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• Father and son indicted on new charges related to Georgia school shooting

  17-10-2024 23:52 via nbcnews.com
  A grand jury indictment revealed dozens of new charges for a 14-year-old boy and his father, connected to the deadly Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia. Colt Gray faces 55 charges including malice murder, which is the highest murder charge a person can face in the state.
  
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• Badenoch dismisses Tory MP's parenthood remark

  17-10-2024 23:36 via bbc.com
  
  Sir Christopher Chope suggested Badenoch would be less able to commit to the demands of being party leader.
  
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• Biden administration has now canceled loans for more than 1 million public workers

  17-10-2024 23:34
  
  A student loan cancellation program for public service workers has granted relief to more than 1 million Americans — up from just 7,000 who were approved before it was updated by the Biden administration two years ago
  
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• 'Devastated' One Direction processing 'loss of our brother'

  17-10-2024 23:31 via bbc.com
  
  The star's former band members lead tributes to the singer, who died aged 31 after falling from a balcony.
  
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• EU considers offshore centres for deportees as it hardens on migration

  17-10-2024 23:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Idea of ‘return hubs’ gains traction after mainstream EU politicians were unnerved by rise of far rightWhy immigration is a big issue againThe EU has opened the door to the untested idea of “return hubs” – offshore centres for people deported from the bloc – at a summit dominated by plans for a tougher migration policy.The idea of the offshore processing of asylum claims or vaguely defined “return hubs” in non-EU countries has gained traction in re
  
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• Phoenix ends 21-day streak of record October heat

  17-10-2024 23:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico have had unseasonably warm fall temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above average. The heat in Phoenix has been particularly extreme.
  
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• Tourism hotspot cuts council tax on second homes

  17-10-2024 23:24 via bbc.com
  
  Councillors vote to cut council tax premium, six months after a higher rate of 200% was brought in.
  
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• Substitute teacher accused of re-enacting George Floyd murder in Minnesota classroom

  17-10-2024 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  An off-duty Wisconsin police officer working as a substitute teacher is under investigation after he allegedly re-enacted the murder of George Floyd, made "racially harmful comments," and twisted a student's arm behind the child's back during classes at a Woodbury, Minnesota, high school.
  
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• The evolutionary history of humans' ability to eat starch

  17-10-2024 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  How humans developed the ability to digest starch: A study offers insight into the evolution of amylase genes, which are key to breaking down some carbs.
  
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• Bowen: Sinwar's death is serious blow to Hamas, but not the end

  17-10-2024 22:54 via bbc.com
  
  Netanyahu has won a big victory with the killing of Yahya Sinwar. But it is not the end of the war, nor of Hamas.
  
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• Battle of the billionaires: Harris deploys Mark Cuban as Elon Musk stumps for Trump

  17-10-2024 22:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Elon Musk steps up his work on behalf of former President Donald Trump, Kamala Harris is calling in her own billionaire, Mark Cuban.
  
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• Trump says he's the 'father of IVF' — and that he just recently learned what it is

  17-10-2024 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump declared he was "the father of IVF" during a Fox News town hall, while also saying he just recently discovered what the decades-old procedure actually is.
  
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• Italy bans overseas surrogacy for all citizens amid declining birthrate: 'A child is always a gift'

  17-10-2024 22:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Italy has tightened its surrogacy ban to include citizens who choose to travel to countries like Canada or the United States for surrogate mothers.The Italian Senate passed a bill on Wednesday criminalizing citizens who go abroad to countries where it is legal to purchase children through surrogacy. The bill passed 84-58 and floor debate lasted around seven hours.The bill extends an original ban put in place in 2004 which criminalized commercial surrogacy within Italy. The bill was promoted by r
  
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• Inheritance tax increases expected in Budget

  17-10-2024 22:40 via bbc.com
  
  It is not known how many people are likely to end up paying more under the government's plan.
  
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• Sean Payton delivered New Orleans its only Super Bowl. Now he returns as opposition.

  17-10-2024 22:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Broncos coach Sean Payton returns to New Orleans during 'Thursday Night Football' for the first time since 2022, when he stepped down after 15 seasons as Saints coach.
  
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• GB win women's team pursuit gold at World Championships

  17-10-2024 22:21 via bbc.com
  
  Katie Archibald wins gold on her return to racing as she, Megan Barker, Josie Knight and Anna Morris are crowned team pursuit world champions.
  
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• Texas AG sues doctor who allegedly provided transgender care to 21 minors

  17-10-2024 22:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a Dallas doctor Thursday accusing her of providing transition-related care to nearly two dozen minors in violation of state law.
  
