At Least 149 Killed in Stampede at Seoul Halloween Celebration

SEOUL—Nearly 150 people have died from a stampede in one of Seoul’s popular nighttime districts, following a massive turnout there for the Halloween weekend. cont'd

Nancy Pelosi's husband 'violently assaulted’ in their home, House speaker's office says

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” in their San Francisco home early Friday morning, her office said. cont'd

Schumer caught on hot mic telling Biden that Georgia's Senate race is 'going downhill' for Dems

Yahoo! News - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was overheard Thursday telling President Biden that the potentially pivotal race for U.S. Senate in Georgia appears to be "going downhill" for Democrats.

U.S. urges Mexico not to buy Chinese scanners for the border

Yahoo! News TIJUANA, Mexico - As the Biden administration revamped security technology at the U.S.-Mexico border this year, officials learned of an unexpected national security threat developing on the other side of the Rio Grande. The Mexican government was preparing to purchase hundreds of millions of dollars of Chinese scanning equipment for its own checkpoints.

Germany dismisses cybersecurity chief over alleged Russian ties

Al Jazeera Arne Schoenbohm relieved of duties after media outlets report possible connections with Russian intelligence.

Eritreans in fear as military call-up intensifies over Ethiopia's Tigray war

BBC News - Eritrean authorities have intensified military mobilisation and are hunting down draft dodgers across the country, as the war in neighbouring Ethiopia escalates, multiple Eritrean sources have told the BBC.

Jesse Kline: Armed Forces admit there's no one left to use its rusted out gear

MSN - In case anyone hadn’t noticed, our military is in crisis. For years, we’ve heard stories about how Ottawa’s chronic neglect of the Canadian Armed Forces has left it with outdated hardware — sidearms that belong in a history museum, Cold War-era fighter jets, second-hand subs that even the most unscrupulous of used car salesmen wouldn’t try to hock — but a recruitment deficit exacerbated by the pandemic and a series of sexual assault scandals has exposed an even bigger problem: even if we had state-of-the-art equipment, there’s no one there to use it.

Indonesia riot

The death toll in the riot and ensuing stampede at a football match in Indonesia has been revised from 174 to 125 people.

$4-million verdict for LAPD captain over fake nude photo shared by cops

A jury awarded a female Los Angeles police captain $4 million in damages Friday in her sexual harassment lawsuit against the city over a nude photograph that was doctored to look like her and shared around the department. read more

LAPD investigating report of George Floyd photo circulating with caption ‘You take my breath away’