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Articles in this issue: Report Links California’s 2014 Criminal Justice Reform Law to Increased Crime Rates As Early Voting Kicks Off in Nevada, Nonpartisan Voters Hold the Key Nantucket Residents Rattled by Arrest of 5 Illegal Immigrants for Violent Sex Crimes Study Finds School Choice Closes Low-Income Student Performance Gap Some States Are Ready to Respond in Case Hurricane Hits US on Election Day Massachusetts Gov. Council Candidates Weigh In on Judge Appointments Mother, Boyfriend Face More Charges in 3-Year-Old Elijah Vue’s Death Trial of Salman Rushdie’s Assailant Will Remain in New York County Where Stabbing Happened Maine Man Made Homemade Bombs and Dropped Some From Drones, Officials Say Rescued New York Community Bank to Lay Off 700 at Its Flagstar Subsidiary Former Florida College Student Charged in Death of Baby Found in Trash Can NTD’s 7th International Piano Competition Awaits Winners’ Announcement Trump, Harris Intensify Michigan Push With Rally Blitz Train Derails in South Louisiana and Leaks Nonhazardous Chemical, Authorities Say California Cocaine Trafficking Kingpin Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison SoCal Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Professionals Set to Strike Leading RV Manufacturer Forest River Will Close California Plants Trump Says He’ll Meet With Rupert Murdoch, Ask Him to Nix Negative Political Ads CVS Appoints David Joyner as New CEO, Withdraws Profit Forecast Gonzalez, Flores Debate in Texas Rematch for US House Seat High Turnover in Xi’s Political Faction Signals Heightened Infighting in Beijing, Experts Say South Africa Asks Taiwan to Relocate de Facto Embassy out of the Capital US Deports Chinese Nationals on Charter Flight; Chinese Drones Halted at US Customs Chinese National Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Illegally Export US Semiconductor Technology to China China’s Q3 GDP Hits Weakest Pace Since Early 2023, Backs Calls for More Stimulus China, Burma Top the List for Worst Internet Freedom in the World: Report Lammy Under Pressure to Take Tough Stance in China Visit Homeland Security Deports Chinese Illegal Immigrants on Charter Flight Ottawa Launches Consultation on Forced Labour Crackdown Amid Increased Attention on China’s Abuses China to Cut Bank Reserve Ratio Again Amid Economic Slowdown Hesai Back on US List of Firms With Ties to Chinese Military Think Tank Warns AUKUS Too Big for Australia Landlocked European Nations Face Gas Woes Amid Growing Pressure on Russia American Reportedly Kidnapped From Southern Philippine Town, Search Underway Questions Over Harbour Bridge Safety After Fatal Crash Australian-First Airbnb Bookings Tax Clears Last Hurdle Building Bans and Buybacks Floated for Flood Zones Canadians Have Less Economic Freedom Today Than Four Decades Ago: Study Toronto Police Charge Man and Teen in Jewish School Shooting Care Economy Growing Fast and Boom Set to Continue New Mortgage Rules to Boost First-Time Buyer Accessibility May Also Drive Up House Prices: TD Bank How Israel’s Bulky Pager Fooled Hezbollah Solar Panel Pioneer in the Spotlight at Tech Awards Day in Photos: National Strike Day, Voting Queue, and Imperial Visit King Charles and Queen Camilla Touch Down in Australia Ex-Indian Government Employee Charged in Foiled Plot to Kill U.S. Citizen Lawyer for Family Members of Pickton’s Victims Wants Copy of Killer’s ‘Tell All Book’ Cuba’s Grid Goes Offline With Massive Blackout After Major Power Plant Fails Ottawa Says Businesses Can Request Tariff Exemption on Chinese Goods Indian Diplomats ‘Clearly on Notice’ After High Commissioner Expulsion: Joly Jordan Peterson Considering Defamation Lawsuit Over Trudeau’s Accusation of Russia Funding The Rise of the Humble From Blindness to 360 Degree Vision–What 4,000 Near Death Cases Bring to Light Baby Bust Will Soon Reshape Public Schools 49th Parallel: The Years of War and Political Haggling it Took to Define the Canada-US Border Compliance and Fees are 24 Percent of New Home Prices China’s Economic Stimulus Package Is Just for Show China’s Xi Jinping May Soon Face a Pivotal Moment That Could Undermine His Rule Experts Discuss Market Trends During NYC Real Estate Expo How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Oct. 18 Feds Investigating Tesla’s Self-Driving System Majority of Americans Feel Worse Off Now Than 4 Years Ago: Gallup Here’s How to Protect Yourself From New Scams Targeting Gmail Users National Drug Chains Are in Trouble Amid Shifting Consumer-Buying Habits Wind Farm Project Faces Long-Haul Opposition from Local Community Group Netflix Adds 5 Million-Plus Subscribers in 3rd Quarter How Does a Mortgage Affect Retirement? Interest Rates Are Falling—What This Means for Savers DOE Awards $2 Billion for 38 Electric Grid Expansion, Resilience Projects Across 42 States Navigating Student Loan Repayment: Strategies for Recent Graduates ‘Not Clear’ How Cutting Winter Fuel Payments Will Save Money, Say Government Advisers Foreign Holdings of US Debt Surge to Record High of $8.5 Trillion Phillips 66 to Close Los Angeles Oil Refinery Astronomers Trace Origin of Meteorites That Have Struck Earth AI Generated Child Abuse Images Increasingly Found Online Former Nickelodeon Star Daniella Monet Reflects on Her Return to Acting After Becoming a Mom Weatherman Sam Champion Warns of Sun Exposure Danger After Cancer Diagnosis Grammy Award-Winning Singer Zach Bryan Says He Doesn’t Want to Be Labeled a Country Music Artist What We Know About Liam Payne’s Death, Including Some Unanswered Questions TV Host Ananda Lewis on Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis: ‘I’m Not Dying’ Jeff Bridges Shares the Secret to Healthy 50 Years of Marriage to Susan Geston Onetime Art Adviser to Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Among Others, Pleads Guilty in $6.5 Million Fraud J.S. Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in D minor, BWV 1060 One Direction ‘Devastated’ After Liam Payne’s Death, as Autopsy Reveals Extent of Injuries Mitzi Gaynor, Star of ‘South Pacific,’ Dies at 93 US general news