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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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“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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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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US, Russia confirm Trump's latest Ukraine peace push is falling apart

At this point, there appears to be no prospect of a negotiated settlement, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio 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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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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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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Researchers find 180,000 giant tortoises living on island in Seychelles

Figure is highest ever recorded for species and confirms one of Indian Ocean’s greatest conservation success stories

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Measles is surging in the US. These graphics show how bad it has gotten

The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas, Utah, South Carolina and, now, Pennsylvania.

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Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find

A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity is living quietly in Lebanon, bankrolled and protected by American and Lebanese authorities, a BBC/NPR investigation has found.

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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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Appeals court says Atlanta family cannot take the government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid

A federal appeals court has ruled that an Atlanta family cannot take the federal government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid on their home in 2017.

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Cillian O’Connor gets the ending he deserved to one of the greatest careers in GAA history

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China wants teenagers to read a classic English novel

Officials see “Jane Eyre” as promoting the right kind of love

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MMG accuses EU antitrust regulators of ignoring evidence backing Anglo American deal

Hong Kong-listed mining and metals company MMG accused EU antitrust regulators on Thursday of ignoring evidence that its bid for Anglo American's Brazilian nickel business would not divert ‌supplies from Europe to China.

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Would the Griffins approve of Canberra's proposed waterfront stadium?

A waterfront stadium was part of the original plan for Canberra, but a historian says a new proposed venue could "knock out parts" of the architects' legacy.

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Amount of people barred from working with children in Qld nearly doubles

The government says thousands of additional blue card refusals mean a strong system, but legal academics warn it could have unintended impacts.

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Food inflation has been tame recently. That might not last

Farm input costs, which can foreshadow food price inflation, soared in the second quarter compared with the previous year

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Treasury yields are 'really, really high,' but can come down soon, Bessent's new adviser says

The comments from David Zervos come after the 10-year and 30-year yields marched to 24-year highs in recent days.

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Curtis Flowers, Mississippi man wrongfully convicted after being tried for the same killings 6 times, dies at 56

One of Curtis Flowers' attorneys called his case "unprecedented in the history of the American legal system."

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These stocks reporting next week have a track record of earnings beats and share gains

CNBC Pro screened data from Bespoke Investment Group to find companies that have a solid history of beating earnings estimates and seeing shares rise.

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Congo central bank keeps policy rate at 12.5%

Democratic Republic of ‌Congo's central bank decided at a meeting of ⁠its monetary policy committee to keep its policy rate unchanged at ‌12.5%, ⁠the bank said in a statement on ⁠Thursday.

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Ithaca city council calls on Cornell to report sexual assault investigations to local police

The Ithaca city council’s vote comes after a former student’s allegation that she was gang-raped was not shared with local police during the initial investigation.

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Arizona Congressional Candidate Says She Was Raped While Fixing Sign

Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat, said the attack in August occurred while she was repairing a damaged campaign sign.

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Should I Marry a Man Who Won’t Touch Me?

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a 65-year-old reader who loves her partner but is physically and emotionally unsatisfied.

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Unique Rite of Passage ritual alive and well in Inala's Indigenous community

For two decades, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth in Inala have taken part in the Rite of Passage Ball.

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Voters in midterm elections identify a culprit for rising cost of living: Trump’s tariffs | Colorado Newsline

Voters are taking their anger about affordability to the polls this midterm election and blaming Trump’s tariffs as a culprit.

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AI helps create tattoos in the Twin Cities — and an identity crisis

A St. Paul tattooer embraced AI. His daughter didn’t.

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New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and wife Cilia Flores, already charged with participating in a conspiracy to send cocaine into the U.S., now also face allegations of human rights abuses during his...

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The Irish Times view on third-level funding: the shortfall remains

In 2022, Simon Harris accepted that there was an annual gap of €307m

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For Ifé Franklin, art is a portal to the ancestors

The Roxbury artist’s work offers a way to cross between worlds, from life-size slave cabins to sacred “ring shouts” that connect the living to the dead. "The borders are real," Franklin said, "and they are to be unlearned if we are to march into the future."

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One killed after sheriff's deputy collision sets off chain-reaction crash in Commerce, officials say

A person was killed Thursday morning after a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy set off a chain-reaction collision in Commerce, according to authorities.

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State Department cable: Trump’s ‘birth tourist’ crackdown involves investigating cases as far back as 2020

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Apple names insider Steve Smith as new M&A chief, memo shows

Apple appointed insider Steve Smith as head of mergers and acquisitions, while moving Adrian Perica to its services division, ‌according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday.

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Historic club's closure reveals sad new truth about Footscray

With crime and a cost-of-living crisis on its doorstep, a historic and beloved club in Footscray has been forced to close, leaving its members heartbroken.

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Woman wins $460k child sexual abuse case after cross-examining abuser

The woman represented herself to seek damages against a former school grounds keeper who assaulted her on walks when she was between the ages of four and seven.

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FTC advancing on its AI safety probe

The agency still faces questions about how deep its investigation will get, given the Trump administration’s light touch.

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The Washington Sun launches an aggressive local ad blitz

The outlet is pitching its newly robust metro section with ads and activations around town

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