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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.

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Thousands march ahead of Brazil election runoff: 'Never Again Bolsonaro'

Students spilled into downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, calling for votes for incumbent leftist president Lula.

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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...

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French government suspends use of stun grenades at student protests after teen loses hand

France's interior minister said stun grenades would be temporarily withdrawn from use at protests organized by high school students 'just long enough to understand what happened.'

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Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.

Austin Davis, 26, has become a lifeline for some homeless families in the Phoenix area who’d otherwise wait months for shelter. His work has highlighted how the system to care for local families who a...

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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.

With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...

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Elon Musk Loses $21 Billion In A Morning As SpaceX Shares Slip

Elon Musk lost $21 billion on Wednesday morning as SpaceX shares fell 2% after reports that the company plans to raise $40 billion to buy chips from Nvidia.

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The 87-year-old evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies

Maricarmen Abascal had been hospitalized with exhaustion after her eviction, which triggered national demonstrations over Spain's chronic housing crisis.

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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids

Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.

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DNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law

The Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump administration over recent TV ads promoting the president.

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Russia slams Ukraine with missiles, drones on Putin's 74th birthday, at least 15 dead

Explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on Oct. 7 as Moscow launched its latest mass missile and drone attack on the capital, coinciding with Russian President Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday.

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Trump Is Still Airing Campaign Ads With Your Money by the Way

The president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would.

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“Honey please I need you to get this done for me.” How Kimberly Guilfoyle pressed a MAGA ally to transfer $100,000 to her Amex account.

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills

Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.

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Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90

MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced on Wednesday. She was 90. In an era before titles such as software engineer and computer scientist became mainstream, Hamilton, who died on 30 September, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT meteorologist. Continue reading...

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Martin Soto went out for diapers. He came home eight months later.

The asylum seeker, who led a hunger strike inside a for-profit ICE facility, was released with an ankle monitor late Tuesday.

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Norway's 2027 budget includes almost $9 billion in new Ukraine support

The money would be funneled into Norway's Nansen Support Program, named after humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen, who led famine relief efforts in Ukraine in the early 1920s.

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EU ambassadors wave through largest-ever list of Russia sanctions

The list targets a wide range of defense industry players, from shipyards and aviation companies to electronics manufacturers, armored vehicle repair facilities, and aerospace companies.

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The truth about Trump’s plan to bring back execution by firing squad

A veteran death penalty lawyer says it is part of the administration’s “brutality trip.”

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Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say

Attacks on tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz hit their highest last week of any week since the Iran war began, according to maritime security sources tracking incidents, amid ‌a bigger export push by Gulf producers.

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The iconic Arthur Read made his TV debut 30 years ago

The animated series "Arthur" premiered on PBS Kids on Oct. 7, 1996.

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"The Single Most Toxic Issue in the Midterms": How America Turned on Data Centers

► For more, visit Mother Jones: America is hopelessly divided along party lines. That's a stubborn fact, we're told, and the polling bears it out: Democrats dislike…

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House Democrat Introduces Bill To Preserve Trump’s ‘Propaganda’ In Smithsonian Museum

A House Democrat introduced a bill that would direct the Smithsonian to preserve banners bearing President Donald Trump’s face that hang outside federal agency buildings for display in an exhibit on Trump’s “authoritarian narcissism.”

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USS Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home after record deployment supporting Iran war

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home to California Thursday, the Navy announced Friday, following a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war and intense scrutiny over ship conditions.

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Canada is at risk of missing its emission goals, climate report says

Climate policy changes and focus on major infrastructure development could put goals further out of reach, report co-author says

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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Mindanao, Philippines, GFZ says

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Mindanao ‌in the Philippines on Thursday, German Research Centre for Geosciences ⁠said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

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EU Is Taking Harder Line on China’s Trade Gap as Talks Kick Off

The European Union is striking a more assertive approach to China as it heads into two days of negotiations in Beijing aimed at avoiding an economically damaging trade war.

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Tesco lifts profit forecast and says consumer confidence is resilient

Sales rise 2% to £33.8bn in the past six months, helped by strong trade online * Business live – latest updates Tesco has raised its annual profit forecast as the supermarket group said consumer confidence has remained relatively resilient this year despite ongoing geopolitical tensions “creating uncertainty”. The UK’s biggest grocer said sales rose just 2% to £33.8bn in the first six months of its financial year but underlying profit was up 6.5% to £1.8bn. Continue reading...

