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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Republican Gov. Mike DeWine denounces Ramaswamy ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton's estranged mother

Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has denounced a controversial ad featuring the estranged mother of Dr.

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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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EU awards International Criminal Court top human rights prize

The EU's Sakharov prize celebrates individuals or organizations' efforts to promote human rights or democracy, and this year went to the International Criminal Court, despite US sanctions against the court and its judges.

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After the Apocalypse

As Venezuela struggles to recover from political upheaval and calamitous earthquakes, the U.S. government is exploiting the country for oil and money.

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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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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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US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC

Judge threatens to dismiss Trump’s BBC lawsuit unless he cooperates with discovery process and sits for deposition Donald Trump has been ordered by a US judge to cooperate with the discovery process mandated for his lawsuit against the BBC and to sit for a deposition by 11 December – or else he could be subject to sanctions, including the possible dismissal of the $10bn lawsuit. The lawsuit stems from a Panorama documentary aired by the BBC that spliced together comments made by Trump during a rally on 6 January 2021, before the US Capitol riot. While the broadcast was not readily available to view in Florida, Trump’s team has argued that he was personally damaged by the broadcast under Florida’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. 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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Pete Hegseth’s staff break priceless historic globe he requested for office

Hegseth’s aides, who attempted to move Eisenhower globe themselves, dropped it during relocation, army officials say

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Investigation finds hundreds of U.S. citizens detained by ICE

California officials are calling for an investigation into the actions of federal immigration officers after they allegedly injured and detained a U.S. citizen. Ricardo Gonzalez’s detainment comes as...

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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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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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How the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic Party

Fundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.

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Trump administration again shuts down evidence sharing in Good, Pretti killings

The federal government’s reversal raises questions about potential criminal charges against federal agents.

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Trump merchandise stores are closing: 'He has peaked'

At least four Trump merchandise stores have closed this year. Store owners say with Trump in his final term, there isn't as much to fire up his consumer fan base and sales have softened. (Image credit: Frank Langfitt/NPR)

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See how Big Tech is transforming Spain's landscape

A drought-stricken region of northeast Spain has become a focus for American companies searching for locations to place their data centers.

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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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Trump backs Ramaswamy ad featuring rival Amy Acton’s estranged mother

Trump advises the Republican gubernatorial candidate to keep running the controversial advertisement.

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Letter: The Trump administration has gutted Utah’s public lands and raised prices for all of us. We must show our disapproval accordingly.

Letter: Tribal nations finally had a seat at the table, and with the stroke of his Sharpie, Trump did away with years of work and promises.

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‘Could we have done something more?’ Bend school shooting spotlights pressures on families of children with special needs

The shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend has resurfaced a long simmering debate on how to prevent gun tragedies. But those working in the special needs community say it also underscores broader failures, and many wonder if the tragedy could have been prevented.

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18 again: I returned to my life in 1983 – to reckless adventures, in a world soaked in alcohol

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NCA bomber threatened to 'cough blood' onto doctors, coroner says

Domenic Perre refused food and medication in the weeks leading up to his death in custody, according to coronial findings published today.

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Breaking: Nationals leader eyes lower house as Landry announces retirement

Five-term Capricornia MP Michelle Landry will not contest the next election.

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Oakland man arrested in fatal hit-and-run crash on I-580

A man from Oakland was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian on I-580. The fatal incident occurred when two cars struck a person and one driver fled the scene.

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Teenage girl killed at Arcadia home; suspected shooter attempts suicide in Pasadena, police say

On Thursday at around 11 a.m., officers from the Arcadia Police Department responded to a call about a possible shooting in the 800 block of West Huntington Drive. The caller said a man was inside the residence and had fired a gun.

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Israelis are heading to the polls in their most seismic election in decades

Here's a breakdown of Israel's upcoming general election and its complicated coalition structures.

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Australia hits North Korean 'shadow bankers' with fresh sanctions

North Korean companies have been accused of setting up an international network of IT workers to evade sanctions.

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How to keep safe online in the wake of AI-supercharged hacking

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Spirit ferries, terminals have millions wiped in major asset write-down

They are yet to make their maiden voyage, but Tasmania's new Spirit of Tasmania ferries have lost millions in value in asset write-downs that also includes TT-line's two new terminals.

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Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, October 22, 2026

The keynote speaker at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention calls for embracing "appropriate change."

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Christina Applegate's experience highlights challenges of diagnosing MS

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How Mark Zuckerberg went to war with his own board of directors over pay and power

In months of negotiations, the tech billionaire asked for a new compensation package and threatened to leave California, according to a filing released by the company.

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New York City Council passes bill to ban horse-drawn carriage rides within 2 years

The New York City Council voted Thursday on Romanch's Law, which will ban horse-drawn carriage rides in the city by 2028.

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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chicken with citrus and oregano | A kitchen in Rome

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Putin releases hostage to U.S., drawing praise from Trump administration

The Trump administration praised Putin as a “humanitarian,” the latest move to curry favor with Russia amid talks over the war in Ukraine.

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New York City bans horse-drawn carriages

The New York City Council votes to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streets and Central Park.

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En Vogue to perform at Valkyries WNBA Finals Game 5 in San Francisco

The Golden State Valkyries’ Bay Area-heavy WNBA Finals entertainment lineup is getting another big name: Oakland R&B group En Vogue.

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Comcast to cut cable jobs, take $1-billion-plus charge as broadband losses deepen

Comcast plans layoffs in its broadband and wireless business ahead of spinning off NBCUniversal, after losing 144,000 broadband customers last quarter.

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