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• Canadians with nonterminal conditions sought assisted dying for social reasons

  17-10-2024 21:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Some people have asked to be killed due to non-medical reasons – including isolation and homelessnessAn expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada’s most populous province has identified several cases in which patients asked to be killed in part for social reasons such as isolation and fears of homelessness, raising concerns over approvals for vulnerable people in the country’s assisted dying system.Ontario’s chief coroner issued several reports on Wednesday &
  
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• Killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar: what we know so far

  17-10-2024 21:27 via theguardian.com
  
  The mastermind of the 7 October attack that triggered the current war in Gaza has been killed in a neighbourhood of RafahMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in southern Gaza. Here is what we know so far:Israel’s military said it had killed Sinwar, who is seen as the architect of the 7 October attack in Israel, in Gaza. In a statement, the IDF said: “After completing the process of identifying the body, it can be confirmed that Yahya Sinw
  
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• Netanyahu says focus on hostages after Sinwar death

  17-10-2024 21:21 via bbc.com
  
  Sinwar, who topped Israel's most-wanted list, was a key figure believed to have been behind the 7 October attacks.
  
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• As Nov. 5 nears, Trump steps up attempts to recast Jan. 6 violence as 'day of love'

  17-10-2024 21:21
  
  Donald Trump, as part of a long effort to recast the events of Jan. 6, 2021, said on Wednesday that it was a "day of love."
  
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• The Week: The Budget, a trip to China, and the US election

  17-10-2024 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And Your Guide to the US Election
  
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• Israel kills Hamas leader

  17-10-2024 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And Your Guide to the US Election
  
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• How one Minnesota college got nearly 90% voter turnout — and is pushing for more

  17-10-2024 20:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  St. Olaf College in Minnesota boasted an 87.6% voter turnout rate in 2020, taking home the top prize in the All In Campus Democracy Challenge. It's trying to beat its own record in 2024.
  
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• Lynette White murderer to be released from prison

  17-10-2024 20:33 via bbc.com
  
  Jeffrey Gafoor will be released on licence after serving 21 years in prison for the brutal killing.
  
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• Who was the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar?

  17-10-2024 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Israel says its troops in Gaza killed Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of the 7 October 2023 attack.
  
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• Israeli official confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza

  17-10-2024 19:07 via nbcnews.com
  Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and mastermind behind the October 7 attack on Israel, was killed during a "heavy gun battle" in Gaza, according to and Israeli official. NBC News' Matt Bradley has details on the early reports and reaction to Sinwar's death.
  
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• Tim Walz breaks free from his bubble

  17-10-2024 18:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz has been sounding more like the aggressive campaigner who got the role than the buttoned-up figure he’s cut since joining the ticket.
  
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• Weekly quiz: What nice thing did Donald say about Kamala?

  17-10-2024 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Test how closely you've been paying attention to what has been going on over the past seven days.
  
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• Former Mexican public security chief gets more than 38 years, $2M fine for taking cartel bribes

  17-10-2024 18:05 via foxnews.com
  
  The man once heralded as the architect of Mexico’s war on drug cartels was sentenced to more than 38 years in a U.S. prison on Wednesday for taking massive bribes to aid drug traffickers.Genaro García Luna, Mexico’s former secretary of public security, was convicted by a New York jury in 2023 of taking millions of dollars in bribes to protect the violent Sinaloa cartel that he was supposedly combating. He is the highest-level Mexican government official to be convicted in the
  
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• Roman-era graves found by homeowner during basement renovation project

  17-10-2024 16:54 via foxnews.com
  
  During the winter of 2023-2024, archaeologists of Archeodunum Research Center were called to a home nestled in a suburb of Paris after a homeowner discovered a skeleton in his basement, sparking a monthslong excavation filled with significant findings.Sometimes, ancient discoveries come when least expected, and that was surely the case for the homeowner who spotted the unusual find right in his own home. The finding of a single skeleton by a homeowner in Corbeil-Essonnes was just the beginn
  
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• Secret Service needs reform or another Butler 'will happen again': DHS

  17-10-2024 16:44
  
  "Without reform" to the Secret Service "another Butler can and will happen again," DHS independent review finds
  
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• Why bars and restaurants are shedding 'Sunday Ticket' subscriptions

  17-10-2024 16:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  As most NFL fans know, Google’s YouTube replaced DirecTV last year as the exclusive provider of “Sunday Ticket.”
  
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• Hamas terror leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza, Israel says

  17-10-2024 16:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar has been killed during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Thursday.The IDF and Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency released a joint statement saying it can "confirm that after a year-long pursuit, yesterday (Wednesday), October 16, 2024, IDF soldiers from the Southern Command eliminated Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas terrorist organization, in an operation in the southern Gaza Strip." "Yahya Sin
  
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• WATCH: Fans hold vigil outside Buenos Aires hotel where One Direction’s Liam Payne died

  17-10-2024 16:10
  
  Fans gathered Wednesday night outside the Buenos Aires hotel where authorities say former One Direction star Liam Payne died after falling from the third floor.
  
