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As Shawn Oliver’s arrest on drunken driving charges over the weekend threatened to disrupt the campaign’s closing message, Minogue on Sunday quickly called on the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor to suspend his campaign. It was a dramatic demand with just over two weeks until Election Day, and a rare public break between two candidates sharing a ticket. Within hours, Oliver did, saying the election was too important “to be overshadowed by personal matters.” The New Bedford City Councilor’s quick departure spared Minogue from a prolonged public rupture, even though Oliver’s name will remain next to his on voters’ Nov. 3 ballots. But it also marked only the latest snag for the Republican Party already struggling to regain relevance on Beacon Hill. The party earlier this year was still facing financial challenges despite vows to turn the page from years of debts. GOP candidates are fighting Trump-fueled headwinds in a state where the president remains deeply unpopular.

“After careful reflection, I have made the decision to suspend my campaign for Lieutenant Governor,” Oliver said in a statement shared Sunday afternoon by a spokesperson for the state Republican Party. “This election is too important to be overshadowed by personal matters. I want to sincerely thank everyone who has supported me throughout this journey and ask that my family’s privacy be respected during this difficult time.”With early voting already underway and hundreds of thousands of people already having submitted their ballots by mail, Oliver’s name will remain on voters’ ballots alongside Minogue’s. Minogue said earlier Sunday that beyond calling on Oliver to end his campaign, he would “formally ask for his resignation” should both he and the New Bedford city councilor be elected Nov. 3. Minogue and Oliver were challenging Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, both first-term Democrats who have led the Republican nominees by a wide margin in public polling. A New Bedford police spokesperson said officers responded around 11:40 p.m.

Training at CFB Wainwright in Alberta is “as real as it can be” to prepare soldiers for combat operations, says a retired Canadian Armed Forces major-general. Four military members were killed, and dozens were injured after a fire broke out at the massive military base’s training area on Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said at a press conference in Ottawa Sunday. Retired Maj.-Gen. David Fraser, who spent much of his over 30-year military career training at CFB Wainwright, said that training can involve up to thousands of people depending on the exercise. Some exercises are individual he said, providing an example of a member shooting a rifle at a gun range. Others are known as collective exercises, which involve two or more members, he said. “They’re progressive,” Fraser said in an interview Sunday. “You start off with one person and you end up at some stage in the game probably with 5,000 or 6,000 people,” he said. Story continues below advertisement

Elon MuskByMICHELLE CHAPMAN Monday, October 19, 2026 12:25PMWatch ABC News live news stream and get 24/7 latest, breaking news coverage, and live video. Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America.”The offer arrived a day after artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced in a social media post that it will commit 5% of its shares to a new “public benefit” fund. In a response to that Sunday post, Musk wrote “I recommend giving the shares directly to the public.”SpaceX's stock closed at $146.03 on Friday. Anthropic said Sunday that the shares it is committing will go to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity within the company. The fund's worth will potentially increase as the shares grow in value. Top StoriesAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei and the company’s five other cofounders established Anthropic as a public benefit corporation, a designation that for-profit companies select to balance financial goals and social impact. Anthropic is planning a massive initial public offering as soon as November. In June the company said that it had submitted a confidential filing with the U. S.

Elon MuskByMICHELLE CHAPMAN Monday, October 19, 2026 12:25PMWatch ABC News live news stream and get 24/7 latest, breaking news coverage, and live video. Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America.”The offer arrived a day after artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced in a social media post that it will commit 5% of its shares to a new “public benefit” fund. In a response to that Sunday post, Musk wrote “I recommend giving the shares directly to the public.”SpaceX's stock closed at $146.03 on Friday. Anthropic said Sunday that the shares it is committing will go to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity within the company. The fund's worth will potentially increase as the shares grow in value. Top StoriesAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei and the company’s five other cofounders established Anthropic as a public benefit corporation, a designation that for-profit companies select to balance financial goals and social impact. Anthropic is planning a massive initial public offering as soon as November. In June the company said that it had submitted a confidential filing with the U. S.

Elon MuskWatch ABC News live news stream and get 24/7 latest, breaking news coverage, and live video. ByMICHELLE CHAPMAN Monday, October 19, 2026 12:25PMBillionaire Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America.”The offer arrived a day after artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced in a social media post that it will commit 5% of its shares to a new “public benefit” fund. In a response to that Sunday post, Musk wrote “I recommend giving the shares directly to the public.”SpaceX's stock closed at $146.03 on Friday. Anthropic said Sunday that the shares it is committing will go to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity within the company. The fund's worth will potentially increase as the shares grow in value. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and the company’s five other cofounders established Anthropic as a public benefit corporation, a designation that for-profit companies select to balance financial goals and social impact. Anthropic is planning a massive initial public offering as soon as November. In June the company said that it had submitted a confidential filing with the U. S.