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NEWSLINKS:

• Biden, Trump, Obama Descend on Pennsylvania in Last Weekend Before Midterm Elections (WSJ)

• What early voting data can and cannot tell us (CNN)

• Election deniers could oversee voting in key swing states. Here are races to watch (NPR)

• Obama takes aim at election deniers on Pennsylvania campaign stop (WP)

• Republican Secretaries of State Walk a Minefield of Election Lies (NYT)

• Manchin unloads on Biden over coal comment (Politico)

• Gen Z voter turnout will show just how influential influencers really are (WP)

• Herschel Walker Says He Has Solutions to Major Issues But Won't Share Them (Newsweek)

• The states that will determine the Senate majority remain stubbornly close (Politico)

• Supreme Court again declines to block Biden’s student loan relief plan (CNBC)

• Twitter layoffs gutted election information teams days before midterms (WP)

• Elon Musk admits slashing half of Twitter workforce (NHK)

• Twitter: Musk defends deep cuts to company's workforce (BBC)

• Elon Musk Appears In Over His Head With Purchase Of Twitter (MSNBC)

• Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens ‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’ (Yahoo)

• Confusion and Frustration Reign as Elon Musk Cuts Half of Twitter’s Staff (NYT)

• Ukrainian forces brace for bloody fight for Kherson (Reuters)

• Zelensky accuses Moscow of energy ‘terrorism’ as Russian strikes knock out power for millions (CNN)

• The latest sign pointing to a Russian retreat. (Reuters)

• Power blackouts across Ukraine amid Russian shelling (AP)

• Iran acknowledges drone shipments to Russia before Ukraine war (Reuters)

• Spate of global assassination attempts hints at a violent new era (WP)

• A priceless fossil destroyed in WWII has resurfaced in an unusual way (CNN)

• Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants us to ‘ignore’ Web3: ‘Web3 is not the web at all’ (CNBC)

• Teens' Brains Develop Differently Depending on if They're Night Owls or Early Birds (ScienceAlert)

• Indian commuters ‘risk their lives’ every day as more than 5,000 bridges need repair (Guardian)

• 14 months later: Five conclusions on Afghanistan withdrawal (Responsible Statecraft)

• Afghanistan’s Past, Present and Future (Prio)

• Taliban Lambaste Biden for Calling Afghanistan ‘God-Forsaken’ (VoA)

• IG: Biden’s $1B boondoggle to the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan unaccounted for (Fox)

• If bumblebees can play, does it mean they have feelings? This study suggests yes (NPR)

• Parrot steals reporter's earphone live on air (BBC)

• Woman Still Holding Onto Hope That Toxic Friendship Could Blossom Into A Toxic Relationship (The Onion)