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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Metro proposes to cut 60 jobs across print and online

Free newspaper and website Metro is planning to make around 60 job cuts as it seeks to get "back on a sustainable footing".

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How 'The Diary of a CEO' star Steven Bartlett avoids burnout

Steven Bartlett said he's setting up his company to last for 50 years by making sure he doesn't get burned out. These are his steps.

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‘People are feeling the real impacts’: influencers use humor to make fun of the private equity industry

The trillion-dollar industry has taken over social media, inspiring skits and parody raps with millions of views

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Chad Lowe shares insight into grief after daughter Fiona's death at 13

Chad Lowe has shared insight into his grieving process by sharing a video more than a week after daughter Fiona Lowe, 13, died by suicide.

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro Promises a Sharp Pivot on Climate and the Amazon

The challenger’s stance on the environment is mostly at odds with that of the sitting president, Lula.

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Exclusive: Putin puts a price on Trump's Ukraine energy truce — Kyiv fears the cost

Russia has demanded sanctions relief from the U.S. as part of talks over a possible energy ceasefire with Ukraine, while also seeking to link the initiative to a ceasefire in the Black Sea, U.S. and U...

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ICE officer shoots, wounds man in car on crowded New York street

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said a 5-year-old child was in the car at the time of the shooting. DHS said that an immigration officer fired his weapon during a “targeted enforcement operation.”

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Is Trump signalling a return to war with Iran after the midterms?

US media reports suggest he may be weighing strikes before the vote, but the president has ruled that out.

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Fiery Senate Debates in Maine, Michigan and Georgia: Five Takeaways

Candidates in three of the races that could determine control of the Senate engaged in bitter and personal attacks.

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Ukrainian Drone Strike Disables Several Modules at Yandex Data Center in Kaluga, Company Says

Yandex is one of Russia’s largest technology companies and the country’s dominant search engine, offering services including cloud computing, online storage, email, maps and ride-hailing.

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Hurricane Isaias is expected to wreak havoc on the gulf coast. Will it reach Maryland?

Marylanders will see some rain this weekend, but will likely be spared the effects of Hurricane Isaias, the first storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.

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LDP’s Furuya says Takaichi called China’s sanctions against him ‘great honor’

The veteran lawmaker’s account comes amid renewed friction between Tokyo and Beijing ahead of November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

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Zelenskyy says Kyiv authorities are poorly prepared for blackouts

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised Kyiv city authorities for almost completely failing to take the necessary steps to implement resilience plans amid continued Russian attacks on Ukraine’s e...

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Margaret Hamilton, pioneering MIT scientist who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program, has died. Her work helped make humanity’s first journeys to the moon possible.

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Breaking: Two stolen Renoir paintings found, six arrested

Two Renoir paintings stolen from a museum in southern France last month have been found, and six people arrested, local authorities said.

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What personal finance columnist Rob Carrick has learned after a year of retirement

Readers asked about saving for retirement, managing inflation and what he’s been up to for the past year

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UN's Turk calls Nobel award 'collective win' for human rights and justice

The UN human rights chief said on Friday that Navi Pillay's Nobel Prize was a collective win for human ‌rights and for all those seeking justice and accountability, including through the International Criminal Court.

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Fuel prices, tariffs weigh heavily in east Arkansas’ US House race | Arkansas Advocate

As Republican U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford seeks an eighth term in Congress representing an east Arkansas district spanning 31 counties against Democrat Terri Yarbrough Green and Libertarian Steve Parsons,...

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African Nations Seek Return of Citizens Captured in Ukraine War

Kenya wants five captured nationals recognized as victims of human trafficking as Russia continues to recruit overseas under false pretenses.

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Scoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revolt

Inside the AI industry's worst-case-scenario prep.

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USS Lincoln docks in San Diego Bay following scrutinized 322-day deployment

Families of crewmembers arrived hours ahead of the carrier’s return after reported suicide attempts, dwindling supplies and harsh conditions became synonymous with its deployment.

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Football’s latest scandal inspires apathy rather than anger

That is dangerous for the game

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to former top international court judge

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'Misty Green' squanders its potential

Chris Rock's new movie Misty Green wants to critique Hollywood's treatment of Black women. Instead, it gives star Rosalind Eleazar a half-baked role while Rock plays a moralizing savior we've seen before.

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Commentary: A new ATV factory in Owsley County is great. ATV damage to nature is not. • Kentucky Lantern

A lot of damage is being done to local country roads, trails, and ultimately creeks and rivers in Eastern Kentucky and all across the country by large off-road all-terrain vehicles.

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