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The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Neighbors

Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of t...

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Tens of thousands of Lula supporters rally on eve of Brazilian election runoff

Nearly 159 million people to head to polls on Sunday in battle between leftwing incumbent and Flávio Bolsonaro Tens of thousands of supporters of Brazil’s leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have streamed on to Rio’s most famous beach for a giant protest they hope will propel him towards a historic election fightback against his far-right rival, Flávio Bolsonaro. Nearly 159m Brazilians will vote in the election’s runoff on Sunday, with the pair tied in the polls after Bolsonaro won the first round on 4 October by 47% to 45%. Continue reading...

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Obama Issues Searing Attacks on Trump, Ramaswamy in Return to Campaign Trail

The 44th president appeared in Ohio on Saturday, kicking off a two-state swing with a rebuke of President Trump and Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for governor.

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New York archdiocese to pay $800 million to over 1300 sex abuse victims

Dioceses across the country have had to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, and programs have been created to compensate victims without going to trial.

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Sanctioned Russian energy giant secretly funded US gas project, NYT reports

The gas project was part of an energy deal discussed by U.S. peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during their September visit to the Kremlin, sources told the New York Times.

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Fire tears through Hitler's mountain retreat, suspect detained

Firefighters and police heading to the Eagle's Nest on Friday night saw 'a rider on a red motorcycle with no license plate' and stopped him, a Bavarian police official told a press conference on Saturday.

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Massive Ukrainian drone attack hits shopping center in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, locals say

MegaGRINN is the largest shopping complex in Belgorod, covering over 163,000 square meters and housing more than 200 shops. The center was closed and empty of visitors during the reported overnight at...

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Ukrainian forces reportedly strike Russian targets 2,500 kilometers from border

Ukraine struck several targets, including a petrochemical plant and a warehouse in Siberia around 2,500 kilometers away from the border on Oct. 24, monitoring channels reported.

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Ukraine's Starlink satellite speeds restored after a week of front-line disruption

The restoration follows a new U.S. diplomatic push to end the war.

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Thousands protest in Italy despite heavy security

Meloni's hard-right government approved tough security measures and police carried out dozens of searches and arrests in advance of the planned rallies.

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Missouri's GOP has a new strategy to ban abortion—attack trans kids

Doctors in the state are fighting a deceptive ballot measure that imperils both abortion and trans rights.

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Russia steps up election influence efforts in final stretch of midterms

Researchers who track online influence operations say Kremlin-backed groups are renewing tactics they've used to sow distrust and discord in previous elections in the U.S. and around the world.

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Drought, fire and high diesel prices 'addin' up tough' for Oregon ranchers

Record diesel prices are kicking Western ranchers while they're down. Drought means they have to buy extra hay, and pay truckers extra to deliver it because of fuel price hikes.

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Trump Prepares for Iran Escalation After US, Israeli Elections

A Middle East war that President Donald Trump said would be over in a matter of weeks now looks set to escalate as it enters its eighth month.

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Ukraine says Starlink is back to normal after disruptions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that normal Starlink operating speeds were restored after more than a week of disruptions.

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Barack Obama rallies Michigan crowd for El-Sayed, saying he’s ‘fighting for real change’

Former president speaks to rapturous crowd of thousands in support of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate Barack Obama told a Detroit crowd on Saturday that Abdul El-Sayed was “fighting for change, real change, that will get money out of politics and put money in your pocket”, as he threw his weight behind the Democratic Senate candidate and the rest of the ticket on the first day of early voting in Michigan. Obama said in front of thousands of onlookers at Cass technical high school in Detroit that El-Sayed would “finish the job we started with the Affordable Care Act and guarantee quality, affordable healthcare to every single American”. Continue reading...

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‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass

Exclusive: Optical engineering that went into 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuries The Romans’ proficiency in the art of glass-making has produced some of the wonders of antiquity, but few of their creations better a 1,600-year-old masterpiece which sits in the British Museum. Depending on where a light source is positioned, the Lycurgus Cup changes colour, from jade green under normal lighting to ruby red when lit from behind – an astonishing feat of optical engineering that has confounded historians and glass-makers for centuries. Continue reading...

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Voters are begging Trump to end the war in Iran

70 percent now call it a top priority for the war to be over. Trump says Cuba is next.

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Obama, in Ohio, assails 'cruelty' and indecency from Trump and his allies in the midterm campaign

Obama targeted GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has doubled down on an ad featuring the estranged mother of Democratic rival Dr. Amy Acton.

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Brazil is a warning for the world

The return of Bolsonarism could mean the death of the Amazon. Other countries must take heed

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Why Is the U.S. Accusing Canada of Election Interference?

The Trump administration says Canadian officials are trying to sway the midterm elections for Democrats. Prime Minister Mark Carney says those claims have “no merit.”

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“Not all Cubans are MAGA”: The Cuban women who broke with the GOP

They are turning their backs on Trump—and finding each other along the way.

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Thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu gov’t days before election

Opposition figures join Tel Aviv protesters demanding an independent October 7 inquiry.

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A Fact-Check on Trump’s Election Claims

The president has spread false claims about ranked-choice systems, voting machines, vote counting and past results to question the integrity of elections.

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AI ad mocks Talarico as Bible-defacing radical. Democrats bet it will backfire.

