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via CNN: GM will no longer make these 6 cars: General Motors will end production of six sedans by the end of 2019. North American customers want SUVs, crossovers, hatchbacks and trucks. Sedans have fallen out of favor. As GM (GM) adjusts to changing customer behavior it is also planning ahead for the future. The […]

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via CNN: ‘Bus driver from heaven’ rescued young children from California wildfire: Kevin McKay drove the school bus along gridlocked, dark roads as pockets of fire burned all around. Nearly two dozen elementary school children were on board with him. Smoke began to fill the bus, so McKay took off a shirt. He and two teachers […]

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via CNN: For Trump, there’s no easy way out of his funk: By multiple accounts, Donald Trump is in one of the deepest funks of his presidency. The bad news is that the challenges and threats that are making his mood so dark are likely to get worse before they get better. The President is angry […]

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via CNN: Melania Trump leads new round of White House firing and fury: In this White House, no one knows when the ax will fall or who will be swinging it. A new day of firing and fury culminating in a staggering power play by first lady Melania Trump deepened already historic dysfunction in the […]

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via CNN: Michelle Obama says Melania Trump turned down her offer of help: In her new memoir, “Becoming,” former first lady Michelle Obama writes a passage explaining how her predecessor, Laura Bush, had extended her help to Obama when she was an incoming first lady, telling her that if Obama needed help, she was “a phone call […]

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via CNN: Trump’s Paris trip marked by missed moments — and a dire warning: First it was a second-place replacement for his own grand military parade. Then it was a stately gesture to illustrate an alliance he’s done little to cultivate. After a midterm election drubbing, it was an opportunity to retreat and regroup. Yet by the […]

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via CNN: Trump aims to upend convention again after midterm campaign of fear, lies and defiance: Once again, Donald Trump is betting he knows best about how to win an election, in a new swipe at conventional political wisdom that will make for an especially tense and unpredictable night once midterm results start rolling in. The […]

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via CNN: America votes Tuesday. Here’s what’s at stake.: With one day to go before the midterm elections, Americans face a choice that could shape the nation for years after a campaign that left it politically torn, at war with itself over race, and mourning tragedy. Voters must decide on Tuesday whether to constrain President Donald […]

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via CNN: Here’s what to do if you’re turned away at the polls: Here’s something scary: Even if you have the legal right to vote and have done everything to prepare yourself for Election Day, you could still be turned away at the polls. In recent years, almost two dozen US states have implemented laws […]

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Trump shocks with racist new ad days before midterms: In the most racially charged national political ad in 30 years, President Donald Trump and the Republican Party accuse Democrats of plotting to help people they depict as Central American invaders overrun the nation with cop killers. The new spot, tweeted by the President five days before […]

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via CNN: Halloween 2018 by the numbers: $9 billion: Total Halloween consumer spending expected for 2018, according to the National Retail Federation. 175 million: Americans planning to celebrate Halloween this year. 41.1 million: Potential trick-or-treaters aged 5-14, according to the US Census Bureau. $86.79: Average amount Americans will spend on Halloween festivities. 69,340: Acres of pumpkins harvested in […]

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via CNN: Investigators search Florida mail facility for clues to bombmaker: The nationwide manhunt for the person or people who sent 10 potential bombs to critics of President Donald Trump and CNN’s office in New York led authorities to a mail facility in South Florida on Thursday night. Several of the packages went through a […]