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Pete Hegseth's firing squad livestream has fans in the defense industry

Co-founders of Palantir and defense tech firm Anduril are defending "public and brutal" executions.

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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis,...

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Who’s the Shadow President?

Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · October 1 · 36m

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Homeland Security raids Ilhan Omar's residence

Trump's fixation on the Minnesota lawmaker has exploded into full-on lawfare weeks before the elections.

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Ukraine's EU accession bid advances with new chapter

Ukrainian lawmakers on Monday passed legislation protecting the rights of national minorities, which removes a major hurdle in Kyiv's bid for membership.

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Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ has already gotten under Elon Musk’s skin. It goes nationwide this week

Elon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.”

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French Navy intercepts Russian shadow fleet tanker in Indian Ocean

The tanker DF Peak, previously named Kaliningrad, has falsely sailed under the flag of Benin and is sanctioned by the U.S, EU, Switzerland, Canada, and Japan.

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Angry at Trump's Russian diesel deal? Here's how you can help Ukraine bomb Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump had a busy weekend, undermining sanctions on Russia, blaming Ukraine for the war Russia started — again — and insisting that Russian refineries become drone-free zones. "W...

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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say

Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.

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A disastrous day for French supermarkets after massive cyberattack targets refrigeration systems

Freezers and cold-storage rooms at several hundred stores overheated overnight from October 11 to 12, causing tons of merchandise losses. The vulnerability, linked to software made by the Danish company Danfoss, has been identified. France’s cybercrime office has opened an investigation.

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Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

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US threatens to cut intel sharing with Ukraine in push to protect Russian oil refineries, sources confirm

The Kyiv Independent had learned that the Trump administration had threatened senior Ukrainian military and government officials in a push to protect Russian oil refineries. Two Ukrainian officials s...

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Government spent $10 million on pro-Trump ads after president said super PAC would fund

Nearly $22 million in taxpayers funds has been spent to air the ads, with nearly half spent after Trump promised to fund what the White House calls public service announcements through his super PAC.

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If the Nidal Hasan Execution Is Livestreamed, We Are a Barbaric Nation

The only countries to carry out public executions in 2025? Iran and Afghanitisan. That’s the company Pete Hegseth wants America to keep.

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Trump’s feds raid home of Ilhan Omar as part of criminal investigation

Raid comes as Omar, the first Somali American elected to Congress, has drawn President Donald Trump’s ire for years

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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear

The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.

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How Ken Paxton Fabricated “Horsesh*t” Case Against a Texas Mosque

Paxton and Governor Greg Abbott charged a mosque with fraud despite multiple bureaucrats finding issues with their case.

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'Block, blunt and break': NATO top commander unveils defensive strategy in face of Russian threat

In a speech in Warsaw, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich insisted on the alliance's readiness, while downplaying the odds of an imminent conflict.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home searched by federal agents, report says

The search was reportedly related to a criminal investigation.

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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk

The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.

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Chicago police find killer in 65-year-old cold case murder of little girl — one of their own

DNA technology that didn’t exist when Gloria Kowalewicz, 8, was killed in 1960 led investigators to Thomas F. McInerney Jr., who was a homicide detective for the Chicago Police Department.

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‘Defeat These Questions’: A Senator’s Fiery Rebuke to the UCP Referendum | The Tyee

Paula Simons stood to urge fellow Albertans to reject ‘a scurrilous smear campaign’ against newcomers.

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Musk Bankrolls Republicans In Midterms As Biggest Donor—While Attacking Talarico

Musk has now given more than $276 million both directly and through his super PAC, the New York Times reports.

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GOP Group Spends Thousands to Help Susan Collins—in Wrong Portland

The people of Portland, Oregon, were probably very confused about why they were being flooded with information about the Maine Senate race.

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Hundreds of supermarkets in France hit by ‘unprecedented' cyberattack

Hackers raise temperatures in supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food in 'large-scale' cyberattack.

