides.
The policy was posted on the Federal Register on Wednesday, with final publication scheduled for October 30.
An FDA advisory panel voted in July to add the six peptides back to the list of substances pharmacies could compound.
Kennedy added eight members to the panel before the vote; at least six had ties to peptide-related businesses or clinics, according to the article.
HHS says allowing compounded versions could steer people away from products sold on gray or black markets.
Peptide sellers and advocates publicly praised the policy.
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Nearly 35 million Americans are expected to vote in congressional districts redrawn ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The report examines the history of gerrymandering and its continued role in U.S. politics as the country marks its 250th anniversary.
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Nearly 35 million Americans will vote in redrawn congressional districts.
The districts were redrawn ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
The redistricting has followed partisan battles over political maps.
The report explores the origins of gerrymandering.
It examines why gerrymandering remains influential in American politics.
The report is part of Judy Woodruff’s series, “Crossroads: America at 250.”
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Flavio Bolsonaro said he was Brazil’s rightful leader after arriving in the United States to begin what the article describes as self-imposed exile. The article reports that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff on Sunday and quotes a University of Oklahoma scholar who said a U.S. challenge to the election result was unlikely.
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Flavio Bolsonaro was Brazil’s defeated right-wing presidential candidate, according to the article.
He arrived in the United States and said he was Brazil’s rightful leader.
The article says Bolsonaro went to the United States to begin a self-imposed exile.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff on Sunday, the article reports.
Fabio de Sa e Silva, an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma, said Bolsonaro’s effort to make the dispute international would not succeed.
De Sa e Silva said the opposition faced a leadership vacuum that others might seek to fill.
De Sa e Silva said the United States was unlikely to question the Brazilian election results.
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Abdul El-Sayed is urging Democrats to vote in Michigan’s Senate race. About 1.2 million early votes have been cast in the state, according to the article.
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Abdul El-Sayed is a candidate in Michigan’s Senate race.
El-Sayed is trying to encourage more Democrats to vote.
About 1.2 million early votes have been cast in Michigan.
CBS News correspondent Aaron Navarro reported on the race and early voting.
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A group called the Department of Peace and cybersecurity researcher maia crimew published information on more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security personnel. The data includes names, work addresses, phone numbers and descriptions of employees’ roles, including staff at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
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The information was posted Wednesday in a database called Icepick on a website hosted by Distributed Denial of Secrets.
The Department of Peace said it accessed DHS employee profiles through Okta, a single sign-on service used to manage access to internal platforms.
Okta said it was aware of the claims and had no evidence that its systems or data were compromised.
A DHS representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Department of Peace and DDoSecrets said the release was intended to promote accountability, rather than create a directory of every DHS agent.
The article describes this as the third recent leak or hack targeting a government agency.
Last month, a group called ShinyHunters took personal information about thousands of FBI agents, according to the article.
The Federal Election Commission was recently taken offline after a suspected hacking attempt.
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A high-speed train collision in Spain killed at least 68 people and injured dozens on Wednesday, October 28. Authorities opened an investigation after the transport minister said a communications failure triggered a red signal and the Renfe train was mistakenly allowed to proceed despite a stationary train ahead.
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The collision occurred in Castilla-La Mancha, south of Madrid, between a Renfe train and an Iryo train.
At least three carriages went down an embankment, and rescuers searched the wreckage for additional victims.
Spain's health minister reported 80 injured people, including 15 in very serious condition.
Transport Minister Oscar Puente said a computer communications failure triggered the red signal and traffic stopped automatically.
Puente said an erroneous decision was made to restart the Renfe train.
The crash was Spain's second fatal rail accident this year; a January collision involving trains operated by the same companies killed 46 people.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the crash would be investigated and that the causes of the two accidents appeared unrelated.
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Dolores Huerta, a labor leader and civil rights activist, died Wednesday from cancer at her home in Bakersfield, California. She was remembered for her pioneering work and lasting legacy.
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Huerta died Wednesday.
She died from cancer.
She died at her home in Bakersfield, California.
Huerta was a labor leader.
She was a civil rights activist.
Amna Nawaz looked back at Huerta’s life and legacy.
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