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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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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High school protests draw tens of thousands across France for second time in a week

While turnout did not reach the levels seen on October 6, the 'Act IV' of the high school student movement continued on October 8, drawing large crowds from Paris to Marseille and Lyon. Though the atmosphere was mostly positive, there were also clashes at the end of marches.

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'We always respond in kind' — Zelensky addresses Ukrainian attacks on Russian data center

"We certainly are capable," Zelensky said about striking Russian data centers. "We always respond in kind. Regarding data centers, as you all know, they have been and still are striking our data cente...

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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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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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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy

The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.

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Researchers find 180,000 giant tortoises living on island in Seychelles

Figure is highest ever recorded for species and confirms one of Indian Ocean’s greatest conservation success stories

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Musk Loses Trillionaire Status As SpaceX And Tesla Drop Wipes Out $36 Billion

Elon Musk’s fortune fell over $36 billion on Thursday, just days after he regained his trillionaire status.

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US ICE releases Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh from custody

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Nobel Peace Prize Live Updates: Navi Pillay, Former U.N. Human Rights Commissioner, Wins

Ms. Pillay, a South African lawyer, led an investigation that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.

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Japan sees record number of workers’ compensation approvals for mental health in fiscal 2025

The figure, published in this year’s white paper on measures to prevent karōshi, marked a record high for the seventh consecutive year.

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The Making of Elon Musk

Elon Musk: inventor of Elon Musk.

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How to talk to your children about school strikes

While it might be tempting to air your frustrations, a better approach might be a clear, open discussion

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Enzo Maresca speaks to media for first time since Manchester City guilty verdict – live

⚽ All the latest football news heading into the weekend ⚽ Ten things to look out for | Read Football Daily | Mail Billy Football Weekly: You can watch/listen to the pod squad discuss Sunday’s clash between Liverpool and Manchester City, plus much more, in the latest episode. A reminder that Enzo Maresca will face the media in 20 minutes’ time at the Etihad Campus in Manchester. You can follow the press conference live here. Continue reading...

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UP journalist Tkach released but still out of contact, cameraman Bondarenko injured – editor-in-chief

Ukrainska Pravda Editor-in-Chief Sevğil Musaieva has reported that Mykhailo Tkach, head of UP's investigative journalism department, has been released after being detained in Vienna. However, the edit...

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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to the South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay.

The prize was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which received 287 nominees.

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How much noise should we put up with? London and Copenhagen have different answers

A noise researcher compares London and Copenhagen and takes a closer look at what the countries’ different regulations say about how much noise we accept in cities.

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to human rights ‘pioneer’ Navi Pillay

Prize given to South African human rights lawyer for her efforts to promote peace and international law

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Russian attacks kill at least 41, injure 67 across Ukraine as glide bombs strike Zaporizhzhia

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 136 drones, including 93 jet-powered Shahed-type drones, Ukraine's Air Force said.

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Austria Releases Ukrainian Investigative Journalist Mykhailo Tkach After Detention in Vienna

The two journalists had been hunting for a sacked Ukrainian official in hiding who is wanted for corruption, when Vienna law enforcers picked them up.

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Hitler Mussolini wins local election

Peruvian voters pick their new mayor, despite his unusual name.

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Breaking: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Judge Navi Pillay

The prize has been awarded to Judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay for significantly enlarging the scope and impact of international law.

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Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 has been awarded to Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay.

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Carlyle drops out of race for Lukoil international assets

US private equity firm Carlyle Group said on Friday it was no longer actively pursuing a deal to acquire international assets of ‌Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil, a spokesman for the firm said.

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EU’s new list of critical mineral projects focuses on clean energy metals

Lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper dominate the list of European projects that will get special EU treatment.

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The other nine questions in the Alberta referendum

There’s more than just the question of whether to separate from Canada at stake in the Alberta referendum

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Republican congressman tries to outrun a potential blue wave in New York toss-up seat

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-NY, is in a tight race for re-election in a toss-up district that could help determine control of Congress in November.

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DCC investors to receive a lower extra payment as tech unit sells below target price

DCC said its shareholders are set to receive 42 pence per share from that Nexora deal

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South Africa's Navanethem "Navi" Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for her efforts to promote ‌peace and international law," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.

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Hunger grips a rural community hit by Trump’s cuts

Those on the front lines of feeding their neighbors in West Virginia’s coal country say they face unprecedented challenges brought on by Washington.

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Michael Kosta Slams Kimberly Guilfoyle Over Reports She Asked Donor to Pay $100,000 Bill

“Man, if the Justice Department still existed, you’d be in so much trouble,” Michael Kosta said on “The Daily Show.”

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Labour chair of housing committee calls for urgent funds for affordable homes in England

Exclusive: Abena Oppong-Asare urges chancellor to unlock billions of pounds, as housing associations say they could build 41,000 homes in 10 years The Labour chair of the Commons housing committee is urging John Healey to bring forward billions of pounds of planned spending on social and affordable homes in England, after housing associations said they were ready to build tens of thousands more. Abena Oppong-Asare called for the chancellor to allocate money from the £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) as soon as possible, rather than after the election as planned. Continue reading...

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Passenger assistance technology company enters urban rail market with Elizabeth Line roll-out

Transreport has entered the high frequency urban rail market, with its Passenger Assistance digital tool to help railway staff co-ordinate support for passengers with reduced mobility now in use on London’s Elizabeth Line. This builds on previous deployments with the operators of less intensively used routes in Great Britain and Japan. The software developer said

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Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a South African jurist and former UN high commissioner for human rights, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

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