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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speier.Heading into Election Day and the days of vote counting that will follow, misinformation and disinformation are once again major problems.
One of the major social media platforms, X, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, regularly boosts election conspiracy theories.Former President Trump almost daily calls into question the integrity of the vote.
But as we hear from NPR's Shannon Bond, the government also is keeping an eye on bad actors abroad and moving quickly.
And we're also seeing the federal government being more proactive, calling more of the stuff out publicly.Like just last week, there was this fake video going around of ballots being torn up in the swing state of Pennsylvania.
And just a day later, we had intelligence officials come out publicly and say it was a Russian fake.We just haven't seen them move that quickly before.
MPR's Shannon Bond.Vice President Harris will spend election night at her alma mater, Howard University.That's according to a person familiar with her campaign plans who spoke on condition of anonymity.MPR's Deepa Shivram has more.
The HBCU is a personal location for Harris, who often talks about the impact Howard had on her identity and her desire to become a lawyer.Howard is where she pledged her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha.
And when Harris launched her first presidential campaign back in 2019, she made the formal announcement from Howard.Harris is the first vice president to have graduated from a historically black college or university.
And if elected, she'll make history again.Harris has included the university in her campaign in a number of ways.She camped out at Howard for debate prep in August and has often talked about her work in the Biden administration to invest in HBCUs.
Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, Washington.
Biomedical researchers need to change how they use race and ethnicity in their research.That is the conclusion of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.Here's NPR's Maria Godoy.
Race and ethnicity are used widely in biomedical research.That in turn influences clinical guidelines and algorithms that help determine what kind of care patients get.
In the new report, the National Academy says sometimes racial and ethnic categories are used inappropriately as substitutes for factors like genetics or environmental exposures, and this can contribute to the mistaken notion that racial and ethnic groups are biologically distinct when they are not.
It says this can also result in worse medical care for patients of color.The report offers recommendations for scientists, funders, and scientific publications to use race and ethnicity in a more ethical and scientifically sound way.
It comes as part of a broader movement to root out bias in medicine.Maria Godoy, NPR News.
Search engine company Google is continuing to prosper even it deals with major shifts in terms of artificial intelligence. Google's parent company, Alphabet, today reporting stronger earnings for the July through September quarter.
Alphabet's profit and revenues both rose at a brisker pace.On Wall Street today, the Dow fell 91 points.This is NPR.The death toll has now risen to at least 95 in Valencia, Spain, after a year's worth of rain fell in less than a day.
As NPR's Julia Simon reports, climate scientists say these extreme weather events are more frequent because of global warming.
The floods are possibly the worst to hit Spain in its modern history.Dozens are missing after waters tore through towns in Spain's east.One resident described his experience surviving the floodwaters as a living hell.
Oceans and seas are experiencing record high temperatures, in large part because of human-caused climate change.Unusually warm Mediterranean seawater and conditions where the atmosphere holds more water vapor can fuel more rainy and deadly storms.
Climate scientists are watching the U.S.election closely as the incoming president will preside over a crucial period when scientists say the world must drastically cut emissions.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has called climate change an existential threat.Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called climate change a scam. Julia Simon, NPR News.
Prosecutors say a Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to leaking classified military documents about Ukraine should serve 17 years in prison.
In a memorandum filed today, the prosecution saying Jack DeShera's actions amounted to one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history.
Defense attorneys, for their part, were asking for an 11 year sentence.They admit their client made a terrible decision. but contending it did not mean to harm the U.S.Crude oil futures prices rebounded today, oil up $1.40 a barrel in New York.
I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.
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