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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours

The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.

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“You kidnapped my son”

ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

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Oklahoma Oil Company Plugs Disposal Well That Posed Threat to City’s Drinking Water

The Frontier and ProPublica revealed that state regulators had approved the well in Enid, Oklahoma, in violation of rules meant to protect municipal groundwater. Now the well is permanently shut down.

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Russian Plague Lab Researcher Dies As Nearly 200 Monitored—Here’s What We Know

Russian officials said a researcher working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died after contracting “pneumonia of unknown etiology.”

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Brazil heads to runoff election after Bolsonaro, Lula fail to garner majority vote

Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s veteran President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off on Oct. 25 in a runoff for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy.

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LeBron’s Polymarket deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions

LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting a prediction market as he will for playing basketball.

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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to trio for optogenetics work

US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the prize for their work that helps researchers understand how specific cell types contribute to behaviors like learning, fear, addiction and movement.

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California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants

It's the largest state to greenlight plug-in solar panels that help reduce home energy bills.

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Persistent drought puts pressure on France's drinking water networks

Water reserves supplying distribution systems across France remain under strain due to a significant rainfall deficit.

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Polish man who provided Famine relief to be honoured

A plaque honouring a Polish man who devised a scheme that provided relief to 200,000 children during the Great Famine will be unveiled in Glenties, Co Donegal later today.

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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats

The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.

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Dozens detained at authorized Communist Party rally after chants of 'Down with the Tsar'

The event had been authorized by Moscow authorities, but detentions reportedly intensified as the rally was ending and participants shifted toward more directly anti-Kremlin slogans.

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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver Sam Altman says he believes the world should accept “bad things” happening with AI in exchange for the benefits of the technology. The chief executive of OpenAI cited hacks, scams and “other bad things that will happen” in an interview that sparked an instant backlash from critics of the major AI companies. His comments came after one of his company’s safety experts resigned, saying at the weekend that its “culture is broken”. Continue reading...

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US removes B-1 bombers from UK base amid security concerns

The United States removed its B-1 bombers from a UK air base one week after several men were arrested there on ‌suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, a Pentagon official said on Sunday.

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Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.

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Schoolboy, 15, loses hand after picking up police stun grenade during French school protests

Prime minister orders ministers to tackle students’ five major demands, including organising replacement teachers and school repairs Hundreds of schools in France remained fully or partially closed on Monday as teenagers continued to blockade buildings and the government struggled to contain the biggest youth protest movement in years. A 15-year-old protesting against what the demonstrators say are France’s dilapidated ⁠and understaffed schools ‌had his hand ‌blown off on ‌Monday in the northern town of Lens, the local prefect François-Xavier Lauch ‌said. Continue reading...

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US removes bombers from British airbase involved in suspicious incident

Police were called to the Fairford military base in southwest England on September 27 after a local farmer reported a group of men with several vans engaged in 'suspicious' activity. Investigators did not find any explosives in the vans, but 'a quantity of petrol was recovered.'

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'It was humiliating' — ex-US Army Secretary says Washington lags behind Ukraine in war innovations

"When you would see what Ukraine's budget was and how small it was relative to ours and how, despite that, they had better weapons of war, it was a wake-up call," former U.S. Army Secretary Dan Drisco...

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Quiz: Where Could You Open a Private School? — ProPublica

Private school requirements vary wildly across states. Take our quiz to find out just how easy starting one can be.

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Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.

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Exclusive: Soldiers and Gold Star families press Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strike

It's the deadliest strike against American troops during the war with Iran. Now U.S. soldiers wounded in a drone attack on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait are raising their concerns publicly about whether commanders underestimated the threat and saying the military medical system failed them.

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New automatic gun turrets successfully down first Russian jet-powered drones, Air Force says

President Volodymyr Zelensky previously announced that twelve such turrets had been installed where Russian jet-powered drones have been particularly active, including around Kyiv.

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Internet Watch Foundation reports huge rise in AI child sexual abuse material

Abuse material monitor says number of AI images assessed this year is already 40% higher than last year’s total AI-generated child sexual abuse material is proliferating online, with the amount of illegal material investigated this year already exceeding the total for 2025. Analysts at the Internet Watch Foundation have found more photorealistic child sexual abuse material in the first half of 2026 than for the whole of the prior year. The UK-based IWF, which monitors abuse material globally, said it had assessed 6,310 AI images that met the legal definition of child sexual abuse, 40% higher than last year’s total of more than 4,500. Continue reading...

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Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News

A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.

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Norway to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in some public places

Norway's government said on Monday it plans to propose a temporary ban on the use of AI glasses in selected places, saying it is concerned ‌people could be photographed, filmed or audio-recorded without their knowledge.

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Is Kazakhstan the birthplace of apples? Here’s how the fruit spread across the world

The part of the Tian Shan mountains that stretches from south-eastern Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan is home to the wild Sievers apple (Malus sieversii), the ancestor of every apple we know today. But how did it travel from Central Asia to orchards around the world?

