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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Will Elon Musk be the October surprise?

The world's first trillionaire is also a disinformation super-spreader.

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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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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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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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'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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'Protesting is no longer a right, but a risk we have to take': French protestors weigh whether to return to the streets

They took part in the nationwide protests on October 17 and remain stunned by the looting of shops, damage to public buildings and the large amounts of tear gas deployed against peaceful marches. Some will march again this Saturday. Others will not.

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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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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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The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.

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DOJ sues to block Alaska from certifying Senate race winner if Republican narrowly loses

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Ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz hit record high in October

October has been the worst month for attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and nearby ‌waterways, according to data compiled by a Washington-based think tank that has tracked maritime security incidents worldwide since 2017.

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The Jackdaw gasfield passed the legal test for North Sea drilling – Rosebank will find it much harder

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Ukraine embassy in Washington reopens after suspicious object causes brief disruption

The Ukrainian embassy in Washington said ‌on Friday that it was resuming operations after a brief disruption caused by the discovery of a suspicious ⁠object that US law enforcement examined and determined was non-threatening.

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Russian Subsidiary of German Retailer Metro Donates $12M to Military Fund - The Moscow Times

The nationalized Russian subsidiary of German wholesale giant Metro announced Friday that it donated 1 billion rubles ($12.4 million) to a pro-war charitable foundation linked to the Kremlin.

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Doctors call Moderna, Merck's cancer vaccine data a major advancement — even as stocks fall

Six melanoma specialists said the Moderna and Merck vaccine results represent a clinically meaningful advance in melanoma treatment.

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Former FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden laptop inquiry

For years, Democrats and Republicans have debated about the significance of Hunter Biden’s laptop, which was left for repair at a Delaware shop.

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Black Texans Built More than 400 Schools When the State Would Not

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US supreme court sides with Republicans on rejecting student IDs in New Hampshire midterms

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Her 6-year-old brought home an AI-generated photo from school. This mom isn’t having it

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Volvo Car AB plunged by more than 30% to a record low after the Swedish automaker’s chief executive officer said the market for Western-developed cars in China is disappearing fast, prompting it to cut 2,500 more jobs.

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S.F. is betting on neighborhood schools. This one shows what can happen when parents embrace them

Parents turned around a school that was shunned by the white and higher-income families in this San Francisco neighborhood. Twenty years later, it’s among the top choices on enrollment...

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Examining the Muslim Brotherhood claims in Michigan’s Senate race

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In a Utah high school, boys shared nude and fake photos of them, young women say. They allege the school did little to stop it.

A lawsuit filed this week alleges the school’s principal at one point told a girl and her parents they shouldn’t “ruin these boys’ lives.”

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Trump vows to fix Ukraine's Starlink problems if they continue, may call Musk

"If there's a problem, I will get it straightened out," U.S. President Donald Trump said.

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Emboldened Israeli settlers lead a surge of attacks on Palestinians' olive harvest

BURQA, West Bank (AP) — Attacks by Jewish settlers have surged this year during the Palestinians’ annual olive harvest in the occupied West Bank.

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Israel demolishes homes in West Bank after fatal attack

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