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October saw job growth stunted by hurricanes and worker strikes. Four days before Election Day, the government will issue its final snapshot of hiring and unemployment in the United States after a presidential race in which voter perceptions of the economy have played a central role. Yet Friday’s report will include some of the most distorted monthly employment figures in years, with job growth having been held down temporarily in October by hurricanes and worker strikes.

If you’ve been too preoccupied to focus on your costume this year, fear not. Being au courant doesn’t have to be a hassle this Halloween. Time flies and the next thing you know, Halloween is only a day away.

Swing state voters have been bombarded with robocalls, texts, campaign visits, billboards, flyers, and social media messages. Libby Brouwer was so fed up with political advertisements interrupting her YouTube viewing in the battleground state of Michigan that she opted to pay $13.99 per month to go ad-free.

Shippers are worried about another strike at East Coast hubs. U. S. shippers are steering clear of East and Gulf Coast ports amid worries the 45,000 dockworkers at those trade hubs will go on strike again if their union leader does not land a new contract with employers by a Jan.

New AI outfits aim to help filmmakers speed up and scale up their work. Some artists see the tools as speeding up a race to the bottom. Keanu Reeves has fought machines on-screen. Now, his performances are teaching them.

Colorado election officials say the incident isn’t a threat to the upcoming election. Voting system passwords were mistakenly put on the Colorado Secretary of State’s website for several months before being spotted and taken down, but the lapse did not pose an immediate threat to the upcoming election, said state election officials Tuesday.