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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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Officer who found man dead in Florida home allegedly moved in, renovated and assumed his identity for years

Brian Louis Sguros, 35, had responded to the Lauderhill home in July 2022 for a welfare check.

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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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Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe

Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · October 15 · 44m

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GOP doubles down on ad exploiting Ohio Democrat's childhood rape and abuse

Gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton's stepdad was indicted for raping her. Acton's mom, who supported him, now stars in an ad for her opponent.

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Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion over Facebook data scandal

The judge's ruling follows a jury verdict that found the company deceived users over the misuse of personal data, years after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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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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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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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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Why a recent college grad wants Republicans to ‘step it up’ on affordability

Michael Fusella, 21, said he feels the American Dream slipping away and wants the party he supports to do more to address rising costs.

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How Elon Musk gained so much power over U.S. security interests

According to reports, Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of Ukraine's Starshield defense systems. Nick Schifrin reports, and Amna Nawaz discusses how the world's richest man gained such power over U.S. se...

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Israel detains US congressional candidate at West Bank olive harvest

Israel, which has faced growing international criticism over violence during the harvest, announced on Monday it had made several arrests after settlers beat up a US photojournalist covering the incidents, and a French mayor who had come for the olive season.

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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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Pope Leo’s doctors say tests show he needs no further treatment for lung cancer

Doctors have confirmed that Pope Leo's lung cancer was localized, and no further treatment is needed. The Vatican announced this on Wednesday.

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Pope Leo's tests show he needs no further treatment for lung cancer, his doctors say

Pope Leo XIV needs no further treatment for lung cancer after follow-up tests confirmed the disease was localized, the Vatican said in a statement Wednesday.

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Musk Threatens Retribution If Dems Investigate Him After Midterms: 'Live By The Sword, Die By The Sword'

Democrats have indicated they will investigate Musk and his businesses if the lawmakers are able to gain congressional power after next month’s midterm elections.

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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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The White House is using slurs to attack journalists

Trump and Vance hurled vulgar insults at the Independent's Andrew Feinberg after routine reporting questions.

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As Ohio attack ad backfires, Vivek Ramaswamy doubles down

The Republican candidate for governor is airing an ad featuring his opponent’s estranged mother despite bipartisan pushback.

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George W. Bush’s Brother Neil Bush Breaks G.O.P. Ranks to Vote for James Talarico in Texas

Neil M. Bush, a brother of former President George W. Bush, expressed “deep concern about Ken Paxton’s record” and said he voted for James Talarico, the Democrat running for Senate in Texas.

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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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Stay or flee? Kyiv mothers torn on how to keep children safe as Russian attacks step up

Anna Lodyhina, a mother of a 5-year-old, spent many nights on the cold floor of Kyiv's metro, driven there — like many others — by relentless Russian attacks. As her child slept, she watched over him,...

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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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Elon Musk Admits He Got ‘Carried Away’ During His Time Around Trump

Musk said he should have called it quits after “a month or two” while reflecting on his time in Washington.

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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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Pentagon hit with class action over data breach affecting millions of military members

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The US Defense Department is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it failed to protect sensitive personally identifiable information from a cyber breach that exposed data belonging to millions of ‌current and former military members.

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For years, Father Joseph Coleman had little ability to influence what happened to his father, Stephen Hubbard, an American retiree imprisoned in Russia after being captured in Izium, a city in Ukraine...

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The "looksmaxxing" live-streamer is accused of giving a 17-year-old girl alcohol until she was drunk and then sexually assaulting her.

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A St. Petersburg woman says a police officer beat and sexually assaulted her for hours after she reported being raped — Meduza

Irina, a St. Petersburg resident, has accused an officer at Police Station No. 14 in the city’s Frunzensky District of abuse, beatings, and sexual violence.

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Nigeria says Ebola case remains isolated, urges calm

Nigeria's health minister said on Thursday authorities had no evidence that the country's recently confirmed Ebola case ‌had spread into the wider community, describing it as a single, contained infection.

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Country music legend dies aged 71

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Trump Called Musk and Asked Him to Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions

The military-grade system appeared to be working more normally on Thursday, soon after the call.

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‘Fatherland’ Review: Thomas Mann Comes Home, Ambivalently

Pawel Pawlikowski directs a spare drama about the Nobel-winning author and his daughter returning to Germany after World War II.

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Exclusive: Paid parental leave doesn’t strain most employers, survey finds

A survey of employers in four states without public-sponsored leave programs found that 55% of employers reported no additional costs from offering it.

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Black October: why bugs discovered by OpenAI tech are creating a cyber emergency

OpenAI called the discovery "one of the most impactful security issues in recent memory."

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In 6 states, ballots include bans on noncitizen voting • Ohio Capital Journal

Voters in six states are considering ballot measures in the midterm elections that would make it clear that only U.S. citizens may vote — and block local governments from expanding that right to…

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How Maine voters feel about the high-stakes Senate election

The state is both fired up by this big race and exhausted by its avalanche of ads.

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Skateland and other longtime Anchorage businesses look for new owners

It can be hard to find new buyers willing to take on the risk and reward that comes with owning a local business.

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Unsafe water, burning eyes and kerosene slicks: Residents demand answers on River Taff leak

People near South Wales river told to keep windows and doors shut after 1,000s of litres of kerosene from a GE Aerospace site got into the water

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JD Vance ‘disgusted’ by GOP backlash to Vivek Ramaswamy's ad

Vice President JD Vance is standing by Vivek Ramaswamy after backlash over a controversial ad featuring the estranged mother of Ohio rival Amy Acton.

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Helen Haines pressed PM on regional health days before car attack

Independent MP Helen Haines met with Anthony Albanese to lobby for regional health funding just five days before being critically injured in a targeted car attack.

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A city in South Korea seeks new ways to free a huge gray shark after it slips back into canal

A city in South Korea is again trying to free a huge dusky shark from a narrow canal. Workers in Busan had herded the shark, nicknamed Bukangi, out of the canal on Wednesday after weeks of trial and error, only for it to swim back in hours later.

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Tell Me Why... The Cornell 7 case could happen here

Are similar crimes already widespread in the UK?

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In D.C.'s ANC races, there's no shortage of drama

Including allegations of stolen signs, homemade attack flyers, mysterious MAGA figures, and a whole lot of name calling

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Climber in sweatpants and hoodie rescued after two nights on Northern California glacier

The Florida man had just summited Mount Shasta when his GPS directed him toward the opposite side of the mountain.

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Trump Ordered to Sit for Deposition by Dec. 11 in BBC Lawsuit

A judge ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 in his $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corp. after he missed an earlier date he’d agreed to.

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Alaskans to vote on language change in voter eligibility law in midterm election

This midterm election, Alaskan voters will decide whether to change state voter qualification language related to the citizenship requirement to vote.

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Prosecutor to seek death penalty for an Idaho mom who blamed vaccines for twins’ deaths

The 23-year-old woman has been charged with murder in the toddlers’ deaths. The prosecutor has said suffocation “is the only conceivable explanation” for their deaths.

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Lawmakers press for fishing limits as osprey losses mount

A key commission will decide next month whether to limit the commercial catch of menhaden, a small fish coveted by seabirds, off the Atlantic coast.

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Ahead of the U.S. midterms, Gen Z investors are making portfolio changes

Brandon Gaw is monitoring the news to adjust investments that he thinks could be hit hard by pre-election volatility ahead of the US midterms.

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