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• Israel begins strikes against Lebanon targeting Hezbollah financial assets

  20-10-2024 21:53 via foxnews.com
  
  The Israeli Defense Forces began conducting airstrikes against Lebanon late Sunday, targeting financial institutions linked to the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.Fox News’ Trey Yingst in Israel reports the strikes were intended to al-Qard al-Hassan "all over Lebanon." Al-Qard al-Hassan is a unit in Hezbollah to fund terrorist activities like paying operatives and buying arms. The registered nonprofit is sanctioned by both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, provides financial services an
  
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• 'Blue Dot' in Nebraska draws boldface political names

  20-10-2024 20:34
  
  The Harris and Trump campaigns descended upon Nebraska to deliver a similar message to its 2nd Congressional District: their votes could decide the presidential race.
  
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• WATCH: Baby rhino makes transition outside at Australia zoo

  20-10-2024 20:24
  
  Staff at the Werribee Open Range Zoo near Melbourne, Australia, celebrated baby rhino Jabulani's first "adventure" in its new enclosure after eight weeks behind doors, according to a press release.
  
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• Thousands of homes without power amid storm disruption

  20-10-2024 19:17 via bbc.com
  
  The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for wind from 03:00 BST on Sunday until noon on Monday.
  
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• At least 87 killed in strike on northern Gaza, officials say, as UN warns 'nowhere is safe'

  20-10-2024 19:11 via bbc.com
  
  Israel says it is checking reports of casualties but added earlier - lower - figures from Hamas were "exaggerated".
  
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• Amber warnings as Storm Ashley hits large parts of UK

  20-10-2024 19:11 via bbc.com
  
  Storm Ashley is expected to bring very high winds and rain, particularly affecting western areas on Sunday.
  
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• SA lose Kapp & De Klerk in consecutive balls as NZ close in on victory

  20-10-2024 18:58 via bbc.com
  
  New Zealand tighten their grip on the Women's T20 World Cup final with the dismissals of South Africa's Marizanne Kapp and Nadine de Klerk in consecutive balls.
  
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• Have Rangers regressed? If so, where does blame lie?

  20-10-2024 18:44 via bbc.com
  
  Manager Philippe Clement has been at Rangers for a year, so the obvious question is has progress been made in that time?
  
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• 'It's like I've lost someone from my family' - Liam Payne fans gather for vigils

  20-10-2024 18:06 via bbc.com
  
  Police estimated at least 800 people gathered in London to grieve the former One Direction star who died at 31.
  
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• GOP Gov. Sununu: 'I don't like' Trump's rhetoric, but it's 'nothing new'

  20-10-2024 17:46
  
  GOP Gov. Chris Sununu, a Donald Trump supporter, said he isn't a fan of the former president's rhetoric but that his language is already baked in as an issue for voters.
  
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• Musk to give away $1m per day to Pennsylvania voters

  20-10-2024 17:38 via bbc.com
  
  The winner will be chosen from those who sign a petition by the tech billionaire's Trump-supporting campaign group.
  
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• Police investigate soldier's Army exercise death

  20-10-2024 16:25 via bbc.com
  
  Cpl Christopher Gill helped train fighters in Afghanistan as well as Ukrainian soldiers in the UK.
  
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• 'Wonderful message of hope' - Chris Hoy praised as he reveals terminal cancer

  20-10-2024 16:17 via bbc.com
  
  Sir Chris Hoy has received well-wishes after revealing his cancer diagnosis is terminal.
  
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• Hoy courage praised as he reveals terminal cancer

  20-10-2024 16:17 via bbc.com
  
  Sir Chris Hoy has received well-wishes after revealing his cancer diagnosis is terminal.
  
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• DAVID MARCUS: Sorry Kamala, voters aren't buying your Trump Hail Mary

  20-10-2024 16:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Kamala Harris might not like Catholic charity dinners, but she knows how to throw a Hail Mary, and her latest, that Donald Trump is exhausted or senile is landing incomplete with a thud among voters.It has been about a week now that Harris’ campaign, which basically everyone has finally admitted is badly losing steam, started claiming Trump is in mental decline, and it's no accident that it coincided with the moment when Democrats started outright panicking over her chances.During most of
  
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• Cotswold wildlife park successfully breeds endangered Madagascan lemur

  20-10-2024 16:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Greater bamboo lemur births in captivity are extremely rare and park is only UK collection to have bred it this yearCotswold wildlife park has successfully bred one of Madagascar’s most endangered lemurs.The as yet unnamed youngster was born to a breeding male, Raphael, and female, Bijou, at the wildlife park. Continue reading...
  
