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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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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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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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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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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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After Millions in Stolen SNAP Benefits, Trump Administration Moves to Fight Theft

A week after ProPublica reported how organized crime is stealing food stamp benefits — aided by the government’s refusal to update benefit-card technology — the Department of Agriculture announced pla...

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US Senator Blumenthal opens probe into Ukraine Starshield restrictions

"This decision to limit critical technology for a key ally... (puts) Ukrainian forces at risk and their people in peril," Senator Richard Blumenthal wrote in a letter addressed to U.S. Defense Secreta...

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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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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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The EPA is quietly killing its web archive

Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump's climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.

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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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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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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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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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'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.fr698 pts21h agodiscuss

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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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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Melania Trump secures Oleshky ceasefire between Russia, Ukraine, White House says

Residents of the southern Ukrainian town have reported a deepening food crisis.

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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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Ukraine Says Starlink Isn’t Working, Despite Trump’s Promise to Restore It

Soldiers and government officials say connections continued to fail if drones fly at high speeds.

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Europe's heat claims 50,000 lives. Climate change blamed for two-thirds of deaths

Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.

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Malaria Parasite Caught in the Act of Breaking and Entering

In medieval Italy, it was accepted wisdom that anyone walking near a swamp risked falling ill from bad air mala aria. Victims were struck with fever, headache, nausea, and chills, and occasionally the illness escalated to vomiting, jaundice, and death. Today, we still call this affliction malaria. For much of human history, it has ravaged populations in humid tropical and subtropical regions… Source

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CVS is trying out pharmacists in chronic health management

CVS Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips on Friday said healthcare affordability and access could potentially improve if pharmacists in its 9,000 retail stores play a bigger role in chronic disease management, helping consumers stay on top of their most important health ‌metrics.

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GOP Sen. Susan Collins Says Trump Will Nix Some Canadian Tariffs—As She Faces Tight Senate Contest

Democrat Troy Jackson was two points ahead of Collins in a Suffolk University poll released Oct. 14.

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Donald Trump tells Andy Burnham the UK will become 'very rich' by drilling in the North Sea

Donald Trump has said he told Andy Burnham the UK is set to become "a very rich country" after the prime minister decided to allow drilling in the North Sea.

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Texas sues OpenAI, Sam Altman over product safety

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Arizona Supreme Court limits Clean Elections’ power but lets fraud probe continue

Clean Elections Supreme Court ruling: The commission can’t override candidate qualification but can keep investigating fraud

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Trump’s broken promises: economy, war and ICE

Mehdi Hasan debates ex-Trump adviser Steve Cortes on the economy, Trump’s immigration policies and Islamophobia.

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Russia, Ukraine agree to Melania Trump-brokered localised ceasefire

President Trump says it was First Lady Melania Trump’s initiative that led to a ceasefire in Oleshky.

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Indiana police officer arrested for using Flock cameras to search wife

Justin Craig charged with official misconduct and fraud, after searching plates of wife and ‘previous acquaintance’ An Indiana police officer has been arrested on allegations that he misused Flock cameras hundreds of times in a case involving his wife and a previous acquaintance of hers. Georgetown police department officer Justin Craig was charged with official misconduct and two counts of fraud. Documents show that he searched his wife’s license plate more than 80 times and that of a “previous acquaintance” of hers nearly 250 times, the news outlet WLKY reported. Continue reading...

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Costa Rica AG says new joint DEA ops will target politicians, businessmen

Costa Rica will deepen cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration to target what the nation's newly re-elected attorney general calls "invisible drug traffickers," including ‌business executives and politicians hiding alleged links to the drug trade behind respectable public profiles.

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Colorado must approve federal election observers in Adams County, state law says | Colorado Newsline

The U.S. Department of Justice notified Adams County that it plans to send election observers for the Nov. 3 midterm.

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Netflix Turned A Controversial Experiment From The '70s Into A Reality Show. Experts Say It Shouldn't Have.

“Calling this show a scientific ‘experiment’ in any form is misleading,” said one media psychologist.

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This Race Could Produce the Biggest Upset of the Year

David Jolly used to be a Republican. Now he’s running as a Democrat in a state that hasn’t elected a Dem governor in almost three decades.

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Appeals court shores up ICE mass detention policy

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AI 'hallucinations' in court filings show signs of slowdown, but judges still sound alarms

New instances of "hallucinations" and other AI-generated errors in court filings fell in the second and third quarters of 2026, according to new research, indicating that lawyers and other users may be taking greater precautions or that newer generative AI models could be less prone to mistakes.

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Backpackers say visa changes reduce incentive to do jobs many Aussies avoid

There is one main reason backpackers take on the tough jobs in regional Australia, and it is about to disappear.

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Prince William Reveals The 2 Careers He Might’ve Pursued Outside Royal Life

Both professions involve clubbing to some extent.

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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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Federal regulators crack down on organ donation groups | Arkansas Advocate

Federal regulators are cracking down on the nonprofits responsible for coordinating organ donations, aiming to begin shutting down substandard groups by early next year.

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Italy's cities in security 'lockdown' for Saturday protests

On 24 October Rome will be locked down with 1,500 officers, Milan with 1,800 police and soldiers.

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Full unofficial tally shows Albertans rejected 4 of 9 referendum questions, plus separation

The tally is still unofficial but shows a clear majority opposed all questions regarding seeking constitutional amendments.

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'H3 Podcast' going on 'indefinite hiatus' amid Ethan Klein affair allegations

Members of the 'H3 Podcast' team showed their support to Hila Klein after she accused her husband, Ethan Klein, of having a months-long affair.

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Trump says US will 'take care of Cuba' on its way back from Iran

President Donald ‌Trump said on Friday the United States would take care of Cuba after dealing with Iran and would send Secretary of State Marco Rubio to finish the deal.

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Trump’s DOJ sues over Alaska Senate race, expanding preelection legal fights • Ohio Capital Journal

The U.S. Department of Justice is stepping up its legal campaign over the midterm elections, appealing a lawsuit against suspected noncitizen voters in California and suing Alaska over its U.S.…

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