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Before Election Day, Black Voters Turned Out Early in the South as a Judge Set Limits on DOJ Poll Monitors
Black voters made up a larger share of early ballots in Georgia than in 2022, and a federal judge ordered that DOJ poll monitors have no law-enforcement role at the polls.
After Oslo Talks With Zelensky, U.S. Envoy Heads to Putin With a New Peace Plan
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff spent Tuesday, Oct. 20, in Oslo working on a peace framework with Ukraine and its European allies. Next stop, according to a U.S. official, is a meeting with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.
Florida Charges Raúl Castro in 1996 Brothers to the Rescue Shootdown
A Miami-Dade judge has signed a state arrest warrant charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the 1996 shootdown of two planes that took off from Opa-locka. Cuba's president called the announcement "a pathetic Miami circus," and it's unclear whether he could ever face a Florida courtroom.
Urban
Cardi B Brings the Hits, and a Full Band, to NPR's Tiny Desk
Cardi B ran through eight songs in about 18 minutes on her new NPR Tiny Desk Concert, with a live band led by Adam Blackstone. The taping drew one of the biggest crowds NPR's producer says she's ever seen there.
From Catalog Dreams to the Runway: Megan Thee Stallion Caps the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Megan Thee Stallion made her Victoria's Secret runway debut on Sunday, performing "Her" and her 2020 hit "Body." She called it a dream she'd been chasing since childhood.