Toobin: There could be 2 other articles of impeachment - CNN

Toobin: There could be 2 other articles of impeachment  CNN

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House approves rules for impeachment process - CBS News

1. House approves rules for impeachment process  CBS News
2. The Adam Schiff Empowerment Act  Washington Examiner
3. Adam Schiff says impeachment process rules are "very much the same" as they were for Nixon and Clinton  CBS News
4. Judge Andrew Napolitano: Proof of Trump’s impeachable offenses plain to see  Fox News
5. Trump impeachment: House passes resolution on inquiry rules, public hearings  NBCNews.com
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Indiana teen pleads guilty to murdering cheerleader pregnant with their baby - CNN

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Riverside wildfire destroys homes, threatens animal shelter - fox5sandiego.com

1. Riverside wildfire destroys homes, threatens animal shelter  fox5sandiego.com
2. 300-Acre 46 Fire Prompts Mandatory Evacuations in Jurupa Valley; Containment at 5%  KTLA Los Angeles
3. This map shows the location of the 46 Fire burning in Jurupa Valley  Press-Enterprise
4. Maps: See Evacuation Traffic Near Wildfires Burning in Southern California  NBC Southern California
5. Brush Fire Prompts Mandatory Evacuations in Jurupa Valley  KTLA 5
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At least 73 dead in massive train fire in eastern Pakistan - The Washington Post

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Islamic State vows revenge against U.S. for Baghdadi killing

Islamic State confirmed on Thursday that its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a weekend raid by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria, and vowed revenge against the United States. The Iraqi rose from obscurity to lead the ultra-hardline group and declare himself "caliph" of all Muslims, holding sway over huge areas of Iraq and Syria from 2014-2017 before Islamic State's control disintegrated under U.S.-led attacks. The group confirmed his death in an audio tape posted online and said a successor, identified as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi, had been appointed.

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2 women have been criminally charged over their partners' suicides. Why do men escape the same blame?

Experts told Insider they could not recall a similar instance of a man being charged with manslaughter in connection with his partner's suicide.

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Graphic: Examining the weapons and tactics used by police and protesters in Hong Kong

As the showdown between police and protesters in Hong Kong has intensified, officers have used increasing force, deploying an arsenal of crowd-control weapons, including tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, sponge grenades and bean bag rounds. Protesters have also stepped up their actions, hurling petrol bombs, vandalizing mainland Chinese banks and businesses believed to be pro-Beijing, throwing bricks at police stations and battling officers in the streets, sometimes with metal bars. Reuters scrutinized hundreds of images of the protests, as well as dozens of police reports and video footage, and combined this research with reporting on the ground to document the weapons used by the police and protesters, and how the violence has increased from day to day.

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How The B-1 Lancer Went From A Nuclear Bomber To an ISIS Killer

Priorities and capabilities change with time.

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Putin faces Syria money crunch after U.S. keeps control of oil fields

Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing an unwelcome new financial challenge in Syria after the U.S. pullback enabled his ally Bashar Assad to reclaim the biggest chunk of territory in the country still outside his control.

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What Fiat Chrysler and PSA Peugeot Citroën Merger Will Mean for U.S. Car Buyers

Now that FCA and PSA confirm they're doing a 50/50 merger, we're more likely to see technology being shared than cars being added to the U.S. market.

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These Salvador Dali–Painted Tarot Cards Are as Spooky as You’d Imagine

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Trump impeachment: Official says she was repeatedly urged to oust Ukraine ambassador by Republican lobbyist

A US government official has reportedly told politicians leading the impeachment hearings against Donald Trump that she was urged by a Republican-linked lobbyist to remove the US ambassador to Ukraine from her post, as the president's allies launched a smear campaign against her.Catherine Croft, a Ukraine expert who worked at the US State Department, said she was repeatedly contacted by lobbyist Robert Livingston about ousting Marie Yovanovitch, according to prepared remarks obtained by NPR.

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Al-Baghdadi paid rival for protection but was betrayed by his own

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was able to hide out in an unlikely part of Syria, the base of a rival group, because he was paying protection money to its members, according to receipts for the payments recovered by researchers. But he was ultimately betrayed by a close confidant, leading to his death in a raid by U.S. Special Operations forces last weekend.

