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Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.

The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.

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America Has a Police Shortage

Many Americans have decided that their country’s problem is that it has too many police officers. In fact, it has too few.

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Abdul El-Sayed flipped the script on a bigoted gotcha attempt

The Senate candidate made quick work of a town hall attendee's insistence that he disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.

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US resumes intel sharing on Russian missile launches with Ukraine, Zelensky says

"We are very thankful for this... Now it works," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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Zelensky: Ukraine has retaken more territory than Russia captured this fall

"The trend this year continues," Zelensky said, "Since the start of fall, our warriors have liberated more territory than the Russians have managed to capture. The same was true at other points this y...

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Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests

Warm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds

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Hungary ready to allow Ukrainian grain transit to Western Europe, prime minister says

"If it just passes through the country, then obviously there is no obstacle to it," Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said.

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Trump plows forward with plan to build the golf course of his dreams in DC

Regardless of how much it costs or how much is lost.

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Ukraine and the U.S. are at odds over Starshield. Here's what to know

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he believes the U.S. government is behind his military's loss of normal access to the key satellite communications service used by the Ukrainian military.

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Photographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu

The attack on Heidi Levine and Palestinians during the sensitive olive harvest again highlights the rampant settler violence that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed on a small number of trou...

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Border czar Tom Homan says Rep. Ilhan Omar could be denaturalized depending on investigation

The federal probe into Omar’s immigration status involves family text messages and seized personal items.

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America Is Now an Ally of Russia

Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order.

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Jackson doesn't regret telling Collins to 'shut up' after protester interrupted Maine Senate debate

"She said that it was a Troy supporter. She accused me of setting that up. I had no idea who it was,” Jackson said.

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Zelenskyy Says Trump Is Pushing Ukraine to Capitulate to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Donald Trump of trying to pressure Kyiv into surrendering to Russia, escalating a week-long row with the US president.

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Trump Endorses Netanyahu as Best U.S. Partner in Tight Israeli Election

The president praised the embattled prime minister for his endurance, saying any other candidate would be the “wrong Leader.”

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Zelenskyy says Starlink restrictions for Ukraine came from US government

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated on NBC's Meet the Press that the signal to impose speed limits on Starlink terminals came from the US government.

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US threatens Europe over Starlink restrictions

Ambassador Andrew Puzder warns about ‘devastating’ retaliation if Brussels goes ahead with plans to limit spectrum access for non-EU companies

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JD Vance’s Biggest Problem

Republican voters want Donald Trump. The vice president’s attempts at mimicking him always fail.

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US treasury secretary tells Zelenskyy to be very careful what he says about Starlink

Scott Bessent has called President Zelenskyy's assertion that the US government signalled Starlink restrictions "very reckless" during an interview with NBC News.

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Macron says nothing justifies 'unbridled' violence in France protests

'Tonight, we all feel anger and shame,' said the French president in an address to the nation, adding that there must be a distinction between protesters with 'legitimate demands' and 'those who destroyed, smashed and looted.'

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Democrats: Embrace Incivility!

Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is leading the rise of the rude Democrat. More should follow his lead.

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95% of MAGA Republicans approve of Trump. For non-MAGA Republicans, it's 47%.

That split is complicating the GOP's midterm strategy.

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Trump says he will close historic DC golf course for 15 months of renovations

President Donald Trump says he plans to close a historic golf course in the nation's capital for 15 months and redevelop it despite an ongoing court challenge to his renovation plans.

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Macron: 'How can French people do this to France?'

"Public buildings, shops and town halls were attacked and in some cases destroyed," he says

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Ukrainian foreign minister urges Europe to ban visas for Russians: "This is a matter of national security"

Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has urged Europe to implement real entry bans for Russians and limit diplomatic movement to protect regional security.

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A Ukrainian scientist arrested by Russian forces on the eve of an international conservation meeting in Australia in 2025 remains in detention one year on, Ukraine's ambassador says.

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Malcolm Turnbull urges Australian Liberals to pass EU free trade deal

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World faces nature reality check at UN biodiversity conference

World leaders, diplomats and nature experts gather in Armenia this week to assess lagging efforts to halt biodiversity loss, with countries off track on most global targets and divisions over funding still unresolved.

