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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins

In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the...

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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.

Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...

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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

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2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay

The former UN human rights commissioner was recognized for her efforts to promote peace and international law

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Winner of 2026 Nobel peace prize to be announced - Europe Live

The winner will be announced in a ceremony that starts at 10am UK time (11am CEST) The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced this morning, with all sorts of speculation about who could be this year’s worthy winner. (Despite his hopes, Donald Trump is very unlikely to win it, again.) Continue reading...

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Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’

Conservatives have trumpeted the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but researchers say the reasons for the decline are unclear.

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DHS shoots New York man with five-year-old in car

Federal agents surrounded and fired into the man's vehicle, reportedly with a young child inside.

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”

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Nobel Peace Prize Live Updates: Navi Pillay, Former U.N. Human Rights Commissioner, Wins

Ms. Pillay, a South African lawyer, led an investigation that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.

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“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in California

ICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms.

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Pete Hegseth says public can watch Fort Hood shooter's execution

Hegseth said Nidal Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be."

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UN says Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter would amount to torture – US politics live

Condemnation comes amid fierce backlash from US lawmakers who branded the move ‘grotesque’ and compared it to actions of some terror groups and oppressive governments * Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed According to rights group Amnesty International, at least 17 public executions are known to have been carried out in 2025 – six in Afghanistan and 11 in Iran. The Death Penalty Information Center says that 135 soldiers have been executed by the US military since 1916. Continue reading...

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Trump calls on AI to speed up science—while continuing to defund it

Tech firms are giving big to a White House AI science program amid the destruction of institutions like the NIH.

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Trump says voter fraud is rampant. The evidence says otherwise.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” conservative activist J. Christian Adams is challenged on his claims of widespread voter fraud in the US. Then he abruptly ends the interview.

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Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be a public event

Officials clarified execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be livestreamed Pete Hegseth has said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be a public event when the sentence is carried out later this year. Officials later clarified the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow, the Associated Press reported. In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the Pentagon secretary said the firing squad would carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1pm on Thursday, 3 December. This would be the first US military execution in more than 60 years. Continue reading...

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Ukrainian investigative journalist Mykhailo Tkach detained in Austria while on assignment

The acclaimed journalist was reportedly on an editorial assignment in Vienna with his colleague Yaroslav Bondarenko when he was detained by Austrian authorities.

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South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize

South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.

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Russian strike on buses kills 30 in Ukrainian frontline city

Two buses were blown up in the frontline city of Kramatorsk on Thursday, in one of the deadliest attacks in weeks.

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High school protests draw tens of thousands across France for second time in a week

While turnout did not reach the levels seen on October 6, the 'Act IV' of the high school student movement continued on October 8, drawing large crowds from Paris to Marseille and Lyon. Though the atmosphere was mostly positive, there were also clashes at the end of marches.

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Exclusive: House Democrats ask Kimberly Guilfoyle for records related to alleged pay-to-pay scheme

Democrats from the House Oversight Committee on Thursday asked U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle for financial records and communications with Trump administration officials after allegatio...

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Founder of Rybar, Russian war propaganda channel, detained in Montenegro

Mikhail Zvinchuk, his wife Valeria Zvinchuk, and three other associates were detained in an operation by Montenegrin police and security service on the morning of Oct. 9, local media reported.

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Drugs in jars, bags of cash: Tennessee ignored warnings from Arizona's botched executions

Christa Pike's botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada's watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee's prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona.

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Hegseth Wants Public to Watch First Firing Squad Execution Since WWII

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Nidal Hasan’s execution should be watched by everyone.

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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy

The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.

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Hitler Mussolini wins local election

Peruvian voters pick their new mayor, despite his unusual name.

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Tesla drops 'Full Self-Driving' brand name in Europe after regulator pushback

German regulators called Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" brand name "somewhat misleading."

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Make mutabbal, a bright, smoky eggplant dip

This Levantine dish goes great with chicken and lamb, or eaten with pita.

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Department store in Berlin to offer high-end Japanese rice on trial basis

One of the goals of the trial is to raise awareness of high-quality Japanese rice as washoku restaurants in Germany often use non-Japanese varieties.

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Stark warning – does new footage in Avengers: Endgame reveal the truth about Doctor Doom?

