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Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, clap duirng a lunchtime reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison with Invictus Games competitors, their families and friends in Sydney Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. (Paul Edwards/Pool Photo via AP)

Meghan's schedule in Australia cut back after hectic start

The pregnant Duchess of Sussex has had her schedule cut back during her first royal tour, after a hectic start to her visit to Australia and the South Pacific with husband Prince Harry
President Donald Trump arrives as the sun sets to speak at a campaign rally at Minuteman Aviation Hangar, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, in Missoula, Mont. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Seeking to frame election, Trump calls Dems 'too extreme'

President Donald Trump sought to frame voters choices for the midterm elections ta a rally in Arizona, saying that Democrats are "too extreme and too dangerous" to take control of Congress
A security guard stands behind barriers blocking the road leading to Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Turkey will "never allow a cover-up" of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey's ruling party said Saturday after Saudi Arabia announced hours earlier that the writer died during a "fistfight" in its consulate. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

A timeline of Saudi statements on the killing of Khashoggi

The official Saudi statements on the fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi have changed several times since he mysteriously disappeared after entering his country's consulate in Istanbul earlier this month
Video attached to article Jockey William T. Buick jumps off his horse Permian at the finish line of the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park after the horse broke its leg. The horse was euthanized on the spot and Buick was taken to a hopsital.

Daily Herald wins 9 first-place awards and sweepstakes award in annual contest

The Daily Herald captured the James S. Copley sweepstakes award for the second straight year at the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association's annual newspaper competition.
A Mega Millions transaction is processed at the Street Corner Market, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, in Cincinnati. The estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing would be the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history with a jackpot estimated to exceed $970 million.
How Mega Millions and Powerball manipulated the odds to create monster jackpots
If you've noticed a run of eye-popping jackpots from Mega Millions and Powerball recently, that's by design.
In this Oct. 16, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump inflates jobs impact of Saudi arms deal
AP FACT CHECK: Trump inflates benefits of Saudi arms deal, makes unsupported claims about migrant caravan, distorts climate change and Russia probe circumstances in AP interview
U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
Heitkamp says unauthorized list of abuse victims' names could be from 'Facebook feed'
North Dakota U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says wrong information in a campaign ad may have come from social media and online reports of Bill Cosby being involved in a prison food fight are untrue, Facts Matter columnist Bob Oswald says.
Arlington Heights seeks Hearts of Gold nominees
The Arlington Heights Special Events Commission is accepting nominations for the 2019 Hearts of Gold Awards, which recognize people who live or work in Arlington Heights and positively affect the lives of others in the community.
Doctors told Josh Bangert, 15, of West Chicago that he will lose his vision in a few months, so he’s making the most of the eyesight he has left by looking at the country’s great sights and playing one last season of basketball.
West Chicago teen who'll soon lose sight is on a mission to see the country, play basketball
After West Chicago teenager Josh Bangert noticed a fuzziness in his left eye, he and his mother were stunned last month to hear an alarming diagnosis: He has a rare genetic disorder called Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, also known as Leber's disease, and he would go blind in three to five months. "I realized that the best way to cope with going blind was to be positive," he said.
FILE- In this Sunday Oct. 7, 2018 file photo, Cameroon's Incumbent President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement party, casts his vote during the Presidential elections in Yaounde, Cameroon. Africa's oldest president, Cameroon's Paul Biya, easily won a seventh term on Monday Oct. 22, 2018 after a Constitutional Council he appointed rejected all legal challenges to the election. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
Cameroon's Biya easily wins 7th term; low Anglophone turnout
Cameroon's Biya easily wins 7th term as turnout plummets in separatist-hit regions
Warren Township High School District 121 will host a public hearing Tuesday night about borrowing $23 million to pay for projects, including a new roof for Warren Township High School’s Almond Road campus.
Dist. 121 board to hold hearing on borrowing $23 million
Warren Township High School District 121 will host a public hearing Tuesday night about the board's plan to borrow $23 million to pay for projects around the school district.
Jean Pierre fills out several Mega Millions lottery tickets for purchase at a convenience store Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in Orlando, Fla. No one won the $1 billion jackpot in Saturday night's drawing, which means the top prize for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing would be the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
$1.6B Mega Millions prize due to simple math, some surprises
For all the anticipation about whether someone will finally snag the $1.6 billion jackpot for Mega Millions or the $620 million Powerball grand prize, the games come down to simple math _ and very long odds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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