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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins

In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the...

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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.

Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...

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2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay

The former UN human rights commissioner was recognized for her efforts to promote peace and international law

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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

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Winner of 2026 Nobel peace prize to be announced - Europe Live

The winner will be announced in a ceremony that starts at 10am UK time (11am CEST) The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced this morning, with all sorts of speculation about who could be this year’s worthy winner. (Despite his hopes, Donald Trump is very unlikely to win it, again.) Continue reading...

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US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after Nobel award to former judge

The court rejected the US sanctions as an attack on international law and warned in a statement that 'history will judge this moment.'

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DHS shoots New York man with five-year-old in car

Federal agents surrounded and fired into the man's vehicle, reportedly with a young child inside.

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Nobel Peace Prize Live Updates: Navi Pillay, Former U.N. Human Rights Commissioner, Wins

Ms. Pillay, a South African lawyer, led an investigation that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.

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UN says Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter would amount to torture – US politics live

Condemnation comes amid fierce backlash from US lawmakers who branded the move ‘grotesque’ and compared it to actions of some terror groups and oppressive governments * Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed According to rights group Amnesty International, at least 17 public executions are known to have been carried out in 2025 – six in Afghanistan and 11 in Iran. The Death Penalty Information Center says that 135 soldiers have been executed by the US military since 1916. Continue reading...

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Trump says voter fraud is rampant. The evidence says otherwise.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” conservative activist J. Christian Adams is challenged on his claims of widespread voter fraud in the US. Then he abruptly ends the interview.

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EXCLUSIVE: Friend of suspected FBI data thief says he warned 'crazy' teen not to hack bureau

A friend of the suspected thief of a massive cache of personal data from the FBI says he begged the teenager not to do it.

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South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize

South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.

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Founder of Rybar, Russian war propaganda channel, detained in Montenegro

Mikhail Zvinchuk, his wife Valeria Zvinchuk, and three other associates were detained in an operation by Montenegrin police and security service on the morning of Oct. 9, local media reported.

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Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be a public event

Officials clarified execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be livestreamed Pete Hegseth has said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be a public event when the sentence is carried out later this year. Officials later clarified the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow, the Associated Press reported. In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the Pentagon secretary said the firing squad would carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1pm on Thursday, 3 December. This would be the first US military execution in more than 60 years. Continue reading...

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Pete Hegseth wants to livestream a snuff film

The Defense Secretary plans to telecast the military's first firing squad execution since 1945.

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Trauma endures in Paris suburb after police grenade shatters teenager's jaw: 'They maim a student, leave, and then what? How are we supposed to pick up the pieces?'

On September 28, 14-year-old Eden suffered a fractured jaw and lost most of his teeth after he was struck in the face by a tear-gas grenade fired at close range, just a few meters from his high school, where a protest was taking place. Students, teachers and parents spoke of their fear, anger and sense of helplessness.

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Open letter to the US administration: The G20 invitation to Putin should come with conditions

The Trump administration recently announced that it has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to December's G20 summit in Miami. This invitation erodes the well-deserved isolation of Putin for his...

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Exclusive: House Democrats ask Kimberly Guilfoyle for records related to alleged pay-to-pay scheme

Democrats from the House Oversight Committee on Thursday asked U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle for financial records and communications with Trump administration officials after allegatio...

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Hitler Mussolini wins local election

Peruvian voters pick their new mayor, despite his unusual name.

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Drugs in jars, bags of cash: Tennessee ignored warnings from Arizona's botched executions

Christa Pike's botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada's watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee's prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona.

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be "public.

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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy

The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.

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In “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology

“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?”

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Trump says US to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms

Trump says U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of US pressure on Moscow to combat prices ahead of midterms

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How Donald Trump made America’s government dumber

DOGE was a huge missed opportunity

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European states, Canada, Japan and UN back ICC against US sanctions

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What to know about the government’s latest updates to MAID

Rules on advance requests and mental-health eligibility will be bundled into a new bill

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How Does the MN GOP Feel About the President’s Call for Anti-Somali Pogroms? - Racket

Plus the local Ken Bone angle, a real estate roundup, and drunk twine in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Careful work goes into preserving vintage threads at costume museum

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View: Why US support for Riyadh in Yemen matters

Washington’s backing in the fight against the Houthis serves US interests, and helps demonstrate that it takes Gulf security seriously.

