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Pete Hegseth's firing squad livestream has fans in the defense industry

Co-founders of Palantir and defense tech firm Anduril are defending "public and brutal" executions.

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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis,...

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Hungary removes anti-LGBTQ provisions from 'child protection' law, batting back Orban legacy

The vote was praised by rights groups, who add that 'there is still a lot to do' on LGBTQ rights.

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Homeland Security raids Ilhan Omar's residence

Trump's fixation on the Minnesota lawmaker has exploded into full-on lawfare weeks before the elections.

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Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.

Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won...

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Ukraine's EU accession bid advances with new chapter

Ukrainian lawmakers on Monday passed legislation protecting the rights of national minorities, which removes a major hurdle in Kyiv's bid for membership.

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Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ has already gotten under Elon Musk’s skin. It goes nationwide this week

Elon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.”

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French Navy intercepts Russian shadow fleet tanker in Indian Ocean

The tanker DF Peak, previously named Kaliningrad, has falsely sailed under the flag of Benin and is sanctioned by the U.S, EU, Switzerland, Canada, and Japan.

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Angry at Trump's Russian diesel deal? Here's how you can help Ukraine bomb Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump had a busy weekend, undermining sanctions on Russia, blaming Ukraine for the war Russia started — again — and insisting that Russian refineries become drone-free zones. "W...

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A disastrous day for French supermarkets after massive cyberattack targets refrigeration systems

Freezers and cold-storage rooms at several hundred stores overheated overnight from October 11 to 12, causing tons of merchandise losses. The vulnerability, linked to software made by the Danish company Danfoss, has been identified. France’s cybercrime office has opened an investigation.

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Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk

The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.

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Government spent $10 million on pro-Trump ads after president said super PAC would fund

Nearly $22 million in taxpayers funds has been spent to air the ads, with nearly half spent after Trump promised to fund what the White House calls public service announcements through his super PAC.

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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear

The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.

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He Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There’s No Rule Against It.

Pennsylvania promises legal help to those who say they were unfairly convicted of crimes. Failed by a troubled system, some incarcerated people are left waiting years for their lawyers to act.

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How Ken Paxton Fabricated “Horsesh*t” Case Against a Texas Mosque

Paxton and Governor Greg Abbott charged a mosque with fraud despite multiple bureaucrats finding issues with their case.

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Chicago police find killer in 65-year-old cold case murder of little girl — one of their own

DNA technology that didn’t exist when Gloria Kowalewicz, 8, was killed in 1960 led investigators to Thomas F. McInerney Jr., who was a homicide detective for the Chicago Police Department.

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Women ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’

Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment Women with autoimmune conditions are up to 74% more likely than men to be told their symptoms are psychological or psychosomatic, and face much longer waits for a diagnosis and treatment, a study suggests. Hundreds of millions of people – about one in 10 globally – are affected by autoimmune conditions, which can cause a range of health issues including fatigue, muscle pain and rashes. Continue reading...

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Trump says Ukraine, Russia agree to energy strike ceasefire 'because I said they agreed'

The U.S. president's comments came after he unilaterally announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on Oct. 11, causing confusion in Kyiv. According to a senior Ukrainian official, Ukrai...

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Hundreds of supermarkets in France hit by ‘unprecedented' cyberattack

Hackers raise temperatures in supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food in 'large-scale' cyberattack.

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RJ Mitte, 'Breaking Bad' actor and disability rights champion, dies at 34

Actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte, who brought a lifetime of experience with cerebral palsy to fictional family struggles in an essential role on "Breaking Bad," died Monday at age 34.

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GOP Group Spends Thousands to Help Susan Collins—in Wrong Portland

The people of Portland, Oregon, were probably very confused about why they were being flooded with information about the Maine Senate race.

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Anti-Troy Jackson Ad Runs in Oregon, Not Maine

An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Mr. Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor running the ad in Oregon.

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Explained

Many cities and states are observing the day. President Trump has declared himself a supporter of Columbus Day.

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Trump posts a made-up quote from Denzel Washington praising him

The actor’s team confirmed that the quote is fabricated.

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Sharon Osbourne discusses Ozzy Osbourne's last days and the upcoming concert film, 'Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning.'

