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Houthi rebels strike Yemen’s government forces, killing at least 53 CAIRO (AP) — Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck Yemeni government forces with ballistic missiles on Monday, killing at least 53 soldiers at a military camp in one of the deadliest attacks since a resurgence in fighting this summer, Yemeni military officials said. https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-saudi-fighting-6afad4ec4c22dcccd379152ea87cb0e2?

October 19, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. Peaceful antigovernment protests in France devolved into riots and looting. Now shopkeepers are picking up the pieces. And President Trump spent the weekend on the campaign trail, trying to make clear that the midterms are actually about him. There’s a lot more below, including Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s Broadway debut. I’m going to start, though, with the human face of America’s utility bill crisis. Genia Weitz confined herself to her living room to try to keep the electricity bill down. Erin Schaff/The New York Times A bad combination The economic news was grim last week. Government data revealed something millions of Americans have known for months: Rising energy costs, largely driven by the war with Iran, have pushed prices up all over. Wages are flat. And nearly half of Americans are having trouble paying for basic needs right now. The climate news hasn’t been much better. It was the hottest summer on record in the United States, hotter than the Dust Bowl summer of 1936. Over the past few months, Americans ran a lot of air-conditioning to keep themselves cool — and, in some places, to keep themselves alive. Now about one in six U.S. households is behind on utility bills, according to federal data. Some hot-weather states have laws to prevent utility companies from shutting off someone’s electricity during the most dangerous heat. But then comes fall, and the disconnections begin to mount. It’s when, Eli Saslow reports, “a climate crisis turns into a collection notice.” Eli spent days with a couple and their family in the small city of McAlester, Okla., as they struggled to pay an electricity bill that was higher than their monthly income. When the heat index finally fell below 100 degrees at the end of September, the family had nine days to pay. Here then were Genia Weitz and her husband, Daryl Mason. They have a three-bedroom house with two bathrooms but had installed themselves mostly in their 300-square-foot living room, hanging heavy blankets across the halls and doors to trap cool air from a rattly window-mounted air-conditioner. Weitz had been sleeping on the couch, with her oxygen machine plugged into the wall. Mason slept in the recliner with a CPAP machine for sleep apnea. Weitz had just retrieved the disconnection notice from her mailbox. Eli captured the stakes: “I can’t breathe if I don’t have my oxygen,” Weitz said, as she handed the bill to Mason. “I don’t think I’d last a single night.” “We’d probably stroke out anyway in all this heat,” Mason said. “If we lose this room, we’re not going to make it.” In crisis Weitz and Mason’s power comes from the Public Service Company of Oklahoma, known as PSO. The company had told its customers that it faced rising costs itself. Demand for its electricity had risen because of the extreme weather — and because of all the juice required by new customers, including data centers. A PSO facility. Erin Schaff/The New York Times The state has emerged as a hub for them. One proposed data center outside McAlester, Eli reported, “would use more electricity each week at full capacity than all the homes in McAlester used in an entire year.” PSO’s rates were below the national average, but the summer’s high temperatures had kept air-conditioners running around the clock. Bills were high all over. Weitz and Mason weren’t alone. Weitz’s daughter-in-law went on social media and found hundreds of others in the same boat: “My bill is unreal. I guess I’ll just burn up.” “I use a flashlight on my phone before I turn a light on, and I pay $100 a week.” “Single mom here. Cried on the phone with them last week because mine is so high.” “My