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      Read the Letter from Nobel Laureates Endorsing Kamala Harris for President

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      At no time in our nation’s history has there been a greater need for our leaders to appreciate the
      value of science in formulating public policy.
      The enormous increases in living standards and life expectancies over the past two centuries are
      largely the result of advances in science and technology. Kamala Harris recognizes this and
      understands that maintaining America’s leadership in these fields requires budgetary support
      from the federal government, independent universities, and international collaboration. Harris
      also recognizes the key role that immigrants have always played in the advancement of science.
      Should Donald Trump win the presidential election, he would undermine future US leadership on
      these and other fronts, as well as jeopardize any advancements in our standards of living, slow
      the progress of science and technology, and impede our responses to climate change.
      This is the most consequential presidential election in a long time, perhaps ever, for the future of
      science and the United States. We, the undersigned, strongly support Harris.
      Signed,
      Peter Agre
      Chemistry 2003
      Frances H. Arnold
      Chemistry 2018
      David Baker
      Chemistry 2024
      Moungi G. Bawendi Chemistry 2023
      Martin Chalfie
      Chemistry 2008
      Elias James Corey,
      Chemistry 1990
      Johann Deisenhofer
      Chemistry 1988
      Joachim Frank
      Chemistry 2017
      Alan Heeger
      Roald Hoffmann
      Brian K. Kobilka
      Chemistry 2000
      Chemistry 1981
      Chemistry 2012
      Roger D. Kornberg
      Chemistry 2006
      Robert J. Lefkowitz
      Chemistry 2012
      Michael Levitt
      Chemistry 2013
      William E. Moerner Chemistry 2014
      Richard R. Schrock Chemistry 2005
      Sir James Fraser Stoddart
      Chemistry 2016
      Sir M. Stanley Whittingham Chemistry 2019 More

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      A Wisconsin Mayor, a Former Republican, Endorses Harris

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      Shawn Reilly, the mayor of Waukesha, Wis., said he had never thrown his support behind a Democrat before.Mayor Shawn Reilly of Waukesha, Wis., an independent who was a Republican for most of his life, said in an interview on Wednesday that he was endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.The endorsement is a key one for Ms. Harris, whose campaign has lavished attention on the suburbs of Milwaukee, which lean Republican but are so densely populated that they deliver a pivotal number of Democratic votes in the swing state.Mr. Reilly, 63, said that he had never endorsed a Democrat before. But this election is different, he said, describing his own evolution from loyal Republican for decades to an independent in 2021.“It’s very easy to not even stick your nose in this — that’s the easiest way to go about it,” he said. “But the reason I’m doing it is because I think we’re at a crossroads. I’m very afraid of the direction our country will head in if Donald Trump becomes president. I think we’ll be heading down a road of authoritarianism and fascism.”The Harris campaign has poured considerable energy and resources into Waukesha County, which includes the city of Waukesha, hoping that Ms. Harris will be able to cut into Mr. Trump’s margins there. In 2020, Mr. Trump won the county with just under 60 percent of the vote. More than 400,000 people live in Waukesha County, the third-most populous county in Wisconsin, behind Milwaukee and Dane.Since 2014, Mr. Reilly has been the mayor, a nonpartisan role. When asked during his initial mayoral campaign if he was a Republican, he always answered yes, he said.When Mr. Trump ran for president in 2016, Mr. Reilly did not vote for him, but did not vote for Hillary Clinton, the Democrat, either. After the attack on the Capitol in 2021, Mr. Reilly disavowed the Republican Party, saying he no longer considered himself a member.He attended a rally in Waukesha County on Monday, where Ms. Harris appeared with former Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, in an appeal to conservative women in the Milwaukee suburbs.On Tuesday, early voting began in Wisconsin. From Mr. Reilly’s perch in City Hall in Waukesha, he could see a line of voters snaking down the sidewalk. About 800 people were voting in person each day, he said.Mr. Reilly said he was concerned about whether Ms. Harris would win Wisconsin, a crucial battleground state that President Biden won by less than 21,000 votes in 2020.He probably should have endorsed Mr. Harris sooner, he said.“But it’s one of those things where I’d much rather do it now, even if it doesn’t have as much of an effect,” he said. More

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      Arizona Man Is Arrested After Shootings at Democratic Campaign Office

