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OVER THE WEEKEND
Adacia Chambers, 25, driving at full speed, plowed into a homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University, killing four people including a 2-year-old boy and at least 46 injured. It is not clear if she was intoxicated, under the influence of drugs or suffering from mental illness. She’s being charged with four counts of second-degree murder…Tony Blair …Michelle Ramos of Pennsylvania, possessing $320,000 worth of drugs (2.5 kilos of cocaine, 50g of heroin, 99 Ecstasy pills & 1 lb marijuana) was arrested at Chicago’s Union Station…Singer Katy Perry was on the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton in Iowa at the Jefferson Jackson The “JJ” dinner.
WORLD ELECTIONS
Guatemala has elected 46-year-old Jimmy Morales, a former TV comedian who has never held office, as its new President beating former first lady Sandra Torres in a run-off election. Meanwhile Haitians peacefully took to the polls for their presidential and parliamentary elections. With 54 presidential hopefuls on the ballot, electoral officials said there might be partial results in 10 days but final results would not be ready until late November. Argentine voters sent the country’s presidential race into a runoff on Sunday, with Daniel Scioli the candidate endorsed by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner taking 35.7% against Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Buenos Aires’ 35.3%. The runoff election will take place on Nov. 22.
AFGHANISTAN
At least 53 people total are reported dead after a powerful 7.5 earthquake, 132 miles deep hit an area in northeastern Afghanistan and Pakistan. [REUTERS]
WHO REPORT
A new World Health Organization report to be fully released later today will classify the consumption of processed meat as carcinogenic alongside arsenic and can lead to bowel cancer in humans though the risk of developing colorectal cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk increases with the amount of meat consumed; 50 gram increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18%. Red meat(beef, lamb and pork) is “probable” carcinogen in its group 2A list that also contains glyphosate, the active ingredient in many weedkillers.[REUTERS]
SNIPS
A whale watching tour boat off the coast of Tofino, British Columbia carrying 27 people sank and five people are dead… Jimmy Fallon was this year’s Harvard Lampoon Elmer Award recipient, the first time the coveted prize has been awarded this century in all the celebration excitement, he tripped and fell while holding a bottle of Jaegermeister…Microsoft will open its largest (22,269 sq ft) to date and first-ever flagship store, four blocks from Apple’s famed glass cube store, today.
LOOK OF THE DAY
Shay Mitchell @MTV EMAs in Milan
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