10 Things to Know for Monday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:

1. WHO IS UNLEASHING NEW CRITICISM OF RUSSIA INQUIRY
President Donald Trump expresses renewed frustration over the investigations into alleged ties between his campaign associates and Russian government officials.

2. RALLY IN BARCELONA REJECTS CATALAN SECESSION BID
Hundreds of thousands of Catalans voice their opposition to the region’s declaration of independence amid vast political uncertainty.

3. WHY PUERTO RICO CANCELLED CONTRACT WITH WHITEFISH ENERGY HOLDINGS
The cancellation came amid increased scrutiny of the tiny Montana company’s role in restoring the island’s power system following Hurricane Maria.

In this Oct. 15, 2017, file photo, Whitefish Energy Holdings workers restore power lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Oct. 27, it had no involvement in the decision to award a $300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico’s power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown. FEMA said in a statement that any language in the controversial contract saying the agency approved of the deal with Whitefish Energy Holdings is inaccurate. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

4. HOW THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF E-COMMERCE COULD MEAN MORE JOBS
The surge in e-commerce has required the rapid build-out of a vast network of warehouses and delivery systems that include both robots and human workers.

5. N.C. CONGRESSMAN WRITES TO FAMILIES OF DEAD TROOPS
Rep. Walter Jones has signed more than 11,000 letters in 14 years — penance, he says for voting yes for the Iraq war in 2002.

6. FBI’S USE OF FOREIGN INTEL DRIVING PRIVACY DEBATES
The bureau’s use of foreign intelligence is at the heart of a heated debate about reauthorizing a law that lets spy agencies collect information on non-U.S. citizens abroad.

7. NURSING HOMES STRUGGLED WITH CHOICE TO EVACUATE IN HURRICANE
Deaths of elderly residents at Texas and Florida nursing homes after recent hurricanes have heightened scrutiny of the evacuation procedures.

In this Oct. 25, 2017, photo, Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C. points at a photograph of Marine Sgt. Michael Edward Bits of Ventura, Calif., the first military funeral he and his wife attended, and one of the many pictures of soldiers killed this century based in Camp Lejeune along a hallway leading to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. As President Trump argued about what he said to the family of a soldier killed in Niger, a North Carolina congressman was quietly doing what he’s done more than 11,000 times: signing a condolence letter to that family and others. Republican Rep. Walter Jones began signing the letters to families in 2003 as penance for his 2002 vote supporting war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

8. SOMALI POLICE, INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS FIRED AFTER DEADLY ATTACK
The government fired its police and intelligence chiefs amid the continuing extremist attacks after a bombing and shootout killed 23 people.

9. WHICH MOVIE WAS NO.1 AT THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The horror sequel «Jigsaw» landed at No. 1 with $16.3 million in North American ticket sales, according to studio estimates.

10. GEORGIA MOVES UP IN AP POLL
Georgia moved up to No. 2 and took two first-place votes from top-ranked Alabama in The Associated Press college football poll.