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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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In Los Angeles, Nithya Raman wants to bring the new left to city hall

The 45-year-old Harvard graduate, who was born in India, will face off against LA Mayor Karen Bass on November 3. The Democratic showdown highlights the rise of the socialist movement, championed by New York's Zohran Mamdani and Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Kansas measles cases grow to five; community transmission not seen • Kansas Reflector

Five measles cases reported in Kansas are related to out-of-state travel, health authorities said Thursday.

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USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after 321 days, controversy over on-board conditions

The USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego after its crew spent 321 days away. At least 8 members attempted suicide amid reports of poor conditions on board.

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Canada signs on to pledge to fight subsidized overproduction of EVs, batteries, and solar panels

More than a dozen G20 countries say their domestic industries are being harmed by excess factory capacity elsewhere

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Pentagon chief says execution of military base shooter to be 'public'

The Pentagon announced earlier this week that US President Donald Trump had approved Nidal Hasan's execution for the 2009 fatal shooting 13 people at Fort Hood. Twelve of the dead and 30 of the wounded were soldiers. The execution will be the first carried out by the US military since 1961.

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'OpenAI cannot make AI safe on its own,' fired researchers warn

The ex-OpenAI researchers disputed the grounds of their firings and said the impacts will leave current workers afraid to speak up on safety risks.

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De La Salle basketball star, son of a Warriors champion, commits to USF

De La Salle-Concord wing Davit Pachulia, son of former Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia, announced he has committed to play for the USF basketball team.

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Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies in Mississippi

The former death row inmate, who was freed after a landmark 2019 Supreme Court ruling over racial bias in jury selections, died at 56.

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Get know your Jet: Mario Ferraro

Defenceman Mario Ferraro

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Move quickly and bravely in the Okinawa killing case — or else

It is unlikely that tensions will easily dissipate, however. The timing of the heinous tragedy was particularly unfortunate.

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Cold castaway, warm embrace

Orphaned polar bear cub has new home at Winnipeg zoo, but life in captivity speaks to the complicated challenges impacting species in the north

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High school protests draw tens of thousands across France for second time in a week

While turnout did not reach the levels seen on October 6, the 'Act IV' of the high school student movement continued on October 8, drawing large crowds from Paris to Marseille and Lyon. Though the atmosphere was mostly positive, there were also clashes at the end of marches.

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On the Big Screen This Week: Cine Latino Continues, the Twin Cities Film Fest Begins - Racket

Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.

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Arrest made in Eden Prairie homecoming football game shooting

An 18-year-old from St. Louis Park was apprehended in Minneapolis, police said.

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Teen accused in Manitoba school sword attack researched school massacres: trial

BRANDON – A high school student accused of a grisly sword attack at a Manitoba high school referred to immigrants as invaders, researched school massacres and fantasized about being killed by police, stated an agreed statement of facts presented during the teen’s trial.

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Turtles found buried in metres of mud returned to rejuvenated wetland

Turtles rescued from the Gingham Waterhole in north-west NSW have begun returning, while keepers at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo incubate more than 250 eggs laid by females brought into care.

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Former CEO was dismissed in part for testimony that made organization look bad, Infoway says

Company responded to wrongful-dismissal lawsuit filed by Michael Green alleging he was scapegoated for failure of PrescribeIT program

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The long-deployed USS Lincoln is returning home to San Diego

The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home to San Diego Thursday after supporting the Iran war during a record long deployment of 265 uninterrupted days at sea that included reports of deteriorating conditions among its crew.

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WATCH LIVE: U.S. House candidates James, Mitchell debate in Iowa in race to replace Hinson

Democratic state Rep. Lindsay James and former state Rep. Joe Mitchell, the Republican candidate, are facing off in a contest to represent Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District.

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Liz Oates: I’ve spent my life watching the Great Salt Lake shrink. If elected, I’ll treat it like the public health emergency it is.

“The west side needs a real voice at the Capitol, and that’s why I’m running for House District 27,” Liz Oates writes in an op-ed.

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EU-China trade war looms closer

Europe’s trade deficit with China has sparked growing alarm on the continent, which fears Chinese goods will hollow out its industries.

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Inside Trump investigation of Wells Fargo's Black homeownership program

An investigation into Wells Fargo over accusations of race-based lending signals a sharp escalation of the Trump administration's broadside against DEI programs.

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PG&E Warns of Possible Weekend Power Shutoffs Amid Windy Weather

PG&E Corp. is warning that customers in northern California are at risk of losing power this weekend as dry winds elevate the risk of wildfires.

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Khawaja's 'Sandpapergate' book does not worry Cummins

Pat Cummins says he is proud of the Australian team's evolution since the 2018 "Sandpapergate" incident, as Usman Khawaja, who played in that Test, prepares to release his autobiography.

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Almost 40% of Alaska households don’t earn enough to make ends meet, according to new report

That’s dramatically more than the number of households below the federal poverty line.

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Advocates blast Trump campaign against in-state tuition for immigrants • Ohio Capital Journal

Leading immigration advocates and experts sounded the alarm Wednesday on the Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to undo state laws allowing some immigrants to pay in-state college tuition in the…

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