1. More than 250,000 Maine homes and businesses remained without power late Tuesday night. Though that is down from a peak of 484,000 outages at midday Monday, it could be several more days before power is fully restored, with the state’s two largest power companies expecting most customers to have electricity by Saturday. More than 1,000 CMP employees worked on restoration efforts Monday and the utility company expected that workforce to grow to nearly 2,000 with the addition of hundreds of line and tree workers arriving Tuesday from as far away as Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. (PH)
2. At least eight people are dead and nearly a dozen more injured after a pickup truck drove down a bike path near the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City on Tuesday. A senior law enforcement officer told CNN that a note, written in English, was found in the truck and said the attack was done in the name of ISIS. (APNEWS)
3. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 3-1 in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night, evening the series 3-3. Game 7 will be held in Los Angeles tonight. (LATIMES)
4. Hundreds of new emoji — such as gender neutral options, a woman in a headscarf and more food items — are available starting yesterday with the iOS 11.1 update on iPhone and iPad. New emoji include breastfeeding mom, a hedgehog, a carton of Chinese takeout, a giraffe, fairy, dinosaur, broccoli, sled, a scarf and vampire. There’s also a hand signing “I love you” and an angry emoji face with explicit characters blocking the mouth. (CNN)
5. National Stress Awareness Day. Celebrated on the first Wednesday of November, this day encourages you to identify and reduce the stress factors in your life.
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