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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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France accuses Elon Musk of 'online harassment' of Europe leaders

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot warned Tuesday of foreign interference in France's presidential election in spring 2027. He singled out US tech billionaire Elon Musk for using social network X to attempt to influence debate in European democracies.

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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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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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EU watchdog says smart glasses must clearly show when recording

Smart glasses, which resemble ordinary glasses but can capture images and interact with AI assistants, must give 'clear warnings' when they are recording, the European Union's data regulator said Tuesday. The statement comes amid an outcry over privacy violations.

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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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Katie Zacharia bombs first day as White House press secretary

She appeared physically strained, even sighing heavily, while reading prepared remarks.

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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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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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AI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers, Anthropic warns

Anthropic said on Monday its experiments suggested small AI models may be months away from being capable enough to self-replicate on commercial internet-of-things (IoT) devices, such as smart ‌ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes.

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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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Kyiv stopped attacking Russia's oil refineries, Moscow continues pounding Ukraine's energy grid, Zelensky says

"Ukraine has not carried out strikes on Russian oil refineries or the energy sector in general for the two days since the American president announced an energy ceasefire. But Russia did not heed," Pr...

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

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has resigned after allegations of improper conduct. The White House says Guilfoyle was asked to resign after coming under severe criticism over allegations she engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

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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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Live updates: Trump’s diesel deal with Putin draws criticism from a frustrated Congress

Trump’s diesel deal with Putin draws criticism from a frustrated Congress, Trump heads to Alaska to support a GOP senate candidate, new AP-NORC poll findings.

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Pope Leo Prepares for Surgery to Remove Lung Nodule

The Vatican has said that the pontiff is expected to spend about a week recovering in the hospital.

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Mamdani and City Council strike deal to ban NYC horse carriage industry

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Kari Lake lawyer sanctions: The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal, leaving $122,000 in penalties in place

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Atlanta Dream will host WNBA Finals Games 3 and 4 at State Farm Arena, with some scheduling changes

The Atlanta Dream will host Games 3 and 4 of the WNBA Finals against the Golden State Valkryies at State Farm Arena (17,000 seats) rather than Gateway Center Arena (3,500 seats).

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United Airlines is making it harder to reach its top frequent flyer status in 2027

United Airlines is doing away with flight segment as a way to reach Premier status and increasing the spending requirements for Premier 1K.

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Don Giovanni returns to the Lyric - Chicago Reader

Robert Falls takes Mozart's opera based on the legend of Don Juan back to 1920s Spain for the third time at Lyric Opera.

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What's happening with the AFL's new Illicit Drugs Policy?

The AFL's proposed new Illicit Drugs Policy is yet to be implemented seven months after it was announced.

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Trump's new press secretary was asked where she passed the bar. Her answer raised more questions.

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is facing scrutiny about her legal qualifications after she was pressed to explain them.

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The discovery of a noxious African pest prompted K'gari's traditional owners to develop an award-winning biosecurity strategy to save the island's world heritage status. Now they are calling for the government to fund it.

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PG&E outage knocks out power to 6,500 Peninsula customers, disrupts BART service

An unplanned PG&E power outage left nearly 6,500 customers without electricity on the Peninsula Tuesday afternoon and disrupted BART service toward San Francisco International Airport.

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AI in your oven? Anthropic warns models ‘months away’ from self-replication on smart devices

Researchers say ‘AI worms’ could soon infiltrate internet-connected devices amid calls for increased guardrails Anthropic is warning that some of its artificial intelligence models could soon become “self-replicating” and find ways to infiltrate internet-connected devices, such as smart fridges and automatic vacuum cleaners. Once this happens, the company said, the models could power themselves within these devices without the need of datacenters. Such self-replication would represent a major loss of control of a runaway AI model. Continue reading...

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BBC asks judge to force Trump to sit for deposition as part of his $10bn lawsuit

BBC asks US federal judge to compel Trump’s lawyers to schedule deposition after his team canceled initial session The BBC is asking a federal judge in Florida to force Donald Trump to sit for a deposition as part of the president’s $10bn defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster. According to a Tuesday filing, the BBC and Trump’s legal team had agreed for him to be deposed on Friday. The BBC’s lawyers wrote to the judge that they have spent months trying to secure a location for the deposition from Trump’s team. Continue reading...

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Fed's Collins sees another rate hike on the table before end of 2026

Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins said on Tuesday she believes ‌the US central bank will need to raise interest rates again before the end of this year to lower high inflation.

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Miami Tugboat Captain Gets 18 Months in Crash That Killed 3 Children

Five girls and a camp counselor were thrown into the water off Miami Beach in July last year when a barge pushed by a tugboat struck their stalled sailboat.

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US senators from both parties blast Trump order to import Russian diesel as illegal • Ohio Capital Journal

The Trump administration’s order to allow import of Russian diesel violates a 2022 law banning Russian energy imports while the country’s war with Ukraine is ongoing, according to a bipartisan group…

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US indicts Saudi employee of OpenAI for allegedly bugging its offices

AI lab discovered recording device and reported it to the FBI

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Letter: Why are the Finns so happy? And what can Americans learn from them?

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When Slate went back to its 1996 homepage, it learned some web design lessons for 2026

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Uber gets green light to pursue racketeering case against Philadelphia lawyer

Uber Technologies can pursue civil racketeering claims against a Philadelphia-based lawyer even though the company's insurer footed its defense bills in a series of allegedly fraudulent personal injury lawsuits, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

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‘Corregidora: The Darkest Night in Mexican Soccer’ Review: A Stadium Melee on HBO Max

A documentary examines the still-mysterious conflict—possibly involving professional agitators—that broke out at a game in 2022.

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Ireland set up World Cup playoff against Poland in December

Aviva Stadium set to host the second leg on Saturday, December 5th

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Congress battle drifts deeper into red territory

The battle for Congress is shifting deeper into red territory as both parties deem some races essentially over.

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Challengers call Arkansas governor’s policy priorities misplaced in debate | Arkansas Advocate

Democrat Fred Love and Libertarian Colt Shelby sharply criticized Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’school voucher program, state spending priorities and prison plans in a debate Tuesday where th...

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Can This Florida Dem Pull Off One More Big Surprise?

Angie Nixon’s scrappy, expectation-defying Senate campaign is starting to draw support from national Democrats like Chris Murphy and Bernie Sanders.

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NT museum in secret talks over European masterworks – but there’s a catch

An audacious bid to bring some of the world’s finest artworks to the Northern Territory is hanging in the balance, as the government weighs up the prospect of a new Darwin gallery.

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Saudi national OpenAI employee arrested after 'sophisticated recording device' planted in office

The Tuesday incident comes as the ChatGPT-maker, along with competitors, faces heightened scrutiny over its safety practices.

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New poll shows the Texas governor’s race flipping before early voting

A month after trailing Hinojosa, Abbott edges back ahead in a new poll days before early voting opens in the Texas governor’s race. See what moved.

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