A US airstrike in northwestern Syria is believed to have killed seven leaders of al Qaeda affiliates, a military official said.

The strike was conducted on Oct. 22 as the alleged terrorists were meeting near the city of Idlib, Central Command spokeswoman Maj. Beth Riordan told the Associated Press.

The seven people who were killed were not identified, but Riordan said airstrikes like this will damage the terrorist group as they attempt to attack Americans and US allies across the globe.

On Monday, Afghanistan officials said they killed a top al Qaeda propagandist who was on the FBI’s most wanted list.

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With less than a week before Election Day, protests that sometimes turned to riots and looting that hit many American cities over the summer returned to Philadelphia after Walter Wallace Jr., a Black man, was fatally shot by police on Monday.

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A second night of unrest in Philadelphia began Tuesday over the police shooting death of a Black man, just as his children recalled their father in front of reporters

A second night of unrest in Philadelphia began Tuesday night over the police shooting death of a Black man, just as his children recalled memories of their father in front of reporters and 1,000 looters reportedly began targeting businesses, police said.

Three of Walter Wallace Jr’s., sons remembered their father during a news conference surrounded by family and community members.

“We always go places,” said one child, whose name was not revealed. “He always teach [sic] me how to be a man. And these white racist cops got my own dad. And Black Lives still matter.”

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Elsewhere in the city, looters ransacked a Foot Locker, Rite Aid and other retail stores. At least one vehicle was set on fire.

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An 18-year-old man was shot dead while watching the sunset with his girlfriend in a Pennsylvania park — possibly by a hunter who was spotted nearby at the time, authorities said Monday.

Jason Kutt was sitting at the edge of the lake in Nockamixon State Park at around 5:15 p.m. Saturday when he was struck once in the back of the neck, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said at a press conference.

“They were just a young couple with their whole lives ahead of them trying to enjoy a peaceful sunset,” Weintraub said.

Kutt’s girlfriend told authorities she saw a man dressed in bright orange hunting gear standing behind a gate down the road, about 550 feet away, following the shooting.

Source: Pennsylvania teen watching sunset fatally shot, possibly by hunter

The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s decision to disallow Wisconsin mail-in ballots to be counted if they arrive after Election Day. The high court’s order, coming in a 5-3 vote,

The high court’s order, coming in a 5-3 vote, affirmed an Oct. 8 decision by the US Circuit Court of Appeals to block a ruling that would have allowed ballots in the state to be counted as long as they were postmarked by Election Day and received within the six following days.

Wisconsin state policy dictates that election officials must have mail-in ballots by the time polls close on Election Day.

Monday’s Supreme Court decision sided with Wisconsin’s Republican-led legislature, who opposed the mail-in ballot deadline extension.

Democrats in Wisconsin — a key swing state for the presidential election — had argued that over 100,000 voters could be “disenfranchised through no fault of their own” without an extension.

Source: Supreme Court upholds decision to block Wisconsin mail-in ballot