Category: News

Top Story:
Islamic State holds up Iraqi army south of Mosul

 

World News:

• Syria airstrikes kill as many as 22, mostly children, outside school
• Turkey vows to press Syria offensive despite warning from pro-Assad forces
• UN refugee agency: 2016 now deadliest year for migrants in Mediterranean
• French claims that Jungle camp is empty are rubbished
• Hamburg teenagers walk free after gang-rape conviction
• NATO Calls for More Troops for Largest Military Build-up on Russia’s Borders Since Cold War
• Spain urged not to allow refuelling of Russian warships
• Iran’s top Quran reciter to face court over child rapes
• Canada: Shoppers Drug Mart formally applies to distribute medical marijuana
• Gambia Says It Will Leave The ‘International Caucasian Court’
• Exclusive: WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold weedkiller documents
• China to carry out more military drills in South China Sea
• Duterte vows not to abandon Japan on security matters as he takes more jabs as U.S.

U.S. News:

• California National Guard members won’t have to pay back bonuses
• Pro-immigrant protesters snarl New York City morning commute
• Pro-Clinton super PAC eyes competitive congressional races
• Trump Promotes His New Luxury Hotel _ Along With Campaign
• Obamacare Penalty For Not Having Healthcare To Double Alongside Premium Hikes
• Poker-playing New Jersey priest jailed on child-porn charges
• Non-state actor suspected in massive cyberattack: Is that less worrying?
• Ex-coal CEO argues he’s wrongly imprisoned after 29 deaths
• Two corrupt cops joined forces with drug dealers. Now, dozens of criminal cases could be in jeopardy
• Marcus Lemonis donates front-row World Series tickets to 97-year-old WWII vet
• Colorado weed is now a behemoth with a $2.4 billion economic impact
• Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio officially charged with criminal contempt

Top Story:
Mosul battle: UN receives reports of IS atrocities

Iraqi army’s elite force pauses advance near Mosul

World News:

• Islamic State claims attack on Pakistan police academy, 59 dead
• Saudi Arabia ‘deliberately targeting impoverished Yemen’s farms and agricultural industry’
• Is An American Company’s Technology Helping Turkey Spy On Its Citizens?
• Leak at nuclear reactor in Norway is contained: operator
• Calais ‘Jungle’: Demolition of massive migrant camp begins
• Kiwi believed to be among four dead after crash on Thunder Ride at Dreamworld, Australia
• Venezuela opposition divides after blocked Maduro recall effort
• EU-Canada Talks Progressing
• Ireland: President Higgins to continue taking voluntary pay cut
• British Airways jet diverted to Vancouver over ‘sick crew’

U.S. News:

• Clinton turns fire on down ballot Republicans
• GOP lawmaker: FBI gave immunity to top Clinton aide
• Eric Garner’s widow holds out hope NYPD chokehold cop Daniel Pantaleo will see charges
• Man With Sons in Arms Dies in Leap From Bridge, Boys Survive
• Judge approves $15B Volkswagen settlement
• Obama: We have no idea who carried out huge cyberattack
• AT&T Is Spying on Americans for Profit, New Documents Reveal
• Congress knew for at least two years about Pentagon efforts to take back bonuses from veterans
• Obama administration confirms double-digit premium hikes
• Ex-CEO of red light camera firm sentenced to 14 months for bribery

Top Story:
ISIS executes 284 people including children in Mosul

Turkey-Iraq relations remain tense on Mosul

 

World News:

• Russia says ‘humanitarian pause’ in Syria’s Aleppo ended on Saturday: agencies
• France Calls for End to Raids by Syria, Russia
• Plane crash in Malta kills 5 in surveillance operation
• Philippines senator calls for Duterte to face crimes against humanity inquiry
• Migrants queue to be evicted from Calais ‘Jungle’ camp
• South African Opposition Says ICC Withdrawal Is Illegal
• Nigeria to meet Niger Delta leaders, militants on October 31
• Venezuelan Congress Declares That President Maduro Has Staged a Coup
• Belgian internal feud blocks EU-Canada trade deal
• May’s Brexit Stance No Clearer After Meeting, Sturgeon Says
• China’s Xi Jinping to Stress Anti-Corruption Campaign Isn’t Over
• Iceland’s Pirate Party Could Be on Course for an Electoral Victory