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• Steve Sarkisian explains why he temporarily benched Quinn Ewers for Arch Manning

  20-10-2024 16:00 via foxnews.com
  
  There's no question that Arch Manning is a talent, but up until Saturday night, there also hadn't been a question about his role.Manning committed to Texas knowing he would be the backup to Quinn Ewers and the heir to his throne.However, for the first time since the two have both worn the orange and white, Ewers took the bench for Manning, officially drumming up a quarterback controversy.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMToward the end of the second half, with the Longhorns down
  
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• Fallen Moon art installation deflates due to high winds

  20-10-2024 15:57 via bbc.com
  
  The display has already attracted 10,000 people to Bridgwater Docks.
  
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• Pro-life protesters speak out after allegedly being mocked, pushed at Harris rally: 'We did God's work'

  20-10-2024 15:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Two pro-life Wisconsin college students insist they were doing "God's work" by going into the lion's den and shouting pro-life, Christian messages at Vice President Harris during a rally on their university's campus last week."We got a lot of backlash," Grant Beth, a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse junior, told Fox News on Sunday."I was pushed by an elderly woman. We were heckled at, we were cursed at, we were mocked, and that's the biggest thing for me personally. In reflection of the event,
  
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• Texas fans launch beer cans, other debris onto field after questionable call

  20-10-2024 15:50 via foxnews.com
  
  It was a rough night in Austin, Texas, on Saturday from the jump, but the Longhorns fans didn't help.The No. 1 ranked football program in the country lost to No. 5 Georgia in their own building, 30-15, but some may argue an act by the fans was the most disappointing aspect of the night.With just under three minutes to go, Texas intercepted a pass, but it was called back due to a very questionable pass interference.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMLonghorn fans voiced their displ
  
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• Encircling Taiwan was a smokescreen for China's real goal of convincing US not to intervene, expert says

  20-10-2024 15:43 via foxnews.com
  
  KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN – Contrary to what much of the world’s media has reported, China’s 13-hour simulated blockade of Taiwan that began on Monday, Oct. 14, using a record-breaking number of planes, an aircraft carrier, and both Navy and Coast Guard vessels, was not quite so simple as China "punishing" Taiwan’s new president William Lai for comments he’s made since taking office in May of this year. "China planned the exercises in advance and would have carried the
  
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• Seven dead as crowded ferry dock collapses in Georgia's Sapelo Island

  20-10-2024 15:33 via bbc.com
  
  Authorities say at least 20 people went into the water when the gangway collapsed.
  
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• What Vice President Harris left out about Biden admin's role in border crisis: A timeline

  20-10-2024 15:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris faced a series of questions from Fox News’ Bret Baier on Wednesday about the administration’s record on the border crisis – but did not mention a number of key decisions that critics say fueled the historic migrant crisis."The first bill that we offered Congress before we worked on infrastructure, before the Inflation Reduction Act, before the Chips and Science Act, before any, before the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first bill, practically
  
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• DOJ once OK'd law at center of Youngkin voter roll-culling order feds now suing to block

  20-10-2024 14:44 via foxnews.com
  
  The Justice Department once green lit the very election reform law it is now suing Virginia over, a measure aimed at removing noncitizens from the commonwealth's voter rolls, Fox News Digital has learned.The DOJ filed suit Oct. 11 in Alexandria federal court, alleging the state, its board of elections and Elections Commissioner Susan Beals violated a federal law by carrying out an executive order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. The order directed municipal and/or state officials to cull names of people
  
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• IDF says 'mission is not over' until hostages are returned: 'We will not rest'

  20-10-2024 14:36 via foxnews.com
  
  The Israel Defense Forces said that the war in Gaza is not over following the killing of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ top leader and the mastermind of the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 attack, and will continue until the hostages taken amid that day's massacre are returned.IDF Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari released declassified footage showing Sinwar hours before the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, as well as his movements in Gaza as he fled over the past year. Hagari said 101 hostages remain held in Gaza af
  
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• 91 days: Kamala Harris has yet to do formal press conference since emerging as Democratic nominee

  20-10-2024 14:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 91 days as the presumptive, and now, official Democratic nominee for president without holding an official press conference. Trump has held six news conferences where he took questions from the media since the beginning of August, including another this month after meeting with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp about hurricane relief efforts.President Biden also held a news conference in the White House press briefing room earlier this month, where he joked about
  
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• Hurricane Helene: More than 90 reported dead in North Carolina, 30 unaccounted for

  20-10-2024 14:14 via foxnews.com
  
  A total of 30 people remain unaccounted for in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene as the death toll from the storm has reached 95.Fatalities have been reported across 21 counties, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS). The vast majority of those fatalities were reported in Buncombe, with 42 deaths, followed by Yancey and Henderson, at 11 and 7, respectively. "The Department of Public Safety formed a task force to find who is still unaccounte
  
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• What impact could Taylor Swift really have on the US election?

