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Friday, November 3, 2017

Islamic State claims New York truck attacker is a 'caliphate soldier'

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Islamic State has claimed responsibility, without providing proof, for a truck attack earlier this week that killed eight people in the deadliest assault on New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.

New Trump immigration efforts aim to stop child border crossers

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many of the immigration initiatives launched by the Trump administration in recent weeks target one kind of migrant: children.

Judge set to issue punishment for U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) - The military judge hearing U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's desertion case was expected to announce a sentence on Friday for the soldier who endangered fellow troops by walking off his Afghanistan post in June 2009.

Islamic State claims responsibility for New York truck attack without giving evidence: the group's newspaper

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a truck attack in New York City that killed eight people on Tuesday, the group's online publication said on Thursday.

Exclusive: Trump boosts disaster aid for Puerto Rico rebuild

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday agreed to expand the use of disaster aid to help rebuild Puerto Rico's power grid and other infrastructure wrecked by Hurricane Maria, the White House said.

'Nonchalant' suspect arrested after Colorado Walmart triple-slaying

THORNTON, Colo. (Reuters) - Police in Colorado on Thursday captured a man accused of walking calmly into a suburban Denver Walmart and fatally shooting three people at random before driving away.

U.S. Navy orders back-to-basics reforms after deadly collisions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy announced a series of systemic reforms on Thursday aimed at restoring basic naval skills and alertness at sea after a review of deadly ship collisions in the Asia-Pacific showed sailors were under-trained and over-worked.

Jury selected for conspiracy trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Jury selection was completed on Thursday in the trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and three others for their roles in a 2014 standoff between armed militia members and federal agents who had seized his cattle.

Judge considering punishment for U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) - A military judge began deliberating U.S. Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl's sentence on Thursday, after prosecutors said the soldier should spend 14 years behind bars for endangering troops in Afghanistan in 2009 and the defense urged no prison time.

Pennsylvania ex-prosecutor sues Cosby accuser for defamation

(Reuters) - A former Pennsylvania district attorney who declined to prosecute entertainer Bill Cosby for sexual assault in 2005 has sued Cosby's accuser in the case for defamation, claiming she destroyed his political career in retaliation.

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