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The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Neighbors

Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of t...

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Tens of thousands of Lula supporters rally on eve of Brazilian election runoff

Nearly 159 million people to head to polls on Sunday in battle between leftwing incumbent and Flávio Bolsonaro Tens of thousands of supporters of Brazil’s leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have streamed on to Rio’s most famous beach for a giant protest they hope will propel him towards a historic election fightback against his far-right rival, Flávio Bolsonaro. Nearly 159m Brazilians will vote in the election’s runoff on Sunday, with the pair tied in the polls after Bolsonaro won the first round on 4 October by 47% to 45%. Continue reading...

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Obama Issues Searing Attacks on Trump, Ramaswamy in Return to Campaign Trail

The 44th president appeared in Ohio on Saturday, kicking off a two-state swing with a rebuke of President Trump and Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for governor.

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New York archdiocese to pay $800 million to over 1300 sex abuse victims

Dioceses across the country have had to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, and programs have been created to compensate victims without going to trial.

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Sanctioned Russian energy giant secretly funded US gas project, NYT reports

The gas project was part of an energy deal discussed by U.S. peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during their September visit to the Kremlin, sources told the New York Times.

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Fire tears through Hitler's mountain retreat, suspect detained

Firefighters and police heading to the Eagle's Nest on Friday night saw 'a rider on a red motorcycle with no license plate' and stopped him, a Bavarian police official told a press conference on Saturday.

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Massive Ukrainian drone attack hits shopping center in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, locals say

MegaGRINN is the largest shopping complex in Belgorod, covering over 163,000 square meters and housing more than 200 shops. The center was closed and empty of visitors during the reported overnight at...

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Ukrainian forces reportedly strike Russian targets 2,500 kilometers from border

Ukraine struck several targets, including a petrochemical plant and a warehouse in Siberia around 2,500 kilometers away from the border on Oct. 24, monitoring channels reported.

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Ukraine's Starlink satellite speeds restored after a week of front-line disruption

The restoration follows a new U.S. diplomatic push to end the war.

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Thousands protest in Italy despite heavy security

Meloni's hard-right government approved tough security measures and police carried out dozens of searches and arrests in advance of the planned rallies.

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Missouri's GOP has a new strategy to ban abortion—attack trans kids

Doctors in the state are fighting a deceptive ballot measure that imperils both abortion and trans rights.

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Russia steps up election influence efforts in final stretch of midterms

Researchers who track online influence operations say Kremlin-backed groups are renewing tactics they've used to sow distrust and discord in previous elections in the U.S. and around the world.

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Drought, fire and high diesel prices 'addin' up tough' for Oregon ranchers

Record diesel prices are kicking Western ranchers while they're down. Drought means they have to buy extra hay, and pay truckers extra to deliver it because of fuel price hikes.

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Trump Prepares for Iran Escalation After US, Israeli Elections

A Middle East war that President Donald Trump said would be over in a matter of weeks now looks set to escalate as it enters its eighth month.

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Ukraine says Starlink is back to normal after disruptions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that normal Starlink operating speeds were restored after more than a week of disruptions.

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Barack Obama rallies Michigan crowd for El-Sayed, saying he’s ‘fighting for real change’

Former president speaks to rapturous crowd of thousands in support of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate Barack Obama told a Detroit crowd on Saturday that Abdul El-Sayed was “fighting for change, real change, that will get money out of politics and put money in your pocket”, as he threw his weight behind the Democratic Senate candidate and the rest of the ticket on the first day of early voting in Michigan. Obama said in front of thousands of onlookers at Cass technical high school in Detroit that El-Sayed would “finish the job we started with the Affordable Care Act and guarantee quality, affordable healthcare to every single American”. Continue reading...

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‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass

Exclusive: Optical engineering that went into 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuries The Romans’ proficiency in the art of glass-making has produced some of the wonders of antiquity, but few of their creations better a 1,600-year-old masterpiece which sits in the British Museum. Depending on where a light source is positioned, the Lycurgus Cup changes colour, from jade green under normal lighting to ruby red when lit from behind – an astonishing feat of optical engineering that has confounded historians and glass-makers for centuries. Continue reading...

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Voters are begging Trump to end the war in Iran

70 percent now call it a top priority for the war to be over. Trump says Cuba is next.

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Obama, in Ohio, assails 'cruelty' and indecency from Trump and his allies in the midterm campaign

Obama targeted GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has doubled down on an ad featuring the estranged mother of Democratic rival Dr. Amy Acton.

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Brazil is a warning for the world

The return of Bolsonarism could mean the death of the Amazon. Other countries must take heed

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Why Is the U.S. Accusing Canada of Election Interference?

The Trump administration says Canadian officials are trying to sway the midterm elections for Democrats. Prime Minister Mark Carney says those claims have “no merit.”

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“Not all Cubans are MAGA”: The Cuban women who broke with the GOP

They are turning their backs on Trump—and finding each other along the way.

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Thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu gov’t days before election

Opposition figures join Tel Aviv protesters demanding an independent October 7 inquiry.

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A Fact-Check on Trump’s Election Claims

The president has spread false claims about ranked-choice systems, voting machines, vote counting and past results to question the integrity of elections.

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AI ad mocks Talarico as Bible-defacing radical. Democrats bet it will backfire.