  20-10-2024 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  Swift's fandom is mobilising for Kamala Harris - but not everyone is convinced.
  
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• 'My daughter's killer's trial was unbearable'

  20-10-2024 13:54 via bbc.com
  
  The mother of a woman who was repeatedly raped until she died said she is glad he has faced justice.
  
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• MARK HALPERIN: Kamala battles to regain momentum after late-summer swoon

  20-10-2024 13:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Before she became her party’s nominee for president, Kamala Harris had not made a substantial, discernable positive public impact during her nearly four years in the White House. She largely operated under the radar and fell short regarding some of her most high-profile assignments. She had not universally distinguished herself as a leader. She had not won over swaths of new fans. She had not fully earned her place as next in line. She was known more in Washington circles for her rock
  
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• ‘You are next’: online posts show Islamic State interest in attacks on US ahead of election

  20-10-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Internet chatter and Oklahoma arrest of alleged would-be IS attacker indicate terror group’s planningAfter the FBI arrested an Afghan man in Oklahoma planning an election day shooting on behalf of the Islamic State, the terrorist organization re-entered what has become one of the most chaotic news cycles leading up to a November vote.Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, of Oklahoma City admitted to investigators he and a co-conspirator expected to die as IS martyrs as they opened fire on crowds on ele
  
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• Weight loss jabs for jobless not dystopian, says Wes Streeting

  20-10-2024 12:52 via bbc.com
  
  The government is looking into whether weight-loss drugs can help get more people back to work.
  
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• Texas man arrested for allegedly stealing neighbors' dogs, killing them

  20-10-2024 12:14 via foxnews.com
  
  A man in Texas has been arrested and charged with cruelty to non-livestock animals by adopting pets and then allegedly killing them.The Bowie County Sheriff’s Office was alerted on Oct. 3 about several dogs missing from local homes. One of the callers said a suspected dog thief lived in the area.As deputies canvased the Simms area, they went to the home where Stuart Duncan Hammonds and his girlfriend lived. They smelled what seemed to be decaying animals, KSLA reported.ABANDONED DOG L
  
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• Samaritan's Purse continues to lead North Carolina relief efforts in wake of devastating Hurricane Helene

  20-10-2024 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Samaritan's Purse, a humanitarian aid ministry, is not slowing down its relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Helene in its home state of North Carolina.In an interview with Fox News Digital, Edward Graham, COO of Samaritan's Purse and an Army veteran, urges Americans to pray in the aftermath of storms like Helene and Milton."The greatest need that western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee need is prayer. We need a country praying," he said.But on the ground, Samaritan's Purse is doing more
  
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• Florida lieutenant fatally shot by estranged husband who attempted to make crime look like a suicide: deputies

  20-10-2024 11:57 via foxnews.com
  
  A lieutenant with a sheriff's office in Florida was allegedly shot and killed by her estranged husband, who is also a former sergeant, in an incident the suspect sought to make appear like a suicide, deputies said.Orange County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Eloilda "Ellie" Shea, 39, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head around 2 p.m. on Monday at a home on El Prado Avenue in response to what appeared at the time to be a suicide."At the time, we responded to those inquiries with the infor
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

  20-10-2024 11:54 via bbc.com
  
  The Black Sabbath frontman was among the 2024 inductees at the event in the US on Saturday.
  
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• Rare copy of US Constitution collecting dust in North Carolina filing cabinet sells for $9M at auction

  20-10-2024 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Two years after the only known private copy of the U.S. Constitution printed by Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress, was found in a filing cabinet of a North Carolina home, the document was sold for $9 million at auction. Until 2022, the 237-year-old document was collecting dust in a metal filing cabinet underneath a can of stain inside a long forgotten storage room inside the home. The home in Edenton, North Carolina, had once been owned by Samuel Johnston, the stat
  
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• Pennsylvania woman sentenced to life for murders of 2 young children found hanging in home's basement

  20-10-2024 10:54 via foxnews.com
  
  A Pennsylvania woman was sentenced to two life terms without parole following her convictions for murdering her two young children who were found hanging in the basement of their home in September 2019.Lisa Snyder, 41, was convicted last month on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Connor, 8, and Brinley, 4, who were found in their home in Albany Township, which is located about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, before being taken off life support and dying three days later, acc
  
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• Romance scams on the rise as Americans look to dating apps for love: 5 tips to protect yourself

