October 29, 2020 News Brief

[Covid: Lockdowns return as Europe confronts second wave - BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54728893) 

[Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector | CISA](https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-302a)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 943.24 points, or 3.4%, its worst drop since June. However, US GDP increased by an annualized rate of 33% in Q3.

[U.S. economy notches record growth in third quarter | Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-economy-notches-record-growth-in-third-quarter-idUSKBN27E24T)

The Supreme Court allowed absentee ballot extensions to remain in place in Pennsylvania and North Carolina yesterday. 

[Zeta leaves over 2 million customers without power and at least two dead after battering Gulf Coast - CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/weather/hurricane-zeta-thursday/index.html)

Miles Taylor, former chief of staff in the Department of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019, revealed that he was the person who published critiques of Trump under the pen name “Anonymous.”

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