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• Avalanche kills 15 Nepali workers preparing Himalayan mountain camp for climbers

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• Russian drone hits Kyiv apartment block, kills one, say officials

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• 'Prepared ourselves for the worst': FlyDubai passenger recounts moments during cockpit attack

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• Pak government holds talks with Imran Khan's party to defuse tensions ahead of long march ...

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• Northern Ireland announces new driving licence laws for young drivers: All you need to know ...

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
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• Mystery behind WhatsApp's confusing delete feature: Here's the hidden workaround you need to know

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
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• Motivational Quote of the Day by Calista Flockhart: “So people think I’m lying about my ...

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
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• In 1985, Harrison Ford bought an 800-acre ranch along Wyoming's Snake River. 41 years later, ...

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
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• In 1950s America, Ronald Read began buying everyday blue-chip stocks; decades later, the janitor left ...

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
  Ronald Read did not work in finance. He spent about...
  
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• How doctors failed to execute Christa Pike seven times

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• House Democrats urge White House to confront Turkish government over anti-LGBTQ crackdown

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
  More than 60 House Democrats on Thursday called upon the Trump-Vance administration to confront the Turkish government over its anti-LGBTQ crackdown. Turkish authorities last month detained dozens of people during raids that targeted the country’s LGBTQ community, advocacy groups, and HIV/AIDS service organizations. Journalists were among those taken into custody outside an Istanbul courthouse on Sept. 15 during a protest against the raids that are part of the government’s “My
  
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• Gov. Kathy Hochul taps Letitia James to lead Cornell rape investigation

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
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• French school protests: Thousands of arrests, hundreds of schools closed and dozens of teachers attacked ...

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• Fed seen skipping October rate hike as job market cools

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• Farmers block key Portugal-Spain road in protest over fuel costs

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
  LISBON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of tractors and agricultural vehicles blocked National Road 260 in the southern Serpa municipality on Friday in protest against high diesel prices...
  
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• Ebola treatment centre was burned down as death toll in Congo passes 4,000

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
  Julien Harneis, the UN senior Ebola coordinator, said creating Ebola transit and treatment centres has been a struggle, requiring money and staff, all of which are in short supply. ......
  
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• Bezos Earth Fund’s $26 million FireSat could detect 15-by-15-foot fires anywhere on Earth within 20 ...

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
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• Bad travel advice from AI: From bogus bars to visa fails

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
  Bodog reports on AI travel planner fails, cautioning against relying solely on chatbots for planning trips after examples of erroneous advice and dangerous recommendations. ......
  
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• At New York City Ballet’s Fall Gala, Sarah Jessica Parker and Steve Nicks Bring the ...

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
  There were cascading ribbons, a flower crown and a “Landslide”-inspired performance at the New York City Ballet’s annual fall fashion gala. ......
  
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• At 27, Howard Lutnick helped make $300 million; decades later, he reports $250 million in ...

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
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• As Gas Prices Rose, Sales of Larger Vehicles Slid

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
  Sales of big pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles have dipped as more Americans buy hybrids and smaller cars. ......
  
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• Arkansas gem hunter finds a diamond he claims could be worth $1 million

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
  Thousands of gem enthusiasts visit the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, each year. It is one of the only places in the world where the public can dig for and keep their diamonds. As many as 800 ......
  
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• Amber Guyger, ex-cop who shot neighbor in his apartment, gets parole

  02-10-2026 15:38 via article.wn.com
  The ex-Dallas police officer sentenced for murder in the 2018 shooting of a Black man in his apartment has been approved for parole. Amber Guyger, 38, shot and killed Botham Jean, then 26, in 2018 after she said she mistook his apartment as her own and thought Jean was an intruder. She was convicted of murder and given a 10-year sentence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Oct. 1 approved her for parole after seven...
  
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• Zalak Mehta: 'What Really Stayed With Me Was His Humility'

  02-10-2026 15:17 via article.wn.com
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• U.S. adds disappointing 29,000 jobs in September as unemployment ticks up

  02-10-2026 15:17 via article.wn.com
  U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy. Hiring dropped from a revised 133,000 in August, the Labor Department reported. The unemployment rose to a still-low 4.2% from 4.1% in August Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE Economists had expecte
  
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• Urgent: U.S. adds less nonfarm jobs in Sept. with unemployment rate ticking up

  02-10-2026 15:17 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. nonfarm payrolls increased by...
  
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• UAE presidential adviser calls Flydubai flight incident "terrorist act"

  02-10-2026 15:17 via article.wn.com
  DUBAI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said on Friday that the incident aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was a "terrorist act", praising the...
  
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• Trump weighs diesel export ban; Macron rallies G7 leaders over surging energy prices — inside ...

  02-10-2026 15:17 via article.wn.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron plans a G7...
  
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• The Latest: Trump will campaign in Alabama ahead of the midterm elections

  02-10-2026 15:17 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail as he seeks to shore up lagging enthusiasm in his party ahead of next month’s midterm elections. On Friday, he’ll attend a rally in Alabama, then travel to Ohio on Saturday. ......
  
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• Seoul's anger with Kyiv over POWs may be driven by worries about its ties to ...

  02-10-2026 15:17 via article.wn.com
  South Korea’s president has threatened...
  
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