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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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Thousands march ahead of Brazil election runoff: 'Never Again Bolsonaro'

Students spilled into downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, calling for votes for incumbent leftist president Lula.

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American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk

Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribut...

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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.

With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...

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How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk

United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...

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The 87-year-old evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies

Maricarmen Abascal had been hospitalized with exhaustion after her eviction, which triggered national demonstrations over Spain's chronic housing crisis.

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'Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya believed that a society that accepts lies ends up accepting violence as well'

Twenty years ago, the journalist was murdered at the instigation of Russian security services. Documentary filmmaker Eric Bergkraut, who knew her well, recalls in an opinion piece for Le Monde her fight for truth and against Kremlin propaganda – a struggle that is more necessary than ever as Vladimir Putin continues to kill.

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Trump Is Still Airing Campaign Ads With Your Money by the Way

The president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would.

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DNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law

The Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump administration over recent TV ads promoting the president.

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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

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“Honey please I need you to get this done for me.” How Kimberly Guilfoyle pressed a MAGA ally to transfer $100,000 to her Amex account.

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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Why people don’t want to have children any more

Social contagion can help explain falling birth rates — and offers a way out of the demographic trap

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Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90

MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced on Wednesday. She was 90. In an era before titles such as software engineer and computer scientist became mainstream, Hamilton, who died on 30 September, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT meteorologist. Continue reading...

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US senators urge Trump administration to enforce new Russia sanctions law ahead of Oct. 18 deadline

The senators called for tougher action against Russia's oil revenues and sanctions-evasion networks, urging the administration to match European and U.K. designations of shadow-fleet vessels.

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Russia's largest Yandex data center reportedly hit in drone attack

The Sasovo data center is located on the grounds of the Sasta machine-tool plant, a manufacturer of metal-cutting and high-precision CNC metalworking machines used across Russian industry, including t...

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At least 12 dead after Russian glide bomb strikes Kramatorsk bus stop

"Russia comes to the Ukrainian land with death," Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

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Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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Jeff Bezos Claims AI Could Allow For 3-Day Workweeks And One-Income Families

In an interview with Fox News, the Amazon founder said he disagreed with the assessment that AI will lead to large-scale job losses.

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MAGA Candidate Brags About Physically Abusing His Wife

Victor Marx said it was to teach her a lesson, and that she was “fake crying” afterwards.

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3 years on, Israelis grapple with reports Netanyahu was warned before Oct. 7 attacks

On the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly warned by regional allies ahead of time.

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USS Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home after record deployment supporting Iran war

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home to California Thursday, the Navy announced Friday, following a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war and intense scrutiny over ship conditions.

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World must change way it produces food to avoid biodiversity collapse, says WWF

Recovery of tigers, tuna and green sea turtles show nature loss can be reversed when action taken, charity says

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Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club

President Trump said he wants to develop one of his Florida golf courses into a presidential retreat where his successors can spend quiet weekends, describing it as "sort of a Camp David."

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María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87

Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis * ‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old whose eviction set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain’s housing crisis, has died. News of her death came two weeks after Maricarmen, as she had come to be known across Spain, was evicted from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than seven decades. Continue reading...

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Protesters in Colombia rally against ties with Israel

Hundreds took to the streets of Bogota to protest against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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South African anti-migrant protests turn violent, with cars torched, gunshots fired

Anti-migrant protests in South Africa turned violent on Thursday, one in the coastal city of Durban and another in ‌Johannesburg's Soweto township, with cars torched at both and gunshots fired in Soweto, local media reported.

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Trump says US won’t strike Iran until after the midterms

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Advanced AI models amplify risk in the financial system, banking regulator says

Pace of technological change also shortens response time for institutions, regulator says in fall update on threats to the sector

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‘The Social Reckoning’ Review: Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook Quip-Fest

The writer-director follows up ‘The Social Network’ with a drama about some of the company’s controversies, delivered in his overworked word-whiz style and starring Jeremy Strong, Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White.

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The disease that once ravaged Europe still exists: could plague return to Spain?

The death of a scientist in Russia has reignited fears of plague. Spain has seen no local cases for decades, yet the disease persists elsewhere. How real is the risk in Europe?

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Murder accused 'adamant' witness stay away, trial hears

A man who met Lee Slattery before he was shot dead has told a murder trial that the accused indicated he was not to accompany two men as they travelled to the site where Mr Slattery's body was later d...

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Tiny Desk Radio: Luiza Brina, Silvia Pérez Cruz, Mon Laferte

We make the case to expand the canon for the New Wave of Latin Jazz. Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.

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There may be no more perfectly satisfying treat than a Canadian butter tart. It is small and sweet, bracingly so, with hints of butterscotch and caramel.

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The hidden clues that link Russia to German 'super-spy' scandal

As Vladimir Putin's hybrid warfare campaign against the UK and Europe escalates, security services are reckoning with what could be the biggest national security breach since the Cold War

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‘Airport malaria’ is rare, but can be deadly when doctors don’t expect it

Doctors outside malaria zones often don’t think to test for it, while symptoms, rapid tests and drug resistance can all complicate diagnosis and treatment.

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Two Latvian men arrested at UK base housing US and NATO intelligence hubs

British counter-terrorism police are investigating after two Latvian men were arrested Thursday near a Royal Air Force base in southeast England housing US and NATO intelligence operations, police said in a statement. The arrests come days after a major incident at another UK base led the US military to withdraw B-1 bombers stationed there.

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Two Seattle high schools to bring weapons detectors to campus, following board approval

Two Seattle high schools will install weapons detectors on their campuses, following a unanimous vote by the Seattle Public Schools board of directors Wednesday evening.

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The Republican Senate nominee in Texas has been exposed in yet another embarrassing leak.

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Trump administration blocks tech companies from visa program

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US imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions

The United ‌States on Thursday imposed ⁠fresh Iran-related sanctions, targeting dozens of people, entities ‌and ⁠vessels, according to the ⁠Treasury Department website.

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Valtteri Bottas has revealed the details of an incident-packed 418km bike ride between Malaysia and Singapore

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All three Kyiv subway lines stop running after power loss — Meduza

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Russia has downplayed the plague scare but on the streets of Shelekhov - the town on the frontlines of the incident - rumours have filled the information abyss.

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