One person was killed and six were wounded in a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield, California. Police were searching for a suspect; a separate shooting at a Michigan Spirit Halloween store also left one person dead.
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Four planes carrying evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky landed in Belarus under a temporary humanitarian ceasefire. Ukrainian officials expected the residents to cross into Ukraine later Saturday.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he is open to a formal apology for the transatlantic slave trade but rejects financial reparations. Caribbean leaders and reparations advocates welcomed the prospect of dialogue while pressing for further action.
Most of the United States returns to standard time at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, gaining an hour overnight. A push to end the twice-yearly clock change remains contested in Congress.
A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from pressuring election workers to halt or separate disputed ballots before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. A federal appeals court also rejected a bid to set aside ballots in California.
Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens exchanged criticism over a political ad and campaign rhetoric ahead of a planned joint appearance in Detroit. Their dispute comes days before El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race.
Stephen Hubbard, freed after more than four years in a Russian prison, told reporters at the White House he believed he was leaving only when guards gave him new clothes and led him toward the exit. Trump said the United States did not release anyone in return.
Police guarded Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal as protesters opposed the suspension of its president. The confrontation deepens a dispute between Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government and the PiS-aligned leadership of the court.