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Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.

Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that expe...

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Amid Starlink crisis, Finnish tech giants announce plan to help Ukraine build its own sovereign satellite system

"Ukraine needs secure, sovereign, and high-performance satellite communications systems that it controls," ICEYE CEO Rafal Modrzewski said in a press release announcing the deal with Kyiv.

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Kushner Phone Hack Reveals How Middle East Dictators Bought Him Off

Middle East dictators created a massive slush fund for Jared Kushner.

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Kyiv denies reports that Trump, Musk have restored Starlink speeds in Ukraine

"Overall, nothing has changed anywhere," a Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 22. Starlink's speed cap of 161 kilometers per hour remains in effect, the official said.

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Anna Paulina Luna’s husband owns 10 percent of drone startup that got $37 million in Pentagon deals

“Americans deserve a Congress that works for them, not for special interests or personal portfolios,” the Florida Republican said in 2025. Then the federal contracts started rolling in.

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Analysis: Ukraine’s Starshield access is still crippled, and no one is taking the blame

Eleven days after Ukraine's Starshield terminals started mysteriously malfunctioning, there is still nobody in Washington who wants to take responsibility, while Trump administration officials continu...

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What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing

Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref...

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Melania Trump helps forge a ceasefire deal in Russian-occupied Oleshky, the White House says

The White House says first lady Melania Trump has brokered an upcoming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the war-ravaged city of Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians.

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Supreme Court says New Hampshire student IDs can’t be used to vote in November

The high court said a federal judge should not have changed the rules so close to the Nov. 3 election by blocking guidance issued by New Hampshire’ secretary of state.

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Heat killed over 50,000 people in Europe in summer 2026, making it deadliest on record

A study conducted by two British institutions covering 854 urban areas found that the heatwaves of summer 2026 were far more lethal than those of 2003 or 2022.

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Democrats demand “unredacted log” of attendees at $TRUMP meme coin dinner

Senators seem to be signaling a probe of the president's crypto empire.

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Trump says he asked Google CEO to rename Atlantic Ocean on Maps

Tech company previously complied with president’s demand to rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America Donald Trump said Google rejected his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean after himself or America. Speaking at a rally in South Carolina on Wednesday, the president said he had called Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, to ask whether the company could “handle” his proposal. Continue reading...

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Will Elon Musk be the October surprise?

The world's first trillionaire is also a disinformation super-spreader.

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Actor Tom Skerritt, who played dads, cops and commanding officers, has died

Skerritt was Captain Dallas in Alien, Viper in Top Gun, and a small town sheriff in the TV series Picket Fences.

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Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn

People succumbed to heat at highest rates in Malta, Italy and Hungary, with health issues, loneliness and poverty exacerbating toll

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Rejected Ballots Skyrocketed in Five States Thanks to USPS

A new report reveals that the U.S. Postal Service is threatening the integrity of mail-in voting in rural areas.

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AI Bots Are Accessing People’s Bank Accounts Unprompted

Banks are rushing to update their terms of service and block the bots.

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'Beyond the cost of living, what was at stake on October 17 was the unraveling of our democracy'

This day of protest reflects an anger that has built up through the last 10 years over the lack of listening from those in power, writes Le Monde economic journalist Aline Leclerc, in her column.

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Jared Kushner Blasts ‘Outrageous’ Vanity Fair Over Report On Alleged Undisclosed Foreign Bank Accounts

The report claims Kushner’s phone was hacked and showed transfers from multi-million-dollar slush funds created by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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Federal judge restricts DHS field operations looking for noncitizen voters

The judge found the department's field operations to identify noncitizens who voted likely violated the Voting Rights Act, which bars voter intimidation.

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'Protesting is no longer a right, but a risk we have to take': French protestors weigh whether to return to the streets

They took part in the nationwide protests on October 17 and remain stunned by the looting of shops, damage to public buildings and the large amounts of tear gas deployed against peaceful marches. Some will march again this Saturday. Others will not.

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New human data hints at psychedelics' potential to combat inflammation

Lab studies have shown that psychedelics like psilocybin can lower inflammation and may be protective for a range of illnesses. Now, researchers are publishing some of the first data in humans that signals this holds potential for patients with neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar says she will move out of her Washington, DC, home after federal search

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar will move out of her Washington, D.C., home that federal agents searched last week, she said Wednesday, noting that attention brought on by the raid has made her feel unsafe there...

