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Thursday, 18 October 2018

Even in the country that invented the internet, access has remained painfully slow for many rural residents in places like the central state of Arkansas, far from the big cities of the East and West coasts. That may be about to change.

On This Day in American History
On October 18, 1867, the United States takes possession of Alaska after buying it from Russia for $7.2 million. Alaska, which spans over 1.7 million square kilometers, is the biggest U.S. State, roughly double the size of the next biggest state, Texas. It is the third least populated state with just over 700,000 residents in the 2015 census. Alaska became a state in 1959.

Native Americans across the United States have reacted with anger over the results of a DNA test that allegedly proves claims by Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren that she has Native ancestry.

Established 123 years ago, Sears was literally the place where America shopped, as its tagline boasted. But it has been a precipitous fall for the one-time retail powerhouse, which this week filed for bankruptcy after years of losses.

VIDEO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo say Saudi leaders have “strongly denied” any involvement in the case of missing Saudi columnist and Jamal Khashoggi, last seen two weeks ago entering Riyadh’s consulate in Istanbul. Human rights activists and U.S. lawmakers are urging consequences for Saudi Arabia, if the kingdom’s involvement is confirmed.

VIDEO: After spending the night at a Guatemala train station, thousands of Honduran immigrants resumed their journey by foot toward the United States. These women, men and children are fleeing violence, poverty and lack of opportunities. President Donald Trump warned the Honduran government that if they did not stop the caravan no more money or aid will be given to the Central American country.

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