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Fire in California: Latest news on Easy Fire in Simi Valley, Getty Fire in Los Angeles, Kincade Fire and evacuations today — live updates - CBS News

Fire in California: Latest news on Easy Fire in Simi Valley, Getty Fire in Los Angeles, Kincade Fire and evacuations today — live updates  CBS NewsView full coverage on Google News

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'No further discussion': Talks halt between whistleblower lawyers and Schiff staff amid expectation he won't testify - Washington Examiner

1. 'No further discussion': Talks halt between whistleblower lawyers and Schiff staff amid expectation he won't testify  Washington Examiner
2. House approves rules for impeachment process  CBS News
3. 'Bigger problems': Republican lawmaker says Schiff should confirm name of whistleblower  Washington Examiner
4. Judge Andrew Napolitano: Proof of Trump’s impeachable offenses plain to see  Fox News
5. Adam Schiff denies impeachment rules are unfair  CBS Evening News
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At least 73 dead in massive train fire in eastern Pakistan - The Washington Post

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WeWork, Former CEO Adam Neumann Accused of Rampant Pregnancy and Gender Discrimination - Gizmodo

1. WeWork, Former CEO Adam Neumann Accused of Rampant Pregnancy and Gender Discrimination  Gizmodo
2. Ex-WeWork CEO accused of gender discrimination, smoking pot in front of pregnant staffer  CNBC
3. WeWork’s Ousted C.E.O. Adam Neumann Is Accused of Pregnancy Discrimination  The New York Times
4. Former chief of staff to WeWork founder claims discrimination  Financial Times
5. WeWork, former CEO Adam Neumann accused of pregnancy discrimination  Yahoo Finance
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Diablo 4 leak has good news for Diablo 2 fans - SlashGear

1. Diablo 4 leak has good news for Diablo 2 fans  SlashGear
2. Diablo 4 is one big throwback to Diablo 2, according to latest BlizzCon 2019 leak  GamesRadar
3. What to Expect from Blizzcon 2019: Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, Protests  IGN
4. Why It’s Important That Gamers Are Calling to #BoycottBlizzard  The New York Times
5. When Will Overwatch 2 Come Out?  The Game Haus
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Ellen DeGeneres Transforms into 'Cardi E' for Halloween - Entertainment Tonight

1. Ellen DeGeneres Transforms into 'Cardi E' for Halloween  Entertainment Tonight
2. Cardi B Meets Cardi E  TheEllenShow
3. FYI—Ellen Degeneres Just Won Halloween With This Cardi B Costume  Yahoo Lifestyle
4. Cardi B Teaches Ellen How To Twerk & Reveals She May Sign "Rhythm + Flow" Rappers  HotNewHipHop
5. Cardi B Teams Up With Ellen DeGeneres for a Halloween Twerk Session  E! NEWS
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FOX NEWS: Democrats trade barbs over paying for health care

Democrats trade barbs over paying for health care



Biden calls out Medicare-for-all plan; former CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder reacts.

FOX NEWS: Clinton-Obama emails sought by Sen. Ron Johnson amid Dems' impeachment inquiry

Clinton-Obama emails sought by Sen. Ron Johnson amid Dems' impeachment inquiry



Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson on Thursday formally sought "all email communications" between Hillary Clinton and former President Obama, saying the Justice Department was blocking their release -- even though they could shed light on whether the former secretary of state discussed sensitive matters on her unsecured personal email system while she was overseas.

FOX NEWS: Meadows: Impeachment vote 'empowers' Adam Schiff

Meadows: Impeachment vote 'empowers' Adam Schiff



House Oversight Committee member Mark Meadows reacts to House vote formalizing impeachment inquiry.

