Vance defends MSG rally; The Dodgers take a 3-0 lead over the Yankees

Sen. JD Vance defended the Trump campaign's rally at Madison Square Garden on Monday after critics condemned racist comments from some speakers and equated the event with the 1939 neo-Nazi rally held at the same location. “It was a celebration of America,” Vance said during a political rally in Wausau, Wisconsin. He rejected claims the event was racist or used discriminatory language.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Incendiary devices were set off at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland, Oregon, and one in nearby Vancouver, Washington — in what one official called a “direct attack on democracy.” On Monday morning, the Portland mailbox fire was quickly extinguished thanks to a fire suppression system in the mailbox and a nearby security guard, and only three ballots were damaged there. However, another fire at a mailbox in Vancouver destroyed hundreds of ballots.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli attack on a five-story building in the northern Gaza Strip where displaced Palestinians were seeking refuge left at least 60 people dead, more than half of them women and children, according to the Gaza Strip's health ministry . Also on Tuesday, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it had chosen Sheikh Naim Qassem as its new top leader after Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last month.

Newspaper owners across the country are foregoing support from the president because they feel they shouldn't alienate readers with something that doesn't interest most of them. But when the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times followed this trend last week, they found that their readers were very interested. Thousands have canceled their subscriptions and journalists fear the fallout will lead to job losses.

• Uncertainty shapes the start of the last full week of the 2024 campaign.
• Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the counting of some provisional ballots in Pennsylvania.
• The Philadelphia district attorney is suing Elon Musk's America PAC over his $1 million donation.
• Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to resume removing 1,600 voter registrations.
• The fitness app Strava reveals the location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, a French newspaper says.
• Trump ally Steve Bannon is set to be released after four months in prison for contempt of Congress.
• 'Bob's Burgers' actor sentenced to one year in prison for involvement in Capitol insurrection.
• Authorities launch a “multi-agency operation” at the New York federal prison where Sean “Diddy” Combs is being held.
• Israel passes laws to restrict the work of a UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza.
• According to the Pentagon, North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine.
• According to Volkswagen's works council, the carmaker plans to close at least three German plants.
• This year's Rockefeller Center tree will travel from Massachusetts to New York.
• Matthew Perry's family is looking forward to the one-year anniversary of Perry's death.
• The Dodgers are on the verge of a World Series win, the Steelers are winning again, the Celtics and Cavaliers are undefeated, the Jets are no longer undefeated and the Sharks are winning one.

Anchor Terry Lipshetz is the managing editor of the national newsroom at Lee Enterprises. In addition to producing the daily news podcast “Hot off the Wire,” Terry regularly interviews the show “Behind the Headlines,” co-hosts the film and television show “Streamed & Screened,” and is a former producer of “Across the Sky.” , a podcast about weather and climate.

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