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Gridlock, Blue Sweep or Red Repeat? Wall Street is closely watching the U.S. midterm Congressional elections next week, as policy decisions that could sway the economy, corporate decision-making and consumer spending hinge on the results.

If Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in next week’s elections the number of bills with a chance of passing falls dramatically. But two areas of general agreement stand out as having a high potential of successful legislation: lowering prescription drug prices and new regulations to protect online privacy. Follow the latest updates on the Midterms.

Ilhan Omar fled civil war in Somalia and spent four years of her childhood in a refugee camp in Kenya. Now she is poised to win a seat in the U.S. Congress, taking on a president who has tried to prevent people like her from coming to America.

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Reuters spent over a year scouring ocean data to map fish migration. What we found has major implications for humans as well as sea creatures. Explore 'Ocean Shock.'

Indonesian search and rescue workers believe they have found the fuselage of a Lion Air passenger jet that crashed with 189 people on board, and are also trying to confirm the origin of an underwater “ping” signal, officials say.

Russia opened an investigation into suspected terrorism after a 17-year-old youth blew himself up in the lobby of an office belonging to Russia’s Federal Security Service in the north of the country.

Commentary: Is the U.S. still a real democracy, asks Lincoln Mitchell, a writer and teacher in Columbia University's Political Science Department. As Americans prepare to vote in the pivotal Nov. 6 midterm congressional elections, Republican efforts to increase the penalties for protest or make it harder for people - especially African-Americans - to go to the polls have put the issue of democracy itself on the ballot "to an extent that is unprecedented in the post-Civil Rights era."

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10:43 AM - 31 Oct 2018