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NYTIMES (Anatoly Kurmanaev, Julie Turkewitz, Tyler Pager and Mariana Martínez) - Venezuela’s Response to Earthquakes Exposes Government’s Shortcomings

The government turned to the world to respond to twin quakes. But years of shrinking budgets and political repression weakened its ability to rescue countless people trapped in rubble.

NYTIMES (Jack Healy) - A Trans Woman Brandished a Firearm. Gun Rights Devotion Disappeared.

Gun-friendly Wyoming has a “stand your ground” statute that allows people to use force to defend themselves. So why is a trans woman being prosecuted after being shoved to the ground?

NYTIMES (Nick Corasaniti and Alexandra Berzon) - A Growing Number of Election Deniers Hold Key Local Roles in Midterms

These officials oversee or help administer elections in counties across the nation where competitive House and Senate races will determine control of Congress.

NYTIMES (Shane Goldmacher) - Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left

One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism.

NYTIMES (Constant Méheut) - Ukraine Is Pleading for Air Defenses. Will the World Listen Anymore?

Western allies are more hesitant to give up interceptor missiles they may need for their own defense as war rages on multiple fronts.

AXIOS (Ina Fried) - Welcome to the singularity: AI's architects say the next era of human history is here

Top AI architects say their technology has arrived at a threshold once confined to science fiction: the singularity, or the moment machines begin accelerating their own evolution. Why it matters: If these moguls are right, we may be entering the most consequential technological transition in human history — the opening stages of an "intelligence explosion " that transforms civilization faster than humanity can understand or control. Driving the news: Google jolted the tech world Wednesday by announcing a sweeping rupture in the brain trust that built its modern AI empire, as its leaders signaled that artificial general intelligence (AGI ) is within reach. - DeepMind founder and CEO Demis Hassabis , who has declared we're "standing…