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  • The young prince in charge of Saudi Arabia

    Using selective leaks spiced with speculation and technobabble, Turkey has presented a scenario in which the Washington Post columnist was lured into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, murdered and perhaps even dismembered. Turkish officials have shown video and audio evidence of this attack to Western intelligence agencies and their descriptions have been passed on by […]
  • Actor pulls out of Saudi Arabia trip

    “The timing couldn’t have been worse,” Butler told CNN on Saturday during an interview for his film “Hunter Killer.” “We heard about Khashoggi going missing the day before we were supposed to leave, two days before, but the next day was when we had to go and it just didn’t feel like a smart move. […]Read More
  • Trump Jr. retweets unsubstantiated claim on missing journalist

    Khashoggi, a former Saudi royal insider who became a critic of the country’s government, disappeared last week after he went into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, to obtain paperwork to marry his Turkish fiancée. Turkish authorities have said they believe Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post, was killed inside the consulate, a […]
  • 4 dead and 1 injured in shooting at toddler’s birthday party

    Police responded to reports of a shooting at a 1-year-old’s party in Taft on Saturday, said Sgt. Nathan Brandley of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Police are looking for two suspects they believe were involved in the shooting, he added. The injured man was airlifted to a hospital in Corpus Christi, Brandley said. Details […]
  • ‘SNL’ tackles Trump’s meeting with Kanye West

    Well, at least Chris Redd’s version of Kanye West. “Thank you all for joining us today for this important discussion. It’s in no way a publicity stunt,” Baldwin’s Trump said. Redd’s West said that he flew to the meeting using the “power” of his “Make America Great Again” hat. He then went into a long […]Read More
  • Experts dismiss claim Apple Watch recorded alleged killing

    The Turkish newspaper Sabah reported Saturday morning that Khashoggi turned on the recording function of his Apple Watch before walking into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, and that audio clips of his “interrogation, torture and killing were audio recorded and sent to both his phone and to iCloud.” CNN could not independently […]
  • Trump vows ‘severe punishment’ if Khashoggi killed

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  • Residents growing desperate for food and water in Michael’s wake

    Fears were mounting for those who did not heed evacuation orders before Hurricane Michael bulldozed large swaths of Florida’s Panhandle, and residents in the hardest-hit areas grew increasingly desperate for provisions. Three days after the monster storm, with rescue workers cutting through hulking debris piles in search of survivors, residents formed long lines outside fire […]
  • If evidence is presented that suggests a journalist met a violent end, the Saudi crown prince could pay a price

    Using selective leaks spiced with speculation and technobabble, Turkey has presented a scenario in which the Washington Post columnist was lured into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, murdered and perhaps even dismembered. Turkish officials have shown video and audio evidence of this attack to Western intelligence agencies and their descriptions have been passed on by […]
  • Why Kanye’s lunch with Trump was a disaster

    And imagine that this is one of the few high-level meetings he has about the crisis, which has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans. Well, that is kind of what just happened. Not with the opioids, but with the critical, potentially lethal, issues facing many African-Americans across the country. On Thursday, […]
  • Bird’s-eye view: Aerial footage shows catastrophic damage

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  • Abrams camp demands Kemp resign as secretary of state

    The demand from the Abrams campaign comes in response to an Associated Press report on records it obtained showing Georgia has put a hold on more than 53,000 voter registration applications — nearly seven-in-ten of them belonging to African Americans — because they failed to clear the state’s “exact match” standard. Under the policy, even […]Read More