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Flames, explosions reported amid large Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg

Eyewitness footage taken by St. Petersburg residents show what appears to be Ukrainian drones flying through the air and the city's air defense systems at work.

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Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars

As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter

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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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She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.

Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...

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US ambassador urges Israel to prosecute over 'act of terror' against American photographer

Heidi Levine had been covering Palestinians' annual harvest of olives, which has been repeatedly disrupted by Israeli settlers. Settlers beat her and stole her passport, telephone, wallet and equipment, according to witnesses. She was taken to the hospital with broken vertebrae, and is now in moderate condition.

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Romanian F-16s down two jet-powered drones after airspace incursion

The two drones were jet-powered, belonging to the Geran-family of attack drones frequently used by Russia to attack targets in Ukraine, according to Romania's Defense Ministry. The Ministry did not sp...

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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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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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Noah Adams, longtime host of NPR's All Things Considered, has died

One of NPR's most gifted storytellers, his soft voice and vivid writing helped define the network's sound for a generation of Americans.

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Smiling pope returns to Vatican after cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV's discharge on Saturday, four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery, ended a stretch of uncertainty that shook the Vatican and the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, less than two years into the Chicago-born pope's papacy.

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Canada's prime minister says 'serious incident' caused a major fire at a military base in Alberta

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says that a "serious incident" has caused a major fire at a military base in Alberta.

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On the campaign trail with Gabriel Zucman, the economist who wants to tax California's billionaires

The 39-year-old French-American Berkeley professor is campaigning to have voters approve, in a November 3 referendum, a measure that would temporarily impose a 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires living in the state. Some of his colleagues consider that his activism has begun to overshadow his scientific approach.

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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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Why we just can’t quit the site formerly known as Twitter

By some measures Elon Musk’s $44bn purchase of the platform now called X has already paid for itself

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Key player in false Talarico rumor has history of online posts invoking Nazi Germany

Ryan Amacher, who played role in bid to damage campaign, has also made antisemitic and racist posts on social media

theguardian.com605 pts19h agodiscuss

Charleston No Kings organizers ask crowd to vote early in West Virginia • West Virginia Watch

Organizers of the No Kings rally in Charleston, West Virginia, had a simple message Saturday for the crowd who showed up to the state Capitol: vote early. The general election is Nov. 3 in West…

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Rioters loot stores, set fires in central Milan during cost-of-living protest

Rioters have clashed with police, looted stores and set fires in Milan’s main square in a protest against wars and rising living costs.

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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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New Round of ‘No Kings’ Rallies Focuses on Getting Out the Vote

With midterm elections approaching, organizers of the demonstrations known for their anti-Trump sentiment are urging people to vote early.

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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 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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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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Pope Leo says he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square on Sunday for their prayers while he was hospitalized, and said he plans to gradually return to his usual duties.

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German authorities are investigating a large hole cut into a fence at Leipzig airport. The damage was discovered Saturday night.

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Queensland's 'ambitious' plan for one million new homes leaves some feeling squeezed out

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

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Renovation of century-old East Potomac course is part of president’s effort to remodel Washington in his own image

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24 men deported to Romania on chartered flight

Twenty-four Romanian men aged between 24 and 57 were deported from Ireland on foot of Immigration Orders from Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan, gardaí have said.

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France's interior minister, Laurent Nunez, said more than 2,000 people have been taken into custody

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A 32-year-old man has been arrested in Sydney's inner west after allegedly attempting to evade police.

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“Those who looted will have to pay back for the damage, and those who sought to bring down the Republic will be held accountable,” Macron said in a televised address to the nation.

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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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