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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours

The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.

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“You kidnapped my son”

ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

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Oklahoma Oil Company Plugs Disposal Well That Posed Threat to City’s Drinking Water

The Frontier and ProPublica revealed that state regulators had approved the well in Enid, Oklahoma, in violation of rules meant to protect municipal groundwater. Now the well is permanently shut down.

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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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At least 10 arrested at Arizona-Mexico border as 250-year-old cottonwood tree cut down for wall

Activists have spent the last 70 days camped around and inside a cottonwood tree right along the border in the tiny town of Lochiel. The tree was the last of an old grove estimated to be up to 250 years old.

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RFK is gloating that his changes to HHS are permanent

“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.”

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California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants

It's the largest state to greenlight plug-in solar panels that help reduce home energy bills.

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Norway proposes temporary ban on smart glasses amid privacy fears

The push comes amid growing ethical and privacy concerns around the new devices, which have been marketed by technology giants such as Meta.

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LeBron’s Polymarket deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions

LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting a prediction market as he will for playing basketball.

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ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons

OpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.

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Family of Epstein Victim Appears in Ad Targeting Republican

In a tough new ad for the Democrat running against Representative Jeff Crank, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre say the congressman refused to meet with them.

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Epstein Whistleblower Simon Andriesz Dies After Exposing Lutnick Ties—What To Know

Lutnick denied to Congress that he had any knowledge of him and Epstein being invested in the same company.

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South Korea shipping fuel to Russia via sanctioned vessels, media reports

Potentially undermining sanctions, over 176,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, from South Korean ports were loaded onto sanctioned Russian tankers, based on analysis of port records and ship-tracking ...

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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026: One American and two Germans honored for technique activating neurons with light

By inserting certain proteins into the membrane of nerve cells, the three laureates, Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, succeeded in switching neurons 'on' or 'off' at will. The technique has a dual purpose: Unlocking the secrets of the brain and developing innovative treatments.

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Sen. Tillis says his vote for Hegseth was 'biggest regret of my career' in new book

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped...

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Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.

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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver Sam Altman says he believes the world should accept “bad things” happening with AI in exchange for the benefits of the technology. The chief executive of OpenAI cited hacks, scams and “other bad things that will happen” in an interview that sparked an instant backlash from critics of the major AI companies. His comments came after one of his company’s safety experts resigned, saying at the weekend that its “culture is broken”. Continue reading...

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Schoolboy, 15, loses hand after picking up police stun grenade during French school protests

Prime minister orders ministers to tackle students’ five major demands, including organising replacement teachers and school repairs Hundreds of schools in France remained fully or partially closed on Monday as teenagers continued to blockade buildings and the government struggled to contain the biggest youth protest movement in years. A 15-year-old protesting against what the demonstrators say are France’s dilapidated ⁠and understaffed schools ‌had his hand ‌blown off on ‌Monday in the northern town of Lens, the local prefect François-Xavier Lauch ‌said. Continue reading...

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What is ‘Herod's Pool', and why is Israel developing it in the West Bank?

Israel is developing a reservoir on land in the occupied West Bank, with water syphoned off from Palestinians.

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New automatic gun turrets successfully down first Russian jet-powered drones, Air Force says

President Volodymyr Zelensky previously announced that twelve such turrets had been installed where Russian jet-powered drones have been particularly active, including around Kyiv.

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Exclusive: Soldiers and Gold Star families press Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strike

It's the deadliest strike against American troops during the war with Iran. Now U.S. soldiers wounded in a drone attack on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait are raising their concerns publicly about whether commanders underestimated the threat and saying the military medical system failed them.

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Trump Draws Backlash For Saying ‘Let Them Take Out Los Angeles’ Or ‘San Diego’ During Iran War Remarks

Democratic leaders and lawmakers from California called out Trump’s remarks and accused him of “inviting an attack” on U.S. soil.

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JD Vance Says Trump’s Weird Midterm Ads Are “Not Partisan”

Donald Trump has used taxpayer money to fund a series of ads touting himself and attacking Democrats.

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New York Gov. Hochul Issues State Of Emergency Over Measles Cases

New York has confirmed 101 cases in the state, excluding New York City, as of Oct. 3

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Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Moscow Oblast in mass attack near Russia's capital

Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow Oblast in a mass attack as air defenses in the region are engaged, monitoring channels reported overnight on Oct. 6.

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Polls show GOP candidates trailing Democrats in Senate races, and Republicans also struggling in House contests

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PepsiCo, Monster win court reprieve on use of 'energy drink' label

An Indian court on Tuesday ‌put on hold the food regulator's order to stop PepsiCo ⁠and Monster Beverage from using the "energy drink" label on their cans, according to a lawyer present at ‌the ⁠hearing.

