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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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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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Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.

In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...

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2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay

The former UN human rights commissioner was recognized for her efforts to promote peace and international law

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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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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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Nobel Peace Prize Live Updates: Navi Pillay, Former U.N. Human Rights Commissioner, Wins

Ms. Pillay, a South African lawyer, led an investigation that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.

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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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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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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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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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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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Trump says voter fraud is rampant. The evidence says otherwise.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” conservative activist J. Christian Adams is challenged on his claims of widespread voter fraud in the US. Then he abruptly ends the interview.

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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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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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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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Palantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts

Former Labour deputy leader says tech firm would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdowns Tom Watson, the former Labour deputy leader who recently joined Palantir, has warned against “mob rule” when it comes to awarding public contracts. Lord Watson, now a senior vice-president at the US tech corporation, warned UK ministers could get themselves “in a lot of trouble” as he was questioned about concerns raised about the government working with his new employer. Continue reading...

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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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Exclusive: House Democrats ask Kimberly Guilfoyle for records related to alleged pay-to-pay scheme

Democrats from the House Oversight Committee on Thursday asked U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle for financial records and communications with Trump administration officials after allegatio...

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter 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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Trump immigrant purge could cut social security for Americans by $2,000 a year

New report on economic cost of anti-immigration campaign projects 8.6% reduction in retirement payments by 2034

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Governor closes state offices early in nine counties ahead of Hurricane Isaias

State offices in nine south Alabama counties are set to close Friday as emergency preparations continue across 40 counties.

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McEntee calls on US not to go ahead with livestreamed firing squad execution of mass killer

The killing will be the first by firing squad in the US since World War II.

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Army Failures Detailed In New Report On Last Year’s Deadly D.C. Helicopter-Plane Collision

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OpenAI's revenue scare, Delta earnings, what investors think of a Starbucks-Chipotle deal and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

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US, European telecom stocks slide as SpaceX spectrum deal rattles sector

US and European telecom stocks tumbled on Friday after SpaceX's acquisition of ‌low-band spectrum heightened concerns over growing competition from satellite-based mobile services.

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ICE officer shoots man in New York City

The 28-year-old man was shot while in a vehicle and was in stable condition, officials said. The DHS said the shooting occurred during a “targeted enforcement operation.”

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Trump Rage at Fox Backfires as Aides Leak Humiliating Motive Behind It

As the embarrassing roots of Trump’s fury at Fox News come to light, the author of a piece on MAGA manliness marvels at how whiny Trump-MAGA have become as the election nears.

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SoCal business owner hid cameras in bathroom — and his shoe — for secret recordings, police allege

The owner of Young's Automotive in Covina was arrested and booked on multiple felony charges, authorities said.

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Opinion | The fox is guarding the hen house in Montgomery

Why I’ll bring back gas pump inspectors as commissioner of agriculture and industries.

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We spent around $15 at McDonald's in the US and UK. One was a much better value.

We tried similar McDonald's meals in New York City and London and compared portion sizes, value, and, of course, taste.

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SpaceX spectrum deal sends Deutsche Telekom shares falling 7%

Shares of Deutsche Telekom were on track for their worst trading day in more than three years on Friday, after SpaceX on Thursday announced ‌an agreement to buy a nationwide low-band spectrum license portfolio, enabling Starlink Mobile to become a major telecom operator in the US.

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Hurricane Isaias now a major hurricane as it closes in. These cities will be hard hit.

Around 28 million people living across the South were covered by weather alerts early Friday — most relating to Hurricane Isaias.

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South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize

South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.

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Russia opens criminal fraud case against former co-owner of retail chains Lenta and Rive Gauche — Meduza

Dmitry Kostygin, the former co-owner of the Russian supermarket chain Lenta and the Rive Gauche chain, has been detained, the Russian business news outlet RBC and the St. Petersburg-based news outlet…

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Global banks bolster Japan debt teams as bond issuance booms

The boom in fundraising is being driven by mergers, acquisitions, and artificial intelligence capital.

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Montenegro Detains Rybar Founder, 5 Held in Probe Over Alleged Threat to National Security

The Russian pro-war blogger was reportedly filming a documentary on Montenegro’s EU integration. His phones and documents were reportedly seized.

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Two Renoir paintings stolen in France recovered - mayor

Two paintings by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been recovered, weeks after they were stolen from a museum in southern France, according to the town's mayor.

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Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport kill three, including airline captain

Two missile strikes on King Khalid International Airport forced diplomats to shelter in place and delayed dozens of flights, as Yemen’s government claimed progress in its Red Sea counter-offensive. Houthi forces said they were holding their ground.

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Buying a house with reward points, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories

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Losing Holborn and St Pancras is catastrophic for Zack Polanksi

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Russia forcibly removes 25 Ukrainian civilians, including children, from occupied Kharkiv Oblast, ombudsman says

"Russia calls this an 'evacuation.' But when people are taken away against their will, intimidated, and left with no choice, it is not a rescue. It is coercion," Dmytro Lubinets said.

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Govt wants to honour funding deal with RTÉ - Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that the Government wants to honour the funding agreement made with RTÉ and he said he believed the issue can be resolved.

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High earners are more likely to trust influencers, buy from them, and want their jobs

61% of high earners trusted creators' recommendations, compared with about half of lower earners, according to Morning Consult data.

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Hurricane Simon quickly intensifies off Mexico's Pacific coast

Hurricane Simon is rapidly intensifying off Mexico's Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds already near 90 ‌mph (150 kph), the US National Hurricane Center said on Friday.

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