A DHS email surfaced by NPR paired a 78-page list of counties offering non-English ballots with a DOJ prosecution checklist for voter fraud, though the heavily redacted document never explains why. A DNC lawyer calls the pairing an obvious signal of targeting; DHS insists it has no plans for polling-place operations.
— via WHYY
Registration closes Oct. 19, mail ballots must be requested by Oct. 27 and returned by 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3. Pennsylvania also lets 17-year-olds register early and work the polls for pay under its Involved at 17 program.
— via WHYY, Rana Rastegari
Burlington is packing up its South Jersey headquarters for a $240 million office near 30th Street Station, taking roughly 1,600 workers and adding 400 more. Pennsylvania is crowing about another Fortune 500 win; New Jersey business leaders call it proof the state is losing the fight to keep employers.
— via WHYY, Meir Rinde
A secretly recorded meeting exposed a $76,000 job offer meant to keep a challenger off the ballot. The six-term incumbent lost anyway, and the state's top prosecutor won't say if she's investigating.
— via WHYY, Cris Barrish
A 15-year-old slipped out a back window at 3:18 a.m. after months of Snapchat messages with a stranger: police traced his phone to Dover Air Force Base, more than 100 miles away, and found her hidden in his basement. The airman now faces rape and child sex charges that could put him away for decades.
— via WHYY, Cris Barrish
Two teens tracked their added sugar for a week and found it hiding in pasta sauce and salad dressing. A paleoanthropologist explains why evolution left humans bad at deciding what to eat, and why nutrition labels don't tell the whole story.
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Five City Council members are moving to kill Philadelphia's trash contract with Reworld, the company that burns the city's waste in Chester, calling it environmental racism. The administration says the deal saves taxpayers millions; opponents say no savings are worth the toxic ash and asthma-triggering air.
— via WHYY, Sophia Schmidt