5 key takeaways from the Democratic debate in Ohio

A lot had happened between September's Democratic debate and Tuesday night's fourth gathering of presidential hopefuls: The House announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump; the White House responded by increasing attacks on former Vice President Joe Biden; Sen. Bernie Sanders suffered and recovered from a heart attack; and Sen. Elizabeth Warren continued her climb in polling, usurping Biden as the leader in Iowa. How much difference a single three-hour debate will matter in a news cycle driven by impeachment will be answered in the coming days, but here are five takeaways from the CNN-New York Times debate at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio.

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  Who stood out at the third Democratic debate?

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  October Democratic Debate Live: Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden and More to Take the Stage in Ohio

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Buttigieg, O'Rourke clash over assault-rifle buyback plan

At Tuesday night's Democratic primary debate, presidential candidates Beto O'Rourke and Pete Buttigieg escalated their disagreement over O'Rourke's proposal for mandatory buybacks of assault weapons. “Every single one of them is an instrument of terror,” said former Texas Rep. O'Rourke when asked how he planned to take away assault weapons from American gun owners, registered or unregistered. O'Rourke in a previous debate said, “Hell, yes,” he would as president establish a mandatory government buyback program for AK-47 and AR-15 rifles but without going into details of how it would be enforced.

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  Beto O'Rourke's campaign manager talks Trump impeachment and candidate's debate prep

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  Pete Buttigieg, Beto O’Rourke Trade Jabs Over Gun Reform Plans At Democratic Debate

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Nigerian president vows crackdown on abusive Islamic schools after second raid

Nigeria's president on Tuesday ordered a crackdown on abuse at Islamic schools, after a second police raid in less than a month revealed men and boys subjected to beatings, abuse and squalid conditions. Nearly 300 had been held captive at a school in the Daura area of Katsina, the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari, where police said they discovered "inhuman and degrading treatment" following a raid on Monday to free the remaining students. The 67 inmates who were freed by Katsina police were shackled, and many were taken to hospital for treatment, police superintendent Isah Gambo told Reuters.

• Nigerian police raid frees scores of beaten, starved boys

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• Hundreds more freed from torture in third Nigerian "school" raid in a month

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Woman will spend 60 years in prison for first-degree murder of boyfriend

A woman who poured gasoline on the couch where her sleeping boyfriend lay and then shut the door after seeing him jump up and yell "hot, hot" will spend 60 years in prison for first-degree murder.

School suspends girls, says rape-awareness note was bullying

A 15-year-old girl was suspended for bullying after trying to draw attention to what she believed was an unaddressed problem of sexual assaults involving students at her high school. Aela Mansmann, a 15-year-old sophomore at Cape Elizabeth High School outside Portland, has been at odds with Cape Elizabeth Schools for a month after posting a note in a bathroom that said: "There's a rapist in our school and you know who it is." She and two other students who left similar notes were ordered suspended. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is taking on Mansmann's case and calling on federal court to stop her suspension.

France Says U.K. Made Serious Proposal for Brexit

The French government believes that the U.K. presented a “serious proposal” to exit the European Union, though it is too early to say if there will be a deal by the European summit later this week. The situation regarding Brexit must be clear before the EU leaders meet on Thursday in Brussels, about two weeks prior to the Oct. 31 deadline for the U.K.'s exit from the bloc, a French presidency official said during a briefing with reporters in Paris. Earlier, the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said a deal is possible this week -- but talks remain tough, after British negotiators submitted a revised set of Brexit plans to Brussels.

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  Brexit Deal’s Fate Hinges on Northern Ireland’s Status

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  EU, U.K. Negotiators Closing In on a Draft Deal: Brexit Update

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Alan Dershowitz Gets Rival Lawyer Booted From Epstein Victim’s Case

The defamation case against Alan Dershowitz is going forward and he will have to face justice,” McCawley, a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, said in a statement. The decision, however, to disqualify our firm, which has had the privilege of representing Virginia and advocating for her brave voice and continued call for justice, is deeply disappointing and it will be promptly appealed. The order comes almost a month after Giuffre's and Dershowitz's legal teams faced off during oral arguments, after which Dershowitz held a press conference and accused Giuffre and her advocates of doing “a terrible disservice” to the #MeToo movement.

