How the data-center backlash became a midterms flash point

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Opposition to data centers is growing across party lines ahead of the midterm elections. NPR’s Scott Neuman explains what’s driving it, and Anya van Wagtendonk of Wisconsin Public Radio looks at how it became such an important issue for her state’s governor race. Dozens of delegates walked out as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.N. General Assembly. Plus, President Trump hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House, California’s Supreme Court ordered a sheriff to return more than 650,000 seized ballots, and Bob Pettit, the NBA’s first MVP, has died at 93. Today’s episode was hosted by Gideon Resnick.