monthly bill is almost 900. I know it’s hot, but this is like an AC bill on Venus.” A struggle Eli was with Weitz as she tried to figure out what to do. The family’s car was broken down in the driveway, so she rode a shuttle bus into town to get a doctor to sign a form saying she had a serious medical condition. That was a chance to get 30 days of relief from disconnection. “Please be advised that a life-threatening situation does not cause the debt to be forgiven, but merely postponed to a later date,” the form read. She got her monthlong reprieve — but not more money. Eli’s account of what happened next is extremely powerful. I urge you to read every word. FREE TO READ In Minneapolis. Eric Ruby for The New York Times A concrete legacy: Minoru Yamasaki designed the World Trade Center. But that wasn’t all. See more of his work. Times investigation: Gold that delivers profit to Wall Street and governments is connected to criminals, gangsters and those who exploit children. Read how. Your pick: The most clicked link in The Morning yesterday was about O.J. Simpson’s possible accomplice in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend. Metropolitan Diary: Scarred by a pork chop. Living with secrets: The wealthy are making housekeepers, tutors and private chefs sign nondisclosure agreements. THE LATEST NEWS France Protests The town hall in Limoges, France. Pascal Lachenaud/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Rioters attacked city halls and shops during protests over living costs and poor school conditions. The far-right National Rally party is looking to gain from denouncing the rioting. More International News Five members of a U.N.-backed force sent to stop gang violence in Haiti remain missing after an ambush. A spacecraft set to launch from Japan today could bring back the first samples of dirt from a Martian moon. Brazil’s presidential election could decide the future of the Amazon. In an interview with The Times, Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado criticized the Trump administration’s handpicked oil partner there and spoke about her country’s future. Immigration The New York Times The Homeland Security Department has repeatedly said that ICE agents are pursuing “the worst of the worst” criminals. But data shows that arrests of people with no criminal record have soared. In the video above, our reporter Hamed Aleaziz explains. Click to watch. The Trump administration said that people who came to the United States from Ukraine and Sudan can keep Temporary Protected Status for now. Politics The East Potomac Golf Links. Andrew Leyden for The New York Times Trump said the East Potomac golf course in Washington would close for 15 months for renovations, starting within four weeks. Barack Obama defended Representative Ilhan Omar, describing the Trump administration’s investigation of her family as an effort to intimidate her. Trump said his decision to ease sanctions against Russia was part of peace negotiations that could involve hostages. Other Big Stories New York has a new weapon in its war on rats: BurrowRx, a carbon monoxide-emitting killing machine. Dozens of cows were found wandering streets in Kansas City after a semi truck carrying them overturned. OPINIONS Stephan Dybus Tenants already pay a lot in rent. A surge in add-on “junk fees” is overwhelming them, Tracie McMillan writes. Abolish business schools, a professor at one argues. He says they normalize the economic system’s harms and train leaders to defend its structures. Deeply reported journalism needs your support. The Times relies on subscribers to help fund our mission. Become a subscriber today. TODAY’S NUMBER Sanae Takaichi Eric Lee for The New York Times 3 — That is the minimum number of hours each day that Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, says she spends on makeup, bathing, cooking and other chores. “Finding the time to sit down and focus with a truly clear head is a challenge,” she told the country’s Parliament last week. “I feel that, compared to a male prime minister, I might be spending an extra three or four hours on these tasks.” Her remarks have set off a debate among our readers — and you can join it. A taste: B BlueKazoo