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A powerful cyclone slammed India's west coast, knocking out power, flooding slums and complicating COVID-19 relief efforts.

The nation's intelligence agencies have designated one person to be in charge of coordinating the government's efforts to identify threats to U.S. elections.

A strong quake struck central Italy Wednesday morning. Renee Montagne talks to Emma Tucker, deputy editor of The Times of London, who's in the quake zone. She was vacationing at the time of the quake.

The global survey looked at monetary giving, volunteering and helping of strangers. The U.S. came out on top, after ending up in fifth place last year.

Vernon Kruger is living 80 feet up in the air in a wine barrel that is mounted on the top of a pole. In the 1990s he did this for 67 days. He wants to break his record while raising money for charity.

Also: Death toll at 120 in wave of bombings in Pakistan; U.N. holds emergency meeting on Mali; report reveals 50 years of alleged sexual abuse of children by former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile.

The three most-senior cardinals leading U.S. archdioceses issued the rebuke in a joint statement on Monday, saying recent policies have thrown America's "moral role in confronting evil" into question.

Also: Maine voters approve an expansion of Medicaid; pollution reaches dangerous levels in New Delhi; and LeBron James posts opaque memes on "mood".

Tuesday's headlines: Large crowd is gathering in Tahrir Square; the U.S. economy grew slightly less than thought in the third quarter; the UC Davis chancellor gave students an emotional apology.

In his annual assessment of threats, the director of national intelligence also cited Iran and North Korea. He warned the spending cuts mandated under the sequestration jeopardized the nation's safety.