After Ralph Northam’s blackface scandal and Justin Fairfax’s sexual assault allegations, Virginia Democrats were in chaos. Now they may win the state.
Author: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY
‘Unacceptable’: 7-year-old girl shot while trick-or-treating, Chicago police say
A 7-year-old girl trick-or-treating in a bumblebee costume was critically injured by stray gunfire in a Chicago shooting on Halloween, police said.
Quarter of all pigs worldwide could die from swine fever, animal health organization says
A die-off from African swine fever would spark global pig shortages, said Mark Schipp, president of the World Organization for Animal Health.
Greta Thunberg declines environmental prize: ‘Climate movement does not need any more awards’
Greta Thunberg declined an environmental award worth $52,000 from the Nordic Council. She said she wants leaders to listen to science, not prizes.
Man loses foot, another seriously injured in shark attack while snorkeling in Australia
The shark attack occurred in Hook Passage in the Whitsunday Islands off Australia’s Queensland coast, rescuers say.
Texas police officer shot his own son, thinking he was a home intruder, police say
The incident occurred Saturday evening when the off-duty Dallas police officer returned home and thought someone might be inside, DeSoto police said.
Texas shooting: Shots fired at vigil for victim; gunman still at large in off-campus party shooting
Two people were killed and 12 others injured near Texas A&M University-Commerce in Greenville at an off-campus party shooting, police say.
This bottle of rare whisky sold for nearly $1.9 million, shattering auction record
Sotheby’s announced that the bottle of Macallan 60-Year-Old 1926 sold for $1,873,951, breaking the previous auction record.
‘He will live on’: Chris, the sheep with world’s heaviest wool, mourned by animal lovers
Chris the sheep, who was rescued in 2015, set the record for the world’s heaviest fleece sheared from a sheep, carrying 90 pounds of wool at the time.
We’ve already seen 780 anti-Semitic incidents this year and it’s ‘horrifying,’ group says
At least 12 white supremacists have been arrested for their roles in attacks or plots against the Jewish community in the United States.