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Ballot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail Service

A ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from the agency’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots mailed in rural areas. Counties that voted for Trump in 2024 have...

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Peggy Flanagan claimed college honor society membership but never joined

The Democrat running for U.S. Senate said in a 2016 Minnesota House committee hearing that she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa.”

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Officer who found man dead in Florida home allegedly moved in, renovated and assumed his identity for years

Brian Louis Sguros, 35, had responded to the Lauderhill home in July 2022 for a welfare check.

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8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections

From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key ta...

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Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe

Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · October 15 · 44m

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GOP doubles down on ad exploiting Ohio Democrat's childhood rape and abuse

Gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton's stepdad was indicted for raping her. Acton's mom, who supported him, now stars in an ad for her opponent.

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Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion over Facebook data scandal

The judge's ruling follows a jury verdict that found the company deceived users over the misuse of personal data, years after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion over Cambridge Analytica breach

A judge has ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation on Facebook.

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Ukrainian forces reportedly strike Moscow Oblast weapons plant

Ukrainian forces struck a weapons plant in Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, overnight on Oct. 22, monitoring channels reported.

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Why a recent college grad wants Republicans to ‘step it up’ on affordability

Michael Fusella, 21, said he feels the American Dream slipping away and wants the party he supports to do more to address rising costs.

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Nuclear Weapons Waste Made Workers Sick. Despite a Law Meant to Help, the DOE Keeps Fighting Their Claims.

A 2018 Washington state law was supposed to help workers who got sick cleaning up Hanford, a former federal nuclear weapons site. Eight years later, the DOE has spent nearly $12 million fighting to de...

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Denmark guarantees $113 million loan for Ukrainian defense company Fire Point

The guarantee highlights Denmark’s role in helping Ukraine expand defense production beyond its borders as Russian attacks threaten domestic manufacturing and supply chains.

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Websites worldwide go dark as AI exposes security flaws

Two critical flaws in PHP, which powers a large share of the internet, prompted authorities and companies worldwide to take vulnerable websites offline.

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How Elon Musk gained so much power over U.S. security interests

According to reports, Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of Ukraine's Starshield defense systems. Nick Schifrin reports, and Amna Nawaz discusses how the world's richest man gained such power over U.S. se...

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Israel detains US congressional candidate at West Bank olive harvest

Israel, which has faced growing international criticism over violence during the harvest, announced on Monday it had made several arrests after settlers beat up a US photojournalist covering the incidents, and a French mayor who had come for the olive season.

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Pope Leo’s doctors say tests show he needs no further treatment for lung cancer

Doctors have confirmed that Pope Leo's lung cancer was localized, and no further treatment is needed. The Vatican announced this on Wednesday.

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New Mexico sues Epstein attorney and accountant, accuses them of hiding sex trafficking operation

New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant.

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Pope Leo's tests show he needs no further treatment for lung cancer, his doctors say

Pope Leo XIV needs no further treatment for lung cancer after follow-up tests confirmed the disease was localized, the Vatican said in a statement Wednesday.

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Meta Stock Split Deal Will Keep Mark Zuckerberg In California Amid Billionaire Tax Threat

The billionaire considered leaving California over a proposed wealth tax that could have forced him to sell shares and weaken his voting control of Meta.

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Musk Threatens Retribution If Dems Investigate Him After Midterms: 'Live By The Sword, Die By The Sword'

Democrats have indicated they will investigate Musk and his businesses if the lawmakers are able to gain congressional power after next month’s midterm elections.

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Memphis wants to be the "Digital Delta." Its residents want to breathe.

The Memphis City Council voted down an 18-month data center moratorium in a win for Elon Musk's xAI.

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As Ohio attack ad backfires, Vivek Ramaswamy doubles down

The Republican candidate for governor is airing an ad featuring his opponent’s estranged mother despite bipartisan pushback.

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George W. Bush’s Brother Neil Bush Breaks G.O.P. Ranks to Vote for James Talarico in Texas

Neil M. Bush, a brother of former President George W. Bush, expressed “deep concern about Ken Paxton’s record” and said he voted for James Talarico, the Democrat running for Senate in Texas.

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The White House is using slurs to attack journalists

Trump and Vance hurled vulgar insults at the Independent's Andrew Feinberg after routine reporting questions.

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Stay or flee? Kyiv mothers torn on how to keep children safe as Russian attacks step up

Anna Lodyhina, a mother of a 5-year-old, spent many nights on the cold floor of Kyiv's metro, driven there — like many others — by relentless Russian attacks. As her child slept, she watched over him,...

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’90s rock band Sponge offers reward after guitars were stolen on tour

’90s rock band Sponge is asking for help after six instruments were stolen from their trailer outside a Maryland hotel.

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A deeply divided Israel prepares to vote

Old political alliances are fraying but the outcome is still deeply uncertain

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Dream are becoming Valkyries’ worst nightmare. Game 3 was their wakeup call

The Golden State Valkyries are in serious trouble, down 2-1 in the WNBA Finals and with a long time to sit in Atlanta and try to figure out what’s gone wrong before a critical Game 4 on Saturday.

