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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins

In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the...

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American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk

Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribut...

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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

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Canadian writer Anne Carson awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in literature

The Canadian writer received the Swedish Academy's highest honor on Thursday, October 8. A master of textual deviation, Carson, who began as a classical philologist, blends poetry and popular culture, prose and verse, with both humor and erudition.

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Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’

Conservatives have trumpeted the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but researchers say the reasons for the decline are unclear.

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”

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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

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DHS shoots New York man with five-year-old in car

Federal agents surrounded and fired into the man's vehicle, reportedly with a young child inside.

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“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in California

ICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms.

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Pete Hegseth says public can watch Fort Hood shooter's execution

Hegseth said Nidal Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be."

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Trump calls on AI to speed up science—while continuing to defund it

Tech firms are giving big to a White House AI science program amid the destruction of institutions like the NIH.

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US, Russia confirm Trump's latest Ukraine peace push is falling apart

At this point, there appears to be no prospect of a negotiated settlement, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

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Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be a public event

Officials clarified execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be livestreamed Pete Hegseth has said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be a public event when the sentence is carried out later this year. Officials later clarified the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow, the Associated Press reported. In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the Pentagon secretary said the firing squad would carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1pm on Thursday, 3 December. This would be the first US military execution in more than 60 years. Continue reading...

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Russian strike on buses kills 30 in Ukrainian frontline city

Two buses were blown up in the frontline city of Kramatorsk on Thursday, in one of the deadliest attacks in weeks.

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Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim news for the climate.

Like Donald Trump, he favors maximizing profits for extractive industries, environment be damned.

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Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley

A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity More fool me! Here I was thinking nothing that America’s Trump administration could do or say, no matter how politically and morally bankrupt, no matter how venal or violent, was capable of shocking me any longer. Then I woke to today’s news that one of the Trump cabinet’s bigger boofheads – the uber Christian nationalist, crusader-fantasist and “secretary of war” Pete Hegseth had announced that America would have a public firing squad execution of murderer Nidal Hasan. Paul Daley is a Guardian Australia columnist Continue reading...

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High school protests draw tens of thousands across France for second time in a week

While turnout did not reach the levels seen on October 6, the 'Act IV' of the high school student movement continued on October 8, drawing large crowds from Paris to Marseille and Lyon. Though the atmosphere was mostly positive, there were also clashes at the end of marches.

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Measles is surging in the US. These graphics show how bad it has gotten

The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas, Utah, South Carolina and, now, Pennsylvania.

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'We always respond in kind' — Zelensky addresses Ukrainian attacks on Russian data center

"We certainly are capable," Zelensky said about striking Russian data centers. "We always respond in kind. Regarding data centers, as you all know, they have been and still are striking our data cente...

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How 'Musk' director Alex Gibney became a critic

A trove of documents and interviews with people close to tech billionaire Elon Musk reveal a damning picture of his rise as one of the world's richest and most powerful men.

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Hegseth Wants Public to Watch First Firing Squad Execution Since WWII

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Nidal Hasan’s execution should be watched by everyone.

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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy

The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.

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Researchers find 180,000 giant tortoises living on island in Seychelles

Figure is highest ever recorded for species and confirms one of Indian Ocean’s greatest conservation success stories

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Musk Loses Trillionaire Status As SpaceX And Tesla Drop Wipes Out $36 Billion

Elon Musk’s fortune fell over $36 billion on Thursday, just days after he regained his trillionaire status.

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Christa Pike's botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada's watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee's prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona.

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Avatar: Seven Havens is set 225 years after the events of The Legend of Korra.

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Busselton couple Nathan James Dekkers and Isabel Maree Busher are jailed for torturing and killing a puppy in 2024.

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Tech industry warns Trump’s visa crackdown risks driving talent abroad

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State AGs, Big Tech’s old foes, are running on AI regulation

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McKinsey top exec: AI is making individual workers, not companies, more productive

McKinsey's North America chair says AI is helping workers get more done, though broad companywide gains remain elusive.

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French student protesters vow to keep up their fight after scoring first win

The ‌protests have snowballed into a wider movement, with some university students weighing in to express their anger over what they call a dysfunctional system.

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Life in Gaza still 'absolutely horrendous' - UN official

Life for people in Gaza "remains absolutely horrendous" with 90% of people living in temporary shelters, a high-ranking UN official has said.

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Ukrainian grandmother released after Russia had her arrested in Kazakhstan on kidnapping charges. She’d traveled there to retrieve her grandson. — Meduza

Liubov Rozhanska, a Ukrainian citizen detained in Kazakhstan at Russia’s request, has been released, her lawyer, Alexei Pryanishnikov, told Vot Tak.

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LIVE: UK PM Burnham speaks at Innovation Nation Summit

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Florida Is About to Kill My Friend. I Hope the Executioners Read This First.

Years ago I was a lawyer for William Reaves, who will soon be put to death in Florida.

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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Jurist Navi Pillay

The South African was recognized for her efforts to promote peace and international law.

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Failed AI IPO puts fear before FOMO

Neocloud Firmus has just ‌nixed its $5 bln listing. Market volatility was a factor. But investors baulked at the price for a strategy-shifting data centre operator with little track record that just lost ⁠a key partner. Fear of getting screwed has beaten fear of missing out.

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Apple Shares Dip After Report Says It’s Cutting iPhone 18 Pro Component Orders

Apple reportedly cut component orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max by at least 15% this month after demand came in below expectations.

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Before the Bell: What every Canadian investor needs to know today

A look at Friday morning’s market action

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Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay wins Nobel peace prize

Awards committee recognises efforts of 85-year-old South African-born judge for efforts to promote international law * Nobel peace prize – latest updates Former UN human rights chief Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, a judge on the international court of justice, has won the Nobel peace prize. South Africa-born Pillay, 85, was recognised for her efforts to promote peace and international law, said Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee. Continue reading...

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What would make your life easier? Martin Lewis asks public for ‘small ideas’ to improve UK

Finance expert launches Small Ideas Initiative to gather ‘practical, low-cost’ ideas to put before cross-party panel

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3 rules for making money on Airbnb, from a short-term-rental owner who built a business by optimizing revenue

Rule No. 3: Don't try to appeal to everyone. Mike Savage has built a successful business around understanding what works with short-term rentals.

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Kyiv's historic market sits nearly empty after upscale food court makeover

Bessarabskyi Market has stood in Kyiv for 114 years. Its upscale makeover lasted less than one. Less than a year after the late-2025 reopening, most of the restaurants are gone, and the hall is quiet...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: China’s slow bull market is poised to take off

The $20 trln economy is burdened ⁠with slow growth, bad loans, and overcapacity. President Xi Jinping has cracked down on past excesses. Yet companies are becoming ‌more ⁠efficient and stocks are still cheap. If Chinese move their ⁠savings from banks to shares, the market could ⁠soar.

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Oil Falls as Trump Says US Will Not Attack Iran Before Midterms

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ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work

A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide.

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Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

The Peace Prize is ⁠the fifth Nobel awarded ⁠this week, after literature, chemistry, physics and medicine. ⁠

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PTSB dissident shareholder Scotchstone latest to signal possible bid

PTSB agreed in April to be taken over by Austria’s Bawag in €1.62 billion deal

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