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Angry local communities have warned India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stay away from the inauguration on Wednesday of the world's biggest statue, a 182 metre (600 feet) high tribute to an independence hero. The Statue of Unity, which is twice the size of the Statue of Liberty, has been built in a remote corner of Gujarat state as a flagship project of conservative leader Modi who is to open it on Wednesday. Posters of Modi with Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani in a town near the statue were torn down or had the faces blackened at the weekend. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OepPcL via IFTTT

The president portrayed the choice in the race as between a Republican with an Ivy League pedigree and a Democrat he sees as a criminal. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2COXcRp via IFTTT

A suspicious package addressed to CNN was intercepted Monday morning at an from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2z8uRC6 via IFTTT

Picking the perfect Halloween costume for yourself is already a lot of work -- from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AyEWdk via IFTTT

Sen. Cory Booker implored fellow officials to be "mindful of what we're from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ESX2ep via IFTTT

The murder of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday has brought new attention to Gab, the social media service created by Andrew Torba that bills itself as pro-free speech and serves as a gathering place for white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other extremist figures online, and counted among its users suspected gunman Robert Bowers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Odiz0J via IFTTT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A rabbi invited to pray at a Michigan campaign stop with Vice President Mike Pence for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre referenced "Jesus the Messiah" at the event. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zecQT4 via IFTTT

The president called for capital punishment for Pittsburgh shooting suspect. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JokL4I via IFTTT

A Connecticut Republican running for a seat in the state Senate faced charges from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JrJHbx via IFTTT

Whether you’re in the biggest city or smallest suburban town, every map dot in from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2CSekpd via IFTTT

On Halloween this Wednesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott will dress up as a candidate who wants to appear with President Trump on the campaign trail. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ABYs9b via IFTTT

Mail bombing suspect makes first appearance in court. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Q7EiJh via IFTTT

Saudi prosecutor Saud Al Mojeb held talks with Istanbul's prosecutor on Monday and Tuesday about Khashoggi's death in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, which has escalated into a crisis for the world's top oil exporter. Riyadh at first denied any knowledge of, or role in, his disappearance four weeks ago but Mojeb has contradicted those statements, saying the killing of Khashoggi, a critic of de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was premeditated. The case has put into focus the West's close relationship with Saudi Arabia - a major arms buyer and lynchpin of Washington's regional plans to contain Iran - given the widespread scepticism over its initial response. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2CQfqBW via IFTTT

After 17 years of fighting grinding counterinsurgencies in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is shifting its gaze. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zerpGe via IFTTT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — In a story Oct. 29 about developments in the aftermath of the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, The Associated Press erroneously reported the professional position of Cecil and David Rosenthal's sister. She is state Rep. Dan Frankel's former chief of staff, not his current chief of staff. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SqkN0c via IFTTT

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MILWAUKEE -- On back-to-back days last week, some of the most exciting from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zerWI4 via IFTTT

It's a $5000 gift from Elon Musk to buyers of the Dual Motor Performance Model 3. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DbOX2Y via IFTTT

George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, co- from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2F1mmPE via IFTTT

The UN rights chief called Tuesday for "international experts" to help investigate the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and called on Riyadh to reveal the whereabouts of his body. "For an investigation to be carried out free of any appearance of political considerations, the involvement of international experts, with full access to evidence and witnesses, would be highly desirable," Michelle Bachelet said in a statement. Khashoggi, a 59-year-old Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor, was killed after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain paperwork ahead of his upcoming wedding. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DchBRk via IFTTT

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was caught on camera making a racist joke when she corrected her interviewer, who mixed up two African American politicians. But where's the outrage?   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2qhU1Km

A white supremacist's decision to walk into a Pittsburgh synagogue and murder 11 Jews in cold blood shocked the nation. Many are asking what could be the cause of such blatant and deadly anti-Semitism. One man says the find against Jew-hatred begins on college campuses.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2CSMU2P

LifeSite, a Christian pro-life news outlet, says its web-hosting company threatened to shut down their site Saturday.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2yJcWT9

The US Secret Service blasted The New York Times on Friday for publishing a fictional short story of President Trump being assassinated by a Russian agent with a pistol that belonged to one of his own agents in his security detail. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Q7tUBc

The director of a hospital in northwestern Cameroon says an American missionary from Indiana has died after being caught in the crossfire of bullets not intended for him. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JpC2ui

