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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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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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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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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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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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Hitler Mussolini wins local election

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

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Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley

A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity More fool me! Here I was thinking nothing that America’s Trump administration could do or say, no matter how politically and morally bankrupt, no matter how venal or violent, was capable of shocking me any longer. Then I woke to today’s news that one of the Trump cabinet’s bigger boofheads – the uber Christian nationalist, crusader-fantasist and “secretary of war” Pete Hegseth had announced that America would have a public firing squad execution of murderer Nidal Hasan. Paul Daley is a Guardian Australia columnist Continue reading...

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

Trump says U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of US pressure on Moscow to combat prices ahead of midterms

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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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In “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology

“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?”

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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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Mullin says ICE didn’t know 5-year-old boy was in car when officer fired

Federal authorities said Oscar Belgal used his car to ram government vehicles and endanger officers.

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FCC chief defers to Pentagon on airing US execution on TV networks

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that he would defer to the Pentagon on whether US networks could air a planned December 3 ‌military execution, which would be an unprecedented broadcast.

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How Donald Trump made America’s government dumber

DOGE was a huge missed opportunity

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Newport Beach, other coastal spots hit by flooding: 'We're preparing for more damage'

Newport Beach was one of several coastal communities to see flooding Friday as residents braced for Tropical Storm Rachel, which is expected to cause more issues over the weekend.

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Elon Musk is escalating his beef with India's richest man. Here's why.

Elon Musk called Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, the "real boss of India," as he criticizes delays to launch Starlink in India.

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Judge strikes down DOJ's policy of reviewing state voter rolls, saying it would "run roughshod over longstanding laws"

A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration's plan to check state voter rolls against federal immigration databases and press states to remove voters it determines are registered illegally.

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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocks Panama, damaging buildings

The powerful tremor triggered an alert for a possible tsunami across the region, but no damage was reported from waves.

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A view inside a network of fossil fuel advocates

These documents, prepared for a meeting of groups advocating for the oil and gas industry, were hiding in plain sight

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Richmond man sentenced to 169 years in prison for raping two women

A 44-year-old man from Richmond convicted of raping two women while on parole for a prior rape offense was sentenced to 169 years to life in prison, the Contra Costa County DA’s Office said.

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Golden ‘larch madness’ means green for tourism-starved Methow Valley economy | Cascadia Daily News

WINTHROP, Okanogan County — It took two show-stopping conifers with strong, hard wood to revitalize Methow Valley tourism after a disastrous year of fires,...

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

Trump says the U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of U.S. pressure on Moscow, to combat prices before midterms. He said he struck the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call.

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Kirkland releases the Kraken with plans for new iceplex

Around this time next year, Kirkland hopes to welcome ice sports fans to a new iceplex and community center.

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Reportan terremoto de magnitud 7.7 en Panamá

El movimiento telúrico se registró a una profundidad estimada de 10 kilómetros, según datos del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos

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‘Investing in the invader’: Mark Stone breaks down Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel

With the Midterms fast-approaching, Donald Trump has sought a controversial solution to the problem of rising prices at the pump

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WATCH: Mullin says he won't pause immigration enforcement after NYC ICE shooting

Officers used their vehicles to block the man as he attempted to drive away, but he accelerated toward them, Marcos Charles said during a news conference with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayn...

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Person killed in workplace accident at Fairmont construction site

Emergency responders were on scene and Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health is investigating after a worker died following an incident at a Winnipeg construction site Thursday.

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Christian-conservative wireless provider Patriot Mobile files for US IPO

Patriot Mobile disclosed a 21% increase in first-half revenue in its paperwork for a US initial public offering ‌on Friday.

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Wall Street Sees an Ominous Sign in Bond Market’s Latest Selloff

It’s one of the least understood signals in the fixed-income world, but lately, everyone on Wall Street is abuzz about what it means as it reasserts itself in the market.

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Crumbl and Chip City are closing stores. What the changes mean for you

City Chip Cookies is closed and Crumbl is facing layoffs. Here's what it means for you.

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2 teens killed, 2 young men wounded in Winchester shooting, police say

Two teenagers were killed and two other young men were wounded in a shooting in Baltimore’s Winchester community on Friday evening, police said.

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After union effort, WA immigration nonprofit lays off deportation hotline and rapid response staff

The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network laid off workers trying to unionize. Now the National Labor Relations Board is looking at charges alleging that the nonprofit refused to recognize their union demand and instead retaliated.

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Gaza ceasefire ‘exists in name only', more than 100 NGOs say

Humanitarian and human rights groups call out Israel's continued killings and restrictions across the enclave.

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Politics Insider: Paul Godfrey ousted from Order of Ontario advisory council

Also in this issue, Poilievre to deliver Canadian unity speech in Alberta and Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu gets ready to lead trip to India

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Iran and Russia used ChatGPT for propaganda by ‘fake journalists’, OpenAI says

The American tech giant said it banned Russian and Iranian accounts that had been using ChatGPT models to generate content and fake journalist personas to spread false narratives about the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East and sow division.

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Germany: After AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt, CDU and ruling coalition face threat

Several members of Friedrich Merz's party reportedly voted for a far-right candidate to lead the regional parliament. Social Democrats from the SPD expressed outrage, citing the coalition agreement that prohibits any cooperation with the AfD.

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Hayden Panettiere's ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko granted temporary guardianship of her estate

Wladimir Klitschko appeared in virtual court on Thursday alongside 11-year-old daughter Kaya, who he shares alongside Panettiere. Kaya is the sole heir of the “Heroes” star’s estate, following the death of the actor Aug. 16.

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These 18 million households now rank as the richest in the U.S., new Fed data shows

The smallest age group in the U.S. is also the richest, with a 37% jump in net worth over the last three years — far higher than any other group.

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'FishTok' trend creates fishing boom among young Victorians

The state's peak recreational fishing body says an increase in young Victorians taking up fishing has been "incredible" but is questioning why the government cancelled a program that may have led to the uptake.

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