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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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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins

In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the...

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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

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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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Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’

Conservatives have trumpeted the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but researchers say the reasons for the decline are unclear.

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”

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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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“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in California

ICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms.

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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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Pete Hegseth says public can watch Fort Hood shooter's execution

Hegseth said Nidal Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be."

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DHS shoots New York man with five-year-old in car

Federal agents surrounded and fired into the man's vehicle, reportedly with a young child inside.

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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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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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Russian strike on buses kills 30 in Ukrainian frontline city

Two buses were blown up in the frontline city of Kramatorsk on Thursday, in one of the deadliest attacks in weeks.

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Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be a public event

Officials clarified execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be livestreamed Pete Hegseth has said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be a public event when the sentence is carried out later this year. Officials later clarified the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow, the Associated Press reported. In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the Pentagon secretary said the firing squad would carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1pm on Thursday, 3 December. This would be the first US military execution in more than 60 years. Continue reading...

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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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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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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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Lithuania calls for EU sanctions against Russian grain

Russia being able to trade grain while it blockades Ukraine from doing likewise "is an unacceptable situation," said Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius.

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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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Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley

A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity More fool me! Here I was thinking nothing that America’s Trump administration could do or say, no matter how politically and morally bankrupt, no matter how venal or violent, was capable of shocking me any longer. Then I woke to today’s news that one of the Trump cabinet’s bigger boofheads – the uber Christian nationalist, crusader-fantasist and “secretary of war” Pete Hegseth had announced that America would have a public firing squad execution of murderer Nidal Hasan. Paul Daley is a Guardian Australia columnist Continue reading...

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Hegseth Wants Public to Watch First Firing Squad Execution Since WWII

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Nidal Hasan’s execution should be watched by everyone.

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French astronaut Sophie Adenot back on Earth after 237 days aboard the ISS

The astronaut, who now holds the record for the longest European spaceflight, splashed down Thursday alongside her three crew mates.

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Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim news for the climate.

Like Donald Trump, he favors maximizing profits for extractive industries, environment be damned.

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The good news that made headlines this week with Jayne Secker.

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Recognition for young dad who saved drowning daughter

A Perth father has won a Royal Life Saving Bravery Award after saving his toddler from drowning in a backyard pool in Broome.

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What to know before the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival

The Tokyo International Film Festival is back for its 39th edition, offering moviegoers a chance to voyage across space and time without leaving the capital.

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ICE Agent Shoots Man In New York—Mamdani, Hochul Say 5-Year-Old Was In Car

New York officials claimed the man was with a five-year-old child in his car while an ICE agent shot at him, although the child is physically unharmed.

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Famous Italian winery loses 30,000 bottles worth €5mn in heist

Antinori says it hopes to ‘protect the market’ by alerting potential buyers

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Some much-needed American optimism on Europe

Siloed national markets, anti-competitive culture and low investment have stunted growth — but the opportunity is there

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US 10-year Treasury yields risk hitting 6% for first time since 2000, Pimco says

Bond giant’s investment chief warns that further sharp rise in borrowing costs is ‘feasible’ as market participants are forced to unwind losing bets

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Five ways to tell if market trouble lies ahead

The cost of credit default swaps for AI companies looking to borrow is rising

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New York City man shot in car with child present by ICE agents, mayor says

ICE agents shot and wounded a man in a Bronx car with a 5-year-old inside during a targeted immigration operation, officials said.

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Eswatini king pledges to strengthen 'enduring friendship' with Taiwan

Eswatini's king pledged on Friday ‌to strengthen his country's "enduring friendship" with Taiwan, during a return visit to Taipei after President Lai Ching-te's trip to the southern African nation in May that China tried to block.

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‘I only ever heard Jeremy speak in Mark Zuckerberg’s voice until his last day of shooting’

Aaron Sorkin’s new film, The Social Reckoning, dramatises Frances Haugen’s whistle-blowing on Facebook and Meta’s approach to business

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Lethal Katie Hannon dismantles the budget and dismisses Jack Chambers

Radio: RTÉ host’s precision-guided dismantling of Government’s thinly spread profligacy is arguably more lethal than the brickbats of Opposition TDs

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Manchester City, Abu Dhabi and the future of football

The sport is still shaped by the club’s acquisition in 2008

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Meta Bans TikTok From Advertising on Its Apps in Escalating Feud

Meta Platforms Inc. banned advertisements in the US from ByteDance Ltd., the former controlling owner of TikTok, intensifying the competition with the popular social video site.

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Letter: Louise Lasser obituary

Jed Falby: the actor Louise Lasser worked out a short Birds Eye ad with me second by second: it was funny, and it worked

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TCS sees no impact from US green-card programme suspension on workforce strategy

Tata Consultancy Services, India's top IT services exporter, said on Friday it does ‌not expect the US suspension of the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) programme for IT companies to have any material impact on its workforce strategy or client engagements.

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Army calls for safety fixes after finding systemic failures behind DC midair collision

The Army report — completed in May and released publicly Thursday after months of pressure from the victims' families — identified failures involving air traffic control, helicopter routes, training a...

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‘This City Wants ICE Out’: Mamdani Says He Urged Trump To End ICE Actions In NYC

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'Real boss of India?': Elon Musk takes aim at Indian billionaire Ambani as Starlink launch stalls

Musk claimed Starlink was not being allowed to launch in India despite spending five years complying with every single law and requirement of the government.

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Italy probes gaming giant Activision Blizzard over in-game spending by children

Italy’s antitrust authority is investigating whether monetisation practices in Call of Duty Mobile and Diablo Immortal amount to a “widespread infringement” of EU consumer protection rules, particularly in relation to children.

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Firmus wobbles have opponents overjoyed, critics questioning deals

The news of data centre operator Firmus' share market float being pulled has been met with disappointment from some investors. But for Firmus' opponents, the response has been relief.

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ANALYSIS: Wallabies must 'walk the walk' if 40-year-old curse is to end

Confidence may be high, but the Wallabies know talk is cheap if they are to win their first Bledisloe Cup Test at Auckland's Eden Park since 1986.

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‘Hi Leo, from the Piglet!’: Dublin wine bar at the centre of a 2021 political scandal prepares to close

Ahead of Piglet’s final service, owners Enrico Fantasia and Thibaut Harang reflect on ‘Piglet-gate’

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Affordable wines: A red and white from Bordeaux, both discounted

Wines for the Weekend: This bone-dry white and easy-drinking red come from the same producer

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How a plant selfie in Colombian jungle led to ‘jaw dropping’ giant waterlily find

Species with leaves large enough to be seen from space is already critically endangered – and plans are afoot to protect it

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