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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lithuania calls for EU sanctions against Russian grain

Russia being able to trade grain while it blockades Ukraine from doing likewise "is an unacceptable situation," said Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius.

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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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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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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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French astronaut Sophie Adenot back on Earth after 237 days aboard the ISS

The astronaut, who now holds the record for the longest European spaceflight, splashed down Thursday alongside her three crew mates.

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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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Meet Japan’s mythical beast who appears in bolts of lightning

Raijū is normally docile but gets agitated in storms and leaps up to run among the clouds, according to folklore

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‘Cool, quirky, lots of character’: Leo Cullen wants Laya Arena to be special place to play

After absence of more than two years, Leinster host Cardiff on return to redeveloped home ground

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‘Massive challenge’ for Connacht as they look to upset the odds against Glasgow

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Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies

Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants

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FAI Cup semi-final preview: In-form Bohemians can overcome revitalised Waterford

Gypsies unbeaten in seven since 3-1 away defeat to Blues in August

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Racing’s true greats are obvious and dual Arc winner Daryz isn’t one of them

There have been just two indisputably great racehorses in our expert’s time scribbling on the game

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‘With great privilege comes great responsibility’: Evan Comerford on Dublin keeper role

Ballymun player sets his sights on a long stint between the posts after injury woes

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Building materials company adds Sunderland rail freight route to offset ‘supply challenges’

Holcim UK has launched a rail freight service to the Port of Sunderland in response to supply chain pressures affecting its aggregates business in northeast England. The service has transported nearly 20 000 tonnes since June and is expected to reach 100 000 tonnes in its first year. The service connects Holcim’s Bardon Hill quarry

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National Archives to close Bay Area facility, move West Coast history to Kansas City

The National Archives is planning to move immigration records from its San Bruno facility to Kansas City, a closure the agency says will save more than $4.7 million a year.

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ICE Officer Fired 7 Rounds In NYC Shooting, Police Commissioner Says

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High-profile IPO listings that fell victim to market jitters in 2026

A string of high-profile IPOs have been abandoned, delayed or reworked in 2026 as investors demanded greater valuation discipline, testing hopes for a sustained revival in global equity capital markets.

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Layoffs at ‘extremely low levels’ despite Americans’ gloom about the economy

The data presents a disconnect with how many Americans are feeling about the economy less than a month from the midterms.

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Trump's energy chief, a former fracking CEO, aims to tinker with key climate reports

He's doing "exactly what Stalin did."

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Police raid on Taiwan gay bar awakens memories of state oppression

Mayor’s apology did little to cushion the shock that such an action could take place in Taiwan, the most liberal jurisdiction in Asia for LGBTQ+ rights

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Russian strike on Ukrainian public buses leaves dozens dead as blackouts worsen in Kyiv

The morning attack occurred next to a bus stop in the war-torn city of Kramatorsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, prompting public transport to be suspended in the area.

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Man accused of deliberately injuring sheep at Canberra property refused bail

An 18-year-old accused of breaking into a rural property in Canberra's south and injuring several sheep last month has been refused bail.

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University students will have to meet minimum entry standards to access loans

Move comes as UK government seeks to deal with concerns about proliferation of underqualified people on poor-quality courses

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SoftBank seeks $100bn from Gulf investors to expand AI bet

Founder and chief executive Masayoshi Son has held talks with senior figures in the UAE in recent weeks

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Remand centre built for adults to remain open to children over 'capacity' concerns

A police watch house designed for adults may be needed to continue to hold Queensland children to meet demand under proposed breach bail, go to jail laws, an independent watchdog says.

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This Bay Area neighborhood fought to save ‘Rosie’ the redwood and won — for now

Santa Rosa city officials have sided with neighbors who organized to save “Rosie,” a towering redwood tree slated to be cut down because it had grown into a sidewalk, making it impassable.

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Feeding the AI beast

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee

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Japan’s household spending falls again despite wage gains

Consumers remain cautious as persistent inflation squeezes purchasing power.

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Polanski loses and Labour's Abdi-Wali storms to victory | Jon Craig

Labour have won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election - beating Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who finished second.

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South Korea, Japan buffeted by hacks as AI lowers bar for cybercriminals

South Korean and Japanese companies are racing to strengthen cyber defences after a wave of attacks that cybersecurity experts say are highlighting how AI may be lowering the bar for criminals ‌with limited technical skills.

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US Moves to Reassure Taiwan as Trump-Xi Ties Stall Big Arms Deal

The US has allowed a flurry of engagements with Taiwan in the wake of Donald Trump’s lavish welcome for China’s Xi Jinping, signaling support for the island democracy even as it keeps a major arms sale in limbo ahead of more meetings between the leaders this year.

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