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The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe

Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.

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These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.

For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of tr...

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Breaking: Starlink service in Ukraine 'restored,' Defense Ministry source says

SpaceX, the owner of Starlink, implemented speed restrictions on Oct. 14 without warning.

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Violent anti-government protests erupt in Albania's capital

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Tirana on Wednesday to demand better university conditions and the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama. Over several hours, police deployed water cannons and tear gas as demonstrators attacked government offices and set fire to multiple buildings.

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Pennsylvania doctors are seeing what measles can do to previously healthy, unvaccinated kids

The virus is proving it can attack multiple organs, including the gut, liver, lungs and brain, even in children who were previously healthy.

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Exclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam

Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances.

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Cornell president admits he never followed up on gang rape allegation ahead of no-confidence debate

Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff knew in 2024 that a student had reported being gang raped at a fraternity house, but never followed up to learn what had happened to her or whether any o...

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Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency.

Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at the border in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times. The proclamation has greatly expanded his powers without goi...

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Frustrated by Losses in the Courts, Missouri Republicans Want to Change How Top Judges Are Selected

For 86 years, Missouri has held on to a nonpartisan system of selecting its top judges. But after the state Supreme Court overruled the GOP’s redistricting push, some Republican lawmakers are calling...

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Integrating Ukraine into EU a powerful response to Russia's attacks, says Irish PM

What Russia is doing is "appalling and... horrific, and it illustrates that Putin is not interested in peace. That's why we must manifest our support for Ukraine in the practical ways that we can," sa...

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Zelensky lifts pause on Ukraine's strikes against Russian oil refineries

Ukraine had refrained from strikes on Russia's refineries for three days, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, while Russia resumed its attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

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Women trust AI less—but no one's asking them

Men are disproportionately likely to be approached as AI experts, Harvard researchers found.

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DOJ Begs Judge to Ignore Hegseth as She Considers Making Him Testify

A federal judge wants Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to explain all his anti-trans posts on social media. The Justice Department is asking her to pretend the posts don’t exist.

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In Italy, Giorgia Meloni seeks to trademark her voice to fight 'deepfakes'

The prime minister aims to protect herself from ultra-realistic AI-generated videos that use the likeness of public figures to spread disinformation.

lemonde.fr698 pts16h agodiscuss

For some Christians, Hegseth's plan for public execution fits a biblical mandate

Defense Secretary Hegseth's announcement of a livestreamed execution elicited reactions of disgust and condemnation from some faith leaders and politicians. But within his church, it's not an outlier.

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Israeli firm’s digital ads enabling installation of ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say

Discover-Tech’s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researchers at University of Toronto An Israeli advertising agency has been serving millions of online adverts that allow “zero-click” spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said. Citizen Lab, a digital investigations research unit at the University of Toronto, said it believed dozens of devices at the Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera had been compromised by spyware delivered through ads run by Discover-Tech, which describes itself as a specialised digital advertising agency. Continue reading...

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Anti-War Protesters Interrupt Hegseth, Call Him a “Coward”

“The world fucking hates you!” said one protester. “We fucking hate you! You’re a fucking war criminal, you’re a Nazi! You should be ashamed of yourself!”

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Brazil’s President Lula Accuses Meta of Helping His Right-Wing Opponent

With a narrow presidential election looming, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his allies claim Meta is trying to give his right-wing rival an advantage.

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Union leader quoted in Maine Senate attack ad sends ‘cease and desist’ to GOP PAC

The ad quotes a union official slamming Democrat Troy Jackson’s healthcare plan. He told NBC News he never commented on Jackson’s plan and was “shocked” to see the quote.

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In Brazil, evangelicals grow frustrated with the politicization of their faith: 'It's disheartening to see religion used by the far right'

While 69% of evangelicals said they would vote for Flavio Bolsonaro, compared to 25% for the left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, most worshippers do not accept political issues being raised during services or religious events in the run-up to the election.

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Mamdani Enters Deal with N.Y.U. to Share Profits from Quantum Lab

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that in exchange for a $30 million city investment, New York would get 15 percent of proceeds from projects developed in the quantum technology lab.

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U.S. warnings sow confusion, alarm in Ukraine over intelligence, Starlink access

The reports of restrictions on the internet service used for military operations, including interceptor drones, came as President Volodymr Zelensky said missiles hit Kyiv without any warning from part...

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Kash Patel’s FBI Statistics Are All Wrong

The FBI director has been juking the stats.

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Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian oil refineries, officials say, after brief truce

Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over.

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Bloomberg: UK provides Ukraine with additional long-range Storm Shadow missiles

The UK is sending Ukraine more long-range Storm Shadow missiles to disrupt Russian military operations targeting civilian infrastructure before winter.

