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Migrant Caravan Tears Down Border Fence, Storms Mexico
Video captured by Noticias Telemundo shows the moment when hundreds of migrants force the gate open and rush into Mexico despite officials efforts to keep the migrants out.
Breitbart
Saudi Arabia Acknowledges Jamal Khashoggi Died in Consulate
Saudi Arabia acknowledged for the first time on Friday evening that journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in its consulate in Istanbul, and said 18 Saudi citizens have been arrested, according to an initial investigation by the Saudi government
NBC
Mission Accomplished
Manafort Pushed Into Court in Wheelchair, Missing Shoe
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort rolled into a Virginia federal court Friday in a wheelchair and wearing a green prison uniform instead of his signature tailored suit.
NBC
Report
Migrant Caravan Heading Towards U.S. Turns Around In Mexico
The caravan of Honduran migrants has turned around Friday — a day after reaching the Mexico-Guatemala border, according to a report.
New York Post
Dems Push to Repeal Tax Cuts
With midterm elections 2½ weeks away and the 2020 presidential race around the corner, prominent Democrats are embracing an ambitious idea: Repeal and replace the $1.5 trillion Republican tax plan.
CNBC
Mexico Deploys Hundreds of Riot Police as Migrants Near
Mexico deployed hundreds of riot police Thursday to its border with Guatemala as a caravan of Central American migrants prepared to cross on their way to the United States, defying President Donald Trump's threats.
Yahoo
White Privilege Symposium Will Feature ‘Racial Justice’ Board Game
A community college will host a “white privilege symposium” today and tomorrow that will explore such topics as “constructive white conversations” and “the n!gga(er) word” as well as a “racial justice” board game.
The College Fix
The Khashoggi Agenda?
Royal Family Considering Replacement For Crown Prince
Report: The Saudi royal family is actively considering a replacement to crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) as next in line to succeed his father King Salman as the kingdom finds itself under the greatest international pressure and scrutiny it's faced in its modern history over the murder of journalist (and Muslim Brotherhood member) Jamal Khashoggi
Telegraph
Nellie Ohr Exercises Spousal Privilege in Meeting With House Panels
Nellie Ohr exercised spousal privilege and largely declined to discuss conversations she had with her husband, Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, over the so-called “Steele dossier” during a meeting with two GOP-led House committees on Friday
The Hill
Here's Hoping:)Hillary To Run In 2020?
Philippe Reines, who worked for Hillary Clinton going back to 2002 and was her senior adviser at the State Department, made the argument to Politico Friday that the former Democratic nominee might actually be the party's best hope for defeating Trump in 2020
The Week
'Poliolike' Disease Stumps Scientists
A poliolike condition that left more than 100 children in the U.S. at least partially paralyzed in 2014 is back, and not much more is known this time around, officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say
Scientific American
Of Interest
Traffic Accidents Rising in States That Legalized Pot
As the push to legalize marijuana gains momentum, so is evidence that more permissive policies on the drug are putting motorists at risk.
Bloomberg
South African City Set to Seize Land in National 'Test Case'
One city outside Johannesburg is preparing what the mayor calls a “test case” for the nation — the seizure of hundreds of acres of land from private owners, without paying for it, to build low-cost housing.
AP
Trump: 'Very Severe' Consequences if Saudis Killed Khashoggi
President Donald Trump has acknowledged it “certainly looks” as though missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, and he threatened “very severe” consequences if the Saudis are found to have murdered him
AP
Did You Know..?
Elizabeth Warren's Ex-Husband Founded DNA Testing Company
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's ex-husband co-founded a DNA testing company and wrote one of the first computer codes for making genetic comparisons. Jim Warren's career involved him in the kinds of genetic testing that Elizabeth Warren controversially invoked this month to prove that she had Native American ancestry.
Washington Examiner
Government Power
Vietnam War Veteran Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Buying "Rare" Gun In The 1980
A 70-year-old Texas man was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to buying an automatic rifle in the 1980s, CBS station KTVT reports.
CBS
Ex-Trump 'Lawyer' Cohen: Vote or Face More Years of ‘Craziness’
"Listen, here's my recommendation. Grab your family, grab your friends, grab your neighbors, and get to the poll, because if not, you are going to have another two or another six years of this craziness," fomer Trump Lawyer and now Mueller pawn Cohen told CNN.
MSN
A Mild Winter May Be in Store for Much of U.S., NOAA Says
States from the Pacific Northwest through the Northern Plains and into the Northeast are likely to see above-average temperatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center reported.
KTLA
107,000 Purged From Georgia Voter Rolls For Not Voting in Past Elections
An APM Reports analysis found the voters were removed under the state's "use it or lose it" law, which starts a process for removing people from voter rolls if they fail to vote, respond to a notice or make contact with election officials over a three-year period.
The Hill
Government Schools
College Offers Credit Course on ‘Queering’ the Bible
A college course that plans to teach students how the Bible can be interpreted through “queer theory” will be offered at Pomona College in the 2019 spring semester.
Breitbart
Heads Up
China Plans to Launch 'Artificial Moon'
The night skies might soon have company: Chinese scientists are planning to launch an artificial moon into orbit by 2020 to illuminate city streets after dark.
MSN
Americans to Spend Half-Billion on Halloween Costumes -- For Pets
More than 30 million people will spend an estimated $480 million treating their pets to costumes this Halloween, more than double the $220 million spend on pet Halloween costumes in 2010
Marketwatch
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Graham Taking DNA Test to See If He Has More Native American Heritage Than Warren
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham took a shot at Sen. Elizabeth Warren by telling Fox News on Tuesday that he intends to take a DNA test because he thinks he can “beat” the Massachusetts Senator’s amount of Native American heritage.
Breitbart
Culture
Nevada's Famous Pimp Expected to Win Election Despite Death
Dennis Hof's fame made him an attention-grabbing figure in an otherwise quiet industry. And, despite being found dead on Tuesday, he's poised to win an election to the state Legislature in less than three weeks.
Yahoo
Nebraska's New Tourism Tagline: 'Honestly, It's Not For Everyone'
Nebraska’s tourism commission announced Wednesday that the tagline for its new tourism campaign is “Nebraska: Honestly, it’s not for everyone.”
McClatchy
Pictured
'Oldest Working Man In Texas' Turns 101
Considered the oldest man still working in Texas, Chester Hollingsworth celebrated his 101st birthday today.
Fox
Of Interest
New DNA Tools Can Decode Your Natural Lifespan
So far, science has been no more accurate at predicting life span than a $10 fortune teller. But that’s starting to change.
MIT Technology Review
Video
Herd Turns on Hunters After They Gun Down Bull Elephant
This is the moment hunters flee in panic when a herd of elephants charged at them after they shot one of the bulls.
The Sun
Culture
Sex Doll Rental Firm Offers Replicas of Dead Partners
A MUM is offering one of the UK's first sex doll rental services - and offers to make bespoke dolls for those seeking comfort after losing a partner by matching their likeness.
The Sun
Who Knew?
Male Gorillas Who Babysit Have Five Times More Babies
A new study of male gorillas in the wild in Rwanda has found that those who spend the most time grooming infants and resting with them—others’ offspring as well as their own—have about five times more offspring than males who don’t help out with the little ones
Science Mag
Whoa!
Bottle of Wine Sells For Record-Breaking $558,000
The bottle of 1945 Romanee-Conti sold at Sotheby's for 17 times its original estimate of $32,000....The bottles shattered the previous record for the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold
CNBC
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