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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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“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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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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Pete Hegseth says public can watch Fort Hood shooter's execution

Hegseth said Nidal Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be."

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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, 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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Russian strike on buses kills 30 in Ukrainian frontline city

Two buses were blown up in the frontline city of Kramatorsk on Thursday, in one of the deadliest attacks in weeks.

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Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be a public event

Officials clarified execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be livestreamed Pete Hegseth has said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be a public event when the sentence is carried out later this year. Officials later clarified the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow, the Associated Press reported. In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the Pentagon secretary said the firing squad would carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1pm on Thursday, 3 December. This would be the first US military execution in more than 60 years. Continue reading...

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At least 12 dead after Russian glide bomb strikes Kramatorsk bus stop

"Russia comes to the Ukrainian land with death," Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

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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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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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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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Trump calls on AI to speed up science—while continuing to defund it

Tech firms are giving big to a White House AI science program amid the destruction of institutions like the NIH.

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How 'Musk' director Alex Gibney became a critic

A trove of documents and interviews with people close to tech billionaire Elon Musk reveal a damning picture of his rise as one of the world's richest and most powerful men.

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Hegseth Wants Public to Watch First Firing Squad Execution Since WWII

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Nidal Hasan’s execution should be watched by everyone.

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Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim news for the climate.

Like Donald Trump, he favors maximizing profits for extractive industries, environment be damned.

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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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Adrian Bianco championed Japan’s underground culture

The Sabukaru founder, who died at 40 in August, connected underground culture and emerging talent across Asia with global audiences.

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Key Moments From the Georgia Senate Debate Beween Ossoff and Collins (Gift Article)

Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, called his Republican opponent, Representative Mike Collins, a bigot. Mr. Collins called the incumbent a radical “trust-fund kid.”

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: US farmers are past the point of political return

The heartland risks a permanent loss of export markets as China slashes soybean and grain purchases. ⁠Price increases of 50% for diesel and fertilizer add to the pain. A midterm voter rebuke of republicans is unlikely to reverse agriculture’s economic slide.

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New analysis shows just how extraordinary California’s winter could be

A new analysis reveals the dramatic El Niño-fueled conditions that California could face this winter.

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Steven Galloway accuser threatened to sue UBC for up to $3-million, defamation trial hears

School had already given former creative-writing student bursary worth $30,000, money that Galloway testified she wasn’t entitled to

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Sofia Coppola: ‘I’m glad we weren’t kicked out of Tokyo making Lost in Translation’

The director talks about what she learnt from her mother, working with a rookie Tim Burton, and 20 years of her cult classic Marie Antoinette

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Israelis mark three years since Oct. 7 as Palestinians mourn Gaza’s destruction

The attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, were the deadliest day in Israel’s history, and Israel’s subsequent actions in Gaza have killed more than 74,000.

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Chile declares disaster after flash floods wash away vehicles and trap people

Raging floodwaters cause major damage to buildings and vehicles and lead to a disaster declaration in a regional Chilean commune at the foot of the Andes mountain range.

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Fast-moving Danny fire prompts evacuations in Gorman, closes stretch of the I-5

The fast-growing wildfire has burned more than 150 acres and prompted evacuations near the Grapevine.

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Monterey County girl abused by parents ran over newborn shortly after giving birth, authorities say

Evidence suggests the 14-year-old girl, who was allegedly impregnated by her father, gave birth on a remote road in Monterey County before driving away over the infant’s body, authorities said.

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Trump makes more inflammatory comments on Somali community in Minnesota

The immigrant community has been a frequent target of the president. Governor Walz pushed back against the comments.

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Woman dies after being found injured on road near Ballarat overnight

Police believe the 42-year-old may have been struck by a truck or another vehicle and are urging anyone who drove through the region this morning to come forward.

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The mixed fortunes of Australia's last South African touring party

Some players from Australia's last Test tour of South Africa saw their careers skyrocket, while others couldn't recapture the same heights. Here is a look at what came of each member of the 2018 touring party.

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Inside Joe Lacob’s vision for Warriors: Curry’s sacrifice, cap space and what’s next

Warriors owner Joe Lacob, in a rare interview, peered ahead to a critical 2027, when Golden State will have the financial flexibility to reshape its roster around Steph Curry.

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Tech stocks struggle on AI spending worries, elevated yields

Asian stocks slipped on Friday and were poised for a second straight weekly drop as investors fretted about elevated energy prices, bond market ructions and the huge sums needed to fund AI investment.

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‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release

Hundreds of new A.I.-generated findings moved the frontiers of higher math in a single day — dispelling any doubt that the field is forever changed.

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Democrats are betting on pastors and ministers in the midterms

Fusing faith and politics is almost a no-brainer for many Republicans hoping to hold public office. But this election cycle, 12 pastors, seminarians and former clergy ran as Democrats, with about half...

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Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics Labour has won the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in a high-stakes battle for the left of British politics. The byelection, called after the former prime minister Keir Starmer resigned the seat in September, was considered a two-horse race between the Labour candidate, Sagal Abdi-Wali, and the Green party leader, Zack Polanski. Abdi-Wali recieved 12,292 votes to Polanski’s 8,928. Continue reading...

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Green Leader Polanski’s Westminster gamble fails in Holborn and St Pancras

Labour has held Keir Starmer’s old seat in first big electoral test for new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

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Labour holds on to Starmer’s seat in north London

The UK’s ruling party wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election, seeing off challenge from Zack Polanski’s Greens

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Nippon Dynawave tries to dismiss lawsuit from widow of Longview employee

Mackenzie Ammons sued the Longview, Washington paper mill operator in September after her husband was killed at work.

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Ex-Postmedia chair alleges Ford’s office used son’s government contract as ‘leverage’ for an op-ed

Premier’s Office, newspaper chain denied Paul Godfrey’s claim that political pressure was used to extract access to Postmedia’s op-ed pages before last year’s snap election

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Anthropic bans users from ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude

A spokesperson behind the tech company’s AI chatbot has not yet specified what counts as abusive or cruel content

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