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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.

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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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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...

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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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French government suspends use of stun grenades at student protests after teen loses hand

France's interior minister said stun grenades would be temporarily withdrawn from use at protests organized by high school students 'just long enough to understand what happened.'

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Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.

Austin Davis, 26, has become a lifeline for some homeless families in the Phoenix area who’d otherwise wait months for shelter. His work has highlighted how the system to care for local families who a...

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Elon Musk Loses $21 Billion In A Morning As SpaceX Shares Slip

Elon Musk lost $21 billion on Wednesday morning as SpaceX shares fell 2% after reports that the company plans to raise $40 billion to buy chips from Nvidia.

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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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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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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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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids

Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.

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Russia slams Ukraine with missiles, drones on Putin's 74th birthday, at least 15 dead

Explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on Oct. 7 as Moscow launched its latest mass missile and drone attack on the capital, coinciding with Russian President Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday.

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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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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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'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills

Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.

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Norway's 2027 budget includes almost $9 billion in new Ukraine support

The money would be funneled into Norway's Nansen Support Program, named after humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen, who led famine relief efforts in Ukraine in the early 1920s.

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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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Martin Soto went out for diapers. He came home eight months later.

The asylum seeker, who led a hunger strike inside a for-profit ICE facility, was released with an ankle monitor late Tuesday.

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EU ambassadors wave through largest-ever list of Russia sanctions

The list targets a wide range of defense industry players, from shipyards and aviation companies to electronics manufacturers, armored vehicle repair facilities, and aerospace companies.

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The truth about Trump’s plan to bring back execution by firing squad

A veteran death penalty lawyer says it is part of the administration’s “brutality trip.”

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Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say

Attacks on tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz hit their highest last week of any week since the Iran war began, according to maritime security sources tracking incidents, amid ‌a bigger export push by Gulf producers.

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The iconic Arthur Read made his TV debut 30 years ago

The animated series "Arthur" premiered on PBS Kids on Oct. 7, 1996.

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House Democrat Introduces Bill To Preserve Trump’s ‘Propaganda’ In Smithsonian Museum

A House Democrat introduced a bill that would direct the Smithsonian to preserve banners bearing President Donald Trump’s face that hang outside federal agency buildings for display in an exhibit on Trump’s “authoritarian narcissism.”

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"The Single Most Toxic Issue in the Midterms": How America Turned on Data Centers

► For more, visit Mother Jones: America is hopelessly divided along party lines. That's a stubborn fact, we're told, and the polling bears it out: Democrats dislike…

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USS Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home after record deployment supporting Iran war

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home to California Thursday, the Navy announced Friday, following a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war and intense scrutiny over ship conditions.

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Polls open in north London by-election to replace Starmer

Polls have opened in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election as candidates fight to replace Keir Starmer as the MP for the north London constituency.

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Which European airlines rank highest in new 10-year safety index?

In its newly-released European Airline Safety Index, AirAdvisor has ranked the top 20 carriers across a decade’s worth of research data.

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German exports fall unexpectedly in August

German exports unexpectedly in August due to ‌sharp decline in exports to the United States.

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‘Baseless’: Indian Government Rejects Musk’s Claim ‘Oligarchs’ Are Blocking Starlink Launch

On Tuesday, Musk claimed that “certain oligarchs” were blocking the launch of his Starlink satellite internet services in India, without naming any person in particular.

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Charges dropped against 12yo after alleged bashing of Sunshine shopkeeper

Prosecutors withdrew charges after conceding they could not prove the boy was criminally liable following the death of Sunshine man Van Viet Truong in August.

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El Nino set to intensify before peaking in December, UN warns

The United Nations warned on Thursday that El Nino will intensify before peaking in December, bringing higher temperatures to much of the planet and compounding the effects of man-made climate change. The World Meteorological Organization added that this naturally occurring weather phenomenon could be the strongest since at least 1950.

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Russian factory housing Yandex data centre attacked and catches fire – photos, video

A fire broke out at the Sasta machine-tool plant in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast, where a Yandex data centre is located. The plant is considered important to Russia's defence industry.