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A novel mRNA cancer vaccine helps reduce the chances of melanoma patients' tumors returning

A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is helping significantly reduce the chances that melanoma patients' tumors return.

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Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in 'Picket Fences,' 'Alien' and 'Top Gun,' dies at 93

An Emmy-winning actor known for roles in “Top Gun” and “Picket Fences,” Tom Skerritt has died at 93. His family said in a statement he died Wednesday of natural causes.

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India's move to exclude bulk Scotch imports from a reduced 75% tariff goes against provisions agreed in an India-UK trade deal, a group ‌representing liquor makers Diageo and Pernod Ricard wrote in a letter seen by Reuters.

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Just hours before the crash, Rodney L. Hinton had been called down to the police station to watch body camera video of his son being fatally shot by a Cincinnati officer.

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Election experts have broadly feared Trump will try to challenge Democrats’ expected victories in the midterms.

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In last-minute reversal, Fields Corner Post Office will stay open

In an eleventh-hour reversal, the United States Postal Service has secured a lease extension that will allow the Fields Corner Post Office to remain open at 218 Adams St., canceling a planned closure that was set to take effect on Monday.

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Long a symbol of cross-border friendship, a library split between Quebec and Vermont is thrust into geopolitical fray

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House, once a whimsical no man’s land, is now in the crosshairs of bilateral tension

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Pocketbook issues top President Trump’s talking points, but on TikTok, videos critical of his claims far outnumber supportive ones. Vulnerable Republicans are steering clear of mentioning him.

Pocketbook issues top the president’s talking points, but on TikTok, videos critical of his claims far outnumber supportive ones. Vulnerable Republicans are steering clear of mentioning him.

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Exclusive: Democratic pro-AI regulation PAC spends against Senate Republicans

Tomorrow Together is moving into Senate races with $2.5 million in ads against Republican Sens. Jon Husted in Ohio and Roger Marshall in Kansas.

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Ballot rejections soared in rural counties after USPS reduced mail service • Minnesota Reformer

This story was first published by ProPublica. In early August, election workers north of Spokane, Washington, went across the street to the post office to check for late mail-in ballots. It was three...

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Alaska Election 2026 Early Voting

Alaska early voting draws long lines as high-stakes race could decide control of the U.S. Senate. Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Burnham fails to win over voters in first 100 days, new poll shows

One in three of those who expected the Labour leader to do well as prime minister say they have been disappointed

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Explainer: How can EU limit impact of China Shock 2.0?

European Union ministers said on Friday the bloc should press ahead with its discussions with Beijing and expand a deal struck to limit imports of hybrid vehicles from China to other sectors.

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EU vies to expand role in Ukraine-Russia peace talks

Brussels wants to turn the next round of trilateral peace talks betwen Ukraine, Russia and the US into a multilateral format with European representation.

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What BC Farmers Are Asking for This Election | The Tyee

With some of the highest land costs in Canada, BC growers say they need more farmland protected to keep local food affordable.

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Rescuers search for survivors after deadly earthquake in China’s Tibet region

Rescuers combed through a remote area in the Chinese region of Tibet on Friday after a magnitude 7 earthquake that killed at least 16 people, injuring 54 and collapsing hundreds of homes, according to...

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Today's puzzle has eight pears.

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JD Vance built a national career as the Ohio hillbilly who could explain what it felt like to be looked down on. Now, as vice president, he is inviting Americans to look and punch down on others.

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JD Vance’s ‘stop whining’ defense of Ramaswamy’s ad epitomizes his Machiavellian politics | CNN Politics

Americans have become familiar with Machiavellian politics during the Donald Trump era. The president is certainly a practitioner. Vice President JD Vance is cut from the same cloth.

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India's Bharat Petroleum profit drops amid crude oil price volatility

Bharat Petroleum Corporation, India's third-largest refiner by capacity, reported a 22.5% fall in second-quarter profit on ‌Friday, weighed down by volatile crude oil prices.

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‘Wildwood’ Is Nike Founder Son’s Latest Unprofitable Masterpiece

It took Travis Knight 16 years and $100 million to make Wildwood, the critically acclaimed stop-motion film that’s opening in cinemas this weekend.

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Can you buy happiness? The answer isn't a clear yes or no, says hospice doctor, Dr. Jordan Grumet. Here's the best way to use money for happiness.

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Inside Meta’s Efforts to Prevent School Shootings

Algorithmic social media, which has helped create the conditions for the spread of such violence, is reckoning with how it can be part of the solution.

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