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  The Woman Who Caught Jeffrey Epstein

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• Judge says lawsuit against Harvard law professor can proceed

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UAE to launch new low-cost airline

Abu Dhabi's giant Etihad Airways and Sharjah's low-cost carrier Air Arabia announced Wednesday an agreement to launch a new low-cost airline based in the United Arab Emirates capital. Etihad Airways posted a loss in 2018 for the third year running, it said earlier this year, blaming investment losses and challenging market conditions. The new Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will be launched in "due course", Tony Douglas, CEO of Etihad Aviation Group, said in a statement issued by the two Emirati carriers.

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  Putin talks investments and space in Abu Dhabi

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  Russia assumes mantle of supreme power broker in Middle East as US retreats from Syria

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New Jersey police are looking for a possible witness to the kidnapping of a 3-year-old girl 30 days ago

On Tuesday, New Jersey officials released a sketch of a possible witness to the abduction of 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez. Dulce disappeared on September 16, after her mother took her to Bridgeton City Park with her siblings. The case of a 5-year-old girl who has been missing for a month took a turn on Tuesday when New Jersey officials released a sketch of a man they believe may witnessed Dulce Maria Alavez's abduction.

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  Possible witness sketch released in case of Dulce Maria Alavez

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  'We have not given up': Still no suspects in case of missing Dulce Maria Alavez on 1-month anniversary of disappearance

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'Five Eyes' in the dark: Will Trump and Barr destroy trust in U.S. intelligence?

In the phone call at the center of the House impeachment inquiry, Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, and advanced several conspiracy theories that cast doubt on former special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The president also directly implicated Attorney General William Barr in the campaign. I would like you to do us a favor, though, because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it.

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  Trump repeats debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory in Oval Office

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  President Trump asks ‘Where's the server?’

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'They were sent to the slaughter': Mexico mourns 13 police killed in cartel ambush

With an AR-15 assault rifle in his hand and six spare magazines across his chest, the burly policemen looked nothing if not intimidating as he prepared to attend a memorial service for 13 fellow officers who were killed in an ambush in western Mexico on Monday. At least 30 gunmen opened fire on the convoy of state police officers as they drove along a rural road in the municipality of Aguililla in the state of Michoacán early on Monday morning. The ambush was the latest in a string of brazen attacks by the Jalisco New Generation cartel (known by its Spanish initials CJNG), and represents a direct challenge to Andrés Manuel López Obrador's promise to end Mexico's security crisis while avoiding direct conflict with organized crime groups.

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  Gunmen ambush police convoy in Mexico; kill 13 and wound 9

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  Mexico leader defends security plan as 28 killed in attacks in two days

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You'll only get a small increase in Social Security benefits in 2020. What should you do?

That means the average Social Security beneficiary will see their benefit increase by just $23.40 a month to $1,460. What's more, some of the increase will be used to offset the rising cost of Medicare Part B, says Heather Schreiber, the founder of HLS Retirement Consulting. The government typically deducts Medicare Part B premiums from a beneficiary's Social Security check.

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  Rivals put Warren on spot over taxes and health care

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• A new poll found the aggressive Medicare for All plan Bernie Sanders has championed is getting less popular as time goes on

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Boston pension votes to fire money manager Fisher, withdrawals surge toward $1 billion

The City of Boston's retirement board on Wednesday voted unanimously to end its relationship with money manager Kenneth Fisher, whose firm has lost almost $1 billion in assets after allegations he made disparaging remarks about women last week. Fisher Investments managed about $253 million for Boston's pension. The retirement board's vote came as Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Fisher's statements showed "a profound lack of judgment."

Brexit Talks Drag on as Key Johnson Ally Threatens Hold-Out

U.K. and European Union officials edged closer to a last-minute Brexit deal -- but it risks being jeopardized by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Northern Irish allies. Talks will resume in Brussels on Wednesday after dragging on late into the night, according to an EU official. The discussions were constructive and negotiators continued to make progress, a British official said.

