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• Flydubai Attack: Omani co-pilot planned to crash flight into Tel Aviv building, shut off engines ...

  05-10-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
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• US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran\u0026#39;s shadow fleet

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on ‌Thursday targeting individuals, networks and 17 vessels for transporting its crude, oil products and petrochemicals, in the latest...
  
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• Ukraine team to meet in US with Trump envoys on Friday, Saturday: Zelensky

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv's negotiators would hold talks...
  
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• Texas socialists are building a movement, one sandwich at a time

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  The Democratic Socialists of America has seen its membership more than double to 126,000 over the past two years. This surge has thrust the group into the spotlight during midterm elections, making them a target for Republicans and part of ......
  
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• Russian official seeks to turn the page on a suspected pneumonic plague case but questions remain

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  A Russian official on Thursday sought to turn the page on the suspicious death of a worker at a plague research lab in Siberia, saying a quarantine and other preventive measures had been completed with no dangerous pathogens detected. ......
  
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• Rubio says US pressure on NATO allies to boost defense spending is 'not hostile'

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — U.S....
  
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• New Official World of Warcraft Horde and Alliance Releases Confirmed for November

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  World of Warcraft and Sirius Dice are...
  
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• Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  Four astronauts are back on Earth...
  
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• Failed executions troubled other states before Christa Pike. Here's what happened

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  Christa Pike, who has regained consciousness and is speaking a week Tennessee failed to execute her, is believed to be the only person to survive after receiving lethal injection drugs during an execution. But Pike is not the first inmate ......
  
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• Europe sees fragmented pro-Palestinian protests three years after Oct. 7

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  Pro-Palestinian protests commemorating the third anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel were competing for attention with other domestic issues across Europe. Demonstrations of solidarity with Palestinians on Wednesday faced arrests or restrictions in Germany, Britain and the Netherlands. In France and Spain, they were overshadowed by mass protests over education and housing. Turnout fell from the pro-Palestinian rallies around the first anniversary of Oct. 7 in 2024, when tens of
  
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• Curtis Flowers, Black man whose conviction was thrown out after 22 years in U.S. prison, ...

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died. He was 56. ......
  
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• Army finds systemic failures behind DC midair collision and calls for safety fixes

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  A U.S. Army report has highlighted...
  
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• Arizona court tosses sentence due to AI victim impact statement

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  A 10-year sentence for manslaughter has been tossed...
  
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• An 11-Year-Old Open-World Survival Game on Steam Just Proved Early Access Really Can Take Forever

  08-10-2026 22:48 via article.wn.com
  Steam Early Access can be a great thing both for developers and players. After all,...
  
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• Walt Disney quietly assembled more than 27,000 acres in Florida through secret transactions for about $5 million, averaging roughly $182 an acre; after the buyer’s identity emerged, the land became Walt Disney World

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  Walt Disney’s plan for what would become Walt Disney World began with a remarkably quiet real-estate operation. According to Disney’s D23 archives, the Florida Historical Society and the Walt Disney Company, Disney Productions spent about 18 months secretly assembling more than 27,000 acres in Central Florida before publicly acknowledging that it was behind the purchases. The operation was designed around a simple concern: If landowners discovered that Disney was buying the property,
  
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• Trump’s Speech Is Getting Filthier

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  What to make of the president’s uptick in profanity? ......
  
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• Trump’s Jos. A. Bank Suit Surprised People. Should It Have?

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  In the past, the president has claimed to favor luxe Italian suits. This week, he flashed a label for a budget tailoring chain. ......
  
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• The Blood of the Dawnwalker Is a Gripping Vampire R.P.G.

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  The Blood of the Dawnwalker is a gripping R.P.G. exploration of power and violence. ......
  
