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Cool, wet pattern for most of the Heartland
A slow-moving cold front will drift eastward, sparking heavy, late-week rain across a broad area. Storm total rainfall could reach 1 to 3 inches or more throughout the eastern U.S. In contrast, dry weather will [Read More…]

Analyst: There’s a lot riding on the anticipated Trump-Xi meeting
Arlan Suderman, chief commodities analyst for INTL FCStone, says the next few weeks leading up to the anticipated meeting between President Trump and Chinese president Xi in Argentina, will probably determine if the trade war [Read More…]

Multiple children hit by car in Tampa, Florida: Police
iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — Multiple children were injured Thursday morning when they were struck by a vehicle in Tampa, Florida, according to police, the third traffic incident this week in the United States in which kids [Read More…]

Synagogue shooting suspect due in court as funerals continue for slain worshippers
iStock/Thinkstock(PITTSBURGH) — The man accused of massacring 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue is due to return to court Thursday as three of his alleged victims are laid to rest. Suspect Robert Bowers, 46, “made [Read More…]

Starbucks to roll out holiday beverages, cups on Friday
Starbucks Corporation(SEATTLE) — Now that Halloween is behind us, Starbucks is ready to get into the holiday spirit. The Seattle-based coffee chain announced on Thursday that, beginning Friday, its stores in the U.S. and Canada [Read More…]

Weekly jobless claims drop to 214K ahead of October jobs report
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Jobless claims took a slight dip last week, decreasing by 2,000, according to the latest figures released Thursday by the Labor Department. For the week ending Oct. 27, the number of people filing [Read More…]

Severe weather, with damaging winds and possible tornadoes, moves east
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The large storm system responsible for four tornadoes Wednesday in Texas and Louisiana, and other damaging storms, is now covering 10 states from Louisiana to New York. Tornado watches and warnings [Read More…]

Police in California increase patrols after synagogue vandalized in Irvine
KABC-TV(IRVINE, Calif.) — A synagogue in California was covered with obscene words on Wednesday, sparking fears about a possible uptick in hate crimes in the wake of the deadly shooting in Pittsburgh last week. Police [Read More…]

Kim Jong Un will visit Seoul in near future, South Korean president says
Pyeongyang Press Corps/Pool/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un soon will visit Seoul. “A return visit to Seoul by Chairman Kim Jong Un [Read More…]

Even as Lion Air jet’s black box is found, some answers may be back in US
PRADITA UTAMA/AFP/Getty Images(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Representatives from Boeing, the manufacturer of the ill-fated Lion Air 737 that crashed Tuesday in the Java Sea and presumably killed all 189 people on board, have arrived in Indonesia [Read More…]

The Trump Economy: Why new-car prices are approaching record highs
iStock/ThinkstockAhead of the midterm elections, ABC News is highlighting key issues that affect Americans and how the Trump administration’s policies are making a difference in their lives. This part of the series focuses on why [Read More…]

Severe weather, with damaging winds and possible tornadoes, moves east
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The large storm system responsible for four tornadoes Wednesday in Texas and Louisiana, and other damaging storms, is now covering 10 states from Louisiana to New York. Tornado watches and warnings [Read More…]

EPA extends dicamba registration, adds additional restrictions
The federal EPA has extended the registration of dicamba for two years for “over-the-top” weed control in dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton. The agency also placed some additional restrictions on use of the product. Here is the [Read More…]

Trump administration begins new push to end war in Yemen
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Nearly four years after the war in Yemen began, eventually killing at least 16,200 civilians and creating a humanitarian crisis with a deadly cholera epidemic and 14 million people facing a possible famine, [Read More…]

Woman survives for 6 days after car flies off the road
Arizona Department Of Public Safety(WICKENBURG, Az.) — A woman who crashed her car in Arizona was able to survive for six days before she was found, local authorities said. The 53-year-old woman was driving along [Read More…]

Driver who hit and killed 3 siblings saw flashing lights, but didn’t realize it was a school bus: police
iStock/Thinkstock(ROCHESTER, Ind.) — The woman allegedly at the wheel of a pickup truck that struck and killed three young Indiana siblings told investigators she saw flashing emergency lights on the rural highway but didn’t realize [Read More…]

Detectives begin ‘unraveling’ mysterious deaths of Saudi sisters found bound with tape in New York City’s Hudson River
NYPD(NEW YORK) — New York City detectives have conducted various interviews in Virginia where two sisters from Saudi Arabia were living before their bodies, bound together with duct tape, were found floating along the Hudson [Read More…]

Milk futures higher, cash dairy mostly lower
Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed higher Wednesday as traders took back over sold positions. October closed unchanged at $15.54. November two cents higher at $14.79. December 12 cents higher at [Read More…]

Wholesale values support cattle futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed mostly higher on continued strength from wholesale values. Strong consumer confidence continues to help domestic beef demand. Feeder cattle futures closed sharply higher, supported by the [Read More…]

Groups ask that Missouri labeling law be blocked
A coalition of groups wants a court to immediately stop enforcement of a Missouri law that prohibits misrepresenting products as meat unless the product comes from animals. The Animal Legal Defense Fund, The Good Food [Read More…]