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Many snowbirds are dipping their toes in new waters looking for potential landing spots for future years

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BMW deliveries fall 6.3% in third quarter as China sales slump

BMW reported on Tuesday a year-on-year 6.3% decline in global vehicle deliveries in the ‌third quarter, as sales in China fell by a quarter.

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Defying Putin's orders: Can Ukrainian forces derail Russia's winter offensive in Donetsk Oblast?

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Hungary MPs vote to cut anti-LGBTQ+ legislation from Orbán-era law

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Witkoff joined Trump-Putin call in Miami talks with Ukraine and allies — NYT

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff joined Donald Trump's call with Vladimir Putin during talks with Ukraine in Miami, The New York Times wrote on Oct. 12.

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Trump doubts Russia and China are providing support to Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not believe China or Russia is helping Iran, adding that Moscow and Beijing have "too much to lose" if they support Tehran, according to a post on Truth Social...

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Modi Touts India’s 300-Gigawatt Green Buildout Ahead of COP31

India’s renewable energy capacity has quadrupled over the past decade to about 300 gigawatts, putting the country well ahead of its voluntary commitments under the Paris Agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

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Man dies after falling off Six Flags roller coaster in Georgia

A man died after falling off a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.

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RJ Mitte, actor best known for ‘Breaking Bad,’ dies at 34

The actor, who had cerebral palsy, used his experience to inform his role as Walter “Flynn” White Jr. on the hit series. He died in Brownsville, Texas, on Monday.

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Backtracking on green energy contracts would be a mistake, warns Engie boss

Subsidies for clean energy projects are key for France’s energy sovereignty, says Engie CEO Catherine MacGregor.

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France’s Philippe says Le Pen’s EU proposals would ‘crack open’ bloc

The center-right candidate said at a POLITICO event that his far-right rival was selling the French ‘fantasy’ plans on the economy.

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Ready, set, snooze: Sleep-deprived Japanese compete for best-rested

Self-described elite “competitive sleepers” vied to nap the fastest and deepest in a Tokyo contest organized by a mattress company.

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In B.C., a dose of judge-made drug policy

A B.C. Supreme Court ruling overreaches by striking down the federal law of possession for the purpose of trafficking

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Germany's Nuremberg airport closes due to aviation emergency

Germany's Nuremberg airport said on Tuesday that flight ‌operations have been suspended because of an aviation emergency.

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‘Unfinished business’: the people who want their AI chatbots to ‘live on’ after they die

Humans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going – often in defiance of companies’ terms and services

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Greta Thunberg joins student protesters outside high school near Paris

Greta Thunberg speaks about police behaviour during protests in France.

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Finland Moves to Close Europe’s Tourist Door to Russians

Helsinki says Russians should not enjoy European freedoms while their country continues bombing Ukrainian homes.

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Florida Republican running for re-election snags presidential endorsement — from Colombia

Rep. María Elvira Salazar has received political support from right-wing stalwarts overseas as she finds herself on the outs with President Donald Trump.

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Government spent millions on Trump ads. And, federal agents raid Ilhan Omar's home

The government is using millions of taxpayers' dollars on pro-Trump ads, even after the president said this would not happen. And, federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. home.

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Sense, sensibility, and the art of a satisfying Jane Austen adaptation

Director Georgia Oakley brings fresh emotional depth and a modern edge to the beloved classic

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Budget cuts would impair Colombia peace court, search for disappeared, officials say

Budget cuts proposed by allies of Colombia's new right-wing president would crimp investigations and trials of human rights abuses by the country's transitional justice court and hinder efforts to locate and identify 137,000 people who disappeared during the country's ongoing conflict, the court, the disappeared unit and advocates say.

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Owner says beloved husky is found hanged in Lynwood; investigation underway

A neighbor showed him a disturbing video circulating online of a dog that had been hanged in a Lynwood alley less than a mile from Filiberto Reyes’ home. It was Ruso, he said.

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Canada signs joint statement denouncing Iran after UK air base plot

OTTAWA – Canada has joined more than two dozen other countries in denouncing Iran’s apparent involvement in a planned attack on an air base in England.

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