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Russian strikes leave Ukraine with almost no spare locomotives, further complicating grain exports — Meduza

Russian forces have intensified attacks on Ukrainian freight trains in recent weeks, leaving Ukraine with almost no reserve locomotives, Taras Vysotskyi, Ukraine’s minister of agrarian policy and…

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'Plunging temperatures' and 'wall of rain and snow'? Met Office sets the record straight

The Met Office has poured cold water on claims the UK is about to be "smashed" by snow and "plunging" temperatures.

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Democrats Expect Record Number of Women in Party in House After Midterm Elections

Democrats are increasingly confident they will have a record number of women serving in the House next year, after backing women in competitive districts they are now positioned to win.

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Rodeo Clowns | Sam Cowie

Brazil has fused the codes of the American West onto its own supposedly endless tropical frontier of savannah and rainforest.

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UC Irvine student found dead on campus, no foul play suspected, officials say

Authorities provided very few details about the death of an 18-year-old student found on the campus of UC Irvine.

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Here’s How The Cornell Frat Students Were Punished After Being Accused Of Sexual Assault

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Caleb Flynn, former "American Idol" contestant and pastor, sentenced to life without parole in wife's murder

Caleb Flynn was found guilty of killing his wife, Ashley, and attempting to blame the murder on a break-in at their home.

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Violence-racked remote NT community appeals for social club trial

Residents of the Northern Territory's second-largest remote community are divided over whether a social club should be opened and serve alcohol, amid ongoing violence in the town.

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Democrat Cindy Holscher's campaign for Kansas governor highlights distinctions from GOP rival • Kansas Reflector

Democrat Cindy Holscher says her campaign for Kansas governor reflects the perspective of the state's voters more accurately than Ty Masterson's GOP bid.

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Commentary: We’re making a tough call on an upcoming U.S. House debate | Alaska Beacon

The Alaska Beacon is dropping out of a debate that it had planned to co-host with the Alaska Landmine ahead of the general election.

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Conservation group calls for moratorium on AI data centers on US public lands

Conservation group The Wilderness Society on Monday called for a moratorium on artificial intelligence data centers on federal lands, ‌citing concerns over water use, electricity demand, wildlife habitat and public access.

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Isaiah Washington reveals his wife died more than a year ago

Washington said the June 2025 death of his wife, Jenisa Washington, came as a “huge shock.”

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Jeffrey Archer, former Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86

Lord Archer died peacefully at home between writing sessions, his publisher said The author and former politician Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86. Archer, who was a Conservative MP for five years before serving as the party’s deputy chairman, died peacefully at his home between writing sessions on Monday, his publisher Harper Collins said. Continue reading...

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London to Chicago BA flight declares emergency after dropping 28,000 feet

British Airways Boeing abruptly lost altitude over Ireland due to ‘technical issue’ and returned to Heathrow A flight from London to Chicago declared an emergency after a sudden and steep descent of 28,000 feet over Ireland and was forced to turn back to Britain. British Airways flight BA295 was bound for Chicago’s O’Hare airport but after a “technical issue” during which oxygen masks were deployed from the ceiling, the plane landed safely back at London Heathrow. Continue reading...

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All-Ireland winning Armagh captain Aidan Forker announces intercounty retirement

Maghery man led Armagh to first All-Ireland title in 22 years in 2024

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Live: ASX to open higher as bond yields continue to rise

The Aussie share market is set to open in the green, following gains across all Wall Street exchanges. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.

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Hegseth’s One Percent

A cult of military superiority over civilians is not only unwarranted, but actively dangerous.

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West Virginia Supreme Court to hear arguments in school vaccine case • West Virginia Watch

The West Virginia Supreme will hear oral arguments in a court case that may decide the future of the state’s school vaccine requirements.

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The Supreme Court is looking for a way to kill climate lawsuits

They just can’t come up with a legal argument that would allow them to do so.

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Bruce Willis' Wife Says She Will 'Not Let His Diagnosis Be In Vain'

Emma Heming Willis said her husband remains “a f**king legend.”

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US court warns more Jackson Walker cases could be tainted by relationship with judge

US law firm Jackson Walker is facing potential sanctions for not disclosing its work on ATM maker Diebold Nixdorf's 2023 bankruptcy, deepening the firm's potential fallout from a prior relationship between one of its lawyers and a Houston bankruptcy judge.

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Yaxel Lendeborg’s challenge? Run Warriors when Curry sits. But first, fetch waters, rookie

The Golden State Warriors want Yaxel Lendeborg to be their “lead offensive threat” when Stephen Curry is off the floor, a massive burden to carry for the 24-year-old rookie.

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Opinion | We Need to Rethink How We Diagnose Mental Illness

More than half of people who qualify for one diagnosis also qualify for another during their lifetime.

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RFK is gloating that his changes to HHS are permanent

“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.”

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