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Monday, October 22, 2018

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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.
John Hersey High School senior Zoe Axelrod plans to pursue a career in the industry after building her graphic design skills in and out of class. Her design was recently selected as the cover of a national trade publication.
Hersey student's design featured on national magazine cover
Zoe Axelrod became seriously interested in graphic arts after participating in a two-week summer course in the subject at Northwestern University.
FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sandra Day O'Connor. O’Connor has stepped back from public life. The nation’s first female Supreme Court justice had for more than a decade after leaving the court in 2006 kept up an active schedule. She served as a visiting federal appeals court judge, spoke on issues she cared about and founded her own education organization. But the 88-year-old is now fully retired. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
AP Exclusive: Sandra Day O'Connor withdraws from public life
The first woman on the Supreme Court has stepped back from public life
Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with what he's heard from Saudis on journalist's killing
Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with what he's heard from Saudis on journalist's killing
Central American migrants making their way to the U.S. in a large caravan bathe using water from a fire hydrant at the main plaza in Tapachula, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Thousands of Central American migrants hoping to reach the U.S. were deciding Monday whether to rest in this southern Mexico town or resume their arduous walk through Mexico as President Donald Trump rained more threats on their governments. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
The Latest: UN counts 7,200 in migrant caravan, offers help
The United Nations is estimating that the caravan of Central American migrants making their way through southern Mexico currently comprises more than 7,200 people
Driver accused of letting students operate bus enters plea
A former Porter Township school bus driver has pleaded not guilty after three students were allowed to drive her bus while others were riding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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