The Democrats' impeachment process has a credibility problem

Has the House impeachment inquiry hit a brick wall on credibility? Or have House Democrats decided to call Republicans' bluff?After weeks of refusing to hold a full floor vote to formally launch an impeachment inquiry, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) abruptly changed position this week. A Thursday vote will set out more clear parameters for the ongoing investigation without explicitly declaring an impeachment inquiry, but it's far from clear whether this changes anything appreciably -- or if there's anything to change with the current focus on Ukraine policy as the predicate for impeachment.The bill that emerged Tuesday afternoon appears to directly address some of the key criticisms of House Republicans, who grew so frustrated with the closed hearings that they staged an intervention of sorts last week, breaching the Secure Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) in which the depositions were being taken under the control of House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff. That set off worries among Democrats that further such demonstrations could obstruct and drag out the impeachment process into next year and into the election cycle, something Pelosi would like to avoid.Democrats' claims that the demonstrations were a GOP stunt had some basis in fact. Some of the Republicans who participated actually did have access to the hearings as members of three committees participating in the testimony. Contrary to some claims made at the time, Republican committee members had the opportunity to ask questions of the witnesses during the deposition and were very engaged in that process.Still, other Republican complaints had started to take their toll. Republicans wanted Democrats to hold a full House vote to openly authorize an impeachment inquiry, rather than use committees to conduct an ad hoc investigation while House Democratic leadership publicly acknowledged that impeachment was the goal. They also wanted open hearings with the witnesses being subpoenaed, which Democrats refused to grant in order to keep witnesses from knowing preceding testimony. Democrats pointed out that the House rules allowed for closed-session depositions and compared them to secret grand-jury proceedings, but Republicans countered that grand juries don't leak characterizations of the testimony at pressers, as Schiff and other Democrats had been doing all along.That has made the proceedings seem as though they're being conducted by a kangaroo court, which has allowed Trump to argue that the process is corrupt. The only way to gain traction for this process is to give it more credibility -- and to call the bluff of Republicans and Trump. Thus, Pelosi introduced a bill that will allow Republicans to call their own witnesses and to access all deposition materials, under the same rules used in the Bill Clinton impeachment process in 1998. The bill also establishes a mechanism for the full release of testimony, which Republicans have repeatedly demanded.This presents an immediate tactical risk for the White House. One of Pelosi's motives is to parry Trump's refusal to cooperate based on a lack of formal approval by the full House. A federal court ruled against Trump last week, but Trump can tie that question up for months on appeals, time that Pelosi perceives she does not have. A full House vote approving these rules not only means that Republicans no longer have due-process complaints (at least going forward), it signals to courts that the full House has indeed given tacit approval for an impeachment inquiry in providing a relatively fair structure for it.However, Pelosi is more worried about a different court: the court of public opinion. That perception that the impeachment process is unfair has hampered Democrats' ability to generate the kind of public support they need to take this to a full vote on impeachment without risking the gains Pelosi made in the 2018 midterms. National polling showing support for impeachment gaining momentum overall, but the response from the American public looks quite different on a state-by-state basis. A poll by The New York Times and Siena College last week showed that voters in six critical swing states with the closest margins in 2016 generally oppose impeachment, 43/53. Those numbers would suggest that continuing on this impeachment process might produce a Pyrrhic victory for Democrats in 2020, one that could produce a historic win for an already-impeached president for the first time ever.To fix that problem, and to force the Senate to take this more seriously, Pelosi has to revamp the process to provide at least the appearance of fairness. However, it's not likely to matter in the end. Impeachment is only the first step in the removal process, and in this case it's likely to be the last step Democrats can successfully take.The Republicans control the Senate, but their majority matters less than the fact that Democrats don't have a supermajority. If Democrats had uncovered a truly serious crime in this probe, that would likely convince at least 20 Senate Republicans to make Mike Pence president. The core problem is that Ukraine-Gate doesn't appear to involve an explicit statutory crime at all, but instead an alleged abuse of authority to gain political advantage over former Vice President Joe Biden. The House can decide what constitutes an impeachable offense, but the Senate decides whether it's even worthy of a full trial, let alone a removal.An impeachment without a removal will, in the end, look a lot like a political campaign no matter how much Pelosi improves the process. Voters will ask themselves why Democrats spent all year obsessed with impeachment under varying rationalizations and then chose the one issue on which they could almost guarantee no success in removal. Pelosi may win a tactical victory with this upcoming vote, but it's not going to solve the big strategic issue awaiting Democrats at the end of this process.Want more essential commentary and analysis like this delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for The Week's "Today's best articles" newsletter here.

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California Governor Accepted Donations from Utility Company He Now Excoriates for ‘Greed’

California governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom, has accepted large donations from Pacific Gas & Electric Co., a utility company he now excoriates for "greed" and "mismanagement."PG&E has faced widespread criticism for implementing blackouts for millions of customers to avoid sparking wildfires in the midst of California's dry and windy fall weather."I have a message for PG&E," Newsom wrote on Twitter on Friday. "Your years and years of greed. Years and years of mismanagement. Years and years of putting shareholders over people. Are OVER."Newsom and allies accepted $208,400 from the utility during his 2018 gubernatorial campaign, according to local affiliate ABC10. Of that total, $150,000 went to a political spending group called “Citizens Supporting Gavin Newsom for Governor 2018,” while the rest went to directly to Newsom's campaign.PG&E filed for bankruptcy in January 2019. Faulty PG&E electricity equipment has been blamed for sparking several wildfires in the past decade.California has consistently shut down proposals to clear dead trees from forests and to trim trees near power lines state wide, creating conditions for a rash of wildfire outbreaks in recent years.The Kincaid Fire currently burning in Sonoma County in the northern part of the state has forced the evacuation of roughly 200,000 people. The fire is twice the size of the city of San Fransisco.Newsom declared a state of emergency on Sunday in response to the Kincaid Fire and several other wildfires throughout the state. He again threatened PG&E in a statement on the situation."There is a plan to get out of this. This is not the new normal,” Newsom said on Sunday at an evacuation center in northern California. “This is not a 10-year process to deal with this. That will not be the case… [PG&E] will be held to account to do something radically different

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Prosecutors accuse ex-Trump adviser Flynn of trying to walk-back guilty plea

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn of making "an extraordinary reversal" to try to undo his sworn admission that he lied to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators about his contacts with Russia. Federal prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan for the opportunity to oppose a bid filed by Flynn's lawyers last week to have the case dismissed - even though Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 - because of alleged prosecutorial misconduct. The retired Army lieutenant general and former Trump campaign adviser has pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about his 2016 conversations with Sergey Kislyak, then-Russian ambassador to the United States.

