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1. Why Trump likely won't have to fulfil his $5,000 'dividend' promise

   

   The long-standing trend of the incumbent U.S. president's party getting thumped in the midterms strongly suggests Donald Trump won't need to make good on his new promise to send every American citizen a $5,000 US cheque if the Republicans win in November.

2. Inside the New York lab using genetic genealogy to identify 9/11 victims’ remains

   

   Forty per cent of the 2,753 people who died at Ground Zero on 9/11 have not had their remains identified, including approximately 10 of the 24 Canadian victims. Last month, the lab announced it made its first identification of previously unknown remains using a breakthrough technique.

3. Man accused in Mexican condo scheme claims he was a victim, too

   

   A U.K. man facing accusations he took part in a scheme that wiped out a Canadian couple's retirement savings says he's provided proof to Mexican authorities probing the case that he never touched a dime of the vanished funds, and that he's also a victim of his co-accused.

4. Tour bus crash in Switzerland kills 5 people, injures 40

   

   Police say five people have died and 40 others were injured after a Dutch tour bus slammed into a roadside crash barrier and overturned in eastern Switzerland.

5. Inside the French museum art heist | About That

   

   Andrew Chang breaks down how thieves stole millions of dollars of Renoir paintings from a museum in France, moment by moment. (Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock, and Getty Images)