Election officials are debunking a years-old conspiracy theory.
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officials → debunk → theory
And could another interest rate hike be coming?
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Three children and one teacher killed in Oregon school shooting
Three children and a teacher were killed yesterday afternoon in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon.
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children → kill → Bend
The deceased suspect, whom officials identified as a 16-year-old Bend resident, forced entry into Silver Rail Elementary School by firing through the locked doors, police said.
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police → identify → doors
This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day.
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This → start → day
Deschutes County dispatch received a call at 12:59 p.m. local time from a person in a vehicle saying they were being “shot at multiple times by a person with a long gun,” police said.
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police → receive → gun
Then, “dozens” of calls reported a shooter at the K-5 school.
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dozens → report → school
Officers arrived within three minutes and learned the suspect had been fatally shot by a community member who pursued him into the school, authorities said.
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authorities → arrive → school
Police did not say whether the suspect had connections to the school, or how he got access to the weapon.
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he → say → weapon
In Oregon, minors can legally possess certain firearms if they have parental consent.
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they → possess → consent
Election officials debunk a persistent false claim about poll workers and ballots
Election officials nationwide are debunking a years-old conspiracy theory that poll workers will write on your ballot in order to disqualify it.
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workers → debunk → it
The claim is baseless, but has circulated online.
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claim → circulate → ?
“Election workers write on ballots for different reasons as required by law.
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workers → write → law
This in no way affects whether your ballot will be counted,” the State Board of Elections in North Carolina said.
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Board → affect → Carolina
In some states, officials will mark ballots with initials signifying an election judge reviewed the ballot or a counting tally.
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judge → mark → ballot
In others, they don’t touch them at all.
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they → touch → them
Regardless, voters are the ones filling out the ballots.
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voters → fill → ballots
Tim Bobanic, a supervisor of elections in Florida, said it’s not clear why this particular conspiracy has such lasting power.
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conspiracy → say → power
“I’m not entirely convinced that this isn’t outside groups, foreign entities” trying to “sow distrust,” he said.
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he → try → distrust
Early voting is underway, with more than 6 million mail-in and early in-person votes already cast nationally.
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voting → cast → votes
More election news:
- Maine Senate candidates Troy Jackson and Susan Collins had their fourth and final debate, with Trump looming large over the race.
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Trump → loom → race
- Federal law enforcement is investigating after suspicious substances were sent to more than a dozen election offices across the country.
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substances → investigate → country
Kevin Warsh says Fed is focused on taming prices, but gives no hint about next rate hike
Will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates again?
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Reserve → say → rates
Chairman Kevin Warsh offered few clues.
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Warsh → offer → clues
In a speech at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Warsh said the U.S. economy has “broadly” moved in the direction that the Fed expected during its last meeting in September, when it raised rates for the first time since 2023.
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it → say → 2023
“We made very clear we’d deliver price stability,” Warsh said, a signal of his focus on inflation and that another interest rate hike could be on the horizon.
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hike → make → horizon
But, he stuck to a familiar tone and refused to give any clear hint about how soon that might come.
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that → stick → hint
Warsh also projected optimism about AI, predicting that “it will make economies and countries that put it to good use more productive.”
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that → project → use
Read All About It
- President Trump has labeled Ukraine’s resumption of strikes on Russian oil refineries a “disgrace.”
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Trump → read → refineries
- A teenage suspect accused of planning a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Chicago told co-workers he “couldn’t wait to kill Indians,” prosecutors say.
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prosecutors → accuse → Indians
- Actor Danny Trejo responded to criticism for being in what some have called a pro-ICE movie backed by political commentator Ben Shapiro’s conservative media company.
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some → respond → company
- NBC News obtained audio of a heated meeting between Cornell faculty and the university’s president over the handling of the alleged sexual assault case.
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News → obtain → case
- The Milwaukee Brewers swept the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1982.
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Brewers → sweep → 1982
Now the Dodgers are left wondering what happened to their season, and their star.
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what → leave → season
- “Breaking Bad” actor RJ Mitte’s mother urged parents to watch for warning signs after his death by suicide.
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mother → urge → suicide
Staff Pick: Hollywood is giving lit nerds a reason to revisit the classics
Book-to-screen adaptations are not a new concept in Hollywood.
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adaptations → give → Hollywood
But this year, what stood out to me was that the classics were becoming talking points on my social media feeds.
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classics → stand → feeds
From Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights,” released in February, to Zoe Kazan’s “East of Eden” series, which dropped on Netflix this month, people are engaging with book-to-screen projects in a way that’s helping elevate them to cultural notoriety.
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that → release → notoriety
Social media users are documenting their journeys through the classics, from first-time reads inspired by screen adaptations to annotated rereads ahead of their premieres.
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users → document → premieres
Others are posting deep dives comparing the books with their on-screen counterparts, fueling discussion over what Hollywood gets right — and wrong.
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Hollywood → post → what
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