Vox Archives Archive
Archives for October 2018
California homeowners win the battle against manufacturers that sold them lead paint; the Russian Orthodox Church splits from Constantinople.
PG&E shuts off the power in Northern California to prevent fires; some 13 million people risk starvation in Yemen in the next three months.
A lawsuit against Harvard University goes to court Monday; the Turkish government says it has proof that Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudis.
Georgia has put more than 53,000 voter registrations on hold mere weeks before the midterms; Malaysia plans to abolish the death penalty.
Hurricane Michael strikes the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm; a Chinese intelligence operative is brought to the US to face espionage charges.
“It doesn’t make sense in light of what happened. They weren’t crying. They weren’t distressed.”
Nikki Haley resigns as America’s ambassador to the United Nations; left-wing groups protest Emmanuel Macron’s social reforms in France.
Hurricane Michael strengthens as it travels to the Gulf Coast; a female journalist was found murdered in a northeastern Bulgarian city.
Columbus, Ohio, is replacing a holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus with a holiday for Veterans Day.
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court moves to the Senate floor; the Interpol president goes missing after a trip to native China.
The Justice Department charges seven Russian spies in another global cyberattack, while Saudi Arabia and Turkey continue to clash over the disappearance of a Saudi journalist.
I met a guy at a party. I told him no. Nothing happened. That is normal.
Plus: Republicans are rushing the Kavanaugh vote as the FBI probe wraps up, and a volcanic eruption strikes Indonesia only days after twin natural disasters.
The man who fatally shot Laquan McDonald in 2014 takes the stand; Macedonia’s name-change referendum fails due to low voter turnout.