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Biden's communion denial highlights faith-politics conflict

A Roman Catholic priest's denial of communion to Joe Biden in South Carolina on Sunday illustrates the fine line presidential candidates must walk as they talk about their faiths: balancing religious values with a campaign that asks them to choose a side in polarizing moral debates. The awkward moment for Biden came during a weekend campaign swing through South Carolina, a pivotal firewall in his hopes to claim the Democratic presidential nomination. The former vice president on Sunday visited St. Anthony Catholic Church in Florence, a midsize city in the state's largely rural northeast.

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Here's How America Will Stop Iran from Invading Saudi Arabia

The master plan.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren got behind the Facebook employees slamming Mark Zuckerberg for allowing lies in political ads

The two Democratic politicians tweeted their support for the Facebook workers who oppose the company's stance on lies in political ads.

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How to Eat Alone (and Like It)

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Georgia Plans to Purge 300,000 Names From Its Voter Rolls

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Stick to Sports? No Way. Deadspin Journalists Quit en Masse.

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Hundreds of U.S. Troops Leaving, and Also Arriving in, Syria

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Iraq Prime Minister Pressed to Quit as Protests Clog Streets

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FOX NEWS: Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle and more comedians weigh in, bluntly, on 'cancel culture'

Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle and more comedians weigh in, bluntly, on 'cancel culture'



Comedians are known for not holding back, and now, many are speaking out about "cancel culture."

FOX NEWS: Nicky Hilton talks Halloween costumes: ‘I am a mother of two little girls, I can’t do the risqué look anymore’

Nicky Hilton talks Halloween costumes: ‘I am a mother of two little girls, I can’t do the risqué look anymore’



Nicky Hilton Rothschild has retired from racy Halloween looks now that she’s a mom.

FOX NEWS: Country singer Kane Brown and wife Katelyn welcome first child together

Country singer Kane Brown and wife Katelyn welcome first child together



Kane Brown and Katelyn Jae are finally parents.

FOX NEWS: Kate Upton claps back at 'dumb misogynist comments' after speaking out about World Series controversy

Kate Upton claps back at 'dumb misogynist comments' after speaking out about World Series controversy



Kate Upton is giving online commenters a piece of her mind after she was criticized for commenting on a controversial call during Game 6 of the World Series between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals Tuesday night.

Ex-MLB star Josh Hamilton charged with assault of 14-year-old daughter

• Former AL MVP arrested on felony charge of injury to a child
• Hamilton, 38, turned himself Wednesday in Fort Worth, Texas

Former All-Star slugger Josh Hamilton has been charged with injury to a child after his 14-year-old daughter told his ex-wife that he’d struck her.

Hamilton, 38, turned himself Wednesday to the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas, and was released on $35,000 bond.

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McConnell: Impeachment Measure Denies Trump ‘Basic Rights’ - Snopes.com

1. McConnell: Impeachment Measure Denies Trump ‘Basic Rights’  Snopes.com
2. Mitch McConnell: Impeachment measure denies Trump 'basic rights'  AOL
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How can GOP senators serve as impeachment jurors when they're implicated in Trump's misdeeds? - Salon

1. How can GOP senators serve as impeachment jurors when they're implicated in Trump's misdeeds?  Salon
2. McConnell: Democrats would rather impeach Trump than fund our military  Fox News
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Creator of extreme haunted house with 40-page waiver responds to outrage: 'It's all entertainment' - USA TODAY

1. Creator of extreme haunted house with 40-page waiver responds to outrage: 'It's all entertainment'  USA TODAY
2. Petition to close 'extreme' haunted house gathers over 63K signatures: ‘It’s a torture chamber under disguise’  Fox News
3. Petition calls for closure of 'extreme haunted' house in Tennessee, Alabama  KHQ Right Now
4. Haunted Houses  WDEF News 12
5. Thousands sign petition to shut down controversial haunted house: 'A torture chamber under disguise'  Yahoo News
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Dog survives being hit by car, getting stuck in grill for 45-minute ride - KCRA Sacramento

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FOX NEWS: Former Juul executive claims company sold tainted products

Former Juul executive claims company sold tainted products



Lawsuit alleges that the company knowingly shipped 1 million tainted pods to customers and retailers; FBN's Deirdre Bolton reports.

