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• Trump blasts Sasse on Twitter over critical comments

  17-10-2020 21:23
  
  President Donald Trump blasted Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse on Twitter on Saturday after audio was released by the Washington Examiner of Sasse criticizing the president to constituents.Trump called Sasse a "liability to the Republican Party and an embarrassment to the Great State of Nebraska" as well as the "least effective" Republican senator who "truly doesn’t have what it takes to be great" in a series of tweets Saturday morning.The president also suggested that the Republican party "should
  
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• Wall Street retreats from its record as stocks fall worldwide

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  U.S. stocks are pulling back from their record. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% Wednesday, a day after topping its prior all-time high set in August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 460 points, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.7%. Stocks ......
  
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• US death row inmate Christa Pike conscious and speaking, lawyers say

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Pike survived Tennessee's first attempt in 200 years to execute a woman...
  
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• Trump sparks outrage for suggesting Iran could 'take out' US cities

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Speaking at a midterm-election rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, Trump argued Americans should accept the economic impact, most notably higher gasoline prices, resulting from the Iran war. ......
  
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• Stop putting off home repairs: Prices are only going up

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  TheZebra.com reports that homeowners should address repairs now, as costs are rising due to labor shortages and material tariffs, making delays costly. ......
  
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• Sri Lanka's former first lady is arrested on corruption allegations

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The wife of Sri Lanka's powerful former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was detained Wednesday on allegations of misusing donations received for her charity when she was first lady. Police questioned Shiranthi Rajapaksa at her home and later took her before a court, which ordered her detained...
  
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• Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso...
  
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• People clear the rubble of a residential building destroyed in a Russian missile strike, in photos

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  PRYLUKY, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles and drones pounded Kyiv and a dozen other Ukrainian regions killing, residents in Moscow's latest devastating barrage, Ukrainian officials said. ......
  
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• October 7 attacks remembered three years on as Israel pays tribute to 1,200 dead in ...

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Mourners attend the Nova Music Festival site which saw so many people killed on October 7th 2023. ......
  
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• More than 200,000 people displaced as renewed fighting grips Yemen, UN agency says

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  More than 200,000 people have been displaced across Yemen as fighting between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces has intensified in recent weeks, the United Nations's migration agency says. ......
  
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• Missing ambassadors, inexperienced appointees – is Washington dropping the diplomatic ball?

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Almost half of US ambassador jobs remain vacant. Meanwhile, political appointees are outnumbering career diplomats being put forward. ......
  
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• Lawyers seek to block Texas man's execution, citing failed execution of Christa Pike

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Lawyers for a Texas man who fatally...
  
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• Lawyers seek to block Texas man’s execution, citing failed execution of Christa Pike

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Lawyers for a Texas man who...
  
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• ‘King of Injustice’: Golden naked Trump statue installed at European Parliament

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Inside the European Parliament,...
  
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• India condemns attacks on 4 vessels in Black Sea after two crew members injured

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  India has strongly condemned a series of recent attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea that put several Indian crew members at risk. The Ministry of External Affairs Official Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that one crew member had been injured after the commercial vessel MV Royad Mammadov came under attack. Another Indian was injured in a drone attack on the Palau-flagged MV ABLE. The ministry called for an immediate halt to maritime targeting and renewed its push for diplomatic media
  
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• How applying for a personal loan affects your credit score

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  BHG Financial reports that applying for a personal loan can temporarily lower your credit score due to hard inquiries, but responsible management can help improve it over time. ......
  
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• Houthis strike Saudi targets, olive harvesters attacked in West Bank and other Mideast developments

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim they have...
  
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• Global health chiefs demand answers as Russia reports another 'plague' victim and Trump plans call ...

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump said he will call Vladimir Putin after the chief of the World Health Organisation raised reports of a second similar case following a researcher's death ......
  
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• Four kids among 24 civilians killed in Putin birthday blitz on war-torn Ukraine

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Moscow’s drones and missiles pounded Kyiv and other regions overnight into Wednesday, with dozens injured in attack coinciding with the Russian President’s 74th birthday ......
  
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• Death row inmate is awake after failed execution attempt

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Christa Pike has regained...
  
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• Could your shoes help you focus? 8 surprising ways to boost executive function

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Understood reports on boosting executive function with strategies like using air purifiers, body doubling, wearing "home shoes," and listening to specific sounds. ......
  
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• Cornell 7 case puts a spotlight on fraternity misconduct – and the limits of universities’ ...

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  While universities can suspend and expel students for committing sexual violence and other kinds of illegal misconduct, they face logistical and financial limits to preventing such behavior. ......
  
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• ‘Come and grow Zambia’: Hichilema invites UAE, Gulf investors to invest in key sectors

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has invited UAE and Gulf investors to participate in his government's five-year economic programme, noting the country wants to attract investment into mining, energy, agriculture, manufacturing and infrastructure. The invitation followed Hichilema’s recent two-day visit to the UAE at the invitation of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Hichilema said: “Now that we have successfully concluded a two-day visit to the UAE, we cordially ext
  
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• CLEVELAND, THE WORLD'S TOP SHAWARMA BRAND IS HERE AND THE FIRST 200 GUESTS EAT FREE

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  OSMOW'S™ MEDITERRANEAN OPENS IN UNIVERSITY CIRCLE OCTOBER 8 ......
  
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• Christa Pike is awake and able to speak despite execution attempt in Tennessee

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Christa Pike is awake and speaking...
  
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• Buckwheat growers hope new markets can help it reach more tables

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  For Paige Hansen, changing the food...
  
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• Average home equity gains topped $200,000 in six states as renters faced heavy housing costs

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Griffin Funding reports that rising home values boost financial security for homeowners but further burden renters, with equity gains reaching over $200,000 in six states. ......
  
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• Armed poll watchers: New Jersey’s 1981 racist voter intimidation campaign is a cautionary tale ahead ...

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  An armed voter suppression campaign in New Jersey in 1981 finds echoes today in the Trump administration’s persistent efforts to suppress the vote and undermine trust in elections nationwide. ......
  
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• Amnesty International Demands Reinstatement of Plateau Child Rape Case

  07-10-2026 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Nigeria | 1 hour ago Yemi Kosoko in JosAmnesty International Nigeria has called on Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang to direct the immediate reinstatement of a rape case involving a four-year-old girl, describing its discontinuance as a miscarriage of justice and a setback for the protection of survivors of sexual violence. Addressing journalists...
  
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• Your Next French Wine Bottle Could Get Pricier As Output Heads For 70-Year Low

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Despite late-summer showers improving production prospects slightly from a September outlook, output is expected to total about 35 million hectoliters this year, the agriculture ministry said in a... ......
  
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