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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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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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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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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France's interior minister said stun grenades would be temporarily withdrawn from use at protests organized by high school students 'just long enough to understand what happened.'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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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'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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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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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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Three years of Israel's genocide in Gaza: In numbers

Three years of attacks has devastated Gaza, killing tens of thousands, destroying homes, and collapsing basic services.

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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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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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DR Congo uncovers $20B in payments to ineligible mining suppliers

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Hit decisivo de Pages y gran actuación del bullpen llevan a Dodgers de vuelta a la Serie de Campeonato

Andy Pages se lució en la séptima entrada para romper el empate y cuatro relevos cerraron la victoria por 3-1 sobre los Bravos de Atlanta, con lo que se adjudicaron la NLDS en cuatro partidos.

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Thai household debt trap tests growth ambitions as Bangkok hosts IMF

Thai business owner Kavita Wongyakasem, 51, fears she may die before she has paid back all her debt.

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BYU will be without star RB LJ Martin for 4 to 6 weeks, per report. What’s next for the Cougars’ running game?

BYU running back LJ Martin is expected to miss four to six weeks with a lower-body injury. What does his absence mean for the Cougars?

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Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi detained

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Russian would-be fugitive receives labour camp sentence

A 68-year-old Russian man who swam across the Nemunas River from Russia's Kaliningrad exclave into neighbouring Lithuania in an attempt to seek asylum has been sentenced to six years in a strict-regime penal colony in Russia for "publicly justifying terrorism."

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How Lime's CEO overcame a stroke to take his company to a $1.7 billion IPO

Wayne Ting, Lime's CEO, opened up about his stroke and the company's IPO at the Tech Insider: Growth Mode event.

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Search of alleged NATO spy’s online presence was not required for security clearance check, committee hears

Federal officials said the government proactively stepped up social media vetting after Biwei Zhang’s arrest in Belgium in July

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What is the pneumonic plague?

The ancient disease of plague is back in the headlines after the death this month of a Russian lab worker.

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Indian shares poised for muted start, TCS kicks off earnings season

Indian shares were likely to open slightly lower on Thursday, extending losses from the previous session after the central bank delivered a hawkish rate hike, while rising oil prices added to inflation worries.

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‘She’s a liability’: Daly City council member seeks reelection amid misconduct allegations

Pamela DiGiovanni has served on the council since 2018 but is facing calls to resign on the eve of the Nov. 3 election, in which she is one of seven candidates running for three seats.

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Isaias Updates: Tropical Storm Is Forecast to Become a Hurricane and Hit the Gulf Coast

The Atlantic hurricane season has been quiet, but Isaias could become its first hurricane.

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'Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya believed that a society that accepts lies ends up accepting violence as well'

Twenty years ago, the journalist was murdered at the instigation of Russian security services. Documentary filmmaker Eric Bergkraut, who knew her well, recalls in an opinion piece for Le Monde her fight for truth and against Kremlin propaganda – a struggle that is more necessary than ever as Vladimir Putin continues to kill.

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The evidence suggesting GLP-1s can curb drug and alcohol cravings

A growing body of evidence suggests that GLP-1 drugs are not only helping millions with their diabetes and weight loss, but they’re also proving effective at curbing people’s desire for drugs and alco...

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A 194-year-old tortoise, world’s oldest land animal, may hold clues to longer life

Jonathan the giant tortoise may owe his longevity to genetic traits and an ability to keep key cellular systems functioning in a more youthful way.

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Rogue Pilots Have Become One of the Biggest Threats to Airline Safety

The FlyDubai security incident spotlights the industry’s struggle with deliberate pilot crashes that have brought attention to cockpit technology and mental health.

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Major share market float of Firmus in trouble as interest wanes

The company is reportedly having to price its shares lower as it closed its books to potential investors abruptly overnight.

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Alarming drop in population of chinstrap penguins - here's why

'Huge collapse' in chinstrap penguin population

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Wallabies resist urge to shift Suaalii from wing for Bledisloe Cup Test

The Wallabies have kept Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii on the wing for Saturday night's Bledisloe Cup Test at Auckland's Eden Park, with Isaac Henry named in the centres.

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Andy Pages' clutch hit, bullpen's shutdown effort carry Dodgers back to NLCS

Andy Pages comes through in the seventh inning to break a tie and four relievers close out a 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves to win the NLDS in four games.

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

Saint had one of the most spectacular debuts in Hollywood history, as the love interest of Marlon Brando’s tormented Terry Malloy in “On the Waterfront.”

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Trump Reveals What Melania Calls Him In Private -- And Yep, It's Weird

The president’s latest “sir” story has a real plot twist.

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Hegseth Goes Viral For All The Wrong Reasons — And The Internet Has A Field Day

He may want to try more of those testosterone treatments.

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Data center boom is pushing prices higher, according to Fed officials

Federal Reserve officials are increasingly pointing to the artificial intelligence buildout, rather than tariffs, to explain why the prices of goods keep rising.

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Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, October 7, 2026

A reporter talks about a history of lawsuits over a gubernatorial candidate's unpaid bills.

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Japanese scientist Kenso Soai and France’s Henri B. Kagan win Nobel Prize in chemistry

Japanese scientist Kenso Soai and Henri B. Kagan won “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”

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