Trump judicial nominee breaks down during Senate hearing

Lawrence VanDyke broke down when asked whether he was biased against LGBT people.

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Comedian Kevin Hart shares emotional video after crash

The US comedian shared the video of his recovery after a severe car accident in September.

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Why Are There So Many Fires In California?

A perfect storm of conditions have created an environment ripe for fire.

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UPDATE 7-PM Hariri resigns as Lebanon crisis turns violent

Saad al-Hariri resigned as Lebanon's prime minister on Tuesday, declaring he had hit a "dead end" in trying to resolve a crisis unleashed by huge protests against the ruling elite and plunging the country deeper into turmoil. Hariri addressed the nation after a mob loyal to the Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah and Amal movements attacked and destroyed a protest camp set up by anti-government demonstrators in Beirut.

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Trump says al-Baghdadi died 'screaming and crying.' U.S. officials aren't sure how he knows that.

Gen. Mark A. Milley, who watched the raid with Trump in the Situation Room, told reporters at the Pentagon that he doesn't know "what the source of that was."

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Argentina’s Alberto Fernandez Has Olive Branch Coffee Meeting With Macri

(Bloomberg) -- Alberto Fernandez doesn’t take over as Argentine president until Dec. 10, but how he interacts with outgoing leader Mauricio Macri in the meantime is key to an economy in turmoil. On Monday at least the two men were talking.Fernandez arrived at the presidential palace in downtown Buenos Aires without any staff, save for a spokesman. Television networks showed pictures of the men, both in suits, shaking hands before sitting in armchairs facing each other. They met for about an hour over coffee.Later on Fernandez smiled and waved as he entered a car to leave, but he did not comment.Even that is a start for what could be a tricky transition period from a market-friendly leader who tried to enact fiscal discipline, to a left-leaning populist who has promised to increase spending for a public tired of the high cost of living and lack of strong public services.Fernandez told Macri during the meeting that he will provide details of a team to work with the Macri administration through Dec. 10, a person familiar with their discussion said. Fernandez didn’t mention anyone specific and he did not hand over a list of names, the person said. Fernandez’s adviser Santiago Cafiero will coordinate the transition team, they added.Argentine Bonds Fall After Fernandez Wins Presidential VoteMacri has been grappling with a contracting economy, high inflation, a sliding currency and a tricky debt negotiation with the International Monetary Fund. The economy could be in even worse shape by the time Fernandez takes office, so statements of intent to work together in the interim could reassure markets, investors and the public alike.A surprisingly strong win by Fernandez in a primary vote in August spooked markets, with the currency slide that followed forcing Macri to enact capital controls. In the early hours of Monday after Macri conceded the election, Fernandez was giving little away.“Hopefully those who were our opponents during these four years are conscious of what they’re leaving behind and help us rebuild the country from the ashes,” he told supporters at his campaign bunker.Fernandez Wins in Argentina as Voters Rebuff Macri’s AusterityAnalysts argue Fernandez may need to moderate his rhetoric after Macri’s coalition fared better than expected in congressional races, setting the stage for potential gridlock.“That implies greater limitations for Alberto Fernandez’s future government,” said Camila Perochena, a political science professor at University of Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. “The need to reach consensus with the opposition is becoming more evident.”Investors are waiting for Fernandez to unveil his economic team and further clues to his policy direction. His team ranges from traditional economists to unorthodox policy makers. It’s unclear how Fernandez will renegotiate Argentina’s $56 billion credit line with the IMF, a deal that’s currently suspended due to policy uncertainty.“Alberto Fernandez will have little time to find the formula for an economic turnaround,” said Nicolas Solari, director of polling firm Real Time Data. “The coalition he’s bringing to the presidency is just as broad as it is unstable.”For his part, Macri’s government moved quickly overnight to limit the market fallout from his loss, significantly tightening capital controls to stabilize the peso. Argentines can only buy $200 in greenbacks per month, sharply down from the previous ceiling put in place Sept. 1 of $10,000. Before then, dollar purchases were unlimited.Argentina’s Election and Currency Controls: All You Need to KnowThe Argentine peso gained 0.8% on Monday after the controls. Bonds declined, with spreads between U.S. Treasury notes widening 98 basis points to the highest in nearly two months. Stocks also declined with a benchmark U.S.-listed ETF falling 2.4%. A key question will be how Fernandez interacts with his powerful deputy, former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. She was president from 2007 to 2015 and handed Macri an economy damaged by years of Peronism -- an anti-elite political movement that traditionally favors workers over business owners.Some noted Fernandez’s left-leaning remarks in his victory speech, in particular expressing support for former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, who is in jail. He also plans to travel soon to Mexico to meet its left-wing president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.“We’ll have to see the tone of Fernandez’s administration to find consensus,” said Juan Germano, director of Argentina polling firm Isonomia. “The last four years showed there was no consensus between Kirchner’s and Macri’s parties, but with this election result, both sides have more incentives to reach consensus.”(Adds stocks trading in 14th paragraph. A previous version of the story corrected the exchange rate.)To contact the reporters on this story: Patrick Gillespie in Buenos Aires at pgillespie29@bloomberg.net;Jorgelina do Rosario in Buenos Aires at jdorosario@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Juan Pablo Spinetto at jspinetto@bloomberg.net, Rosalind MathiesonFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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English tourists seriously injured in Australia shark attack