New York Japan definitely has high and honestly absurd standards for women’s presentation in public. But people are in denial if they don’t think the US has some too. Women are critiqued on their fashion choices and comments are made on if they look “put together” in the corporate and political world. People don’t notice it because it’s so much an unspoken part of our culture. View all comments SPORTS M.L.B.: The Tampa Bay Rays won Game 5 of their series against the Cleveland Guardians, putting them one win from the World Series. College football: The University of Miami is No. 1 in the A.P. Top 25 for the first time since 2002 after five of the top seven teams lost matches on Saturday. Boxing: Wilfredo Gomez rose from poverty in Puerto Rico to win world boxing championships in three weight classes. He died at 69. RECIPE OF THE DAY Armando Rafael for The New York Times. I love a veal piccata, a chicken piccata, even a swordfish piccata. Here’s a brilliant fourth option for that alchemy of lemon, capers and butter: tofu piccata. Press a firm brick of the stuff so it releases its water, cut it into slabs or cubes, coat it in cornstarch and pan-fry. Then build your piccata sauce while the tofu rests. You could nap it onto a bedroom slipper and have a good meal. (Make sure the butter you use at the end is cold, so it melts slowly into the sauce and emulsifies properly.) TRADECRAFT David McCloskey Shelby Tauber for The New York Times David McCloskey is a 40-year-old former C.I.A. analyst, now a spy novelist who some say is shaping up as America’s answer to John le Carré. (“The Persian,” his 2025 novel about a Persian Jewish dentist who goes to Tehran to spy for the Mossad, makes the argument well.) McCloskey’s latest offering is “London Station,” which imagines the relationship between the C.I.A. and its British counterpart getting so bad that the two agencies start actively working against each other. He spoke to The Times about it — and the supreme weirdness of the intelligence agency he worked for. More on culture Julia Louis-Dreyfus made her Broadway debut last night, in Jon Robin Baitz’s play “Other Desert Cities.” Our critic Helen Shaw praised her “nervy charisma.” Read the whole review. Copenhagen is famed for its luxe restaurants and innovative tweezer food. But these days its hottest dish is super basic: bread, butter and hard cheese. The city’s top bakeries are competing to make the best version. Take a tour. The comedian Larry David mocked the Democratic Socialists of America in an essay. Not everyone found it funny. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS Quinn Kelsey The New York Times Hear the baritone Quinn Kelsey sing Verdi at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. We’ve got clips! Fight aging. Fight it hand to hand. Buy your parents (or yourself) a new phone. The helpful little ones at Wirecutter found the best blowers for older people. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was jointed. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times and me. See you tomorrow. — Sam Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. 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Heat, scarce snow melting away Slovenia’s Alpine glaciers. One is still standing Faced with rising temperatures and declining snow in winter, the Alpine nation has seen one of its two glaciers melt away, and the remaining one shrink irreversibly. It is called Skuta and is located in the Kamnik-Savinje Alps to the north. Read more. Why this matters: Known as a nature-loving country, Slovenia has mountain climbing and hiking as part of the country’s tradition. Locals have followed closely the change as it unfolded before them. What remains is a patch of ice on the surface of the mountainside, and the rest buried under stones, with a narrow opening leading into a crevasse. Andrej Slak, a mountain guide, said the glaciers have served as vital water reservoirs for the surrounding valleys over centuries. Shepherds once used icy hollows like this to store and preserve meat but such ice pockets can no longer be found, he explained. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ WATCH: See the last glacier and experts explain recent changes

