Division within the GOP caucus over food stamps could give Democrats a key opening to ramp up the pressure on Republicans to make concessions and earn their votes to end the shutdown, John Bowden and Eric Garcia report
Five more prisoners freed in error after sex offender’s release from Essex jail
Union says staff shortages and confusion over early release schemes are driving a rise in mistakesAt least five other prisoners have also been released by mistake in the same week a convicted Ethiopian sex offender was allowed to walk free from an Esse…
Ex-trooper on trial for murder is accused of using his car as a battering ram
A former New York state trooper is on trial for murder after a high-speed chase that left an 11-year-old girl dead in 2020.
Former WSU QB Luke Falk returns to Pullman to promote his book on mental strength
Luke Falk’s book offers tips on the mental aspects of competition, while also including his own retrospectives on parenting and his journey from walk-on to Pac-12 star.
Irish man killed in first Australian mine explosion in a decade
Ambrose McMullen, who was known as Ambie, from Cootehill, in County Cavan, is understood to have been killed at the Endeavor mine at Cobar.
‘Dreadful wrongs’: WA governor apologises to Noongar people for 1834 Pinjarra massacre
Between 15 and 80 Binjareb Noongar people were killed in the massacre which was led by the then WA governor, James StirlingWarning: This article contains historical records that use racist and offensive language, and descriptions of events that will be…
French UN peacekeepers come under Israeli fire
French troops serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) shot down an Israeli surveillance drone on Sunday near the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Kila.
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Watch: Streets flood in Kingston as Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm with winds up to 295 km/h, the strongest in 174 years. Streets in Kingston were flooded and power cuts hit a third of the island.
Officials warn of a four-metre storm surge as…
Piles of bodies and rivers of blood can be seen from space after thousands massacred in brutal Sudan killings
SHOCKING images taken after the fall of El Fasher in Sudan show vast patches of red-stained sand and clusters of bodies, marking a massacre so large it is visible from space. Analysis by Yale University indicates that more than 2,000 civilians were kil…
Indigenous Communities Are the Frontlines of Climate Action—It’s Time COP Listened
COLUMBUS Ohio, USA , October 28 (IPS) – I had hoped to attend this year’s Conference of the Parties (COP) in person, to stand alongside fellow Indigenous leaders and advocate for the rights of our communities.
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