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Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.

Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that expe...

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Amid Starlink crisis, Finnish tech giants announce plan to help Ukraine build its own sovereign satellite system

"Ukraine needs secure, sovereign, and high-performance satellite communications systems that it controls," ICEYE CEO Rafal Modrzewski said in a press release announcing the deal with Kyiv.

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Kushner Phone Hack Reveals How Middle East Dictators Bought Him Off

Middle East dictators created a massive slush fund for Jared Kushner.

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Kyiv denies reports that Trump, Musk have restored Starlink speeds in Ukraine

"Overall, nothing has changed anywhere," a Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 22. Starlink's speed cap of 161 kilometers per hour remains in effect, the official said.

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Anna Paulina Luna’s husband owns 10 percent of drone startup that got $37 million in Pentagon deals

“Americans deserve a Congress that works for them, not for special interests or personal portfolios,” the Florida Republican said in 2025. Then the federal contracts started rolling in.

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Analysis: Ukraine’s Starshield access is still crippled, and no one is taking the blame

Eleven days after Ukraine's Starshield terminals started mysteriously malfunctioning, there is still nobody in Washington who wants to take responsibility, while Trump administration officials continu...

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What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing

Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref...

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Heat killed over 50,000 people in Europe in summer 2026, making it deadliest on record

A study conducted by two British institutions covering 854 urban areas found that the heatwaves of summer 2026 were far more lethal than those of 2003 or 2022.

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Melania Trump helps forge a ceasefire deal in Russian-occupied Oleshky, the White House says

The White House says first lady Melania Trump has brokered an upcoming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the war-ravaged city of Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians.

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Supreme Court says New Hampshire student IDs can’t be used to vote in November

The high court said a federal judge should not have changed the rules so close to the Nov. 3 election by blocking guidance issued by New Hampshire’ secretary of state.

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Democrats demand “unredacted log” of attendees at $TRUMP meme coin dinner

Senators seem to be signaling a probe of the president's crypto empire.

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Ken Paxton’s Trust Gave a $600,000 Infusion to a Convicted Fraudster’s Company

The blind trust’s investment in Wildcatter offers a new, unreported look at the attorney general’s financial ties with the very type of business executives whose prosecutions he typically celebrates.

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Actor Tom Skerritt, who played dads, cops and commanding officers, has died

Skerritt was Captain Dallas in Alien, Viper in Top Gun, and a small town sheriff in the TV series Picket Fences.

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Rejected Ballots Skyrocketed in Five States Thanks to USPS

A new report reveals that the U.S. Postal Service is threatening the integrity of mail-in voting in rural areas.

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Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn

People succumbed to heat at highest rates in Malta, Italy and Hungary, with health issues, loneliness and poverty exacerbating toll

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AI Bots Are Accessing People’s Bank Accounts Unprompted

Banks are rushing to update their terms of service and block the bots.

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Finns are seething after Google illegally toppled 250,000 trees for a data center

The company was ordered to stop work, but it clear-cut anyway.

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'Beyond the cost of living, what was at stake on October 17 was the unraveling of our democracy'

This day of protest reflects an anger that has built up through the last 10 years over the lack of listening from those in power, writes Le Monde economic journalist Aline Leclerc, in her column.

lemonde.fr691 pts19h agodiscuss

Trump administration files lawsuit to block possible Democratic win in Alaska Senate race

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.

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Jared Kushner Blasts ‘Outrageous’ Vanity Fair Over Report On Alleged Undisclosed Foreign Bank Accounts

The report claims Kushner’s phone was hacked and showed transfers from multi-million-dollar slush funds created by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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2 ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop

Two ex-FBI officials have been charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop. One former FBI intelligence official specialized in foreign election interference.

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DOJ seeks to block Alaska Senate result if Republican incumbent narrowly loses

In a lawsuit, the Justice Department cited confusion over two similarly named candidates, including Republican Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan.

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Federal judge restricts DHS field operations looking for noncitizen voters

The judge found the department's field operations to identify noncitizens who voted likely violated the Voting Rights Act, which bars voter intimidation.

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New human data hints at psychedelics' potential to combat inflammation

Lab studies have shown that psychedelics like psilocybin can lower inflammation and may be protective for a range of illnesses. Now, researchers are publishing some of the first data in humans that signals this holds potential for patients with neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar says she will move out of her Washington, DC, home after federal search

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar will move out of her Washington, D.C., home that federal agents searched last week, she said Wednesday, noting that attention brought on by the raid has made her feel unsafe there...

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EXCLUSIVE: France's urea supply from Algeria under threat as diplomatic tensions persist, sources say

Algeria has instructed urea producers to stop exporting the fertiliser to France in an intensification of trade curbs that have followed a diplomatic rift between Algeria and its former colonial ruler, according to diplomats and industry sources.

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'Clayface' is underbaked body horror

Like its protagonist, the film shoots out its goopy, mud-brown, protoplasmic feelers into the undiscovered territory of horror, but it does so too tentatively.

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In the 60s, Weizenbaum tried to show the limitations of AI. No-one listened

With his new play Eliza, Tom Holloway brings to life the true story of computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum and the early AI program he created in the 60s.