Billed as an "interfaith gathering," the Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice dedicated a new abortion clinic in Cleveland, Ohio Monday by having a United Church of Christ minister on hand to bless "the sacred space of decision."  Another "blessing" will take place on Nov. 9 at another abortion facility in Columbus.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2CQH6Xn

Christians have mixed feelings about Halloween, but one prominent evangelical pastor says, growing up, it was always his favorite holiday even though he knew he was supposed to prefer Christmas or Easter. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2zeM2St

Politics surround President Trump's visit to Pittsburgh with critics suggesting his rhetoric helped to fuel the attack that killed eleven people in a synagogue. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2PwZnjh

Halloween is a pagan holiday with some very dark roots, and the modernized version of this celebration of evil is still a cause for concern by many Christians. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2yKayvn

After the bruising fight over Brett Kavanaugh, it's hard to imagine another Supreme Court confirmation battle, but one certainly will be coming. Court-watchers suggest President Trump could get a chance to nominate another justice, and others will follow.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Q82Kuh

The Brody File has learned that there will be a special Midterm Elections "Call to Prayer" this Thursday evening that will include Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson participating. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2yG3OyN

The Anti-Defamation League says the attack is part of a rise in anti-Semitism across the nation, with the numbers jumping radically last year.    from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2CQMfP4

The man arrested in the mass shooting Saturday at a Pennsylvania synagogue appears to have made virulently anti-Semitic posts on a social media platform popular with far-right extremists, including one made shortly before the attack. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2D8hS7Q

We live in a world of many gods, a smorgasbord of counterfeit deities, all vying for our attention, pushing and pulling us in every direction imaginable. But perhaps the premier god — the one with a grip so tight it’s nearly consumed our collective cultural psyche — is sex. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2AvLWYu

The suspect in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and told officers afterward that Jews were committing genocide and that he wanted them all to die, according to charging documents made public Sunday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2EP920w

A search and rescue agency official says he's not expecting any survivors from the Lion Air plane that crashed into seas off Jakarta with 189 people aboard. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2CQx9sS

President Donald Trump on Saturday lamented the “devastating” attack by a shooter on a Pittsburgh synagogue, saying it lays bare the “hate in our country” and speculating that the death toll — ” a lot of people killed” — would have been curbed if the building had had an armed guard. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2PWweLn

A gunman who’s believed to have spewed anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media barged into a baby-naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday and opened fire, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in U.S. history. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JjLIqh

A pro-life group says Facebook refuses to run its ads featuring the stories of two babies who survived premature births.    from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2yAi4c6

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday visited the Pittsburgh synagogue attacked by an anti-Semitic gunman and lit candles for each of the 11 slain worshipers, while thousands protested his presence in the city and victims' families began burying their dead. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2P0SHuq via IFTTT

Alphabet Inc's Waymo unit on Tuesday became the first company to receive a permit from the state of California to test driverless vehicles without a backup driver in the front seat, the state's Department of Motor Vehicles said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2ESFgrR via IFTTT

Three Kansas militia members who were convicted of plotting to bomb the mosque and homes of Somali immigrants should be granted leniency in their sentencing because they were inspired by President Donald Trump's rhetoric encouraging violence, lawyers for the men said in court documents. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2RqRn0G via IFTTT

An explosion due to an equipment failure at PBF Energy's Delaware City, Delaware refinery on Monday injured three people, requiring hospitalization, a report by Delaware Online said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2zhhj7l via IFTTT

With congressional elections a week away, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will seek to scrap the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of non-citizens and illegal immigrants as he tries again to dramatically reshape immigration policies. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2zeeOCW via IFTTT

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office has decided there is not enough evidence to prosecute "Rocky" actor Sylvester Stallone over allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 1987 and 1990, according to an agency document released on Tuesday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2OfI29G via IFTTT

Agricultural dairy cooperative Land O'Lakes pulled its support on Tuesday for U.S. Representative Steve King, an Iowa Republican whose past inflammatory comments on immigration and race drew renewed scrutiny after the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2zeKCrm via IFTTT

James "Whitey" Bulger, who lived a double life as one of Boston's most notorious mobsters and as a secret FBI informant before going on the run for 16 years, was killed at a federal prison in West Virginia, sources said on Tuesday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2OYmALL via IFTTT