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Finland orders halt to work on Google data centers over environmental concerns

Regulators have ordered the company representing the US web giant in Finland to stop building data centers until it can demonstrate compliance with environmental laws. Officials are investigating whether trees and soil were cleared before the company carried out an impact study.

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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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Hayley Williams unleashes profanity-filled response to DHS telling her to ‘thank’ ICE

‘We suggest Ms. Williams to thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice,’ the DHS said

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Study: Shock gloves traumatized Army volunteers

After tests, military personnel said "just seeing the glove" that ICE plans to adopt scared them into obedience.

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Cornell brings in ex-Justice official Sally Yates to review school’s handling of sex assault claims

Cornell University trustees have announced that former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will review how the university handles sexual misconduct complaints.

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The $1 Trillion Black Box

The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe...

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They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.

Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...

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Eva Marie Saint, star of North by Northwest and On the Waterfront, dies aged 102

Landmark roles were in 50s classics directed by Elia Kazan and Alfred Hitchcock, before going on to play Superman’s adoptive mother in later life Eva Marie Saint, one of the last survivors of Hollywood’s golden age of the 1940s and 50s, has died aged 102. Her screen work spanned six decades: Saint made her screen debut opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s celebrated thriller North by Northwest, and in one of her last screen appearances played Superman’s adoptive mother Martha Kent in the 2006 superhero film Superman Returns. A family spokesman said on Tuesday that Saint had died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer in occupied West Bank

Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old Palestinian photographer, suffered injuries to his head and torso and was taken to the hospital by ambulance, according to the international news agency. The agency's news director, Phil Chetwynd, condemned the incident as a 'serious' and 'unacceptable' attack.

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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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US DAFs Donate Millions to Groups Linked to India’s Far-Right

Donor-advised funds allow individuals and foundations to give money to charities while remaining anonymous.

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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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Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank

Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their guns Armed Israeli settlers beat a photographer in the presence of Israeli soldiers, hospitalising him, as he covered worsening settler violence against olive farmers in the occupied West Bank. Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old veteran photographer for Agence France-Presse in Palestine, was assaulted by a group of settlers, who beat him with the butts of their guns, despite him being marked as press. He was assaulted in view of about a dozen armed Israeli soldiers. Continue reading...

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Politicians slam Trump's suggestion that Iran ‘take' San Diego, Los Angeles

Both Democrats and Republicans have expressed outrage at Trump's remarks that cities could be sacrificed in Iran war.

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California's mail ballot system excludes disabled voters, court rules

Requiring people with print disabilities to obtain assistance to vote "denies them meaningful access to the vote by mail program," a federal judge wrote.

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“They knew, they Lled”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps

As justices weighed the merits of Boulder's case against Big Oil, those who lost everything want accountability.

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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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'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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Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-Winning 'On the Waterfront' Actress, Dead at 102

Eva Marie Saint, the Oscar-winning actress in 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest,' has died at age 102.

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Armed individuals from Belarus threaten Latvian soldiers at border, followed by another breach

"The escorts of the illegal migrants, who were located on the Belarusian side, were armed, issued threats to (Latvian) soldiers, and also actively urged and drove the migrant group toward Latvia," Lat...

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US stocks rise to a record on expectations for companies to make even fatter profits

The U.S. stock market hit an all-time high as expectations rise for companies to keep making more money.

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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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France's police fire tear gas and water cannons as school protests sweep the country

More than a quarter of a million people rallied nationwide to support school students demanding more education funding, according to government figures, with thousands of arrests.

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Soldiers Wounded in Iran Say DOD Made Them Get Their Own Treatment

The service members were left to fend for themselves.

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Russia Needs to Tell the Truth About a Plague Death

After an apparent lab accident in Siberia, Moscow is reverting to its old Soviet ways.

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Arsenal plot football domination after title win, says CEO Garlick

Arsenal are in a strong position to dominate men's football for years to come, CEO Richard Garlick said on Wednesday, minutes after the club announced they had agreed a new long-term deal for manager Mikel Arteta.

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WHO Recommends Against GLP-1s For Young Kids—Amid Wegovy Trial For 6 Year Olds

Despite a nearly 600% surge in adolescent GLP-1 prescriptions, the WHO says they may pose critical safety risks to growing bodies.

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They were a historically bad team. Now they’re a threat to make the World Series.

The Chicago White Sox are up 2-0 in the American League Division Series, a shocking turnaround after three straight 100-loss seasons.

