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California's votes on $4bn measure to address America's worse housing crisis

10/21/2018, 6:54:52 PM
Californians are voting on measures that would address several issues ✔ Over 1 million people have been evacuated leading up to the arrival of the category 4 storm Getty 40/50 12 September 2018 Um Majid, left, tries an improvised gas mask on family members in her home in Binnish in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province as part of preparations for any upcoming raids



Floods kill firefighter in southern Spain

10/21/2018, 4:36:55 PM
A firefighter was found dead in the southern Spanish province of Malaga on Sunda... ✔ REUTERS/Jon Nazca In the town of Campillos, cars were borne along the streets by the water and left in wrecked piles after the flood subsided ✔ Almost 400 millimeters of rain fell in 24 hours in the town of Ardales - around 62 km (40 miles) from the main city of Malaga - alone, according to the regional government’s environmental department ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Prince Charles irks Australians with 'travelling yeoman' entourage

10/21/2018, 5:49:56 PM
The move angered Australian republicans, who jumped on it as an example of royal extravagance, with one critic branding the staff member 'a baggage man with an ancient title'. ✔ 'Prince Harry may carry his own bag but the next King of Australia has more staff than a VIP plane can carry.' Despite claims of extravagance, Prince Charles and Camilla had actually shrunk the size of their entourage, which stood at 18 during an earlier visit in 2012



"I don't feel real": Mental stress mounting after Michael

10/21/2018, 4:09:37 PM
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Amy Cross has a hard time explaining the stress of living in a city that was splintered by Hurricane Michael. She's fearful after hearing gunshots at night, and she's confused because she no longer recognizes the place where she's spent her entire 45 years. "I just know I don't feel real, and home doesn't feel like home at all," Cross said. Health workers say they are seeing signs of mental problems in residents more than a week after Michael, and the issues could continue as a short-term disaster turns into a long-term recovery that will take years.



Historians hail Sir Walter Raleigh 'portrait' in the Tower of London

10/21/2018, 4:26:57 PM
The painting, which shows the profile of a man wearing a laurel wreath, was found in the Bloody Tower, where Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned for 13 years for allegedly plotting against James I. ✔ Raleigh is famous for bringing back the ‘Virginia’ potato from the New World ✔ Dr Agnieszka Sadraei, HRP's historic buildings curator, said: 'We are hoping further investigation will prove that it is connected to Raleigh, which would be absolutely fantastic.'



Strictly Come Dancing fans OUTRAGED as this contestant exits

10/21/2018, 7:41:04 PM
STRICTLY Come Dancing fans were stunned to see who went home tonight. ✔ Vick had been favoured to do well in the competition by bookies, so her exit came as a surprise to viewers at home ✔ Craig added: I had a passion and energy that was obvious, but I think the technique suffered because of that ✔ However, viewers were not impressed, and called for them to be dumped from the show for being unprofessional



Celebs Go Dating star Callum Izzard rages about wingman Alik Alfus after he 'sabotages' double date by saying he's an ESCORT

10/21/2018, 4:36:40 PM
CELEBS Go Dating star Callum Izzard raged about pal Alik Alfus for “sabotaging” their double date by saying he’s an escort. In an exclusive clip from tonight’s show, the pai… ✔ He's meant to be helping me on this date, not trying to sabotage it ✔ The pair couldn't agree and kept saying it was the other one’s shout as the waiter looked on in awkward silence ✔ Speaking to the camera afterwards, Amy exclaimed: I can’t believe he’s asking me what I want to do! This is so awkward! Eventually the two agreed they would split the bill



Graziano Di Prima: Vick Hope’s Strictly partner brutally SLAMMED by James Jordan and Ola

10/21/2018, 4:58:06 PM
GRAZIANO DI PRIMA, a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing 2018, has been blasted by former stars James Jordan and his wife Ola Jordan for the “off time” Cha Cha with Vick Hope in last night’s show. ✔ The outspoken dancer vented his frustrations to his 235,000 Twitter followers but stated he felt Vick had the potential to be a good dancer ✔ Graziano and Vick performed the Cha Cha to More Than Friends by James Hype on last night’s show ✔ Strictly Come Dancing continues tonight on BBC One at 7.45pm



The list of surreal hypocrisies across America is endless

10/21/2018, 7:02:03 PM
Over the past several weeks, our nation’s cultural elites and mainstream media have lurched from one absurdity to another. Following each day’s news causes one to suspect you might be reading badly-written fiction as opposed to journalism that is accurate, real and true. ✔ Stormy Daniels, who has chosen the vice of selling herself for sex (and filming it), is praised as the paragon of virtue because she sued a man with whom she says she was paid to have sex ✔ Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, is the author of Not A Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth (Regnery 2017)



‘Friday Black’ Uses Fantasy and Blistering Satire to Skewer Racism and Consumer Culture

10/21/2018, 4:30:58 PM
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s debut story collection has been compared to works by literary masters like Isaac Babel, Ralph Ellison and Anton Chekhov. ✔ Some of his early stories were about working in retail, something he knew a fair bit about from the years he spent working at a clothing store in the Palisades mall and later at the Crossgates Mall outside Albany ✔ This Former Rodeo Star Thinks He Can Win it Back Mount Athos, a Male-Only Holy Retreat, Is Ruffled by Tourists and Russia Opinion: My Year as a Trump Ambassador



'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Camille Grammer marries David C. Meyer

10/21/2018, 4:31:36 PM
Camille Grammer, star of 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,' said "I do" on Saturday to boyfriend David C. Meyer during a Hawaiian getaway. ✔ Getty Images Fullscreen 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee got married in 1995 just 96 hours after their first date and got each other's names tattooed on their ring fingers instead of exchanging wedding bands ✔ George Kraychyk/Universal Pictures Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide



Opinion | An election that goes way beyond policy issues

10/21/2018, 4:20:14 PM
It's about the moral rot ✔ They added, As President, you continue to accept payments from the Saudi government: in 2017, a lobbying firm working for the Saudi government spent $270,000 at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C.; in 2018, the Trump International Hotel & Tower in New York City and in Chicago received ‘an influx of visitors from Saudi Arabia’ that mitigated significant losses and boosted quarterly revenues



I don't want to lose my home to climate change

10/21/2018, 4:24:54 PM
Luckily, it is still not too late to save island nations like my home, the Maldives. But we need to take action now. ✔ For some, this may mean moving to a place at a higher elevation within the same country ✔ The Listening Post Media and climate change: Why we need a total overhaul ABOUT THE AUTHOR Thilmeeza Hussain Thilmeeza Hussain is a former deputy ambassador of the Maldives to the UN and a 2018 Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow



In Barbara Kingsolver’s New Book, a Family Teeters on the Brink

10/21/2018, 4:30:59 PM
“Unsheltered,” a big, gripping, emotionally complex novel on the same scale as “The Poisonwood Bible,” explores what it means to have a safe place in the world. ✔ Or spiders! Later, Mary shows Thatcher how she raises tower-building spiders of the genus Tarantula ✔ This Former Rodeo Star Thinks He Can Win it Back This Is the Front Line of Saudi Arabia’s Invisible War Mount Athos, a Male-Only Holy Retreat, Is Ruffled by Tourists and Russia Opinion: My Year as a Trump Ambassador



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