Firefighter dies as truck overturns in Spanish floods
10/21/2018, 9:39:43 PMFirefighter and father-of-two Jose Gil disappeared when the truck he was travelling in with two others overturned in Malaga ✔ A destroyed firefighter truck on a road where a firefighter died (Image: AFP/Getty Images) Cars covered with mud are pictured on a flooded street (Image: AFP/Getty Images) People cleaning a flooded street (Image: AFP/Getty Images) Read More UK weather forecast: Brits face 'white Halloween' amid warning of heavy snow before end of October In the town of Campillos, cars were borne along the streets by the water and left in wrecked piles after the flood subsided
Hurricane Willa becomes Category 3 storm off Pacific coast of Mexico
10/21/2018, 9:27:15 PMNational Hurricane Center said Willa has become a major hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph; it's expected to make landfall Tuesday in central Mexico ✔ A hurricane watch was posted for a stretch of shore between San Blas and Mazatlan ✔ The National Hurricane Center's projection of Hurricane Willa's path as of 5 p.m. ET on Sun., Oct. 21, 2018 ✔ The NHC said it could produce 3 to 6 inches of rain near the coast
Beto O’Rourke says calling Ted Cruz ‘Lyin’ Ted’ ‘was not best phrase to use’ as Texas Senate race heats up
10/21/2018, 8:42:30 PMUpstart Democrat raises millions more for Texas Senate race than Ted Cruz ✔ The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years made landfall on September 4, the country's weather agency said, bringing violent winds and heavy rainfall that prompted evacuation warnings AFP/Getty 49/50 3 September 2018 Myanmar journalist Kyaw Soe Oo is escorted by police after being sentenced by a court to jail in Yangon
30 Injured After Floor Collapses During Clemson Fraternity's Homecoming Party
10/21/2018, 9:58:39 PMDisaster struck during a party at an apartment clubhouse on Saturday night, when a floor collapsed under dozens of partygoers ✔ We’re just thankful that it was not any worse than it was, Clemson Police Chief Jimmy Dixon told CNN affiliate WYFF, adding that no partygoers had been trapped after the floor collapsed ✔ We have asked our faculty to exercise some flexibility in attendance policies for those students who were involved in this traumatic event
Andrew Gillum and Ron DeSantis to Face Off in Florida Governor Debate. Here’s What to Watch.
10/21/2018, 11:04:50 PMThe debate, which will air on CNN, is the first in Florida’s nationally watched race for governor. ✔ Sign up via push alert Watch for Twitter sparring to take center stage Aides to Mr. DeSantis and Mr. Gillum consider Sunday’s debate an opportunity for the candidates to show off their hard edges in front of a national audience ✔ Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider
Beloved in Boston, Roberts returns for World Series with LA
10/21/2018, 9:19:02 PMBOSTON (AP) — In the souvenir store across from Fenway Park, it will set you back $100 for a framed, autographed photo of "The Steal," Dave Roberts' stolen base in the 2004 AL Championship Series that kick-started the Red Sox comeback against the New York Yankees and ended Boston's 86-year title drought. "We used to have a big panorama of it," the clerk, Nick Fosman, said, "but we sold out of them a while ago." Other mementos from that drought-busting championship may fade, but the intervening years have done little to dim Roberts' legacy in Boston since he helped the Red Sox rally from a three-games-to-none deficit against the rival Yankees en route to their first World Series crown since 1918.
More time needed for confidence to return on Fukushima produce: Lam
10/21/2018, 9:56:23 PMMore time is needed for Hong Kong to lift its ban on food imports from Japan's Fukushima Prefecture imposed in the wake of the 2011 nuclear disaster there as public confidence remains low, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said. In an interview with Japanese media ahead of her first official… ✔ China, which restricted the import of foods and feedstuff produced in 10 of Japan's 47 prefectures over radiation worries, has informed Japan of its intention to relax the ban through diplomatic channels, it was reported, according to the sources ✔ She is slated to meet with Japanese officials over issues covering government business, trade and investment, education, technology science, tourism and women's affairs
Look after the soil, save the Earth: farming in Australia's unrelenting climate
10/21/2018, 8:28:04 PMFormer governor general Michael Jeffery says soil health and regenerative farming is essential for security and carbon emissions ✔ Government drought envoy Barnaby Joyce and Scott Morrison at a drought-hit farm at Royalla near Canberra in September ✔ I was always interested in farming and nearly became a farmer, but I think about our 10 grandchildren, whose lives I’m concerned about in that sense, and their parents and all our children
Trauma experts report seeing people with mental problems in Hurricane Michael’s wake
10/21/2018, 11:55:41 PMSigns of trauma aren’t surprising to experts who have studied people after major storms. ✔ By Associated Press October 21 at 7:01 PM PANAMA CITY, Fla ✔ Irwin Redlener of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University observed widespread, long-lasting psychological effects after Katrina ✔ They’ve had no means of communication, no utilities
X Factor fans accuse Simon Cowell of ‘fixing’ show by ‘voting off best acts’ so HE can WIN
10/21/2018, 8:42:52 PMX Factor fans have accused Simon Cowell of fixing the show after he chose to save Janice Robinson over Armstrong Martins tonight. Viewers claimed he was “voting off the best acts” to make sure his … ✔ 5 Louis implored Simon to save Armstrong but he refused Louis was left absolutely furious with Simon’s decision ✔ When it came down to his vote, the former One Direction star pleaded with Simon to save Armstrong ✔ She told Dermot O'Leary: I just don’t understand! I am a loss for words
