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At least 54 people were arrested in Frankfurt and over 100 police officers left injured, according to German authorities.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
A 32-year-old woman was struck and killed by a Los Angeles police patrol car late Saturday night as it responded to an emergency call at a Halloween party, according to authorities and news reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Tensions escalated after police were deployed around the tribunal and judicial and political authorities took steps affecting the court's leadership.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Notoriously corrupt Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli scarpered in similar fashion, though he was ultimately arrested by U.S. authorities in 2017 and sent back to serve a prison term.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
It replaced the manuscript, read more or less in isolation from other texts, with a book which could be consulted in a library, surrounded by competing authorities.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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