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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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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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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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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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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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Finns are seething after Google illegally toppled 250,000 trees for a data center

The company was ordered to stop work, but it clear-cut anyway.

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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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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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2 ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop

Two ex-FBI officials have been charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop. One former FBI intelligence official specialized in foreign election interference.

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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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World’s 6 Richest Lose $130 Billion On Thursday As AI Spending Fears Sink Tech Stocks

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Michael Dell and Mark Zuckerberg lost a combined 12-figure sum on Thursday.

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Tinned mackerel, hand-crank radios and bags for poo: crisis-prepping guides around the world

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Wallaroos complete Scotland sweep as retiring Smith gets standing ovation despite red

* Women’s rugby union: Australia 38-31 Scotland * Cecilia Smith ‘sorry’ for red card on final Wallaroos game The Wallaroos completed their three-game sweep over Scotland with a 38-31 win on Friday in a spicy contest that featured biting accusations and a string of yellow cards. Australia produced plenty of classy moments in Canberrabut again lacked discipline in tackles and around the ruck to keep the tourists in it. The hosts received four yellow cards, with the retiring centre Cecilia Smith earning two of those to finish her 34-Test career on a red. Continue reading...

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Jets trade disgruntled star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to New Jersey

WINNIPEG – Winnipeg has traded star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to the New Jersey Devils, ending a standoff that has overshadowed the start of the Jets’ season.

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Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk discloses Parkinson’s diagnosis

“The earlier you catch it, the better chance you have at living a better quality of life with medication,” the 53-year-old Southern University football coach said.

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Colts QB Anthony Richardson facing marijuana charge

Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback Anthony Richardson Sr. is facing a misdemeanor charge for marijuana possession.

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Republicans’ Chances Of Maintaining House Majority Have ‘All But Evaporated’ Cook Political Report Says

Cook now rates 220 seats as solid, likely or lean Democrat, two more than the 218 needed for the GOP to win the majority.

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Whatcom County ‘unequivocally’ underprepared for jump in deportation efforts | Cascadia Daily News

With feds new focus on voting rolls, immigration lawyers brace for slew of fresh cases

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How a clash between Inglewood leaders and SoFi Stadium operators hit the ballot

Ballot measures regarding billboards and ticket sales highlight a protracted dispute between Inglewood and its NFL team the Rams.

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Fired OpenAI researchers give their first interview since their dramatic dismissal

Fired OpenAI safety researchers Mikita Balesni and Tomek Korbak give us their first interview since their dramatic dismissal.

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US fines Air France, KLM over flights in prohibited Iraqi airspace

The US Transportation Department said Friday it was fining Air France ‌and KLM a total of $425,000 for operating dozens of flights in Iraqi airspace below a minimum altitude intended to protect them from threats from the ground.

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Bitcoin Billionaires Are Racing to Ride a 3,000% Crypto Boom

Some of the most prominent early investors in Bitcoin are squaring off again. This time they are seeking to capitalize on a massive rally in the year’s standout major cryptocurrency.

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Which Dan Sullivan Will These Dan Sullivans Vote For?

The Alaska Senate race has become complicated by two candidates with the same name.

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Editor’s Note | Homecoming Is the Reunion We Need

Systemic and Solutions Editor Torsheta Jackson writes that Homecoming is a chance to reconnect with one’s old self while appreciating your current life.

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Bavuma’s nine-hour masterpiece was art we risk losing in South Africa’s Test purge | Barney Ronay

T20 franchise cricket is trash sport and killing the red-ball game is cultural vandalism. What would George Orwell have made of this?

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Senatobia Police Officer Who Shot Kohen Wiley Resigns After Release of Bodycam Footage

Senatobia Police Officer Hunter Foster has resigned after the release of his bodycam reel depicting his fatal shooting of Kohen Wiley.

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The EPA is quietly killing its web archive

Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump's climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.

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AT&T, T-Mobile tighten AI guardrails as autonomous networks remain years away

Telecom giants AT&T and T-Mobile are investing to safeguard customer data and network infrastructure from new cybersecurity threats as AI integration ramps up, though fully autonomous networks remain years away, company executives told Reuters.

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Front page history: Can you name the date of these notable Chronicle covers?

A weekly quiz to see if you can name the date of notable newspaper covers that were published during this week in history

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Opinion | Trump Is Turning to an Old Tool of Authoritarian Repression

It evokes dark periods in American history.

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Jet Fuel Hits $206 A Barrel, Highest Price Since Iran War Began

The price of jet fuel has crossed the $200-a-barrel mark, the highest this year with no maximum in sight.

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Kalshi Courts Wall Street in Bid to Be the ‘Inflation Exchange’

Kalshi Inc. is opening up a new frontier in its rivalry with traditional financial exchanges by pitching the world’s largest banks and hedge funds on a futures market tied to US inflation.

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The Winter's Tale kicks off an experiment in repertory at Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Chicago Reader

Shakespeare's late romance opens the company's bold foray into rotating repertory, to be followed by A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Meta to delay new commercial terms criticised by publishers, advertisers

Meta Platforms will delay the implementation of updated commercial terms, so it can address concerns from publishers and digital advertisers, the US tech company said on Friday, ‌in a decision that could stave off potential regulatory action.

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Police confirm they are not investigating Thomas Markle over ‘disturbing allegations’

The force said they were making internal inquiries regarding a letter passed to the Duchess of Sussex in 2018

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What are Westminster big beasts putting in their emergency stockpile?

ANDY Burnham has told Britons to stockpile a store of essential supplies to help get them through whatever looming disaster strikes first.

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Burnham should not rush on giving tax powers to English mayors, experts warn

Local and regional leaders waiting for details on fiscal devolution plan in Budget

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