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Seaman Recruit Jessika Delagado, left, and Electronics Technician Seaman Mark Hefti post for morning colors detail in front of the ensign, at half-mast in honor of the Las Vegas massacre, on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy stationed at Pearl Harbor. (Photo by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin R. Pacheco) Photo used under CC BY

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Police struggle to find Vegas killer’s motive

The investigation into the motives of a Las Vegas retiree who killed 59 people in the bloodiest mass shooting in modern U.S. history turned to the gunman’s girlfriend in the Philippines, where she turned up after the massacre.

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Reuters

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Vegas killer used cameras to spot police

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ABC News

Partisan gerrymandering: What’s too much?

Chief Justice John Roberts warned that the Supreme Court‘s “status and integrity” could be jeopardized if a majority of the court declares a constitutional limit to partisan gerrymandering.

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NPR

Catalan may declare independence ‘in days’

Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC. In his first interview since the referendum, Carles Puigdemont said his government would “act at the end of this week or the beginning of next.”

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BBC

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Spain’s King condemns Catalan leaders as thousands take to streets

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Reuters

US expels Cuban envoys after Havana attacks

The U.S. has expelled 15 Cuban diplomats to match staff reductions at the U.S. Embassy in Havana after the U.S. ordered home nonessential diplomats and families following mysterious attacks on personnel there, two U.S. officials told CNN.

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CNN

Trump tosses paper towels to Puerto Ricans

Finally lumbering into a devastated Puerto Rico aboard Air Force One, almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria made landfall, President Trump came face-to-face with the kind of reality he can’t deflect with anger and derision. A world waited to see if in a crisis, an unscripted Trump would rise to the occasion. He did not.

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CNN

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Trump says Hurricane Maria ‘not a real catastrophe like Katrina’

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Telegraph.co.uk

HUMAN RIGHTS

US opposes ban on death penalty for gay sex

The U.S. is one of just 13 countries to have voted against a UN resolution condemning the death penalty for gay sex. Although the vote passed, America joined countries such as China, Iraq and Saudi Arabia in opposing the move.

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The Independent

Refugees feel like ‘prisoners, hostages’

Sentiments are common among refugees and migrants stuck on Greece’s eastern Aegean Islands. And with aid groups observing a sharp surge in the number of arrivals, tensions are boiling over.

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Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Analyst: Democracy healthy in Hong Kong

Sonny Lo says although Hong Kong’s democracy movement may be at a low ebb, there are grounds for optimism for the future amid signs of pragmatism and the potential for dealmaking.

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South China Morning Post

German vote bolsters E. Europe nationalists

Wary of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ambition for closer European Union integration, right-wing politicians in the EU’s eastern wing are touting her weak election victory as a vindication of their concerns.

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Reuters

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German election result faces legal challenge

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Einstein’s waves win Nobel Prize in physics

The 2017 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three U.S. scientists for the detection of gravitational waves.

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BBC

Nobel in chemistry awarded to ‘cool’ 3D pictures

Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a way to image biomolecules at cold temperatures.

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PBS

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Cryo-electron microscopy achieves unprecedented resolution using new computational methods

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ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Too much standing even worse than sitting

As awful as sitting all day can be for your health, it turns out standing for a long time may be even worse. People with jobs that require them to stand — think retail sales clerks, cooks, bank tellers, waiters, gate agents, cashiers — are twice as likely to develop heart disease as people who spend their working day parked in a chair.

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NBCNews.com

Half of abortions unsafe in developing countries

Of the 56 million annual abortions performed around the world, nearly half, or 25 million, posed some threat to the health or life of the woman. The vast majority of unsafe abortions – 97 percent — were performed in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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Alabama is a race worth losing for Democrats

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We’re past thoughts and prayers

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Gun violence and the definition of insanity expecting different results. NOAH

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Commentary

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Uninformed Hillary shamelessly politicizes Nevada tragedy

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FOX News

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We are the terrorists and we are killing each other

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Ease US mining regulations to fuel electronic vehicles

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U.S. News & World Report

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Trump in Puerto Rico: A narcissist’s tour de force

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CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Vegas massacre: Stories of heroism emerge

Stories of heroism are emerging following a mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music concert that left at least 59 dead and more than 500 injured. Concertgoers put themselves in harm’s way to help others.

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CBS News

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Wounded Vegas survivor reunited with stranger who saved his life

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People

Sober ravers mark ancient autumn celebration

Morning Gloryville aims to inject a modern twist to an ancient pagan tradition with an autumn equinox ceremony at the top of the Shard in London. The idea of celebrating an equinox may conjure up images of ancient pagan traditions, but Morning Gloryville aims to modernize the act of welcoming in the season.

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NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Groups seek $434M to help Rohingya refugees

Humanitarian organisations helping Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh say they need $434 million over the next six months to help up to 1.2 million people, many of them children, who need life-saving help.

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Guardian

Social enterprise strengths, limits discussed

The Social Enterprise World Forum was just held in New Zealand. Social entrepreneurs from around the world discussed New Zealand’s economy and capitalism in general, the power of the Māori economy, and the demand for a more thoughtful consumerism.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

‘Selfie safaris’ imperil Amazonian wildlife

Wildlife tourism is big business, likely accounting for 20 to 40 percent of the global tourism industry’s annual value of $1.5 trillion. When an activity involving wildlife crosses the line from observation to interaction, it’s bad for the animals.

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National Geographic

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Trees in the Amazon make their own rain

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Science

Grass-fed beef causes climate change

Prince Charles is wrong to support grass-fed beef. The idea that beef from cows raised on bucolic pastures is good for the environment, and that we can eat as much meat as we want, doesn’t add up. New calculations suggest cattle pastures contribute to climate change.

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BUSINESS AND TRADE

N. Korea threats benefit defense contractors

Congressional committees have approved shifting more than $400 million from other accounts into missile defense programs to clear the way for more ground-based interceptors, sensors and upgrades to anti-missile vessels in the face of threats led by North Korea.

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Bloomberg

Puerto Ricans are running out of cash

As Puerto Rico deals with a lack of power, food and drinking water in the wake of Hurricane Maria, residents are also in dire need of another commodity: Cold hard cash. And that means what little other resources are available often can’t be purchased by those in need.

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NBCNews.com

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