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• Nevadans to vote on abortion rights amendment

  13-10-2026 04:29 via article.wn.com
  (The Center Square) - Nevada voters are considering an amendment to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution. ......
  
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• US Military Counters Iran's Hormuz Control Claim, Ensures 19 Million Barrels of Oil Transit

  14-10-2026 02:43 via article.wn.com
  The US military has rejected an Iran commander’s claim that Tehran controls the Strait of Hormuz, escalating the war of words over one of the world’s most important routes for oil shipments.In a post on X late on Tuesday, US Central Command (CentCom) disputed the claim that the Strait of Hormuz was under the control of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and that approaching US Navy warships would be sunk.“American forces and regional partners clearly control
  
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• Preppy Kitchen Founder John Kanell’s Favorite Books Span Galaxies and Dystopias

  14-10-2026 02:43 via article.wn.com
  Science fiction has always been my favorite genre to read. I’ve always loved learning, and I’ve spent much of my career finding ways to share my curiosity with other people. Before creating Preppy Kitchen, I was a middle school math and science teacher, and today I get to teach millions of people how to bake through my recipes and cookbooks, including my newest book, Preppy Kitchen Everyday Baking, which hit shelves today (Oct. 13). Reading is a more personal side of me that my audie
  
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• Pope Leo Undergoes Successful Lung Surgery to Remove Cancerous Tumor

  14-10-2026 02:43 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV had a cancerous tumour removed from his right lung in a 90-minute operation on Tuesday and...
  
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• Egypt discovers fragments of two colossal Ramses II statues

  14-10-2026 02:43 via article.wn.com
  CAIRO: Egypt...
  
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• Why U.S. Airstrikes Are Failing to Stop the Global Cocaine Boom

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  Smugglers are shifting routes and using new tactics to evade military targeting, resulting in record supplies and plunging prices. ......
  
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• Why the lonely in China are hiring 'temporary children'

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  A new industry being dubbed the “loneliness economy” has emerged in China, with people hiring themselves out as companions to help the elderly. ......
  
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• Who's to blame for the toxic smog choking South East Asia?

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  Anger is mounting at the companies accused of burning land in Indonesia and the authorities who have failed to stop them. ......
  
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• US Hits Bank of America With $1.2 Billion in Penalties for Security Violations

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. Treasury has penalized Bank of America $1.21 billion for violations of anti-money laundering...
  
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• Trump Says Houthis Trying to Increase Oil Prices Before Midterms

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump said on Oct. 13 that the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group is “behaving very badly” and appears to be...
  
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• Taiwan Warns Europe Against China Dependence, Offers Industrial Partnership

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung warned European countries on Oct. 13 that dependence on Chinese...
  
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• South Korean police detain man over stabbing of eight people at shopping mall

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  South Korean police said they had detained a man...
  
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• Saudi Ministry of Energy reports limited fire in building at Aramco compound targeted in attack

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  CAIRO (AP) — A limited fire broke out Tuesday in an administrative building at Aramco, one of the world’s largest oil facilities, that was targeted in an attack in the country’s Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy said. The ministry said no injuries were reported. The attack came as the Iranian-backed Houthis and the Saudi coalition fighting them exchanged attacks Tuesday night. The fighting marked a fresh escalation in the widening Middle East crisis and
  
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• Russian strikes hit key power plant in Kyiv, Zelensky says

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  The Ukrainian president says the ballistic missile strikes came with "no early warning from our partners". ......
  
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• Pope Leo XIV Diagnosed With Cancer as Doctors Remove Part of His Lung

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with lung cancer following surgery to remove a...
  
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• Pakistan has locked down Imran Khan's stronghold - but it could backfire

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  Some fear the government's standoff with the former PM's supporters could bring more instability, not less. ......
  
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• Opinion | Why Is Britain Still Appeasing Iran?

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  The regime plots terror attacks on U.K. soil and pays no price. ......
  
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• Opinion | NATO’s Message to Putin? ‘We Will Fight’

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  Gen. Alexus Grynkewich sends a strong deterrent message, but does Mr. Trump agree? ......
  
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• Nevada scientist among those logging ‘lost’ species as fewer endangered species are listed

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  Long before Las Vegas’ Fremont Street was a gambling hub festooned with neon lights, Oreocarya insolita, a shin-high wildflower with white blossoms, bloomed each spring in the creosote scrub brush. But a confirmed sighting of Oreocarya insolita hasn’t been logged in the Las Vegas area for nearly 100 years. And as far as scientists know, it grows nowhere else in the world. Across Nevada, 20 modern animals, from towering American bison to diminutive Pyramid Lake pebblesnails, that once
  
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• Jamaica begins receiving third-country deportees under controversial US agreement

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The first flight transporting third-country nationals from the United States arrived in Jamaica on Tuesday, marking the commencement of a highly scrutinized bilateral agreement that utilizes the Caribbean nation as a temporary transit hub for migrants. These agreements, whose legality will be debated by the Supreme Court, have become increasingly common under the Trump administration, with migrants being sent to Liberia, Eswatini,Paraguay and beyond. The group of 2
  
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• 'I'd talk to the TV': The paid companions bringing warmth to China's lonely

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  As loneliness grows in China, a new industry is emerging to provide companionship and support. ......
  
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• Housing supply must be fixed ‘hard way’, not with caps

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  Homes are likely to keep getting cheaper for...
  
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• Greta Thunberg joins massive French student protests as cars burn, police fire tear gas

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined student protesters in France on Tuesday after weeks of violent confrontations with police,...
  
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• Employee arrested after ‘sophisticated’ recording device found in OpenAI conference room, FBI and the company say

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — An engineer at...
  
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• Duane 'Keffe D' Davis sentenced to 40 years to life for murder in Tupac trial

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  Duane Keith 'Keffe D' Davis has been sentenced for the fatal shooting of Tupac Shakur three decades ago....
  
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• Christian Employee Suspended for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine Eligible for $5K, Labour Board Rules

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  The federal labour board has awarded $5,000 to a Christian employee placed on unpaid leave after being denied a religious exemption from the...
  
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• China Probes Former Henchman of Purged Ex-Official Bo Xilai

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  Huang Qifan—former mayor of the southwestern megalopolis of Chongqing who survived the major political...
  
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• British Columbia NDP Leader Eby Floats New Shipyard in BC, Conservatives Tax Cuts

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  The leaders of the two major parties running in British Columbia’s election pitched...
  
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• After surging troops to the border, U.S. military showcases a quieter Rio Grande

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  ROMA, Texas — Standing on...
  
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• A Wyoming grad student who allegedly poisoned a colleague has been arrested fleeing to China

  14-10-2026 02:21 via article.wn.com
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a fellow student who had...
  
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