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At least 69 people were killed when a high-speed train struck a stopped train near Urda, in Spain's Toledo province, on Wednesday, October 28. Transport Minister Óscar Puente said the preliminary investigation points to an "inexplicable" order from the…
✔ Sources: ABC News, AP via The Korea Times, AP via OPB
Final results from Israel's October 27 election give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc 53 of the Knesset's 120 seats and Gadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc 48, both short of the 61 needed to govern. Arab-led parties won a record 19 seats; both main…
✔ Sources: Ynet News, Kurdistan24, Times of Israel
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a new proposal discussed with Qatari mediators could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days, down from a previous seven-day timeline, if the U.S. meets Iran's conditions. President Trump said talks were…
✔ Sources: Al Jazeera, Euronews, Times of Israel
Binance began reopening withdrawals in phases on Sunday, November 1, starting with bitcoin, ether and other major tokens, after about $6.3 billion in crypto was stolen beginning Thursday. Binance says it has covered about 95% of the stolen amount with…
✔ Sources: Reuters via Investing.com, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph
More than 43 million Americans had voted early in person or by mail as of Wednesday, October 28, nearly 10 million more than at the same point in 2022, according to an AP analysis. On Friday, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel voted 2-1 to reject…
✔ Sources: AP via PBS NewsHour, AP via ClickOnDetroit, Blaze News
Congo's Ebola outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, has passed 10,000 confirmed cases; the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reported 10,274 as of October 29. Nearly half of confirmed cases have been fatal. There is no licensed vaccine…
✔ Sources: ECDC, World Health Organization, AP via ClickOrlando
The Pentagon told Congress the war with Iran has cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $47.1 billion as of October 16, according to a U.S. Central Command estimate. About $29 billion is for replacing munitions, mainly missile defense interceptors. The figure…
✔ Sources: AP via PBS NewsHour, Al Jazeera
Actor Sir Patrick Stewart, known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and Professor Charles Xavier in the "X-Men" films, died Wednesday, October 28, at his Los Angeles home. He was 86. His family said he had Alzheimer's…
✔ Sources: Fox News (with AP), Reuters via The Jerusalem Post
Dolores Huerta, the labor organizer and civil rights activist who co-founded the union that became the United Farm Workers with César Chávez, died Wednesday, October 28, at her home. She was 96. She coined the rallying cry "Sí, se puede" and received the…
✔ Sources: AP via Chicago Sun-Times, TheWrap
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced felony charges of unlawful voting and identity theft against conservative activists James O'Keefe and Cam Higby on October 28. Prosecutors say the men used the names of registered voters, without those…
✔ Sources: MPR News, AP via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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