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• Harris paints Trump as threat, draws contrast with Biden in testy Fox News interview

  17-10-2024 16:10
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris blasted former President Donald Trump in a Fox News interview with Bret Baier.
  
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• Playing out this Sunday: A tale of two QBs nobody wanted

  17-10-2024 16:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sam Darnold, a former No. 1 draft pick now on his fourth team, has Minnesota undefeated through six weeks.
  
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• Photo contest reveals strange beauty of the microscopic world

  17-10-2024 16:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Each year, rigorous science and dazzling artistry meet in Nikon's "Small World" photomicrography competition. See the 2024 winners and highlights.
  
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• Netherlands mulls sending rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda

  17-10-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Critics say plan mooted by coalition government led by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party is ‘totally unfeasible’The Dutch coalition government, headed by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party (PVV), is considering sending Africans whose asylum requests are rejected to Uganda, in plans that opposition politicians have said are “totally unfeasible”.During a visit this week to the East African country, the Dutch minister for trade and development, Reinette
  
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• Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies aged 31

  17-10-2024 15:58 via theguardian.com
  
  British musician was found dead after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos AiresLiam Payne of One Direction – a life in picturesAfter One Direction, Liam Payne was just getting started. His death is a heartbreaking endLiam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died aged 31 after falling from a third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires, police have confirmed.The singer died on Wednesday at 5pm local time. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Heartbroken’: family, friends and fans pay tribute to Liam Payne

  17-10-2024 15:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Former One Direction member died after falling from hotel balcony in Argentina on WednesdayLiam Payne’s family and stars from across the music world have led tributes to the former One Direction star after his death at a hotel in Argentina.“We are heartbroken. Liam will forever live in our hearts and we’ll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul,” his family said in a statement issued on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• Amid ongoing Helene recovery, early voting begins in North Carolina

  17-10-2024 15:15
  
  As North Carolinians continue to recover from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene, early voting begins Thursday in the critical swing state.
  
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• Easy ways to make calls when vision is a challenge

  17-10-2024 15:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Technology can be wonderfully convenient and provide a great deal of entertainment, but it can also be a great way to improve your everyday life, too. For those who experience visual challenges, a variety of apps and features can help you. That’s why we love this question about apps and features that can help visually challenged loved ones:"I am not tech savvy. I need to know if there is an app that I can download on a phone, that will allow my mother to tell the app, without needing inter
  
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• Labour backtracks on push for genocide ruling on China’s treatment of Uyghurs

  17-10-2024 14:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Party drops plan for formal recognition laid out last year by David Lammy, who will visit Beijing on FridayUK politics live – latest updatesLabour has backtracked on plans to push for formal recognition of China’s treatment of the Uyghurs as genocide in the run-up to David Lammy’s trip to the country this weekend.The foreign secretary is expected to arrive in Beijing on Friday for high-level meetings before travelling to Shanghai on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump calls himself 'father of IVF' in all-women town hall with Fox News

  17-10-2024 13:37
  
  Former President Donald Trump sat down with Fox News' Harris Faulkner on Tuesday night in front of an all-female audience in Cummings, Georgia.
  
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• Harris tells anti-abortion protesters that they're at the 'wrong rally'

  17-10-2024 13:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump to address Catholic charity benefit after Harris declines
  
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• US fugitive tells Utah court he used alias of Irish orphan

  17-10-2024 13:02 via bbc.com
  
  Rossi was extradited from Scotland despite claiming to be an Irish orphan who had never been to the US.
  
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• Biden will seek to shore up Ukraine support in Germany, administration official says

  17-10-2024 11:22
  
  President Joe Biden will travel on Thursday to Germany, an overseas trip with it a sense of urgency as he seeks to make sure Ukraine has what it needs to defend itself.
  
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• How damaged is Hezbollah?

  17-10-2024 10:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Israel has inflicted a string of blows on the Lebanon-based armed group
  
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• Negative stereotypes in international media cost Africa £3.2bn a year – report

  17-10-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Focus on conflict, corruption and poverty heightens perception of risk, raising interest on sovereign debt, authors sayAfrica loses up to £3.2bn yearly in inflated interest payments on sovereign debt due to persistent negative stereotypes that dominate international media coverage of the continent, according to a new report.Research by consultants Africa Practice and the advocacy non-profit Africa No Filter suggests that media portrayals, especially during elections when global coverage is
  
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