Plus, a restraining order is issued to a group monitoring Arizona ballot boxes.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2022 |
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Good morning, NBC News readers.
A new court filing reveals the suspect in the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband had multiple targets in mind. A federal judge issues a restraining order against a group accused of intimidating voters at Arizona ballot boxes. And the woman whose memoir inspired the movie "Julie & Julia" dies at 49. Here's what we're watching this Wednesday morning. |
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Police stand outside the home of Nancy and Paul Pelosi in San Francisco on Friday. (Eric Risberg/AP) The man accused of brutally attacking the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told police officers at the scene that he was on "a suicide mission" and had additional targets, according to court documents filed Tuesday. The new details came shortly after California prosecutors charged David DePape with attempted murder and other charges in connection with the attack on Paul Pelosi. DePape pleaded not guilty to all charges on Tuesday. After DePape entered his plea, prosecutors filed a detention memo revealing comments DePape allegedly made to authorities and medics. According to the court filing, he named several "prominent" state and federal politicians, their relatives and a local professor when asked if he had other plans besides the attack at the Pelosis' home. Read the full story here. |
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| The group Clean Elections USA cannot "openly" carry weapons or "visibly wear body armor" within 250 feet of Arizona drop boxes, according to the order. U.S. District Judge Michael Liburdi also told the group's founder to post a message to her account on Truth Social. |
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| Strict voter ID laws and a simmering culture war, in which transgender people have been thrust to the forefront, could affect thousands of trans people who plan to cast ballots in midterm elections. |
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| Julie Powell, the food writer best known for her hit memoir, which was later adapted into a movie directed by Nora Ephron,, has died, her publisher said. Powell's husband told the New York Times that the cause was cardiac arrest. |
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| Devices like Ring and the apps associated with them are made to keep us on constant alert, write digital rights advocates Evan Greer and Anna Bonesteel for NBC News THINK. These devices make watching one another constantly feel acceptable, expected and even addicting. |
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| 70% of Asian Americans support affirmative action. But experts say factors like pressurized school systems in Asia, fears of anti-Asian discrimination and a lack of firsthand knowledge of the U.S.'s racial history fuel opposition of the policy currently being weighed in the Supreme Court. |
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