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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.

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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...

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Study: Shock gloves traumatized Army volunteers

After tests, military personnel said "just seeing the glove" that ICE plans to adopt scared them into obedience.

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French government suspends use of stun grenades at student protests after teen loses hand

France's interior minister said stun grenades would be temporarily withdrawn from use at protests organized by high school students 'just long enough to understand what happened.'

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Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.

Austin Davis, 26, has become a lifeline for some homeless families in the Phoenix area who’d otherwise wait months for shelter. His work has highlighted how the system to care for local families who a...

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The $1 Trillion Black Box

The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe...

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Elon Musk Loses $21 Billion In A Morning As SpaceX Shares Slip

Elon Musk lost $21 billion on Wednesday morning as SpaceX shares fell 2% after reports that the company plans to raise $40 billion to buy chips from Nvidia.

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Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer in occupied West Bank

Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old Palestinian photographer, suffered injuries to his head and torso and was taken to the hospital by ambulance, according to the international news agency. The agency's news director, Phil Chetwynd, condemned the incident as a 'serious' and 'unacceptable' attack.

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Eva Marie Saint, star of North by Northwest and On the Waterfront, dies aged 102

Landmark roles were in 50s classics directed by Elia Kazan and Alfred Hitchcock, before going on to play Superman’s adoptive mother in later life Eva Marie Saint, one of the last survivors of Hollywood’s golden age of the 1940s and 50s, has died aged 102. Her screen work spanned six decades: Saint made her screen debut opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s celebrated thriller North by Northwest, and in one of her last screen appearances played Superman’s adoptive mother Martha Kent in the 2006 superhero film Superman Returns. A family spokesman said on Tuesday that Saint had died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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Russia slams Ukraine with missiles, drones on Putin's 74th birthday, at least 15 dead

Explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on Oct. 7 as Moscow launched its latest mass missile and drone attack on the capital, coinciding with Russian President Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday.

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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids

Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.

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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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Politicians slam Trump's suggestion that Iran ‘take' San Diego, Los Angeles

Both Democrats and Republicans have expressed outrage at Trump's remarks that cities could be sacrificed in Iran war.

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'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills

Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.

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Norway's 2027 budget includes almost $9 billion in new Ukraine support

The money would be funneled into Norway's Nansen Support Program, named after humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen, who led famine relief efforts in Ukraine in the early 1920s.

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Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-Winning 'On the Waterfront' Actress, Dead at 102

Eva Marie Saint, the Oscar-winning actress in 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest,' has died at age 102.

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Armed individuals from Belarus threaten Latvian soldiers at border, followed by another breach

"The escorts of the illegal migrants, who were located on the Belarusian side, were armed, issued threats to (Latvian) soldiers, and also actively urged and drove the migrant group toward Latvia," Lat...

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The truth about Trump’s plan to bring back execution by firing squad

A veteran death penalty lawyer says it is part of the administration’s “brutality trip.”

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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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Trump, 80, Claims Iran War Ended Eight Months Before He Started It

Donald Trump made the bonkers claim in front of a dead silent crowd.

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Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear

The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting and feared additional exposures.

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Three years of Israel's genocide in Gaza: In numbers

Three years of attacks has devastated Gaza, killing tens of thousands, destroying homes, and collapsing basic services.

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The iconic Arthur Read made his TV debut 30 years ago

The animated series "Arthur" premiered on PBS Kids on Oct. 7, 1996.

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Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say

Attacks on tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz hit their highest last week of any week since the Iran war began, according to maritime security sources tracking incidents, amid ‌a bigger export push by Gulf producers.

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House Democrat Introduces Bill To Preserve Trump’s ‘Propaganda’ In Smithsonian Museum

A House Democrat introduced a bill that would direct the Smithsonian to preserve banners bearing President Donald Trump’s face that hang outside federal agency buildings for display in an exhibit on Trump’s “authoritarian narcissism.”

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Weeks before Election Day, the nation's campaign finance regulator can't enforce the law

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L.A. County supervisors call for 'bold action' to improve restraining order system

Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath cited recent reporting by The Times when presenting a motion to improve outcomes for victims of domestic violence and stalking who seek restraining orders and protection from law enforcement.

