Relief effort in Indonesia expands as death toll rises
In central Sulawesi, aid workers reach Palu after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami. Officials report 844 to 1,203 dead with hundreds feared buried in mud and debris. 300,000 plus displaced as relief supplies arrive by limited air and slow road convoys.
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Jakarta
Sulawesi
Hardhit
Palu
Sigi Biromaru
Aulia Arriani
Indonesian Red Cross
Red Cross
Aulia
Sutopo Nugroho
National Disaster Agency
Nepal
Helen Vanwel
Care Relief Agency
Makassar
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Wani
Donggala
Iran Fires Missiles at Militants in Syria Over Parade Attack
Tran said it fired missiles Monday at Islamic State militants in Syria in retaliation for an attack on Iran on Sept. 22. Tehran says the strike demonstrates its readiness to punish the wickedness of its enemies and blames U.S.-backed Gulf states for the parade attack that killed 25 people.
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Tehran
Iran
Cardi B Charged in Queens Strip Club Altercation
Cardi B surrendered to New York City police and faced charges of assault and reckless endangerment after a complaint tied her to a Queens Angels strip club fight in August. A court summons was issued for misdemeanors according to police and her representative.
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New York City
Belcalis Almanzar
Angels Nyc
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Queens
Martin Brown
Otis Rush Dies at 83 Chicago Blues Icon Passes Away
Chicago blues musician Otis Rush, a self taught left handed guitarist known for falsetto vocals and searing live shows, died Saturday at age 83 from complications of a 2003 stroke. Rush influenced 1960s rockers and the rhythm and blues country blues fusion. His wife Masaki Rush announced the death on his site.
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Masaki Rush
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Mississippi Delta
Nobel Prize honors cancer immunotherapy researchers
American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo win the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for immune checkpoint blockade work that releases immune brakes on T cells to fight cancer. Their discoveries, focusing on CTLA-4 and PD-1 pathways, underpin therapies changing outcomes for melanoma and lung cancer.
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Stockholm
James Allison
Tasuku Honjo
Nobel Assembly
Sweden
Karolinska Institute
Allison
Honjo
Nobel Institute
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kyoto University
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