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‘Disco Pigs was the start of everything’: Enda Walsh on 30 years of the play that made his name

For the first time, the writer is directing the play that launched his own career and those of Cillian Murphy and Eileen Walsh

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THIS WEEK: Budget fallout, Russian provocations, and could the ICC be awarded the EU’s Sakharov prize?

MEPs in Strasbourg will respond to Donald Trump's sanctions against the International Criminal Court, debate Russian drones in the Black Sea and decide positions on short- and long-term budgets.

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‘It broke my heart’: Limoges residents reel after town hall fire

Residents in Limoges, France, are expressing shock and anger after protests saw their 140-year-old town hall set ablaze.

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Beau Lamarre-Condon told cop friend ‘I love you’ and ‘not everything in the news is true’ after arrest, court told

Accused asked fellow police officer how law enforcement would respond to reports of gunshots days before alleged murders, court hears Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly told a friend “I love you’” and “not everything in the news is true” a month after he was arrested over a double murder, a court has heard. Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024. Continue reading...

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Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 11, 2026

Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.

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Japan to boost police investigations with advanced technology

“We can’t keep up with attacks using the latest AI if police equipment lags behind,” said the National Public Safety Commission chairperson.

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Cop17 at a glance: everything you need to know about the UN’s nature summit

This month’s biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia, aims to push governments to meet the 23 targets agreed at Cop15 in 2022

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'Where there's smoke there's fire': Why BTIG is sounding the alarm on tech

Investors should use a potential rebound in semiconductor stocks to reduce exposure ahead of a decline that could stretch into 2027, according to BTIG.

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Core values: the Austrian scheme bringing forgotten apple varieties back to life

Spar pilot scheme will test whether heirloom fruit can thrive in today’s commercial and environmental conditions

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AI fever is producing some strange symptoms

Some AI researchers reported to have taken up smoking to show conviction that AI will cure cancer

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‘Other Desert Cities’ Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s Slashing Wit on Broadway

The actress gives a fiercely funny performance alongside Ed Harris and Allison Janney in a revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s play about a family conflict in California.

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Copper thieves hit 175-year-old gunpowder storage site

Thieves have stripped copper fittings, including a lightning rod, from a 175-year-old colonial-era building formerly used to store gunpowder and explosives in Hobart.

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The sushi restaurant Tokyoites travel three hours to for lunch

Isao Ogawa is both an expert chef and a third-generation fishmonger with the bounty of Toyama Bay at his feet. No wonder other top chefs eat at his counter and seek his advice

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Monocultural Ireland was always a fantasy

At a recent conference, President Catherine Connolly and others warned against the commodification of languages and translation through AI

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Looming elections place burden on Ireland to find EU budget compromise

Government has the unpalatable task of possibly having to trim agricultural supports to secure agreement

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Chicken-fed salmon is coming to Irish supermarket shelves

Soaring feed prices mean EU’s biggest salmon producers are turning to cheaper protein sources - including chicken

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'Ah! Rejected, yet again': How this 45-year-old turned his 'demoralizing' job search into a one-man show

After months of fruitlessly searching for a job, Tim Millard decided to turn his calamity into comedy.

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Physics Nobel highlights Antarctica’s role in exploring the cosmos

For more than a century, scientists have treated Antarctica’s environments as windows into worlds beyond Earth.

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Cindy Crawford and family break silence on Presley Gerber's death: "We love you forever"

Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber and their daughter, Kaia, have broken their silence for the first time since Presley Gerber's death last month.

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Trump endorses embattled Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection

Trump's late backing comes as the two leaders’ strategies on Iran and Gaza have diverged, and he warns the US may not “do this work” if Israel changes leaders.

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US delaying Patriot missiles already paid for under NATO initiative, Zelensky says

Zelensky has appealed to Washington repeatedly, making the case for additional Patriot missiles as Russia intensifies strikes against Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure.

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Basic mobile coverage is now law, but only Starlink can offer it

Access to mobile calls and texts "nearly anywhere" outside is now law, but a lot of the details and timeframes are still to be worked out.

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Brazil's Lula, Bolsonaro clash in bitter debate ahead of election runoff

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro traded personal attacks in a heated presidential debate on Sunday, a week before a closely contested runoff. The rivals accused each other of lying and corruption while clashing over the economy, security and healthcare ahead of the October 25 vote.

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