An English tourist had his foot bitten off by a shark while another was bitten during the attack in the Whitsunday Islands near Australia's Great Barrier Reef on Tuesday, officials said. In the latest in a string of shark attacks in the tourist area, a 28-year-old man's right foot was bitten off while a 22-year-old man suffered serious lacerations to his lower left leg, according to Mackay Base Hospital. The pair were in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital after being airlifted from the resort town of Airlie Beach, an official told AFP.

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Is Trump trying to unleash the Border Patrol on all of America?

Two in three Americans live in the "border zone," a 100-mile stretch inland where some constitutional due process and privacy protections are functionally canceled in the name of border security. The zone includes entire states -- Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, nearly all of New England, and all but a tiny sliver of Michigan -- as well as about three in four of our 20 largest metro areas. Is the Trump administration trying to make it bigger?The prospect seems obviously attractive to immigration hawks like White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, known to be the president's chief influence on border policy. Yet the possible suggestion of interest in expanding the border zone comes not from Miller but acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Mark Morgan, who joined President Trump on stage at a law enforcement conference in Chicago this week."We will be building 450 miles of big, beautiful wall by the end of 2020," Morgan said, implausibly. "With every mile of wall that's being built, I promise you, it's not just the cities and towns on the border. I always say: Every town, every city, every state is a border town, a border city, and border state."Is that just a figure of speech? Because it's blatantly untrue -- unless the border zone goes national.My suspicion here may seem unfounded, and I hope it is. But I think there are two good reasons to be wary.The first is the nature of the border zone, which too few Americans realize exists. The Fourth Amendment protects our right "to be secure in [our] persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures" and requires specific probable cause before search warrants are issued. But at the border, CBP agents are allowed to conduct searches of bags and vehicles without meeting those requirements. And in 1953, the Justice Department issued a regulation saying these relaxed rules apply within a "reasonable distance" from the actual border, a term the DOJ defined as 100 miles.The 100-mile decision was made by unelected administrators. It wasn't open to public input, nor was it determined by our representatives in Congress. Nevertheless, the Supreme Court upheld the rule in 1976 in U.S. v Martinez-Fuerte, where the 7-2 majority wrote that usually law enforcement must have "individualized suspicion" to breach someone's privacy, but as long as the Border Patrol checkpoints are "reasonably located" (i.e. within the 100-mile range), agents can stop, search, and question motorists without any particular cause.As the minority opinion noted, there's "no principle in the jurisprudence of fundamental rights which permits constitutional limitations to be dispensed with merely because they cannot be conveniently satisfied." The fact that CBP agents typically won't be able to establish probable cause by looking at a moving vehicle should not mean they get to ignore the Constitution. That's not how rights work, and this "papers, please" style of law enforcement is fundamentally un-American.Yet even if you agree with the theory of the 100-mile rule, the practice is a disaster and sees CBP authority expanded well past what Martinez-Fuerte permitted. As Cato Institute scholar and former CIA analyst Patrick Eddington has detailed, CBP agents "elect to ignore the court's admonition in the Martinez-Fuerte ruling that 'any further detention ... must be based on consent or probable cause.'" They've "used violence to remove motorists from their vehicles when they decline to answer questions after asserting their rights;" expanded their searches to planes, buses, and trains; and used the checkpoints in service to the wars on drugs and terror. (No terrorists have ever been arrested this way.)The upshot, as the ACLU has reported in its extensive coverage of the border zone, is CBP "agents are stopping, interrogating, and searching Americans on an everyday basis with absolutely no suspicion of wrongdoing, and often in ways that our Constitution does not permit." And in the years since the 100-mile rule was created, Border Patrol agents have grown from a force of 1,100 to around 21,000, with an estimated 170 permanent "interior checkpoints." What may have been relatively innocuous at the start is now a major problem.That brings us to the second reason to be worried by Morgan's remark: The border zone as it exists today was implemented with remarkably little pushback. The Border Zone Reasonableness Restoration Act of 2019 would reduce the zone to 25 miles, but that would still include most major cities in the current designation -- and it has no legislative traction anyway.If neither Congress nor the Supreme Court objects to this status quo, why would we expect them to object to extending the border zone to include the final third of the population? If it's fine to have CBP infringing around 200 million people's Fourth Amendment rights, what's another 100 million?It's not true that every town, every city, every state is a border town, a border city, and border state. The unchallenged corruption of the border zone gives us good cause to be leery of any talk that suggests they are.

