Good morning. It’s Monday. Here’s what’s shaping the day: |
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Shady Ballot Applications: Pennsylvania’s top election official confirmed his office is investigating potentially fraudulent voter registration applications in response to reports from authorities in several counties.
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Fentanyl Freeway: California spent billions to stigmatize cigarettes, while destigmatizing the deadliest drug in U.S. history. Experts are watching to see if the gamble will work.
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Fluoride Promise: Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that former President Donald Trump will seek to end public water fluoridation if he’s elected president.
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Join Us: The Epoch Times and NTD Television will have dozens of reporters and photographers across the nation on Tuesday. Join us to watch the results. Details below.
- Music for Focus: We’ve put together a list of the best classical composers to help you focus while working or studying. Story below.
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Election Countdown: One day left.
Battleground Pulse: Ariz.—Trump + 2.6… Nev.—Trump +1.0… Wisc.—Harris +0.3… Mich.—Harris +0.6… Penn.—Trump +0.3… N.C.—Trump + 1.5… Ga.—Trump +2.3. (Polling averages via RCP)
Prediction Market: Trump 56—Harris 44 (Via Polymarket) |
Join The Epoch Times and NTD for Election Night Coverage! |
After a nearly two-year presidential campaign in this consequential election, reporters and photographers for The Epoch Times will bring you accurate and timely information from all the key swing states and the Trump and Harris campaign watch parties on Election Day. |
- We will have staff in 13 states, including each of the battleground states and the headquarters for the Trump and Harris campaigns.
- Our colleagues are in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia.
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We will be speaking to voters and poll watchers during the day and observing the vote counts at tabulation centers once the polls close.
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The Epoch Times website will carry the results for each House and Senate race, as well as the presidential contest. In addition to updates chronicled in a live article, we’ll post feature stories and breaking coverage during the day, through the night, and into the morning of Nov. 6.
Meanwhile, our sister outlet NTD will broadcast live coverage featuring reporters across the country and panel discussions providing thoughtful analysis, while its state-of-the-art studios and cutting-edge data wall will deliver the latest results as they come in.
Live coverage starts at 6 p.m. on Nov. 5. Also tune in the next day for in-depth analyses on what the election outcomes mean for the future. Don’t miss a moment of this pivotal night! More Election Updates: |
- A Federal Communications Commission commissioner on Sunday said the Saturday Night Live appearance by Kamala Harris may have violated the agency’s rule about equal time being given to candidates.
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From diving for cover in Butler, Pennsylvania, to getting caught between police and anti-Israel protesters in a roiling mob, our colleagues—many of whom have been on the campaign trail for nearly two years—share their most memorable moments.
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While campaigning in battleground Michigan on Nov. 3, Vice President Kamala Harris said her mail-in ballot was “on its way to California” and didn’t reveal how she voted on her home state’s Proposition 36, which would enhance criminal penalties for shoplifting and drug dealing.
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Transgenderism represents one of the deepest divides between Trump and Harris. Our colleagues, Janice Hisle and Darlene Sanchez, explore the chasm. Read: Trump and Harris Transgender Policies Are Miles Apart
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Nationwide, more than $50 billion is expected to flow from legal settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors over the next two decades. California is in line to receive about $4 billion. This money will now largely go to abating illicit fentanyl, the culprit of the third wave in an opioid crisis that began with prescription pain medications in the 1990s.
In the first two years, California state programs primarily used the money for “harm reduction” efforts, including opioid overdose reversal medication, needle exchange, and public education campaigns aimed at destigmatizing drug use.
Nationally, experts and progressive advocates are keeping a close eye on settlement spending, in an effort to avoid mistakes of the Big Tobacco settlements and ensure that funds go to actual abatement, rather than plugging municipal budgets.
But some wonder if another obvious lesson from the fight against Big Tobacco—in which stigmatization, graphic warnings about the dangers of cigarettes, and enforcement all led to a radical decrease in smoking—is missing from the state’s approach to the fentanyl crisis.
