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Good evening. Here’s the latest.
1. A man was arrested and charged in a weeklong pipe bomb campaign targeting critics of President Trump.
Federal authorities identified the suspect as Cesar Sayoc Jr., a 56-year-old Florida man who is an outspoken supporter of Mr. Trump. Records show that he has a long criminal history and ties to New York. Here’s what we know about him. Above, an F. B. I. agent examining a van in Plantation, Fla.
His arrest came even as four more bombs were found around the country, including ones addressed to Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California.
“These terrorizing acts are despicable and have no place in our country,” President Trump said, hours after the arrest. Here’s what the targeted individuals previously said about President Trump, and what he has said about them.
None of the devices has detonated, and no one has been harmed.
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2. “We are being crushed.”
Millions of civilians in Yemen have been pushed to the brink of starvation by a devastating war led by Saudi Arabia. The problem isn’t a food shortage — it’s deliberate economic warfare by the Saudis, driving people deeper into poverty and risking a catastrophic famine.
A doctor in a health clinic overwhelmed by refugees pointed out one drowsy 7-year-old girl with stick-like arms. “Look,” she said. “No meat. Only bones.”
The unsettling photographs with this article, of emaciated children, are difficult to look at. Here’s why The Times decided to publish them. Above, a boy in Sana, Yemen.
Separately, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey pressed Saudi Arabia to reveal who gave the orders to kill Jamal Khashoggi and demanded that its leaders explain what happened to the dissident journalist’s body.
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3. President Trump may announce a broad crackdown on the southern border next week, administration officials said, making a play to energize his anti-immigrant base before the midterm elections.
Mr. Trump is considering using executive actions to block entry to Central American migrants and asylum-seekers. Deploying hundreds of Army troops and cutting economic aid to Central American countries are also being discussed. Above, migrants boarded a truck in southern Mexico.
It’s not clear that the plan to block asylum-seekers would be legal under U. S. or international law, and it could take a long time to put in place. But in considering the strategy, Mr. Trump seemed to be betting that the political impact would be more immediate.
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4. Stacey Abrams has spent a lifetime opening doors. Now she’s pushing on her biggest one yet.
She’s the Democratic candidate for governor in the reliably Republican state of Georgia. And if she wins in November, she will become the first black woman elected governor of any state, ever. Above, she campaigned in Valdosta, Ga.
Her personal history and her rise from poverty to power have lent her campaign sizzle. Now the polls show Ms. Abrams and her Republican opponent, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, in a very tight race.
Also check out The Tip Sheet, our daily analysis of the midterms. Today we cover Republicans spending more than they would like to defend seats that were once reliably red.
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5. The U. S. economy grew 3.5 percent in the three months ending in September, the Commerce Department reported, powered by a 4 percent increase in consumer spending. Above, checking out in Concord, N. C.
Growth was ahead of expectations, in part because of businesses building up inventory, which added more than two percentage points to overall growth.
The numbers in this latest report appear strong, but analysts said the underlying picture was more mixed. Business spending barely increased, after surging in the first quarter.
And stocks resumed their slide today, with the S. & P. 500-stock index briefly falling into a correction — meaning the benchmark stock index was 10 percent off its most recent peak — before recovering some of those losses.
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6. Screen panic is gripping Silicon Valley.
The tech elite are increasingly sure that screen time is bad for kids. So they’re asking their nannies to keep phones, tablets, computers and TVs off and hidden. Some even make sitters sign no-phone contracts.
“Almost every parent I work for is very strong about the child not having any technical experience at all,” one nanny said.
Why? The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it .
At the same time, worries about a new digital divide are rising: In this one, public schools are embracing screens as teaching tools — while the rich are banning them from classes altogether.
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7. Voters in Washington State will decide this Election Day whether to charge companies and utilities for their carbon emissions. It would be the first state to do so.
The proposed fees would be expected to raise $2.3 billion in the first five years. The initiative would fight climate change directly and, its proponents hope, move the state toward being a green energy hub.
But opponents fear rural areas would see little financial benefit, while the companies that pay the fees would pass the costs along to residents. Above, a power plant near Centralia, Wash.
A previous carbon-pricing effort failed in Washington in 2016. One difference this time around is the messaging: The initiative technically calls for a fee, not a tax — a distinction that might be more palatable to voters.
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8. It was a vegetable garden, and a chance for redemption.
After three years in prison, Marc Peeples, who is black, returned to his Detroit neighborhood to plant seeds that could help feed neighbors and teach children about farming.
But before long, three women who lived nearby began reporting him to the police, their accusations growing increasingly serious. They were white.
Eventually, Mr. Peeples, above, was arrested and went to trial. It was another example, his lawyer said, of white people calling the police on a black person for everyday activities.
A judge has dismissed the case.
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9. The World Series picks up again at 8:09 p.m. Eastern when the Red Sox face the Dodgers in Los Angeles in Game 3. Boston is ahead in the series, two games to none.
Keep an eye on the infield for baseball’s latest dance, the defensive shift.
