Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Wind and rain roared through the region, flooding homes and sending debris flying at dangerous speeds. As the storm made landfall on the coast of the Florida Panhandle, those left near ground zero were in for a terrible beating. The storm’s sharp increase in strength could be attributed in part to its low barometric pressure and warmer-than-average waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say the links between global warming and hurricanes are real, although it’s still too early to say what the climate-change impact has been on Hurricane Michael. A slide in technology shares dragged down major stock indexes on Wall Street as investors continued to digest rising interest rates. CVS Health, the giant drugstore and pharmacy manager, will acquire one of the country’s biggest insurers, another sign of industry consolidation. More than anyone in the Trump administration, Jared Kushner cultivated Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, whose family may have played a role in Jamal Khashoggi’s fate. Turkish officials say 15 Saudis, including an autopsy expert, killed a Saudi dissident inside the consulate in Istanbul and dismembered his body. President Trump is trying to turn the tables on his opponents by accusing them of being what they say he is: “unhinged,” “wacko” and “dangerous.” Congressional testimony by James A. Baker, then the bureau’s general counsel, shows that F.B.I. leaders weighed the ramifications of Rod J. Rosenstein’s suggestion before rejecting it. The Chinese intelligence official was arrested in Belgium and brought to the United States, an escalation of the Trump administration’s effort to crack down on Chinese spying. Beijing apparently has detained Meng Hongwei, the president of Interpol and a former top Chinese security official. What are the charges? They’ve eclipsed boys in political participation and shown incredible moral clarity. The midterms are too critical. And now, on the lighter side of the news.… Denying climate change doesn’t stop its devastating effects. Trump represents all the white men who feel they’re losing ground. If a lawsuit over affirmative action is successful, would-be college students may have to hide their race. A doctor explains how a new rule proposed by the Trump administration would force vulnerable people to make impossible decisions. The president is less popular than overall growth would predict. The word has taken a beating in the past few weeks. But what role does it truly play in our lives? October is also racing season at Keeneland in Kentucky’s Bluegrass country, where farm visits, locavore restaurants and revived bourbon distilleries beckon. Long derided as relics of an oppressive regime, the country’s Communist-era buildings are being given a second look, and a new life. In “The Witch Elm,” squabbles and accusations rend an Irish family after kids find a human skull wedged in a tree on their property. A Supreme Court argument on immigration detention appeared to reveal a gap between President Trump’s two appointees. An indictment accused IBT Media, which split from the magazine last month, and Christian Media of diverting most of the millions that lenders provided for computing services. Labaton Sucharow, which has achieved large settlements in cases against Petrobras, Facebook and others, paid a finder’s fee worth millions to a lawyer who did little legal work. The service, which will include HBO shows and Warner movies, will put AT&T into direct competition with rivals like Netflix, Disney and Amazon. A man linked to the Psychic Kaballah Network is charged with luring women for spiritual readings in Brooklyn, and then drugging and raping them. Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in Parkland, Fla., came to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to try to push a Democratic candidate over the finish line. Michael Bloomberg has rejoined the party he abandoned to launch his political career in 2001, when he became the Republican mayor of New York City. Americans are paying to scare themselves witless, and not just on Halloween. As the CW musical comedy prepares for its final season, the creators Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna discuss rom-com tropes, mental illness and saying goodbye to West Covina. More Recent Articles |
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