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Trump threatens to cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras over migrants
The Week - 17 Oct 2018 04:27
President Trump tweeted Tuesday night that the United States has sent a message to several Central American countries regarding immigration. "We have today informed Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador that if they allow...
Students claim cookies contained grandparent's cremated remains, police say
USA Today - 17 Oct 2018 04:54
Authorities in Davis, about 15 miles west of Sacramento, say no actual evidence has been found to support the claim.
Death toll from Florida hurricane at least 27, hundreds missing
Reuters - 17 Oct 2018 04:44
Rescue teams searched ravaged areas of Florida's Panhandle on Tuesday for hundreds of people reported missing nearly a week after Hurricane Michael flattened communities in the region and killed at least 27.
Serial killer of 8 children executed at Pakistani prison
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2018 04:36
A serial killer of eight children has been executed at a Pakistani prison after the country's top court rejected request for his public hanging. Mohammad Imran was hanged Wednesday morning …
Trump: I'm not responsible if GOP loses big in midterms
New York Post - 17 Oct 2018 04:14
President Trump won’t be accepting any of the blame if the Republicans lose big in the midterm elections, he said Tuesday. Trump said his campaigning and endorsements have helped Republican candidates vying for the Hou...
Saudis pay $6M for lobbying despite big firms cutting ties
New York Post - 17 Oct 2018 04:14
Saudi Arabia has been under intense scrutiny for the disappearance and alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at their lobbying payroll. The Middle East nation is still shelli...
Chief Justice John Roberts Emphasizes the Judiciary's Independence After Kavanaugh Confirmation
Time - 17 Oct 2018 04:09
Roberts said the court "must be very different" from the other "political branches" of government
Biggest Nordic bank accused of money laundering
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2018 17:11
Kremlin critic Bill Browder has asked Nordic authorities to investigate whether up to $175 million of potentially illicit funds have flowed through the region's largest bank, Nordea. Browder, the CEO …
4 indicted over theft of huge gold coin from Berlin museum
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2018 17:04
German prosecutors have indicted four young men over the brazen theft of a 100-kilogram (221-pound) Canadian gold coin from a Berlin museum. The "Big Maple Leaf" coin, worth several million …
Suspects released in probe of kidnapped African billionaire
New York Post - 17 Oct 2018 16:59
A slew of suspects have been released in connection with the kidnapping of tycoon Mohammed Dewji — as politicians in Tanzania now push for an independent probe into the kidnapping of Africa’s youngest billionaire. Po...
American student fights deportation in Israeli high court
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2018 16:59
A U.S. graduate student has asked Israel's Supreme Court to overturn an expulsion order over her alleged involvement in the boycott movement against Israel. Lara Alqasem has been held in …
Hillary Clinton Is Seemingly Unharmed After Her Secret Service Vehicle Crashed in New Jersey
Time - 17 Oct 2018 16:59
The Jersey City Police Department is investigating the crash
Students must watch video on how to talk to police, or else they can't graduate from Texas schools
USA Today - 17 Oct 2018 16:57
Students in Texas must watch an instructional video about how to act when stopped by police officers before graduating because of a new Texas law.
Melania Trump's Plane Was Forced to Return to Washington After Smoke Filled the Cabin
Time - 17 Oct 2018 16:54
Her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said "everyone is fine and everyone is safe"
Trump reportedly inflated sales figures in business deals, worked with brokers tied to Russian mafia
The Week - 17 Oct 2018 16:51
President Trump apparently needed more than a cash boost from his father to create his booming real estate business. He and the Trump Organization also worked with "accused money launderers, alleged funders of Iran's Rev...
Slovakia to send soldiers to Iraq to train security forces
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2018 16:44
Slovakia's defense ministry says the country will keep its military presence in Iraq after the government approved a plan to deploy up to 42 soldiers there next year to help …
UN Syria envoy to try to move on constitution before leaving
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2018 16:44
U.N. special envoy Staffan de Mistura says he will be making an intensive effort to get agreement on a committee to draft a new constitution for war-torn Syria before he …
Elite American soldiers, intelligence operatives hired to assassinate targets in Yemen in 2015: report
Fox News - 17 Oct 2018 17:25
A group of Americans who had been elite soldiers or intelligence operatives were paid tens of thousands of dollars by the United Arab Emirates to assassinate political leaders and Islamic clerics in Yemen in 2015, a new ...
Trump Defends Stormy Daniels 'Horseface' Insult: 'Make Your Own Determination'
The Huffington Post - 17 Oct 2018 18:00
Despite the backlash over his nasty remark about a woman's appearance, the president wouldn't back down.
Russian officials say student's rampage with gun, bomb killed at least 18 at college
ABC News - 17 Oct 2018 16:43
The attack occurred at a college in Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014.
President Trump moves to pull U.S. out of 144-year-old postal treaty, citing hit to U.S. firms
USA Today - 17 Oct 2018 16:36Cop in tense exchange with boys carrying BB gun: 'You think I want to shoot an 11-year-old?'
USA Today - 17 Oct 2018 16:35
Body cam video shows the tense roadside exchange between a Columbus, Ohio, officer and two boys carrying a BB gun.