Ocasio-Cortez throws her support to Bernie Sanders

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez officially announced her backing of Sen. Bernie Sanders for president on Saturday, calling him an inspiration for her own grassroots campaign. Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., lauded as a superstar among progressives, received a raucous reception from the crowd at Queensbridge Park, in Queens, N.Y., as she outlined her working-class upbringing and the effect of Sanders's 2016 primary campaign. Ocasio-Cortez introduced Sanders as her “tio” (uncle in Spanish), and he emerged to AC/DC's “Back in Black.” The New York City legislator was the last in a long series of speakers tasked with giving their official stamp of approval to Sanders, who is recovering from a recent heart attack.

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  'I am back,' Bernie Sanders tells supporters

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  Could AOC be Bernie Sanders' running mate? "I think I'm too young for that," she says

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Chile protests: At least eight people killed during riots in Santiago

At least eight people have been killed in Chile during a second day of protests and rioting in the South American nation. Three people were left dead after a looted building was set ablaze, the governor of Santiago, the country's capital, said. The Chilean military declared another night-time curfew for Sunday evening as the government struggled to contain the violent protests.

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  Three die after supermarket fire amid Chile riots

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  Chile scrambles to clean up mess after weekend of chaos, violent protests

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7 Things To Do With Your Old Smartphone

Put those outdated gadgets to good use. From Popular Mechanics

William Barr's speech on religious freedom alarms liberal Catholics

Prominent liberal Catholics have warned that the U.S. attorney general's devout Catholic faith threatens the separation of church and state, after William Barr delivered a speech on religious freedom in which he warned that “militant secularists” were behind a “campaign to destroy the traditional moral order.

Power out for more than 100,000 after Dallas tornado damages homes, downs trees

Thousands homes and businesses were without power in East Texas Monday after severe storms near Dallas ripped off roofs and downed power lines At least one tornado was confirmed to have touched down in northern Dallas Sunday evening, the National Weather Service said. No serious injuries or fatalities were reported, the city said in a news release Monday. Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans told the Associated Press, though, three people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

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  Powerful tornado rips through Dallas leaving over 100,000 without power

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  Tornado Touches Down In Dallas, Causing Damage And Mass Power Outages

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Trump Cheated (Shocker!) on Property Tax; But Will Anyone Go to Jail?

ProPublica published a piece Wednesday that put the spotlight once again on some questionable financial practices of the Trump Organization, which showed one set of books to banks (inflating value) and another to New York City tax authorities (deflating value). Is this just the usual Trump mendacity, or can prosecutors see this as part of a pattern? And if so, could it be prosecuted? ProPublica obtained property tax docs for four Trump properties.

South Korean prosecutors seek arrest of ex-minister's wife

Prosecutors said Monday they are seeking to arrest the wife of South Korea's former justice minister, who resigned last week amid allegations of financial crimes and academic fraud surrounding his family that sparked huge protests and dented the popularity of President Moon Jae-in. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it requested an arrest warrant for Chung Kyung-shim over her suspected involvement in dubious private equity investments, attempts to destroy evidence, and creating fake credentials to help her daughter get into medical school. Officials from a Seoul court that's reviewing the request didn't immediately return calls.

Michigan Farmers Suffered a Massive Apple and Pumpkin Heist, Losing Thousands of Dollars in Produce

Michigan farmers were the victims of pumpkin and apple heist earlier this month. In the span of just one week in early October, two farms lost thousands of dollars in produce and law enforcement are surprised by just how much has been stolen. In early October, thieves plucked and stole 180 bushels of apples — some “right off the trees” from Spicer Orchards, a Genesee County farm, The Detroit News reported.

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  Kevin Hart's Wife & Son Head to Pumpkin Patch Without 'Jumanji' Star

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  Adorable zoo animals can't get enough of pumpkins for Halloween

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Kurdish fighters withdraw from besieged Syria town

Ras al-Ain (Syria) (AFP) - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces fully withdrew from a Turkish-encircled town in northern Syria on Sunday, in what appeared to be the start of a wider pullout under a ceasefire deal. Ankara launched a cross-border attack against Syria's Kurds on October 9 after the United States announced a military pullout from the war-torn country's north. A US-brokered ceasefire was announced late Thursday, giving Kurdish forces until Tuesday evening to withdraw from a buffer area Ankara wants to create on Syrian territory along its southern frontier.

Malaysia Fears Becoming Sanctions Target in Trade War Crossfire

Malaysia may become a target of sanctions as the export-reliant economy is caught in the crossfire of the U.S.-China trade war, according to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Mahathir said trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies could evolve into another Cold war, although he didn't specify who could impose the curbs. “Economically we are linked to both markets, and physically we are also caught in between for geographical reasons,” Mahathir said in Kuala Lumpur.