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New AI tool for voters offers a specialized chatbot to explain your ballot

Tens of thousands of voters have turned to an AI app called VoteMate for help understanding their choices ahead of the midterm elections.

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Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.

Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon.

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Violent Arizona storms bring possible tornado, toppled trees and golf ball-size hail

PHOENIX (AP) — Trees fell onto homes and utility poles were knocked down by a possible tornado in a central Arizona community during a series of violent storms that moved through the state overnight into Thursday.

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Review: In the funny and sexy 'Wicker,' the perfect man is society's worst nightmare

Alexander Skarsgård and Olivia Colman play bizarro newlyweds in a naughty parable about lust, jealousy and moral hypocrisy. The characters are thin but the ideas aren't.

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Peru scraps advance reservations for tickets to visit Machu Picchu

The new system also means that only named tickets are available for purchase, so you’ll need to make sure your ID matches to explore the 15th-century Inca site.

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Judge orders Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11

A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11. The order Thursday from U.S.

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Rising costs and tight budgets strain Americans ahead of midterm elections

Rising costs leave US workers juggling multiple jobs as financial security becomes increasingly elusive.

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Fatal Custody

Two mothers warned family courts their children were in danger. Fault Lines investigates why warnings were ignored.

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Zadie Smith among authors letting public bid to name new characters for charity auction

Other prizes at Freedom from Torture event include rare Mary Wollstonecraft book illustrated by William Blake Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan are among a number of literary stars auctioning off the chance for readers to name characters in their next novels to raise money for survivors of torture. The auction is part of Freedom from Torture’s 10th anniversary literary festival, which brings together leading authors and survivors for a celebration of storytelling, featuring a poetry competition and live readings at the London Library on 11 November. Continue reading...

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French Patient Dies After Contracting First Known Case Of Shamonda Virus In Humans

Shamonda virus was previously only known to infect livestock like cattle and horses.

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Seth Meyers on JD Vance: ‘The integrity of a used-car salesman and the charisma of a wet ham’

Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s seeming cognitive decline and Vance’s rock-bottom approval ratings

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Burnham to become first PM to appear on Gogglebox in episode filmed at No 10

The PM is heard having a long discussion about crisps in the trailer to the show, which is in aid of Stand Up To Cancer From ranking his favourite crisps in the pub to complaining about people watching TikToks out loud on the train, Andy Burnham has made efforts to show he has the common touch. Now he will become the first prime minister to appear on the popular TV show Gogglebox, in a special charity episode on Friday. Continue reading...

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‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular pleads not guilty to raping teen

The social media personality denies allegations he gave a girl alcohol until she was drunk and sexually assaulted her The “looksmaxxing” livestreamer Braden Peters, better known by his stage name Clavicular, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he raped a 17-year-old girl at his family’s Massachusetts home. A social media personality known for promoting extreme devotion to male beauty, Peters, 20, is accused of giving the girl alcohol until she was drunk and then sexually assaulting her when she visited him in Chatham, on Cape Cod, in May 2025. Continue reading...

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Shamonda virus detected in human for first time in France

Investigations under way to determine whether virus normally found in livestock contributed to man’s death A man in France has become the first human known to have contracted Shamonda virus, with investigations under way to explore whether it contributed to his death. Shamonda virus is a type of bunyavirus and is spread by bites from infected midges. According to the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, in animals such as cattle, sheep and goats it can cause diarrhoea, lack of appetite and a decline in milk yield, “as well as abortions and congenital abnormalities in newborn calves, lambs and kids”. Continue reading...

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Under-the-radar stocks to play the next leg of the energy trade with oil prices jumping again

Iran is going to grow more desperate as oil money dries up, which makes the country even more dangerous.

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‘We shouldn’t exist’. Writer Linor Goralik on literary resistance, reaching Russian teenagers, and the Soviet dissident movement — Meduza

Shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, poet and writer Linor Goralik founded the Resistance and Opposition Arts Review (ROAR), a literary almanac featuring antiwar essays,…

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Supreme Court to hear federal appeal of Emergencies Act use

Government invoked extraordinary powers in 2022 during trucker protests in Ottawa, lost case twice in lower courts

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Most AI data centers will never be built. Blame the 'bragawatts.'

Analysts estimate that almost two-thirds of announced data center capacity may never get built. Meet the industry's "bragawatts."

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Cruise lines chase luxury travelers with suites for up to $25,000 a night

CNBC got a tour of the Regent Suite, a top-of-the-line offering on Regent's Seven Seas Splendor that goes for $15,000 a night.

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Meet John Healey, Britain’s bald fraud

As his upcoming budget will show, the chancellor is out of his depth

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Trump’s tourism push fails to lure visitors

Number of tourist arrivals in US continues to drop following football World Cup

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Russia agrees to resume trilateral peace talks on Ukraine war

A US envoy met Putin in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday after the Kremlin agreed to resume peace talks with Ukraine and the United States. Details by FRANCE 24's correspondent Gulliver Cragg.

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