Will VP debate alter a close race?
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 Vice presidential debate may alter a close race’s dynamic NPR · Ron Elving VP clashes have produced many memorable moments, but it’s hard to say any has made a decisive difference in the election outcome.  |
 Netanyahu’s uncompromising United Nations address gzeromedia.com · Riley Callanan The Israeli PM framed his country’s campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon as a fight for survival, while criticizing the UN as “a swamp of antisemitic bile.”  Hezbollah confirms its leader is dead after an Israeli airstrike Associated Press · Bassem Mroue and Melanie Lidman The killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the powerful militant group’s longtime leader, sent shockwaves throughout Lebanon and the Middle East.  My weekend in the Laotian Las Vegas airmail.news · Darius J. Rubin A Chinese-controlled casino city is less a liberated Nirvana than a wasteland rife with human trafficking, drugs, and prostitution. |
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 Don’t use Venmo as your checking account Vox · Adam Clark Estes Apps like Venmo and Chime don’t have fees. But they have bigger problems.  The startup using balloons to cool the planet bigthink.com · Kristin Houser Make Sunsets is bringing solar geoengineering from sci-fi to reality — with some risk and controversy.  We finally know what creates static electricity, after thousands of years ScienceAlert · Michelle Starr “For the first time, we are able to explain a mystery that nobody could before: why rubbing matters.” ‘Today there is crying in baseball’ Yahoo! Sports · jeff eisenberg The A’s departure from Oakland leaves the city without a major professional sports franchise for the first time since 1960.  Can gardening save our democracy? Saveur · Alex Testere According to Alice Waters, Chez Panisse chef and Edible Schoolyard founder, growing your own food might be the most meaningful work you can do.  How to help those affected by Hurricane Helene Garden & Gun Magazine · Helen Bradshaw Local and regional organizations providing relief for those in the path of the deadly storm. |