Petrol bombs thrown in Hong Kong as anger flares over 'triad' attack on protest leader

Police and protesters exchanged tear gas and petrol bombs in Hong Kong on Sunday amid anger over an attack on a leading activist by men allegedly linked to triad gangsters. Clashes broke out as tens of thousands took to the streets for an unsanctioned anti-government march, many also defying a face mask ban introduced in a bid to curb the protests. Tensions ran high after Jimmy Sham, the leader the Civil Human Rights Front which called the march, was attacked earlier in the week by a group of men wielding metal poles and hammers.

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  Hong Kong firms, lacking riot insurance, pick up pieces from protest damage

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  Police blast Hong Kong mosque with water cannon

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The U.S. Army And Marines Have a Plan To Take On China and Russia's Navies

Key point: Anti-ship weapons from the annals of the Cold War. On July 12, 2018, the USS Racine met her grisly fate. The 522-foot long tank landing ship was struck by four different types of guided missiles, one of which triggered a massive explosion that sent shards of debris spraying across the sea and ripped open part of her hull, exposing the inner decks.

At a School for Suicide Bombers' Children, Dancing, Drawing and Deradicalization

Her parents didn't want their daughter to dance. They didn't want her to sing. They wanted her to die with them for their cause.

No school for Chicago students as teacher strike reaches third day

Classes for more than 300,000 students in Chicago were canceled for a third straight school day on Monday, as striking teachers remained locked in a contract dispute with Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the third-largest U.S. system. Some 25,000 teachers went on strike last Thursday after their union was unable to reach an agreement with Chicago Public Schools over pay, overcrowding in schools and a lack of support staff, such as nurses and social workers. At a news conference late on Sunday, union negotiators said the two sides had made progress on several issues, including providing support for homeless students and ensuring school counselors can do their jobs.

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  Chicago Teachers Strike: Chicago Teachers Union, CPS continue negotiations as strike enters 5th day, classes canceled Monday

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  Chicago Teachers Strike: Union says progress made but no deal reached as strike drags on for 4th day; classes 'unlikely' to resume Monday

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Gun control advocate: Pushing mandatory buybacks will hand victory to the NRA, again

He wanted not only to ban the sale of new assault weapons but also to impose a mandatory government buyback of the assault weapons already in private hands. Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California support that idea as well.

Milan seeks US apology for WWII bomb that killed children

Milan's mayor appealed Sunday to U.S. authorities to apologize for a World War II bombing raid that killed 184 elementary school children. Mayor Giuseppe Sala made the request following a Mass marking the 75th anniversary of the Gorla massacre, named for the quarter in the city that was struck, the news agency ANSA reported. "I think it's necessary that the American government apologizes, knowing that we are here to forgive," Sala said, adding that he would formalize the request with the U.S. consul in Milan this week.

Why Would Russia, China—and Iran—Plan Joint Naval Exercises?

The waters around the Arabian Peninsula have calmed for the moment, but preparations for combat continue, with joint exercises and security conferences showing just how profoundly the region's strategic balances are shifting. As confidence declines in U.S. President Donald J. Trump's ability to navigate the difficult moral and military choices in the region, new players are entering the picture in and around the Persian Gulf. An Israeli delegation attended a U.S.-backed maritime-security conference that began Sunday in Manama with delegations from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain as a vast international maritime exercise, IMX 19, got under way in the Persian Gulf.

Thousands protest against Haiti's president

Thousands of people demonstrated on Sunday in Port-au-Prince, demanding that Haiti's President Jovenel Moise step down. "Jovenel is incapable and incompetent, he must pack his bags because Haiti must live," said one of the protesters, Jean Ronald. "It is not normal to live in such an unequal country," Ronald added, standing in front of the float of "Prophet Mackenson," a popular and controversial Haitian religious leader.

Republican congressman announces retirement after saying he is open to Trump impeachment

A day after telling reporters he would consider voting to impeach Donald Trump, the Florida Republican Francis Rooney told Fox News he had decided to retire from Congress. On Friday, Rooney was asked about the political consequences of impeachment, a process the House will probably vote to advance after an inquiry steered by Democratic-controlled committees. No House Republicans have yet said they will vote to impeach the president and send the matter to the Senate for trial.

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  Fox News Host Judge Jeanine: Impeachment Efforts By Congress Are Like A Star Chamber

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  Strassel: If we turn impeachment into a partisan political tool every party is going to use it against each other

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India's Nuclear Weapons Arsenal Keeps Getting Bigger and Bigger

Key Point: India has its nukes pointed at China and Pakistan, two other nuclear powers. “India is estimated to have produced enough military plutonium for 150 to 200 nuclear warheads, but has likely produced only 130 to 140,” according to Hans Kristensen and Matt Korda of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists. Unlike the missile-centric U.S. and Russian nuclear forces, India still heavily relies on bombers, perhaps not unexpected for a nation that fielded its first nuclear-capable ballistic missile in 2003.

Trump calls Mexico's president to express 'solidarity'

Mexico's president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said on Saturday that President Trump called him to express his "solidarity" following an attempt to arrest a drug kingpin's son that prompted a wave of violence in the city of Culiacan.