Israeli police arrest 10 following weekend attacks by settlers on journalist and diplomats Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine was beaten by a crowd of young male settlers on Friday, leaving her with several broken ribs and vertebrae, in the village of Abu Falah. A day later, masked settlers attacked a group of European diplomats and others visiting the Christian village of Taybeh. Read more. Why this matters: Israel had come under heavy international criticism for the attacks. From her hospital bed Sunday, Levine said she was “shocked and insulted” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had cast doubt on the attack, which was witnessed by a crowd of people, by calling it “alleged.” U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee condemned the attack. Israeli police said they have been collecting evidence and witness statements since the weekend attacks. They did not identify the suspects or specify their roles in the attacks, which came during a spike in settler violence during the annual Palestinian olive harvest season. Settler violence has surged in recent years, and rights groups say that attackers are rarely arrested or punished for attacks on Palestinians. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ WATCH: Levine recounts ordeal from hospital bed Trump endorses embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection America’s politically divided Jewish community braces for Israel’s elections Flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna makes emergency landing in Bulgaria after bomb threat

Democrats gain ground with AAPI adults as trust in Republicans fades, AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll finds Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander adults have become more disillusioned with President Donald Trump and Republicans according to a new AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll, giving Democrats a substantial edge on major issues like the economy and healthcare. Read more. What to know: The economy, the cost of living and healthcare dwarf other issues for AAPI adults. Trump’s economic approval among AAPI adults has dropped about 10 percentage points over the course of the year. Only about 2 in 10 approve of Trump’s performance on the economy. About one-quarter of AAPI adults approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president overall. But while trust in the Democrats on specific issues has increased, AAPI adults are ambivalent about the party as a whole. About half, 48%, of AAPI adults have a “somewhat” or “very” unfavorable impression of the Democratic Party, while 44% have a “somewhat” or “very” favorable impression. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Latino voters helped put Trump back in the White House. What’s their next move? Jackson doesn’t regret telling Collins to ‘shut up’ after protester interrupted Maine Senate debate Trump dominated rural America. Iowa is testing whether Democrats can win them back A new Medicare season begins, but some shifts will arrive in 2027 Trump says he will close historic DC golf course for 15 months of renovations

⛳️ Trump reveals golf course grand vision Via Truth Social President Trump announced controversial plans to renovate the public East Potomac Golf Course in D.C. to a "World Class Championship Golf Course," despite a federal judge's orders to pause plans. Trump said construction would begin in November and that the new course will open in about 15 months. Friction point: Following Trump's Truth Social post, the U.S. district judge on the case ordered the administration to answer whether it still plans to argue that designs for East Potomac are just "preliminary." Keep reading. ps:Absolutely the most pathetic potus!!!!!

💊 Health stocks boom Data: FactSet. Chart: Axios/Matt Phillips Health care stocks have done well in recent months as investors bank on Democrats gaining power in the midterm elections, Axios Markets co-author Matt Phillips writes. Why it matters: The prices suggest traders and investors see increasing odds that some cuts to federal health spending imposed by President Trump's big 2025 spending bill could be undone. The S&P 500's health care sector is up more than 9% over the last three months, the second-best performer of the blue-chip index's 11 sectors. (Energy was the best.) Pharmaceutical shares like Eli Lilly, Merck and AbbVie were some of the strong contributors.

🇺🇦 Zelensky's olive branch 🇷🇺 Breaking: Vladimir Putin has proposed a three-way summit next month with President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in an effort to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war on terms favorable to Russia, although Trump hasn't agreed, The Wall Street Journal reports (gift link). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke yesterday with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about the crisis between the countries and U.S. efforts to resume peace talks with Russia, Axios' Barak Ravid reports. During the call, which lasted around 40 minutes, Zelensky discussed the possibility of holding an in-person meeting in the coming days. Why it matters: It was the first call between Zelensky and senior U.S. officials since tensions spiked after Trump cut a diesel deal with Russia 10 days ago. The latest: Trump defended his decision to grant a waiver related to sanctions pushed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), saying the U.S. didn't want to jeopardize negotiations with Russia. "I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don't want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table," Trump wrote on Truth Social. Read more.

💰 AI boom transforms philanthropy Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios The AI boom is about to rewrite the rules of global philanthropy, shifting its center of gravity to Silicon Valley, where the IPOs of AI giants Anthropic and OpenAI will create some of the world's largest charitable organizations, Axios' Bradley Olson writes. Why it matters: The new wave will mirror startup culture, dominated by flexible capital, ambitious bets and a search for measurable impact rather than old-school donations to rename hospital wings or graduate programs. 💰 Zoom in: Anthropic announced yesterday that it plans to launch a massive benefit fund with 5% of its shares. The company's pledge, which would amount to $100 billion if it reaches an IPO value of $2 trillion, will go to a public benefit fund and is set to grow as its valuation rises. Anthropic says the fund will be a wholly owned LLC, giving it flexibility to make large donations to nonprofits or distribute money directly to specific populations. The commitment builds on the pledges of co-founders to give away 80% of their equity. 🖼️ The big picture: Anthropic is joining OpenAI, which is controlled by a nonprofit foundation that holds a 26% equity stake in the company, worth about $130 billion based on the company's current valuation.

(KJV) 2Sa 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my Saviour; thou savest me from violence. (LXXE) 2 Sam 22:23 my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: [he is] my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; thou shalt save me from the unjust man. (YLT) 2 Sam 22:23 My God is my rock--I take refuge in him; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower and my refuge, My Saviour, from violence thou savest me.

