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Accused Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' faces U.S. trial

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Accused Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' faces U.S. trial

The trial of extradited Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is set to begin on Monday in federal court in Brooklyn, where he is facing drug trafficking and conspiracy charges.

Trump, Obama tout clashing visions of U.S. as elections near

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Barack Obama made dueling election appearances on Sunday, offering sharply different views on the country's problems but agreeing on the high stakes for voters in the final 48 hours of a tight campaign.

Utah mayor, deployed to Afghanistan, is killed in attack

The mayor of a Utah city was killed in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday in an apparent insider attack, the state's lieutenant governor said.

Non-stop ads and robocalls: welcome to America's costliest election

Wendy Burke has had enough. Campaign advertisements bombard her favorite TV shows. Dozens of election pamphlets fill her mailbox. Every day, she gets several political calls on her cell phone and more on her landline. Strangers knock at her door seeking her vote.

Gab.com back up after week offline following Pittsburgh shooting

Gab.com, the website where suspected Pittsburgh synagogue gunman Robert Bowers posted anti-Semitic views, said it was back up on Sunday evening after being offline for a week while it looked for another registrar to host its domain name.

Hacking allegation shows peril of Georgia Republican's twin election roles

The Republican candidate in Georgia's governor's race, who also oversees the state's elections, accused Democrats on Sunday of trying to hack voter registration systems, a move analysts said highlighted the inherent conflict between his twin roles.

Cochlear ordered to pay $268 million in U.S. patents lawsuit, plans to appeal

Australia's Cochlear Ltd said on Monday a U.S. district court has awarded $268.1 million in damages against the company in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by the Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research and Advanced Bionics LLC.

Ethiopia's Desisa takes NYC Marathon, Keitany is women's winner

Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa used a powerful surge to win his first New York City Marathon in five tries and Kenya's Mary Keitany claimed a fourth women's crown with a dominant victory on Sunday.

Ready for a fight: Voter enthusiasm surges among U.S. Hispanics

Hispanics are more interested in voting this year than in the last U.S. congressional midterm elections in 2014 and their enthusiasm outpaces that of all U.S. adults, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll released on Sunday.

Gunman at Florida yoga studio had been accused of harassment

A gunman who killed two women at a Florida yoga studio and wounded five other people before taking his own life had previously been accused of harassing young women, police said on Saturday.

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