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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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RFK is gloating that his changes to HHS are permanent

“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.”

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At least 10 arrested at Arizona-Mexico border as 250-year-old cottonwood tree cut down for wall

Activists have spent the last 70 days camped around and inside a cottonwood tree right along the border in the tiny town of Lochiel. The tree was the last of an old grove estimated to be up to 250 years old.

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California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants

It's the largest state to greenlight plug-in solar panels that help reduce home energy bills.

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Norway proposes temporary ban on smart glasses amid privacy fears

The push comes amid growing ethical and privacy concerns around the new devices, which have been marketed by technology giants such as Meta.

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LeBron’s Polymarket deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions

LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting a prediction market as he will for playing basketball.

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ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons

OpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.

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This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.

One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about saf...

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South Korea shipping fuel to Russia via sanctioned vessels, media reports

Potentially undermining sanctions, over 176,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, from South Korean ports were loaded onto sanctioned Russian tankers, based on analysis of port records and ship-tracking ...

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Epstein Whistleblower Simon Andriesz Dies After Exposing Lutnick Ties—What To Know

Lutnick denied to Congress that he had any knowledge of him and Epstein being invested in the same company.

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Family of Epstein Victim Appears in Ad Targeting Republican

In a tough new ad for the Democrat running against Representative Jeff Crank, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre say the congressman refused to meet with them.

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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026: One American and two Germans honored for technique activating neurons with light

By inserting certain proteins into the membrane of nerve cells, the three laureates, Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, succeeded in switching neurons 'on' or 'off' at will. The technique has a dual purpose: Unlocking the secrets of the brain and developing innovative treatments.

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Discovery of 11 bodies in Johannesburg exposes scale of violence against women

Since July, the bodies of women found either naked or half-naked and brutally beaten have been discovered on the outskirts of the South African capital. Although the theory of a serial predator has faded, the grim reality of widespread daily violence against women in the country has become undeniable.

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Sen. Tillis says his vote for Hegseth was 'biggest regret of my career' in new book

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped...

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Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.

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What is ‘Herod's Pool', and why is Israel developing it in the West Bank?

Israel is developing a reservoir on land in the occupied West Bank, with water syphoned off from Palestinians.

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Jim Bakker, who built ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire, has died at 86

Jim Bakker, who along with his then-wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful “The PTL Club” TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died.

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Is Hollywood finally turning on tech oligarchs?

A new wave of films by directors like Aaron Sorkin and Luca Guadagnino takes on Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Elizabeth Holmes, and "shapeshifter" Sam Altman.

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Trump Draws Backlash For Saying ‘Let Them Take Out Los Angeles’ Or ‘San Diego’ During Iran War Remarks

Democratic leaders and lawmakers from California called out Trump’s remarks and accused him of “inviting an attack” on U.S. soil.

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JD Vance Says Trump’s Weird Midterm Ads Are “Not Partisan”

Donald Trump has used taxpayer money to fund a series of ads touting himself and attacking Democrats.

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New York Gov. Hochul Issues State Of Emergency Over Measles Cases

New York has confirmed 101 cases in the state, excluding New York City, as of Oct. 3

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Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Moscow Oblast in mass attack near Russia's capital

Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow Oblast in a mass attack as air defenses in the region are engaged, monitoring channels reported overnight on Oct. 6.

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Annick Lemoine, president of the Musée d'Orsay: 'I want the museum to become a place for debate that fosters critical thinking'

The new president of the museum dedicated to 19th-century art wants to attract a younger audience, she explained in an interview with Le Monde, and to draw connections between works from the past and contemporary social issues.

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The Democrats Are Finally Growing a Spine

Democrats will block Trump’s Supreme Court nominees if the Senate flips.

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Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treason

A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said.

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Transcript: Trump Tirade over Shrinking Rally Crowds Emasculates MAGA

As Trump’s rallies fail to ally GOP midterm fears, the author of a piece on his diminishing stature explains how his cascading failures are driving away his supporters right when he needs them most.

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Plane crashes in Nigeria killing all 25 people on board

A plane crash in Nigeria killed all 25 on board, the country’s air force said.

