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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.

lemonde.fr677 pts17h agodiscuss

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.

lemonde.fr588 pts23h agodiscuss

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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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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Winnipeg Jets trade Connor Hellebuyck

Connor Hellebuyck has been traded.

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Teachers, are you assigning more pencil and paper assignments in the age of AI? Let us know

As reading skills decline in Canadian schools, we want to hear from teachers taking steps to improve scores and help students think more critically

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Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting in midterms

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for New Hampshire to fully ban the use of student IDs for voting during the midterm elections.

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PwC confirms cybersecurity incident involving employee learning records

PwC on Friday said it was aware of a cybersecurity incident involving a third-party vendor used to host company employee learning ‌records, the day after a cyber extortion group claimed to have stolen 590 gigabytes of company data.

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There's a new toxic dating trend: ‘cushioning.’ Is it cheating?

What is ‘cushioning’? The dating trend that keeps a backup on the bench

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Trump jokes he has the ‘right’ to run for a third term as president

But the US constitution unequivocally states that he cannot, which the president also seemed to acknowledge Donald Trump joked with rally-goers on Thursday evening that he has “the right to run again” for president, invoking a claim he has repeatedly made that he may seek a third term despite it being unconstitutional. “I don’t know who is going to be your next president and I think the law said, I’m not 100% sure, but I think the law says I’m not allowed to run again,” Trump said in Sioux City, Iowa. Continue reading...

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Which is really England’s oldest pub? Tree-ring dating helps settle debate

Historic England archaeologist says some inns’ claims to date back 1,000 years are inaccurate and oldest is from 1430 With their low ceilings, timber beams and roaring fires, many of England’s inns lay claim to being the oldest in the land and to have been visited by Vikings and Saxons. But an archaeologist working for Historic England says not one of the more than two dozen pubs that make this claim is being accurate. Continue reading...

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Quest Diagnostics reports cyber breach affecting ‘certain patient records’

Quest reported “unauthorized access” to its Quanum Lab Services Manager, a platform that lets certain clients place test orders and receive or look up their results.

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As Republicans brace for election losses, Musk prepares for war

A host of Democrats have said they are eager to wield the power of their office to investigate the tech titan and his ventures should they win either chamber in the midterms.

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The Trump administration has asked a federal court in Alaska to prevent the certification of the state’s Senate results if Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R., Alaska) loses—because of possible confusion with a similarly named candidate on the ballot

The state’s tossup Senate race has been complicated by the presence of two candidates named Dan Sullivan on the ballot.

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Inside the battle to oust Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel is more divided than ever, perpetually at war, a global pariah— and it’s going to the polls. The alternatives may not offer that much hope

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Taoiseach says Ryan Tubridy 'welcome' to try politics after broadcaster said he ‘dreams’ of it

The former Late Late Show host joked that every night he goes to bed “dreaming some day” he will reclaim his grandfather’s seat in Galway West.

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Could France's bond turmoil force the ECB's hand?

The European Central Bank is expected to hold rates next week as France's bond sell-off tightens borrowing conditions across the eurozone, while ECB President Christine Lagarde has made clear that the first steps to tackle French debt woes must come from Paris, not Frankfurt.

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Anthropic says Mythos kept hacking even when it knew real people could get hurt

Anthropic said its Mythos 5 model almost never stopped a cyberattack once it began. Even when the agent was told it was harming real people? Crickets.

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Ken Paxton’s Trust Gave a $600,000 Infusion to a Convicted Fraudster’s Company

The blind trust’s investment in Wildcatter offers a new, unreported look at the attorney general’s financial ties with the very type of business executives whose prosecutions he typically celebrates.

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Turkey says renewed attack on Iran would expand conflict, diplomacy only way

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan cautioned on Friday against any renewed attack on Iran, saying such a move would exacerbate tensions and further expand the ‌conflict there, adding that diplomacy and dialogue were the only way to end the war.

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DOJ Sues to Block Alaska Senate Race Certification If GOP Loses

The Trump administration is suing to preemptively stop Alaska election officials from certifying the results of next month’s US Senate contest if the Republican candidate loses, claiming there’s a risk of “voter confusion” because two individuals with similar names will be on the ballot.

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Spanish police investigate break-in to Parrott's home

Spanish police are investigating a break-in to Troy Parrott's Seville home during Real Betis's La Liga clash with Barcelona last Saturday.

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Scientists aim to give lung cells a memory of how to fight viruses

Researchers are working on an off-the-shelf vaccine that trains natural killer cells to guard the nose and lungs against flu, COVID and RSV.

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