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News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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After eight months of fighting in Ukraine, most all the signs are pointing toward prolonged conflict. https://t.co/jR07VX7sU1
— NPR (@NPR) October 18, 2022
Lockheed Martin plans to increase production of its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, a weapon that has allowed Ukrainian forces to have an outsized effect on the battlefield, as Russia continues to sow instability.https://t.co/OOrKTwDF8e
— POLITICO (@politico) October 18, 2022
At least 14 people, including three children, are dead after a Russian warplane's engine caught fire during takeoff and crashed into a residential area in a Russian city. At least 19 others were hospitalized. https://t.co/mXlN6yORoi pic.twitter.com/22RoVwraOE
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 18, 2022
President Biden expected to announce that a bill to codify abortion rights will be “the first bill he will send to the next Congress” if Democrats hold both the House and Senate, a Democratic official says. https://t.co/kNXadbsDmS
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 18, 2022
The U.K. government said on Tuesday it was taking "decisive steps" against a Chinese recruitment effort to bring in former and serving British air force pilots to train its military personnel. https://t.co/FSoA5rVK5o
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 18, 2022
A teenager was arrested in Uvalde, Texas, in connection to a threat they allegedly made to carry out a shooting at Uvalde High School. https://t.co/KapCXZXWwA
— ABC News (@ABC) October 18, 2022
George Floyd's family is considering suing Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, for making false claims about Floyd's death. https://t.co/8B7FQucMYu
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 18, 2022
BREAKING: The Buffalo massacre suspect was “radicalized” by fringe social media, New York attorney general says. https://t.co/9h4g68cQzb
— ABC News (@ABC) October 18, 2022
.@RepKinzinger on secret service agents: "We know that these text messages were deleted, after these requests to preserve those documents came forward, and there is a lot of answers that we simply don't have." https://t.co/6vXGVczrm5 pic.twitter.com/26jjVaC0X5
— The Hill (@thehill) October 18, 2022
A female Iranian climber, who did not wear a hijab at an international competition in South Korea, left for Iran on Tuesday as Iranian groups based abroad raised alarms over her fate back home https://t.co/vEQ9TT8YB8
— CNN (@CNN) October 18, 2022
French cement company Lafarge pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying millions of dollars to the Islamic State group in exchange for permission to keep open a plant in Syria, a case the Justice Department described as the first of its kind. https://t.co/Vn4QOxhZM5
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 18, 2022
"There are many rivers that are feeding the sea of rodents in this city, and today we're damming one of them" – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced plans to tackle the city's rat problem https://t.co/AMq5holvBj pic.twitter.com/2tN5vd2v1R
— CNN (@CNN) October 18, 2022