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These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.

For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of tr...

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Breaking: Starlink service in Ukraine 'restored,' Defense Ministry source says

SpaceX, the owner of Starlink, implemented speed restrictions on Oct. 14 without warning.

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No one's owning up to throttling Ukraine's military Starlink, and that's telling

Nearly 48 hours after Ukraine's Starshield terminals started mysteriously malfunctioning, nobody in Washington, nor at SpaceX, has taken responsibility for the apparent decision to hobble Ukrainian mi...

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Exclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam

Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances.

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Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency.

Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at the border in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times. The proclamation has greatly expanded his powers without goi...

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Frustrated by Losses in the Courts, Missouri Republicans Want to Change How Top Judges Are Selected

For 86 years, Missouri has held on to a nonpartisan system of selecting its top judges. But after the state Supreme Court overruled the GOP’s redistricting push, some Republican lawmakers are calling...

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Byron Donalds is pro data centers. So is his stock portfolio.

The Republican candidate for Florida governor is bucking the trend opposing these facilities.

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G7 countries pledge $2.5 billion to fight food insecurity

In announcing the pledge, French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said the World Bank identified 44 countries that may face food insecurity, notably due to fertiliser supply issues linked to energy price hikes after the US war on Iran.

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In Ecuador, fishermen are the collateral victims of American bombs

Under the pretext of waging a 'war' against 'narco-terrorists,' the US has targeted longline fishing vessels off the coast of the Andean country. Eight fishermen remain missing, and Washington has claimed responsibility for the deaths of 238 men in the Pacific and the Caribbean since late 2025. Human rights advocates have condemned what they call 'illegal killings.'

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Integrating Ukraine into EU a powerful response to Russia's attacks, says Irish PM

What Russia is doing is "appalling and... horrific, and it illustrates that Putin is not interested in peace. That's why we must manifest our support for Ukraine in the practical ways that we can," sa...

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Israeli firm’s digital ads enabling installation of ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say

Discover-Tech’s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researchers at University of Toronto An Israeli advertising agency has been serving millions of online adverts that allow “zero-click” spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said. Citizen Lab, a digital investigations research unit at the University of Toronto, said it believed dozens of devices at the Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera had been compromised by spyware delivered through ads run by Discover-Tech, which describes itself as a specialised digital advertising agency. Continue reading...

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DOJ Begs Judge to Ignore Hegseth as She Considers Making Him Testify

A federal judge wants Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to explain all his anti-trans posts on social media. The Justice Department is asking her to pretend the posts don’t exist.

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In Italy, Giorgia Meloni seeks to trademark her voice to fight 'deepfakes'

The prime minister aims to protect herself from ultra-realistic AI-generated videos that use the likeness of public figures to spread disinformation.

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Inside the latest pursuit of Ilhan Omar

The latest probe alleges the Minnesota lawmaker committed fraud on her citizenship application as a teenager.

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For some Christians, Hegseth's plan for public execution fits a biblical mandate

Defense Secretary Hegseth's announcement of a livestreamed execution elicited reactions of disgust and condemnation from some faith leaders and politicians. But within his church, it's not an outlier.

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Bloomberg: UK provides Ukraine with additional long-range Storm Shadow missiles

The UK is sending Ukraine more long-range Storm Shadow missiles to disrupt Russian military operations targeting civilian infrastructure before winter.

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Brazil’s President Lula Accuses Meta of Helping His Right-Wing Opponent

With a narrow presidential election looming, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his allies claim Meta is trying to give his right-wing rival an advantage.

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FBI agents and analysts fired for roles in Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back

FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate are suing to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of “political retribution.”

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Why Is Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen So Mad?

The prominent investor has said the Biden administration pushed him to the political right, but sources say his grievances don’t always match reality.

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Grace Hopper Confab’s Sudden Cancellation Raises Alarm for Women in Tech

The cancellation of this year’s Grace Hopper Celebration, one of the largest gatherings of women in technology, is the latest example of how the retreat from diversity initiatives is reshaping opportunities for women in tech.

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U.S. warnings sow confusion, alarm in Ukraine over intelligence, Starlink access

The reports of restrictions on the internet service used for military operations, including interceptor drones, came as President Volodymr Zelensky said missiles hit Kyiv without any warning from part...

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Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian oil refineries, officials say, after brief truce

Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over.

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America's billionaire capital is poised to gut public transit

Voters in the San Francisco Bay Area are split on a measure to rescue local transit. Disabled and low-income residents' mobility is on the line.

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Mexico to force Meta, TikTok, and X to better protect minors on platform

Mexico will require the digital platforms to protect minors from violent and sexual content.

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America's historic preservation law is in peril, advocates say. Here's what's at stake

Congress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago.

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SmartNews said to plan December Tokyo IPO as valuation craters

The Tokyo-based company is said to be seeking a market value of about ¥50 billion ($317 million) in the potential IPO.