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      The authorities said they believed the suspect was “preparing to commit an act of mass casualty.”An Arizona man has been arrested on terrorism charges in connection with three shootings at a Democratic Party campaign office in suburban Phoenix that wounded none but rattled campaign workers in a bitter election season.The man, Jeffrey Michael Kelly, 60, was arrested Tuesday, according to the authorities. Mr. Kelly also set out anti-Democratic Party signs lined with razor blades near his home, attaching bags filled with an unknown white powder and labeled “Biohazard,” according to court papers.The shootings at the Democratic Party’s campaign office in Tempe, Ariz., started in mid-September and all took place between midnight and 1 a.m., according to the police. After the third shooting, on Oct. 6, the Arizona Democratic Party closed the office.More than 120 guns, 250,000 rounds of ammunition and a grenade launcher were uncovered at Mr. Kelly’s home, a lawyer for the Maricopa County attorney’s office, Neha Bhatia, said at a virtual court appearance on Wednesday. Some of the firearms were machine guns, she said, adding that the authorities believed he was “preparing to commit an act of mass casualty.”She warned that he could pose a threat to Democratic political figures if he does not remain in custody. His Facebook page was full of anti-Democratic Party posts, according to court papers.In the first shooting on Sept. 16, the Democratic Party office was struck about 13 times by BB gun pellets, shattering the building’s glass front door, according to court papers. On Sept. 23, and again on Oct. 6, the office was struck by gunfire, further damaging the building, the court papers said.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Georgia secretary of state fends off cyberattack targeting absentee ballot website.

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      Georgia’s secretary of state warded off a cybersecurity threat this month against what was most likely an attack by a foreign country targeting its website that voters can use to request absentee ballots.An unusual spike in users on the site appeared to be an attempt to shut it down. There were ultimately no disruptions to absentee ballot access. State and local election officials have faced increasing threats, both to their operations and physical safety, that have made the otherwise mundane, bureaucratic work of election management increasingly risky.The secretary of state’s office thwarted a sudden rise in users trying to access the site on Oct. 14, a tactic sometimes used by hackers to send a website offline by overwhelming it with requests, WSB-TV, a broadcaster in Atlanta, reported. A spokesman for the Georgia secretary of state confirmed this reporting.“We saw a spike of around 420,000 individual entities attempting to access the absentee ballot portal,” Gabe Sterling, an official in the secretary of state’s office, told WSB-TV. “We identified it and attempted to mitigate it immediately, and you see it start to drop back down.”Mr. Sterling also said that the attack may have come from a foreign country, although details were not clear.This is not the first cybersecurity threat Georgia election officials have faced. In 2022, a group of allies to former President Donald J. Trump tried to access voter data in Coffee County. The county also faced its own cybersecurity attack this year, according to CNN. Poll workers have faced threats of violence around the country. More

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      Pennsylvania Supreme Court Allows Provisional Votes After Mail Ballot Rejections

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      The decision is likely to affect thousands of mail-in ballots among the millions that will be cast in Pennsylvania, a pivotal 2024 swing state.The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that voters who submit mail-in ballots that are rejected for not following procedural directions can still cast provisional ballots.The decision is likely to affect thousands of mail-in ballots among the millions that will be cast in Pennsylvania, the swing state that holds the most electoral votes and is set to be the most consequential in the presidential election.The court ruled 4 to 3 that the Butler County board of elections must count provisional ballots cast by several voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected for lacking mandatory secrecy envelopes.Secrecy envelopes are commonly used to protect the privacy of a person’s vote. In Pennsylvania, voters must accurately sign and date this outer envelope before sending in their ballots.Under the new ruling, voters whose mail-in ballots are rejected for being “naked ballots,” lacking the secrecy envelope, or for bearing inaccurate or missing information on the envelope will be given the chance to cast a provisional vote at their polling place. The ruling makes the practice available statewide.Provisional ballots are counted only when the voter’s registration is confirmed after voting — and the rejected ballot will not count. Many counties in the state will notify voters if their mail-in ballots are rejected for not following technical procedures and will give them the opportunity for a provisional vote.The court’s majority argued that allowing people a provisional vote helps ensure voter access while preventing double voting.The Republican litigants argued that the Butler County elections board had initially correctly voided the provisional ballots cast by the voters whose mail-in ballots had been rejected on procedural grounds. The ruling is a blow to the Republican National Committee and the state G.O.P., which brought the appeal to the state’s highest court.A spokeswoman for the R.N.C. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The Pennsylvania Democratic Party, which had participated in appealing the case, considered the ruling a victory.“While Republicans try to block your vote, Democrats are protecting it and standing up for the principle that every eligible voter has a right to make their voice heard, no matter how they vote,” Charles Lutvak, a spokesman for Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign, and Alex Floyd, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, said in a joint statement. “This ruling reaffirms that principle.” More

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      John Kelly advierte que Trump gobernaría como un dictador

