In Michigan, Harris hits back against Trump over his electric car attack lines The Trump campaign is telling Michigan that Vice President Harris would ban gas-powered cars. At a rally in Flint, she pushed back – and said Trump would be bad for the state’s best-known industry. Read more on NPR

A victim of a crypto ‘pig butchering’ scam just got his $140,000 back NPR investigated a crypto scam company known as SpireBit, which stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Russian-speaking seniors. Now, some of the victims are getting their money back after a lawsuit by Massachusetts authorities. Read more on NPR

October 7th: A Year of War Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It The October 7th Hamas-led attacks on Israel and the subsequent Israeli invasion of Gaza has changed the course of geopolitics and will have far reaching consequences for the world. The events have also upended the lives of countless individuals. Our team…

‘Touch grass,’ ‘For You page’: See 200 new words and phrases added to Merriam-Webster “Our lexicographers monitor a huge range of sources to select which words and definitions to add,” Merriam-Webster’s Peter Sokolowski said. These sources range from academic journals to social media. Read more on NPR

Biden says he is worried about violence around the presidential election President Biden told reporters he was confident the election “will be free and fair,” before saying, “I don’t know whether it will be peaceful.” Read more on NPR

What about Grandmas? Global thinkers assess the U.N. ‘Summit of the Future’ The U.N. has adopted a lengthy “pact” of items for the world to address for a better tomorrow. We asked global thinkers if they’d like to add anything or give more emphasis to certain agenda items. Read more on NPR

Supreme Court refuses, for now, to block new EPA rules to fight climate change The justices, in a break from the way they have handled most such cases in the recent past, told the challengers to first litigate their claims in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Read more on NPR

‘Touch grass,’ ‘For You page’: See 200 new words and phrases added to Merriam-Webster “Our lexicographers monitor a huge range of sources to select which words and definitions to add,” Merriam-Webster’s Peter Sokolowski said. These sources range from academic journals to social media. Read more on NPR

The scale of Helene’s devastating impacts are eye-popping, even from space Many of Helene’s effects are individual and heartbreaking, such as the deaths of children, grandparents and others. But the storm’s impact is also so outsized that it’s clearly visible from space. Read more on NPR

Storm damage closes N.C. factory that makes vital hospital supplies Remnants of Hurricane Helene shut down a North Carolina factory that supplies critical IV fluids to hospitals across the country. There’s no timeline for when production will resume at the facility. Read more on NPR