These are the leading stories making front-page headlines in Malta this Monday. Times of Malta reports that Lorin Scicluna has been acquitted of the murder of Lassana Cisse, while also noting that former minister Roderick Galdes was given a new government role just two days after his resignation. The Malta Independent leads with the jury's decision
Democrats teed up final get-out-the-vote rallies Monday on the eve of midterm elections where they expect to win at least partial control of Congress and impose political constraints on President Donald Trump for the first time in two years. Rallies - including by star Democratic Senate candidates James Talarico in Texas and Adam Hamilton in Kansas
Matthew Caruana Galizia has hit out at the University of Malta over its decision to dismiss an ethics complaint against statistician Vincent Marmarà, describing the reasoning behind the decision as "lazy and brain-dead". In a Facebook post, the son of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia questioned whether academics could avoid being held accountable
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