AI attack-ad nightmare realized AI is enabling reality-bending midterm ads about defaced Bibles, upscale dinners and a board game with a "Death to America" playing card. Why it matters: Warnings about deepfakes are coming true. Election laws haven't kept pace with a world where campaigns can put words in opponents' mouths and create realistic-looking scenes that didn't happen, Axios' Andrew Solender writes. 🤖 The Wesleyan Media Project found $137 million had been spent on 220 AI-generated ads through Oct. 11, mostly from Republicans. Four states have laws prohibiting certain uses of AI-generated deepfakes in political ads, while 27 more require some form of disclosure about their use. No federal law specifically regulates AI-generated political ads. 🤖 Axios found numerous political ads partly or fully made by generative AI, sometimes undisclosed: 🍑 Georgia Senate: Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate Republicans, has run a series of AI-generated deepfake ads depicting Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff getting beauty treatments. The ads mock Ossoff's reported campaign spending on hair and makeup, saying he "talks pretty" but has "an ugly record" and "a lot to cover up." Ossoff said in a C-SPAN interview: "It is deeply troubling to see ... deepfake videos used to fabricate political advertising. And it's a slippery slope toward the destruction of truth in political debate, and the ad should come down immediately." The ads don't disclose AI use, which Georgia law doesn't require. 🧤 Michigan Senate: A super PAC called Front Line Action used AI in an ad depicting Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed in a fabricated family photo with podcaster Hasan Piker and four women wearing niqabs. Another AI-generated scene has El-Sayed playing a Risk-style board game with his half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, and Piker. It depicts cards bearing statements that include "Death to America," "Do not Celebrate Thanksgiving" and "Celebrate 9/11." The ad features both a written and spoken disclosure that it was "created in whole or in part with the use of artificial intelligence." 🤠 Texas Senate: Democratic candidate James Talarico has been a consistent target of AI-generated ads from both Republican Ken Paxton's campaign and outside super PACs. A Paxton campaign ad (with an AI disclosure) depicts Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian, defacing a Bible with crayon.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 19 1781 Americans defeat the British at Yorktown British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers to the Americans at the Battle of Yorktown, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1980s 1987 Stock markets have the largest-ever one-day crash on “Black Monday” Arts & Entertainment 1985 First Blockbuster store opens 1847 Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Jane Eyre’ is published in London 1985 “Take on Me” music video helps Norway’s A-ha top the U.S. pop charts Civil War 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek Crime 1982 John Z. DeLorean is arrested in $24 million cocaine deal 1994 Man charged in murder of Megan Kanka European History 1989 Guildford Four are cleared of IRA bombings 1812 Napoleon retreats from Moscow 1469 Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile Natural Disasters & Environment 1991 Fire sweeps through Oakland hills World War I 1914 First Battle of Ypres

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Fly Me to the Moons Japan will launch a landmark trip today to collect samples from Mars’ moon Phobos. Launch time for the Martian Moons eXploration mission is scheduled for 3:41 pm ET. Watch the livestream here. The five-year MMX mission aims to reach Mars in August 2027. It will orbit the planet for three years to observe and photograph Phobos and its sister moon Deimos before collecting samples and returning to Earth. Scientists' aim is to learn how the two small, potato-shaped moons formed; one theory holds they are asteroids, while another suggests they are debris from an ancient collision with Mars. Research could settle what the moons are made of and may even clarify how Mars lost its thick atmosphere and lakes of water. There have been multiple Soviet and Russian attempts to reach Phobos from the late 1980s to 2011. Japan’s mission involves collaboration with NASA and the European Space Agency, among others.

