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Bombing Suspect Arrested in Florida; Van With Pro-Trump Stickers Seized Federal authorities made an arrest on Friday in connection with the nationwide bombing campaign against outspoken critics of President Trump, a significant breakthrough in a case that has gripped the country in the days leading up to the midterm elections. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/nyregion/cnn-cory-booker-pipe-bombs-sent.html?6

Pipe Bombs Sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and CNN Offices Pipe bombs were sent to several prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, setting off an intense investigation on Wednesday into whether a bomber is going after political figures vilified by the right wing. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/nyregion/clinton-obama-explosive-device.html?4

Saudi Arabia Says Jamal Khashoggi Was Killed in Consulate Fight BEIRUT, Lebanon — After two weeks of shifting stories, Saudi Arabia said Saturday that its agents strangled Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident journalist, during a fistfight inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and that 18 men had been arrested in the case. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/world/middleeast/jamal-khashoggi-dead-saudi-arabia.html?3

Crimea Attack: College Assault Kills 17 At least 17 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea. Officials initially said an "unidentified explosive device" detonated, but now say all the victims died of gunshot wounds at the technical college in Kerch. Russian investigators said an 18-year-old student blamed for the attack had killed himself. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45891201

Paul Allen, Microsoft’s Co-Founder, Is Dead at 65 Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist and owner of two professional sports teams, the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland Trail Blazers, died on Monday. He was 65. Mr. Allen died of complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his family said in a statement. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/obituaries/paul-allen-dead.html

Turkey Orders Release of U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson SAKRAN, Turkey — A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of the American pastor Andrew Brunson from house arrest, a move that will end his 24-month imprisonment and allow him to fly home, and that signaled a truce of sorts in a heated diplomatic dispute between Turkey and the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/world/europe/turkey-us-pastor-andrew-brunson.html

Hurricane Michael Makes Landfall in Florida PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Hurricane Michael opened its bombardment of the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday morning, with wind and rain beginning to batter the coastline hours before the strengthening Category 4 storm was expected to make landfall with astonishing power. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/us/hurricane-michael-live-updates-florida.html

Turkish Officials Say Khashoggi Was Killed on Order of Saudi Leadership ANKARA, Turkey — Top Turkish security officials have concluded that the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on orders from the highest levels of the royal court, a senior official said Tuesday. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/world/europe/jamal-khashoggi-turkey-saudi-arabia.html

Nikki Haley to Resign as Trump’s Ambassador to the U.N. President Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, said on Tuesday she would resign at the end of the year, marking a high-profile departure of one of the few women in the president’s cabinet. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/us/politics/nikki-haley-united-nations.html?3

Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 INCHEON, South Korea — A landmark report from the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than previously thought and says that avoiding the damage requires transforming the world economy at a speed and scale that has “no documented historic precedent.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html

Brazil Election Heads to Runoff as Far-Right Candidate Falls Just Short of Outright Win RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilians on Sunday expressed their disgust with politics as usual and endorsed an iron-fist approach to fighting crime and corruption by giving the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro an ample lead in the first round of the presidential election. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/world/americas/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-election.html

Limo Crash Kills 20 in Upstate New York; Nation’s Deadliest Accident in 9 Years SCHOHARIE, N.Y. — It was an intersection of two highways, one a steep downhill road, that residents had long warned was notoriously dangerous. On Saturday afternoon, their worst fears were realized: A limousine lost control, careening through the intersection and striking an empty car. The crash killed all 18 people in the white limousine and two pedestrians in an accident that left deep tire tracks in the ground and a small upstate New York town reeling. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/nyregion/wedding-limo-crash-schoharie-ny.html