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Danielle Smith claims to know nothing about those separatist ‘negotiations’ in DC

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Emma Navarro's rise to the top of tennis came at the cost of her health. Now she knows what happened.

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French navy intercepts oil tanker south of La Réunion suspected of being part of Russia's shadow fleet

Footage released by the French Armed Forces shows French Navy personnel intercepting a vessel 'suspected of sailing under a false flag' south of La Réunion, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean.

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Paramount takes over Netflix’s Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades, plans reopening

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Ukraine killing record number of Russian troops, as Putin resorts to using gangs to boost enlistment (Ukraine Battlefield update, day 1,692)

Soaring Russian casualty rates and shrinking recruitment mean frontline units risk running out of men to hold or advance in Donbas, even as Ukraine keeps blowing up their supply trucks and fuel tankers.

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Trump's diesel deal with Russia equals less than two weeks of U.S. demand

President Donald Trump's diesel deal with Russia comes as he is under pressure to reduce fuel prices with the U.S. midterm elections less than a month way.

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Your guide to Pennsylvania’s midterm election. Here’s who is on your ballot and what to know.

Pennsylvania voters will vote on whether Gov. Josh Shapiro gets another term and decided key races for Congress and state Senate. Here's what to know.

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Trump: Russia and Ukraine both want to end war

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Egypt's Baha'i minority is running out of space to bury their dead

In a Cairo cemetery shaded by palms and tangled shrubs, pale graves are packed so tightly that in some places only narrow strips of sand and broken pavement separate one family’s plot from the next.

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Gulfport Group Helps Women Build New Connections

A new women’s group, Gulfport Girlies, is forming in Gulfport, aiming to build new friendships and social connections.

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Buzz of the Week: Are you for or against Amendment B?

Do you support or oppose Amendment B? Let us know how you'll be voting, and why.

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As King Cove road issue heads to federal appeals court, Peltola reiterates her support | Alaska Beacon

Both leading candidates for Alaska’s U.S. Senate election back construction of the link between King Cove and Cold Bay.

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The surprising psychology of morbid curiosity - video

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan has incurred condemnation from human rights groups and politicians on all sides. But according to Coltan Scrivner, an author and psychologist at Arizona State University and expert on morbid curiosity, people are still likely to watch in large numbers. He explains why we are drawn to dark and disturbing content, and Madeleine Finlay tells Ian Sample how consuming this kind of material can harm observers’ mental health

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Why is Ottawa so hellbent on limiting access to MAID?

Creating barriers to medical assistance in dying for people with mental illness is discrimination

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Former President Barack Obama Endorses Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom for U.S. Senate

Former President Barack Obama has endorsed Scott Colom as Mississippi’s Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator in a new campaign ad

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Dianne Saxe Needs to Convince Danforth Voters She’s No Outsider | The Local

A walk through Toronto-Danforth with the former environmental lawyer, who jumped into the ward race just minutes before registration closed.

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Trump urges Minnesotans to vote for Michele Tafoya in U.S. Senate race

The directive may help fire up the Republican base but also comes as Tafoya has tried to distance herself from an unpopular president.

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Congo's Ebola infections surpass 9,000, government report shows

The number of confirmed Ebola cases ‌in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen above 9,000, government data showed on Tuesday, as responders struggle to slow transmission in multiple hotspots.

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Fighting Israel to the Last Palestinian

Tehran’s campaign to destroy Israel has immiserated the people it purported to help and strengthened the Israeli right.

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Opinion | Wyoming health insurance task force deserves another year on the job

"BearCare” catastrophic coverage plan wasn’t found to be as helpful as expected to reduce costs, but there are many ideas to explore, columnist Kerry Drake writes.

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Trump’s ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, resigns after allegations of improper conduct

She has been accused of improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

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Less than half of EU citizens support Ukraine's quick accession, poll shows

Support for Ukraine's EU accession varied across the bloc, reaching 69% in Sweden, the highest share among the countries surveyed. Romania recorded the lowest level of support, at 40%.

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These are the world's best cruise lines and ships for 2026

At the World Cruise Awards, Norwegian Cruise Line was named the world’s best cruise line for 2026 following a glitzy ceremony in Jamaica.

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Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, resigns after allegations of improper conduct

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, resigned on Tuesday after allegations of improper conduct.

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