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Pete Hegseth's firing squad livestream has fans in the defense industry

Co-founders of Palantir and defense tech firm Anduril are defending "public and brutal" executions.

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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis,...

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Hungary removes anti-LGBTQ provisions from 'child protection' law, batting back Orban legacy

The vote was praised by rights groups, who add that 'there is still a lot to do' on LGBTQ rights.

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Homeland Security raids Ilhan Omar's residence

Trump's fixation on the Minnesota lawmaker has exploded into full-on lawfare weeks before the elections.

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Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.

Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won...

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Ukraine's EU accession bid advances with new chapter

Ukrainian lawmakers on Monday passed legislation protecting the rights of national minorities, which removes a major hurdle in Kyiv's bid for membership.

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Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ has already gotten under Elon Musk’s skin. It goes nationwide this week

Elon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.”

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French Navy intercepts Russian shadow fleet tanker in Indian Ocean

The tanker DF Peak, previously named Kaliningrad, has falsely sailed under the flag of Benin and is sanctioned by the U.S, EU, Switzerland, Canada, and Japan.

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Angry at Trump's Russian diesel deal? Here's how you can help Ukraine bomb Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump had a busy weekend, undermining sanctions on Russia, blaming Ukraine for the war Russia started — again — and insisting that Russian refineries become drone-free zones. "W...

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A disastrous day for French supermarkets after massive cyberattack targets refrigeration systems

Freezers and cold-storage rooms at several hundred stores overheated overnight from October 11 to 12, causing tons of merchandise losses. The vulnerability, linked to software made by the Danish company Danfoss, has been identified. France’s cybercrime office has opened an investigation.

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Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk

The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.

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Government spent $10 million on pro-Trump ads after president said super PAC would fund

Nearly $22 million in taxpayers funds has been spent to air the ads, with nearly half spent after Trump promised to fund what the White House calls public service announcements through his super PAC.

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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear

The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.

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He Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There’s No Rule Against It.

Pennsylvania promises legal help to those who say they were unfairly convicted of crimes. Failed by a troubled system, some incarcerated people are left waiting years for their lawyers to act.

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How Ken Paxton Fabricated “Horsesh*t” Case Against a Texas Mosque

Paxton and Governor Greg Abbott charged a mosque with fraud despite multiple bureaucrats finding issues with their case.

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Chicago police find killer in 65-year-old cold case murder of little girl — one of their own

DNA technology that didn’t exist when Gloria Kowalewicz, 8, was killed in 1960 led investigators to Thomas F. McInerney Jr., who was a homicide detective for the Chicago Police Department.

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Women ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’

Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment Women with autoimmune conditions are up to 74% more likely than men to be told their symptoms are psychological or psychosomatic, and face much longer waits for a diagnosis and treatment, a study suggests. Hundreds of millions of people – about one in 10 globally – are affected by autoimmune conditions, which can cause a range of health issues including fatigue, muscle pain and rashes. Continue reading...

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Trump says Ukraine, Russia agree to energy strike ceasefire 'because I said they agreed'

The U.S. president's comments came after he unilaterally announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on Oct. 11, causing confusion in Kyiv. According to a senior Ukrainian official, Ukrai...

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Hundreds of supermarkets in France hit by ‘unprecedented' cyberattack

Hackers raise temperatures in supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food in 'large-scale' cyberattack.

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RJ Mitte, 'Breaking Bad' actor and disability rights champion, dies at 34

Actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte, who brought a lifetime of experience with cerebral palsy to fictional family struggles in an essential role on "Breaking Bad," died Monday at age 34.

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GOP Group Spends Thousands to Help Susan Collins—in Wrong Portland

The people of Portland, Oregon, were probably very confused about why they were being flooded with information about the Maine Senate race.

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Anti-Troy Jackson Ad Runs in Oregon, Not Maine

An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Mr. Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor running the ad in Oregon.

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Explained

Many cities and states are observing the day. President Trump has declared himself a supporter of Columbus Day.

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Trump posts a made-up quote from Denzel Washington praising him

The actor’s team confirmed that the quote is fabricated.

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Russia's Federal Security Service said it ‌detained a Japanese journalist who it alleged had been gathering information ⁠on Russia's defence capabilities, news agencies reported on Tuesday.

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The SpaceX threat to telecom is real. How it could play out

SpaceX’s spectrum push has rattled Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. Analysts see several paths for Starlink to challenge U.S. wireless.

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More homebuyers are taking a chance on adjustable-rate mortgages, hoping rates will fall—here’s how to think about that bet

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Ban on public sale of nitrous oxide being considered over damage to young people’s health

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Lukashenko Denies Belarus Breached Latvian Border as Experts Claim Intelligence Operation - The Moscow Times

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday claimed Latvia staged a security breach on its border last week after a previously unknown group took responsibility for the raid.

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Google says Gemini 4 Argon is a 'powerhouse' AI model -- and it's rolling out now

Google's new Argon model is the first of the Gemini 4 family, and Google's chance to reassert itself in the AI race.

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Ahold has no indication client data was stolen in cybersecurity incident

Dutch supermarket company Ahold Delhaize has no indication that client data has ‌been stolen in the cybersecurity incident that forced it to shut down several systems in recent days, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Location, location, Kirkland: How Costco is influencing where we live

Forget good schools and curb appeal. Proximity to Costco is the hot new neighborhood amenity reshaping where Americans choose to live.

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November 16-20, 2026: Bellingcat Deep-Dive into Open Source Investigations (Five-Day Workshop). Toronto, Canada - bellingcat

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More than 119 million Brazilians voted in the Oct. 4 election – including about 21,000 Florida residents

Brazilian voters abroad mirror the deep polarization shaping politics in their home country.

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After heated hearing, judge orders Trump officials to testify about tree removal

The order followed an extraordinary hearing Monday in which the judge rebuked government lawyers for allowing approximately 430 trees to be removed.

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Cotton’s absence takes center stage at debate between Arkansas’ US Senate candidates

Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton was not in the room as his Democratic and Libertarian challengers debated Monday, but criticism of the Arkansas lawmaker’s record and his absence from the debate took center stage.

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Apple Unveils $299 HomeView Hub as Part of New Smart Home Push

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Florida to execute a prisoner who killed his cellmate in hopes of getting a death sentence

A Florida prisoner who claimed he killed his cellmate so he could be moved to death row is set to be executed, nearly 18 years after the fatal attack.

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‘It’s cruel’: Annapolis mayor slammed for denying citation to Black activist

Mayor Jared Littmann said he denied a request for a ceremonial citation honoring longtime activist Philp Ateto because Ateto "crossed the line" into antisemitism.

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NJ Transit riders will face detours and delays for the second time this year as workers complete a bridge replacement. Tuesday is the first regular workday of the five-week project.

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US ambassador to Greece resigns amid misconduct allegations

Kimberly Guilfoyle denies allegations that she offered access to Trump administration officials in exchange for money.

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