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Tesla secures land in Shanghai for first factory outside US
BEIJING - Electric auto brand Tesla Inc. said it signed an agreement Wednesday to secure land in Shanghai for its first factory outside the United States, pushing ahead with development despite mounti...
Oct 17, 2018
Tornadoes are spinning up farther east in US, study finds
WASHINGTON - Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting - decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more in states along the Mississippi River and farther east, a new study ...
Oct 17, 2018
Police search Saudi consul's home in Khashoggi case
ISTANBUL - Turkish crime-scene investigators searched the home of the Saudi consul general in Istanbul on Wednesday in the disappearance of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, and a pro-government newspaper...
Oct 17, 2018
Analysis: Trump's Saudi bet has become much riskier
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump put a big and risky bet on Saudi Arabia and its 33-year-old crown prince. It’s now become much riskier. From the early days of his presidency, Trump and his f...
Oct 17, 2018
'My new dealer is the prime minister:' Ashley MacIsaac embraces legal weed
SYDNEY, N.S. - Ashley MacIsaac says he’s spent 25 years feeling like a criminal, but he doesn’t have to feel that way anymore. The 43-year-old Cape Breton-born fiddler has spent decades br...
Oct 17, 2018
Harry and Meghan bring rain to drought-stricken Outback town
DUBBO, Australia - The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were jokingly thanked for bringing England’s notoriously inclement weather to a drought-stricken Outback town on Wednesday in a rain-drenched vi...
Oct 17, 2018
Student gunman kills 19, wounds 50 at school in Crimea
MOSCOW - An 18-year-old student strode into his vocational school in Crimea, a hoodie covering his blond hair, then pulled out a shotgun and opened fire on Wednesday, killing 19 students and wounding ...
Oct 17, 2018
CARTOON 10-17-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 10-17-2018
Oct 17, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 17
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Oct. 17 --- FIRST LEGAL POT SALES MADE IN N.L. Ian Power made sure he was first in line on a chilly October night to make a midnight purchase that will likely c...
Oct 17, 2018
Georgia police investigating arrest of black preteen rapper
ATLANTA - Police in Georgia are investigating the arrest of a black preteen rapper by a white off-duty officer. News outlets report Cobb Police Chief Mike Register says the department launched a probe...
Oct 17, 2018