Our colleague, Beige Luciano-Adams explores California’s controversial approach to the fentanyl crisis. More U.S. News: |
- Severe storms and tornadoes battered Oklahoma early Sunday, tossing cars and ripping roofs off buildings in the middle of the night and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power. Among numerous injuries, 11 people required hospitalization, authorities said.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is urging residents to call the police if they see people attempting to “subway surf.” The call follows several deaths of young people who took part in a social media stunt.
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“The CCP is very smart at understanding the divides in American society, and it knows how to target both sides.” In this episode, I sit down with Chris Chappell and Shelley Zhang, creators of the popular YouTube show “China Uncensored.” —Jan Jekielek |
By Stephen Xia and Sean Tseng
The U.S. Air Force is considering revamping its operations in the Pacific to address increasing challenges from communist China. |
- Rather than focusing solely on expensive fighter jets, it is shifting toward cost-effective technologies like drones and hypersonic missiles and adopting dispersed operational tactics to maintain an advantage.
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Lessons from the Russia–Ukraine war have shown that modern conflicts consume resources rapidly, making reliance on a limited number of costly weapons impractical. To prepare for prolonged engagements, developing advanced yet affordable weapons is crucial.
- Long-range precision strikes and the use of drones have emerged as game-changers, allowing forces to remain effective while avoiding heavy enemy fire.
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These are the insights driving the U.S. Air Force preparations for potential conflicts in the Indo–Pacific, which could be more extensive and intense than the Russia-Ukraine war. (Full Column) |
China’s three largest airlines, which are state-owned, reported a significant slip in third-quarter profits despite record-high passenger traffic. Analysts say it’s the result of China’s falling ticket prices amid its ongoing sluggish economy. |
- China Eastern Airlines reported a net profit of 2.63 billion yuan ($369 million), down 28.2 percent from the same period last year.
- China Southern Airlines, China’s largest airline, said on Oct. 28 that its third-quarter net profit fell 23.9 percent year-on-year to 3.19 billion yuan ($448 million), despite the airline serving more passengers.
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Beijing-based Air China reported on Oct. 30 that its net profit in the third quarter was 4.14 billion yuan ($581.34 million), down from 4.24 billion yuan ($595 million) in the same period last year, or just over 2 percent.
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- Monkeypox cases in African countries have seen a massive jump, with nations in Central Africa accounting for more than eight out of 10 infections. The number of confirmed cases so far this year is up by more than 500 percent compared to the entirety of 2023.
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Russia says it is reconsidering its nuclear doctrine—the document it relies on when deciding whether to launch a nuclear strike. Earlier this week, Moscow carried out a major missile test.
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The United States flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill alongside Japanese and South Korean militaries on Sunday, just days after North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in nearly a year.
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Mr. Li Hongzhi is a four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and was nominated by the European Parliament for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. He is also the recipient of Freedom House’s International Religious Freedom Award.
The above article has been translated from Chinese and was originally published on FalunDafa.org Read Mr. Li Hongzhi’s Latest Articles: |
“The Virgin with Angels” by William-Adolphe Bouguereau |
Can listening to classical music make you “smarter”? Since intelligence is measured in many ways, the issue is contentious. |
- In a 1993 study published in the journal Nature, Rauscher et al. found some evidence for what has been termed the “Mozart effect.” Subjects who listened to Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major were found to improve spatial-temporal reasoning abilities.
- Interestingly, though, a 1998 study published in Neurological Research did find that rats who were raised listening to Mozart’s double piano sonata ran a maze faster and more accurately than their counterparts.
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The Mozart effect in humans is likely to remain controversial. Even so, classical music has been proven to help cognition in at least one aspect: concentration.
A 2012 study published in the journal Learning and Individual Differences found that students performed higher on a test if they listened to classical music during a related lecture than those who heard the lecture without music.
When it comes to picking the right music, Mozart is king. But nine other composers have created music that can help with focus on work tasks and while studying. Here’s the full list: 10 Composers to Listen to While Studying |
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