A Democratic congressional candidate in Arizona says she was raped over the summer while trying to repair a campaign sign.

Bernadette Greene-Placentia, who is running in the state’s 8th district to try to unseat GOP Rep. Abe Hamadeh, told a local news outlet that she was attacked at around 2 a.m. as she was walking toward a campaign sign in a parking lot in Sun City, north of Phoenix.

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• RUSSIA PLAGUE MYSTERY: Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Russia should share more information following the death of a lab worker.
• U.K. BASE THREAT: British police have arrested a seventh man in connection to a suspected terror plot near a U.S. run air base.
• CORNELL LATEST: A female student tells investigators that the Chi Phi Cornell fraternity held a meeting to get ‘all of the men on the same page.’
• JIM BAKKER: The televangelist has died at the age of 86.
• TRACKING THE TROPICS: A ‘Tropical Depression’ could form by the end of the week as a storm increases in the Gulf.
• PRESIDENT TRUMP: The President is facing backlash after suggesting Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego if it had a nuclear weapon.
• MEASLES OUTBREAK: New York state has declared a measles emergency.
• STARBUCKS LAWSUIT: The company is being sued over its ‘sugar-free’ protein drinks.
• APPLE AUCTION: Apple’s very first product, the Apple-1 computer is estimated to fetch up to $800,000 at auction next month.

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ABC News has learned that the U.S. issued a formal diplomatic complaint known as a démarche over the Russian government’s response to the reported death of a lab worker from an anti-plague institute in Siberia, urging the country to increase transparency surrounding the incident.

“We have officially requested additional information from the Russian government. We are also in official communication with other countries around the world to share information,” a State Department spokesperson said.

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• PLAGUE LAB LATEST: The U.S. has sent Russia a formal diplomatic complaint over the death of a lab worker at a facility where the plague is researched.
• CIA GOLD: The officer allegedly found with about 300 gold bars pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud.
• CORNELL LATEST: ABC has obtained video of Cornell police officers questioning fraternity members the night of the alleged gang rape.
• CHRISTA PIKE: Her lawyers say she is awake and speaking a week after a botched execution.
• “HOUSE OF HORRORS”: A California couple with 21 children has pleaded not guilty to child abuse charges.
• OCT. 7 COMMEMORATIONS: Memorials are being held at more than 400 sites across Israel.
• USS LINCOLN: The ship returns to San Diego after more than 10 months at sea.
• DOLLY FIGHT: Dolly Parton’s nephew is accused of barricading himself inside his home to avoid a lawsuit from Parton’s estate.
• A.I. PRESCRIPTIONS: A Utah health care company said it received state approval to allow A.I. to to issue initial prescriptions for acne treatment.
• COMEDY WILDLIFE PHOTOS: Nikon reveals the finalists for its comedy wildlife photo awards.
• OCT. 7 REFLECTION: James Longman sits down with Rotem Mathias three years after he lost both of his parents in the Oct. 7th attack.

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A Tennessee judge granted a motion to preserve relevant evidence in the botched execution of Christa Pike.

ABC News’ Whit Johnson reports.

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