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| Cubs, Clinton, Brazile: Your Monday Evening Briefing | Cubs, Clinton, Brazile: Your Monday Evening Briefing |
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| (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) | (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) |
| Good evening. Here’s the latest. | Good evening. Here’s the latest. |
| 1. Emails continued to dominate the election cycle. | 1. Emails continued to dominate the election cycle. |
| CNN severed ties with the Democratic strategist and analyst Donna Brazile, above, after hacked Democratic messages released by WikiLeaks showed she shared debate questions with Hillary Clinton’s campaign. | CNN severed ties with the Democratic strategist and analyst Donna Brazile, above, after hacked Democratic messages released by WikiLeaks showed she shared debate questions with Hillary Clinton’s campaign. |
| And it is unclear if the federal investigation into a new batch of Mrs. Clinton’s State Department email will be completed by next Tuesday, Election Day. | And it is unclear if the federal investigation into a new batch of Mrs. Clinton’s State Department email will be completed by next Tuesday, Election Day. |
| But what is certain is that the presidential contest has become so intense that even the F.B.I. has been swept into the appearance of partisan fighting. | But what is certain is that the presidential contest has become so intense that even the F.B.I. has been swept into the appearance of partisan fighting. |
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| 2. Early voters appeared to have given Mrs. Clinton a narrow lead in turnout in swing states, possibly mitigating the fallout from the latest chapter of her email troubles. | 2. Early voters appeared to have given Mrs. Clinton a narrow lead in turnout in swing states, possibly mitigating the fallout from the latest chapter of her email troubles. |
| But Democrats are beyond upset with Anthony Weiner, who is the estranged husband of Mrs. Clinton’s top aide and whose sexting habits drew the F.B.I.’s attention to a computer that held the new trove of emails. | But Democrats are beyond upset with Anthony Weiner, who is the estranged husband of Mrs. Clinton’s top aide and whose sexting habits drew the F.B.I.’s attention to a computer that held the new trove of emails. |
| “He is like a recurring nightmare,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton. | “He is like a recurring nightmare,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton. |
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| 3. Moving on, Pope Francis traveled to Sweden to commemorate a 500-year-old religious provocation: Martin Luther’s nailing of 95 theses on a church door. | 3. Moving on, Pope Francis traveled to Sweden to commemorate a 500-year-old religious provocation: Martin Luther’s nailing of 95 theses on a church door. |
| That set off the Protestant Reformation, which also brought hundreds of years of persecution of Catholics in the country. | That set off the Protestant Reformation, which also brought hundreds of years of persecution of Catholics in the country. |
| Even as recently as 1951, they were barred from becoming doctors, teachers and nurses. | Even as recently as 1951, they were barred from becoming doctors, teachers and nurses. |
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| 4. Justice Clarence Thomas took his seat on the Supreme Court 25 years ago this week. | 4. Justice Clarence Thomas took his seat on the Supreme Court 25 years ago this week. |
| The famously quiet justice, who didn’t ask a single question from the bench from 2006 to March of this year, opened up in two recent interviews. Above, Justice Thomas in 1991. | The famously quiet justice, who didn’t ask a single question from the bench from 2006 to March of this year, opened up in two recent interviews. Above, Justice Thomas in 1991. |
| Any further interviews might have to cover new accusations of sexual misconduct, made by a lawyer who came forward with an account that he groped her in 1999, which he has denied. | Any further interviews might have to cover new accusations of sexual misconduct, made by a lawyer who came forward with an account that he groped her in 1999, which he has denied. |
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| 5. It took two and a half years and 46 tries, but Lebanon’s Parliament finally managed to elect a president. | 5. It took two and a half years and 46 tries, but Lebanon’s Parliament finally managed to elect a president. |
| Michel Aoun, 81, has long been a player in the tiny country’s troubled politics. A Christian, he has allied with the Syrian government and Hezbollah. | Michel Aoun, 81, has long been a player in the tiny country’s troubled politics. A Christian, he has allied with the Syrian government and Hezbollah. |
| In a combative inaugural speech, he vowed to take measures to send some of the 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon back home. | In a combative inaugural speech, he vowed to take measures to send some of the 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon back home. |
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| 6. The extreme right has a new target: Chobani yogurt. | 6. The extreme right has a new target: Chobani yogurt. |
| Chobani is a classic American success story. Founded by an immigrant from Turkey who bought a defunct factory in upstate New York, it now employs 2,000 people, including many refugees. | |
| Now the company is being targeted with racist attacks; articles claiming the founder, Hamdi Ulukaya, above, wants to “drown the United States in Muslims”; and calls for a boycott. | Now the company is being targeted with racist attacks; articles claiming the founder, Hamdi Ulukaya, above, wants to “drown the United States in Muslims”; and calls for a boycott. |
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| 7. Research into the spreading Zika virus is confronting a mystery: Why did the virus take a greater toll on Brazil than other countries? | 7. Research into the spreading Zika virus is confronting a mystery: Why did the virus take a greater toll on Brazil than other countries? |
| Colombia, which had the second-largest outbreak, had far fewer cases of Zika-related birth defects. | Colombia, which had the second-largest outbreak, had far fewer cases of Zika-related birth defects. |
| Possible factors being weighed: earlier screening, official warnings to delay pregnancy and Colombia’s more progressive abortion laws. | Possible factors being weighed: earlier screening, official warnings to delay pregnancy and Colombia’s more progressive abortion laws. |
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| 8. People in some of the world’s most polluted cities are turning to bottled air. | 8. People in some of the world’s most polluted cities are turning to bottled air. |
| Some buy it as a gag gift. Others inhale it themselves when the air is really bad. | Some buy it as a gag gift. Others inhale it themselves when the air is really bad. |
| “It makes my lungs feel clean,” said a tech worker in Beijing. “It might just be my imagination, but I’m willing to try anything.” | “It makes my lungs feel clean,” said a tech worker in Beijing. “It might just be my imagination, but I’m willing to try anything.” |
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| 9. The Indians are one victory away from winning the World Series. Game 6 will be back in Cleveland on Tuesday. | 9. The Indians are one victory away from winning the World Series. Game 6 will be back in Cleveland on Tuesday. |
| Will Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman, above, stop them? He’s the only pitcher to throw as hard as 104 m.p.h. in the 2016 season. And this is a series in which closers, not starters, have been the deciding factor. | Will Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman, above, stop them? He’s the only pitcher to throw as hard as 104 m.p.h. in the 2016 season. And this is a series in which closers, not starters, have been the deciding factor. |
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| 10. Finally, a presidential race that some found scary to begin with has provided ample models for Halloween. | 10. Finally, a presidential race that some found scary to begin with has provided ample models for Halloween. |
| Bad hombres, nasty women, pageant contestants, guys in red sweaters and Carlos Danger were just some of the get-ups we spotted on the streets. | Bad hombres, nasty women, pageant contestants, guys in red sweaters and Carlos Danger were just some of the get-ups we spotted on the streets. |
| And there’s still a little time left to trick-or-treat. Here’s how to dress up without offending anyone while you’re at it. | And there’s still a little time left to trick-or-treat. Here’s how to dress up without offending anyone while you’re at it. |
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| Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. | Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. |
| And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing, posted weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Weekend Briefing, posted at 6 a.m. Sundays. | And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing, posted weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Weekend Briefing, posted at 6 a.m. Sundays. |
| Want to look back? Here’s Friday’s briefing. | Want to look back? Here’s Friday’s briefing. |
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