Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Día de Los Muertos, Richard Moore: Daily Briefing

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

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How the election could shape Trump’s legal fate

Former President Donald Trump is embroiled in four criminal cases, but the most important verdict in his legal future could be handed down on Election Day Tuesday. If he wins, all of his charges could be dropped or delayed for at least four years. If he loses, he faces summary judgment in one case and trials in the other three. If Trump wasn’t running for president, his legal problems would be inevitable. He is currently scheduled to be sentenced on November 26 on 34 felony charges in his New York hush money case. Two trials are looming over allegations that he tried to steal the 2020 election. Read more

Police release description of urn burning suspect, say multiple fires possible

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

Benner, speaking at a briefing on Wednesdaydescribed him as a white male in his 30s to 40s with short hair or balding, a thin to medium build and a thin face. “It is very possible that the suspect intends to continue targeted attacks in the area,” Benner warned.

Days before Election Day on TuesdayVice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck in Pennsylvania, one of several key states that could determine the winner, a new exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk poll shows.
Harris and Trump are related with 49 percent of the vote each, according to a statewide poll of 500 likely voters conducted Oct. 27-30, 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 tradition that crosses over into the US

On Saturday, two groups of 10-foot-tall skeleton dolls will approach each other from opposite sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, meeting in a symbolic embrace in honor of the families whose loved ones lost their lives in the attempt to get to America. Giant Día de Los Muertos figures will unite for a Day of the Dead vigil in El Paso. Día de Los Muertos, the holiday with indigenous, mainly Mexican roots, marked the first two days of November, is commonly considered a time for families to celebrate loved ones who have died. But even as the tradition took root in America, its purpose eclipsed reunion and remembrance, providing a vehicle for social commentary and dissent. Read more

Richard Moore is scheduled to be executed Friday in South Carolina

The last black man on South Carolina’s death row to be convicted and sentenced by an all-white jury, according to his lawyer, is set to be executed for killing a convenience store clerk during an alleged robbery in 1999. Richard Moore is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Friday for the death of James Mahoney. Not only does the death sentence handed down by an all-white jury raise serious questions about whether Moore received a fair shake in the South Carolina judicial system, but his attorney claims that Moore was unarmed when he entered the store and was not even there. to rob him. Read more

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The Menendez brothers’ bid for freedom takes another step forward

Erik and Lyle Menendez’s pleas for release from prison gained momentum Thursday after Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón sent letters to California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressing his “strong support” for clemency. The letters are similar and both cite “credible allegations” of sexual and physical abuse by their father. The letters also cite “dedication to rehabilitation,” which Gascón says make the brothers ideal candidates for clemency. Lyle was 21 and Erik 18 when they fatally shot their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989. “During his 34 years in prison, Mr. Menendez worked hard to turn his life around,” she says each letter. Read more

Photo of the Day: Heidi Klum wins Halloween again

Heidi Klum hosts the liveliest Halloween party in over two decades. But while she may now be the undisputed “Queen of Halloween,” it wasn’t always that way. The idea for the meeting was born out of a lack of other viable hotspots, she says. She remembers running around New York years earlier with a friend thinking, “I can’t believe this, this is Manhattan…doesn’t anyone make it a really cool party?” So she created her own.

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