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Top Story:
Aleppo deaths pass 1,000 since brief ceasefire collapsed

 

World News:

• Mozambique fuel tanker blast kills dozens
• Iraqi forces advance into Mosul under fire
• Trump and NATO chief hold phone call, agree on alliance’s importance
• Disturbing details emerge in deaths of 3 American soldiers in Jordan
• Britain has passed the ‘most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy’
• Japan’s Abe on US mission to ‘build trust’ with Donald Trump
• Scotland considers legally enshrining the ‘right to food’
• German finance minister warns that Britain could still be paying into Brussels coffers in 2030
• Global green movement prepares to fight Trump on climate change

U.S. News:

• Mike Flynn, Jeff Sessions, Mike Pompeo: Meet Trump’s Latest Top Picks
• Obama cuts Arctic waters from five-year drilling plan
• ‘I have to text my rapist’: Victims forced to parent with attackers
• Trump administration will ban lobbyists, enact five-year lobbying ban after leaving government
• Illinois: Civil asset forfeiture cost residents more than $300M
• John Conyers’ son found ‘unharmed’
• 2-year-old’s mom killed, 7 others injured at his birthday party
• Woman, mauled by bear, calls 911: ‘I’m bleeding, and I’m going to die’
• Navy identifies mystery plane over Denver; Its mission still a secret

Top Story:
Titanpointe: The NSA’s Spy Hub in New York, Hidden in Plain Sight

 

World News:

• Why Germany is sorry to see Obama go
• U.S. blasts Russia, Syria as their new offensive escalates
• More than 400 people are killed by SMOG as lethal blanket of pollution smothers Iranian capital
• Iraqi forces yet to seal off Mosul as battle enters second month
• Kosovo arrests 19 ISIS terrorists planning attack on Israeli soccer team
• China delegate hits back at Trump’s climate change hoax claims
• French PM admits far-right leader Le Pen could win 2017 presidential election
• Brexit blamed for £100 billion budget black hole
• Europe at risk of collapse; France, Germany must lead – French PM
• Domino’s tests drone delivery of pizza in New Zealand

 

U.S. News:

• Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Resigns
• Appeals court: Dassey will remain in prison
• Son of Rep. John Conyers reported missing
• Man Dissolved in Acidic Water After Trying to Soak in Yellowstone National Park Hot Pool
• Obama administration cancels oil and gas leases on Blackfeet tribe’s sacred grounds
• Ex-cop gets prison after raping children while on duty
• Surgeon General Murthy Wants America To Face Up To Addiction
• U.S. Attorney Charges Former Valeant, Philidor Executives, Alleging ‘Fraud and Kickback Scheme’
• Thanksgiving Dinner Is Getting Cheaper, As Grocery Prices Fall Again
• TSA Chief Says the Agency Is Ready for the Holiday Rush

Top Story:
Russia launches new offensive, airstrikes hit Syria’s Aleppo

World News:

• Islamic State kills civilians in Mosul to deter support for army
• Top Isis commander calls Donald Trump a ‘complete maniac’
• China claims its first aircraft carrier is now ready for combat
• Downing Street dismisses Brexit ‘divisions’ memo
• Obama: World leaders must heed people’s economic fears
• Nigeria corruption cash ‘took 10 days to count’
• Japanese road reopens one week after vast sinkhole appeared

U.S. News:

• Trump advisers steamroll Christie’s transition
• Google and Facebook ban fake news sites from their advertising networks
• Chili’s removes Cedar Hill manager who took away man’s free Veterans Day meal
• Young mother dies during 30-day sentence in Macomb County Jail
• Gwen Ifill, who overcame barriers as a black female journalist, dies at 61
• Federal judge orders the release of Brendan Dassey
• Charter customer sues over hidden fees, claims “massive billing fraud”

Top Stories:

Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball Predicts Clinton Victory with 322 Electoral College Votes

Nate Silver and 538 Predicts Clinton Win with 302 Electoral College Votes

Clinton up 3.3 in RCP 4-Way Average

Voters Want a Strong Leader More Than Anything Else, Exit Poll Shows

 

 

• Philadelphia Republicans Say Their Inspectors Are Being Tossed Out
• Election Day: Even once the polls close, gridlock and dysfunction could remain
• Trump hopes for a miracle
• The Four Groups That Will Decide the Presidential Race
• Patrick Caddell: The real election surprise? The uprising of the American people
• What the World Thinks About the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Top Story:

Poll: On Eve of Election Day, Clinton Maintains Her Edge Over Trump

Trump conducts election eve campaign marathon

 

