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A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.

Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s ho...

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Massive Google data center project faces growing opposition in central France

A planned data center near Châteauroux faces mounting local opposition, with concerns over environmental impact and a lack of transparency surrounding this massive infrastructure. A protest is set to take place on Saturday, October 17.

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The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation

A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with w...

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ICE Agents Who Rammed a Worker in Houston Were Chasing a Dead Man, Family Says

ICE agents rammed a man during a pursuit in Houston, leaving him with a shattered leg. But a bulletin of the target shows a man who died in 2017, his daughter said.

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Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank

The settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.

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'Fishing, Family, Freedom': In Alaska, Democrats highlight salmon scarcity in hopes of flipping a Senate seat

In the vast American state where fishing remains a vital resource, the sharp rise in fuel prices could also jeopardize the reelection bid of Republican candidate Dan Sullivan on November 3. Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate and daughter of a Yup'ik Indigenous woman, benefits from her strong local roots.

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Brewers sweep the Dodgers in the NLCS to reach the World Series for the first time since 1982

Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-4 comeback win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.

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Zelensky resumes strikes on Russian refineries, Trump brands them 'a disgrace'

The end of the truce called for by the US president marks an escalation in tensions between Zelensky and Trump, following a deal between Washington and Moscow on the delivery of Russian diesel fuel.

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Musk asked Trump to restrict Ukraine's Starlink service, Telegraph reports

Four sources familiar with the discussion said that Elon Musk approached U.S. President Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Ukraine's Starlink service on the battlefield.

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Police say at least 2 were hospitalized after shooting at elementary school, and the shooter is dead

Two people were hospitalized Thursday following a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the shooter is dead, authorities say.

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How Judges Eviscerated Trump’s DOJ Voter Data Lawsuits — ProPublica

Over the past year, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has sued 30 states and Washington, D.C., to demand their unredacted voter rolls. The vast majority of cases have been thrown out.

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Katie Zacharia Admits Failing Bar, but Defends Calling Herself a Lawyer

In an interview with a right-wing influencer, the new White House press secretary also described the harried process that led to her hiring.

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Belgium promises to deliver 10 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine this year

De Wever said that Ukraine urgently needed the fighter jets, as they were one of the few weapons capable to strike Russian jet-powered drones.

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Could Tesla’s flying car send sales and shares soaring?

Tesla revealed its next-generation Roadster on Thursday in Texas, with one of the three new versions performing a jaw-dropping kickflip and demonstrating flying capabilities. However, analysts contacted by Euronews Business do not expect the model to generate significant revenue.

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MAGA world is counting on a Bolsonaro win in Brazil

“We’re going to achieve the Golden Era of Latin America,” Eduardo Bolsonaro said at a far-right Washington gala.

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Starlink access still not fully restored for Ukraine’s military, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian president says US limiting access was a ‘dangerous and unpleasant surprise’, amid reports the order came from inside White House * Europe live – latest updates Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the Ukrainian military’s access to the Starlink satellite internet service has not yet been fully restored, as media reports suggested the order to throttle the service had come from within the White House. Zelenskyy met European leaders on Friday in Brussels, where he asked the EU for another €70bn next year to fund Ukraine’s defence against Russia. Continue reading...

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CDC reports 4,410 measles cases as outbreak grows

The US CDC on Friday reported 4,410 measles cases nationwide as of October 15, an increase of 330 from its last update a ‌week ago, as an outbreak of the highly contagious disease continues.

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Multiple people injured and shooter is killed in active shooter scene at Oregon elementary school, police say | CNN

Multiple people were injured, including children, and a shooter is dead after an active shooter situation at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, according to police.

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China tells Israel to stop ‘forced establishment' of West Bank settlements

'The Palestinian question is the greatest historical injustice of this century,' China's foreign minister said.

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Elon Musk Spends Heavily to Back Ken Paxton’s Senate Bid in Texas

The world’s richest person, who has become the biggest known midterm donor, gave $158 million to a group that quickly spent that much to help Mr. Paxton’s Senate bid in Texas.

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G7 countries pledge 260 million euros to repair Chornobyl safety infrastructure damaged in Russian attack

The confinement structure, located about 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Kyiv, was severely damaged in February 2025 after being struck by a Russian drone.

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Toronto’s battle over bike lanes is one front in a global right-wing backlash ⋆ The Breach

Doug Ford’s war on bike lanes isn’t about traffic—it’s part of a global right-wing playbook to vilify urban residents and defend fossil fuel interests

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Why some Gen Z voters who backed Trump now regret their decision

A focus group of eight Gen Z Trump voters reported feeling unhappy or disappointed with the state of politics, with some going as far as to say they regret supporting him in 2024.

