| Hariri's shock resignation: What Saudis gain, and Lebanon could lose Posted: 06 Nov 2017 01:25 PM PST ![Hariri's shock resignation: What Saudis gain, and Lebanon could lose]( "Hariri's shock resignation: What Saudis gain, and Lebanon could lose") The sudden resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has plunged Lebanon into political uncertainty and raised fears that this tiny Mediterranean country is going to be dragged into the center of the burgeoning and at times violent regional confrontation between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran. Saudi Arabia, reacting to the increasing influence the Islamic Republic wields in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, has in recent months steadily escalated its hostile rhetoric toward Iran.
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| In Texas, a small town reels – and rallies – after church shooting Posted: 06 Nov 2017 12:16 PM PST ![In Texas, a small town reels – and rallies – after church shooting]( "In Texas, a small town reels – and rallies – after church shooting") On a normal day in Sutherland Springs, Texas, all there is to fill the country air is the barks of local dogs and the hum of cars passing by. Instead, a lone, black-clad gunman shattered the town's tranquility with a hail of bullets that left at least 26 dead and 20 wounded in the First Baptist Church. The tragedy in a close-knit, rural town that considers itself just outside of San Antonio's commuting range was a reminder that in America, while a town may not have a single traffic light, it can still have a mass shooting.
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| In race for Virginia governor, selectively playing the 'Trump card' Posted: 06 Nov 2017 12:00 PM PST ![In race for Virginia governor, selectively playing the 'Trump card']( "In race for Virginia governor, selectively playing the 'Trump card'") Sen. Tim Scott storms the stage, the final – and most animated – speaker at a rally for Virginia's Republican candidate for governor, Ed Gillespie. "Ed is my brother from another mother!" jokes Senator Scott of South Carolina, the only black Republican in the US Senate. It was a poignant moment in the final days of a contest marked by brutal ads on racially charged topics – crime, illegal immigration, the future of Confederate monuments – following the violent rally three months ago not far away in Charlottesville.
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| Securing the vote: How efforts to prevent fraud, and voting rights, collide Posted: 06 Nov 2017 10:55 AM PST ![Securing the vote: How efforts to prevent fraud, and voting rights, collide]( "Securing the vote: How efforts to prevent fraud, and voting rights, collide") Richard Gabbay says he wasn't trying to suppress anyone's vote. To help in his political organizing, he obtained a list of all registered voters in his precinct. Ultimately, Mr. Gabbay identified 629 voters who he believed were no longer eligible to vote.
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