World News:

• Bulletproof BMW Used to Rescue Dozens During ISIS Attack
• Julian Assange to be interviewed by prosecutor and Swedish police at Ecuadorean embassy in London
• US, Turkey agree to develop long-term plan to seize, govern Syria’s Raqqa
• China Steps In To Bar 2 Newly Elected Hong Kong Legislators From Office
• Quitting as regional governor, Saakashvili hits out at Ukraine’s Poroshenko
• ‘I don’t care if they call me dictator’: Turkey president Tayyip Erdogan

U.S. News:

• 538: Who will win the presidency?
• Mom charged after treating daughter’s seizures with marijuana butter: ‘It was my last resort’
• Colorado Cannabis Operations Begin Banking With Bitcoin
• FBI questioned American Muslims in 8 states over weekend about possible pre-election terrorism, says civil rights group
• Chilling Amazon product reviews may be linked to alleged S.C. serial killer Todd Kohlhepp
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake causes significant damage in Cushing

Top Story:
Mosul: Iraqi forces on city’s doorstep

World News:

• Explosion at Pakistan ship breaking yard kills 11 workers
• U.S. has intervened in Syria, but not in the way you think
• Pakistan’s Imran Khan backs off from threat to shut down capital
• Nearly half of Russians fear Syria conflict could lead to World War III, poll finds
• Al Hoceima: Moroccan students boycott schools and take to the streets
• South Korea president’s friend Choi Soon-sil detained
• Ethiopia’s prime minister reshuffles cabinet after protests
• Italy quake: Strong tremor felt as far as Rome
• Venezuela Opposition Says 5 ‘Political Prisoners’ Released
• Ukraine stunned as vast cash reserves of political elite are made public
• Australia, Indonesia talk joint military patrols of South China Sea

U.S. News:

• Six dead, 10 injured in Baltimore school bus-MTA bus crash
• Colonial Pipeline Explosion Prompts Fears of Higher Gas Prices For Weeks to Come
• Ohio child cancer survivor kills herself over bullying
• That secret Trump-Russia email server link is likely neither secret nor a Trump-Russia link
• $151M settlement tentatively approved after WV spill contaminated drinking water
• 2 children, 1 adult killed when truck rear-ends hayride in Mississippi
• Thousands of Facebook users check in to Standing Rock to confuse police monitoring pipeline protest
• DNA evidence: Dogs blamed for fatal attack not a match
• Bill Cosby’s latest pre-trial hearing focused on damaging deposition
• Study: Some blacks and women pay more on Uber
• Woman sexually assaulted in ditch for hours after being run off road

Top Story:
FBI in Internal Feud Over Hillary Clinton Probe, 650,000 emails

 

World News:

• Iraqi troops to enter Mosul in ‘matter of hours’
• Lebanon’s Aoun wins presidency to end two year political vacuum
• Turkey detains editor of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet
• Nigerian soldiers, police sexually abuse Boko Haram victims, Human Rights Watch says
• Italy ‘on its knees’ after biggest earthquake in 30 years
• Woman at center of South Korea political crisis begs forgiveness
• China to show off new J-20 stealth fighter
• Indonesian woman becomes latest person to be caned ‘for standing near boyfriend’
• Iceland election: Pirate Party triples seats
• South Africa: Torture Under Apartheid Steeled Gordhan for Political Warfare
• More Japanese view U.S. as in decline and threat to nation, survey shows
• Indian sports star boycotts Iranian competition over Hijab requirement
• All porn sites to be blocked in Israel under new law that requires people to publicly ask for access

U.S. News:

• 17 Dead, 41 Wounded In Chicago Weekend Shootings
• Donna Brazile Shared Additional Debate Questions With Clinton Campaign, Identified Her Tipster
• Poll: Comey’s bombshell changes few votes
• Hunt for Oklahoma fugitive ends in deadly shootout with police
• Man dressed as Freddy Krueger shoots five at Halloween party
• 5 New Sister Victims in Lee Kaplan Bucks County Child Sex-Assault Case: District Attorney
• Inmate dies overnight at Milwaukee County Jail
• Dakota Access pipeline protesters see bias after Oregon militia verdict
• Autistic black teen gets lost running 5K, is attacked by a man who feared mugging
• Baylor sex assault scandal far worse than previously disclosed
• Young girl takes fight over service dog to U.S. Supreme Court
• NASA’s New ‘Intruder Alert’ System Spots An Incoming Asteroid