5) Joe Biden avoids press (and questions about Hunter’s business dealings in China) for final week of campaign; 4) Washington Post says journalists should treat Hunter’s “laptop from Hell” as Russian intelligence op, even if it’s not; 3) Sudan becomes third Muslim nation to normalize relations with Israel in deal brokered by Trump administration; 2) Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be confirmed later today; 1) 2020: The year of Greek letter hurricane names, murder hornets, and infestations of self-cloning mutant crayfish.