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Powerful hurricane heads toward Ireland
CNN - 15 Oct 2017 02:38
Record-setting Ophelia, a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (115 mph), was passing south of the Azores on Saturday on its path toward Ireland.
Death toll in Vietnam flooding, landslides rises to 68
Miami Herald - 15 Oct 2017 05:18
The death toll from landslides and heavy rain triggered by a tropical depression in Vietnam has climbed to 68, with another 34 people missing, officials said Sunday. The Vietnam Disaster …
California 'horror' fires kill at least 40, deadliest in state history
Reuters - 15 Oct 2017 04:53
SANTA ROSA, Calif.
Illinois joins lawsuit as insurers brace for end of Obamacare subsidies
Chicago Tribune - 15 Oct 2017 02:10Haqqani captors killed child, raped wife, Canadian ex-hostage says
Fox News - 15 Oct 2017 06:00
After landing in Canada with his family Friday night, Canadian ex-hostage Joshua Boyle told reporters some frightening news about his family's ordeal in Afghanistan.
Virginia State University on lockdown after shooting
New York Post - 15 Oct 2017 05:47
PETERSBURG, Va.-- Virginia State University is on lockdown after a shooting on campus. University police tweeted on Saturday night, "Shooting on Campus – VSU is on lockdown. Avoid the area. Updates to follow." A second...
Prosecutors: Man bludgeoned father with 50-pound dumbbell
Chicago Tribune - 15 Oct 2017 05:11Guinness World Records claims publisher is trying to copy them
New York Post - 15 Oct 2017 04:07
Guinness World Records claims education publisher Scholastic is trying to steal its business with a "Book of World Records" that "obviously copies" Guinness' planned publication for 2018. Both record books feature a colo...
Obama makes surprise appearance at his foundation's first program initiative for youths
Chicago Tribune - 15 Oct 2017 03:45Sorry Everbody, But Trump Hasn't Instigated The Obamacare Apocalypse
Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 01:49
The Trump White House has issued two Obamacare-related policy announcements this week: announcements that some characterize as "gutting" or "sabotaging" the health care law. But a sober, factual analysis reveals that the...
Trump 'went rogue' on Iran deal, health care: Pelosi
ABC News - 15 Oct 2017 17:00
Pelosi said Trump is making decisions that aren't based on evidence.
Man Recounts Horrific Attack That Killed His Wife, Son and In-Laws
Time - 15 Oct 2017 16:59
He was repeatedly stabbed in the neck, face and arms
Death toll rises to 231 in Somalia truck bomb attack
USA Today - 15 Oct 2017 16:53Russian medical team in Yemen to treat ex-president
Miami Herald - 15 Oct 2017 15:55
Yemeni officials say that the Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in the country has allowed a Russian medical team into the capital Sanaa to provide medical treatment for former president Ali …
'Nobody trains for this': Crews sift California wildfire ruins for traces of victims
USA Today - 15 Oct 2017 15:53Wildfires up to 100 miles wide as death toll climbs
CBSNews - 15 Oct 2017 14:31
Authorities are staying cautious in the face of blazes that have destroyed at least 5,700 homes
Pyongyang labels Trump 'strangler of peace' ahead of military drills
The Week - 15 Oct 2017 14:19
The United States and South Korea are preparing for several days of joint military drills on the Korean Peninsula beginning Monday, an occasion that prompted North Korea on Sunday to label President Trump a "war merchant...
Wild elephants attack Rohingya camp, killing 4 in Bangladesh
Miami Herald - 15 Oct 2017 13:33
Wild elephants attacked a new camp where Rohingya refugees were sleeping, killing a woman and her three children in southern Bangladesh, an official said Sunday. A herd of elephants entered …
Greek clerics ring church bells to protest gender rights law
Miami Herald - 15 Oct 2017 13:31
Church bells have rung "in mourning" across a western Greek diocese to protest the passing of a law making it easier for people to officially change their gender. Under the …
US condemns 'cowardly' attack in Somalia's capital
Fox News - 15 Oct 2017 13:00
Reacting to a truck bomb in Somalia's capital that killed at least 53 people Saturday, the U.S. government has joined a group of nations in condemning the attack.
Opposition, government vie for votes in polarized Venezuela
Miami Herald - 15 Oct 2017 06:04
Venezuelans head to the ballot box Sunday in regional elections that could tilt a majority of the states' 23 governorships back into opposition control for the first time in nearly …
1 injured after shooting at Virginia State University, police say
CBSNews - 15 Oct 2017 04:11
VSU police posted on Twitter that the scene is still active Saturday night and urged people to avoid the area