## Liam Payne death: Former One Direction member found dead at Hotel Casa Sur Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Authored by cnn.com

Liam Payne, a former member of boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, according to police there.

Payne’s death occurred Wednesday at a hotel on Costa Rica Street in the Palermo neighborhood, according to a statement from police provided to CNN.

The police’s statement did not identify that person as Payne.

Payne was seen in Argentina attending his former bandmate Niall Horan’s concert on October 2, according to videos posted to social media from the show.

Payne was best known as a member of the famed British boyband One Direction.

CNN has reached out to representatives for Payne as well as his former One Direction bandmates for comment.

From left to right, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles of the band "One Direction" performing in Los Angeles in 2015. »

### Harris paints Trump as threat, draws contrast with Biden in combative Fox News interview

Authored by abcnews.go.com

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday hammered former President Donald Trump as thin-skinned and a threat to U.S. democracy in a combative interview with Fox News.

True to form, the interview was testy throughout, including multiple exchanges in which Harris and Fox News anchor Bret Baier repeatedly spoke over each other.

He has talked about locking people up because they disagree with him," Harris told the Fox News host. »

### More than 600,000 Vote-by-Mail ballots received in Florida elections offices

Authored by cbsnews.com

TALLAHASSEE - Florida voters have cast more than 600,000 mail-in ballots for the 2024 November elections, with Democrats holding an edge over Republicans.

As of Tuesday, elections supervisors had received 603,731 mail-in ballots, including 260,671 cast by Democrats and 220,699 cast by Republicans, according to data posted on the state Division of Elections website.

All mail-in ballots sent from within the U.S. must reach the county elections office by 7 p.m. on Nov. 5, regardless of the postmark. »

### Man Rescued From Taliban Didn't Believe Donald Trump Was President

Authored by newsweek.com

Boyle and Coleman were rarely given any information on the outside world during their time in captivity.

They didn't even know Justin Trudeau was prime minister of Canada, for example, until after they were rescued.

But when Boyle was forced to participate in a "proof-of-life" video, one of the captors told him Donald Trump had been elected president. »

### Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Horse Armor Sold Millions Despite Backlash, Ex-Bethesda Dev Says

Authored by kotaku.com

Back in 2006, Bethesda released its first piece of downloadable content on console for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

I’ll pay $3 for downloadable content, but it better be cool - and horse armor just isn’t cool.

Even if some players thought the horse armor was a bad deal, it turns out many more didn’t care. »

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