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Yemen's government needs tribes to defeat the Houthis. Will they join?

Yemen's tribes could prove crucial to government's fight against the Houthis, but many may wait before choosing sides.

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Ukrainian Drones Hit Yandex Data Center After Wave of Russian Attacks - The Moscow Times

A Ukrainian drone attack ignited a fire at a data center owned by Russian tech giant Yandex in the Ryazan region overnight, the company said Thursday, suspending the site’s operations and triggering s...

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Prudential Japan executives take pay cuts over staff misconduct

A probe found that issues at the unit of the U.S. insurance group stemmed from structural problems in its governance framework and business model.

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Coupang files lawsuits over $462 million in South Korea fines over data breach

E-commerce firm Coupang said ‌on Thursday it has filed two administrative ⁠lawsuits against 620 billion won ($462.75 million) in fines imposed by South Korea's government ‌over ⁠a data breach.

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Cut the EU budget and we all lose

As national leaders call for massive cuts in the next EU budget, the parliament’s budget chiefs, MEP Siegfried Mureşan and Carla Tavares, warn that slashing EU cash now will undercut Europe’s competitiveness, security and social safety net for years to come.

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Lethal injections are not as humane as suggested, say experts

The botched execution of Christa Pike exposes the fallacy of lethal injections being the most humane method of execution.

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Girl, 9, killed in crash between car and pick-up truck in the Scottish Highlands

A nine-year-old girl has been killed in a crash in the Scottish Highlands.

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Lithuania calls for EU sanctions against Russian grain

Russia being able to trade grain while it blockades Ukraine from doing likewise "is an unacceptable situation," said Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius.

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Minister calls for ‘cool heads’ in RTÉ funding dispute

Seán Canney says written agreement between broadcaster and Government is about performance as well as money

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Gas prices are surging. Some drivers are going to dangerous extremes to squeeze more miles from every gallon.

Meet America's hypermilers, drivers who are obsessed with saving every drop of gas and boosting their miles-per-gallon stats.

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Another sighting of the lesser-spotted Dublin fanlight horse

A second surviving specimen stands in the window of a Hendrick Street house in Smithfield

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Israel and U.K. Cut Last-Minute Deal to Avoid Full Closure of British Consulate in East Jerusalem

The diplomatic facility, in East Jerusalem, was under threat of being shut but will remain under a new name, the British foreign secretary said.

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Yellow rain warning issued for counties Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo

Met Éireann forecasts wet and breezy weather for the country over the coming days

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Donald Trump Condemned For ‘Sick And Vile’ Attack On Abdul El-Sayed

The president’s Truth Social attack prompted a furious backlash.

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Fired OpenAI Researchers Ask Company to Preserve Visibility Into AI Reasoning

In a letter to the board, recently terminated employees ask the industry not to move forward with work that would degrade the ability to monitor AI.

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Ukrainian drones strike oil refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan — Meduza

Ukrainian drones struck Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat, one of Russia’s largest oil refining complexes, in Salavat, Bashkortostan, overnight on October 8, the Ukrainian monitoring Telegram channels…

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Oil refinery in Russia's Salavat reportedly burning after attack

The Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat facility is one of Russia’s largest oil refining and petrochemical plants, located some 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the front line in Ukraine.

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Keeping global temperature gain in check is a matter of survival, COP31 president says

Restricting global warming is a matter of survival and too many countries ‌are shirking their responsibility to cut emissions, the official presiding over the UN's flagship upcoming climate conference said on the final day of the meeting's precursor event on Thursday.

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Huawei doubles down on smartphones as EV sales slow

Chinese tech company Huawei wants to rebuild its consumer business after U.S. sanctions halved segment revenue.

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Flooding possible amid rain warnings for five counties

Heavy spells of rain are expected to sweep across much of the west and northwest of the country as two separate Status Yellow warnings are in effect for five counties.

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BYD exec says biggest challenge to expansion is geopolitics

The number one challenge to expansion for BYD is geopolitics, Stella Li, BYD's executive vice president, said on Thursday, ‌months after the Chinese company's chairman said it aims to become the world's largest automaker within five years.

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