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France's interior minister said stun grenades would be temporarily withdrawn from use at protests organized by high school students 'just long enough to understand what happened.'

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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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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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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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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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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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“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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'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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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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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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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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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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The truth about Trump’s plan to bring back execution by firing squad

A veteran death penalty lawyer says it is part of the administration’s “brutality trip.”

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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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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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Hurricane Isaias is expected to get stronger on its way to Florida, Alabama and Mississippi coasts

Some Gulf oil wells paused production, and at least four Florida school districts canceled classes for later in the week.

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He said looking like Trump would get him elected. He got 161 votes.

Plínio Vicentin Júnior, who ran for Congress in Brazil as “Plinio Trump,” came in 626th place.

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India defends satellite internet approval process after Elon Musk jab

Musk has claimed unnamed entities are blocking Starlink's launch to maintain their monopoly.

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EU watchdog warns debt could reach €1 trillion by 2027

The EU's budget watchdog has warned that the EU's overall debt level could reach €1 trillion by 2027.

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Sardinian village where high number of women reach 100 could be new centenarian ‘blue zone’

Longevity of the women in Bolotana is three times higher than that of most western women, scientist says

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James Carville Has 2 Explanations For Trump’s Behavior, And Neither Is Flattering

The longtime Democratic strategist offered a brutal assessment of the president ahead of the midterms.

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Morocco’s surveillance state does not stop at Western Sahara — and Europe can no longer pretend not to know

As new evidence emerges of Moroccan spying on Sahrawi activists, including in Europe, European governments continue to deepen their security ties with Rabat without seriously questioning how those capabilities are being used.

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Will Berlin help Britain rejoin the EU?

With conference season in the rear-view mirror, Andy Burnham jets off to Germany for his first European trip as PM – but how much do Anglo-German relations matter right now? Sam Coates and An…

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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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O'Donovan and Bakhurst at odds over RTÉ's funding, so why was the broadcaster left €20m short?

The broadcaster says the government has broken a three-year funding agreement, while ministers insist RTÉ has not made enough progress on reform.

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French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU

Finance minister, Roland Lescure, welcomes Burnham’s pledge to explore closer ties with bloc The French finance minister has invited the UK to “come all the way back” to the European Union after Andy Burnham raised the prospect of a new referendum to reverse Brexit. Roland Lescure was speaking after the prime minister used his Labour conference speech to pledge that the government would explore closer ties with the bloc at a summit later this year. Continue reading...

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Suspected Iranian Drone Plot Raises Security Questions at U.K. Bases

The rise of drone warfare brings questions about how to protect large and expensive assets like bombers—even thousands of miles from front lines of conflict.

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China’s oil tactics have been clever. Now the costs are mounting

The choices it faces will have global repercussions

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French school blockades persist after PM's unspecified promises

Teenagers blockaded some high schools and prepared to rally again after the government promised to address their grievances about teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings but gave no specific ‌details.

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Democrats call on Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith for basketball gaffe

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'The Orange Plague': Naked Trump statue on display at European Parliament in Strasbourg

A gold statue depicting Donald Trump fully naked and crushing a smaller man’s shoulders has been unveiled in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France.

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France to release diesel reserves in a bid to calm student protests

Students are taking to the streets over underfunding in education as the government seeks to find budget cuts to appease bond markets.

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Nobel winner Kenso Soai says he understood the significance of his research

“I may sound arrogant, but I had thought I would not get complaints if I won,” the Japanese scientist said of his achievement.

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UK and Israel broker compromise over East Jerusalem consulate

Both sides claim a win — but relations have soured over British plans to sanction West Bank settlements.

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US voices concern over France's public finance crisis

Between 3% and 4% of the country's debt is held by American investors, particularly private equity funds.

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UK to continue 'vital services' after Jerusalem consulate ends functions

Britain says its nearly 200-year-old consulate in Jerusalem will remain operating at a smaller scale after Israel ordered it shut in a dispute over sanctions on settlements.

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‘I thought the baby would change him’: the women whose pregnancies are blighted by domestic abuse

An estimated 20,000 cases are disclosed to maternity services in England every year. Two survivors tell their stories

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Houthis Escalate Attacks on Saudi Airports, Killing 3 and Wounding Dozens

The deadly strikes deepen a conflict between the kingdom and its Iran-backed foes in Yemen.

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Kemi Badenoch is gearing up for a ‘battle of ideas’ with Labour

She said the next general election would be between Labour and the Conservatives.

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Canada is at risk of missing its emission goals, climate report says

Climate policy changes and focus on major infrastructure development could put goals further out of reach, report co-author says

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