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      El ex jefe de gabinete que estuvo más tiempo en la Casa Blanca de Donald Trump, dijo que creía que el candidato republicano se ajusta a la definición de un fascista.Pocos altos funcionarios pasaron más tiempo a puerta cerrada en la Casa Blanca con el presidente Donald Trump que John Kelly, el general retirado del Cuerpo de Marines que fue su jefe de gabinete durante más tiempo.Con el día de las elecciones cerca, Kelly —muy molesto por los comentarios recientes de Trump sobre el uso del ejército contra sus oponentes nacionales— accedió a mantener tres conversaciones grabadas con un periodista de The New York Times sobre el expresidente, en las que hizo algunos de sus comentarios más amplios hasta la fecha sobre la idoneidad y el carácter de Trump.Kelly fue secretario de Seguridad Nacional bajo el mandato de Trump antes de trasladarse a la Casa Blanca en julio de 2017. Trabajó para cumplir la agenda de Trump durante casi un año y medio. Fue un periodo tumultuoso en el que recibió críticas internas debido a su propio desempeño y se sintió desencantado y angustiado por la conducta del presidente, que en ocasiones consideró que era inapropiada y que reflejaba que no comprendía la Constitución.En las entrevistas, Kelly habló de las preocupaciones que ha expresado anteriormente y subrayó que, en su opinión, los votantes deberían tener en cuenta la aptitud y el carácter a la hora de elegir a un presidente, incluso más que las posturas de un candidato sobre los diferentes temas.“En muchos casos, estaría de acuerdo con algunas de sus políticas”, dijo, haciendo hincapié en que, como exmilitar, no respaldaba oficialmente a ningún candidato. “Pero, insisto, es muy peligroso que se elija a la persona equivocada para un alto cargo”.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      In a Tight Presidential Race, Omaha Is Basking in Its Political Relevance

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      Reliably conservative Nebraska’s one small “blue dot” could make a difference to Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaignFor many in Nebraska, autumn typically involves screaming at the television during Cornhusker football games, but the state’s sudden potential to swing the outcome of the super-close presidential race has given voters here something equally exciting: electoral relevance.High-profile politicians and their surrogates have been parachuting into Nebraska, which is often derided as flyover country when it comes to elections and beyond. The airwaves are clogged with spirited political advertising. Yards are dotted with red or blue signs. Bulletins in churches are stuffed with opinionated voting guides, and preachers are delivering election thoughts from the pulpit.Nebraska is one of just two states that split its Electoral College votes. (The other is Maine.) By some calculations in the complicated math of predicting the unpredictable outcome of this neck-and-neck race, the Omaha area’s Second Congressional District — a “blue dot” in an otherwise red state — could deliver a single tiebreaking vote for Vice President Kamala Harris on Election Day, a prospect that has focused attention on the region like never before.Overall, Nebraska votes reliably conservative, just like the other states stacked in a strip in the center of the country. Omaha generally voted Republican too, until it flipped for Barack Obama in 2008, leading Democrats to nickname the city “Obamaha.” It also voted Democratic in the 2020 presidential race, officially marking it as up for grabs.Democrats are hoping to maintain that hold this year. Some have nicknamed the city “Kamaha” and have decorated lawns, light poles, T-shirts and cheeks with blue dots.“There are too many people across the United States who feel like their vote, their voice doesn’t matter,” said Ruth Huebner-Brown, who along with her husband was spray-painting blue dots on white yard signs in their driveway on Saturday and ferrying stacks of them to arriving cars. “And honestly, there’s some truth to that if you live in a completely red or completely blue state.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      5 Takeaways From Harris’s Interview With NBC News

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      Vice President Kamala Harris continued her busy schedule of news media interviews on Tuesday, sitting down with Hallie Jackson of NBC News to discuss how she would distinguish herself from President Biden and whether she thought race and gender were shaping the public’s response to her.Ms. Harris largely stuck to safe territory, declining to engage with questions about whether she would pardon former President Donald J. Trump or how her administration would operate if Republicans controlled both chambers in Congress.But she did try to push back when Ms. Jackson noted that her defense of transgender rights — an issue that Mr. Trump has tried to use as a wedge — has been less than full-throated.Here are five takeaways from the interview.No matter the electoral risk, she’s staying loyal to Biden.Ms. Harris was again given an opportunity to break from Mr. Biden, the unpopular incumbent.Again, she did not take it.When Ms. Jackson asked if the Biden administration was “an obstacle to you in this race,” Ms. Harris responded by addressing the cost of living and expressing her loyalty to Mr. Biden. She did not provide substantive policy differences.“Let me be very clear: Mine will not be a continuation of the Biden administration,” Ms. Harris said. “I bring my own experiences, my own ideas to it, and it has informed a number of my areas of focus.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More