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• Pakistan's largest city reels after 51 killed Oct 20, 2021 02:40 AM
  
  • ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's largest city reeled Wednesday after gunmen opened fire in a commercial market, killing 11 people in the latest spasm of violence to underscore the poor state of law and order in this U.S.-allied nation.
  • Many killings in Karachi have been linked to gangs allegedly controlled by political parties.
  • Because of its status as the country's main economic hub, keeping Karachi calm is of prime importance to Pakistani leaders who have already seen criminal activity soar alongside Taliban-led Islamist militant violence.

  • Pakistan's Karachi city reels after 51 killed Oct 20, 2021 02:01 AM
    
    • ISLAMABAD - A government official says gunmen opened fire in a commercial market in Pakistan's largest city, killing 11 people.
    • The Tuesday night attack was the latest in a spasm of violence to hit Karachi and underscore the poor state of security in the U.S. allied nation.
    • Because of its status as the country's main economic hub, keeping Karachi calm is of prime importance to Pakistani leaders who have seen criminality soar alongside Islamist militant violence.

    • Molina, Hamilton, Texas lead Yanks 3-1 in ALCS Oct 20, 2021 01:36 AM
      
      • NEW YORK - Big home runs. The AL championship series has turned into the one-sided affair many expected - except that it's the Texas Rangers who are one win from the World Series, not the New York Yankees.
      • Bengie Molina hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off A.J. Burnett in the sixth inning, Josh Hamilton added a pair of solo drives to give him four in four games and the Rangers battered the Yankees 10-3 Tuesday night for a 3-1 ALCS lead.
      • On a night of contested home runs, a hamstring injury that finished Mark Teixeira for the postseason and more late walks by the Rangers, the AL West champions brought a little bit of the Wild West with them.

      • Justice Thomas' wife tries to contact Anita Hill Oct 20, 2021 01:07 AM
        
        • WASHINGTON - The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas called Anita Hill to ask her to apologize for accusing the justice of sexually harassing her, 19 years after Thomas' confirmation hearing spawned a national debate about harassment in the workplace.
        • Virginia Thomas said in a statement Tuesday that she was "extending an olive branch" to Hill, now a Brandeis University professor, in a voicemail message left over the weekend.
        • In a transcript of the message provided by ABC News, which said it listened to the recording, Thomas identified herself and then said, "I just wanted to reach across the airwaves and the years and ask you to consider something.

        • Colleges more diverse, but racial gaps persist Oct 20, 2021 12:14 AM
          
          • While U.S. colleges have grown more racially diverse in recent years, minority students - especially Hispanics - still lag behind on key measures of academic progress, a new report says.
          • Those findings were released Wednesday in a biannual report card on minority educational attainment by the American Council on Education, with financial backing from the GE Foundation.
          • The report pays special attention to the nation's estimated 47 million Hispanics, including what it describes as an overlooked population in education policy - Hispanic immigrant adults.

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