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Brazil's electoral court said neither candidate reached a majority, so Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva go to a runoff on Oct. 25. CBS News, stamped 11:00 p.m. ET Sunday, had Bolsonaro, 45, at just over 56 million votes and Lula, 80, at 53.7 million, with 99.8 percent reported. NPR, updated at 10:25 p.m. ET, had Bolsonaro at roughly 47 percent and Lula at 45 percent, with more than 99 percent counted, and said the third-, fourth-, and fifth-place finishers were all right-wing. Agência Brasil has 56,103,033 votes for Bolsonaro and 53,870,724 for Lula, 47.03 percent and 45.16 percent, with 99.99 percent tallied. Lula said the result was "unexpected," that he had thought he could win in the first round, and that "Tomorrow we start a new campaign."

The Coast Guard suspended the search for a medical plane that vanished Saturday off Nantucket, after crews found debris and six people remained unaccounted for. In Okinawa, police arrested Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, a U.S. Marine, on suspicion of killing a woman in a Naha hotel. At home, the NFL opened a review after a line judge was caught cursing at a Cardinals player, and Justice Samuel Alito told CBS he has to think about retirement every term. The FBI arrested a California realtor on an unregistered-agent charge for watching a close relative who is not named in the complaint. One Trump administration official said the White House is monitoring an unconfirmed plague report out of Russia and assessing options.

The Coast Guard suspended the search for a medical plane off Nantucket. The plane was a medical jet flying from Bermuda to Boston with six people aboard when it disappeared early Saturday. UPI reported that the Coast Guard found a debris field off Nantucket confirmed to be from the aircraft, and that the search was later suspended. CBS News reported the suspension after a debris field belonging to the Gulfstream was found, and quoted the search coordinator saying they have not identified the components. BBC News reported that the aircraft lost communication after a sharp drop in altitude. No survivors had been reported when those accounts were filed. This draft does not cite The Guardian or NBC News for this item.

Japanese police arrested Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard on suspicion of killing a woman in Okinawa. The Guardian says he has denied it. The Guardian and ABC News both name Ballard. He is accused of killing a 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha and taking her wallet and backpack, The Guardian reported, citing local police. The prime minister called the crime exceptionally brutal. ABC News said the U.S. ambassador's office was providing full cooperation. NPR did not name him, and NPR reported the arrest as an alleged robbery and murder.

The NFL is reviewing a line judge who appeared to curse at Trey McBride. The incident came in the Cardinals' loss to the Giants, after McBride appealed a non-call, The Guardian reported. League spokesperson Brian McCarthy told the Associated Press that the NFL is looking into it. Line judge Jeff Seeman was caught on camera, and McBride appeared to laugh once he saw the camera. NFL Players Association executive director JC Tretter called the incident unacceptable. Fox News also reported the review, and described Seeman as appearing to hurl profanity at McBride. This draft does not cite NBC News for this item.

Samuel Alito told CBS he has to contemplate retirement every term. Alito, 76, made the remark in a rare CBS News interview scheduled to air Monday. On the evening of March 20 he saw a physician and went home that night, a little more than six months earlier. The court confirmed the visit on April 3. The spokeswoman did not call it a hospital stay. The Washington Examiner led with a different part of his Sunday appearances: a warning that a concerted effort to intimidate the Supreme Court threatens its future, tied to his book So Ordered. The Examiner piece did not lead with the retirement line. This draft does not attribute the retirement remark to The Guardian.

The FBI arrested an Irvine realtor accused of surveilling Taiwan's president's son for China. CBS News reported that agents arrested Wanying "Heather" Zhang on a charge of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government, accusing her of surveilling the president's son. CBS gave the president's name as Ching-Te Lai. Fox News reported that agents took her at Los Angeles International Airport before a flight to China. Fox quoted a prosecutor calling the target a relative of Taiwan's president, then, citing CBS, identified Ting-Yu Lai, son of President Lai Ching-te. The accounts describe the same arrest and the same son. They do not use the same name order.

One administration official says the White House is monitoring a suspected plague case in Russia that Moscow has not confirmed. Axios reported that one Trump administration official said the White House is aware of the reports, is monitoring them, and is assessing options. Daria Shipilova, 28, worked at an anti-plague research facility. Axios says she broke a test tube on Sept. 25. She was admitted on Sept. 29 and died overnight between Oct. 1 and Oct. 2. Russian authorities have not confirmed that she had plague. Fox News described the report as an unconfirmed fatal pneumonic plague case in Irkutsk Oblast. A State Department official urged Moscow to share accurate information quickly, and said many details are not confirmed. Neither account treats the disease as established.

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