18 dead, 171 injured in Taiwan train derailment
10/21/2018, 11:55:56 PMAt least 18 people died and 171 injured as of 11:30 pm Sunday, after a passenger train derailed in Taiwan earlier in the afternoon, according to the island's railway authority. ✔ Passengers were killed and injured on Sunday when one of Taiwan's newer, faster trains derailed on a curve along a popular weekend route, officials said ✔ All eight cars of the express train derailed, with three of them overturned ✔ The cause of the derailment is still under investigation
Hurricane Michael left many in Panama City without power, water or Internet, putting many into survival mode
10/21/2018, 9:48:26 PMA week after the storm hit the Gulf Coast of Florida, most people have no access to cash, struggle to put their lives back together after widespread devastation. ✔ A waitress at a seafood restaurant served up beer and wine to customers in a city that’s been dry for several days ✔ Singleton, sifting like an archaeologist through the remains of her barber shop, suddenly plunged for a dusty object, settled its familiar grip back into her hand and raised it above her head in triumph
My lightbulb moment: Nutritionist Rosemary Ferguson
10/21/2018, 9:56:51 PMRosemary Ferguson, 43, studied to become a nutritionist after having children. Whilst working at her clinic on Harley Street she was inspired to start a delivery service to make following plans easier. ✔ But people would tell me: ‘I can’t do more than a week!’ They wanted their weekends free and didn’t want to cook ✔ It includes no eggs, dairy, alcohol, sugar, caffeine, wheat or deadly nightshades (such as tomatoes or white potatoes) ✔ Health kick: A trio of nutritious juices from Rosemary’s range (pictured) the5dayplan.co.uk
Rachel Riley Twitter: Countdown star gushes over unexpected host as shares stunning snap
10/21/2018, 11:37:04 PMCOUNTDOWN beauty Rachel Riley, who co-hosts the Channel 4 gameshow with Nick Hewer, showered one television presenter with compliments after they faced criticism online for supporting a second referendum. ✔ Meanwhile, Deborah sported a black coat, which she paired with a multi-coloured scarf and also wore her blonde mane in loose curls ✔ A fifth user commented: Two fabulous people with much more than the modicum of sense it takes to know that Brexit spells disaster for this country
Cry baby Chalmers, treacherous Jason Clare, stupid Wayne Swan: Rudd unloads on ex-colleagues
10/21/2018, 10:08:30 PM“The treasurer should always be one of your top order batsmen. At best, Wayne Swan would come to the crease in the low to middle order." ✔ Not only had Swan been treacherous, he’d also been a coward ✔ Mr Rudd said Mr Swan lacked the cerebral horsepower of the finance minister Lindsay Tanner and was missing in action during Labor's battle against the resources industry over the mining tax ✔ Loading The treasurer should always be one of your top order batsmen ✔ I would be proved right, although Bill didn’t really see it that way for a long, long time
Steph & Dom solve your sex, love & life troubles
10/21/2018, 9:29:37 PMAn anonymous reader asked TV's Steph and Dom Parker for advice on solving conflict between her new husband and her son. She claims to feel anxious whenever her son visits. ✔ We should be brave enough to challenge people, be they husband, child or in-law, when they make us unhappy ✔ Whatever’s at the bottom of this, the key thing is to talk about it ✔ Grasp the nettle and sort it out! Be prepared to push for the truth and respect it when it comes
Analysis | The Trailer: The 2020 Democrats are already battling for the black vote
10/21/2018, 10:19:04 PMIn this edition: The campaign for black voters begins, Nevada starts turning out, Joe Biden endorses a "big city wrapper," and Democrats rediscover the power of panic. ✔ It's polls like these that have given Republicans a relatively happy few weeks; there's not much evidence of what happened to Democrats in 2010, when even states and districts that had strongly backed Barack Obama soured on him ✔ seven days until the anniversary of the Comey letter ..
Trump's stance on caravan could increase illegal immigration
10/21/2018, 8:26:40 PMA Honduran caravan heads north to the United States, but the Trump administration's approach to immigration will only exacerbate the issue, writes Samantha Vinograd. ✔ MUST WATCH Trump to reporter: Don't be a baby 01:30 Samantha Vinograd is a CNN National Security Analyst ✔ Moon signed an intra-Korean railroad deal -- which would have real financial benefits for North Korea -- despite potentially violating US sanctions
Patients infected with HIV were paid to sign away their rights to sue
10/21/2018, 10:36:19 PMMore than 1,200 patients infected with HIV were forced to sign a contract with UK government officials promising to drop all legal action before being told they had contracted hepatitis C. ✔ ‘As the public inquiry proceeds, further disturbing revelations will no doubt come to light both regarding the original errors that were made and the efforts to cover it up over several decades.’ More than 7,500 patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis after being given contaminated blood by the NHS in the 1970s and 1980s Sharon Hodgson, Labour’s shadow health minister, said: ‘This is a horrifying and shameful series of events.’ One patient who was made to sign the contract said he was told by his solicitor that if he refused, none of the other patients would get their money
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