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North Korea criticizes US human rights report, KCNA says

North Korea's foreign ‌ministry criticized a US human rights report titled "2026 ⁠Trafficking in Persons Report," calling it "vicious and malicious intention to politicize and ‌weaponize ⁠human rights," and said it is ⁠part of US hostile policy ⁠toward North Korea.

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Trump announces diesel deal with Russia in bid to lower prices

The amount is small compared with U.S. demand, but the deal aligns the U.S. with Russia and against Ukraine’s efforts to bomb Russian refineries.

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Royal Winnipeg Ballet workers unionize with MGEU

The new Local 466 will include employees of both the RWB and the RWB School

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Michelle O'Neill says banning Drumcree parade was 'right decision', but it could've come sooner

It follows a 13-day stand-off between Orangemen and nationalist residents of the Garvaghy Road in Portadown.

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WATCH: Vance says he's 'not going to be watching' livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution

Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on Friday whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, “I’m n...

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Trump says US to import Russian diesel to ease prices

The US has not imported Russian oil or gas since 2022, when the Biden administration banned them because of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Ex-prince Andrew finally gives up royal home, king pays huge repair bill

Ex-Prince Andrew has officially surrendered the lease on Windsor's Royal Lodge, his home for two decades.

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Minneapolis residents worry about giant holes in streets

The city is upgrading more than 17 miles of aging water main cast iron pipes. But residents say they’ve waited months for holes dug out of streets to be filled.

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Why Cal, Stanford may be outmatched in ACC games vs. Virginia Tech, Notre Dame

The Bears hope Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele is good to go to guide Cal’s offense against the Hokies, while Stanford faces long odds going up against the No. 3 Fighting Irish.

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Can Trump’s New Bid to Fire the Fed’s Lisa Cook Succeed? What to Know.

For more than a year, President Donald Trump has sought to push out members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and gain more leverage over the central bank’s policies. In early October, the White House resumed that effort, announcing the formation of a committee to investigate mortgage fraud allegations against board member Lisa Cook. She will be required to appear at a White House hearing on Nov. 5 to defend herself, Trump said in a memo.

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Signed Away | Sara Nović

The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.

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DOJ says it won't enforce provisions of 1934 firearms law that were gutted by court ruling

The Justice Department said it will no longer enforce certain provisions of a law regulating firearms often used by mobsters, after a federal judge declared large parts of it unconstitutional.

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Israeli settler attacks target Palestinian olive harvest in West Bank

At least 19 settler attacks recorded across territory on Friday as Israeli forces separately detain 16 Palestinians.

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Towing company hands stolen car back, but not to owner

A Manitoba man says he is dumbfounded after his car was stolen, impounded by a Winnipeg towing company and given back — to someone that wasn’t him.

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Retiring Riverland grape grower says industry support has come too late

After more than half a century, Riverland irrigator Jack Papageorgiou is turning off the taps at his beloved vineyard and retiring.

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Tribune Editorial: Support our parks for 10 years? It’ll cost you the price of a movie ticket.

“It would be too bad if other tax hikes led Salt Lake County voters to reject parks and recreation bond,” The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board writes.

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Canadian dollar hits 18-month low as jobs data clips rate hike bets

The Canadian dollar weakened to an 18-month low against its US counterpart on Friday as domestic data showed a surprise drop in employment, reducing expectations for a Bank of Canada interest rate ‌hike this month.

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Margaret Hamilton, whose software sent humans to the moon, dies at 90

Hamilton was in her early thirties when she led the team of software engineers that powered NASA's Apollo missions. She later said, "There was no choice but to be pioneers."

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Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions

U.S. officials announced the new, sweeping punishments just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize committee gave its annual honor to a former court judge.

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The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that

The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood, the site of his 2009 mass shooting. That would be the first public execution in the U.S. since the 1930s.

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The Week Mamdani Started to Lose His Grip on the Left

As New York City’s mayor navigated the Oct. 7 anniversary and an ICE shooting, support from his base showed signs of strain.

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