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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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Thousands march ahead of Brazil election runoff: 'Never Again Bolsonaro'

Students spilled into downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, calling for votes for incumbent leftist president Lula.

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American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk

Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribut...

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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.

With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...

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How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk

United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...

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'Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya believed that a society that accepts lies ends up accepting violence as well'

Twenty years ago, the journalist was murdered at the instigation of Russian security services. Documentary filmmaker Eric Bergkraut, who knew her well, recalls in an opinion piece for Le Monde her fight for truth and against Kremlin propaganda – a struggle that is more necessary than ever as Vladimir Putin continues to kill.

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The 87-year-old evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies

Maricarmen Abascal had been hospitalized with exhaustion after her eviction, which triggered national demonstrations over Spain's chronic housing crisis.

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Trump Is Still Airing Campaign Ads With Your Money by the Way

The president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would.

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DNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law

The Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump administration over recent TV ads promoting the president.

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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

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“Honey please I need you to get this done for me.” How Kimberly Guilfoyle pressed a MAGA ally to transfer $100,000 to her Amex account.

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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Why people don’t want to have children any more

Social contagion can help explain falling birth rates — and offers a way out of the demographic trap

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Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90

MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced on Wednesday. She was 90. In an era before titles such as software engineer and computer scientist became mainstream, Hamilton, who died on 30 September, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT meteorologist. Continue reading...

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Russia's largest Yandex data center reportedly hit in drone attack

The Sasovo data center is located on the grounds of the Sasta machine-tool plant, a manufacturer of metal-cutting and high-precision CNC metalworking machines used across Russian industry, including t...

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US senators urge Trump administration to enforce new Russia sanctions law ahead of Oct. 18 deadline

The senators called for tougher action against Russia's oil revenues and sanctions-evasion networks, urging the administration to match European and U.K. designations of shadow-fleet vessels.

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At least 12 dead after Russian glide bomb strikes Kramatorsk bus stop

"Russia comes to the Ukrainian land with death," Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

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Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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MAGA Candidate Brags About Physically Abusing His Wife

Victor Marx said it was to teach her a lesson, and that she was “fake crying” afterwards.

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Jeff Bezos Claims AI Could Allow For 3-Day Workweeks And One-Income Families

In an interview with Fox News, the Amazon founder said he disagreed with the assessment that AI will lead to large-scale job losses.

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3 years on, Israelis grapple with reports Netanyahu was warned before Oct. 7 attacks

On the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly warned by regional allies ahead of time.

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World must change way it produces food to avoid biodiversity collapse, says WWF

Recovery of tigers, tuna and green sea turtles show nature loss can be reversed when action taken, charity says

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Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club

President Trump said he wants to develop one of his Florida golf courses into a presidential retreat where his successors can spend quiet weekends, describing it as "sort of a Camp David."

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María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87

Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis * ‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old whose eviction set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain’s housing crisis, has died. News of her death came two weeks after Maricarmen, as she had come to be known across Spain, was evicted from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than seven decades. Continue reading...

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Protesters in Colombia rally against ties with Israel

Hundreds took to the streets of Bogota to protest against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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Appeals court says Atlanta family cannot take the government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid

A federal appeals court has ruled that an Atlanta family cannot take the federal government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid on their home in 2017.

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Trump declares anyone who uses the term Artificial Intelligence to be ‘The Enemy!’

President’s latest outburst comes as his push to rebrand the emerging technology falls increasingly flat

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Man charged with raping woman during burglary in 2003

A 68-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with raping a woman during a violent burglary in Dublin over 23 years ago.

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Trashed house linked to student party ‘damages our reputation’, University of Limerick says

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Mapping Chicago's independent grocery stores - Chicago Reader

Grocery shopping can be a political act. Where you put your money can be just as important as where you put your vote. In a city full of food, Chicagoans face rising prices, competing priorities, and varying resources when deciding where to shop. Some shoppers automatically opt for big-box stores on their commute home, with [...]

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The Trick of Threes offers an interactive call-and-response portrait of one woman's life in a cult - Chicago Reader

Musical elements set an effective mood, but some of the audience interaction in Instrumental'd production feels manipulative.

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The U.S. won’t attack Iran before the November midterm elections, President Trump said Thursday, citing “productive” talks with Tehran

The president cited “productive discussions” with Tehran.

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Arson at the school gate and tear gas on the streets

French pupils are angry and the country is tense

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Asia races to stockpile oil, speed up renewables in response to Iran war

Asian countries are racing to raise their oil stockpiling ‌capacity, complete a regional power grid and speed up renewables in response to supply risks laid bare by the Iran war.

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The fight to uncover the Nigerian president’s FBI files

President Tinubu has enlisted US lawyers to keep records from a 1990s Chicago drug probe sealed but a lone California activist has been thorn in his side.

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FDA Says Safety Review Of Abortion Pill Will Continue Into Next Year

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WATCH: Vance says Microsoft is being suspended from green card program for H-1B visa workers

President Donald Trump's administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas as it accuses the...

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Ottawa in talks with First Nations about airport privatization, Transport Minister says

MacKinnon notes no decisions have been made on which airport will go through the process first

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PM on Manchester City and 'plague' in Russia

Burnham on Man City case: 'It is important to separate the football issues from wider investment'

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Michael Kearns, one of Hollywood's first out gay actors, dies at 76

Michael Kearns, the trailblazing actor, author and AIDS activist credited as the first Hollywood actor to come out as gay, has died at 76.

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Abdul El-Sayed criticized Obama. Is that a scandal?

The former president, apparently unbothered, will campaign with El-Sayed in Michigan.

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I left Oregon for Philadelphia's walkable city life. But I missed my car and was eager to move back home.

After growing up in San Diego and living in Oregon, I moved to Philadelphia. I soon missed the convenience of a car and access to outdoor activities.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs prison release date pushed back by 2 months

Sean "Diddy" Combs' prison release date has been pushed back again after a report emerged about his "pampered" life behind bars.

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How Europe should deal with the new China shock

Amassing “second-strike” trade weapons is not enough

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Trump to Unveil $2.4 Billion in AI Pledges to Boost Research

President Donald Trump is set to announce $2.4 billion in commitments from Silicon Valley giants to bolster scientific research at a summit Thursday in Washington, the latest administration effort to promote and harness artificial intelligence.

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Book clubs and spooky reading recommendations | Hometown, Alaska

Hear about a book club for women combining reading with socializing and drinking and get some reading recommendations for Halloween season.

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Utah’s top election chief says Trump admin’s ‘gamesmanship’ with voting keeps her up at night

Editor’s note: This story is part of We Vote Utah, a partnership between KUER, PBS Utah and Utah News Dispatch to cover Utah’s 2026 elections.The top election official in the red state of Utah has…

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NFL tells Supreme Court prediction markets are gambling, not investing

The league is urging the court to take up a case that would settle how prediction markets are regulated.

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DACA renewal applications face record delays, costing some their jobs

Immigrants who entered the country as children and were protected from deportation through DACA wait a median of seven months to see those protections renewed as the government says it has enhanced screening.

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A tropical storm could bring heavy rain to Southern California

It remains uncertain where Rachel will come ashore, but there is a chance of heavy rain or high winds in the Mojave Desert, and parts of Utah and Arizona could be affected this weekend.

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New York governor declares measles emergency • Ohio Capital Journal

NEW YORK — Facing a surge of measles cases in New York state’s rural counties, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an executive order on Monday allowing paramedics, pharmacists, midwives and other…

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