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Dodgers Break Through

The Los Angeles Dodgers won their first World Series since 1988 last night, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 to end the series in six games. For the Dodgers, the title ends years of postseason disappointment following excellent regular seasons. The franchise had won eight straight division titles, reaching the series in 2017 and 2018, walking away empty-handed each time. 

The Dodgers were led by ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw who went 2-0, notching 14 strikeouts in 11 innings pitched. Shortstop Corey Seager—who closed out a monster postseason that included 22 hits, eight home runs, and 20 RBIs (see stats)—was named World Series MVP. Tampa Bay, whose $29M payroll was dwarfed by LA's league-leading $96M roster, made it tough at times, including a stunning walk-off victory in Game 4. 

The city is having a sports moment—the Lakers won the NBA title just two weeks ago. See celebration photos here.

Six Days Out

With less than a week until Election Day, both President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are executing a schedule of final campaign stops in high-value electoral targets. Trump managed three stops in Nebraska, Michigan, and Wisconsin yesterday. Meanwhile, buoyed by a steady lead in the polls, Biden played offense in Georgia, a traditional Republican stronghold that appears unexpectedly tight. Each candidate—along with their running mates, spouses, and surrogates—is expected to crisscross battleground states in the race's closing days.  

Per some models, the race is likely to come down to Pennsylvania—FiveThirtyEight has Biden's chances dropping to 30% without the state, while Trump's chances tumble to just 2%. If Trump were to win both Pennsylvania and Florida, his chances rise to 87% (see current polls). Play with the scenario generator here.

Almost 71 million have voted early so far, two-thirds of them by mail. The total (track here) is more than half of the entire 2016 turnout. In Pennsylvania, 1.9 million have cast ballots in the state as of this morning (30% of the 2016 total), with Democrats having returned 66% of their requested ballots and Republicans having returned 50%. With a recent ruling allowing mail-in ballots to be accepted until Nov. 6, the race may take days (or longer) to be called. 

Wind, Fire, and Rain

Dual fires in Southern California's Orange County forced evacuation orders for 90,000 residents yesterday. The twin blazes doubled in size overnight Monday, fueled by Santa Ana winds—powerful gusts that blow downslope (how they work) from inland mountains out toward the Pacific Ocean. Utility provider Southern California Edison said yesterday its equipment might have sparked one fire, after an anchor broke loose and struck a 12,000-volt conducting line. As of this morning, at least 20,000 acres (30 square miles) had been consumed. 

Across the country, New Orleans is prepping for the arrival of Hurricane Zeta, expected to make landfall as a Category 2 storm sometime this evening (real-time trajectory). Zeta is the 27th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, and the 11th hurricane. It's just the third time in 170 years that 11 hurricanes have been observed by this point in the calendar. 

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Science & Technology

> Oxford University and AstraZeneca say their COVID-19 vaccine prompts an antibody response in both older and younger volunteers; data under peer-review (More)

> New route to fight glioblastoma discovered; study uncovers the mechanism by which the deadly brain cancer recruits immune system cells to enable tumor growth (More)

> Antarctic fossils came from the oldest known giant birds to date, study shows; with 20-foot wingspans, the pelagornithids flew more than 40 million years ago (More)

Business & Markets

> CEOs of Google, Facebook, and Twitter to testify before Senate Commerce Committee today on Section 230, statute protecting social networks from user post liability (More) | Section 230 overview (More)

> Semiconductor chipmaker AMD to buy rival Xilinx in $35B all-stock deal (More)

> Harley-Davidson blows past revenue and earnings expectations, stock surges 22% (More) | Microsoft beats expectations as cloud computing, collaboration, and learning product revenues rise amid pandemic (More)

Politics & World Affairs

> Pennsylvania National Guard mobilized in response to protests over Philadelphia police killing of a Black man armed with a knife (More) | Family of the victim, Walter Wallace Jr., says they sought an ambulance for a mental health crisis, not police intervention (More) | Police report overnight looting and violence; family calls for peace (More)

> Russia issues a face mask mandate in all public places (More) | COVID-19 hospitalizations rise by at least 5% over the past week in 36 US states (More) | US reports 226,722 total deaths, as of this morning; see rolling averages (cases, deaths)

> Judge blocks Justice Department's move to represent President Trump in a defamation suit brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll (More) 

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Susan B. Anthony's headstone gets a sticker shield.

Sparkplug the tortoise is back after its jailbreak. 

Clickbait: Woman impersonates prosecutor, drops charges against herself. 

Historybook: RIP English philosopher John Locke (1704); "Gulliver’s Travels" is first published (1726); Polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk born (1914); HBD Bill Gates (1955); HBD Julia Roberts (1967).

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