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Strongest hurricane on record heads for Mexico

Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated from Mexico’s Pacific coast as the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere bore down on popular tourist areas with sustained winds of 200 mph.

USA TODAY

Hurricane Patricia could increase heavy rains in Texas

CBS News

Patricia becomes strongest hurricane ever recorded; catastrophic landfall expected in Mexico

The Weather Channel

Germany will push for compulsory EU refugee quotas

Berlin hopes Europe can agree on more ambitious common policies to deal with the migrant crisis.

TIME

Why Europe’s tough migrant trail is still so busy

Yahoo! News

Migrant crisis: Slovenia seeks EU help over influx

BBC

One woman can detect Parkinson’s Disease by smell

Olfactory wonder Joy Milne can detect an odor that may be connected with Parkinson’s. Researchers have begun exploring the implications of her ability.

TIME

States challenge Obama’s carbon rules in court

Twenty-four states said they filed a petition with a U.S. appeals court to block the Obama administration’s proposal to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, the centerpiece of its climate change strategy.

Reuters

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

The billionaire urging philanthropy to make early education a (much) bigger priority

J. B. Pritzker, one of philanthropy’s biggest names in early childhood education funding, is more than a little concerned about the future of its funding.

Inside Philanthropy

Philanthropy catalyzing next-generation donors

Jweekly

Can The Giving Pledge help philanthropy go global?

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal made headlines over the summer when he announced he would donate his personal fortune, valued at $32 billion dollars, to charity. His inspiration? Bill and Melinda Gates.

devex

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Check your privilege: Why women’s philanthropy Is growing across generations and socioeconomics

Huffington Post

HUMAN RIGHTS

Boko Haram hits Nigerian mosque in deadly suicide bombing

A suicide bomber detonated explosives in a mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria, the latest in a string of attacks by Boko Haram in the northeastern city.

Christian Science Monitor

Sweden: Deadly school attack a racist hate crime

Swedish police labeled the stabbing attack at Kronan school in Trollhattan a hate crime based on discoveries they made searching the man’s home, the way he dressed, his behavior at the scene and the way he selected his victims.

Seattle Times

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Hearing on Benghazi attacks leaves Hillary Clinton largely unscathed

Former secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony before a special House committee provided new insights into her management decisions, but partisanship dominated.

USA TODAY

Amid spin and conspiracy surrounding Clinton, what are facts about Benghazi?

Christian Science Monitor

Paul Ryan tames Tea Party, paving the way to the worst job ever

Paul Ryan seems to have put the first real chink in the Tea Party’s armor, but he’s still falling short of his own self-determined demands to become Speaker of the House.

Daily Beast

How Paul Ryan unified a fractured GOP

CNN

Paul Ryan demands family time in his new job. Many Americans aren’t so lucky.

Huffington Post

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists say deep-sea bacteria could neutralize CO2

Scientists say a unique enzyme-producing bacterium, found deep below the ocean surface, could help neutralize greenhouse gas pollution.

UPI

Spooky the Asteroid to hurtle past Earth on Halloween

About the size of a football stadium, asteroid 2015 TB145, dubbed ‘Spooky,’.

The Christian Science Monitor

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Yemen conflict: sick and wounded left to suffer as health system buckles

Doctors forced to turn away patients as airstrikes compound acute shortage of medication, supplies and staff.

Guardian

UN hails Philippines’ Typhoon Koppu response as model for others to follow

Pre-emptive action saved lives and showed benefit of early warning systems and targeted evacuation of vulnerable areas, says UN disaster risk reduction chief.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Olga Khazan):

What Is Social Anxiety?

The Atlantic

Editorial:

Assaults on campus: Colleges are facing up to a disturbing problem

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Column (Shawn Boonstra):

Why Playboy’s decline may not be good news

Adventist Review

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GOOD NEWS

Modesto’s Varni Bros. wins Good Egg Award

Tony Varni accepted the Good Egg Award on behalf of the Varni Brothers Corporation during the 53rd annual Good Egg Breakfast in downtown Modesto California at the Double Tree Hotel.

Modesto Bee

Idaho agency finds historic footage of parachuting beavers

More than half a century after a group of beavers parachuted into the Idaho back-country, officials have uncovered footage of the quirky wildlife management moment.

Yahoo! News

Drug company attempts $1 alternative to Daraprim

The fervor over a drug company’s decision to hike the price of a drug used to treat a potentially deadly parasitic disease has drawn at least one market competitor to attempt an alternative.

USA TODAY

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Nonprofits face internal leadership shortfall

Nonprofit senior managers are engaged in an elaborate game of musical chairs, with 44 percent of upper level positions filled during the past two years taken by members of other organizations.

NonProfit Times

Blog:

The spiraling cost of nonprofits’ turnover treadmill

Huffington Post

Egyptian security forces raid media NGO office

Armed Egyptian security forces raided an NGO that trains journalists in Cairo, arresting all those who were present within the office. The raid was carried out on the Mada Foundation for Media Development.

Middle East Eye

Armed raid on journalism NGO bears hallmarks of another assault on independent media

Amnesty International

ENVIRONMENT

Paris climate summit: ‘sprint needed’ to secure emissions deal in December

Observers say draft text shows countries close to consensus after Bonn talks to hammer out final details of global agreement on greenhouse gas emissions.

Guardian

Paris climate summit: ‘sprint needed’ to secure emissions deal

Governments working on the proposed new global deal on climate change must step up their efforts after a slow week of talks produced little progress

Guardian

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A country bridge in Prince Edward Island, Canada, in the town of Saint Peter’s Bay. (Photo by Nicolas Raymond) Photo used under CC BY

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