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The candidates for New Hampshire's open Senate seat — Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas and Republican former Sen. John E. Sununu — sparred in a debate Wednesday evening. cbsn.ws/4ziepw0

U.S. envoy Jeff Bartos was spotted reading an anti-Castro book, “The Double Life of Fidel Castro,” during an address by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. It comes a day after U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Michael Waltz had a public confrontation with Cuba’s ambassador to the U.N., Ernesto Soberón, during the annual U.N. vote on a resolution calling for an end to the U.S. embargo on Cuba. The two engaged in a tense exchange, with Soberón calling Waltz “a liar.”

City halls across Spain held a minute of silence on Wednesday to honor victims after a high-speed train crash left at least 68 dead and dozens injured. The crash occurred Wednesday morning when a high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped in central Spain, derailing two cars.

The Milwaukee Brewers are finally World Series champions after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night, taking the series 4-1. Wednesday's 4-1 win at Tropicana Field in Tampa gave the Brewers their first title since their founding as an expansion franchise 57 years ago.

NEW: The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays to win their first World Series in franchise history. cbsn.ws/4zlG3IC

Former President Obama said he's "old enough to remember when a president wearing a tan suit was a major national controversy," referencing the backlash he faced when he wore a tan suit during a press briefing in 2014. "And I know I look good in that suit," the former president said while campaigning for Democrats in Georgia on Wednesday.

Former President Obama criticized President Trump’s war with Iran while campaigning for Democrats in Georgia on Wednesday, less than a week before the midterm elections. “This happens to be something I know a little bit about,” Obama said. “I didn’t fire any missiles, I engaged in diplomacy.” The war with Iran, which began in February, has cost the U.S. military at least $47.1 billion as of mid-October, according to a new estimate from U.S. Central Command obtained by CBS News.

RFK Jr. to ease access to unapproved peptides, draft policy states cbsn.ws/4ifvCPa

Judge rejects Trump administration's push to force California to set aside thousands of mail ballots cbsn.ws/4yLz9uU

Former President Obama arrived in Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday to campaign for Sen. Jon Ossoff and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms, less than a week before the midterm elections.

“I threw Jeffrey Epstein the hell out of Mar-a-Lago,” President Trump said after a protester interrupted his speech during a rally in Chillicothe, Ohio on Wednesday. “That was a great thing I did,” Trump said. “And he never came up with me.” President Trump is making his third trip to Ohio this month and his first after Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign released a controversial ad featuring Democratic candidate Amy Acton's estranged mother.

President Trump said Democrat Mary Peltola "shouldn't be allowed to run" in next week's Alaska Senate race, after The New York Times reported that people aligned with Peltola's campaign helped recruit a candidate with the same first and last name as her main opponent, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. Peltola's campaign has strongly denied any hand in getting the duplicate Sullivan on the ballot. cbsn.ws/4enR4Rh

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed reacted on Wednesday to news that the fiancé of Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) intends to vote for the GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers, telling CBS News' @aaronlarnavarro "there are always going to be some folks who have different opinions, and they're welcome to that." "If folks see another issue that is more important to them and decide that their disagreement with me on that is bigger than their disagreement with me on all these other things, that is their choice," he said.

Caregivers for aging relatives and other loved ones have seen their out-of-pocket costs skyrocket over the past five years, according to a new study. On average, caregivers today spend more than $11,500 per year looking after people who need support, up roughly 60% from 2021. cbsn.ws/4yPem9R

Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) said he and his wife "have a good sense of humor about" the times President Trump has complimented the Ohio junior senator's physique. "I told her the other day, I'm like, 'Hey, I got to get to the gym more often. I have a reputation to uphold,'" he told CBS News' @NikolenDC on Wednesday ahead of Trump's rally in Chillicothe, OH.

Florida Democratic House candidate Bale Dalton says the House Majority PAC has put money back towards his race "because they see not only is this race competitive, but we've been running the campaign that matches what our district needs here in Central Florida." "Ever since Cory Mills got out of the race, I think people have been sleeping on this race," he says. "And that's fine with me because I'm not really — I don't really care what other folks think."

Why is voting important? Beyond the basics of what makes your midterm election vote matter so much. cbsn.ws/485uXeR