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'I don’t believe it' Bernie Sanders downplays hopes of Democrat LANDSLIDE in US elections

10/23/2018, 2:55:13 AM
BERNIE SANDERS, the independent Senator from Vermont, has called into question the growing hopes of a landslide victory for the Democrats in the upcoming crunch 2018 midterm elections in November. ✔ Recent polls suggest the Democrats have an 86 percent chance of winning 40 new seats ✔ If the Democrats retake the House, they will also be able to select the next Speaker of the House, the second person in the line of succession if the President is forced to step down



Luke Bryan's Mother Makes an Emotional Return to Her Florida Home Destroyed in Hurricane Michael

10/23/2018, 12:49:14 AM
Luke Bryan's mother LeClaire Bryan was photographed breaking down after finding her Mexico Beach home in Florida was destroyed in Hurricane Michael ✔ On the day Hurricane Michael hit land, Luke asked his followers on Twitter to keep his family and the residents of Florida in their prayers ✔ Luke did not respond to PEOPLE’s request to comment further ✔ The death toll has now risen to 36, according to the Weather Channel as of this past weekend



'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Willa aims for Mexico's west

10/23/2018, 2:49:25 AM
A potentially catastrophic Hurricane Willa swept toward Mexico's Pacific coast with winds of 150 mph Monday, threatening a stretch of high-rise resort hotels, surfing beaches and fishing villages. ✔ A potentially catastrophic Hurricane Willa swept toward Mexico's Pacific coast with winds of 150 mph Monday, threatening a stretch of high-rise resort hotels, surfing beaches and fishing villages ✔ Enrique Moreno, mayor of Escuinapa, a municipality of about 60,000 people on Willa's track, said officials were trying to evacuate everybody in the seaside village of Teacapan



'The price fall we had to have': Sydney houses dropping $1000 in value a week

10/23/2018, 12:21:57 AM
A fall in property prices was inevitable and is stunting Australia's economic growth, says Deloitte. ✔ And, with inflation gradually on the rise, that mix should see the recovery in wages continue, albeit at snail’s pace ✔ And there may be more interest rate rises in store independently of anything by the Reserve Bank ✔ Read it here or follow BusinessInsider Australia on Facebook



Taiwan driver granted bail after 18 killed in train crash

10/23/2018, 2:58:01 AM
YILAN, Taiwan--The driver of a train that derailed in Taiwan killing 18 people and injuring 187, was ✔ The train data recorder, which tracks speed among other things, had been sent to prosecutors to be examined ✔ The head of the state railway administration, Lu Jie-shen, had offered to resign but that was not accepted by the transport minister, the railway authority said



Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill That Has Lasted 14 Years Will Soon Be the Worst in History

10/23/2018, 2:43:57 AM
The oil spill has leaked millions of gallons, and many of the wells remain uncapped ✔ Taylor Energy reported the spill to the Coast Guard, which monitored the site for more than half a decade without making the public fully aware of the mess it was seeing, the Post , citing a lawsuit between the company and its insurer, reported ✔ As the  Post noted, the administration wants to expand drilling in areas along the Atlantic coast, where hurricanes hit far more often than the Gulf and they may only become more frequent due to warming temperatures and waters



Opinion | The Republican tax cut is a big, fat failure

10/23/2018, 12:09:26 AM
President Trump is promising a tax cut for middle-income people — wait, wasn’t the first tax cut for them too? ✔ By Catherine Rampell Catherine Rampell Columnist covering economics, public policy, politics and culture Email Bio Follow Columnist October 22 at 7:51 PM The Republican tax cut is a big, fat failure ✔ They’re going to have to start doing a better job or we’re not going to be paying them



Chinese President Xi Jinping opens world's longest sea-crossing bridge

10/23/2018, 2:55:24 AM
Chinese President Xi Jinping officially opened the world's longest sea-crossing bridge Tuesday at a ceremony in the southern city of Zhuhai. ✔ Photos: Spectacular bridges around the world Sölvesborg Bridge by Ljusarkitektur, 2013 (Sölvesborg, Sweden) – In a rare twist, the Sölvesborg Bridge -- Europe's longest pedestrian bridge at 2480 feet -- was specially enhanced by a lighting design firm rather than an architect



Authorities seek answers after train derails in Taiwan

10/23/2018, 12:14:09 AM
Two women from Chinese mainland hurt; passengers felt intense shaking on trip. ✔ The mainland has paid close attention to the accident, according to officials from the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits ✔ And in 2003, a train derailed near a mountain resort, killing 17 people



Trump and G.O.P. Candidates Brandish Race and Immigration to Sway Close Election

10/23/2018, 12:35:28 AM
The president’s unsubstantiated charge that “unknown Middle Easterners” were part of the migrant caravan was an escalation of his efforts to stoke fears ahead of the Nov. 6 vote. ✔ We fully expected the president to place a big bet on an anti-immigrant message as we got closer and closer to the midterms, Mr. Noorani said ✔ Sign up for The Campaign Reporter Hey, I’m Alex Burns, a politics correspondent for The Times ✔ When they come back in the spring, their house would be occupied



Haemophiliacs were called in groups to be told about HIV infections

10/23/2018, 1:06:08 AM
Almost all the dozens of photographs Adrian, 47, has catalogued from his youth show the faces of schoolfriends who have died, most before they were 30 years old. ✔ As he flicks from one faded photograph to the next, Adrian Goodyear’s journey back to his schooldays is laced with a familiar poignancy ✔ But there are none of the usual ‘whatever happened to’ questions ✔ Three in Ade’s group had HIV, two didn’t but later discovered they had hepatitis C



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