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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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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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Canadian writer Anne Carson awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in literature

The Canadian writer received the Swedish Academy's highest honor on Thursday, October 8. A master of textual deviation, Carson, who began as a classical philologist, blends poetry and popular culture, prose and verse, with both humor and erudition.

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Cheers! NFL now says it's OK to celebrate by pretending to drink a beverage

The NFL and players union say celebrations that mimic drinking a beverage are allowed, reversing recent fines for 49ers' Kyle Juszczyk and Cowboys' Jake Ferguson and Colts' Matt Goncalves.

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EU exec rejects Greek, Italian requests for more fiscal rules flexibility

The European Commission pushed back on Thursday against Italian and Greek requests to grant euro zone governments more fiscal leeway related to higher ‌inflation caused by energy prices and support measures to cushion them, saying rules could not be changed all the time.

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3 Alaska governor candidates say they'll make Juneau mansion home

Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Republicans Bernadette Wilson and Dave Bronson all pledged to live in the Juneau mansion during a candidate forum in the capital city. Republican Treg Taylor did not attend the event.

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CNN, MS NOW, Politico due back in court to fight Trump's blocked White House ban

Lawyers for CNN, MS NOW and Politico will be back in court as the legal battle continues over President Trump's decision to ban their reporters from the White House.

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Nvidia Chief Jensen Huang’s Net Worth Falls Below $200 Billion Mark As Tech Stocks Drop

Nvidia and Oracle stock fell on Thursday afternoon after a report that OpenAI’s annualized revenue as of September was around $20 billion lower than prior estimates.

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Live: Minister moves to smooth over government response to ATO payment change

Pat Conroy has tried to smooth over the federal government's response to the ATO's decision to end credit card payments. Follow live.

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I’ve worked with over 5,000 kids: I swear by this No. 1 parenting rule—it’s ‘surprisingly simple’

Child development expert Siggie Cohen, who has worked with over 5,000 families, shares one communication mistake she sees parents make every day. Here's why she says it can backfire, when to set clear boundaries and how to use questions more effectively.

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How 'Musk' director Alex Gibney became a critic

A trove of documents and interviews with people close to tech billionaire Elon Musk reveal a damning picture of his rise as one of the world's richest and most powerful men.

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San Francisco is about to get very loud for Fleet Week. Here’s when

San Francisco residents can expect the most Fleet Week aircraft noise Thursday afternoon through Sunday, when Blue Angels practice and the three-day air show take place.

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Are wealth rankings the thief of joy or a savings booster?

Gamifying investments through competition is nothing new. Investing is a full-on blood sport on some platforms

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Trump discloses Nvidia stock trades as he prepares to honor CEO Huang

President Donald Trump bought as much as $1.6 million and sold as much as $1 million in Nvidia stock in August, according to his latest financial disclosure, which ‌was released on Thursday as he prepared to award Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement.

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'Cheaper to buy everyone new TVs' as regions lose terrestrial channels

While some residents who still rely on their aerials are sad to lose channels, others say they have already switched online.

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Opinion | The Census Counts Everyone. Trump Doesn’t Want That.

Rewriting the rules for counting the population is yet another way to marginalize minorities.

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Illness uncertainty as Australia weighs up Test XI

South Africa is going in with spin for the first Test in Durban, but the Australian line-up is still unclear with illness and pitch questions still to be answered.

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Woman, child found dead in car in dam

A woman, 36, and a child, 10, from Maryborough have been killed in a double fatal incident on Thursday afternoon.

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Stephen Miller Wants ICE Facilities to Be Intentionally Inhumane

The cruelty is the point.

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Trump calls on AI to speed up science—while continuing to defund it

Tech firms are giving big to a White House AI science program amid the destruction of institutions like the NIH.

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A ‘Baywatch’ Star Shares Her NYC Marathon Day Spots

Supermodel and reality star Brooks Nader is most at home in the West Village. She shares her favorite spots for visitors traveling for the New York City marathon.

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Failed executions troubled other states before Christa Pike. Here’s what happened

Pike is not the first inmate to survive a botched execution attempt.

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Mamdani attended exclusive fundraiser hosted by his supporters for Abdul El-Sayed

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Four in five Americans object to taxpayer-funded political ads, poll finds

Public expresses strong disapproval over White House issuing partisan ads featuring the president so close to elections

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OpenAI Just Carpet-Bombed Mathematics

If mathematicians have no reason to pursue the mysteries of their field, the rest of us will stumble into a less certain world.

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Is this the cure for Alzheimer’s?

We’re about to find out if an experimental surgery can treat Alzheimer’s disease.

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Trevi says Webuild's sweetened bid is at low end of fair value range

Italian engineering group Trevi said on Thursday that the improved takeover price offered by larger ‌rival Webuild falls at the lower end of its fair valuation range.

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Exclusive: How Democrats can win the Latino vote

Polling by Voto Latino shared shows 40% of Latinos backing Democrats on the generic ballot, while just 21% support Republicans.

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