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  Boris Johnson's rushed Brexit deal faces powerful headwinds whichever way it turns

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  Brexit talks inch closer to a deal ahead of summit

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All of the Google Pixel and Home Products on Sale Now

Googles new product announcements means last-generation tech is now cheaper. From Popular Mechanics

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  Google Unveils New Pixel 4 Phones, Nest Smart Speaker, Router, and Chromebook

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  Google's Pixel 4 vs. Apple's iPhone 11

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Warren Deletes Infamous DNA Test Tweet One Year After Reveal

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) deleted from her Twitter and YouTube accounts a now-infamous video announcing the results of her DNA test on Wednesday, one year after its initial unveiling was met with heavy bipartisan criticism. A story titled “Happy Anniversary to Elizabeth Warren's DNA Test!” by Jim Treacher, a columnist at PJ Media, revisited the reveal by Warren on Tuesday, a year to the day after the initial video was posted. Treacher then later went to look for the tweet, but found it deleted.

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  Elizabeth Warren Gets the Biden Treatment and 3 Other Takeaways From CNN/NYT Democratic Debate

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  Elizabeth Warren wants to break up big tech. Other candidates aren't so sure

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Three US diplomats held near Russian test site where mystery blast killed five

Three American diplomats were briefly detained in Russia near the military test site where a mysterious explosion released radiation in August, several Russia state news agencies have reported. The Russian foreign ministry said the diplomats had named a different city as their destination and had “obviously got lost”. The report comes just days after the United States said the accident was caused by a nuclear reaction when Russia tried to retrieve a nuclear-powered cruise missile from the Barents Sea.

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  Three U.S. Diplomats in Russia Are Removed From Train

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• UPDATE 2-Russia removes U.S. diplomats from train near secret test site accident -Ifax

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How Nazi Germany Crushed France During World War II (It Wasn't Luck)

In May 1940, the German Wehrmacht launched a lightning attack into France and within weeks destroyed the combined French and British armies. The rapid defeat is typically ascribed to a combination of the French High Command's attempts to refight the methodical battle of World War I against Germany's adoption of new mobile, all-arms warfare. In light of the dramatic collapse of the French armed forces in 1940, it is hard to imagine that up until that point they had been recognized—including by the Germans—as the military masters of Europe.

Hong Kong's leader: Territory not becoming a police state

Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday that "it's totally irresponsible and unfounded" to suggest the semi-autonomous Chinese territory is becoming a police state as her government grapples with protests now in their fifth month. In a spirited defense of Hong Kong's 30,000-strong police force and her handling of the protests in response to criticism from visiting U.S. senators, Carrie Lam challenged the notion that the territory is losing its freedoms, unique in China, as police battle demonstrators in the streets. "I would challenge every politician to ask themselves if the large extent of violent acts, and all those petrol bombs and arson and deadly attacks on policemen, happened in their own country, what would they do?

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  Beijing slams US for ‘sinister plan to destroy Hong Kong’

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  Hong Kong leader rules out concessions in face of escalating violence

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Mexican Asylum Seekers Are Facing Long Waits at the U.S. Border. Advocates Say That's Illegal

Forty-four numbers need to be called before Sofia and her family finally have the chance to seek asylum in the United States. Camped out in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez with her husband and two kids, she anxiously waits for her number to be called. The family arrived in August, after they fled threats from a cartel in their hometown in Zacatecas in Central Mexico.

Factbox: Hundreds of dignitaries to attend as Japan's new emperor declares enthronement

New Japanese Emperor Naruhito is set to proclaim his enthronement to the world next week in a centuries-old ceremony attended by some 2,500 people, including heads of state and other dignitaries from nearly 200 countries. Naruhito, 59, acceded to the throne in May after his father, Akihito, became the first monarch to abdicate in two centuries. Following are the main events planned for Oct. 22, a one-off national holiday.