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• Russia’s Silence on Possible Plague Outbreak Stokes Fears of a Cover-Up

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  As rumors spread about a possible plague outbreak in Siberia, the Kremlin turned to a familiar playbook: offering little information about potential bad news. ......
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg’s sister Arielle Zuckerberg reveals secret DJ career, 37-year-old has played techno at clubs, festivals and Burning Man since 2018 while working in venture capital

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  Mark Zuckerberg’s younger sister Arielle Zuckerberg, 37, has revealed a lesser-known side of her life: she has been secretly working as a DJ since 2018.The revelation came after a video of Arielle performing a DJ set during San Francisco Tech Week surfaced online earlier this week. The venture capitalist subsequently addressed her DJ career in a post on X, explaining that music has been a long-running passion alongside her professional work in the technology and investment sectors.“I
  
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• Major event at Christchurch’s new stadium canned two months out

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  A major event scheduled for Christchurch’s One New Zealand Stadium has been canned as the international series behind it holds talks with potential investors about its future.The FIM World Supercross Championship was due to make its New Zealand debut in Christchurch in December, with the event serving as the finale of a six-round season spanning Canada, England, Argentina, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.However, only the opening round in Calgary was held before the remainder of th
  
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• Hillary Clinton, Chloe Fineman and Esther Perel Toast Argent, and the Pantsuit

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  At an evening to celebrate a decade of the brand Argent, over a hundred women suited up. ......
  
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• Federal executive with top-secret clearance created a fake classified program and diverted $145 million into luxury property and gold; after FBI found 298 gold bars, he pleaded guilty to a $193.6 million fraud

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  A former senior federal employee with a top-secret security clearance has pleaded guilty to defrauding the US government of approximately $193.6 million, allegedly using fabricated government authorities to obtain money for himself. According to the US Department of Justice, David J. Rush, 49, of Ashburn, Virginia, created fictitious government mechanisms, including a fake Special Access Program, to obtain federal funds. Prosecutors said he then acquired gold bars and directed about $145 million
  
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• FDR’s grandson bought 150 acres of Texas ranch land in 1999; 27 years later, he has assembled a 1,300-acre family retreat with seven miles of trails

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  A ranch in Cooke County, north of Dallas, can look as though it has always been there. Rolling grassland gives way to hardwoods, pecan groves and limestone country, with Clear Creek running through the property. Yet the 1,300-acre Rolling R Ranch was assembled over time rather than acquired as one large holding. Elliot “Tony” Roosevelt Jr., a grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt, bought the first 150 acres in 1999 and gradually added neighbouring parcels. More than two decades later, th
  
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• Down With the Small Plate

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  In Rego Park, Queens, it’s all you can plov, the Uzbek staple teaming with rice, meat and veggies. ......
  
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• Canadian grandmother, 61, holds 5-hour plank to top her own world record

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  A 61-year-old Canadian grandmother says she surpassed her own world record for the longest abdominal plank by a woman, holding the position for five hours at the Huntsman World Senior Games. ......
  
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• A Photo of Mussolini’s Corpse Led Page 1. How It Got There Is a Tale.

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  It took a perilous trip through an Alpine blizzard to show the world the dictator was dead. ......
  
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• A Different World Gets Another Spin-off as New Netflix Show Dominates Streaming

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  Photo Credit: Eli Joshua Ade/Netflix A Different World‘s 2026 revival continues to make waves on Netflix. The show premiered on 24 September 2026, exactly 39 years after the original premiered. The sitcom has now received a second spin-off. Original stars Darryl M. Bell and Kadeem Hardison will helm a rewatch podcast for the...
  
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• A $132,000 GoFundMe was raised for radio host Ronn Owens; federal review found thousands spent on mortgages, businesses and family transfers

  08-10-2026 22:34 via article.wn.com
  A $132,000 GoFundMe campaign created amid radio host Ronn Owens’ health problems became the focus of a federal review after he and his wife sought bankruptcy protection. Court records examined by the US Trustee showed that only about $17,000 of the money was used for medical and pharmacy expenses, while much larger amounts went towards mortgage payments, contributions to businesses and other spending. The review did not result in criminal charges against Owens or his wife, but it raised co
  
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• What happened to Maria Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner?

  08-10-2026 22:18 via article.wn.com
  María Corina Machado was forced to...
  
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