International News
Russia-Turkey deal gives Idlib's wary residents 'glimpse of hope'
Al Jazeera
Civilians in Syria's last rebel-held bastion have cautiously welcomed a "fragile"
agreement signed by Ankara and Moscow to create a demilitarized zone that put on hold a threatened offensive on Idlib, even as they expressed concerns over whether the deal will last.
Al Jazeera
A grim wait for dozens of people still missing continues, after super Typhoon Mangkhut tore through the Philippines burying dozens of people under a massive landslide.
At least 81 people have been killed and the death toll continues to rise.
Australia cracks down after needles found in strawberries
Al Jazeera
Australia's prime minister has announced that the government is introducing emergency legislation to prosecute people caught contaminating fruit.
The country’s strawberry industry is in crisis because of a scare about needles found in strawberries.
US News
Wreck of Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour 'discovered' off US coast
The Guardian
The possible discovery of HMS Endeavour off the east coast of the US has been hailed as a “hugely significant moment” in Australian history, but researchers have warned they are yet to “definitively” confirm whether the wreck has been located.
'No one comes to help us': Florence cleanup highlights Wilmington's stark social divide
The Guardian
Shacory Blanks didn’t know Hurricane Florence was coming towards her home in Wilmington, North Carolina, until just hours before landfall. The 31-year-old doesn’t have a television – she can’t afford one – and she doesn’t listen to the radio. Her nephew told her about it.
Regulators: NC flooding too bad to tally environmental harm
AP News
By MICHAEL BIESECKER58 minutes ago
Aerial photographs show widespread devastation to farms and industrial sites in eastern North Carolina, with tell-tale trails of rainbow-colored sheen indicating potential contamination visible on top of the black floodwaters.
However, conditions remain so bad more than five days after Hurricane Florence made landfall that the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality said its inspectors have been unable to visit the hardest hit areas or collect samples of the flood water for lab testing. The agency’s regional office in Fayetteville had one foot of water inside, while other locations were without electricity.
Veteran who was deported to Mexico returns home to the U.S.
LA Times
Eight years after immigration officials detained Fabian Rebolledo in his Baldwin Park home and deported him to Tijuana, the U.S. Army veteran has returned home.
Rebolledo crossed the border at San Ysidro on Wednesday morning, proudly wearing his Army uniform. It was the culmination of a years-long battle by the UC Irvine Immigrant Rights Clinic, which was able to reopen the case in December and regain his green-card status in August.