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New Jersey's Senate race puts spotlight on Menendez's scandals
New York Post - 7 Oct 2018 02:22
In a scene from a recent campaign ad, Democratic US Sen. Bob Menendez, casually dressed in a button-down shirt, open at the collar, walks through working-class Union City, NJ, where he grew up in a family of Cuban immigr...
Over 100 people arrested during Kavanaugh protests on Capitol Hill
New York Post - 7 Oct 2018 03:39
Scores of demonstrators were arrested for breaking through police barricades surrounding the US Capitol on Saturday before the Senate voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Waving banners and chanting "No...
Trump says his speech attacking Christine Ford helped lead to Kavanaugh's confirmation
USA Today - 7 Oct 2018 02:18Trump celebrates Kavanaugh confirmation, mocks 'radical Democrats'
ABC News - 7 Oct 2018 05:03
The Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh despite allegations of sexual misconduct.
John Dillinger's driver's license application is up for auction
New York Post - 7 Oct 2018 01:19
He had a license to steal — but not to drive! A driver's license application signed by notorious gangster John Dillinger goes on the auction block later this month. The application was issued in Mooresville, Ind., in J...
Death Toll for Recent Indonesian Natural Disasters Reaches 1,700, Officials Say
Time - 7 Oct 2018 16:18
The government targets to end search operations for hundreds missing by Thursday
Thieves steal $9K worth of grapes from German vineyard
New York Post - 7 Oct 2018 06:49
This juicy theft ended with a grape escape. Cunning crooks last week plucked a full crop of grapes from a German vineyard in broad daylight. They ran "a professional harvesting machine over the entire vineyard" in Deides...
Brazilians vote in tense presidential race led by right-winger
Reuters - 7 Oct 2018 05:29
Brazilians will vote on Sunday in a polarized presidential race that could result in the election of a far-right former Army captain, whose praise of past dictatorships enrages critics but whose promise of a brutal crack...
Trump says those who made 'false statements' about Kavanaugh 'should be held liable'
USA Today - 7 Oct 2018 04:01
President Donald Trump said on Fox News Saturday evening hours, after his Supreme Court pick was sworn in, that those who made up "false" stories about Brett Kavanaugh should be penalized.
Kavanaugh sworn in as protesters chant outside Supreme Court
Boston - 7 Oct 2018 06:21
Kavanaugh is sworn in as new Supreme Court justice after long, rancorous fight
Steve Bannon teams up to bring far-right agenda to Europe
New York Post - 7 Oct 2018 03:41
Steve Bannon has his sights set on Europe -- then the world. President Trump's former campaign strategist has joined forces with the leader of a small populist party in Belgium to work with like-minded political parties ...
Trump Jr. Calls His Dad's Racist 'Pocahontas' Remarks 'So Epic!!!'
The Huffington Post - 7 Oct 2018 03:31
Donald Trump has been using the slur to insult Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for over two years, and Don Jr. can't get enough.
Brazil's far-right candidate is on top after campaign stabbing
New York Post - 7 Oct 2018 02:34
Until just last week, the front-runner in today's Brazilian presidential elections conducted his campaign from the intensive-care unit of a Sao Paulo hospital. Jair Bolsonaro, 63, spent three weeks recovering from surger...
Death toll rises after magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocks Haiti
USA Today - 7 Oct 2018 16:38
The earthquake was centered about 12 miles west-northwest of Ti Port-de-Paix off Haiti’s north coast.
Outcry as Jews create own group in German far-right party
Miami Herald - 7 Oct 2018 16:21
Jewish members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, have met in the southwestern German city of Wiesbaden to create a Jewish section within the party -- a …
Many women saw 'husbands, our sons' in Brett Kavanaugh: Conway
ABC News - 7 Oct 2018 16:20
The president's counselor said many in media have "lost their moral authority."
McConnell says Kavanaugh's win is a 'shot of adrenaline' for the GOP
The Week - 7 Oct 2018 16:14
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Saturday predicted the controversy surrounding Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation will be a "shot of adrenaline" to get GOP voters to the polls at the m...
Wife says missing Interpol chief sent knife emoji as danger signal
New York Post - 7 Oct 2018 22:37
LYON, France -- The missing president of the police agency Interpol sent his wife an image of a knife immediately before he disappeared in China, which she believes was his way of saying that he was in danger. Grace Meng...
Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation didn't settle this fight. It ignited it
USA Today - 7 Oct 2018 20:53
The repercussions stretch from who wins control of Congress on Nov. 6 to whether Americans will have faith in the judicial branch.
UN Security Council asks Congo to examine voting machine use
Miami Herald - 7 Oct 2018 18:13
The United Nations Security Council has called on Congo's electoral commission to open dialogue on the use of voting machines for December elections. French Ambassador Francois Delattre, who co-headed a …
Italy vows to close airports if Germany sends back migrants
Miami Herald - 7 Oct 2018 16:04
Italy's interior minister has vowed to close the country's airports if Germany follows through with reported plans to send dozens of asylum-seekers back to Italy. Matteo Salvini tweeted Sunday: "We'll …
2 ex-Armenian lawmakers dead in suspected murder-suicide
Miami Herald - 7 Oct 2018 16:02
Police in Armenia say a former member of parliament was shot to death in a restaurant and that the suspected assailant, also a former lawmaker, later died of a suspected …