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Thousands march ahead of Brazil election runoff: 'Never Again Bolsonaro'

Students spilled into downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, calling for votes for incumbent leftist president Lula.

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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...

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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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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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Elon Musk Loses $21 Billion In A Morning As SpaceX Shares Slip

Elon Musk lost $21 billion on Wednesday morning as SpaceX shares fell 2% after reports that the company plans to raise $40 billion to buy chips from Nvidia.

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The 87-year-old evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies

Maricarmen Abascal had been hospitalized with exhaustion after her eviction, which triggered national demonstrations over Spain's chronic housing crisis.

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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids

Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.

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DNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law

The Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump administration over recent TV ads promoting the president.

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Trump Is Still Airing Campaign Ads With Your Money by the Way

The president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would.

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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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“Honey please I need you to get this done for me.” How Kimberly Guilfoyle pressed a MAGA ally to transfer $100,000 to her Amex account.

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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Martin Soto went out for diapers. He came home eight months later.

The asylum seeker, who led a hunger strike inside a for-profit ICE facility, was released with an ankle monitor late Tuesday.

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Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90

MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced on Wednesday. She was 90. In an era before titles such as software engineer and computer scientist became mainstream, Hamilton, who died on 30 September, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT meteorologist. Continue reading...

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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 senators urge Trump administration to enforce new Russia sanctions law ahead of Oct. 18 deadline

The senators called for tougher action against Russia's oil revenues and sanctions-evasion networks, urging the administration to match European and U.K. designations of shadow-fleet vessels.

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EU ambassadors wave through largest-ever list of Russia sanctions

The list targets a wide range of defense industry players, from shipyards and aviation companies to electronics manufacturers, armored vehicle repair facilities, and aerospace companies.

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Fear kept immigrants away from Medicaid. Now many can't come back.

Funding cuts have locked hundreds of thousands of patients who hesitated to renew amid ICE raids out of California's Medicaid program.

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Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say

Attacks on tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz hit their highest last week of any week since the Iran war began, according to maritime security sources tracking incidents, amid ‌a bigger export push by Gulf producers.

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The iconic Arthur Read made his TV debut 30 years ago

The animated series "Arthur" premiered on PBS Kids on Oct. 7, 1996.

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"The Single Most Toxic Issue in the Midterms": How America Turned on Data Centers

► For more, visit Mother Jones: America is hopelessly divided along party lines. That's a stubborn fact, we're told, and the polling bears it out: Democrats dislike…

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House Democrat Introduces Bill To Preserve Trump’s ‘Propaganda’ In Smithsonian Museum

A House Democrat introduced a bill that would direct the Smithsonian to preserve banners bearing President Donald Trump’s face that hang outside federal agency buildings for display in an exhibit on Trump’s “authoritarian narcissism.”

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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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USS Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home after record deployment supporting Iran war

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home to California Thursday, the Navy announced Friday, following a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war and intense scrutiny over ship conditions.

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3 years on, Israelis grapple with reports Netanyahu was warned before Oct. 7 attacks

On the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly warned by regional allies ahead of time.

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Canadian writer Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Canadian won for her ‌“bold and inventive oeuvre” that “has created new forms for contemporary literature.”

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Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature – how she discovered new possibilities within language

At a time when scholarship and creative writing are often treated as separate pursuits, Carson has shown how deeply they belong together.

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Climate Needs Same Urgency as Defense Spending, COP31 Chief Says

Action to curb emissions and bolster resilience to the impacts of extreme weather needs similar urgency to international efforts to lift defense investments, according to the head of next month’s annual global climate change conference.

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Capitals top Penguins in Ovechkin’s final home opener

Captain’s two sons introduce him in front of raucous crowd as he embarks on his farewell season.

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Malaysia PM says will work on Myanmar's ASEAN reintegration

Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing in Malaysia for a two-day visit, his first since he became president in April.

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France’s far right goes woke. Or is it neoliberal?

Marine Le Pen gives a cognitive dissonance-inducing economic speech

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Irate farmers should not limit the EU’s geopolitical ambitions

Resistance to Ukraine’s agricultural exports is undermining the bloc’s influence

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One dead and two children injured in Poland's second school attack in two days

A school employee was killed and two others were injured after a knife attack in Poland - the second such incident in the country in two days

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More Than 30 Russian Drones Entered Poland: Probe Finds Polish SIM Cards, No Perpetrator Identified

Prosecutors cleared the military’s response but left key details classified.

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No broader inflation spiral from energy shock says French central bank chief

Inflation fears coupled with growing concerns about huge government spending have sent bond yields soaring, raising borrowing costs and expectations that central banks will raise interest rates.

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UK lenders scale back mortgage supply for first time in 3 years

British lenders reduced the availability of mortgages and other secured lending to ‌households for the first time in three years during the three months to the end of August, a Bank of England ⁠survey showed on Thursday.

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Takaichi continues to fend off questions about scandal-hit farm minister

Allowing the situation to fester will not bode well for the government’s legislative agenda, especially in the Upper House where it lacks a majority.

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Margaret Hamilton, who worked on Apollo programme, dies

US scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led development of the computer system used by NASA's Apollo lunar programme, has died at the age of 90, her former employer said.

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Anger, misogyny and radicalisation: the online trail of the Flydubai attacker

Co-pilot of flight 1073 gravitated towards the ‘manosphere’ and expressed misogynistic views

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Canadian writer Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson's work often blends verse, prose, dialogue and translation in a genre-defying mix.

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You be the judge: my friend and I bought a tent but she’s moved away. Who owns it now?

Ava shared the initial cost but Ruth has forked out for repairs. You decide who’s on the wrong side of this in-tents debate?

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Question 7 aims to change Mass. zoning law to build more single-family homes

Ballot Question 7 would allow single-family homes to be built on lots that are at least 5,000 square feet — which is a bit bigger than an NBA basketball court. Proponents say this will help create more affordable housing. Opponents say it takes away local decision-making over land use and zoning.

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DNC sues administration over taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ads

Trump announced this week that he and his PAC, MAGA Inc., would pay for the ads moving forward following bipartisan criticism.

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Bad COP, worse COP? EU tempers hopes for UN climate talks

Fragile time for global climate diplomacy as Turkey and Australia's unique joint leadership of COP31 raises doubts about ability to deliver concrete results.

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Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome

Real-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach.

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Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature

Anne Carson, a Canadian poet and essayist, has won the Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy recognized her for her bold and inventive work that engages with classical traditions to create new forms.

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James Blair and Chris LaCivita have Trump world seeing red

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Why REITs aren't getting killed by rising interest rates this time around

REITs have been seen as a low interest rate play. But some experts are making the case that real estate fundamentals today are outweighing even rising rates.

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The real reason for the return of the Parti Québécois

The separatist party won its slender mandate with a right-of-centre focus on fiscal and economic matters, not a referendum promise

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Canadian Poet Anne Carson Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

Carson received the prize for her inventive mix of classical scholarship, lyric poetry and avant-garde translation.

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