U.S. News:

• Desperate search for gunman after 2 Oklahoma officers shot, 2 others dead
• 5 young adults killed in wrong-way crash on I-495
• Woman fatally shot by deputies on Muckleshoot tribal land was pregnant
• US Coast Guard finds 3 missing boaters in western Lake Erie
• Drone shot, road reopens at Dakota Access Pipeline protest
• HUFFPOLLSTER: Millions Of Americans Have Already Voted
• Trump urges supporters to vote in GOP Congress
• U.S. Soldiers Told To Repay Thousands In Signing Bonuses From Height Of War Effort
• Nearly 1 in 4 students at this L.A. high school migrated from Central America
• Arrests in Baltimore for illegal guns often lead to dropped charges or little jail time
• AT&T’s Bid for Time Warner Gets Cool Reception on Wall Street
• Tilting, sinking San Francisco high-rise raises alarm

Top Stories:
UN warns of ISIS using ‘human shields’ in Mosul as militants strike Kirkuk

 

World News:

• Syria conflict: Aleppo a slaughterhouse, UN rights chief says
• Madagascar drought: catastrophe looms as 850,000 go hungry, says UN
• Japan: Homes damaged, power cut after strong quake rattles parts of western Honshu
• Philippines President Duterte Dumps ‘Baffled’ America
• U.S. warship challenges China’s claims in South China Sea
• North Korea’s new long-range missile fails to launch
• France’s Hollande under pressure over crime as police protest snowballs
• Pakistan court says schizophrenia ‘not mental disorder’
• Global warming continues; 2016 will be the hottest year ever recorded
• Australian nurses who spread anti-vaccination messages face prosecution
• Canada walks out of trade talks with “incapable” EU
• South Africa Announces Withdrawal From International Criminal Court

U.S. News:

• Major internet problems reported after cyberattack
• Kansas: At least 34 people hospitalized after chemical spill in Atchison
• Arkansas: Two mosques vandalized in Fort Smith
• At Al Smith Dinner, Donald Trump Turns Friendly Roast Into 3-Alarm Fire
• ‘His proposal sucks’: Sanders savaged by Podesta in WikiLeaks’ latest Clinton mails
• WikiLeaks poisons Hillary’s relationship with left
• If elected, Clinton would support an “Encryption Commission” to help feds
• Target passes Walmart as top US corporate installer of solar power, Ikea lights 90%+ of stores
• AT&T Is in Advanced Talks to Acquire Time Warner
• Documentary film-makers face decades in prison for taping oil pipeline protests
• STD Infections Rise To New Highs After States Close Health Clinics
• A single caller made 3,500 DIA noise complaints last year — and lives 30 miles away

Top Story:
Isis has not shot down an American warplane in Syria, US coalition insists

Aleppo’s Brief Cease-Fire Extended Amid Concern Over New Russian Offensive

 

World News:

• Battle for Mosul: Forces Seek to Free ISIS-Held Christian Towns
• Turkish airstrikes hit Kurdish fighters in Syria, up to 200 dead
• Philippine President Duterte announces ‘separation’ from United States
• Super typhoon Haima slams into northern Phillippines
• Indonesian Police Shoot Dead ISIS-Inspired Machete and Pipe Bomb Attacker
• Brazilian politician who led Rousseff impeachment arrested on corruption charges

U.S. News:

• Trump says he will ‘totally accept’ election results ‘if I win’
• First new US nuclear reactor in 20 years goes live
• Record high 60 percent of Americans back legal pot, poll finds
• Logan County mom who killed 3 sons: ‘I didn’t want to see them suffering’
• Police officer in Sherman Park shooting charged with sexual assault
• ‘To be white is to be racist, period,’ a high school teacher told his class

