Headlines for October 17, 2017
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#359QQ)
- Trump Falsely Claims Obama Didn't Contact Gold Star Families
- Somalis Mourn Twin Bombings as "The 9/11 of the Somali People"
- U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Pleads Guilty to Desertion Charges
- Rep. John McCain Warns of Trump's "Half-Baked, Spurious Nationalism"
- Drug Czar Nominee Led Effort to Undermine Opioid Abuse Fight
- Syria: U.S.-Backed Fighters Seize Raqqa as ISIS Fighters Surrender
- Iraqi Army Tightens Control Over Kirkuk as Kurdish Forces Withdraw
- Malta: Car Bomb Kills Investigative Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
- Spain: Two Catalan Independence Leaders Arrested
- Ireland: Post-Tropical Storm Ophelia Lashes Island, Killing 3
- At Least 40 Dead as Wildfires Rage in Spain, Portugal
- Pope Francis Warns U.S. over Withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord
- NYPD, Scotland Yard Investigating Harvey Weinstein over Sex Assault Charges
- Security Flaw Leaves Most Wi-Fi Devices Vulnerable to Hackers
- Charlottesville Police Arrest Corey Long, Who Defended Anti-Fascist Protesters
- Pennsylvania: 23 Arrested in Lancaster County Anti-Pipeline Protest