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Considered to be the most consequential election in decades, the 2018 midterm elections will have a major effect on the time ahead.
For months, pundits have pushed the importance of this year’s midterm election cycle. Some unabashedly called it the most important election in American history.
Is this all hyperbole in an effort to “get out the vote”? Maybe. But November’s elections to select members of U.S. Congress are unquestionably significant. The results will clearly reveal voter’s opinions on the current direction of the country.
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- MIDDLE EAST
Thousands of Palestinians massed Friday along Israel’s frontier, with dozens approaching and breaching the perimeter fence that separates Gaza from Israel, even as Egypt stepped up efforts reach a lasting cease-fire between the territory’s Hamas rulers and Israel.
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- EUROPE
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- TERRORISM & SECURITY
Russian officials said an 18-year-old student attacked his vocational school Wednesday in Crimea, going on a rampage that killed 17 students and left more than 40 people wounded before killing himself. One student said the shooting went on for at least 15 minutes.
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- INTERNATIONAL
China’s trade surplus with the United States widened to a record $34.1 billion in September as exports to the American market rose by 13 percent over a year earlier despite a worsening tariff war.
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- AMERICAS
Smugglers in recent weeks have been abandoning large groups of Guatemalan and other Central American migrants in Arizona’s harsh cactus-studded Sonoran Desert near the border with Mexico, alarming Border Patrol officials who say the trend is putting hundreds of children at risk.
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- CRIME & PUNISHMENT
A federal official who controls medical care in California prisons wants as much as a quarter-billion dollars a year to provide medication intended to ease a record increase of fatal drug overdoses among inmates.
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- WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT
Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with terrifying winds of 155 mph on October 10, splintering homes and submerging neighborhoods before continuing its destructive charge inland across the Southeast. It was the most powerful hurricane to hit the continental U.S. in nearly 50 years and at least one death was reported during its passage.
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- MEDIA
In the United States, people who feel overwhelmed by the 24/7 news cycle significantly outnumber those who are comfortable with it. According to a 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center, nearly “seven-in-ten Americans (68%) feel worn out by the amount of news there is these days, compared with only three-in-ten who say they like the amount of news they get.”
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- SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Scientists for the first time have used CRISPR gene editing to halt the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in a large mammal, according to a study by UT Southwestern that provides a strong indication that a lifesaving treatment may be in the pipeline.
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- MARRIAGE & FAMILY
A more hands-off parenting trend has emerged in response to years of society favoring a micromanaging “helicopter” approach. Here’s what fathers and mothers need to know to strike a healthy balance.
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- HEALTH ISSUES
Air pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new study from a team of environmental engineers and public health researchers. On the other hand, better air quality could lead to a significant extension of lifespans around the world.
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- WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT
Wildfires on the West Coast are growing worse. The reason for this trend is more than a century in the making.
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- ANALYSIS
Today, the number of countries involved in “violent conflicts” is the highest in 30 years, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on July 17, 2018. He also stated that the number of people killed in conflicts has risen tenfold since 2005 and that the number of “violent situations” classifiable as wars, based on the number of casualties, has tripled since 2007.
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- AMERICAS
Political and ideological stances in the U.S. are more entrenched than ever before. How long can the nation survive if most everyone is unwilling to listen to opposing voices?
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- WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT
A global biodiversity collapse is imminent unless concerted action to reverse species loss in the tropics occurs, according to a major scientific study in the journal Nature.
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- HEALTH ISSUES
Even as a young adult, being overweight may cause higher blood pressure and thicken heart muscle, setting the stage for heart disease later in life, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.
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- October 19, 2018
- EU Brexit Negotiator: Irish Border Issue Could Lead to Failure
- Israel-Gaza Tensions Ratchet Up as Palestinians Amass at Border
- 5 Issues that Will Decide the 2018 Midterm Elections October 17, 2018
- Student Gunman Kills 17, Wounds More Than 40 in Crimea October 12, 2018
- Will China-U.S. Trade War Grow Worse? Gap Widens to Record $34.1 Billion
- Authorities Search for Solutions as Inmate Overdose Deaths Spike in California
- Border Officials Alarmed by Migrants Abandoned in the Desert October 11, 2018
- Hurricane Michael Slams into Florida, Charges into Southeast October 8, 2018
- Supreme Court Moves Right, But How Far, How Fast? October 5, 2018
- Red Tide Is Plaguing Beaches on Both of Florida’s Coasts
- U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls to 49-year Low of 3.7 Percent September 1, 2018
- You Can Overcome Sin! August 31, 2018
- Gene Editing Halts Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs—Scientists Hope to Apply Process to Humans August 28, 2018
- Will the New U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal Leave Out Canada? August 24, 2018
- Air Pollution Reduces Global Life Expectancy by More Than One Year August 23, 2018
- Why You Should Keep Watching the News, Even When You Are Sick of It August 22, 2018
- Residents Brace Themselves as Hurricane Lane Approaches Hawaii August 21, 2018
- When There Is “No Peace to Keep” August 20, 2018
- Brazil Sends Troops to Border with Venezuela After Citizens Clash with Migrants August 17, 2018
- The Rise of Free-range Parenting August 16, 2018
- Unrelenting – The New Reality of U.S. Wildfires August 14, 2018
- What the China-U.S. Trade War Reveals August 6, 2018
- President Trump Reimposes Sanctions on Iran August 3, 2018
- Researchers Warn of Looming Biodiversity Collapse in Tropics August 1, 2018
- 90 Percent of Largest King Penguin Colony Has Died Off July 31, 2018
- Being Overweight as Young Adult Changes Heart’s Structure, Increases Future Risk of Disease July 27, 2018
- Tickborne Diseases Surged Over Past Decade July 25, 2018
- Scientists Find How Much Older Adults Need to Exercise to Avoid Disease July 23, 2018
- Secondhand Smoke Causes About 17,000 Still Births Per Year in Developing Countries July 19, 2018
- The Great Barrier Reef Is Losing Its Ability to Recover, Could Cost Australia Billions