Top Story:
Battle for Mosul: Hundreds of Civilians Flee Into Syria, U.N. Says

Two American advisers killed, three wounded by shooter in Afghan capital

World News:

• Syria conflict: Jihadists reject Aleppo evacuation offer
• South Sudan: at least 56 rebels and four SPLA soldiers killed in clashes
• Russia: Ready With Forceful, Asymmetrical Measures if U.S. Adds Sanctions
• The Philippines Braces for Super Typhoon Haima
• Philippine police van rams protesters in front of US Embassy
• Germany police shooting: Four officers injured during raid on far-right ‘Reichsbürger’ in Georgensgmünd
• Saudi Arabia executes prince for murder
• Political unrest in Gabon casts shadow over 2017 Africa Cup of Nations draw
• Ecuador admits restricting internet access for WikiLeaks over election meddling
• The curious case of China’s remarkably consistent economic growth
• How the U.S. military spies on Okinawans and me
• Samsung is setting up Note 7 exchange booths at airports around the world

U.S. News:

• YouGov/Economist Poll: Clinton +4 in 4-way race
• Trump’s path to presidency narrows – upping pressure to tilt race at debate
• 1,000 Christian Women Ignore Male Leaders, Slam Trump
• Christie’s approval rating hits an all-time low
• FBI: Drop in total law enforcement officers killed on duty
• Jailed 96 days on bogus charge: It is no one’s fault?
• Legalization backers blast Sheldon Adelson’s $1 million donation to a Massachusetts anti-pot group
• T-Mobile will pay a $48 million fine for throttling ‘unlimited data’ plans
• Verizon user’s mysterious $20,300 data bill canceled after media coverage
• University of Florida offers counseling for students offended by Halloween costumes
• Scientists Accidentally Discover Efficient Process to Turn CO2 Into Ethanol

Example after example has been revealed of “journalists” directly coordinating with Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign. Here’s the latest one:

Glenn Thrush, Politico’s “Chief Political Correspondent” emails Clinton campaign chief John Podesta: #PodestaEmails https://t.co/pCRRSUZxmS pic.twitter.com/QEKyhARIkN

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 19, 2016

Top Story:
Mosul: Retaking city will take 2 months, says Peshmerga general

 

World News:

• Iraq urges US-led coalition to prevent Islamic State escape to Syria
• Why an Iran-Saudi Arabia Conflict Is More Likely Today Than Ever Before
• Iran Sentences Iranian-American, His Father to 10 Years Each in Prison
• WikiLeaks: Ecuador cut off Julian Assange’s internet
• Buhari’s row with wife signals frustration over Nigerian inertia
• Philippines’ Duterte Could Pivot From U.S. on Visit to China
• Judge presiding over ‘El Chapo’s’ case shot, killed while jogging outside home

U.S. News:

• Donald Trump’s ‘Rigged Election’ Claims Raise Historical Alarms
• Man shot on I-10 was picking up trash, wearing safety vest: NOPD
• Memorial Service for 2 Slain Palm Springs Officers
• Letter warned Wells Fargo of ‘widespread’ fraud in 2007 – exclusive
• Discount Tire Boycott Movement Grows as Owner Donates $1M to Keep Marijuana a Felony
• Official: 139 animals seized from Ohio “farmyard of horrors”
• Student loan debt for bachelor’s degree recipients continues to grow

Top Story:
Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces inflict ‘heavy losses’ on ISIS

 

World News:

• Peshmerga make gains on first day of Mosul offensive
• Dabiq: Syria rebels capture emblematic ISIS stronghold
• Turkey seeks to expand border ‘safe zone’ 45km into Syria
• 482 square miles of area ‘cleared of’ Daesh in N Syria
• WikiLeaks: Assange’s internet link ‘severed’ by state actor
• At least one dead, several injured or missing after explosion at BASF facility
• Duterte says children killed in Philippines drug war are ‘collateral damage’
• China defends Pakistan after ‘mother-ship of terrorism’ comment
• China courts Philippines leader Duterte amid signs of US rift
• China launches its longest crewed space mission yet
• North Korea touts nuclear weapons on anti-imperialist anniversary
• Do the People Respect Thailand’s King-to-be?
• RT: NatWest to close Russian channel’s UK bank accounts
• 7 questions as Canada-EU trade deal comes down to the wire
• Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris to revoke same-sex marriage today
• Austrian government to demolish house of Hitler’s birth