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Why the loonie hasn’t benefited from sharply higher oil prices

Bond yields are driving the Canadian dollar’s value, not commodity prices

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Italy's UniCredit wins ECB approval to control Germany's Commerzbank

UniCredit, Italy's second-largest bank, said on Thursday ‌that the European Central Bank had authorised it to take control of Commerzbank, after a hostile takeover offer completed in July lifted its stake in the German rival to 48%.

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Musk Settles Lawsuit Over Predetermining Winners For $1 Million Election Giveaways

Musk created a $1 million giveaway for voters who signed a petition from his political action committee ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

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This time it’s personal: ‘sneering nepo baby’ insults fly as AFR and Mail columnists go to war | Weekly Beast

Peter van Onselen takes extreme exception to Hannah Wootton’s references to his wife in her Fin Review column. Plus: the Hanson family secret * Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here A Nine columnist learned an alarming lesson this week. If you come for Peter van Onselen, or his family, you’d better bargain for an 800-word rebuke in response. The political and economics editor of the Daily Mail Australia was not amused by last week’s Rear Window column in the Australian Financial Review, which referred to his wife, Ainslie van Onselen, who is the head of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletter Continue reading...

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Republican Susan Collins dismisses allegations of corruption as ‘completely false’

Maine senator refutes claim from ex-Navatek CEO that he funded Collins’s Super Pac in exchange for naval contracts

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5 people believed dead following shooting at Oregon elementary school

Authorities believe at least five people are dead following a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, according to two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case.

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‘A generational impact from playground to podium for years to come’

Additional $5.4 million in federal sports funding to ease financial burdens, invest in athletes

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Friday's big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session

Traders shunned corners of AI trade on Thursday. The Dow gained more than 550 points, benefiting from the rotation away from some tech names.

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US extends sanctions waiver for Russian oil giant Lukoil

A separate Treasury license on Thursday also authorized certain transactions involving Lukoil's Bulgaria entities through April 24, 2027.

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Minnesotans: Trump’s Raid on Ilhan Omar Will Backfire Big-Time

It’s “stoking the same kind of unity feeling that people felt during Metro Surge,” says state Senator Erin Quade.

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Leafs D Chris Tanev (upper body) is week-to-week

Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Chris Tanev is week-to-week with an upper-body injury, the team announced on Thursday.

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Ripley’s sets closing date for San Francisco attraction with $1.50 admission

Ripley’s Believe It or Not will charge $1.50 for adult admission and 75 cents for children on the final day of its Fisherman’s Wharf attraction, returning to the prices when it opened in 1967.

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Police HQ inquiry final report will be released next week: Kinew

The final report of the public inquiry into the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters will be released next week, days before voters elect a mayor and city council, Premier Wab Kinew announced Thursday.

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KCRHA’s financial hole grows to $16.7 million, renewing calls to dissolve agency

The financial hole dug by King County Regional Homelessness Authority is deeper than previously realized, prompting renewed calls to end the agency. But a divide remains among the Seattle region’s leadership over its future.

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Trump’s new press secretary says it’s ‘unknown’ how much she’ll deal with media

Katie Zacharia tells Guardian her first, widely panned, press briefing followed six-day sprint to appoint her to key role Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary says it is “unknown” how much she will engage with the press or hold briefings with reporters, as she faces mounting questions over her legal credentials. In a brief interview with the Guardian on Thursday, Katie Zacharia detailed the whirlwind sprint to replace her predecessor Karoline Leavitt as the US president’s chief spokesperson. Continue reading...

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Breaking: Cowan handed AFL suspension following illicit substance investigation

The AFL hands down its sanction to Lachie Cowan following an investigation into his use of an illicit substance last weekend.

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Mayor says flood-prone airstrip may need to move despite $27m upgrade

A Gulf of Carpentaria Mayor is calling for a newly repaired airstrip to be relocated to avoid future disasters.

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Microsoft AI chief says the company beat OpenAI at its own game, using a quarter of the computing power

Microsoft AI CEO said its latest AI model outperforms an OpenAI base model on certain pre-training metrics using a quarter of the compute.

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Custom apparel company Custom Ink explores sale, sources say

Custom Ink is exploring a sale that could value the custom-design apparel and accessories company at close to $1.5 billion, according ‌to people familiar with the matter.

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Four takeaways from the Wyoming governor’s debate - WyoFile

Barlow, the Republican nominee, kept things positive while the Constitution Party’s Bextel stayed in attack mode.

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Tesla energy executive Snyder steps down, WSJ reports

Tesla's top energy executive, Mike Snyder, has stepped down as vice president of energy and charging, the Wall Street ‌Journal reported on Thursday.

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A new ultra-processed foods study's surprising results, explained

The type of ultra-processed foods you eat make a difference when it comes to colorectal cancer risk, according to a new study.

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Teen Arrested Over Plan to Attack Hindu Temple, Officials Say

The suspect in suburban Chicago was in the parking lot of the temple on Sunday and told a co-worker that his gun had jammed, the authorities said.

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Atlantic Division champion Sabres know they aren’t surprising anyone this season

With their NHL record playoff draught behind them, the Sabres try to build on last year’s postseason success

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