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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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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.

Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...

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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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2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay

The former UN human rights commissioner was recognized for her efforts to promote peace and international law

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Winner of 2026 Nobel peace prize to be announced - Europe Live

The winner will be announced in a ceremony that starts at 10am UK time (11am CEST) The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced this morning, with all sorts of speculation about who could be this year’s worthy winner. (Despite his hopes, Donald Trump is very unlikely to win it, again.) Continue reading...

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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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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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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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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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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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US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after Nobel award to former judge

The court rejected the US sanctions as an attack on international law and warned in a statement that 'history will judge this moment.'

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UN says Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter would amount to torture – US politics live

Condemnation comes amid fierce backlash from US lawmakers who branded the move ‘grotesque’ and compared it to actions of some terror groups and oppressive governments * Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed According to rights group Amnesty International, at least 17 public executions are known to have been carried out in 2025 – six in Afghanistan and 11 in Iran. The Death Penalty Information Center says that 135 soldiers have been executed by the US military since 1916. Continue reading...

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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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EXCLUSIVE: Friend of suspected FBI data thief says he warned 'crazy' teen not to hack bureau

A friend of the suspected thief of a massive cache of personal data from the FBI says he begged the teenager not to do it.

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Trump says voter fraud is rampant. The evidence says otherwise.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” conservative activist J. Christian Adams is challenged on his claims of widespread voter fraud in the US. Then he abruptly ends the interview.

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Ukrainian investigative journalist Mykhailo Tkach detained in Austria while on assignment

The acclaimed journalist was reportedly on an editorial assignment in Vienna with his colleague Yaroslav Bondarenko when he was detained by Austrian authorities.

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South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize

South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.

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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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Founder of Rybar, Russian war propaganda channel, detained in Montenegro

Mikhail Zvinchuk, his wife Valeria Zvinchuk, and three other associates were detained in an operation by Montenegrin police and security service on the morning of Oct. 9, local media reported.

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Exclusive: House Democrats ask Kimberly Guilfoyle for records related to alleged pay-to-pay scheme

Democrats from the House Oversight Committee on Thursday asked U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle for financial records and communications with Trump administration officials after allegatio...

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Drugs in jars, bags of cash: Tennessee ignored warnings from Arizona's botched executions

Christa Pike's botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada's watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee's prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona.

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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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Open letter to the US administration: The G20 invitation to Putin should come with conditions

The Trump administration recently announced that it has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to December's G20 summit in Miami. This invitation erodes the well-deserved isolation of Putin for his...

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Hitler Mussolini wins local election

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

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Manchester United’s early wobble makes Tottenham visit a must-win for Carrick

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U.S. working to reverse an Egyptian man's third-country deportation to Africa

The Trump administration's effort to return Ahmed Soliman to the U.S. come after an Arizona judge said his deportation violated due process.

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Two men arrested at UK airbase used by US released on bail

British counter-terrorism police said on Friday that two Latvian men who were arrested on Thursday inside a Royal ‌Air Force base in eastern England that is used by US forces had been released on bail.

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Christa Pike survived her execution. This Is Why

A notorious killer on death row for three decades was supposed to be executed by lethal injection, except she didn't die.

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Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution

Vice President JD Vance has expressed doubts about the Pentagon's plan to livestream the Fort Hood shooter's execution. He says he would not watch.

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Trump pressures Mexico for energy deals in crunch trade talks

Move triggers alarm in Mexico City, where domestic control of sensitive sector is part of modern political identity

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Plot Twist newsletter: Silicon Valley is taking over your screen

Alexandra Suich Bass, our culture editor, examines whether tech’s bad boys make for good viewing

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It's time for Man Utd to press the nuclear button

Michael Carrick is one match from the knacker's yard

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French police arrest three 17-year-olds suspected of running stolen data websites

France's anti-cybercrime unit has closed two websites alleged to be ‌selling stolen data and arrested three 17-year-olds suspected of running them, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in ⁠a statement on Friday.

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Court Sets November Extradition Hearings For Andrew And Tristan Tate

Andrew and Tristan Tate, the “manosphere” influencers facing dozens of charges including rape and assault in the United Kingdom, will face final extradition hearings in Miami next month, a federal judge said.

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Play Catalogues: Friday, October 9, 2026

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National scrutiny on mail ballots changed Utah’s elections system • West Virginia Watch

All Utah voters have automatically received a mail ballot since 2020. The reliably red state had championed universal mail voting. However, with voting under greater national scrutiny, Utah…

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The plague never went away. Cases are reported in parts of Africa and the U.S. nearly every year

The plague, the rare bacterial infection infamously known for killing tens of millions in 14th-century Europe, never went away. It is now easily treated with antibiotics.

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Election betting is booming as the midterms near. Do states have the power to curb it? • Minnesota Reformer

A growing number of state officials fear prediction markets are opening the door to a new era of gambling on elections — a practice many states have long prohibited.

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Montenegro expels founder of Russian pro-war Telegram channel Rybar, citing ‘potentially dangerous’ activities — Meduza

Montenegro is expelling Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of the Russian pro-war Telegram channel Rybar, from the country. News of his detention emerged on the morning of October 9.

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Exclusive: Octopus looks to buy software startups to manage data center demand

“We’re very much looking for interesting opportunities in that space,” Octopus US CEO Nick Chaset told Semafor.

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Are Russian opinions on the War in Ukraine shifting?

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ABC Wants More Involuntary Care. No, Say Vancouver Liberals | The Tyee

Converting St. Paul’s wouldn’t help people who use drugs or who are unhoused, says mayoral candidate Kareem Allam.

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You’re Funding Trump’s New Ads

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Pia Miranda says a Looking for Alibrandi reboot is 'definitely around'

The beloved actor chats identity, food, the hunt for the Recipe of the Year — and a potential sequel to Looking for Alibrandi.

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ANALYSIS: Labor's surcharge headache exposes a government on the back foot

After furious backlash from small businesses, the electorate and some of his own colleagues, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rapidly reversed two major government decisions. But is it enough?

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'Cutthroat' hawker culture fights for survival in Singapore

The city state boasts a rich and vibrant hawker scene serving affordable and delicious food, but faces the choice of preserving heritage or low prices.

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How Firmus, the biggest IPO in three decades, fell over

There were high hopes for the Firmus float, but it sunk amid concerns about debt and ambitious expansion plans.

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Beau Lamarre-Condon's messages about Jesse Baird before alleged murders

Texts between double-murder accused Beau Lamarre-Condon and a colleague show how he perceived his on-again-off-again relationship with alleged victim Jesse Baird.

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North Carolina woman doesn't have First Amendment right to publish video of cop shooting her dogs, court rules

The ruling upholds North Carolina's restrictive body camera law, which makes police footage nonpublic by default and limits public access.

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Darkness into light: Frank McNally on a history-themed quiz in Joyce’s Nighttown

The pub quiz was just around the corner from World’s End, and one of the more famous corners in world literature

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