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• China's Communist Party inserts Xi into party constitution October 24, 2017
  BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party amended its constitution to add President Xi Jinping's name and ideology Tuesday in an extension of his formidable political sway.
  The Associated Press
• Study: NYC could see bad flooding every 5 years October 23, 2017
  NEW YORK (AP) — Within the next three decades, floods that used to strike the New York City area only once every 500 years could occur every five years, according to a new scientific study released just days before the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy.
  The Associated Press
• GAO: Climate change already costing US billions in losses October 23, 2017
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A non-partisan federal watchdog says climate change is already costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars each year, with those costs expected to rise as devastating storms, floods, wildfires and droughts become more frequent in the coming decades.
  The Associated Press
• US general lays out Niger attack details; questions remain October 23, 2017
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. special forces unit ambushed by Islamic militants in Niger didn't call for help until an hour into their first contact with the enemy, the top U.S. general said Monday, as he tried to clear up some of the murky details of the assault that killed four American troops and has […]
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• Angry soldier's widow says Trump didn't know husband's name October 23, 2017
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A fallen soldier's angry widow joined the stormy dispute with President Donald Trump on Monday over his response to her husband's death, declaring that his failure to remember the soldier's name in last week's condolence call "made me cry." He retorted that the call was "very respectful" and her accusation about her […]
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