Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Día de Los Muertos, Richard Moore: daily briefing

Former President Donald Trump faces his most important legal verdict to date. Millions of people celebrate Día de Los Muertos, which in the US is increasingly a vehicle for social commentary and dissent. And Heidi Klum is the queen of Halloween again (scroll down to see).

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How the election could determine Trump’s legal fate

Former President Donald Trump is involved in four criminal cases, but the most important ruling in his legal future could be handed down on Election Day on Tuesday. If he wins, all his charges could be dropped or deferred for at least four years. If he loses, he could face a quick conviction in one case and lawsuits in the other three. If Trump were not a candidate for president, his legal troubles would be inevitable. He is currently scheduled to be sentenced on November 26 for 34 crimes in his hush money case in New York. Two lawsuits are pending over allegations he tried to steal the 2020 election. Read more

Police reveal description of suspected ballot box fire, say more fires are possible

The manhunt for an arson suspect targeting ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest continued Friday as details emerged about a suspect and a possible motive. In Oregon, Portland Police spokesman Mike Benner said the suspect “has a wealth of experience in metal fabrication and welding.”

Benner, speaking at a briefing Wednesdaydescribed him as a white man, 30 to 40 years old, with short hair or bald, a thin to medium build and a thin face. “It is entirely possible that the suspect intends to continue targeted attacks throughout the area,” Benner warned.

With days before Tuesday’s election dayVice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck-and-neck in Pennsylvania, one of several key swing states that could determine the winner, a new exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk poll shows.
Harris and Trump are tied with 49% of the vote each, according to a statewide poll of 500 likely voters conducted Oct. 27 to 30, with a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.

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Political protest is deeply rooted in the Day of the Dead, a crossover American tradition

On Saturday, two groups of 10-foot-tall skeleton dolls will approach each other from opposite sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, symbolically embracing each other in honor of families whose loved ones have lost their lives trying to reach America. The giant Día de Los Muertos figures will unite as part of a Day of the Dead vigil in El Paso. Día de Los Muertos, the indigenous-rooted, primarily Mexican holiday celebrated on the first two days of November, is widely seen as a time for families to celebrate loved ones who have passed away. But even as the tradition has taken root in America, its purpose has eclipsed reunification and memory and provided a vehicle for social commentary and dissent. Read more

Richard Moore will be executed Friday in South Carolina

The last black man on South Carolina’s death row convicted by an all-white jury will be executed for killing a store clerk during an alleged robbery in 1999, according to his attorney. Richard Moore is expected to be executed. executed by lethal injection on Friday for the death of James Mahoney. Not only does the death sentence imposed by an all-white jury raise serious questions about whether Moore was given a fair chance in South Carolina’s legal system, his attorney claims Moore was unarmed when he walked into the supermarket and wasn’t even there. to rob it. Read more

Today’s talkers

The Menendez brothers’ pursuit of freedom is another step forward

Erik and Lyle Menendez’s bids for release from prison gained momentum Thursday after Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón sent letters to California Governor Gavin Newsom expressing “strong support” for clemency . The letters are similar and both contain “credible allegations” of sexual and physical abuse by their father. The letters also mention a “commitment to rehabilitation” that Gascón said makes the brothers ideal candidates for clemency. Lyle was 21 and Erik 18 when they shot and killed their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989. “During his 34 years of incarceration, Mr. Menendez worked hard to turn his life around,” each letter reads. Read more

Photo of the day: Heidi Klum wins Halloween again

Heidi Klum has been organizing the most vibrant Halloween party for more than twenty years. But while she may now be the undisputed “Queen of Halloween,” it wasn’t always that way. The idea for the bash came from a lack of other viable hotspots, she says. She remembers running around New York with a friend years earlier and thinking, “I can’t believe this, this is Manhattan… nobody likes a really cool party?” So she created her own.

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