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Top CNS stories for today including the largest utility in the state of California began cutting off power to large swaths of its customer base in a pre-emptive blackout; Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden for the first time called on Congress to impeach President Donald Trump; A new poll shows the top Democratic candidates for president would all beat Trump in North Carolina if the election was held today, and more.

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National

1.) Democratic candidate Joe Biden called on Congress to impeach President Donald Trump for the first time on Wednesday.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a gun-safety forum in Las Vegas on Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/John Locher)

2.) Now at the head of the pack among 2020 Democratic presidential contenders, Senator Elizabeth Warren has been furiously rolling out policy proposals over the last week. On Wednesday, she released a new plan for climate justice.

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Florida. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

3.) The three top Democratic candidates for president would all beat President Donald Trump in North Carolina if the election was held today, according to a new poll.

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo a "Now hiring" sign is displayed on the front door of a Staples store in Manchester, N.H. On Wednesday, Oct. 9, the Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover for August. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

4.) American employers advertised slightly fewer job openings in August, an indication that the labor market may be cooling amid economic worries.

Regional

Pacific Gas & Electric crews work to restore power lines in Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

5.) The largest utility in the state of California began cutting off power to large swaths of its customer base Wednesday in a pre-emptive blackout that could affect as many as 800,000 Northern California residents over the next five days.

In this Thursday, March 22, 2018, photo, a young man joins others at a demonstration outside the Sacramento City Hall to protest the shooting of Stephon Alonzo Clark, by a pair of Sacramento Police officers. Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn, the city's first black police chief, is an unlikely officer, growing up in a tough neighborhood of California's capital city and having his own early run-ins with police. He is struggling to find the right balance of reforms after the fatal shooting of Clark by his officers. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

6.) The city of Sacramento will pay $2.4 million to the children of Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man shot and killed by police in 2018, under a settlement signed Wednesday by a federal judge.

International

Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, center, snatches a banner showing chairs after the approval of a bill to reduce the numbers of lawmakers, Tuesday Oct. 8, 2019. Italy's parliament has approved a cut in the number of the country's lawmakers, a long-awaited overhaul that aims at slashing political spending and has been longly advocated by the anti-establishment 5-Star movement. (Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP)

7.) Italy’s Parliament on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to reduce its number of parliamentarians by more than one-third to cut costs and make government more efficient, but critics warn that doing so will not save much money and will damage representative democracy.

Anti-government protesters, including indigenous people, clash with police near the National Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Anti-government protests, which began when President Lenín Moreno’s decision to cut subsidies led to a sharp increase in fuel prices, has persisted for days and clashes led the president to move his besieged administration out of Quito. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

8.) Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno announced a curfew Tuesday and moved the seat of government outside the capital, Quito, as hundreds of thousands of protesters paralyzed the country with road closures and calls for a general strike.

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