Plus, the booming Halloween economy.  

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On Today’s Episode:

With Election Day 2 Weeks Away, 15 Million Voters Have Already Cast a Ballot, by Nick Corasaniti

Trump Says He Has Seen No Evidence of Cheating in the Election, but Nonetheless Sows Doubts, by Michael Gold

Hamas’s Guerrilla Tactics in North Gaza Make It Hard to Defeat, by Patrick Kingsley and Aaron Boxerman

How Aleksei Navalny’s Prison Diaries Got Published, by Alexandra Alter

Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say, by Ivan Penn and Rebecca F. Elliott

Halloween’s Mutation: From Humble Holiday to Retail Monstrosity, by Aimee Ortiz