1. With the winds dying down, fire officials said Sunday they have apparently “turned a corner” against the wildfires that have devastated California wine country and other parts of the state over the past week, and thousands of people got the all-clear to return home. The blazes were blamed for at least 40 deaths and destroyed some 5,700 homes and other structures. (WCSH)
2. Hustler publisher Larry Flynt is offering $10 million for impeachable dirt on trump. He made a similar move in 1998, which led to information coming out about Bob Livingston who was in line to become speaker of the house. The Hustler publisher’s offer appeared in a full page ad in Sunday’s Washington Post. (WP)
3. Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced Friday that she’s staying out of the governor’s race because she believes she can do more good for Maine by staying in Washington. “I continue to believe that Congress can, and will, be more productive,” Collins said. “I want to continue to play a key role in advancing policies that strengthen our nation, help our hardworking families, improve our health care system, and bring peace and stability to a troubled and violent world.” (WGME)
4. A teenager is facing multiple charges after allegedly breaking into homes and stealing women’s undergarments in Limerick. Deputies say three homes were burglarized on September 30. This past weekend a woman reported seeing someone “peeping” in her windows. Deputies located the suspect. The boy admitted to “looking in” in the house and later admitted to breaking into several homes and stealing roughly 70 undergarments. He led deputies to hiding spots in a wooded area where the undergarments were recovered. (WGME)
5. Boston city officials have received at least 60 complaints involving out-of-control turkeys in the past year, a threefold increase over the previous 12 months. While the AP reports that these grievances typically amount to little more than a bird blocking traffic, at least five situations required police to gun down turkeys as a matter of public safety, as some are prone to attacking humans and household pets. Wild turkey biologist David Scarpitti notes, “Turkeys don’t really mean to harm people— They lose perspective that humans are humans and turkeys are turkeys. They just want to assert dominance over anything.” (AP)
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