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A College-by-College Guide to Which Majors Pay Off — or Don’t (Gift Article)

College is one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make. We built a tool to compare earnings of nearly every major at nearly every school in the country.

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Fear of ‘physical harm’ prevents October 7th events, says Ireland’s chief rabbi

Jewish community ‘taking the necessary precautions’ after attacks in United States, Britain and Australia

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Four former top managers indicted over fatal 2022 fire at rice cracker plant

Prosecutors concluded that the four failed to take necessary measures even though similar fires had previously occurred at the plant.

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Lone star Trump believes he can bend Texas and midterm elections to his will

US president’s essential message to Maga voters on campaign tour has been ‘pretend I am on the ballot’

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Singapore Grand Prix entertainment may be curbed if haze worsens, FIA says

There might be "some restrictions" on outdoor activity such as entertainment during this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, but not on the race, if the haze currently blanketing ‌the city-state worsens, the motor sports governing body said on Thursday.

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Five ways to enjoy fashion as a hobby without indulging in overconsumption

Fashion lovers are generally associated with bursting wardrobes and chasing the latest trends. But that reputation is beginning to shift.

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Solicitor behind Forest Fest music event suspended from legal practice by High Court

Philip Meagher is founder of the annual music and arts festival held in Emo, Co Laois

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Voting opens in high stakes Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Zack Polanski has led energetic campaign for the Greens, while Labour will hope to hold on to Starmer’s old seat Voting has opened in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, a contest seen as a key gauge of Andy Burnham’s ability to energise voters and whether Zack Polanski’s Greens can still peel off support from Labour’s left. Polanski, who leads the Greens in England and Wales, is standing for his party in the north London constituency, previously held by Keir Starmer before he stood down as an MP shortly after resigning as prime minister. Continue reading...

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UK’s military needs to focus spending on domestic defence, not overseas missions – report

Exclusive: Thinktank says Britain’s drive towards global commitments is symptom of ‘outdated foreign policy’ The UK’s military is too focused on global commitments at the expense of domestic defence, meaning the government’s planned increase in defence spending is likely to result in even greater waste, a thinktank report has warned. According to an analysis by researchers at the Transition Security Project, Britain has the most overseas-oriented military among European nations, with almost a quarter of the defence budget spent on commitments across five continents. Continue reading...

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China border town can't shake the blues despite promise of bridge to North Korea

Chinese taxi driver Wang peered through binoculars at a North Korean flag fluttering beyond a soon-to-open bridge linking his city of Dandong with the secretive nation.

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Breaking: Sam Wood denied bail on DV charges after allegedly choking wife

Police allege Mr Wood became involved in a family argument in Noosa on Saturday night before he assaulted and choked his wife.

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An average of 17 older Australians died each day last year waiting for home care

More than 6,400 older Australians died while waiting to receive home care last year, an increase of more than a third on the previous year.

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US considers new torture charges against Maduro

US prosecutors are expected to bring new charges against ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, according to media reports.

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Google, Unity Launch Platform to Create Video Games From Prompts

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and gaming tools developer Unity Software Inc. announced a new platform that will allow people to create video games from simple text prompts, marking the latest incursion of generative artificial intelligence into artistic and creative industries.

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Exclusive | They Saved a UFO-Like Home From Demolition. Now It’s Landing on the Market.

Historic preservationist and former Obama appointee Milford Wayne Donaldson and his wife, Laurie Donaldson, restored the plastic property, which is asking $1.495 million.

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Thousands attend anti-Bolsonaro protest in Rio

Thousands of people marched in downtown Rio de Janeiro in a student protest against presidential election favorite Flavio Bolsonaro.

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Jimmy Kimmel Torches Fox News With A Brutal Reminder Of Its Worst Moments

The late-night host looked at the lowlights as the right-wing network turned 30.

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'Bendy Tree' in Co Down wins Tree of the Year competition

The 'Bendy Tree' in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, has won this year's UK Tree of the Year contest, organisers have announced.

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