  20-10-2024 10:00 via foxnews.com
  
  After losing her husband, "Beatrice" turned to an online dating site for seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic. She quickly matched with and fell hard for a person she thought was a 66-year-old Spanish lumberjack who looked uncannily like her husband. "I was missing not having him here to talk about, you know, what was going on in the world and everything," Beatrice, who asked that her real name not be used, told Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). "So, somebody suggested to go online th
  
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• K-pop, K-movies, a Nobel prize … and now K-poetry: book of wise words adds to Korea’s cultural glory

  20-10-2024 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After Han Kang’s Nobel award and South Korean cinema hits, Penguin publishes new English edition of maxims by Lee Seong-bok in wake of US success A collection of wise maxims written by a 72-year old poet, calmly setting out illuminating advice to other poets, is the latest and perhaps most unlikely book to benefit from a surge in demand for South Korean literature.“Kick against words like you would kick back on a swing. You’ve got to feel as if the soles of your feet are touchi
  
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• Greek man convicted for sneaking onto neighbors' properties to smell their shoes

  20-10-2024 09:37 via foxnews.com
  
  A man in Greece was given a suspended one-month prison sentence after his conviction for disturbing his neighbors by repeatedly sneaking onto their properties and smelling their shoes.Addressing the court in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Thursday, the 28-year-old man said he was unable to explain why he entered his neighbors' homes to get a whiff of their shoes and said he was embarrassed by his behavior.He said he had no intention of breaking the law or harming anyone during the in
  
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• Lego architect recreates iconic buildings from across Wales

  20-10-2024 09:29 via bbc.com
  
  From Penarth Pier, to Wrexham's Racecourse Ground, a Lego artist delights fans with his creations.
  
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• Scientology-linked UK rehab centre falls foul of charity regulator

  20-10-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Charity Commission finds ‘range of shortfalls’ at Narconon facility after Observer investigationA Scientology-linked addiction charity accused of putting vulnerable people through psychological drills that left them “traumatised” and in “trance-like states” has been reprimanded by the Charity Commission.Narconon UK was ordered by the watchdog to address a “range of shortfalls” after an investigation identified breaches of charity law and issues wit
  
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• Does air pollution cause dementia? UK scientists launch study to find out

  20-10-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Research at the Francis Crick Institute could lead to new drugs to counter progress of diseases like Alzheimer’sBritish scientists are about to launch a remarkable research project that will demonstrate how the air we breathe can affect our brains. This work will be vital, they say, in understanding a major medical problem: how atmospheric pollution can trigger dementia.In recent years, scientists have discovered that air pollution is one of the most pernicious threats to human health and
  
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• Australia news live: Jane Hume defends Dutton over clashes with ABC journalists after testy exchange in WA

  20-10-2024 07:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Follow today’s headlines liveLNP leader launches Queensland election campaign with promise of mandatory isolation for child offendersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe family of stabbing victim Vyleen White has helped the Queensland Liberal National party to launch its election campaign.The LNP is promising to introduce “adult time for adult crime” amid claims of a youth crime “crisis” in the state.In our family’s hour of need, both
  
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• 'Irish database of stillbirths means our son will not be forgotten'

  20-10-2024 07:50 via bbc.com
  
  An Irish mother whose eldest boy was stillborn hails the importance of a new public record of loss.
  
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• Shooting at Mississippi trail ride leaves 3 dead, 8 wounded: sheriff

  20-10-2024 07:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Three people were killed and eight others were wounded in a shooting at a trail ride party in Holmes County, Mississippi, as they were celebrating a school's homecoming football win several hours after the game concluded.The Holmes County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a shooting on Highway 17 around 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Sheriff Willie March told WLBT.March said the shooting came as a large group of young people decided to have a party on the trail ride about three to fo
  
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• 'Unusual' Anglo-Saxon replica of Roman coin found

  20-10-2024 07:40 via bbc.com
  
  The Anglo-Saxons "made the whole thing from scratch" rather than reuse an old coin, says an expert.
  
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• Two generations of family speak about their IVF treatment ahead of film Joy

  20-10-2024 07:18 via bbc.com
  
  A family who struggled to conceive over two generations speak of their journey to have babies.
  
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• Shirley MacLaine explains why she and Jack Nicholson never had an affair

  20-10-2024 07:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Shirley MacLaine shared candid details about her love life in her upcoming memoir.The 90-year-old actress, who previously penned her best-selling 1983 autobiography "Out on a Limb," will release her new book "The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous Lifetime" on Oct. 22.During an interview with People magazine ahead of the memoir's publication, MacLaine, who had an open marriage with her husband of 28 years, Steve Parker, claimed that she had affairs with all of her leading men
  
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