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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France's interior minister said stun grenades would be temporarily withdrawn from use at protests organized by high school students 'just long enough to understand what happened.'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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At Texas Rally, Trump and Paxton Make for an Awkward Pair

The president offered support for the Republican Senate candidate, after earlier grumbles, but focused much of his speech on a defense of his own record.

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Germany’s most promising industries depend on China, clashing with Berlin’s derisking push, study finds

Small electrical firms best placed to drive Germany's industrial renewal rely on China as their main supplier, competitor and sometimes customer, leaving Berlin with a dilemma: the fastest way to scale them up is with the very Chinese components it wants to reduce reliance on.

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Trump Asks to Make Palm Beach Golf Course Into a New Camp David

President Donald Trump is seeking approval from local officials in Florida to designate his West Palm Beach golf course into a permanently-designated presidential retreat that would host summits, world leaders and current and former occupants of the White House.

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How Verifactu will affect SMEs and the self-employed after its postponement

The Government's delay in bringing the Verifactu e-invoicing system into force gives firms and the self-employed more time, but fuels uncertainty over its rollout.

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Will AI kill our rosy jobs growth forecasts?

Department of Finance draws attention ‘to risks to employment prospects from AI over the medium-term’

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Encroaching energy, mine concessions threaten protected ecosystems, research shows

Millions of hectares of protected tropical ecosystems are at risk from overlapping mining concessions ‌and oil and gas blocks, researchers said on Thursday, potentially weakening a global treaty aimed at conserving 30% of the world's land, freshwater and oceans by the end of the decade.

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The 2026 Nobel prizes for science

Our podcast on science and technology. This week, our guide to this year’s physiology, physics and chemistry awards

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Trump Calls On Talarico To Debate Paxton (Who’s Been Avoiding The Debate Stage)

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WA's oil and gas industry watches impact of High Court ruling closely

WA's energy sector is sounding the alarm over a landmark High Court ruling that overseas emissions from a proposed NSW coal mine were required to be considered when approving the project.

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Art loan scheme on chopping block amid Tasmanian cost cutting

Tasmania's arts sector is fearing for the future of a nation-leading purchasing scheme that looks to be affected by government job cuts.

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Female rage inspires new adaptation of classic novel Little Women

As creative and technical arts degrees and school subjects dwindle around the country, Queensland Theatre Company is thinking deeply about how to support the local ecosystem.

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Country diary: The changing face of stubble fields, those shortcuts of my youth | Nicola Chester

Linkenholt, Hampshire and Wexcombe, Wiltshire: Even to the untrained eye, traditional ones and modern, regenerative ones look very different

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EXCLUSIVE: US opens direct talks with Myanmar's generals, reversing years of isolation

The Trump administration has begun direct talks with Myanmar’s military-installed government, according to US officials and others familiar with the outreach, in a sharp reversal of Washington’s efforts to isolate the country’s generals after the 2021 coup.

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In drought-stricken Sri Lanka, farmers watch wells empty and wildlife crowd shrinking water holes

Sri Lanka is facing severe drought, leaving reservoirs dry and farming communities struggling. Experts say the lack of rain is partly due to a strong El Niño and climate change.

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Cornell Student Wants Letitia James, NY Attorney General, Removed as Prosecutor

Attorney General Letitia James should step down from leading the investigation into a former student’s claim that she was sexually assaulted in 2024, a lawyer for one of the men said.

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87-year-old Maricarmen dies in hospital after infamous eviction ordeal

The 87-year-old whose eviction sparked a domestic crisis and triggered nationwide anti-government protests has died in hospital late on Wednesday. Protesters say they will continue to demonstrate to uphold her legacy.

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Ex-ByteDance Intern’s $200 Million AI Lab Takes On Fei-Fei Li

A former ByteDance Ltd. intern has secured funding from venture heavyweights including 5Y Capital for a stealth startup to take on AI pioneers such as Fei-Fei Li in the nascent realm of world models.

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Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests

Trump briefly stepped away from the microphone after one protester appeared to approach the stage

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Ellisons Invest About $17 Billion in Warner Bros. Takeover

David Ellison and his family invested approximately $17 billion to complete Paramount Skydance Corp.’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to public filings.

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Trump Clarifies ‘Let Them Hit Los Angeles’ Iran War Comment—Says He Won’t ‘Let That Happen’

Trump’s earlier comments about Iran potentially striking cities in California drew strong backlash from Democratic leaders from the state, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Valkyries fend off Aces’ comeback, head to Las Vegas up 2-0 after Veronica Burton’s clutch three

The Golden State Valkyries built a big early lead and then outlasted an Aces comeback to win 83-81 to secure a 2-0 series advantage over the defending WNBA champs before heading to Las Vegas.

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Russell T Davies: ‘I keep a kitchen knife by the front door’

Queer as Folk writer and Doctor Who showrunner has written a memoir about his career. It’s ‘a nice moment to take stock’, he says

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Patrick Freyne: In The Real Rooneys on Disney+, everything is white. The rich do not fear stains

Wayne’s role is to sit near Coleen, looking confused. Her role is to sit near Wayne, looking disappointed

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How is the U.S. military responding to the Okinawa murder?

The incident has threatened to reignite simmering anger in Okinawa — home to the bulk of U.S. forces stationed in Japan.

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Big investors ‘bottom fish’ in Eurozone bond markets after France sell-off

Fears of a blow-up similar to the Eurozone debt crisis have been overdone, asset managers say

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