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Limo crash at popular tourist spot in NY kills 20
Schoharie, Oct 7 (AP/UNB) — A crash involving a limousine at a popular upstate New York tourist spot killed 20 people, officials said Sunday.
Brazil votes amid anger at the ruling class
Sao Paulo, Oct 7 (AP/UNB) — Brazilians are choosing their leaders Sunday in an election marked by intense anger at the ruling class following years of political and economic turmoil, including what may be the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history.
Kavanaugh sworn to high court after rancorous confirmation
Washington, Oct 7 (AP/UNB) — Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday night as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament that shattered the Senate, captivated the nation and ushered in an acrimonious new level of polarization — now encroaching on the court that the 53-year-old judge may well swing rightward for decades to come.
Rare death row slaying at California's San Quentin prison
Sacramento, Oct 6 (AP/UNB) — One condemned inmate killed another Friday, the first slaying of a death row inmate in California in more than 20 years, officials said.
Vehicle blamed for deadly California wildfire
Clovis, Oct 6 (AP/UNB) — Authorities say a California wildfire that killed two firefighters and destroyed nearly a dozen buildings in Northern California was caused by a vehicle.
Mom charged with torture denied mental health diversion
Riverside, Oct 6 (AP/UNB) — A Southern California judge on Friday denied a request by a woman charged with the torture and abuse of most of her 13 children to be considered for a mental health diversion program, authorities said.
Suspect in model's death told cop they fought over cocaine
Ardmore, Oct 6 (AP/UNB) — A man accused in the strangulation death of a model said that he went to her apartment in an affluent Philadelphia suburb to sell her cocaine but that she refused to pay, and that a violent fight ensued, according to a statement read in court Friday.
Man charged after toxic letters sent to Trump, other leaders
Salt Lake City, Oct 6 (AP/UNB) — A Navy veteran was charged Friday with threatening to use a biological toxin as a weapon by sending letters to President Donald Trump and other leaders containing ground castor beans, the substance from which the poison ricin is derived.
Trump slams Democrats for 'rage-fueled resistance'
Rochester, Oct 5 (AP/UNB) — Seeking to boost Republican turnout in key Minnesota battlegrounds, President Donald Trump attacked Democrats Thursday night, arguing that their "rage-fueled resistance" to his Supreme Court nominee will motivate GOP voters this fall.
Melania Trump promotes US agency, Trump wants to cut funding
Lilongwe, Oct 5 (AP/UNB) — Melania Trump spent Thursday in southern Africa promoting the work of a U.S. international development agency whose funding President Donald Trump has twice proposed slashing by nearly a third. Lawmakers essentially ignored those requests.