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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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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3 years on, Israelis grapple with reports Netanyahu was warned before Oct. 7 attacks

On the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly warned by regional allies ahead of time.

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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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Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find

A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity is living quietly in Lebanon, bankrolled and protected by American and Lebanese authorities, a BBC/NPR investigation has found.

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Protesters in Colombia rally against ties with Israel

Hundreds took to the streets of Bogota to protest against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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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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Two nurses working at the Grace Hospital have been reprimanded and fined $2,500 each for an IV infusion gone bad and an attempted coverup.

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WATCH LIVE: Utah's U.S. House candidates Kennedy, Larsen meet for debate

Republican Rep. Mike Kennedy will face off in a debate Thursday against Democratic candidate Jonny Larsen as voters in west-central Utah consider whom to send to the U.S. House.

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The Trump administration is suspending tech firms like Microsoft from a green card program, 7.4% mortgages are giving some home buyers leverage, and an Arizona congressional candidate says she was raped while fixing campaign signs. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter

Plus, 7.4% mortgages are giving some home buyers leverage, and an Arizona congressional candidate says she was raped while fixing campaign signs.

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The Lion, the Witch and the Ulsterman on RTÉ: Andrew Trimble takes on the thorny issue of CS Lewis’s Irishness

Television: Lewis is a beloved but polarising figure, which may explain his exclusion from the pantheon of significant Irish literary figures

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Anne Carson’s Ecstatic Minimalism

The new Nobel laureate uses finely wrought forms to constrain a terrible excess of feeling.

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John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito reunite after years of 'yearning'

John Turturro's new film reunites him with "Do the Right Thing" costar Giancarlo Esposito, who says they spent years "yearning to be together again."

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Who is winning the football Metro Player of the Year race? Here’s our midseason watch list

More than a dozen Bay Area high school football players are in the hunt for Metro Player of the Year honors. Here’s who is standing out at midseason, plus games to watch this week.

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USS Abraham Lincoln docks in San Diego after grueling deployment

The USS Abraham Lincoln docked in San Diego on Thursday, completing a lengthy and grueling deployment to the Middle East, which was mired in tight food supplies and degrading mental health onboard …

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No decision on MMHOP: The controversial housing proposal is postponed

Sponsor Erin Baldwin Day called for a work session Wednesday to sort through more than a dozen proposed amendments.

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Special edition coins continue Live Aid legacy 41 years on

The Perth Mint unveils plans to release special edition Live Aid collectible coins as one of the architects of the legendary concert reflects on its legacy four decades on.

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Lawsuit accuses ICE of ‘executing’ immigrant whose sons are now in foster care

The family of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez said his shooting death last year in the Chicago area was unlawful and left his two children traumatized.

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Trump auto-enrolls 10s of millions in child investment accounts • Ohio Capital Journal

Every child in the United States with a valid Social Security number is now enrolled in a tax-advantaged investment account, titled a “Trump Account."

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Horan succeeds McAleese as chair of Integration group

Former GAA president John Horan has been announced as the new chairperson of the Steering Group on Integration (SGI), replacing Dr Mary McAleese who recently stepped down from the role.

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Wyoming lawmakers take steps to further restrict online gaming - WyoFile

Select Committee on Gaming advances proposed ban on online sweepstakes games.

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Suicide is up among Black Americans. We need to talk about it.

NPR's Michel Martin hosted a panel conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community, exploring a difficult subject in deeply personal conversations.

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UK PM Andy Burnham meets with Merz in Berlin in first official visit

Burnham's meeting with Merz comes amid increasing warnings of hybrid threats in Europe and follows a drone attack on Leipzig/Halle airport in August - which Berlin has accused Russia of orchestrating.

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The micro drama industry is booming. It's giving Meta two wins at the same time.

That very long micro drama you saw on Reels? That's an ad -- and a big win for Meta.

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American Express National Bank fined $350 million for insufficient anti-money laundering program

The US Office of the Comptroller of ‌the Currency said it has ordered American Express National Bank to ⁠pay a $350 million civil penalty for deficiencies in its program to combat money laundering. The OCC found American Express failed to ‌establish ⁠and maintain a program in connection with the US Bank ⁠Secrecy Act, which requires banks to have ⁠protocols for flagging suspicious transactions to ⁠prevent illicit payments.

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Michelle Obama, Praising Past White House Remodels, Takes Veiled Aim at Trump

In a new essay, the former first lady writes that the presidency does not come with a “deed to a few acres of prime real estate to remake in our own image.”

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Letter: Utah lawmakers must pass legislation restoring the 20-year retirement for public safety personnel

Letter: Firefighters face a 14% higher risk of dying from cancer than the general public. Making them work 5 extra years to earn a full pension is wrong. Lawmakers can fix this.

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McGovern scores twice as Shamrock Rovers ease to important victory over Drogheda

Burke scores fastest goal in Tallaght Stadium as Rovers go back on top of the Premier Division table

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Bloodvein standing firm, won’t move blockade

Indigenous leaders are accusing the province of violating treaty rights for asking a First Nations community to move its checkstop that was set up to keep drugs and alcohol out.

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Trump envoys, European officials to discuss ‘new ideas’ for Ukraine peace in Miami

US President Donald Trump’s envoys will meet Ukrainian negotiators and European officials in Miami on Friday to discuss new proposals to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, two US sources told AFP. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will present ideas developed during recent talks with both sides, one source said Thursday.

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Former Kanye West collaborator Gosha Rubchinskiy accused of sexually assaulting a minor. The Russian fashion designer denies the allegation. — Meduza

Vasily Yeremin, who appeared in Gosha Rubchinskiy’s runway shows, has accused the designer of sexual violence in an Instagram post.

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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke shares why he was already sick of OK Computer upon release

Yorke reflected on the iconic 1997 album in a new conversation with Harry Styles

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