1. Canadian Soldier Shot in Attack at Parliament Hill in Ottawa

  1. At Least Two Gunmen Are Sought; Attack at Mall Is Also Reported

    1:14 PM ETPolice officers rushed to secure the area and hunt for assailants after a guard was shot at the National War Memorial and several rounds were fired inside the Parliament building.

  1. Former Blackwater Guards Convicted in Iraq Shooting

    12:51 PM ETFour former Blackwater Worldwide security contractors were convicted Wednesday on charges stemming from a deadly 2007 shooting in Iraq.

  2. U.S. to Monitor Travelers From Ebola-Hit Nations for 21 Days

    1:13 PM ETFrom Oct. 27, travelers from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone will be given thermometers and information cards and must report their temperatures and any symptoms daily.

  3. Thierry Desmarest and Patrick Pouyanné to Lead Oil Giant Total After Chief’s Death

    The company is splitting its chief executive and chairman jobs, bringing back a former chief, with a plan for Mr. Pouyanné to lead it into 2016.

  4. A Holder Legacy: Shifting Terror Cases to the Civilian Courts, and Winning
  5. Arrest of U.S. Marine in Killing of Filipino May Test Military Ties
  6. Amid Clamor Over Democracy, Hong Kong’s Tycoons Keeping Quiet
  7. Kenny G Stirs Controversy With Visit to Hong Kong Protest
  8. The Health Issue: What if Age Is Nothing but a Mind-Set?
  9. 2 Israeli Soldiers Wounded by Gun and Missile Fire From Egypt
  10. North Korea Says Kim Personally Ordered Release of Detained American Jeffrey Fowle
  11. South Korea Tears Down Christmas Tower on Border
  12. DealBook: States Ease Interest Rate Laws That Protected Poor Borrowers
  13. Bits Blog: Survey Exposes Prevalence of Online Harassment
  14. State of the Art: Apple’s Silky Smooth Integration May Seduce You for Keeps
  15. Disruptions: Meet Facebook’s Mr. Nice
  16. Ben Bradlee, Washington Editor and Watergate Warrior, Dies at 93
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Opinion

  1. Op-Ed Contributor: Finding Light in China’s Darkness
  2. Editorial: The Democratic Panic
  3. Frank Bruni: Capitalism’s Suffocating Music
  4. Thomas L. Friedman: Putin and the Pope

PoliticsU.S. Politics

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