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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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RFK is gloating that his changes to HHS are permanent

“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.”

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At least 10 arrested at Arizona-Mexico border as 250-year-old cottonwood tree cut down for wall

Activists have spent the last 70 days camped around and inside a cottonwood tree right along the border in the tiny town of Lochiel. The tree was the last of an old grove estimated to be up to 250 years old.

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California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants

It's the largest state to greenlight plug-in solar panels that help reduce home energy bills.

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Norway proposes temporary ban on smart glasses amid privacy fears

The push comes amid growing ethical and privacy concerns around the new devices, which have been marketed by technology giants such as Meta.

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LeBron’s Polymarket deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions

LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting a prediction market as he will for playing basketball.

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ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons

OpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.

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This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.

One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about saf...

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South Korea shipping fuel to Russia via sanctioned vessels, media reports

Potentially undermining sanctions, over 176,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, from South Korean ports were loaded onto sanctioned Russian tankers, based on analysis of port records and ship-tracking ...

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Epstein Whistleblower Simon Andriesz Dies After Exposing Lutnick Ties—What To Know

Lutnick denied to Congress that he had any knowledge of him and Epstein being invested in the same company.

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Family of Epstein Victim Appears in Ad Targeting Republican

In a tough new ad for the Democrat running against Representative Jeff Crank, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre say the congressman refused to meet with them.

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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026: One American and two Germans honored for technique activating neurons with light

By inserting certain proteins into the membrane of nerve cells, the three laureates, Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, succeeded in switching neurons 'on' or 'off' at will. The technique has a dual purpose: Unlocking the secrets of the brain and developing innovative treatments.

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Discovery of 11 bodies in Johannesburg exposes scale of violence against women

Since July, the bodies of women found either naked or half-naked and brutally beaten have been discovered on the outskirts of the South African capital. Although the theory of a serial predator has faded, the grim reality of widespread daily violence against women in the country has become undeniable.

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Sen. Tillis says his vote for Hegseth was 'biggest regret of my career' in new book

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped...

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Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.

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What is ‘Herod's Pool', and why is Israel developing it in the West Bank?

Israel is developing a reservoir on land in the occupied West Bank, with water syphoned off from Palestinians.

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Jim Bakker, who built ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire, has died at 86

Jim Bakker, who along with his then-wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful “The PTL Club” TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died.

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Is Hollywood finally turning on tech oligarchs?

A new wave of films by directors like Aaron Sorkin and Luca Guadagnino takes on Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Elizabeth Holmes, and "shapeshifter" Sam Altman.

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Trump Draws Backlash For Saying ‘Let Them Take Out Los Angeles’ Or ‘San Diego’ During Iran War Remarks

Democratic leaders and lawmakers from California called out Trump’s remarks and accused him of “inviting an attack” on U.S. soil.

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JD Vance Says Trump’s Weird Midterm Ads Are “Not Partisan”

Donald Trump has used taxpayer money to fund a series of ads touting himself and attacking Democrats.

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New York Gov. Hochul Issues State Of Emergency Over Measles Cases

New York has confirmed 101 cases in the state, excluding New York City, as of Oct. 3

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Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Moscow Oblast in mass attack near Russia's capital

Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow Oblast in a mass attack as air defenses in the region are engaged, monitoring channels reported overnight on Oct. 6.

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Annick Lemoine, president of the Musée d'Orsay: 'I want the museum to become a place for debate that fosters critical thinking'

The new president of the museum dedicated to 19th-century art wants to attract a younger audience, she explained in an interview with Le Monde, and to draw connections between works from the past and contemporary social issues.

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The Democrats Are Finally Growing a Spine

Democrats will block Trump’s Supreme Court nominees if the Senate flips.

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Speaking at a campaign rally in Nebraska, President Donald Trump suggested that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego, the Los Angeles Times reported on October 5.

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Bucks for babies: Trump administration unveils plan to tie transit funding to high birth and marriage rates

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Fact-check: Here’s what we know about the University of Utah’s reported rape numbers

National reports have identified the University of Utah as having the highest number of reported rapes of any university or college in the country. But there’s context that explains that 2024 count.