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The State Department called him "corrupt." Trump officials feted him in Dallas.

Albania's opposition leader, recently barred from the US, made it to the GOP's "midterm convention."

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Do Americans own the president's papers? Appeals court to weigh in

The administration says papers created in the White House belong to Donald Trump, not to the American people. The case could ultimately end up at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court.

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About 80,000 Kentuckians have lost access to food aid under federal rule changes • Ohio Capital Journal

Some 80,000 Kentuckians have lost access to the food benefits known as SNAP because of federal changes to the program.

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Disciplined judge defends family court seat against challenge from disciplined attorney

Family Court Judge Mary Perry is hoping to win reelection after agreeing in 2024 to be publicly censured for her actions on the bench. She’ll face attorney Jennifer Isso, whose own discipline by the State Bar was stayed by the Nevada Supreme Court, allowing her to run for the bench.“I’m probably in one of the best places I’ve been in in a long time,” Perry told the Current. “My discipline is behind me.”

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The shocking Elizabeth Holmes story behind 'You Can See Everything'

What was Theranos? When is founder Elizabeth Holmes out of prison? Here are answers to all your questions before documentary “You Can See Everything.”

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Chuck Lorre gets candid on hits, flops and hard lessons in new memoir 'Sitcom'

Legendary producer Chuck Lorre, known for hits like “The Big Bang Theory,” reflects on his career in his new memoir, “Sitcom.”

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Companies hint at layoffs, without saying who or when—and employees are left wondering who's on the chopping block

Companies like Nike, Skydance and Kroger are warning staff well in advance that layoffs are coming. But the primary audience isn't employees, experts say.

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The ‘Dividend Nomads’ Investing Their Way Out of the 9-to-5

Jae Hyouk Jang travels for months at a time, making his way across Thailand, Vietnam and Laos in the past year. The 43-year-old recently quit his job as a security specialist and didn't walk away rich. Instead, he’s living off just $130,000 in savings using a supercharged investment strategy that’s allowed him to leave the 9-to-5 behind.

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Hundreds of Sonoma Valley students walk out over Pride flag ban

The Sonoma Valley Unified School District this week voted 3-2 to ban the Pride flag from official school campus flagpoles.

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France opens probe into creator platform Mym over suspected rule breaches

French media and digital regulator Arcom has opened an investigation into Mym, a France-based platform offering subscription-based ‌content including adult material, over suspected breaches of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA).

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A Bet That Young People Are Willing to Make

Bettors keep losing. Why do they keep coming back?

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Cynical people are often seen as smarter. Here’s why that might not be true.

The idea of "hopeful skepticism" means approaching the world as a scientist, not as a lawyer.

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Democrats eyeing the presidency can’t stop talking about this issue

Belief is spreading inside the party that a winning agenda for 2028 must tackle Americans’ deep worries about artificial intelligence and the economy.

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Trump back on the road as analysts see more congressional races shifting in Dems’ favor • West Virginia Watch

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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia fired after five days on the job

Trump advised Katie Zacharia to reconsider her press secretary role due to media backlash over her credentials.

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Move Over, Mooch — There Is Now A New Unit Of Time For Shortest White House Comms Tenure

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In Alaska campaign rally, Trump and Sullivan say Iran war is worth the cost to Americans

Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan has repeatedly voted in support of the war and against measures that seek to oppose it.

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Live updates: Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving the post after a rocky start

President Donald Trump signals that new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is on the way out after just a week on the job as he plans to rally Georgia Republicans.

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Russian intelligence may have hired a Turkish crime gang to set fire to a Starlink ground station in Poland, Spiegel reports — Meduza

The Turkish criminal gang known as the “Daltons” may have been involved in the arson attack on a Starlink satellite ground station in the village of Wola Krobowska in Poland’s Masovian province, Der…

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World time to drop the leap second from May 2027

Global timekeepers have voted to end the practice of adding extra seconds to UTC, citing risks to computer systems and the prospect of the first-ever negative leap second.

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Russia strikes 9 Ukrainian regions as strain grows between Zelenskyy and Trump

The latest aerial strikes on civilian targets came as fears mount that a sharp deterioration in relations between Ukraine and the United States this week could leave Ukraine further exposed to Russia's escalating aerial assaults as the bitter winter ap...

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Billy Joel shared health updates following his 2025 brain disorder diagnosis, stating that he has to take “a series of tests” before being able to tour and drive again.

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