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Finland orders halt to work on Google data centers over environmental concerns

Regulators have ordered the company representing the US web giant in Finland to stop building data centers until it can demonstrate compliance with environmental laws. Officials are investigating whether trees and soil were cleared before the company carried out an impact study.

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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.

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Hayley Williams unleashes profanity-filled response to DHS telling her to ‘thank’ ICE

‘We suggest Ms. Williams to thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice,’ the DHS said

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Study: Shock gloves traumatized Army volunteers

After tests, military personnel said "just seeing the glove" that ICE plans to adopt scared them into obedience.

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Cornell brings in ex-Justice official Sally Yates to review school’s handling of sex assault claims

Cornell University trustees have announced that former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will review how the university handles sexual misconduct complaints.

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The $1 Trillion Black Box

The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe...

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They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.

Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...

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Eva Marie Saint, star of North by Northwest and On the Waterfront, dies aged 102

Landmark roles were in 50s classics directed by Elia Kazan and Alfred Hitchcock, before going on to play Superman’s adoptive mother in later life Eva Marie Saint, one of the last survivors of Hollywood’s golden age of the 1940s and 50s, has died aged 102. Her screen work spanned six decades: Saint made her screen debut opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s celebrated thriller North by Northwest, and in one of her last screen appearances played Superman’s adoptive mother Martha Kent in the 2006 superhero film Superman Returns. A family spokesman said on Tuesday that Saint had died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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Trump ran on lowering prices. Now most Americans blame him for them.

An October poll also found that most blame Trump's policies for making affordability struggles worse.

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Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer in occupied West Bank

Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old Palestinian photographer, suffered injuries to his head and torso and was taken to the hospital by ambulance, according to the international news agency. The agency's news director, Phil Chetwynd, condemned the incident as a 'serious' and 'unacceptable' attack.

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California officials condemn Trump for saying Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego

State and local officials called the president’s remarks “deranged” and “irresponsible.”

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US DAFs Donate Millions to Groups Linked to India’s Far-Right

Donor-advised funds allow individuals and foundations to give money to charities while remaining anonymous.

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French government suspends use of stun grenades at student protests after teen loses hand

France's interior minister said stun grenades would be temporarily withdrawn from use at protests organized by high school students 'just long enough to understand what happened.'

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Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank

Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their guns Armed Israeli settlers beat a photographer in the presence of Israeli soldiers, hospitalising him, as he covered worsening settler violence against olive farmers in the occupied West Bank. Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old veteran photographer for Agence France-Presse in Palestine, was assaulted by a group of settlers, who beat him with the butts of their guns, despite him being marked as press. He was assaulted in view of about a dozen armed Israeli soldiers. Continue reading...

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Politicians slam Trump's suggestion that Iran ‘take' San Diego, Los Angeles

Both Democrats and Republicans have expressed outrage at Trump's remarks that cities could be sacrificed in Iran war.

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Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.

Austin Davis, 26, has become a lifeline for some homeless families in the Phoenix area who’d otherwise wait months for shelter. His work has highlighted how the system to care for local families who a...

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California's mail ballot system excludes disabled voters, court rules

Requiring people with print disabilities to obtain assistance to vote "denies them meaningful access to the vote by mail program," a federal judge wrote.

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Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-Winning 'On the Waterfront' Actress, Dead at 102

Eva Marie Saint, the Oscar-winning actress in 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest,' has died at age 102.

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'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills

Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.

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Armed individuals from Belarus threaten Latvian soldiers at border, followed by another breach

"The escorts of the illegal migrants, who were located on the Belarusian side, were armed, issued threats to (Latvian) soldiers, and also actively urged and drove the migrant group toward Latvia," Lat...

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US stocks rise to a record on expectations for companies to make even fatter profits

The U.S. stock market hit an all-time high as expectations rise for companies to keep making more money.

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France's police fire tear gas and water cannons as school protests sweep the country

More than a quarter of a million people rallied nationwide to support school students demanding more education funding, according to government figures, with thousands of arrests.

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Soldiers Wounded in Iran Say DOD Made Them Get Their Own Treatment

The service members were left to fend for themselves.

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Russia slams Ukraine with missiles, drones on Putin's 74th birthday, at least 15 dead

Explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on Oct. 7 as Moscow launched its latest mass missile and drone attack on the capital, coinciding with Russian President Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday.

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Norway's 2027 budget includes almost $9 billion in new Ukraine support

The money would be funneled into Norway's Nansen Support Program, named after humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen, who led famine relief efforts in Ukraine in the early 1920s.

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Authorities are trying to get to the bottom of the situation after more companies across various sectors reported data breaches.

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Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan, whose high court offers an oasis for chatter and chai

The Lahore High Court is a near-perfect specimen of British South Asian colonial architecture and its main square is a pleasant spot shaded by banyan trees.

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Are the Blue Wave Polls Too Good to Be True?

If Democrats don’t win by as much as the polls suggest, many liberals will be disappointed and the media will downplay the anti-Trump wave.

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Back to School, in Gaza

My nephews study in a big tent surrounded by bombed-out houses. They have no access to chairs or desks, so they sit on the dirt.

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These are the funniest wildlife photos of the year featuring a ‘sexy mantis’

Organizers of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards said they got a record-breaking number of hilarious entries this year

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Richard Morecroft’s dulcet tones on ABC news were a virtual comfort blanket for Australians during times of crisis | Max Uechtritz

The broadcaster brought heart, soul and empathy to the job, and took new reporters – and baby flying foxes – under his wing No one disproved Hunter S Thompson’s infamous indictment of television more than Richard Morecroft. Richard was the antithesis of Thompson’s denunciation of the TV business as “uglier than most things … a kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry”. Continue reading...