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Tropical Storm Simon forms in the Pacific Ocean off the southwestern coast of Mexico

Tropical Storm Simon has formed in the Pacific Ocean off the southwestern coast of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center says the center of the cyclone is located about 175 miles south-southeast of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico.

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Commentary: Can Warren Petersen win over Latino voters with his Spanish-speaking pitch?

Warren Petersen Latino and voters: Why his Spanish-language pitch is a long shot that could still matter in a razor-thin race with Mayes

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French mayor caught in viral video clash says student protesters 'could be my children'

In a video that has gone viral on social media, Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of ‌the French town of Saint-Denis, stands facing police at a march in Paris on Tuesday, shielding young protesters and shouting "stop."

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Something Like People

A poem

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Portland’s I-5 closure ending early, lanes reopening Wednesday night

Repairs to Interstate 5 southbound through Portland’s Rose Quarter are ending early, capping a construction project that closed the roadway for weeks.

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Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after waking from botched execution, says lawyer

YouTube video by Guardian News

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DNC sues to block Trump administration from using government funds for political ad

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Wednesday sued the Trump administration claiming they misused congressional appropriations in using government funding to run a new ad featuring the presi…

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No other company on the planet could do what Jaguar has just done

The critics are already lining up to dismiss Jaguar’s new luxury electric car, but they don’t understand why Jaguar has changed track, the clever thinking behind the Type 01 and how crucial the car is to the UK car industry, says The Independent’s Electric Vehicles Editor Steve Fowler

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My Daughter’s Stepmom Died. The Fallout Is Robbing Her of Her Childhood.

This isn't fair.

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Missouri sued over alleged decades of underfunding at historically Black university

Seven current and former students at Lincoln University of Missouri sued the state on Wednesday, alleging it violated ‌the US Constitution and federal civil rights law by systematically underfunding the historically Black university for decades.

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ICE Secretly Investigated Hundreds of Nonprofits Across the Country

ICE was targeting voting rights groups in swing states—and beyond.

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Bipartisan coalition of states urge Supreme Court to let them regulate prediction markets

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“Uber agents,” undercover AI personas, and other ways newsrooms are using AI in investigations

Hacks/Hackers and The New York Times hosted more than 100 journalists at the AI x Investigative Journalism Forum.

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Longshots Losing 98% of Time Dominate Kalshi, Polymarket Trading

Prediction markets tout themselves as “truth machines,” but trading data shows a lot of casino-like bets.

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Gene therapy can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers reveal

Optogenetic therapy, based on Nobel prize-winning science, involves turning nerve cells on and off using light A type of gene therapy based on Nobel prize-winning science is safe and can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers have revealed. The approach, known as optogenetic therapy, harnesses the technique for turning nerve cells on and off using light that scooped the 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Continue reading...

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Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts

Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamic Labour’s flagship changes to special education in England are at risk of unravelling because parents are rushing to secure support for their children before the system changes, new analysis has found. The Institute for Government (IfG) thinktank says the government’s plans to largely replace education, health and care plans (EHCPs) in England with more widespread support in mainstream schools may be too optimistic and take longer to complete than its 2030 timeline. Continue reading...

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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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"They hit us bad." Newly obtained footage, witness accounts detail Iran attack — and U.S. retreat — at major post in Kuwait

CBS News obtained new video from a person on the ground showing an Iranian attack on a U.S. base at the beginning of the war.

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Trump’s SCOTUS succession dilemma: His favorite justices are also the court’s oldest

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Is ‘abundance’ really dead?

The movement faced a wall of progressive resistance, but some Democrats are still embracing its ideas.

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Documents show DHS probed nonprofits, obtained millions of records in hunt for noncitizen voters | Colorado Newsline

The Trump administration obtained tens of millions of unspecified records as part of a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud.

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Brazil regulator approves American Airlines' investment in Azul

Brazil's antitrust regulator CADE on Wednesday approved American Airlines' $100 million ‌investment in Azul, giving the US firm a minority stake of about 8% in the Brazilian carrier.

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What's wrong with Travis Barker? Drummer shares new hospital photos

Travis Barker is giving fans a health update, with the Blink-182 drummer sharing new photos from an apparent hospitalization.

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Flu cases are on the rise in Alaska. What you need to know.

State health officials say the flu season could be moderately severe.

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