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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’

John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists

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DeepSeek considers doubling latest funding round to up to $15 billion, sources say

China's DeepSeek weighs upsizing funding round to up to $14.9 billion, sources tell CNBC, and the final amount could still change in final talks.

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Here’s why Maine’s famous election slogan will be disproven in midterms

Susan Collins might be the one Republican who survives a GOP electoral bloodbath, Eric Garcia writes, defying the old saw, 'As goes Maine, so goes the nation'

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Walmart moves to grab a bigger chunk of the TV ad business

The retail giant has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery so advertisers can target Walmart shoppers on linear TV.

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UK police make further arrest over suspected Fairford airbase plot

British police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 22-year old British man ‌in London on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts as part of their investigation into a suspected plot near RAF Fairford, the airbase used by the US to strike Iran.

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Vietnamese police arrest 12 suspected of prowling city streets at night, snatching cats for meat

Police in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City have arrested 12 men suspected of running a ring that stole and resold about 2,700 cats for meat.

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Chicago woman charged with murder in fatal stabbing of 7-year-old girl

A Chicago woman has been charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of a 7-year-old girl, authorities said.

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Our Reporter Spent 10 Weeks Gambling on DraftKings. Here Are 5 Things He Learned.

ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson immersed himself in the world of online sports betting on DraftKings to test the limits of the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. Here are five things he learn...

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U.S. water rates soaring, with Bay Area bills among highest in nation

A water rate analysis by the consumer advocacy group Food and Water Watch estimates that water bills in the U.S. have risen 62% between 2015 and 2025.

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AI apocalypse? Most Louisiana candidates for Congress stay vague on regulation

Most candidates running for Congress in Louisiana agree there should be some federal regulations placed on artificial intelligence. But at this point they are mostly offering generalities, without providing specifics about any limitations they would favor.

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Wall Street Eyes Record Bonuses as Profit Heads Past $90 Billion

A blockbuster year for New York’s trading and investment-banking firms is poised to deliver record earnings for the industry, with profit on pace to exceed $90 billion, and bonuses expected to reach an all-time high.

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As the Russian invasion threat grows, Baltic countries gear up for a fight

In recent months, Lithuania and other Baltic nations have seen a growing number of Russian incursions into their airspace as the Kremlin tests its neighbors’ limits.

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Opinion: Supreme Court’s recent ruling on voting means Kansans should check their registration status now • Kansas Reflector

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that election officials can remove registered voters from their voter rolls using an inaccurate system called the SAVE database. If you are removed from a vote...

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UniCredit gets Putin’s approval to sell part of its Russian business

The Italian bank plans to keep its international payments business while selling its other Russian operations. The approval contrasts with Moscow’s recent moves to place several Western companies’ local assets under temporary management.

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Pack of cigarettes to go up by €1, vape products up 20C

Minister for Finance Simon Harris has announced he is increasing the excise duty on a pack of 20 cigarettes by €1, with a pro-rata increase on other tobacco products.

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Can Japan build a defense-startup ecosystem?

Japan needs to build a defense-startup ecosystem that connects government demand, procurement, private capital and civilian dual-use technology.

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EU Parliament spat as MEP challenges Metsola’s claims over Israeli flag

MEP Rima Hassan says Parliament president made “factually false” claims.

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All inheritance tax free thresholds rise in Budget 2027 but no other reforms

Thresholds rise to €44,000 for close relatives and €22,000 for strangers with children able to get €420,000 from parents

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Never flippant or headline grabbing, our restaurant critic Corinna Hardgrave always kept the reader in mind

Corinna Hardgrave, who has died, would cut to a restaurant’s essence with a lightness of touch but behind it was a serious integrity

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Victory for Thomas Jefferson over Armstrong is 32 days in the making

Vikings finish off 34-17 triumph over Wildcats in game that was suspended Sept. 3

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Asos app users sent 'hacked' message from online retailer

"Engage with us, or we will leak it," Asos shoppers warned in an alarming message sent from online retailer's app.

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Paramount-WBD merger, Musk's return to trillionaire, AI researchers' warning and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

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‘Situation Is Changing Dynamically’: Ukraine Says It Holds Tactical Initiative Near Vovchansk

Vovchansk, located in the northern Kharkiv region just south of the Russian border, is a strategically important stronghold.

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