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Fire conditions near LA prompt the National Weather Service to issue its first-ever extreme red flag warning - CNN

1. Fire conditions near LA prompt the National Weather Service to issue its first-ever extreme red flag warning  CNN
2. AP NewsAlert  KBJR 6
3. California fires: unprecedented extreme red flag warning issued for Los Angeles area – live  The Guardian
4. Getty fire: 'Extreme' warning issued ahead of strong Santa Ana winds  Los Angeles Times
5. Southern California Edison says its lines likely 'associated' with Woolsey fire  Los Angeles Times
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Smoke From Kincade Fire Blankets Bay Area With Unhealthy Haze - KPIX CBS SF Bay Area

1. Smoke From Kincade Fire Blankets Bay Area With Unhealthy Haze  KPIX CBS SF Bay Area
2. Getty and Kincade fires pollute air from LA to Bay Area  Los Angeles Times
3. California Air Quality: Should You Wear a Face Mask for Wildfire Smoke?  The New York Times
4. Map shows how bad the air quality is across the Bay Area  SFGate
5. Smoke forecast: Mostly clear today, sooty air returns later in the week  SFGate
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Teal Pumpkins: Safe Trick-Or-Treating For Kids With Food Allergies : The Salt - NPR

1. Teal Pumpkins: Safe Trick-Or-Treating For Kids With Food Allergies : The Salt  NPR
2. Share your worst Halloween pumpkin carvings | Food  The Guardian
3. Halloween pumpkin ideas: How to carve a pumpkin - easy ideas for a spooky Halloween  Express
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Federal judge blocks Alabama abortion ban - AL.com

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Woman Who Oversaw Robberies Targeting Asians and Indians Gets 37 Years in Prison

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72 British Lawmakers Condemn ‘Colonial’ Coverage of Meghan

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House Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide

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Despair for Many and Silver Linings for Some in California Wildfires

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Can the Nationals and Astros Turn This World Series Into a Classic?

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72 British Lawmakers Condemn ‘Colonial’ Coverage of Meghan

Dozens of women in Britain’s Parliament from across the political spectrum expressed solidarity with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.

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House Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide

It is the first time that a chamber of Congress has officially designated the 1915 slaughter of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians as a genocide.

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Michelle Obama on white flight: 'Y'all were running from us'

The former US first lady says race and lack of understanding of migrants still divides the US and world.

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White House: Dem resolution shows impeachment is 'illegitimate sham' | TheHill - The Hill

1. White House: Dem resolution shows impeachment is 'illegitimate sham' | TheHill  The Hill
2. Newt Gingrich: Pelosi announces Trump impeachment inquiry vote – Here's what I am on the lookout for now  Fox News
3. Schumer: 'Increasingly worried' Trump will shut down government over impeachment | TheHill  The Hill
4. Making impeachment inquiry official undoes a Trump talking point  Los Angeles Times
5. GOP Reps who oppose impeachment proceedings will fail in their duties  Washington Examiner
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House committee unveils impeachment resolution text - CNN

1. House committee unveils impeachment resolution text  CNN
2. 'Extremely disturbing': Top Democrats alarmed over Vindman's testimony on Trump-Ukraine call  NBC News
3. The latest on the Trump impeachment inquiry: Live updates  CNN International
4. Trump Takes His Insults to a New Low  Bloomberg
5. Andrew McCarthy: On impeachment inquiry, Trump and defenders should stop pursuing THIS losing strategy  Fox News
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Map: Getty Fire perimeter, evacuations in Los Angeles - The Mercury News

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Want to get angry? Watch this House Republican fail to answer a simple question about Ukraine. - CNN

1. Want to get angry? Watch this House Republican fail to answer a simple question about Ukraine.  CNN
2. 'Thanks for doing the best you could': GOP lawmaker tells CNN reporter to 'interview himself' after heated questioning  Washington Examiner
3. ‘It feels like a horror movie’: Republicans feel anxious and adrift defending Trump  The Washington Post
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Wildfire in Los Angeles Threatens to Burn the Iconic Getty Center - Bloomberg TicToc

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IS leader's death ushers in new phase for the group

One of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's last audio messages was an appeal for his followers to do everything in their power to free Islamic State detainees and the women being held in jails and camps in northeastern Syria. With news of the extremist group's leader's death, Kurdish security forces worried about the possibility of attacks or rioting have been tightening security at these facilities, which hold more than 80,000 members and supporters of the militant group, including women and children. Fear of chaos already was running high over the fate of those detained after this month's Turkish military invasion of northeastern Syria, which ushered in major troop changes in the area about two weeks after al-Baghdadi's message.