U.S. News:

• Arrests Made in Fatal Shooting of Olympic Sprinter Tyson Gay’s Daughter Trinity
• State Dept. official accused of offering ‘quid pro quo’ in Clinton email scandal
• WikiLeaks emails show Clinton campaign collected data to discredit Bill Clinton accuser
• Poll: Clinton Maintains 50-Point Lead Among Latinos
• There’s a new sign Trump’s post-election plan is to start his own TV network
• Giuliani on rigged election: ‘Dead people generally vote for Democrats’
• Fears rise that GOP office firebombing will stifle free speech as election nears
• Downbeat generation: Will Millennials vote in the presidential race?
• Obama decries ‘wild west’ media landscape
• Democrats hope to end Statehouse supermajorities
• Matthew Apperson, the man who shot at George Zimmerman, sentenced to 20 years
• Complaints Against Police Officers With Body Cameras Drop 93 Percent
• The High School Graduation Reaches A Record High — Again
• Caterpillar CEO to Step Down at Year’s End
• Tesla and Panasonic agree to build solar panels in Buffalo, if SolarCity acquisition happens
• Target pulls clown masks from shelves amid creepy clown threats

Top Story:
Fresh wave of airstrikes hit Syria’s divided city of Aleppo

Syria Activists Say More Than 65 Killed in 3 Days in Aleppo

World News:

• Egypt: ‘IS militants’ kill 12 soldiers in Sinai peninsula
• Russia, China to mull joint response to US missile shield
• US Can’t Say Who Launched Missiles from Yemen at Navy Ships
• Iraqi and Kurdish FM meet with UK Minister for Middle East ; discuss security, Mosul
• Israel freezes Unesco ties for ‘denying Jewish holy sites’
• Pakistan ranked fourth most unsafe country in the world
• Paedophiles to face chemical castration and possibly execution under Indonesia’s brutal new laws
• China signs deals worth billions with Bangladesh as Xi visits
• Philippines-China solution on Scarborough Shoal possible, envoy says
• China Overtakes US in Billionaires List
• Ahmadiyya Caliph criticizes ‘extremist mullahs’
• ‘Economic bubble’? Spain nears 300 days without a govt
• S.Africa watchdog calls for release of Zuma graft report
• Nigeria First Lady Aisha Buhari Says She May Not Vote for Husband
• German Catholic choir abuse victims to receive compensation

U.S. News:

• 4chan may have remotely wiped a Clinton official’s iPhone and iPad
• Despite 2001 Promise, Donald Trump Made No 9/11 Donations in Year After Attack, Audit Finds
• Mike Pence answers 11-year-old girl’s body image question with pivot to terrorism
• Obama unleashes blistering attack on Trump
• Elizabeth Warren urges President Obama to remove the head of the SEC
• Obama lifts restrictions on Cuban rum, cigars
• Arizona: Prison Meal Service Donates $80,000 to Anti-Marijuana Campaign
• Emerald Fire updates: Highway 89 closed, winds fanning flames at ‘dangerous rate of speed’
• Two Indianapolis shootings targeting law enforcement possibly linked
• Facebook and Google are building an 8,000 mile fiber optic cable from LA to Hong Kong
• More Than 1 Million in Obamacare to Lose Plans as Insurers Quit
• Office Depot to Close for Thanksgiving
• East Lansing legalizes marijuana smoking, possession for those over age 21
• Reno officials accused of classifying homeless as blight after removing downtown benches
• Woman jailed after admitting she made up horrific kidnapping, sex assault story