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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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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.

Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...

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2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay

The former UN human rights commissioner was recognized for her efforts to promote peace and international law

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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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Winner of 2026 Nobel peace prize to be announced - Europe Live

The winner will be announced in a ceremony that starts at 10am UK time (11am CEST) The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced this morning, with all sorts of speculation about who could be this year’s worthy winner. (Despite his hopes, Donald Trump is very unlikely to win it, again.) Continue reading...

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US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after Nobel award to former judge

The court rejected the US sanctions as an attack on international law and warned in a statement that 'history will judge this moment.'

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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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Nobel Peace Prize Live Updates: Navi Pillay, Former U.N. Human Rights Commissioner, Wins

Ms. Pillay, a South African lawyer, led an investigation that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.

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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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UN says Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter would amount to torture – US politics live

Condemnation comes amid fierce backlash from US lawmakers who branded the move ‘grotesque’ and compared it to actions of some terror groups and oppressive governments * Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed According to rights group Amnesty International, at least 17 public executions are known to have been carried out in 2025 – six in Afghanistan and 11 in Iran. The Death Penalty Information Center says that 135 soldiers have been executed by the US military since 1916. Continue reading...

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Trump says voter fraud is rampant. The evidence says otherwise.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” conservative activist J. Christian Adams is challenged on his claims of widespread voter fraud in the US. Then he abruptly ends the interview.

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EXCLUSIVE: Friend of suspected FBI data thief says he warned 'crazy' teen not to hack bureau

A friend of the suspected thief of a massive cache of personal data from the FBI says he begged the teenager not to do it.

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Ukrainian investigative journalist Mykhailo Tkach detained in Austria while on assignment

The acclaimed journalist was reportedly on an editorial assignment in Vienna with his colleague Yaroslav Bondarenko when he was detained by Austrian authorities.

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South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize

South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.

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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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Founder of Rybar, Russian war propaganda channel, detained in Montenegro

Mikhail Zvinchuk, his wife Valeria Zvinchuk, and three other associates were detained in an operation by Montenegrin police and security service on the morning of Oct. 9, local media reported.

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Pete Hegseth wants to livestream a snuff film

The Defense Secretary plans to telecast the military's first firing squad execution since 1945.

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Trauma endures in Paris suburb after police grenade shatters teenager's jaw: 'They maim a student, leave, and then what? How are we supposed to pick up the pieces?'

On September 28, 14-year-old Eden suffered a fractured jaw and lost most of his teeth after he was struck in the face by a tear-gas grenade fired at close range, just a few meters from his high school, where a protest was taking place. Students, teachers and parents spoke of their fear, anger and sense of helplessness.

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Open letter to the US administration: The G20 invitation to Putin should come with conditions

The Trump administration recently announced that it has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to December's G20 summit in Miami. This invitation erodes the well-deserved isolation of Putin for his...

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Exclusive: House Democrats ask Kimberly Guilfoyle for records related to alleged pay-to-pay scheme

Democrats from the House Oversight Committee on Thursday asked U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle for financial records and communications with Trump administration officials after allegatio...

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Hitler Mussolini wins local election

Peruvian voters pick their new mayor, despite his unusual name.

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter 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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Drugs in jars, bags of cash: Tennessee ignored warnings from Arizona's botched executions

Christa Pike's botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada's watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee's prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona.

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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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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy

The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.

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'Parasitic twinning' could explain calf born with two extra legs

A calf has made a full recovery after surgery to remove two legs growing from her head.

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FlyDubai Co-Pilot Planned to Crash Into Israeli Airport, U.A.E. Says

The Emirati attorney general provided the first official timeline of Hamam al-Hammami’s travels before the attacker joined the Dubai airline.

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Nvidia's head of corporate communications has left after roughly four months

Anna Soellner has left Nvidia after roughly four months as head of corporate communications. She joined the AI chip giant from Reddit.

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Here's what to know about flu, COVID-19 and RSV this respiratory virus season

TORONTO – Respiratory virus specialists say Canadians should get their flu shot as soon as it becomes available in their area this fall.

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Legal path seems narrow to challenge livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution, experts say

Any effort to challenge the Trump administration’s plan to livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan might rest solely with the man sentenced to death for killing 13 people at the Texas military base in 2009, experts say.

