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  Obama in Milwaukee to rally Dems, encourage black voters

  October 26, 2018 1:15 IST

  Former President Barack Obama is visiting one of Milwaukee's most impoverished black neighborhoods to campaign for Wisconsin Democrats in an effort to encourage African-Americans to vote

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  Chile: abuse victims file complaint against ex-archbishop

  October 26, 2018 1:15 IST

  Victims of sexual abuse by Chile's most infamous pedophile priest are filing a criminal complaint against a former bishop who is an adviser to Pope Francis

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  Police arrest Sri Lanka navy officer over disappearances

  October 26, 2018 1:00 IST

  A report says a Sri Lankan naval intelligence official has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the abduction and forced disappearance of two ethnic Tamil civilians during the island nation's civil war

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  The Latest: Grocery shooting suspect attacked parents

  October 26, 2018 1:00 IST

  Court records show a Kentucky man who police say fatally shot two people at a grocery store punched and choked his elderly parents at their home several years ago

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  18 killed as Jordan flash flood sweeps away students on trip

  October 26, 2018 0:45 IST

  Jordanian state media say 18 people were killed and three dozen injured when torrential rains swept away a group of students and teachers touring near the Dead Sea

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  In migrant caravan, a Nicaraguan family flees persecution

  October 26, 2018 0:45 IST

  Amid thousands of mostly Honduran migrants fleeing poverty and gang violence, a Nicaraguan family says political persecution and death await back them home

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  Grassley to DOJ: Investigate Kavanaugh accuser and Avenatti

  October 26, 2018 0:45 IST

  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has referred Julie Swetnick and attorney Michael Avenatti to the Justice Department for an investigation into whether they conspired to provide materially false statements to Congress

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  Washington Supreme Court upholds most of charter school law

  October 26, 2018 0:30 IST

  The Washington Supreme Court has upheld most of the state's charter school law, eliminating the specter that the classrooms serving about 3,400 students might have to close

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  World Cup spotlight again on Vonn and Shiffrin

  October 26, 2018 0:30 IST

  The spotlight will again be on American duo Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin in the 53rd women's Alpine skiing World Cup season but for very different reasons

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  Man pleads guilty in death of Kansas police captain

  October 26, 2018 0:30 IST

  A 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a Kansas police captain in July 2016

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  2 die after falling from overlook in Yosemite National Park

  October 26, 2018 0:15 IST

  A Yosemite National Park official says two visitors have died in a fall from a popular overlook

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  Bismarck State College continues contract with Saudi Arabia

  October 26, 2018 0:15 IST

  The president of Bismarck State College says the school will continue its partnership with Saudi Arabia to provide energy sector training despite international condemnation of the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

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  Death of Texas baby found in hot day care van ruled homicide

  October 26, 2018 0:15 IST

  Authorities have ruled the death of a 3-year-old boy who was found in a hot van outside a Houston day care a homicide and are forwarding the case to a grand jury for review

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  Mail bombs inject national security into 2018 campaigns

  October 25, 2018 23:45 IST

  A spate of suspicious packages containing crude pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats and CNN has injected national security into the final two weeks of the midterm elections

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  UN chief decries failure to bring women into peacemaking

  October 25, 2018 23:15 IST

  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is decrying the failure to bring women into peacemaking, citing statistics that between 1990 and 2017 women constituted only 8 percent of negotiators and 5 percent of witnesses and signatories to major peace processes

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  Long lines await the migrant caravan if it reaches US border

  October 25, 2018 23:15 IST

  The first obstacle that migrants in the giant caravan may face if they reach the US border is a long wait in Mexico

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  New focus: Florida Democrats target long-ignored rural areas

  October 25, 2018 23:15 IST

  Florida Democrats know they aren't going to win a majority of votes in rural areas that overwhelmingly support Republicans, but they're still reaching out to those communities

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  UK says women can serve in combat roles in army, marines

  October 25, 2018 23:00 IST

  Women can now serve in all roles in Britain's military, including front-line combat units and the special forces

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  Iraq's new PM moving government outside Baghdad Green Zone

  October 25, 2018 23:00 IST

  Iraq's new prime minister is moving his offices outside Baghdad's highly secure Green Zone, saying he wants to bring his government closer to the people

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  US official: Russian arms impede Nagorno-Karabakh settlement

  October 25, 2018 23:00 IST

  U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton says Russian arms supplies to both Azerbaijan and Armenia have hampered the settlement of their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and Washington will reviews its ban on arms sales to the two countries

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  Indian authorities raid Amnesty International office

  October 25, 2018 23:00 IST

  India's economic intelligence unit has raided the southern Indian office of rights group Amnesty International, alleging it violated laws involving foreign funding

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  Portugal cites success against wildfires: No deaths in 2018

  October 25, 2018 23:00 IST

  Portugal's government says its measures to fight wildfires have paid off, with fewer blazes, a smaller charred area and no fatalities this year after catastrophic wildfires in 2017 killed 106 people

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  Sears suppliers haunted by ghost of Toys R Us

  October 25, 2018 22:45 IST

  A growing number of suppliers who themselves got hurt or watched others get burned by Toys R Us' quick demise worry they will suffer the same fate with Sears

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  Megyn Kelly absent from show following blackface comments

  October 25, 2018 22:45 IST

  Megyn Kelly was absent from her NBC show on Thursday as the controversy continued over her comments about blackface earlier this week

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  James Karen, 'Mr. Teague' of 'Poltergeist,' is dead at 94

  October 25, 2018 22:45 IST

  James Karen, a former TV pitchman who made memorable appearances in "Poltergeist" and "Return of the Living Dead," has died at 94. His credits range from Buster Keaton's "Film" to "Mulholland Drive." Horror fans knew him as Mr. Teague of "Poltergeist."

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  Oregonians deciding fate of pioneering sanctuary state law

  October 25, 2018 22:45 IST

  An incident of racial profiling led to Oregon becoming America's first sanctuary state; now, Oregonians are deciding in the Nov. 6 election whether to repeal the law

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  California Gov. Jerry Brown to join Doomsday Clock group

  October 25, 2018 22:30 IST

  California Gov. Jerry Brown has been named executive chairman of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a group that measures manmade threats to human existence

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  Human Rights Watch: Jamal Khashoggi's son Salah and family have left Saudi Arabia, heading for US

  October 25, 2018 22:30 IST

  Human Rights Watch: Jamal Khashoggi's son Salah and family have left Saudi Arabia, heading for US