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Democrat criticizes Republican candidate after he said he would protect women ‘whether they like it or not’US politics live – latest updatesKamala Harris said on Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women “whether the women like it or not” showed that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s “agency, their authority, their right and their ability to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies”.“I think it’s offensive to everybody, by the way,” Harris said before she set out to spend the day campaigning in the western swing states of Arizona and Nevada. Continue reading...

Dodgers beat Yankees in New York to clinch titleVideo shows clashes between police and crowdsRowdy crowds took to the streets in Los Angeles after the Dodgers won the World Series, setting a bus on fire, breaking into stores and setting off firecrackers. A dozen arrests were reported by police early on Thursday.Video showed people throwing objects at police in Los Angeles as sirens blared and officers told them to leave the area after the Dodgers defeated the Yankees in Game 5 in New York.showed revelers standing atop a bus waving a Dodgers banner and people running from a boarded-up Nike store with armfuls of sneakers before throwing the merchandise into cars parked outside. Continue reading...

Court order blocks Vancouver physician Ellen Wiebe from euthanizing Alberta resident due to lack of physical ailmentA British Columbia judge has issued a rare, last-minute injunction barring a woman from accessing euthanasia after physicians in her home province refused to approve the request.The injunction, granted to the woman’s common law partner, blocks the Vancouver physician Ellen Wiebe, or any other medical professional, from “causing the death” of an Alberta woman within the next 30 days. Continue reading...

Canvassers discovered they were working to drum up turnout for Trump after signing non-disclosure agreementsElon Musk’s get-out-the-vote effort for Donald Trump has come under renewed scrutiny after paid canvassers reported not knowing beforehand that they were being hired to support the former president.Workers recruited by Musk’s America Pac to canvass in the battleground state of Michigan only discovered they were working for the Space X and Tesla entrepreneur to drum up voter turnout for Trump after signing non-disclosure agreements, Wired reported. Continue reading...

People urged to stay at home as more bad weather forecast, with number of dead expected to rise furtherSpanish floods – latest updatesThe death toll from devastating floods in the eastern Spanish region of Valencia has risen to 155, authorities have said, as the country began three days of mourning and the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, urged people to stay at home.With forecasts of more bad weather prompting storm alerts farther north, Sánchez urged residents on Thursday to “please, follow the calls of the emergency services … Right now the most important thing is to save as many lives as possible.” Continue reading...

Parts of north-east and Great Lakes regions to surpass 80F as thunderstorms predicted from Indianapolis to LouisianaDo the undead sweat? If they do, this year’s Halloween could be a taxing time for them across parts of the north-east and Great Lakes regions of the US, where temperatures are set to soar above 80F (27C) in some areas.On Thursday, CNN reported that nearly 50 daily high temperature records may fall, with temperatures rising more than 20F above normal. Continue reading...

Met police arrest man, 63, on suspicion of fraud by false representation and handling stolen goodsDetectives investigating the theft of 22 tonnes of cheese from Neal’s Yard Dairy have arrested a 63-year-old man on suspicion of fraud by false representation and handling stolen goods.The London cheese specialist delivered 950 wheels of cheddar – reported to be worth up to £300,000 – to an alleged fraudster posing as a wholesale distributor for a big French retailer. Continue reading...

Genealogy testing confirmed DNA sample belonged to William Herman Hietamaki, last seen by his family in 1995Human remains discovered near the Hoover Dam over a decade ago have been identified as a Michigan man last seen by his family in 1995.Investigators with the Mohave county sheriff’s office in Arizona announced on Tuesday that they had identified the remains through forensic genetic genealogy as William Herman Hietamaki, born in 1950, from Trout Creek in Ontonagon county, Michigan. Continue reading...

Non-proliferation groups call on government not to oppose creation of a study into effects of nuclear conflictNon-proliferation groups are urging the UK government to make a late about-turn on plans to vote alongside France, Russia and North Korea against a UN resolution to study the effects of nuclear war.In a debate on Friday, a UN general assembly committee will discuss a resolution to create an international panel of scientific experts to examine the global impact of different nuclear conflict scenarios. Continue reading...

Man pleaded guilty to killing 118 eagles to sell parts on black market that exploits demand among tribal membersA Washington state man who pleaded guilty to killing at least 118 eagles as part of a wildlife trafficking ring that operated on a Native American reservation in Montana faces sentencing on Thursday before a federal judge.The trafficking ring sold eagle feathers and parts on a black market that exploits high demand among tribal members who use them in powwows and other ceremonies. Continue reading...