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Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.

Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that expe...

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Amid Starlink crisis, Finnish tech giants announce plan to help Ukraine build its own sovereign satellite system

"Ukraine needs secure, sovereign, and high-performance satellite communications systems that it controls," ICEYE CEO Rafal Modrzewski said in a press release announcing the deal with Kyiv.

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Kushner Phone Hack Reveals How Middle East Dictators Bought Him Off

Middle East dictators created a massive slush fund for Jared Kushner.

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Kyiv denies reports that Trump, Musk have restored Starlink speeds in Ukraine

"Overall, nothing has changed anywhere," a Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 22. Starlink's speed cap of 161 kilometers per hour remains in effect, the official said.

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Anna Paulina Luna’s husband owns 10 percent of drone startup that got $37 million in Pentagon deals

“Americans deserve a Congress that works for them, not for special interests or personal portfolios,” the Florida Republican said in 2025. Then the federal contracts started rolling in.

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Analysis: Ukraine’s Starshield access is still crippled, and no one is taking the blame

Eleven days after Ukraine's Starshield terminals started mysteriously malfunctioning, there is still nobody in Washington who wants to take responsibility, while Trump administration officials continu...

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What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing

Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref...

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Heat killed over 50,000 people in Europe in summer 2026, making it deadliest on record

A study conducted by two British institutions covering 854 urban areas found that the heatwaves of summer 2026 were far more lethal than those of 2003 or 2022.

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Melania Trump helps forge a ceasefire deal in Russian-occupied Oleshky, the White House says

The White House says first lady Melania Trump has brokered an upcoming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the war-ravaged city of Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians.

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Supreme Court says New Hampshire student IDs can’t be used to vote in November

The high court said a federal judge should not have changed the rules so close to the Nov. 3 election by blocking guidance issued by New Hampshire’ secretary of state.

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Democrats demand “unredacted log” of attendees at $TRUMP meme coin dinner

Senators seem to be signaling a probe of the president's crypto empire.

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Ken Paxton’s Trust Gave a $600,000 Infusion to a Convicted Fraudster’s Company

The blind trust’s investment in Wildcatter offers a new, unreported look at the attorney general’s financial ties with the very type of business executives whose prosecutions he typically celebrates.

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Actor Tom Skerritt, who played dads, cops and commanding officers, has died

Skerritt was Captain Dallas in Alien, Viper in Top Gun, and a small town sheriff in the TV series Picket Fences.

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Rejected Ballots Skyrocketed in Five States Thanks to USPS

A new report reveals that the U.S. Postal Service is threatening the integrity of mail-in voting in rural areas.

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Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn

People succumbed to heat at highest rates in Malta, Italy and Hungary, with health issues, loneliness and poverty exacerbating toll

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AI Bots Are Accessing People’s Bank Accounts Unprompted

Banks are rushing to update their terms of service and block the bots.

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Finns are seething after Google illegally toppled 250,000 trees for a data center

The company was ordered to stop work, but it clear-cut anyway.

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'Beyond the cost of living, what was at stake on October 17 was the unraveling of our democracy'

This day of protest reflects an anger that has built up through the last 10 years over the lack of listening from those in power, writes Le Monde economic journalist Aline Leclerc, in her column.

lemonde.fr691 pts18h agodiscuss

Jared Kushner Blasts ‘Outrageous’ Vanity Fair Over Report On Alleged Undisclosed Foreign Bank Accounts

The report claims Kushner’s phone was hacked and showed transfers from multi-million-dollar slush funds created by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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Trump administration files lawsuit to block possible Democratic win in Alaska Senate race

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.

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Federal judge restricts DHS field operations looking for noncitizen voters

The judge found the department's field operations to identify noncitizens who voted likely violated the Voting Rights Act, which bars voter intimidation.

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2 ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop

Two ex-FBI officials have been charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop. One former FBI intelligence official specialized in foreign election interference.

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New human data hints at psychedelics' potential to combat inflammation

Lab studies have shown that psychedelics like psilocybin can lower inflammation and may be protective for a range of illnesses. Now, researchers are publishing some of the first data in humans that signals this holds potential for patients with neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.

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DOJ seeks to block Alaska Senate result if Republican incumbent narrowly loses

In a lawsuit, the Justice Department cited confusion over two similarly named candidates, including Republican Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar says she will move out of her Washington, DC, home after federal search

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar will move out of her Washington, D.C., home that federal agents searched last week, she said Wednesday, noting that attention brought on by the raid has made her feel unsafe there...

