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Georgia police officer shot, killed while responding to report of suspicious vehicle
iStock/Thinkstock(SNELLVILLE, Ga.) — A police officer was shot and killed near a school in Georgia after responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle, authorities said. Antwan Toney and another officer approached a vehicle near [Read More…]

Police officer shot, killed while responding to report of suspicious vehicle near school
iStock/Thinkstock(SNELLVILLE, Ga.) — A police officer was shot and killed near a school in Georgia after responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle, authorities said. Antwan Toney and another officer approached a vehicle near [Read More…]

Powerball jackpot rises to $620M, third-largest in game’s history
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The day after nobody won a $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the numbers were drawn for a relatively paltry Powerball prize of $470 million. But, like Mega Millions, no one took home [Read More…]

Kensington Palace: Duchess Meghan to ‘cut back’ on grueling schedule
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images(LONDON) — Duchess Meghan will be cutting back on several engagements on the couple’s grueling 16-day Royal Tour. “After a busy programme, The Duke and Duchess have decided to cut back The Duchess’ [Read More…]

Thirty injured when floor collapses during college party in Clemson
Twitter/@StevieW21(CLEMSON, S.C.) — Dozens of people were injured early Sunday when a floor collapsed during a party at an apartment building near Clemson University in South Carolina. Thirty people were taken to three area hospitals [Read More…]

DHS secretary praises Mexican police for handling caravan migrants ‘in a professional and humane manner’
John Moore/Getty Images(TECUN UMAN, Guatemala) — As the caravan of Central American migrants enters Mexico, a senior Trump administration official praised the Mexican police for their handling of the “crisis on their southern border.” Department [Read More…]

Police officer shot and killed while responding to report of suspicious vehicle near school
(SNELLVILLE, Ga.) — A police officer was shot and killed near a school in Georgia after responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle, authorities said. Antwan Toney and another officer approached a vehicle near [Read More…]

Investigators receive over 1,000 tips in desperate search for missing 13-year-old Jayme Closs, sheriff says
ABC News(BARRON, Wis.) — Authorities say they have received over a thousand tips, and have thoroughly investigated more than 800 of them, in the desperate search for 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who is believed to be [Read More…]

Woman seen on video leaving toddler on stranger’s doorstep speaks out: ‘I just feel destroyed’
Courtesy Montgomery County Sheriffs Office(HOUSTON) — A woman who is facing child abandonment charges after she was seen on surveillance video leaving a 2-year-old boy on a stranger’s doorstep in the middle of the night [Read More…]

Colder air on the move across the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, light rain across the upper Midwest in advance of a cold front is causing some renewed fieldwork delays. On October 14, the soybean harvest was at least 30 percentage points behind [Read More…]

Florida city official charged with murder after shooting alleged shoplifter
Lakeland Police Department(LAKELAND, Fla.) — The Florida city commissioner who confronted and shot an alleged shoplifter at a military surplus store earlier this month was charged with murder on Friday. Michael Dunn, who serves as [Read More…]

No winner means Mega Millions rises to record $1.6B jackpot
Emilie Richardson/ABC News(NEW YORK) — If you’re checking your numbers Saturday morning for the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot, you’re not a grand-prize winner. But neither was anyone else. The next Mega Millions jackpot will [Read More…]

Texas facing flood threat; cold weather moving into Northeast, Midwest
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Another blast of cold air is in the forecast for the eastern half of the nation — and this blast is a little stronger than the wave of cold that hit [Read More…]

Putin says US dominance is ending after mistakes ‘typical of an empire’
Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that America’s global dominance is coming to an end, with the U.S. itself accelerating that process with a string of mistakes “typical of an [Read More…]

China’s economic growth dips to slowest rate since 2009
Martin Holverda/iStock/Thinkstock(BEIJING) — China’s economy saw its growth drop slightly in the third quarter of the fiscal year, reporting the slowest growth since 2009. The country’s National Bureau of Statistics reported 6.5 percent growth between [Read More…]

Two members of far right group arrested after New York City brawl
zocik/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two members of the far-right group the Proud Boys have been arrested after allegedly brawling after a political event in Manhattan last week. New York Police Department officials confirmed the arrests of [Read More…]

Australian farmer stays ahead of herbicide resistance
A dedicated no-till farmer from Australia says broad spectrum herbicides can be successfully used while avoiding resistance. Bill Crabtree has sworn off tillage in favor of controlling weeds with glyphosate. Australia’s issues with glyphosate resistant [Read More…]

Supply concerns pressure cattle, hog futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed lower ahead of the Cattle on Feed report and significant cash business. Heavy supplies were anticipated, but the report showed placements 5 percent lower, which could provide [Read More…]

18 Saudi citizens detained in connection with murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi: Report
Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Eighteen Saudi citizens have been detained in connection with the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to Saudi Arabia’s state-run news agency. Khashoggi disappeared after he [Read More…]

Saudi state media says Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a fist fight
Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Saudi state-run news agency quotes prosecutors as saying that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi hadn’t been seen since [Read More…]