The dark truth about China’s adoption program

The Washington Post looks into why Helene’s floods caught North Carolina off guard.

Wall Street Journal reporter Elizabeth Findell on how the Harris and Trump campaigns are battling over working-class voters in Nevada. The state could go either way.

Barbara Demick with the New Yorker reports on the end of China’s international adoption program, which offered new lives to abandoned infants but also depended on abuse, abduction, and trafficking.

Federal prosecutors laid out their most extensive case to date against Trump for his effort to overturn the 2020 election. CNN has details.

Election-betting markets are poised for a revival after a court rejected a government plea. Politico explains why.

NBC News has the story of a determined dad who traveled 27 miles in a hurricane to walk his daughter down the aisle.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.