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Quebec's "Brainrot" Separatism

Quebec has elected Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and the Parti Québéois to a minority government, whose platform includes a referendum on sovereignty.

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Tenn. Republicans: Legislature to investigate other execution methods after failed lethal injections | Alabama Reflector

Tennessee Republican leaders say they will consider firing squad and electric chair as a death penalty alternative to lethal injection.

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Prep talk: San Marino's football team borrows baseball players to go 6-0

Nearly a dozen baseball players help San Marino High's football team start 6-0 this season.

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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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Volume 56, Number 1 - Chicago Reader

PDF viewer and free download for Chicago Reader's print issue of October 2026 (Volume 56, Number 1). The Food Issue.

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British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser

Sir James Goldsmith’s links to Hilton Head, South Carolina, adds to mystery of Jane Doe 4, who claimed she was abused by Epstein in the 1980s For Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire Goldsmith family was a gateway to elite society and he wanted to be in their circle. The disgraced financier, who died in prison in 2019 facing sex-trafficking charges, longed for a billionaire’s lifestyle and cultivated the family’s friends, bankers, business associates and advisers. Continue reading...

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Inflation fears on the rise as one-year outlook in Fed survey hits highest level since May 2023

The Survey of Consumer Expectations indicated that the median outlook for inflation over the next 12 months rose to 3.9%.

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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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World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’

Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica declined by two-thirds since 2011, likely due to climate crisis

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Iberdrola becomes the world’s largest power provider by market cap

Iberdrola’s growing strength comes from its broader global footprint.

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Jefferson Davis County Residents Sound Alarm Over Proposed $6 Billion Data Center Project

During an Oct. 5 board of supervisors meeting, residents shared a range of concerns about the proposed data center from developer Eagle Rock Partners.

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Putin turns 74 today. Officials and kindergarteners across Russia were forced to wish him a happy birthday. — Meduza

Kindergarten children in several Russian regions were enlisted to congratulate Vladimir Putin on his 74th birthday, while officials received detailed instructions on how to phrase their messages,…

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‘Catastrophic wildfire loop’ created after colonisation left parts of Australia more at risk from bushfires, study finds

Researchers found the shift from open woodland to dense forest after 1788 led to more intense fires, consistent with loss of cultural burning practices * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The drastic land use changes wreaked by colonisation created a “catastrophic wildfire loop” that rendered south-east Australia more susceptible to climate-fuelled bushfires, experts say. A team of researchers, working with the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, an organisation that represents traditional owners, reconstructed 1,000 years of vegetation and fire history at Purghagoolah, a lake surrounded by forest in Croajingolong national park in Gippsland, Victoria. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

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New nuclear clocks could become world's most accurate timekeepers

The clocks are so accurate they could run for 30 million years and only lose a second of time.

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PERSPECTIVE: The caregiver needs care, too • The TRiiBE

I want to help make this a conversation we can have openly, with practical support and compassion for both the person receiving care and the person providing it.

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Fossil of 'platypus-like' animal from dinosaur era unearthed in China

Scientists have found the earliest-known fossil of a mammal-like animal that lived more than 160 million years ago in the mid-Jurassic period and may have hunted fish and salamander.

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Which of these 8 movies will be the quintessential Boston winnah? - The Boston Globe

Our new readers poll has the biggies, but what about "Next Stop Wonderland?"

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Trump Spirals Into Crazed Fury as GOP Pollsters Deliver Very Bad News

As Trump explodes at South Carolina Senate candidate Annie Andrews—who is doing surprisingly well in GOP-aligned surveys—a Democratic operative in the state discusses the very uphill climb that lies ahead.

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Fairview sues UnitedHealthcare over 2027 Medicare plan info

Nation’s largest insurer cites effort to strike an affordable contract, but the health system insists it won’t be in-network next year with UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans.

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Wildfire ash turns Spanish mountain river black, contaminating water supply

A river running through a town in central Spain has turned black from wildfire ash and debris, contaminating the local drinking water and forcing residents to rely on emergency supplies.

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Half a billion dollars in GOP spending does little to move polls

Republicans’ massive money advantage has yet to reshape the midterm map, as Democrats keep expanding their ambitions.

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Ukraine forces becoming more agile under new commander-in-chief Drapatyi, who is also drafting a ‘grand strategy’ for the war (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,686)

Anonymous commanders paint a picture of an army suddenly trusted to improvise, led by rehabilitated critics and 30‑something officers, while Russia marks Putin’s birthday with mass strikes and a burning oil tanker off Sochi’s coast.

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