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• Social Security 2027 COLA Set at 3.6%, Largest Increase in Four Years

  14-10-2026 18:35 via article.wn.com
  The Social Security Administration has announced a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2027, affecting more than 75 million beneficiaries. This increase, the largest in four years, is designed to...
  
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• While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 15, 2026

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 15, 2026. ......
  
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• US Lawmaker Ilhan Omar's Phone Seized, Relatives Summoned In Criminal Probe

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  The scope of the investigation into Omar is unclear, though Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has suggested that authorities were examining potential crimes related to her family's... ......
  
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• US coach who recorded young gymnasts undressing is sentenced to 90 years in prison

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  A former youth gymnastics coach has...
  
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• Riots erupt in Albania's capital as students join anti-government movement

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  Riots have broken out during a student...
  
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• North Korea Test-Fires Two Types Of Submarine Strategic Cruise Missiles

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  The agency said the missiles were fired Wednesday into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, without "any adverse impact on the security of neighboring countries". ......
  
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• Musk suggests US govt behind any slowdown in Ukraine’s Starshield system

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government, according to Musk. ......
  
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• Lawyers for NY man shot by ICE say officer fired into car without warning

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  Lawyers for a New York man shot and wounded by federal immigration officers while in a car with his young son say the officers never identified themselves or showed a warrant. Instead, the lawyers with the Legal Aid Society say ......
  
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• Florida wins key ruling allowing it to enforce a law that targets social media use ...

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  Florida has won a key court decision in a case involving a ban on social media accounts for kids under 14. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law in 2024 as a way to protect kids from social media addiction. A ......
  
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• Florida can enforce social media ban for children under 14, US court rules

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  Florida can enforce social media ban for children under 14, US court rules ......
  
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• Flavio Bolsonaro slightly leads Lula in Brazil runoff, Quaest poll shows

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  SAO PAULO, Oct 14 - Brazilian...
  
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• Costa Rica opens mega-prison as organized crime fight intensifies

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  SAN JOSE, Oct 14 - Costa Rica...
  
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• China sends aircraft carrier Liaoning to Western Pacific

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING - The Chinese navy said Wednesday it has sent the Liaoning, one of the country's three aircraft carriers, to the Western Pacific to...
  
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• Chicago Catholics rally for prayer in Pope Leo’s hometown after his lung cancer diagnosis

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  Catholics in Chicago and worldwide are...
  
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• Battle Over the Pierre Ends in Defeat for the Buyer Pushed by Lutnick

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  Motasem Khashoggi, who hails from a prominent Saudi family, missed a Tuesday deadline to deliver a $100 million deposit to purchase the Manhattan landmark. ......
  
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• Barack Obama tells Glasgow audience world is at risk of repeating the mistakes of the past

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  Former US president Barack Obama spoke to a packed auditorium at the Hydro in Glasgow ......
  
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• At Jerusalem site holy to Jews and Muslims, a fragile status quo is being erased

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  A delicate...
  
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• America’s Way Is Not the Only Way

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  Must civil and political rights come first for a...
  
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• 4 arrested in the shooting of San Francisco 49ers player Keion White at a Super ...

  15-10-2026 02:00 via article.wn.com
  Four men have been arrested in connection with the shooting of San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Keion White at a nightclub in February. The shooting occurred Feb. 9 at the Dahlia nightclub where White was hosting a private Super Bowl ......
  
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• Zimbabwe’s Caine Prize winner rejects claim he used AI to write his story

  15-10-2026 01:38 via article.wn.com
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza, whose prize for a short story is under review over allegations of AI use, denied using artificial intelligence to write what he said was a story inspired by his family’s experiences, and he suggested that AI-detection technology is biased. Kundizeza’s “The Blue Fighter” won this year’s $10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing last week, but a report in The Atlantic magazine said the AI detection to
  
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• Zelenskyy says he felt betrayed by Trump's diesel deal with Putin

  15-10-2026 01:38 via article.wn.com
  Trump criticizes Ukraine for refinery attacks, defends Russia deal President Trump defended a deal to import Russian diesel fuel and urged Ukraine to "get a new leader who can make a deal." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by President Donald Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel, accusing the United States being on the wrong side of history if it sides with Moscow over Kyiv. "It's painful when President Trump chooses one side,...
  
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• Wrist Group appoints Robert Desai as Group CEO

  15-10-2026 01:38 via article.wn.com
  Wrist Group today announces the appointment of Robert...
  
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• Why is Deutsche Bank raising its UK inflation forecast for 2027?

  15-10-2026 01:38 via article.wn.com
  Deutsche Bank raised its 2027 U.K. inflation...
  
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• Who Runs the Catholic Church When the Pope Is Hospitalized?

  15-10-2026 01:38 via article.wn.com
  As Pope Leo remains...
  
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• What the history of blue baby syndrome tells us about today\u2019s fight for clean water

  15-10-2026 01:38 via article.wn.com
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• U.S. consumer prices rise 3.7% year-on-year in September

  15-10-2026 01:38 via article.wn.com
  Headline and underlying U.S. consumer price growth...
  
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• UK finance minister to fund budget initiatives with tax hikes – report

  15-10-2026 01:38 via article.wn.com
  UK Finance Minister John Healey plans to fund new...
  
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• \u2018DWTS,\u2019 \u2018Whalefall\u2019 and the naked truth of \u2018You Can See Everything\u2019 | Streamed & Screened

  15-10-2026 01:38 via article.wn.com
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• Suez Canal container ship transits exceed 50% of pre-disruption levels

  15-10-2026 01:38 via article.wn.com
  “During the first two weeks of October, weekly...
  
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• Students know alcohol. Ketamine is different

  15-10-2026 01:38 via article.wn.com
  Experts say ketamine can cause memory loss, dissociation, and even make someone unable to move....
  
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