October 19, 2026 The Fatherhood of God “For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.” (Acts 17:28) “The fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man” was a religious cliché promoted for many years, especially by religious liberals in the period between the two world wars. However, continuing hostilities between and inside most nations now make the idea of universal brotherhood in this present world almost farcical. The fact is, however, that God truly is the Father of all men in the sense that He created them all. “Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?” (Malachi 2:10). That was the rhetorical question posed to Israel in the last book of the Old Testament. In the New Testament the apostle Paul confirmed the same great truth to the pagan Gentiles. “[God] hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth,” and “we are the offspring of God” (Acts 17:26, 29). The sad fact is, however, that most men and women have actually become “children of the wicked one” because of sin (Matthew 13:38). We can only become spiritual children of the heavenly Father by being born again through faith in Christ. But we then truly “become the sons of God,” as assured to all those who “believe on his name” (John 1:12). Now we believers can all rejoice in the wonderful truth that we have the same heavenly Father. We have been “renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew . . . but Christ is all, and in all” (Colossians 3:10-11). May God help those of us who are (or will someday become) fathers on Earth to truly be children of our Father in heaven and thereby be genuine models of the heavenly Father to our human children here on Earth. HMM

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Hegseth Ripped for ‘Pointless’ Military Stunt That Killed Airman The airman died after a rappelling demonstration. An airman has died after falling during a pregame rappelling demonstration at a college football game in Texas, prompting criticism of “military showboating.” During a demonstration at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s annual Salute to Armed Forces & Veterans game on Saturday, an unidentified service member lost control of his rope and fell to the ground. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died. The football game continued just 10 minutes after the airman was transported to the hospital. The rappelling team consisted of members of the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2, Task & Purpose reported. “We are deeply saddened by the incident that occurred at the start of tonight’s football game. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the soldier who was affected, his family and his military colleagues,” a UT San Antonio spokesperson wrote in an Instagram post Saturday evening.The fatal incident comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has emphasized a renewed “warrior ethos” within the U.S. military, something critics quickly highlighted. “Thanks @PeteHegseth @SecWar for yet another pointless and tragic recruiting spectacle,” Jackie Singh, an aide on President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, wrote on X after the fatal incident. Dem strategist Chris D. Jackson called the stunt “absolutely sickening.” “This ridiculous military showboating at football games needs to STOP,” he wrote on X. “Now a man could lose his life, all because some Hegseth-like official apparently thought putting on a macho spectacle for people who came to watch FOOTBALL was a brilliant idea. These men are human beings, NOT props for someone’s political theater.” Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson pushed back against the criticism, saying it was “disgraceful that anyone would use the tragic death of a service member to try to score political points.” Hegseth, for his part, spent Saturday at a different sports stadium, attending a football game between the University of Tennessee and the University of Alabama. Before the game, he administered the enlistment oath to young men and women representing all service branches and the Tennessee National Guard. As he did so, he told them: “We’ve had three core principles from the beginning of showing up at the War Department: restore the warrior ethos, rebuild the military, reestablish deterrence.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/airman-killed-in-hegseths-pointless-military-stunt?

Photographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu The photographer with The Washington Post who was attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank so badly that several vertebrae were broken said Sunday she was increasingly angry that Israel’s military seems to protect settlers more than the Palestinians they threaten. Read More.

Trump dominated rural America. Iowa is testing whether Democrats can win them back Standing in the doorway of his home near the corn and soybean fields that blanket this stretch of northeast Iowa, Dave Roethler doesn't know what happened to the Donald Trump he supported during his first presidency. Read More. ps:Truly, truly pathetic Analysis: For Trump, results have often revealed the art of no deal Trump Tower had just opened and “The Art of the Deal" three years from publication when 38-year-old Donald Trump suggested he could negotiate Russian arms control better than Ronald Reagan. Read More.

Kenya’s Ebola cases hit 8, with no community transmission yet Ebola cases in Kenya rose to eight on Sunday after another person tested positive while in quarantine, having been identified as a contact of the first patient. Read More.

Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached an eighth province in the country’s north, authorities said on Sunday as the spread of the world’s fastest-growing outbreak of the disease on record continues to outpace response efforts. Read More.