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ANALYSIS: When it comes to new technology, being first can come at a cost

The federal government thinks it's on a winner by aggressively driving the country towards AI, but it may have a big job ahead convincing voters of the benefits.

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Airbnb host floats 'dishes and utensils fee' as guest chore ban sparks debate

A plan for a national Airbnb host blackout is on the cards as anger erupts over the company's crackdown on guest check-out chores.

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ANALYSIS: Israel's election could be a turning point for the entire Middle East

In a region struggling through conflict on many fronts, there is a fear that the upcoming Israeli election could have enormous flow-on effects for the entire Middle East.

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Mediator to decide whether Nick Reiner's trust fund can pay for defense in murder case

Nick Reiner's fight to access more than half a million dollars in trust fund money to defend himself against allegations he murdered his parents last year will now go before a mediator.

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China calls on oil, gas firms to boost output, build strategic supply bases

China's National Energy Administration has called on the country's oil ‌and gas firms to expand production capacity, speed up the creation of national strategic oil and ⁠gas supply bases and take responsibility for safeguarding national energy security.

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View: Human complacency creates the AI age’s biggest problems

The bugs OpenAI models discovered this week have existed for more than a decade, and PHP, the programming language that contained them, is 30 years old.

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Russia announces October 27 ceasefire on southern Ukraine’s Kherson front to evacuate residents of occupied Oleshky — Meduza

Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian military’s General Staff, said Russian forces would cease fire on the Kherson front starting at 4 a.m. on October 27 for a humanitarian operation in Oleshky…

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Chuck Pfarrer exposes Russia’s escalating “hot war” against NATO and the technique European governments use to control public reaction: “Outrage Management.”

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White House Directly Intervened to Shut Down Epstein Files Probe

Donald Trump’s team helped craft the memo announcing there would be no further investigation.

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The Founders warned against secret arrests. ICE is testing that principle.

A lawsuit filed by The Marshall Project argues that ICE must disclose the names of immigrant detainees because you can’t check a government that won’t say who it’s holding.

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NASA, Virginia Launch Power Partnership for Energy Security

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is helping to foster long-term energy security in Virginia. NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is partnering with the Virginia Department of Energy to support informed decisions for effective energy generation, delivery and use by providing solar, meteorological, and future weather risk datasets for energy system modeling and planning purposes. Under a new Space Act Agreement announced during a ceremony Friday, the partnership will use NASA expertise in atmospheric sciences to assist Virginia Energy in support of resiliency studies, resource analysis, and long-term energy planning. “NASA Langley relishes the opportunity to put our unique science data into the hands of those who want to improve people’s lives,” said NASA Langley Deputy Director Allen Kilgore. “This collaboration with Virginia Energy will benefit the citizens of Virginia and provide stronger energy security for the Commonwealth.” NASA Langley Deputy Director Allen Kilgore and Virginia Energy Director Vince Maiden sign a new Space Act Agreement during a ceremony announcing the partnership at NASA Langley in Ham

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The Party That Must Not Be Named

Sherrod Brown doesn’t want you to know he’s a Democrat.

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Australia’s wish for a kinder, gentler politics seems doomed to disappointment

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Trump administration offers mixed messages on limits to Ukraine's Starshield access

Recent efforts to throttle Ukraine’s access to satellite systems have created a blame game of sorts among Trump administration officials and their allies, who have offered mixed messages about what le...

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A record number of women are running for state legislatures this year • Ohio Capital Journal

A record number of women are running for state legislative seats this November, more than two-thirds of whom are Democrats. Across the 46 states with legislative seats on the ballot, a total of 3,824…

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Old Kildonan candidates say growing ward not getting share of city resources

Old Kildonan’s three candidates for councillor all agree on one thing: their ward’s communities are growing quickly, and they want to see city investments keep up.

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Food Bank of Alaska is expanding to better prepare for disasters

The food bank has outgrown its current space, CEO Cara Durr says, and the new facility will help stock resources to better prepare for disasters.

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CVC, GBL hold 74.3% of Italian drugmaker Recordati at end of takeover offer period

CVC and Belgian investment firm GBL, which this month raised their bid for Italian pharmaceutical group Recordati to €53 a share, ‌had secured a 74.3% stake in the firm by the end of the offer period, a regulatory filing showed on Friday.

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Retired NYPD cop accused of fatally shooting man in road rage incident

Prosecutors said former NYPD Det. Victor Romero shot and killed Koran Irvine on the George Washington Bridge, then drove off.

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Bolsonaro Embraced by Amazon Town Rebelling Against Green Policies

In Brazil’s Novo Progresso, where many people farm land that used to be part of the rainforest, support for the conservative candidate is overwhelming.

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For decades, he’s hunted tickets from Cal Ripken’s ‘Iron Man’ streak. Just 8 elude him

Lifelong Orioles fan Rick Taylor has spent 28 years collecting tickets from every game of Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,632-game streak.

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Trump’s DOJ sues over Alaska Senate race, expanding preelection legal fights

The U.S. Department of Justice is stepping up its legal campaign over the midterm elections, suing Alaska over its U.S. Senate election and appealing a lawsuit against suspected noncitizen voters in California.Election law experts have cast doubt on the strength of the cases, criticizing them as performative.

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