News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Pope appeals to Putin to end "spiral of violence" in Ukraine https://t.co/cNRT10SIZH pic.twitter.com/QebdpsJlsf
— The Hill (@thehill) October 2, 2022
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Puerto Rico and Florida next week in the wake of the destruction left by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 2, 2022
They will first travel to Puerto Rico on Monday, followed by a trip to Florida on Wednesday. https://t.co/FUgnHZKX3H
Lee County officials issued their first mandatory evacuation orders on Tuesday morning, less than 24 hours before Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 in southwest Florida. https://t.co/vHyB3VAHvJ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 2, 2022
“They were following the data, and you remember people were looking initially at the panhandle on Sunday.”https://t.co/kzEichuRsN
— CNN (@CNN) October 2, 2022
Sen. Rick Scott declined several times to condemn Trump's recent social media post suggesting Mitch McConnell had a "death wish" because he supported "Democrat sponsored Bills" and using a racist name to describe his former Cabinet Secretary Elaine Chao.https://t.co/LJ4yR5ecLg
— Axios (@axios) October 2, 2022
Three children who survived the Robb Elementary School shooting and their parents filed the first federal lawsuit since the May 24 massacre in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers. https://t.co/xn7insvh4V
— ABC News (@ABC) October 2, 2022
A former intelligence agency employee has been charged with violations of the Espionage Act after he allegedly tried to sell classified information to an undercover FBI agent posing as a foreign spy. https://t.co/9v8psXb8TH
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 2, 2022
U.S. regulators have revealed their plan to allow foreign baby formula manufactures to stay on the market long term. https://t.co/jZpowhEv2R
— ABC News (@ABC) October 2, 2022
Republicans are abandoning their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, making the 2022 election the first in more than a decade it won’t be fought over. https://t.co/MFHVPlG0BP
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 2, 2022
A Wisconsin man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more by driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee last year is representing himself at his trial, set to begin Monday. Darrell Brooks faces nearly 80 charges. https://t.co/I3xAvmrmxR
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 2, 2022
The Supreme Court is set to partially re-open to the public Monday after a two-and-a-half-year closure spurred initially by the pandemic but prolonged by anger over the abortion ruling https://t.co/Ly6NG6mzvq
— POLITICO (@politico) October 2, 2022
Cat. 4 Hurricane Orlene heads for Mexico’s Pacific coasthttps://t.co/ojjJPzS6wi pic.twitter.com/z2zto5Btf8
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 2, 2022