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The Transportation Department said it was fining Air France and KLM $425,000 for operating flights in prohibited Iraqi airspace while code-sharing with Delta.

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'His wheels weren't hot enough': California police bust $54,000 Hot Wheels thief

Colton police arrested a man Thursday suspected of stealing $54,000 worth of Hot Wheels cars, according to authorities.

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Carrick accepts blame for United slump, backs himself to turn things around

Manchester United manager Michael Carrick mounted an impassioned defence of his leadership on Friday, accepting responsibility for the club's collapse in form and saying he remains convinced he can lead the team out of their current crisis.

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Blackstone Steve Schwarzman Says Chance Encounter Led to AI

Blackstone Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Schwarzman said the firm’s massive bet on artificial intelligence came down to a chance encounter more than 10 years ago.

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Kaitlan Collins tears into Trump’s defense of Vivek Ramaswamy attack ad

CNN star questions President Donald Trump’s decision to go to bat for advert in which Democrat Amy Acton is accused by her own mother, whom she has not spoken to in 48 years, of lying about her traumatic past

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Trump administration sues to block Alaska's US Senate election result if Peltola wins | Alaska Beacon

The move is the latest attempt by the President to support incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan against a Democratic challenger.

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Managing a new world of bots and bargain hunters

AI agents promise to empower consumers and boost competition, but must first earn users’ trust

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A Strange Loop encompasses metatheatricality, race, theater politics, and Tyler Perry - Chicago Reader

Mikael Burke's intimate and affecting staging of Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer–winning musical is a coup for About Face and Raven.

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'I Look Younger Than My Actual Age' Thanks To This $13 K-Beauty Buy

“I love how it hydrates my mature skin, but doesn’t make it feel oily or sticky.”

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Tottenham's Maddison a doubt for Chelsea clash, says De Zerbi

Tottenham Hotspur's James Maddison is doubtful for the trip to Chelsea on Saturday after the midfielder scored in his first start in 536 days during the club's first Premier League win of the season, manager Roberto De Zerbi said on Friday.

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Justice Department asks appeals court to intervene in California ballot case

The Justice Department asked the appeals court to get involved before a lower-court judge ruled in the dispute.

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Sex life: I know the city as only a sex worker can

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Israeli military says 2 soldiers were killed in the West Bank attack that also left 2 gunmen dead

Two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning that also left two suspected gunmen dead, the military said, violence that is likely to heighten political ten...

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Wells Fargo, Intuit latest companies to object to their shares being tokenized, document shows

Six more ‌companies, including Wells Fargo, Arm Holdings and Intuit, will not allow their shares to be tokenized on a joint trading platform backed by crypto exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, according to a regulatory document seen by Reuters.

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GOP Candidate Joked About Pushing Pelosi Out Of Plane And Hanging U.S. Military Leaders

CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski highlighted a litany of troubling past “jokes” from Republican Georgia Senate candidate Rep. Mike Collins.

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Jimmy Fallon Savagely Sounds Off On That Weird Noise Trump Made

The “Tonight Show” host razzed the president for his bizarre utterance.

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How Should Democrats Talk About Identity in Hiring?

Those committed to the fight for equal opportunity in hiring should reconsider DEI language, but not the principle that everyone should get a fair shot.

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Gulf faces economic contraction nearly as acute as COVID shock

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How Israeli settlers wearing keffiyehs are attacking West Bank olive groves

The olive harvest officially began in the West Bank on October 15, 2026, and it has coincided with an uptick in violence towards Palestinians carried out by both Israeli settlers and soldiers. Meanwhile, the settlers and soldiers have been using social media to promote an aesthetic, Instagram-friendly and nationalistic view of these harvests.

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Qatar deal to buy U.S. natural gas shows how Iran war has redrawn global energy markets

The Iran war is transforming global energy markets and benefiting U.S. companies, especially liquified natural gas exporters.

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Police investigate after body found at Sehome Hill Arboretum | Cascadia Daily News

Incident isn't being investigated as a homicide by Bellingham police

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Trump’s DOJ sues over Alaska Senate race, expanding preelection legal fights • West Virginia Watch

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Goldman Sachs sees AI-fueled layoffs displacing nearly 10% of workers in the coming years

Goldman Sachs said a recession could accelerate companies' adoption of AI and deepen AI-related job losses.

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