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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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Thousands march ahead of Brazil election runoff: 'Never Again Bolsonaro'

Students spilled into downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, calling for votes for incumbent leftist president Lula.

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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...

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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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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France's interior minister said stun grenades would be temporarily withdrawn from use at protests organized by high school students 'just long enough to understand what happened.'

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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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Elon Musk Loses $21 Billion In A Morning As SpaceX Shares Slip

Elon Musk lost $21 billion on Wednesday morning as SpaceX shares fell 2% after reports that the company plans to raise $40 billion to buy chips from Nvidia.

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How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk

United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...

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The 87-year-old evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies

Maricarmen Abascal had been hospitalized with exhaustion after her eviction, which triggered national demonstrations over Spain's chronic housing crisis.

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DNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law

The Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump administration over recent TV ads promoting the president.

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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids

Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.

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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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“Honey please I need you to get this done for me.” How Kimberly Guilfoyle pressed a MAGA ally to transfer $100,000 to her Amex account.

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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Trump Is Still Airing Campaign Ads With Your Money by the Way

The president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would.

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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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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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Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90

MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced on Wednesday. She was 90. In an era before titles such as software engineer and computer scientist became mainstream, Hamilton, who died on 30 September, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT meteorologist. Continue reading...

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Martin Soto went out for diapers. He came home eight months later.

The asylum seeker, who led a hunger strike inside a for-profit ICE facility, was released with an ankle monitor late Tuesday.

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EU ambassadors wave through largest-ever list of Russia sanctions

The list targets a wide range of defense industry players, from shipyards and aviation companies to electronics manufacturers, armored vehicle repair facilities, and aerospace companies.

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The truth about Trump’s plan to bring back execution by firing squad

A veteran death penalty lawyer says it is part of the administration’s “brutality trip.”

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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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The iconic Arthur Read made his TV debut 30 years ago

The animated series "Arthur" premiered on PBS Kids on Oct. 7, 1996.

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House Democrat Introduces Bill To Preserve Trump’s ‘Propaganda’ In Smithsonian Museum

A House Democrat introduced a bill that would direct the Smithsonian to preserve banners bearing President Donald Trump’s face that hang outside federal agency buildings for display in an exhibit on Trump’s “authoritarian narcissism.”

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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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USS Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home after record deployment supporting Iran war

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home to California Thursday, the Navy announced Friday, following a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war and intense scrutiny over ship conditions.

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An average of 17 older Australians died each day last year waiting for home care

More than 6,400 older Australians died while waiting to receive home care last year, an increase of more than a third on the previous year.

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US considers new torture charges against Maduro

US prosecutors are expected to bring new charges against ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, according to media reports.

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Google, Unity Launch Platform to Create Video Games From Prompts

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and gaming tools developer Unity Software Inc. announced a new platform that will allow people to create video games from simple text prompts, marking the latest incursion of generative artificial intelligence into artistic and creative industries.

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Exclusive | They Saved a UFO-Like Home From Demolition. Now It’s Landing on the Market.

Historic preservationist and former Obama appointee Milford Wayne Donaldson and his wife, Laurie Donaldson, restored the plastic property, which is asking $1.495 million.

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Thousands attend anti-Bolsonaro protest in Rio

Thousands of people marched in downtown Rio de Janeiro in a student protest against presidential election favorite Flavio Bolsonaro.

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Jimmy Kimmel Torches Fox News With A Brutal Reminder Of Its Worst Moments

The late-night host looked at the lowlights as the right-wing network turned 30.

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'Bendy Tree' in Co Down wins Tree of the Year competition

The 'Bendy Tree' in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, has won this year's UK Tree of the Year contest, organisers have announced.

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Doctor calls for better endometriosis care after surgery abroad

After more than a decade of symptoms, Dr Rachel O'Connor says she was told her endometriosis was "too severe" to treat in Ireland

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Principals want changes to free schoolbooks scheme

The National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals has called for changes to the administration of the free schoolbooks scheme.

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TikTok gave children 'placebo' safety tools, says lawsuit

TikTok ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn ⁠on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions of the tool, according to allegations in a lawsuit.

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€20m extra needed by An Garda Síochána last year

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly has said the force needed an extra €20 million last year because of additional recruits and the need to respond to significant operational demands.

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Teacher who kissed student in special school removed from register for decade

Fitness-to-teach committee found teacher guilty of professional misconduct for physical contact and inappropriate messages sent to then 18-year-old

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Do voters want a cut to inheritance tax?

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Nurses and midwives to protest at hospitals over pay

Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation will hold lunchtime protests at hospitals across the country over delays in agreeing a new public sector pay deal.

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Tayari Jones' novel 'Kin' wins the Kirkus Prize for fiction, earning a $50,000 award

Tayari Jones' novel “Kin” has won the Kirkus Prize for fiction. The book traces the life of two Black friends from small-town Louisiana.

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GrowSF polls voters on a comeback for Manny Yekutiel, drawing condemnation from S.F. leaders

The former Board of Supervisors candidate withdrew from the race last week after two men said he had groped them without their consent, but his name remains on ballots.

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Funerals are the only aspect of Catholic life I engage with any more

Every time I’m in a church and listening with adult ears, I’m struck by the reality that religion is a response to fear

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Maryland college student still missing after extensive, multiday search

Dilan Shaan Ashar’s family released an emotional plea to the public saying he left without his phone, wallet and identification.

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Signage at UK consulate in East Jerusalem removed as Israel's deadline over

Thursday marks 30 days since Israel's foreign minister ordered the closure of the UK consulate in occupied East Jerusalem.

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Budget aftermath, Laois solicitor suspended, Irish Jewish community safety fears

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Will there be a big take-up of State’s new investment scheme?

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A tech crowd was polled on buying Anthropic shares at a $3 trillion valuation. Only 3 hands went up.

Everyone's waiting for Anthropic to go public. Buying the stock is another story.

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Menopause medicine crisis goes beyond Spain

The shortage of Lenzetto has had a domino effect on other menopause hormone treatments in Spain and other European countries. Spain's Health Ministry expects supplies to improve in November, but Spain's Medicines watchdog warns the timetable is still unclear.

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Retirement flats have been a miserable investment

To assess value sensibly, the purchaser has to balance initial, recurring and final costs against unpredictable longevity — this is difficult to do

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What is the real price of oil any more?

Crude futures are no longer a reliable guide to the inflationary impact of fuel prices

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