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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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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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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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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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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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US Senator Blumenthal opens probe into Ukraine Starshield restrictions

"This decision to limit critical technology for a key ally... (puts) Ukrainian forces at risk and their people in peril," Senator Richard Blumenthal wrote in a letter addressed to U.S. Defense Secreta...

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After Millions in Stolen SNAP Benefits, Trump Administration Moves to Fight Theft

A week after ProPublica reported how organized crime is stealing food stamp benefits — aided by the government’s refusal to update benefit-card technology — the Department of Agriculture announced pla...

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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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The EPA is quietly killing its web archive

Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump's climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.

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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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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.

apnews.com959 pts4h agodiscuss

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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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.

newrepublic.com840 pts22h agodiscuss

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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'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.fr694 pts20h agodiscuss

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.

washingtonpost.com651 pts4h agodiscuss

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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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.

forbes.com645 pts18h agodiscuss

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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World’s 6 Richest Lose $130 Billion On Thursday As AI Spending Fears Sink Tech Stocks

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Michael Dell and Mark Zuckerberg lost a combined 12-figure sum on Thursday.

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Ukraine Says Starlink Isn’t Working, Despite Trump’s Promise to Restore It

Soldiers and government officials say connections continued to fail if drones fly at high speeds.

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Trump Says He Ordered The Justice Department Lawsuit Over Alaska’s Senate Race

Trump says he ordered the Justice Department lawsuit over Alaska’s US Senate race. Source: US NETWORK POOL

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An exhibition at the Grolier Club shows that—more than just a surface for art—paper can be a medium all on its own.

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EU member states wrangle over all-important budget: Is a deal this year feasible?

A marathon EU summit on October 15-16 failed to produce a breakthrough on the European Union's next long-term budget. Although EU leaders put on a brave face at the end of the talks by saying that "the way forward is clearer", EU capitals appear deadlocked on what that path is. At stake is the EU's ability to finance its strategic priorities from 2028 to 2034. The main dividing line is between the so-called "frugal countries", who want deep cuts to the proposed budget, and the "friends of cohesion", who say that cuts are not the answer.

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Hackers appear to be struggling to exploit PHP flaws after global cybersecurity crisis

The vulnerabilities are devastating in theory. But experts say they are also technically very difficult to hack.

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Iran War Updates: Trump envoy says war could last another year as oil prices continue rising

The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. says the war with Iran could last another year, but he hopes Tehran will "come to the table" sooner.

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How EU ships are still able to carry Trump's Russian diesel despite so many sanctions

A ship called the Agioi Fanendes, which had just left Russia's Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, was carrying 40,000 metric tons to New York and had been traveling westwards through the Baltic Sea ever sin...

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ANALYSIS: In the wreckage of World Cup blowouts, hope is where you find it

Tonga's win over Lebanon kicked off what's expected to be a lopsided weekend in the Rugby League World Cup but there's still something to be gained amid the blow-outs.

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Trump Slams Karl Rove Over GOP Midterms Warning: 'He's Been A Loser All His Life'

The president also added that Rove, who helped run two winning presidential campaigns, “doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”

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Ex-Prosecutors: Trump’s Midterm Promises And Threats Constitute Bribery And Extortion

Whether it’s $5,000 for every adult or the withholding of planned infrastructure projects, Trump’s midterm quid pro quos appear to be illegal.

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Hershey, King of Halloween, Wants to Win All the Holidays

Kirk Tanner, who joined the chocolate maker as CEO last year, knows the best way to win the sweets aisle is to offer something new.

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Romania blames Russia after drone sinks ship in the Black Sea

One sailor killed and three others missing after Comoros-flagged Khoryv hit near Romanian waters.

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EPL leaders Man City’s magnificent seven faces stern test at Aston Villa

Man City are the only team with a perfect Premier League record, but face a Villa side determined to climb the table.

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Lawyers gird for congressional probes if Democrats take control

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Dozens of employees at Boston Dynamics have petitioned the company to stop the sale of its robot dogs to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Weekend washout for most states as storm season intensifies

Rain and storms are forecast to extend across more than half the country this weekend as two separate weather systems collide over the east.

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Sorry, how is Hasan Piker involved?

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Immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship targeted in Trump administration's illegal voting crackdown

Most of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for alleged voter fraud had applied for U.S. citizenship and now face charges related to lying on forms or during intervi...

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Meta shares are down 9% this week. Here's why Mike Khouw is buying now

Meta shares just had their worst week in four years. Here's why Mike Khouw is buying now

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The percentage of people without health insurance is growing | Arkansas Advocate

The percentage of working-age adults without health insurance has increased in the past two years, largely because many people can no longer afford Obamacare coverage after Congress allowed federal su...

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Meta delays rollout of terms that would allow broad scraping of news sites. Legal experts are still skeptical.

Meta's new commercial terms will go into effect three weeks later than initially planned.

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How Americans' skin became a K-beauty craze

A Korean beauty treatment is taking the skin care world by storm. It's made from the skin of dead American donors.

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Khanna Says Zuckerberg Deal Shows Ultra-Rich Will Pay Wealth Tax

Progressive Democrat Ro Khanna lashed out at opponents of California’s proposed wealth tax after Meta Platforms Inc. revealed stunning details of how Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg negotiated a deal to fund his potential payment of the levy and stay in the state if the measure passes.

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