Canada women snap eight-game skid against USA to avenge Olympic hockey heartbreak

Kraemer, Tremblay score first senior international goals Fillier nets winner after Americans erase two-goal deficit Canada avenge Olympic heartbreak in worlds tune-up Canada ended an eight-game losing streak against the United States with a 5-3 victory on Wednesday night in Windsor, Ontario, as newcomers Caitlin Kraemer and Rosalie Tremblay scored their first senior international goals … Read more

‘They mobilized a whole government response to that joke’: Obama laughs off Trump attacks in rally for Ossoff

Former US president comes to Georgia to support Jon Ossoff for US Senate and Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor Barack Obama, speaking at a Wednesday campaign rally in suburban Atlanta, offered a closing argument for Democrats in the final week of the midterm election campaign. “These are not serious people,” he said of Donald Trump … Read more

Non-profit group leaks data of more than 40,000 homeland security workers

Information released by Distributed Denial of Secrets is the third such government data disclosure in the last month Data identifying more than 41,000 employees and contractors for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was released on Wednesday in an unprecedented leak that reveals how the agency is organized. The records, which were made public … Read more

Memorable moments from Trump rallies ahead of the midterms

President Trump has made several comments about people’s appearances during recent rallies ahead of the midterms. In Michigan, he commented on the singer Nicki Minaj’s physique, and in South Carolina he called a heckler who was punched during the event “unattractive.”

Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro arrives in U.S. after losing election

Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro and his family have arrived in Miami, where the U.S. government will grant them entry visas after he refused to comply with Brazil’s order to surrender his passports. NBC News’ Carlos Curbelo explains how Bolsonaro was granted entry and its impact on U.S.-Brazil relations.

Bombshell report rocks Alaska Senate race

A New York Times report said in a secret plot the campaign of Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola recruited a man with the same name as Republican Senator Dan Sullivan to get on the ballot in an attempt to sabotage the Republican’s chances of winning. The Peltola campaign denied the report. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports. … Read more