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 NY Times -  An explosion took place in a building of the Harvard Medical School in Boston early on Saturday morning, the school’s police department said, in what the authorities described as an intentional act. Two people were seen fleeing the building when a police officer from the Harvard University Police Department arrived at the scene, according to the police statement. The explosion was under investigation by local and federal authorities. The school police said no injuries were reported.

A list of donors released by the White House omitted more than three dozen contributions and names of individuals and companies who are backing the project, according to The New York Times.  

It slipped by unnoticed, but last month the White House withdrew the nomination of E.J. Antonini, Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after pushback from multiple Republican senators. In fact, the Trump administration has withdrawn a record number of nominations this year.

Election Day is just around the corner, and voters in 14 cities and counties will use ranked choice voting (RCV)! This reform offers voters better choices and better campaigns, letting them vote their conscience without worrying about “spoilers.”

NPR - This year marks the 75th anniversary of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, an initiative where children collect coins to donate to the agency that supports children in need worldwide. Since the initiative began, approximately $200 million has been collected.  

Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover