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Chile Declares State of Emergency Amid Looting and Arson in Capital
The New York Times - 19 Oct 2019 06:35
Protests over a transportation fare hike devolved into widespread unrest in Santiago on Friday night.
Kurdish and Turkey Forces Reportedly Clash During Shaky Ceasefire
Time - 19 Oct 2019 15:54
The Kurds appealed to Vice President Mike Pence to enforce the deal
Defiant Mulvaney Rides Out Storm Over His Ukraine Comments
The New York Times - 19 Oct 2019 04:12
As he approaches his anniversary in the White House as acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney finds himself in a something of a netherworld.
Woman convicted of reckless homicide in accident that killed 3 kids at bus stop
New York Post - 19 Oct 2019 06:22
An Indiana woman who killed three young siblings when she plowed her pickup truck into a group of children as they walked toward a school bus was convicted Friday of reckless homicide and criminal recklessness. Alyssa Sh...
US slaps new sanctions on Cuba over human rights, Venezuela
New York Post - 19 Oct 2019 06:13
WASHINGTON -- The United States on Friday imposed new sanctions on Cuba over its support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and its human rights record at home. The Department of Commerce said in a statement it is ...
Watchdog Accuses Kellyanne Conway Of Violating Hatch Act An Astounding 50 Times
The Huffington Post - 19 Oct 2019 05:03
The last time the White House aide was nabbed using her job for partisan politics, she responded: "Blah, blah, blah ... Let me know when the jail sentence starts."
U.K. Lawmakers Disrupt Boris Johnson's Brexit Plan
The New York Times - 19 Oct 2019 16:08
What was supposed to be a dramatic up-or-down vote on the British prime minister's deal with Brussels fizzled amid parliamentary maneuvers.
Clifford Allen McKenzie, war correspondent and longtime marketing exec, dead at 77
New York Post - 19 Oct 2019 04:24
Clifford Allen McKenzie, a Marine Corps veteran, marketing and franchise expert, writer and artist, died peacefully Thursday in home hospice care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure, his...
State Dept. Inquiry Into Clinton Emails Finds No Deliberate Mishandling of Classified Information
The New York Times - 19 Oct 2019 03:55
The report appears to bookend a controversy that dogged Ms. Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
What Bill Belichick said about Monday night's game against the Jets
Boston - 19 Oct 2019 19:45
"A lot of good players, a lot to get ready for, and Monday night's always a high-energy game."
British Parliament stalls Brexit plan
CBSNews - 19 Oct 2019 19:35
U.K. lawmakers voted Saturday to postpone a decision on whether to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal. Markos Kounalakis, a foreign affairs columnist for McClatchy and a visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institu...
Spain dismisses call for Catalan talks amid violent protests
Al Jazeera English - 19 Oct 2019 19:17
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Catalonia President Quim Torra must unequivocally condemn unrest before talks.
Susan Rice Recalls "Totally Gross" Hug From Trump Amid Twitter Feud Over Syria
Slate - 19 Oct 2019 16:28
The former national security adviser to President Obama warned of a terrorist resurgence following the decision to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria.
Rebel British lawmakers force Boris Johnson to ask for Brexit delay. He refused
USA Today - 19 Oct 2019 16:25Parliament gathers to consider crucial Brexit vote
CBSNews - 19 Oct 2019 16:24
After years of fierce debate members of British parliament are holding a rare Saturday meeting to consider a crucial vote on Brexit. The House of Commons is discussing whether to adopt the revised deal reached earlier th...
Brexit blow for Johnson after lawmakers defer decision
CNN - 19 Oct 2019 16:21
Boris Johnson suffered yet another Brexit setback as UK lawmakers voted to delay approval of the UK Prime Minister's departure deal until Parliament passes the legislation required to enact it.
Bernie Sanders' heart attack convinced AOC to endorse him in 2020 bid
New York Post - 19 Oct 2019 16:15
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez agonized for months over which lefty Democrat to endorse for president -- but it was Sen. Bernie Sanders' recent heart attack that pushed her into his camp. “Her reaction was ... he needs ...
Horse owner scoops record $4.8M in 60 seconds
CNN - 19 Oct 2019 16:14
Yes Yes Yes and her jockey, Glen Boss, upset favorite Santa Ana Lane to win the prestigious Everest race, winning a record $4.8 million in prize money.
Erdogan to discuss Syrian deployment in 'safe zone' with Putin next week
Reuters - 19 Oct 2019 15:35
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he would discuss the deployment of Syrian government forces in a planned "safe zone" in northern Syria during talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin next week, but ...
Sylvia Jukes Morris on her husband's legacy and what drew them both to biographies
CBSNews - 19 Oct 2019 15:23
A monumental new biography of Thomas Edison is set to be released this week. The author is one of the greatest non-fiction writers of our time, Edmund Morris, who died this May at the age of 78, just after the book was f...
Driver who fatally struck 3 siblings is found guilty of reckless homicide
ABC News - 19 Oct 2019 08:27
An Indiana woman who failed to stop for a school bus and struck four children with her pickup truck, killing three of them, has been found guilty of reckless homicide.
House Dems work on bill to condemn Trump decision to hold G-7 at Doral
CBSNews - 19 Oct 2019 06:20
The decision to hold the next G-7 summit of world leaders at the president's golf resort was announced Thursday