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Judge to allow portion of Nick Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post to continue

A federal judge is allowing a portion of Covington Catholic student Nathan Sandmann's lawsuit against the Washington Post to continue.

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South Korea Is Still Having Big Problems With Corruption

A bad day for the Moon administration.

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Democratic Rep. Katie Hill resigns amid ethics probe

Freshman Rep. Katie Hill, a rising Democratic star in the House, announced her resignation Sunday amid an ethics probe, saying explicit private photos of her with a campaign staffer had been "weaponized" by her abusive husband and political operatives. The House ethics committee also launched an investigation into whether Hill had an inappropriate relationship with an aide in her congressional office. Hill has denied that.

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US diplomat reportedly said there was a 'quid pro quo' between Donald Trump and Ukraine

A diplomat at the centre of the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry did say there was a "quid pro quo" between the US president and Ukraine, according to his lawyer. Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, gave evidence earlier this month to congressional committees. His lawyer Robert Luskin, told the Wall Street Journal his client had been asked if there was a quid pro quo. He said Mr Sondland had given a caveat that he was not a lawyer, but that he believed the answer was yes. Mr Sondland was said to have been referring to a meeting between Mr Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, that would happen only if Ukraine agreed to investigate allegations of corruption against Joe Biden, one of Mr Trump's chief political rivals. Democrats in Congress are carrying out an impeachment inquiry after a whistleblower came forward detailing a phone call on July 25 between Mr Trump and Mr Zelensky. In text messages that emerged during the inquiry Mr Sondland had earlier said he did not believe there was a quid pro quo. He sent a text message in September saying: "The president has been crystal clear no quid pro quo's (sic) of any kind." The latest development came as John Kelly, Mr Trump's former chief of staff, said he had warned the president he would be impeached. Mr Kelly, who resigned nearly a year ago, said: "It pains me to see what's going on because I believe if I was still there or someone like me was there, he would not be kind of, all over the place. "I said whatever you do, don't hire a 'yes man,' someone who won't tell you the truth - don't do that. Because if you do, I believe you will be impeached." Mr Trump lambasted his former chief of staff. He said: "John Kelly never said that, he never said anything like that. If he would have said that, I would have thrown him out of the office. He just wants to come back into the action like everybody else does." Stephanie Grisham, Mr Trump's spokeswoman, said: "I worked with John Kelly, and he was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President." The House of Representatives is expected to vote on articles of impeachment against Mr Trump by Christmas, with a trial to follow in the Senate to determine whether he should be removed from office.

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Democratic Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation amid allegations of relationship with staff member

Democratic California Rep. Katie Hill, faced with allegations she had a sexual relationship with a staff member, announced her resignation on Sunday.

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Vietnam collects DNA samples from relatives of UK missing

Vietnamese officials collected DNA samples on Sunday from relatives of those feared among 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain, a security source and a family member told AFP, as villagers held emotional prayers for the victims. The 31 men and eight women found dead were initially identified as Chinese, but several Vietnamese families have come forward saying they believe their relatives are among the dead. The grim case has cast light on the extreme dangers facing illegal migrants seeking better lives in Europe.

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U.S. Spies Say Turkish-Backed Militias Are Killing Civilians As They Clear Kurdish Areas in Syria

Officials fears the groups could be using American-made weapons to conduct potential war crimes

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Northern California double-whammy: Amid blackouts, massive fire forces nearly 200,000 to flee homes

Nearly 200,000 people in Northern California are under mandatory evacuation orders as the wind whips up, making the Kincade Fire even more dangerous.

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Feds: Brothers with alleged Hezbollah ties are 'dangerous'

Federal prosecutors say two brothers charged with conspiring to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon are "dangerous" and should remain in custody while they await trial, according to a court document filed Monday. Usama and Issam Hamade are charged with conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws. Usama Hamade is also charged with smuggling.

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U.S. military envisions broad defense of Syrian oilfields

The United States will repel any attempt to take Syria's oil fields away from U.S.-backed Syrian militia with "overwhelming force," whether the opponent is Islamic State or even forces backed by Russia or Syria, the Pentagon said on Monday. The U.S. military announced last week it was reinforcing its position in Syria with additional assets, including mechanized forces, to prevent oilfields from being taken over by remnants of the Islamic State militant group or others. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper offered some of his most detailed remarks to date about the mission at a news briefing on Monday.

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