8am ET, October 06 | The latest headlines from NPR
Summary
NPR News Now covers the month before the midterms, highlighting new polls showing Democrats gaining ground in Senate races and holding a significant trust advantage on health care costs. The broadcast also reports on a rally at Cornell University demanding justice for a former student alleging gang rape, alongside a call for systemic accountability. International news includes the U.S. monitoring a Russian lab worker’s death from plague and Pakistan and Turkey preparing troops for deployment to Saudi Arabia under a new mutual defense pact.
Topics discussed
Midterm election polls favor Democrats
Cornell University rally and rape investigation
Voter trust in Democrats on health care costs
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Helsen
US monitors Russian plague death case
Troops prepared for deployment to Saudi Arabia
British author Jeffrey Archer dies at 86
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