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Deaths reported after helicopter carrying 4 hits radio tower in fiery Houston crash
Multiple people died as a helicopter struck a radio tower in Houston on Sunday night and sparked a large fire, authorities said.
Associated Press
Polio is rising in Pakistan ahead of a new vaccination campaign
Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan, where violence targeting health workers and the police protecting them has hampered years of efforts toward making the country polio-free. Since January, health officials have confirmed 39 new polio cases in Pakistan, compared to only six last year, said Anwarul Haq of the National Emergency Operation Center for Polio Eradication. “The whole purpose of these campaigns is to achieve the target of making Pakistan a polio-free state,” he said.
Politico
Indonesia's new Cabinet is 109 strong
“I want to create a strong government that would unite our multicultural society and diverse political interests,” President Prabowo Subianto said.
Associated Press
Texas man whose execution was halted by subpoena set to testify to lawmakers
A Texas man whose execution was halted after a last-ditch maneuver by lawmakers who believe Robert Roberson did not kill his 2-year-old daughter was expected to testify before a state House panel on Monday, four days after he had been scheduled to die by lethal injection. Roberson had been set to become the first person in the U.S. executed over a murder conviction connected to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. Once Roberson testifies to lawmakers, prosecutors could seek a new execution date at any time, according to Gretchen Sween, one of his attorneys.
AFP
In a first, France welcomes Russian army deserters
Six Russian soldiers who fled the fighting in Ukraine have found refuge in France and hope to receive asylum, in a landmark case of Russian deserters being welcomed in an EU country as a group.Since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, Western countries including France have welcomed thousands of anti-Kremlin Russians.
CNN
Defense Secretary Austin arrives in Ukraine amid Russian gains and imminent US election
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv early Monday morning, as the future of US aid to Ukraine hangs in the balance of the imminent US presidential election and as Russia continues to make small but steady gains on the battlefield.
CNN
Harris entered October with big cash edge over Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris’ political operation entered the final full month of the election with a substantial cash advantage over former President Donald Trump’s network, campaign reports filed Sunday night show.
Reuters
IMF, World Bank meetings clouded by wars, slow economic growth, US election
Global finance chiefs will gather in Washington this week amid intense uncertainty over wars in the Middle East and Europe, a flagging Chinese economy and worries that a coin-toss U.S. presidential election could ignite new trade battles and erode multilateral cooperation. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings are scheduled to draw more than 10,000 people from finance ministries, central banks and civil society groups to discuss efforts to boost patchy global growth, deal with debt distress and finance the green energy transition. But the elephant in the meeting rooms will be the potential for a Nov. 5 election victory by U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to upend the international economic system with massive new U.S. tariffs and borrowing and a shift away from climate cooperation.
Associated Press
Cubans struggle with an extended power outage and a new tropical storm
Many Cubans waited in anguish and some took to the streets in protest as widespread blackouts stretched into their third day. Oscar later weakened to a tropical storm but its effects were forecast to linger in the island through Monday.
Associated Press
How does abortion translate? Ballot measures are a challenge for interpreters
Reproductive rights measures are on the ballots in 10 states after heated debates over how to describe their impact on abortion — and that's just in English. In 388 places across the U.S. where English isn't the primary language among communities of voters, the federal Voting Rights Act requires that all elections information be made available in each community's native language. Such translations are meant to help non-native English speakers understand what they’re voting for.
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Should the minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide
Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. “For every good day, there's three bad days,” said Nichols, who has been in the service industry since she was a teenager. Voters in Arizona and Massachusetts will decide in November whether it's good policy to continue to let employers pass some of their labor costs to consumers.
Associated Press
Israel's war against militants is expensive. Paying the bill could force tough choices
On top of the grievous toll in human life and misery, Israel's war against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups has been expensive, and the painfully high financial costs are raising concerns about the long-term effect of the fighting on the country's economy. Military spending has ballooned, and growth has stalled, especially in dangerous border areas that were evacuated. Economists say the country could face declining investment and higher taxes as the war strains government budgets and forces tough choices between social programs and the military.
Associated Press
Some Jewish voters in presidential swing states reconsider their longtime devotion to Democrats
For Rona Kaufman, the signs are everywhere that more Jews feel abandoned by the Democratic Party and may vote for Republican Donald Trump. It's in the discomfort she observed during a question-and-answer at a recent Democratic Party campaign event in Pittsburgh. “The family that is my generation and older generations, I don’t think anybody is voting for Harris, and we’ve never voted Republican, ever," Kaufman, 49, said, referring to Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
CNN
At least 2 dead and hundreds rescued in severe New Mexico flash flooding
At least two people have died and hundreds have been rescued in Roswell, New Mexico, after extreme overnight rainfall brought severe flooding, stranding motorists and sweeping away cars.
Associated Press
Jury selection to begin for trial of man charged in NYC subway chokehold death
Jury selection was set to begin Monday in the criminal trial of the U.S. Marine Corps veteran charged with manslaughter for placing a man in a deadly chokehold on a New York City subway train last year. Daniel Penny, now 25, is accused of “recklessly causing the death” of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old former street performer who witnesses say was acting erratically on the train on May 1, 2023, when Penny moved to restrain him. Protesters took to the streets to demand that authorities arrest Penny — who is white; Neely was Black — while others rallied in support outside the courthouse once he was charged.
AFP
Storm Oscar hits eastern Cuba as island grapples with blackout
Tropical storm Oscar made landfall as a hurricane on Sunday evening in Cuba, where residents were preparing for more chaos and misery as the country grapples with a nearly nationwide power outage in its third day. Oscar was a Category 1 storm when it made landfall in eastern Cuba at 5:50 pm local time (2150 GMT) on Sunday, the US National Hurricane Center said, before it weakened to become a tropical storm.
Associated Press
Judge will hear arguments to block Louisiana's Ten Commandments display requirement in schools
A federal judge on Monday will hear arguments on whether he should temporarily block a new Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1. Opponents say the law is an unconstitutional violation of separation of church and state and that the display will isolate students, especially those who are not Christian. Louisiana, a reliably Republican state that is ensconced in the Bible Belt, is the only state with such a requirement.
Associated Press
Harris seeks to win over Republicans uneasy about Trump with visits to Midwestern suburbs
Democrat Kamala Harris is out to win over suburban voters uneasy about Republican Donald Trump as she touches down in three Midwestern battleground states on Monday to hold moderated conversations with Republican Liz Cheney. The vice president will make appearances in three suburban counties won by Republican Nikki Haley before she dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination: Chester County, Pennsylvania; Oakland County, Michigan; and Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Harris' travel companion, Cheney, is a former GOP congresswoman from Wyoming and a fierce critic of Trump.
Associated Press
Former Ohio officer to stand trial in 2020 shooting death of Black man
A white, former Ohio police officer is set to go on trial Monday in the killing of Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man who was shot as he emerged from a garage holding a cellphone nearly four years ago. Coy, who was fired after the Dec. 22, 2020, shooting, has pleaded not guilty to murder, reckless homicide and related offenses. Coy's attorney, Mark Collins, has said the officer thought he saw Hill with a silver revolver in his right hand.
Associated Press
In North Carolina, Trump and Harris navigate a hurricane and a rollercoaster governor's race
Renee Kyro already has voted for Republican nominee Donald Trump for the third consecutive presidential election. To the east, in heavily Democratic Winston-Salem, Dia Roberts described the fear that has her writing postcards urging voters to back Harris, the vice president and Democratic nominee. “Donald Trump is a narcissist, a liar, a wannabe dictator,” said Roberts, an independent who has voted for Democrats in the Trump era.

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