A clear trend has emerged in the 2026 midterm ad wars: Republicans are embracing AI-generated videos while Democrats are betting they will backfire.

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Donald Trump labels Obama 'incompetent' in post rally retaliation

US President Donald Trump has retaliated after Barack Obama delivered scathing criticisms of the incumbent during Democrat rallies.

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Wembanyama helps Spurs to their first win of the season against short-handed Mavericks

Joel Embiid posts triple-double as 76ers handle Bucks. Devin Booker posts 43 to help Suns down Warriors.

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Elena Rybakina retains Ningbo title, wins first trophy as world number one

The victory helped the Kazakh take a big step towards securing the year-end number one ranking.

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FDR made it a blue bastion – now it’s Trump’s stronghold in California. Is it forever lost?

Shasta has embraced the Maga movement with gusto – can Democrats ever win back the rural, working-class voters they once relied upon? A crucial election was approaching and the country was desperate. Despite promises that economic conditions were improving, nearly a quarter of the US was out of work as voters headed to the polls in 1932. It was the darkest time since the civil war, a period so dire that in California’s capital people fought each other for work. In early 1931, a crowd of 200 men scuffled over a handful of temporary jobs moving back-breaking loads of granite, the Sacramento Bee reported. Continue reading...

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Ukraine disputes Elon Musk's claim that its military violated Starlink's terms of service

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials have disputed claims by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that the country’s military violated Starlink’s terms of service by using the civilian satellite internet network for offensive drone strikes.

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First Nations, Carney and premiers set to gather for day of ceremony

OTTAWA – First Nations leaders are gathering with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the country’s premiers in Ottawa today for a ceremony ahead of a historic meeting on Monday.

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Trump Seethes Over GOP's 'Worst Senator' Who Knocked His DOJ's Lawsuit

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Measles surge exposes Republicans’ vulnerability on vaccines

Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s scepticism of jabs is not shared by the majority of Americans

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Carney’s energy ambitions boosted by Conservative victory in British Columbia

Party leader wants to end emissions limits and replace province’s carbon tax framework

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Thousands defy ban to protest in Milan, echoing French slogans

A peaceful march took place in the Italian city on Saturday, while clashes broke out in Turin, Bologna and Rome.

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Kremlin has begun preparations for meeting between Putin, Trump and Xi Jinping

Kremlin official Yuri Ushakov has indicated that preparations for a summit between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are moving forward ahead of upcoming international forums.

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UK's Andy Burnham wants 'honest discussion' on EU free movement

Ahead of next month's UK-EU summit, Burnham said he favours an 'honest discussion' about the divisive issue of re-adapting free movement between the UK and the EU. But in an interview in London Sunday Times, he ruled out ever joining the Schengen zone or adopting the Euro.

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Lorne Doerkson leads B.C. Conservatives to power with thumping two-thirds majority

VANCOUVER – British Columbia has turned blue, electing a B.C. Conservative government with an overwhelming two-thirds majority.

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British and Irish Coast Guard monitor false alarm Russia linked tanker in Atlantic off Irish coast

The ship, the Myra, is an oil tanker and was inside the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone when, in huge rolling seas, declared an emergency on Saturday night.

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Do these creatures haunt America's woods? Why they fascinate us

From the Jersey Devil to Bigfoot, creatures have a hold on Americans' imaginations. Here's how they originated, and why they continue to fascinate us.

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SLC Council votes to preserve green space at Ballpark site after input from residents

Salt Lake City Council members voted to preserve green space at the site of Smith's Ballpark as its redevelopment nears.

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Obama rips into Ramaswamy over attack ad: ‘There’s no line he won’t cross’

The Ramaswamy campaign cut in half the length of the ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother after the spot sparked an uproar.

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From EVs to oil wells: How Trump and soaring fuel prices have shaped Newsom's climate legacy

Experts say Newsom's environmental legacy won't just define what's next for California's new governor, it could potentially shape the national agenda.

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A child of Japanese incarceration’s call to arms: ‘The lessons of Manzanar have never been more urgent’

How a rebuilt, historic California baseball diamond embodies ‘the contradictions in America’s legacy’

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He won a city council seat by openly admitting how little he wants the job

"I barely want to do this," Brady Rogers admitted. Voters apparently appreciated the honesty.

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Antifascist protest on sidelines of RN congress in Orléans highlights divisions on French left

The racist attack in Trappes and the urgent need to unite against the far right were on everyone's minds at Saturday's protest against the Rassemblement National congress in the city in central France. But deep divisions remain among the left-wing groups.

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Powerball Jackpot Nears $700 Million—But A Winner Would Take Home Much Less After Taxes

The next Powerball drawing will take place on Monday night.

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Meghan Markle's letter to father: Allegations latest

Meghan's letter to father: Allegation latest

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I've worked as an interior designer for over 20 years. Here are 8 decorating 'rules' worth breaking.

As an interior designer, I think there are some home design rules you should break when it comes to remodeling, decorating, and styling a house.

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15 leaders in 18 years: How CCSF’s chancellor job has become ‘so toxic’

Investigations, budget battles and brief tenures have become hallmarks of the chancellor’s job at City College of San Francisco. Here’s a look at two decades of turmoil.

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