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“We’re fully committed to helping the city realize its goals for sustainability, energy savings and relieving the taxpayer burden.”

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Revised rule puts Minnesota wildlife habitat protections in question

A new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act could ease restrictions on logging and development in areas inhabited by protected wildlife.

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This dripless oil can is the prettiest thing in my kitchen – and surprisingly practical

Holcomb Studios’ tabletop oil can is the upgrade your snack time – and kitchen – needs

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Review: 'Whalefall' is a tense survival story with guts, teeth and daddy issues that get a bit gooey

Strong acting turns by Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin help director Brian Duffield make a meal of a seemingly unfilmable novel about a sour young man swallowed by a whale.

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Breaking with Trump, Jensen Huang makes the case for immigration: 'We want all the world's great minds to come here'

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was born in Taiwan and came to the US as a child. Now, he's saying that other immigrants should be given the same opportunity.

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Canada's farmers, crop quality assessors confront damage after wet harvest

Canada's farmers struggled to harvest this year's crops due to an unseasonably wet September, and farmers and crop quality assessors reported damage to pulse crops and spring wheat in one of the world's top-five world wheat exporters.

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Before US Rate Bets Wiped Out Billions, Warnings Were Ignored in Chile

It was a desperate appeal to regulators: Step in, they were urged, and put a stop to this reckless behavior. It came as Chilean pension funds were making outsized bets on US interest rates, more than a year before a painful blowup left them billions of dollars in the red.

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Lawyer for Jane Doe in Cornell case accuses defendants’ attorneys of leaks

The court filing includes complaints dating back to when Doe’s lawyer and an attorney for one of the defendants were on opposite sides of litigation involving Sean “Diddy” Combs.

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First Nations Make Rare Endorsement in Williams Lake Mayoral Race | The Tyee

Indigenous governments say Surinderpal Rathor has turned around relationship after previous mayor’s comments ‘damaged trust.’

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America's historic preservation law is in peril, advocates say. Here's what's at stake

Congress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago.

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U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids deplores 'for-sake-of-headlines' ICE raids in Kansas • Kansas Reflector

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids said ICE raids in southwest Kansas damaged the beef and dairy industries and demonstrated federal agents should work collaboratively with local law enforcement on immigration...

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When AI acts without orders, national security is at risk

These AI systems are doing what they were designed to do: pursuing goals and finding ways around obstacles.

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How an accelerating Earth led experts to adopt the leap hour

International delegates agree leap second no longer tenable, but first leap hour not likely to happen for thousands of years

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Ten children and one adult hospitalised after ‘excess chlorine incident’ at Dublin pool

A total of 23 people became unwell at Clayton Hotel Liffey Valley with facility subsequently closed

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Trump considers 'robot' body double as campaign takes toll

Donald Trump joked that he wanted to have a robot bodyguard to send out on the campaign trail as a month-long rally spree takes its toll

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Experts have voted to stop adding extra seconds to clock time – the outcome favours big tech

Additional seconds added to the clock will be abolished starting from 2027.

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9 fired FBI employees who worked on Trump documents case sue, alleging unlawful termination

Nine former FBI employees sued the bureau, saying they were unlawfully terminated for working on the investigation into President Trump's classified documents case.

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The Irish Times view on the sentencing of Jeffrey Donaldson: not one word of regret

Judge correct to praise victims for their determination and courage

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Connecticut orchard outraged after hot air balloon swiped an apple from the sky

The hot air balloon company has claimed that it did not damage the farm’s trees

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'Godfather' star Al Pacino to receive life achievement award from actors' guild

Celebrated actor Al Pacino will receive a lifetime achievement award for his career achievements and humanitarian work next year, the actors' union SAG-AFTRA announced on Thursday.

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Danny Trejo says he is ‘not pro-ICE’ after being cast in movie from Ben Shapiro’s company

“Pawn Shop,” which also stars Harvey Keitel, is being produced by Shapiro and conservative media company The Daily Wire.

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Democrat Talarico says he raised record $64 million over summer in Texas Senate race

Democrats have not won statewide in Texas since 1994 or a U.S. Senate race there since 1988, but James Talarico is making the state competitive.

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How Anne Carson won her Nobel

She’s a poet, yes—but one who often writes in prose. And that seems to go down well with the Swedish judges

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Gunman receives 25 years for Edmondson Village Shopping Center mass shooting

Bryan Johnson, 20, of Shipley Hill, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to first-degree murder and related crimes in the fatal shooting of Deanta Dorsey, a sophomore at Edmondson-Westside High School,...

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