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  • Trump stokes pre-election fear of immigrants to drive voters

    Trump escalates midterm immigration play with a week remaining in the midterm campaign

  • Cameroon defense minister warns foreigners against travel

    Cameroon's defense minister has called on all foreign nationals in the country's restive regions to be cautious after an American missionary died after being shot in the head amid fighting between armed separatists and soldiers the northwest

  • Rising prices, margins drive GM's third quarter

    General Motors swings to 3Q profit on higher car prices, truck sales

  • Indiana Senate candidates spar over abortion stances

    Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly is accusing his Republican rival Mike Braun of opposing abortion even in cases of rape, incest or medical emergency

  • Extreme political polarization weakens democracy – can the US avoid that fate?

    (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jennifer Lynn McCoy, Georgia State University(THE CONVERSATION) The midterm elections are approaching during one of the most polarized moments in recent American politics. A collaborative research project I led on polarized democracies around the world examines the processes by which societies divide into political “tribes” and democracy is harmed. Based on a study of 11 countries

  • Israel defends Trump amid synagogue shooting criticism

    Israel's envoy to the memorial ceremonies for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims says it's "unfair and wrong" to link the tragedy to President Donald Trump

  • Syrian group documents Russian attacks on civilians

    A Syrian-led human rights group says it has documented more than 1,400 incidents in which Russian forces indiscriminately targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure in the three years since Moscow intervened in the civil war

  • Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason plans US tour in 2019

    Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason says he's planning to tour North America next year and perform some classic Floyd songs, but don't expect "Comfortably Numb" or "Another Brick in the Wall."

  • How Sears helped make women, immigrants and people of color feel more like Americans

    (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Case Western Reserve University(THE CONVERSATION) Sears did more than pioneer the mail-order catalog over a century ago. The iconic retailer helped make America a more inclusive place at a time when Jim Crow was rampant and women couldn’t even vote. The news that Sears had filed for bankruptcy is a reminder of this history and the important role it played in

  • The lasting impact of Luther's Reformation: 4 essential reads

    (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kalpana Jain, The Conversation(THE CONVERSATION) It was over 500 years ago, on Oct. 31, 1517, that a German monk, Martin Luther, initiated a split in the Roman Catholic Church leading to the Protestant Reformation.In his “95 Theses,” nailed to Germany’s Castle Church in Wittenberg, Luther challenged the practice of selling papal indulgences that promised individuals absolution from

  • International election observers evaluating US midterm elections will face limitations

    (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Judith Kelley, Duke University(THE CONVERSATION) The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, is sending international election observers to the 2018 U.S. midterm election. American voters may be surprised to learn such visits are routine. In fact, this will be the seventh such visit since 2002.This year, with the ongoing Mueller probe about election meddling

  • Marijuana is on the ballot in four states, but legalization may soon stall, researchers say

    (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel J. Mallinson, Pennsylvania State University and Lee Hannah, Wright State University(THE CONVERSATION) The midterm elections could loosen marijuana restrictions in the United States, as four states put ballot initiatives on legalization to a vote.Voters in Utah and Missouri will choose whether patients should gain access to medical marijuana. In Michigan and North Dakota,

  • Thinking about borrowing against your home to send your kids to college? Think again

    (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jacob William Faber, New York University and Peter Rich, Cornell University(THE CONVERSATION) When the time comes to send their children off to college, many parents in the U.S. take out loans, draw from savings and earnings and – as some financial advisors recommend – borrow against their homes.In a study we published earlier this year, we found a hidden danger that parents face

  • Religion and refugees are deeply entwined in the US

    (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stephanie J. Nawyn, Michigan State University(THE CONVERSATION) Robert Bowers lashed out at what he believed to be a Jewish plot to bring more refugees and asylum seekers to the U.S. before allegedly murdering 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.Bowers’s claim that HIAS, a prominent Jewish humanitarian organization, was bringing migrants from Honduras, El Salvador

  • Ideologically motivated far-right extremists have killed close to 500 people since 1990 – and 10 percent were targeted based on religion

    (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jeff Gruenewald, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and William Parkin, Seattle University(THE CONVERSATION) The mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh exemplifies an increasingly deadly form of domestic terrorism committed by far-right extremists: the targeting of institutions and individuals due to their religious affiliation. Unfortunately, it’s

  • Kvitova, Pliskova to lead Czechs in Fed Cup final against US

    The Czech Republic will have its top-10 players, Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova, available for next weekend's Fed Cup final against the defending champion United States

  • Cello star Yo-Yo Ma to perform at WWI Armistice ceremonies

    Cello maestro Yo-Yo Ma will perform at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe as part of the ceremonies marking the centenary of the end of the World War I next month in Paris

  • Fire in Tokyo area crowded with Halloween goers; no injuries

    A fire broke out in a building in downtown Tokyo in an area crowded with Halloween celebrants, paralyzing traffic, but no one was reported injured

  • Sweden says it could host Yemen's warring sides for talks

    Sweden could host Yemen's warring parties for talks after UN special envoy failed to bring the sides together

  • Eurozone inflation near 6-year high as oil prices spikes

    Official figures show that inflation across the 19-country eurozone has risen to its highest level in nearly six years, largely on the back of higher energy prices

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