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Tips came in just minutes after Cornell alerted students to an alleged sex assault at a frat house

Newly reviewed records obtained by NBC News detail witness accounts, fraternity messages and anonymous tips collected in a campus investigation that is now facing renewed scrutiny.

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Paramount closes $110B deal with Warner Bros. Discovery after months of wrangling

The deal unites Paramount and Warner Bros. film and TV studios along with CNN and CBS, creating a new megacorporation in Hollywood, streaming and news.

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Paramount and Warner Bros to become one Hollywood giant: Skydance. Here's how we got here

Skydance-owned Paramount is expected to close its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday.

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Trump uses anti-trans slur to attack woman running against Darline Graham

Dr. Annie Andrews is facing Trump-backed Darline Graham in the race for a South Carolina senate seat

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How “Edinburgh” Reimagines Time to Tell a Story of Trauma

Alexander Chee’s début novel, “Edinburgh,” published twenty-five years ago, collapses past and present in a brilliant account of abuse and its aftermath.

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Russia tells WHO there are no plague cases in Siberian city

Laboratory worker at plague research institute died last week

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Japan hands over ‘Qilin’ hacker group member to Germany

Qilin is believed to have carried out ransomware attacks against companies worldwide, causing major damage through data encryption.

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Canada's trade surplus widens to more than four-year high in August

Canada's trade surplus widened substantially in August to C$4.2 billion ($2.94 billion), data showed on Tuesday, as ‌exporters rushed to increase shipments to the US before President Donald Trump's new tariffs took effect.

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Third level student contribution fee to be cut by €150

The student contribution fee at third level will be permanently reduced by €150 under a range of measures aimed at the education sector in Budget 2027.

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Lego collector’s insurance scam highlights UK’s £1.3bn fraud problem

Industry leaders say bogus claims rose 14% last year, pushing up premiums for all customers An insurance fraudster who pocketed more than £14,000 for the supposed theft of Lego sets, fishing gear and gaming consoles was behind one of last year’s most high-profile bogus claims. Investigators uncovered £1.34bn of fraud in 2025, a 14% increase on the year before, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Continue reading...

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Nobel physics prize awarded for discovery of ‘ghostly messengers’ from the cosmos

Belgium-born Francis Halzen has won for the detection of high energy neutrino particle from space.

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The Israelis refusing silence over Gaza

On the third anniversary of 7th October, Israel occupies more than half of Gaza and is still striking the Strip. Most Israelis are in denial

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Trump Urges Federal Response To ‘Unprecedented’ Crime Wave In Chicago: ‘Time Is Of The Essence!’

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Trade deficit hits $105.6 billion, widest since just before Trump tariffs enacted last year

That marked a 13.7% jump from July and was ahead of the Dow Jones consensus estimate for $102 billion.

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Trump uses anti-trans slur against Democratic Senate candidate in South Carolina

Annie Andrews is a physician running against Sen. Darline Graham.

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Mistral unveils new AI model it says rivals best open systems from China

Western developers are racing to compete with Chinese companies in open weight and open source AI.

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ArriVent's lung cancer treatment fails late-stage trial

ArriVent BioPharma said ‌on Tuesday its therapy to treat patients with a type of lung cancer did not ⁠meet the main goal in a late-stage trial.

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Carla Ward urges Ireland to thrive as favourites in World Cup playoff against Kazakhstan

Stephen Neligan joins as assistant before two-legged qualifying play-off

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This startup wants to reduce liquidation risk from margin calls on prediction markets

Edge Markets' new infrastructure aims to support institutional trading for markets that operate around the clock.

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Fortune favours the brave at Paris Fashion Week — some of them anyway

Matthieu Blazy continues to fly high at Chanel while Michael Rider’s Celine offered enchanting everyday clothes. But amid a jittery industry, not every show was a triumph

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Debt in the spotlight as Paramount closes $111bn deal for Warner Bros

Heavy cuts expected as boss David Ellison seeks to deliver $6bn of cost savings at combined group to be known as Skydance

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Ukraine Claims Record Barrage on Russia With 1,750 Drones, 17 Flamingo Missiles

The reported figures surpass the previous record for Ukrainian drone attacks and mark an unprecedented number of Flamingo missiles used in a single day.

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