Extra, Extra

Death in Texas: “It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened. Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm ‘fetal demise.’ She’s one of at least two Texas women who died under the state’s abortion ban.” ProPublica: A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms.

+ Front and Central: Think you’re stressed about the election? Imagine how the Ukrainians on the front lines must feel. US election weighs on Ukraine’s frontline soldiers.

+ It’s the Campaign Economy, Stupid: Seem like you’re seeing more election marketing this year? Consider this from Bloomberg (Gift Article): 11,000 Political Groups Spent $14.7 Billion to Influence the 2024 Election.

+ Landline Landmine: “Pew Research Center’s Courtney Kennedy is one of the nation’s most-cited polling methods experts. When she started in this business two decades ago, you had to call about three random numbers to get one to answer, a low response rate that already was sending tremors through the polling industry. By last year, Pew had to hit up about 140 random numbers to get that one response.” WaPo (Gift Article): How can polls be right if nobody answers their phones?

+ Peanut Case: “A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid that also yielded a raccoon named Fred.”

+ TV Series: World Series ratings: Dodgers’ win in Game 5 draws largest audience in 7 years. (That said, it was about two-thirds the size of the audience for the NFL’s first game of the season…)

+ XCX Marks the Spot: Brat crowned Collins Dictionary 2024 word of the year.

+ The Latest Buzz: Animals are consuming more alcohol than we realized. (Maybe they have election seasons too…)