USA-and-Canada
Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to border week before midterms
Washington, Oct 30 (AP/UNB) — The Pentagon said Monday it is sending 5,200 troops to the Southwest border in an extraordinary military operation ordered up just a week before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump has put a sharp focus on Central American migrants moving north in slow-moving caravans that are still hundreds of miles from the U.S.
7 years ago
Large earthquake recorded off South America
Argentina, Oct 29 (AP/UNB) — The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 has struck off the southern tip of South America.
7 years ago
South Dakota to carry out first execution since 2012
Sioux Falls, Oct 29 (AP/UNB) — A man who killed a South Dakota prison guard in a failed escape seven years ago is scheduled to be executed Monday after dropping his death penalty appeal.
7 years ago
Americans crave unity amid violence, anger
Louisville, Oct 29 (AP/UNB) — She flipped through television channels and radio stations, scanning from conservative to liberal media, searching for any sign that the polarized nation had finally reached its tipping point.
7 years ago
Brazil's Haddad ends campaign with warning about opponent
Sao Paulo, Oct 28 (AP/UNB) — In the last public appearance by a Brazilian presidential candidate before Sunday's election, left-leaning Fernando Haddad warned voters that his far-right opponent's proposals to fight crime would only increase violence.
7 years ago
Pittsburgh synagogue death toll rises to 11
Pittsburgh, Oct 28 (AP/UNB) — During the week, anyone who wanted to get inside Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue had to ring the doorbell and be granted entry by staff because the front door was kept locked. Not so on Saturday — the Jewish Sabbath — when the building was open for worship.
7 years ago
Suspect in custody in deadly Pittsburgh synagogue attack
Pittsburgh, Oct 27 (AP/UNB) — A shooter opened fire during a baby naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, killing several people and wounding six others including four police officers who dashed to the scene, authorities said.
7 years ago
Trump faces complaints that new Iran sanctions are too weak
Washington, Oct 27 (AP/UNB) — A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president's biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions to be re-imposed on Iran early next month won't be tough enough.
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Trump lectures media for trying 'to score political points'
Charlotte, Oct 27 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump lectured the media at length on Friday evening, accusing reporters of trying "to use the sinister actions of one individual to score political points" against him hours after police apprehended a staunch supporter of his in connection with the mail-bomb scare targeting Democrats and CNN.
7 years ago
Obama rips Trump, GOP in fiery speeches for Midwest Dems
Detroit, Oct 27 (AP/UNB) — Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump's tenure in office Friday in fiery speeches in Milwaukee and Detroit that took aim at him and other Republicans for "making stuff up."
7 years ago