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Flydubai co-pilot planned 9/11-style attack on Tel Aviv airport, UAE says

Chief prosecutor says aviator aimed to cause ‘the greatest possible loss of life’

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Iveco, Tata Motors raises offer price to €14.40 per share

India's Tata Motors raised its offer for Iveco Group to €14.40 per share as the authorisation ‌process is taking longer than initially anticipated in a few jurisdictions, the Italian truckmaker said on Friday.

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South African jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize

Pillay was the first non-white woman to serve as a judge in South Africa’s High Court but her focus on ethnic cleansing in Rwanda put her on the global stage.

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Measles cases reach 4,080 for the year — the highest in decades | Colorado Newsline

Measles cases for the calendar year surpassed 4,000 for the first time in decades, with as many as five deaths in Pennsylvania.

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Unipol gets ECB, Bank of Italy nod for de facto control of BPER Banca

Italian insurer Unipol said on Friday the European Central ‌Bank and the Bank of Italy had granted it authorisations to exceed 20% ⁠of BPER Banca and thereby acquire de facto control of Italy's fifth-largest bank.

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Gael Cameron speaks on final 'Below Deck' season with Nathan Gallagher

"Below Deck Mediterranean" star Gael Cameron spoke out about her final season with Nathan Gallagher before his arrest.

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Sexual assault claims at Duluth retirement home reveal regulatory ‘blind spot’

Two elderly residents of the independent living facility say that, despite pleas to management, they’ve been left to fend for themselves.

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KKR Bans Non-Competes for Lower-Paid US Portfolio Company Staff

KKR & Co. has prohibited non-compete agreements for lower-paid employees at its US portfolio companies, aiming to show that the restrictive contracts aren’t needed for firms to remain competitive.

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Durbin asks DOJ watchdog to investigate FBI's new hiring standards on bestiality, prostitution and employment theft

Sen. Dick Durbin asked the DOJ's watchdog to investigate why the FBI lowered its hiring standards for candidates who may have engaged in bestiality, prostitution or employment theft.

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European states, Canada, Japan and UN back ICC against US sanctions

Several US allies call to 'defend' and 'protect' the ICC following Washington's decision to sanction the judiciary body.

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Trump says US to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said that he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.

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Review: Troubling documentary 'NAZA' details Israel's AI-assisted airstrikes in Gaza

Co-directed by Israel's Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, makers of the Oscar-winning 'No Other Land,' the film presents testimony from IDF intelligence.

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Hurricane Isaias lashes the US Gulf Coast with wind and rain hours before it comes ashore

GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) — Homeowners gassed up generators, filled bathtubs with water and bought last-minute supplies along the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday while Hurricane Isaias gained strength as it charged toward the beaches of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

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SoftBank-backed OPay reveals revenue rise in US IPO filing

Africa-focused digital payments company OPay on Friday revealed in its US initial public offering filing that its revenue more than doubled in the first six months of ‌the year.

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Vance Says He Would Not Watch Livestreamed Execution of Fort Hood Shooter

The vice president also cast doubt on whether the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood gunman, would go forward as Pentagon officials have planned.

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France students plan more protests, UN 'concerned' over violence

Students in France were largely back in the classroom Friday following days of protests demanding better education and school conditions, as the UN voiced "concern" over the sometimes violent clashes.

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US plans for livestreamed execution would put it in company with few nations

The U.S. would join a very short list of nations that carry out capital punishment in public if it goes forward with plans to live-stream a military execution this year.

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Maple Leafs waste no time burdening Gavin McKenna with pressure

This is why no hockey parent should wish for their boy to end up in Toronto. Like Saturn, the city eats children

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Four families, four stories of separation. The authors of ‘Stolen Youth,’ a new book from Meduza about how Russia abducted thousands of Ukrainian children, explain why they wrote it. — Meduza

Since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, thousands of Ukrainian children have ended up in Russia. The scenarios varied: some fled the combat zone, and the only way out led through the…

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Airlines sound the alarm as bleak winter looms

Some smaller carriers will struggle to survive as demand falls in coming months, warns IAG chief Luis Gallego

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