Cassidy Hutchinson defends herself in first post-testimony TV interview (www.cnn.com)
US sued over nearly 20-year-old federal terrorist list by Muslim rights group (www.theguardian.com)
Council on American Islamic Relations (Cair) argues list is used for ‘humiliation and harassment’ and should be withdrawn
Home sales fell again in August as homebuyers grapple with rising mortgage rates and prices (apnews.com)
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell for the third month in a row in August, as higher mortgage rates, rising prices and a dearth of properties on the market shut out many would-be homebuyers....
Placenta holds answers to many unexplained pregnancy losses, study finds (news.yale.edu)
Yale researchers have shown that placental examination resulted in the accurate pathologic determination of more than 90% of previously unexplained pregnancy losses, a discovery that they say may inform pregnancy care going forward....
Five Americans back on US soil after release from Iranian detention (www.cnn.com)
Five Americans freed from Iranian detention this week returned to US soil early Tuesday following an initial stop in Doha, Qatar, two US officials told CNN....
Chuck Todd Signs Off As Moderator Of ‘Meet The Press,’ *Successor Kristen Welker Says She’ll Approach New Role “As A Reporter”* (www.yahoo.com)
Farmers Insurance says it is cutting 2,400 jobs in bid to ensure long-term profitability (apnews.com)
Farmers Insurance said Monday it will lay off 11% of its workforce — about 2,400 employees — as part of a corporate restructuring aimed at increasing its efficiency and long-term profitability....
127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage Theft (www.propublica.org)
An analysis of federal and state databases sheds new light on the prevalence and scale of wage theft in New York restaurants and other industries, placing the total wages stolen in one five-year period at more than $203 million.
Why a progressive’s victory in Guatemala matters (www.vox.com)
Anti-corruption presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo has heralded a new era for Guatemala.
A California Wine Company Had to Destroy 2,000 Bottles of Wine After Illegally Aging Them at the Bottom of the Ocean (www.foodandwine.com)
The problem — and this is a significant one — was that the company’s owners never received the proper permits from the California Coastal Commission or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which turned that “perfect environment” into an illegal one....
'You're kind of raised to hate tourists': Maui fires fan tensions on Hawaiian island (www.bbc.com)
Last Wednesday, a day after the wildfires, the county asked visitors to leave Lahaina and the island as a whole as soon as possible....
Homeland Security identifies 311 child victims of sexual exploitation in 'cold cases' (www.nbcnews.com)
DHS investigators and more than a dozen global partners combed through sexually graphic internet material, some decades old, involving children on the dark web.
Virginia prison officials won't divulge complaints about facility where inmate died (apnews.com)
The Virginia Department of Corrections has refused to release records of complaints by inmates at a southwest Virginia prison that's under scrutiny in the 2022 death of an inmate.
Doctors Emerge as Political Force in Battle Over Abortion Laws in Ohio and Elsewhere (www.propublica.org)
No winner in Monday's Powerball drawing has the next jackpot approaching $1 billion (www.npr.org)
Families demand answers after two men with autism died in Arlington homes run by the same company (www.wfaa.com)
Joshua and Conner lived seven miles from each other in homes operated by the same company, EduCare Community Living Corp. – part of a network of homes in the U.S.
Judge declines to push back Trump's classified documents trial but postpones other deadlines (apnews.com)
A federal judge in Florida on Friday declined to delay Donald Trump’s classified documents trial, calling a request by the former president’s defense lawyers to postpone the date “premature.” But she postponed other deadlines in the case and signaled that she would revisit the trial date later....
Thames Water pumped at least 72bn litres of sewage into Thames since 2020 (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Lib Dems call for water companies to be more transparent with their data on sewage spills
Why Wisconsin didn’t issue an Amber Alert for missing 5-year-old later found dead (www.nbcnews.com)
State Sen. LaTonya Johnson wants to overhaul the state’s Amber Alert system after Prince McCree’s death.
My Tiny Hometown in the Arctic Is Becoming a Hub for Disaster Capitalism (newrepublic.com)
Shooting kills 2 and injures 18 victims in Florida street with hundreds of people nearby (apnews.com)
A fight between two groups turned deadly in Florida when a shooting in a Tampa street during Halloween festivities resulted in two deaths and 18 people hospitalized early Sunday morning, police said. One suspect is in custody and at least one more is being sought....
Strikers have shut down a vital Great Lakes shipping artery for days, and negotiations are looming (apnews.com)
Around 360 workers in Ontario and Quebec with Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, walked out early Sunday in a dispute over wages with the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. The strike has shut down 13 locks between Lake Erie and Montreal, bottling up ships in the Great Lakes and preventing more ships from coming...
Chicago police with extremist ties have troubling records (graphics.suntimes.com)
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