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OpenAI delivers a mea culpa to the Australian government in person – but answers still elude

Jason Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner. For a company under intense scrutiny, there were no missteps Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to Sydney to give the company’s first in-person mea culpa after it admitted – in an unsigned email, to a public departmental inbox – that one of its AI agents had accessed a Services Australia website without authorisation and grabbed data related to Medicare. Kwon – polite, friendly, even-toned – got through a potentially dicey committee hearing unscathed, promising to do better and pledging assistance to Australia. No missteps, no viral moments, just delivering his answers helpfully, in a quiet and calm manner, sympathising with the questioner and the point they were making. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

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Nobel Prize in Physics honours work on 'ghost messengers from space'

Belgian physicist Francis Halzen wins the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on subatomic particles at the South Pole.

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Kratom, 7-OH laws diverge amid the spread of potent synthetic products | Arkansas Advocate

For years, the psychoactive compound kratom has been sold across much of the US as an herbal supplement with few of the restrictions applied to controlled substances. But the market is changing. Produ...

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Unsure how long this AI bull has? Bonds now offer a cushion at the best values in years

See an AI-generated hypothetical portfolio derived from my TV talk and this column's archives.

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Head of Russian Military’s Patriot Park Arrested in Bribery Probe - The Moscow Times

Law enforcement authorities have detained the head of Russia’s military theme park, Patriot Park, on bribery charges, media outlets reported and the Defense Ministry confirmed on Monday evening.

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Russia's drones are getting faster and deadlier. The West is racing to catch up.

Jet-powered drones are wreaking havoc in Ukraine. Defense companies are building a new class of interceptors to defeat them.

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California’s oligarch tax would change America

The goal of its framers is political rather than budgetary

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Emera and Canadian Utilities to merge, creating $50 billion company

Canadian utility companies Emera and ‌Canadian Utilities said on Tuesday they would merge to create a combined company with ⁠an enterprise value of about C$72 billion ($50.46 billion).

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PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon brought his party back from the brink

MONTREAL – Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon had his work cut out for him after the 2022 election.

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My Bed Is My Happy Place And These Prime Day Deals Will Upgrade My Sleep Even More

Drift off to dreamland at a discount with these deals for two days only.

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Paramount-Warner Bros. Mega-Merger To Close Tuesday

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Meta Muse gives AMD a boost as AI momentum shifts to personal agents

The personal agent boom is lifting the fortunes of AMD and Intel, which have outperformed their megacap tech peers over the past month.

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Affordability, healthcare, accountability center of heated race for central Arkansas US House seat | Arkansas Advocate

Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill seeks a seventh term against Democrat Chris Jones, whose campaign focused on affordability and accountability.

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He Used to Stock Shelves at 7-Eleven. Now He’s Striking Out Shohei Ohtani.

A decade ago, Ray Kerr quit baseball, dropped out of community college and went home. This October, he has emerged as an unlikely postseason star for the Atlanta Braves.

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Aspen’s Airport Renovation Has Become a Fight for the City’s Future

The ski-resort town has seen tensions come to a surprising head over a project that will move its runway by 80 feet.

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Democrats more trusted on healthcare costs, survey shows | Arkansas Advocate

Democrats are more motivated to vote in November’s midterm elections than Republicans, potentially giving the party an advantage to flip at least one chamber of Congress, according to a poll released ...

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Mind the colour clash as Transport for Wales expands Pay As You Go ticketing in Wales and northwest England

Transport for Wales Rail has activated Pay-As-You-Go ticketing functionality at 10 more stations across north Wales and into northwest England. The 10 stations are: Chester; Chirk; Flint; Frodsham; Gobowen; Helsby; Prestatyn; Rhyl; Ruabon; Runcorn East. Readers have also been added on the low-level platforms at Shotton, augmenting those on the Wrexham – Bidston line platforms.…

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Pneumonic plague: How it spreads and what is the risk to Europe?

The death of a staff member at an anti-plague institute in Russia following a laboratory accident has put the spotlight on plague and how it spreads.

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Is your nanny annexe luxe enough?

Expectations for elite live-in nannies are increasingly rarefied. But they have their own demands too

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Business leaders want capital gains deferral to keep money in Canadian firms

TORONTO – Canadian business leaders are calling on the federal government to reform some of its tax policies in hopes of bolstering investments in domestic firms.

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Russia says nearly 900 Ukrainian drones downed and Moscow region fuel depot reportedly burns

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian air defenses intercepted nearly 900 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple regions of the country, as well as the occupied Crimean Peninsula and the Sea of Azov, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Tuesday.

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As state funding stalls, medical researchers in Japan pivot to crowdfunding

Medical campaigns have surged, particularly since the pandemic, when the acute shortage of resources at some hospitals became widely known.

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The wrong way to treat the right to know

The Ford government is increasingly allergic to transparency

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