Warning: contains spoilersThe four short scenes added to the new version has made the film the highest-grossing of all time – but the only people really enjoying this are the Disney accountants

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Delta CEO says there's no Elon Musk feud: 'I drive a Tesla'

Ed Bastian, the CEO of Delta airlines, denied reports that he doesn't like SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

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Flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport, inspired by 9/11, prosecutor says

The Omani co-pilot who attacked the captain of Flydubai flight 1073 had planned to crash the plane into Tel Aviv's international airport in a suicide attack, the United Arab Emirates' top prosecutor…

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Fed's Cook lawyers say hearing will show no mortgage fraud case

Lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said on Friday that if ‌a planned White House hearing on allegations against her is "anything close to objective," it will demonstrate that Cook ⁠did not commit mortgage fraud and will leave no case to remove her.

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Manchester United’s early wobble makes Tottenham visit a must-win for Carrick

After a scratchy start in the league, injuries and an underwhelming Rashford, Spurs’ visit to Old Trafford is already crucial for the hosts

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New Alaska sea sponge species fuel debate over fishery practices | Alaska Beacon

Alaska’s little-explored ocean floor continues to yield scientific discoveries, including a sponge species in a new-to-science genus.

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Emera’s big deal faces a significant headwind from the bond market

Company’s share price has fallen further since it announced a merger this week. Blame rising bond yields

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Hegseth branded ‘deeply unwell’ over livestream execution as some call for his ouster

Pete Hegseth announced that the Fort Hood shooter’s execution by firing squad would be ‘made public’

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Jane Eyre: a Musical – an intimate Brontë adaptation that misses the novel’s darkness

Despite the verve of the ensemble cast and the vocal crescendos, the heart rarely skips a beat.

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Fear and Distrust Are the Real Russian Plague - The Moscow Times

Opinion | Modern disease outbreaks differ from historical ones for reasons that go beyond vaccines, better treatments and improved hygiene.

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Waffle Houses Close Ahead Of Hurricane Isaias In What’s Seen As A Key Sign Of Storm’s Severity

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Milbank expands defense work for law firms fighting RICO claims

Prominent Wall Street law firm Milbank has taken on at least its third case defending personal injury lawyers against racketeering claims, expanding a niche practice for the firm amid a wave of cases accusing plaintiffs' attorneys of fraudulent litigation.

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Coming soon: Bellingham’s new home for Coast Salish culture and history

The Indigenous-led nonprofit, Setting Sun Circle, is creating “a new home for Indigenous innovation, healing and collective action” in downtown Bellingham.

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The Vertiginous Revelations of “You Can See Everything”

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s interrogation of Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced Theranos founder, is a compelling spectacle of manipulation, suspicion, and apparent sincerity.

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Ossoff Wipes the Floor With Mike Collins as He Cites Third Reich Hires

There’s no way Mike Collins can steal this Senate seat from Jon Ossoff.

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Russia set to spend record $200B on defense in 2026

The huge increase — roughly 40% higher than its original plan for the year — comes with the country’s budget and economy under growing pressure.

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Nikolai Rybakov, chairman of Russian opposition party Yabloko, fined 1,000 rubles for writing ‘For Peace’ on his ballot — Meduza

A St. Petersburg court fined Nikolai Rybakov, chairman of Yabloko, 1,000 rubles on an administrative charge of petty hooliganism.

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Recall notice issued over three Marks & Spencer ready-to-eat meal products

FSAI notice issued on behalf of food firm Greencore amid concerns over possible presence of Salmonella in pistachios

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Bonus: What Cornell Says About “Duty Of Care”

There’s a wide gulf between the public’s reaction and the environment that could’ve let this happen.

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I Think My Son’s Halloween Costume Idea Is Hilarious. My Wife Is Putting Her Foot Down.

C'mon, it's funny!

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Housing justice activists pack City Hall in support of the Low Barrier Shelter, right to counsel program

In its fifth day of budget hearings, the New Orleans City Council discussed the state of funding for housing related programs.

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Ed Davey faces growing revolt against leadership as senior Lib Dem MP quits

Treasury spokesperson Charlie Maynard reportedly resigned in attempt to unseat leader as party slips in polls Ed Davey is facing a growing revolt against his leadership of the Liberal Democrats, following the resignation of a senior frontbench figure on Friday. Charlie Maynard, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson, has handed in his resignation in an attempt to unseat Davey after months of frustration that the party is failing to cut through with voters, the Guardian understands. Continue reading...

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