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Georgia arrests man over attempted $700,000 uranium sale

Georgia has detained a man who planned to sell uranium-238 to a foreign national for $700,000, the national security service said on Wednesday.

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Australia is building a lot of new homes. But is the datacentre boom holding us back? | Greg Jericho

Housing construction is at its strongest level since 2016, but it’s AI that is sucking up resources for builders The latest series of data on housing and building activity has been released, showing residential building is growing strongly but also that the datacentre boom is massive and ongoing. As political parties look to keep housing on the agenda, the massive resources devoted to building datacentres is going to hit anyone wishing to increase housing supply. Continue reading...

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I want to block gambling ads from my phone. What can I do?

It should be easier to opt out of online gambling ads next year, writes policy professional Kat George. For now, there are still steps that can help * Read more Australian customer service columns I tried to block Crown gambling spam on my phone. It kept coming. I said that if I were a recovering gambling addict, the ads could be extremely harmful. After that the ads came much more frequently. Google sent a response that they could not remove the ads from the internet because they are not dangerous. I replied that I simply wanted to block them from my phone. Google sent the same irrelevant response. Google and Crown are making money out of problem gamblers’ misery. What can be done? – Michael, NSW Kat says: Gambling ads are highly controversial in Australia. They seem to saturate our media, and while governments are taking steps to limit them, they still feel pervasive. Continue reading...

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‘You think you’re invincible, and you’re not’: Gretta Ray on sickness, surviving and finding her new sound

After a life-threatening infection, the Australian singer-songwriter has rebuilt her relationship with music – and her third album ‘sounds nothing like the last’ The illness that almost killed Gretta Ray announced itself slowly. First there were chills that had her inexplicably shivering under the doona. Then came gastrointestinal symptoms; next a splitting headache. Fatigue flattened her, keeping her in bed for days. But it was when the singer-songwriter woke up one morning with double vision that she knew something was really wrong. Ray went straight to hospital – and stayed there for six weeks. After a long and agonising slew of tests, she was diagnosed with infective endocarditis, a life-threatening infection of the heart that can cause a strange, gradual march of symptoms. Ray was put on an antibiotic drip “pretty much 24 hours a day”, which saved her life. But at just 26 years old, her age made her an outlier on the cardiology ward – and forced some big psychological reckonings. Continue reading...

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Gnomes review – Asa Butterfield takes on murderous garden ornaments in pulpy horror-comedy

Rightly described as ‘Gremlins meets Hot Fuzz’, this fun series has the high-spirit and gusto one hopes for in a show about evil killer gnomes One can never trust marketing materials to accurately describe a movie or TV series, but I’m pleased to report that Gnomes’ official synopsis gets its tone right: “Gremlins meets Hot Fuzz.” This six-part horror-comedy series indeed feels like the kind of rambunctious, high-spirited production that’d be right up the alley of Joe Dante and Edgar Wright, directors of the aforementioned films. Particularly in its air of barely controlled chaos, staged with a slight wink to the audience but never too self-consciously. It’s also – without a doubt – the greatest television series ever made about murderous garden gnomes awakened by an ancient evil. Continue reading...

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5 things to do this weekend, including HONK! Fest and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'

Plus, a magic show in Salem and a sparkling production of "The Swan Lake."

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Ken Paxton Names The 2 Things ‘Dragging’ His Campaign In Leaked Audio

The Republican Senate candidate flagged exactly how “people are feeling the pinch” in an audio clip shared by Axios.

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I Cried When I Found Out I Was Giving Birth To A Girl. Last Week, I Remembered Why.

“Finally, I landed on the picture taken between my baby’s legs to which someone had added a tiny yellow arrow and text in all caps that read: GIRL!”

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Ana Navarro Tells Michael Douglas Why She Remains A Republican On 'The View'

The screen legend’s probing query for “The View” co-host got a rousing applause.

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Guardrails Action warns politicians in a new letter that they’ll face ‘active, mobilized opposition’ if they don’t commit to safety regulations.

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New Mexico AG challenges federal commission’s review of proposed Project Jupiter gas pipeline • Source New Mexico

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said a federal commission's review of Project Jupiter's proposed gas pipeline is "inadequate."

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So why is the celebrated Minneapolis author so hopeful?

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Stocks made a record high. Two big bearish trades point to skepticism

In the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), about an hour after the opening bell on Tuesday, someone traded a 100,000-lot put spread.

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The New Carrie Is Easily the Best Adaptation of Stephen King’s Book Since De Palma’s Movie

Mike Flanagan shows why he’s this century’s premier reinterpreter of the King of Horror.

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‘A real-life moment from The Castle’: the retired Australian couple who took on a coal giant and won

Wendy Wales and Tony Lonergan’s four-year fight over MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine went all the way to the high court

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Overseas, Albanese sees ‘the very definition of climate injustice’ – but at home, he still wants coal

It isn’t hard to see a contradiction between the PM’s message in Fiji and his opposition to legal action to stop a NSW coalmine * Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast There are unlikely to be many bigger moments in Australian action on the climate crisis this year than a judgment by the high court on Wednesday. In what is likely to prove a historic victory, the court sided with community members in the Hunter Valley to strike down a state regulator’s approval of a massive coalmine expansion that could have kept it operating until 2048. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

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Quaaludes Are Making a Comeback. Should They?

Thanks to The Wolf of Wall Street, underground chemists, and drug-taking connoisseurs, a small new generation is discovering Quaaludes.

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