How Hurricane Melissa Got So Intense, and a ‘Plan’ for a Third Trump Term

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Jamaica Warns Hurricane Melissa Will Bring Catastrophic Winds and Rain by Jovan Johnson, Camille Williams, Judson Jones, Nazaneen Ghaffar, Yan Zhuang and Livia Albeck-Ripka

It’s Unconstitutional, but Trump Keeps Musing About a Third Term by Jess Bidgood

Top Federal Workers’ Union Breaks With Democrats on Shutdown by Chris Cameron

In Florida, Obamacare Price Hikes Pose an Outsized Threat by Patricia Mazzei

Russia Aims Drone Attacks at Civilians, a War Crime, U.N. Inquiry Says by Andrew E. Kramer

3 Takeaways From the Blue Jays-Dodgers World Series Game 3 by Fabian Ardaya, Mitch Bannon and Tyler Kepner

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