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Some Halloween costumes that cross racial lines ignite debate

NBC talk show host Megyn Kelly’s comments about blackface on Halloween have reinvigorated a debate over costumes that cross racial lines and what’s appropriate at a time when diverse movie and TV characters like Black Panther have become hugely popular.

Death toll rises to 21 in Jordan flood

The death toll from flash floods near Jordan’s shore of the Dead Sea rose to 21 on Friday, in what Civil Defense officials said was one of the deadliest incidents in the kingdom involving schoolchildren.

Kentucky Kroger shooting suspect tried to enter black church, police say

A white man with a history of violence and mental illness was recorded on surveillance video apparently trying to get inside a predominantly black church in Kentucky before he went to a grocery store and fatally shot two African-Americans, police said.

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Meghan Markle’s wedding dress on display at Windsor Castle

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‘French Spiderman’ banned from climbing buildings in UK

French urban climber Alain Robert has been banned from climbing any building in Britain after scaling one of London’s tallest skyscrapers without ropes — and without permission.

Father, son miss Clemson football game rescuing 3 young dogs

They say no good deed goes unpunished. But Wayne Heath and his son, Chase, aren’t upset after their determination to help three young dogs caused them to miss the Clemson-N.C. State football game on Oct. 20.

Deaths of 2 who fell from Yosemite overlook under investigation

The deaths of two people who fell from a popular Yosemite National Park overlook were being investigated Friday by park officials who were still working to recover the bodies.

Judge orders Robert Durst to stand trial in murder of friend

Robert Durst, the New York real estate heir who was the subject of a television documentary series, was ordered Thursday to stand trial for the murder of his close friend in Los Angeles 18 years ago.

 
Florida man arrested in mail-bombs case identified

Cesar Sayoc is an amateur body builder and former stripper, a loner with a long arrest record who showed little interest in politics until Donald Trump came along.

Rare $1K bill sells at auction for more than $2M

The Baltimore Sun reports the 1890 series Treasury note sold to an anonymous buyer Thursday at the Baltimore Winter Whitman Expo.