St. Paul Police Department began a pilot program last week, President Donald Trump’s call for a ban on late-term abortions is unlikely to prevail in Congress, and an apartment building collapsed in Istanbul, Turkey Wednesday killing six. Assignment Editor Ava Diaz has today’s News in :90.
Mike Pompeo travels to Istanbul to meet with Saudi Arabian officials after the disappearance of a Washington Post writer, Hurricane Michael’s death toll reaches 19, a missing Wisconsin girl may have been spotted in Florida, and two Republican Minnesota officials are attacked. Reporter Brady Halbmaier has today’s News in :90.
Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 41 people and wounded hundreds at Istanbul’s busy Ataturk Airport, apparently targeting Turkey’s crucial tourism industry. The government blamed the attack on Islamic State extremists but there was no immediate confirmation from the group.
Authorities suspected the Islamic State group was behind an apparent suicide bombing Monday in southeastern Turkey that killed 31 people and wounded nearly 100.
