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Vice President Harris gave the closing speech of her campaign yesterdayexactly one week before election day. She spoke at the same location where former President Donald Trump held his rally on January 6, 2021, addressing his supporters before they stormed the Capitol. According to her campaign, more than 40,000 people went through security at the Harris event yesterday, and more attendees gathered outside the site.

• 🎧 This was the largest rally of her campaign so far. But the target group was the swing states As Harris still tries to reach undecided voters, NPR's Tamara Keith tells First up. Much of her speech centered on her policy proposals, such as the child tax credit and making Medicare cover home care for the elderly. She also promised to listen to the needs of Americans – even if they don't agree with her. Harris will now travel to all seven swing states again in the short remaining time of the campaign.

Trump has promised to deport millions of people if elected president. There are more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. And Trump has said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which allows the president to detain and deport non-citizens from a hostile country during war.

• 🎧 NPR's Jasmine Garsd says Trump is interested in using local police to enforce immigration laws. However, the president cannot legally compel police departments to cooperate in such efforts. During his presidency, Trump attempted to force police to cooperate with immigration authorities, but this was deemed unconstitutional. Civil rights groups are poised to challenge Trump's proposals, including his plan to invoke the Insurrection Act and station troops on the southwest border. Some states are working to implement their own immigration enforcement measures. And under a Trump presidency, those efforts will likely be intensified, and his Justice Department will likely support them.

The Biden administration is working to address low wages for teachers in the federal preschool program Head Start by introducing a new rule. Many Head Start centers have struggled to hire enough staff to keep their classrooms open because of these low wages. Nationally, the average salary for Head Start teachers is about $41,000. For perspective, a public school preschool teacher earns, on average, around $53,000.

• 🎧 Pay at Head Start, a program designed to help children living in poverty, is so low that employees are forced to live in povertysays NPR's Cody Turner. According to the Biden-Harris administration, pay has led to nearly one in five Head Start teachers nationwide quitting last year. The rule created by the government stipulates that these teachers will receive a salary increase of up to $10,000 per person. The problem is that without new funding from Congress, local programs would have to bear the cost of the raises, potentially leading some programs to cut services.

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Hershey Co. is introducing more non-chocolate candies to its lineup as expensive chocolate candies eat into the company's sales.

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If you're like me, you may have experienced sticker shock when you went to a store to buy candy for Halloween. Chocolate seems more like a trick than a treat at the checkout. This year's price increase is primarily due to rising cocoa prices, which have skyrocketed due to several poor harvest seasons that have reduced the supply of this key ingredient in chocolate bars. According to the producer price index, the cost of producing chocolate and confectionery from cocoa increased by 45% from January to September. Here's a closer look at why this is happening and how the industry is fighting back:

• 🍫 The high cocoa prices are a consequence of this Unstable weather conditions in major cocoa-growing regions of the world, such as Ivory Coast and Ghana.
• 🍫 As a potentially future-proof methodFarmers have increased the planting of cocoa trees in regions with higher-yielding orchards.
• 🍫 Chocolate manufacturers are diversifying their offerings Due to disappointing sales, they have expanded their offering to include a selection of sweeter, gummy and sour treats.

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Photographer Woosler Delisfort documents ceremonies from Vodou, Ifa and Santeria traditions that are actively practiced today

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The “Our Sacred Place” exhibit at the HistoryMiami Museum recently opened and is designed to highlight Faith practices and ceremonies among Haitian Americans and others associated with the Caribbean and Africa. During this political season, Haitian Americans have become the target of disinformation, based largely on long-standing stereotypes about their religious beliefs and spiritual practices. The exhibition features the work of photographer Woosler Delisfort, who documents some of Miami's Vodou traditions. It contains nearly 150 photographs that capture ceremonies originating in West African Yoruba culture.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs speaks at a press conference on October 24, 2007, announcing an alliance with Ciroc Vodka in New York. Sean Combs Enterprises will make branding decisions for Ciroc and share in future profits from Diageo-produced vodka.

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1. Two additional lawsuits were filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs This week he accused him of grooming and coercing 10- and 17-year-old boys in separate incidents.
2. Teri Garr, an actress and comedian, known for roles in Viva Las Vegas, Young Frankenstein And Tootsiedied yesterday at the age of 79. After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999, she became an ambassador for the disease.
3. JPMorgan Chase has begun filing lawsuits against customers who took advantage of an “infinite money glitch” this summer. This technical issue allowed people to deposit fake checks and withdraw money from their accounts.

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