France attack: Nice in mourning after deadly church stabbings

Published: 2020-10-30 09:37:24 UTC

[BBC News] Security across France tightens after a suspected Islamist militant stabs three people to death.

Pandemic Brings New Restrictions on Restaurants and Retailers as Demand Is Rising

Published: 2020-10-30 09:30:00 UTC

[The Wall Street Journal] Surge in U.S. coronavirus cases comes as more people are dining out and stores struggle to find workers ahead of holidays

Ant IPO Sets Off $3 Trillion Scramble Among Small Investors

Published: 2020-10-30 09:30:00 UTC

[The Wall Street Journal] More than 5 million individuals in mainland China have placed orders in Shanghai half of the sale; investors also piling on in Hong Kong

U.S. Household Income, Spending Likely Picked up Last Month

Published: 2020-10-30 09:30:00 UTC

[The Wall Street Journal] Pace of gains has slowed after steep summer increases as economy reopened from pandemic-related closures

With No Commute, Americans Simply Worked More During Coronavirus

Published: 2020-10-30 09:30:00 UTC

[The Wall Street Journal] Employees spent over 22 million extra hours on their primary job each workday

New arrest after France church attack, security tightened

Published: 2020-10-30 09:12:31 UTC

[Associated Press] NICE, France (AP) — A new suspect is in custody Friday in the investigation into a gruesome attack by a Tunisian man who killed three people in a French church, as France heightened its security...

U.S. Stock Futures and Global Markets Fall

Published: 2020-10-30 08:24:00 UTC

[The Wall Street Journal] Oil prices and Treasury yields also decline

US election 2020: Early voting surge points to record turnout

Published: 2020-10-30 08:07:28 UTC

[BBC News] The highest turnout in more than a century is predicted, with over 80 million votes already cast.

After wolves rebound across US West, future up to voters

Published: 2020-10-30 05:02:57 UTC

[Associated Press] YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — The saucer-sized footprints in the mud around the bloody, disemboweled bison carcass were unmistakable: wolves. A pack of 35 named after a nearby...

'Our heart breaks': South digs out from Zeta's wrath

Published: 2020-10-30 05:00:17 UTC

[Associated Press] NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trees on top of buses and cars. Roofs ripped off homes. Boats pushed onto the highway by surging seawater. Hundreds of thousands of people left in the dark. The remnants...

Election emerges as referendum on race relations in America

Published: 2020-10-30 04:41:24 UTC

[Associated Press] DETROIT (AP) — Every day feels like a raw wound for Omari Barksdale.His sister, Laneeka Barksdale, died of COVID-19 in late March in Detroit — and since then, so have more than 226,000...

On virus, Trump and health advisers go their separate ways

Published: 2020-10-30 04:32:39 UTC

[Associated Press] WASHINGTON (AP) — A multi-state coronavirus surge in the countdown to Election Day has exposed a clear split between President Donald Trump’s bullish embrace of a return to normalcy and urgent...

An Election Day role for National Guard? Maybe, but limited

Published: 2020-10-30 04:24:55 UTC

[Associated Press] WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal laws and long-standing custom generally leave the U.S. military out of the election process. But President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated warnings about widespread voting...

Two same-sex couples in military marry in first for Taiwan

Published: 2020-10-30 04:24:10 UTC

[Associated Press] TAOYUAN, Taiwan (AP) — Two lesbian couples tied the knot in a mass wedding held by Taiwan's military on Friday in a historic celebration with their peers.Taiwan is the only place in Asia to...

As virus surges, Trump rallies keep packing in thousands

Published: 2020-10-30 04:09:11 UTC

[Associated Press] WASHINGTON (AP) — There are no crowds at Disneyland, still shut down by the coronavirus. Fewer fans attended the World Series this year than at any time in the past century. Big concerts are...

Biden returns to Iowa; Trump plays defense in Mich., Wis.

Published: 2020-10-30 04:01:08 UTC

[Associated Press] DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Joe Biden was last in Iowa, his presidential campaign was on the verge of collapse and he was soundly trounced in the caucuses by a former Indiana mayor nearly 40...

US growth surged in summer but recovery is slowing

Published: 2020-10-30 02:52:24 UTC

[BBC News] The US economy grew 7.4% over the quarter, but output remains lower than last year.

New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia

Published: 2020-10-30 01:52:20 UTC

[BBC News] The preliminary results of a referendum on assisted dying show 65.2% voted "yes" to enforcing a law on euthanasia.

Covid-19: Record traffic out of Paris as second French lockdown begins

Published: 2020-10-30 01:22:23 UTC

[BBC News] Traffic stretched more than 430 miles (700km) in total just hours before new measures came into force.

'We raise them in basements then send them to fight'

Published: 2020-10-30 01:22:22 UTC

[BBC News] Armenian mothers fear for sons on the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides suffer heavy casualties.