A clear trend has emerged in the 2026 midterm ad wars: Republicans are embracing AI-generated videos while Democrats are betting they will backfire.

washingtonpost.com357 pts22h agodiscuss

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French far-right leader Le Pen seeks to leverage unrest in presidential campaign kick-off

Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, is set to address some 10,000 supporters on Sunday in the city of Orleans as she kicks off her presidential campaign, a day after nationwide cost-of-living protests flared again into violence. Le Pen, the frontrunner, is seen to be benefiting in the polls from the weeks of unrest.

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Slate Crossword: DJUNGELSKOG Purveyor (Four Letters)

Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Oct. 25, 2026.

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PODCAST: France protests, Texas Senate race and West Bank olives

Violence flares in Paris after a largely peaceful day of mass protests.

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Man killed after pulling knife at Crackpot Bar in Towson, police say

A man was fatally shot by an armed security guard during a fight early Sunday at the Crackpot bar in Towson, police said.

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Obama, in Midwest, assails 'cruelty' and indecency from Trump and his allies in the midterm campaign

Obama remains the Democratic Party’s best motivator nearly a decade after leaving the White House. And he's taking his star power on the road in the final days of the midterm elections, which will hel...

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The Origin Story of Candy Corn—and Other Halloween Mainstays

These October traditions weren’t always traditions. Here’s how some of them got started.

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The NBA Owner Who Struck Gold in the WNBA

In just their second year, the Golden State Valkyries are a rare expansion success story. Now they’re on the brink of a championship.

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‘They paved paradise’: fighting back over the loss of green spaces in Cameroon’s capital

Concrete sprawl in Yaoundé has devastated the city’s trees and parks, so volunteers are stepping up, shrub by shrub

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'Leaky gut' isn’t a medical diagnosis. Here’s what it really means

Here’s what can happen when your intestinal lining becomes inflamed or injured.

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Trump Says He Plans More Announcements on Economy

President Donald Trump says his administration has “many other announcements” to make following his announcement of Volkswagen AG’s plan to build an Audi factory in Georgia.

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She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills

Cindy Banda faces mounting medical bills after battling breast cancer. Despite the single mother's positive outlook, the financial strain combined with the high cost of living is overwhelming.

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These Trump voters changed their minds — and are key to the midterms

About a fifth of those who voted for Trump in 2024 now disapprove of his performance. How they vote -- or whether they stay home -- will strongly shape the scale of Republican losses this year.

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Alexander Aravena, Ariel Lassiter rally Timbers to 3-2 victory over Charlotte

Alexander Aravena scored during second-half stoppage time after Ariel Lassiter had the first two goals for Portland, and the Timbers kept Charlotte FC from clinching an Eastern Conference playoff spot with a 3-2 victory on Saturday night.

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Police made 1,314 arrests in France's protests: government

Police arrested 1,314 people in weekend protests across France, the interior ministry said Sunday, adding that 53 officers were hurt in clashes.

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2026 ballot measures are written at a graduate-school reading level, report finds • Kansas Reflector

This year’s statewide ballot measures are written, on average, at a graduate-school reading level, according to a new report. Kansas had the longest.

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West Bank: Families forcibly displaced in Hebron

More Palestinian families have been displaced in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces continue operations in Hebron, following a deadly shooting that killed two Israeli soldiers on Friday. With elections scheduled for Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed a heavy response to the attack. Morgaene Ayre has the latest.

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Calais, 10 years after the Jungle: Migrants still risk the Channel crossing

Ten years ago, in 2016, thousands of #migrants lived in what was known as the “Great #Jungle”, a vast camp on the outskirts of #Calais. It took the authorities seven days to dismantle it. Today, dozens…

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Clues to higher incidence of dementia in women may lie in menopause

Women are disproportionately prone to Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers are studying the connection with midlife changes

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Donald Trump labels Obama 'incompetent' in post rally retaliation

US President Donald Trump has retaliated after Barack Obama delivered scathing criticisms of the incumbent during Democrat rallies.

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Wembanyama helps Spurs to their first win of the season against short-handed Mavericks

Joel Embiid posts triple-double as 76ers handle Bucks. Devin Booker posts 43 to help Suns down Warriors.

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Elena Rybakina retains Ningbo title, wins first trophy as world number one

The victory helped the Kazakh take a big step towards securing the year-end number one ranking.

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FDR made it a blue bastion – now it’s Trump’s stronghold in California. Is it forever lost?

Shasta has embraced the Maga movement with gusto – can Democrats ever win back the rural, working-class voters they once relied upon? A crucial election was approaching and the country was desperate. Despite promises that economic conditions were improving, nearly a quarter of the US was out of work as voters headed to the polls in 1932. It was the darkest time since the civil war, a period so dire that in California’s capital people fought each other for work. In early 1931, a crowd of 200 men scuffled over a handful of temporary jobs moving back-breaking loads of granite, the Sacramento Bee reported. Continue reading...

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Ukraine disputes Elon Musk's claim that its military violated Starlink's terms of service

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials have disputed claims by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that the country’s military violated Starlink’s terms of service by using the civilian satellite internet network for offensive drone strikes.

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First Nations, Carney and premiers set to gather for day of ceremony

OTTAWA – First Nations leaders are gathering with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the country’s premiers in Ottawa today for a ceremony ahead of a historic meeting on Monday.

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Trump Seethes Over GOP's 'Worst Senator' Who Knocked His DOJ's Lawsuit

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