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• US focused on disrupting finances for Somalia's al-Shabab
  The United States is strongly backing efforts to disrupt the illegal financing methods used by Somalia’s al-Shabab extremist group, which according to U.N. experts raised more than the $21 million it spent last year on fighters, weapons and intelligence
• Today in History
  Today in History Today is Thursday, Oct. 29, the 303rd day of 2020. There are 63 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 29, 1929, “Black Tuesday” descended upon the New York Stock Exchange. Prices collapsed amid panic selling and thousands of investors were wiped out as America’s “Great Depression” began. […]
• The Latest: President declares emergency in Mississippi
  President Donald Trump has declared an emergency exists in Mississippi and ordered federal assistance be expedited to aid state, local and tribal efforts to recover from Hurricane Zeta
• Report: Pilot in Hawaii plane crash had risk-taking history
  Witnesses have told federal officials the pilot of a plane that crashed and killed all 11 on board had a history of taking unnecessary risks and pushing the limits of his skills to give passengers an exciting ride
• Zeta takes aim at a hurricane-weary Gulf Coast
  At least one person has died as Hurricane Zeta pounds New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast with heavy rains and howling winds
• Coroner in Louisiana confirms 1st death from Hurricane Zeta: 55-year-old man electrocuted by downed power lines
  Coroner in Louisiana confirms 1st death from Hurricane Zeta: 55-year-old man electrocuted by downed power lines
• ICE settles lawsuit filed by immigrant activists in Vermont
  The federal government has agreed not to deport three immigrant activists in Vermont who sued two years ago after they were arrested
• Judge allows John Hinckley to publicly display his artwork
  A federal judge has ruled that the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan can now publicly display his writings, artwork and music
• FBI says extremist threatened Trump, Obama in online posts
  An FBI agent says a man accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor also made threatening online comments about President Donald Trump and other political figures
• Developer tied to Texas AG accused judge, others of fraud
  An Austin real estate developer at the center of recent allegations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked investigators to probe an elaborate conspiracy this fall
• Lawyers: Cop video of shooting of 2 Blacks suggests coverup
  Lawyers say that a suburban Chicago police officer's failure to turn on his body camera until after he shot two Black people last week suggests the officer wanted to hide what really happened
• NTSB release details in crash that killed 7 motorcyclists
  The pickup truck driver charged with causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire told authorities he had drug problem, regularly used heroin and cocaine but believed he was not impaired at the time of the crash
• Justice Department ramps up inquiry into NY care home deaths
  The  Justice Department is vastly expanding an inquiry that could determine whether New York is undercounting coronavirus deaths among nursing home residents
• School bus driver, 7-year-old girl killed in Tennessee crash
  Federal and state authorities are investigating a crash in eastern Tennessee between a school bus carrying 24 children and a utility vehicle that killed the school bus driver and a 7-year-old girl
• Many grand jurors in Breonna Taylor's death case upset over Kentucky AG's comments
  The mother of Breonna Taylor is calling for a new special prosecutor to investigate police actions in her daughter’s death