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• Alberta voters overwhelmingly reject plan to leave Canada in referendum

  20-10-2026 18:24 via World news | The Guardian
  Result is a victory for prime minister Mark Carney and supporters of Canadian unityVoters in Canada’s Alberta have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to begin the process of independence, delivering a decisive victory for supporters of Canadian unity and deepening divisions within the separatist movement.With nearly 1.9m votes counted, roughly 76% people supported remaining in Canada, while 24% backed beginning a process toward separation, according to unofficial results from Elections Alberta
  
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• Election Day voters head to the polls as Dems seek to flip control of Congress

  03-11-2026 12:12 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Election Day is here. Today, voters across the United States are heading to the polls to cast their ballots in the 2026 midterms. And with control of Congress up for grabs, the stakes are high for both parties as President Trump heads into his final two years in office.Democrats are seeking to regain control of both the House and Senate, while Republicans, who have held narrow majorities in both chambers since January 2025, are seeking to retain control.In the House, there are 435 seats. And whi
  
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• 1 person dead after helicopters collide near Mount Everest, police in Nepal say

  03-11-2026 10:41 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Two helicopters crashed into each other as they attempted to land near Mount Everest in Nepal on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring three others, including both pilots, according to the Nepal Police.Nepal Police via Reuters - PHOTO: A man stands next to a damaged helicopter after two helicopters collided as they prepared to land in Nepal's Mount Everest region November 3, 2026. The helicopters crashed at a helipad in the Solukhumbu district, police said. The crash was caught on a livestrea
  
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• North Korea rejects U.S. allegation over $6 billion Binance crypto heist

  03-11-2026 09:24 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  By Jack Kim, Kyu-seok Shim and Rae WeeSEOUL/SINGAPORE, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Asset outflows from Binance have normalised and the company was in "very strong financial health", its co-CEO said, as North Korea dismissed as "absurd rhetoric" US allegations that it was behind a $6.3 billion cryptocurrency heist on its platform.The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, whose customers had withdrawn a net $4.72 billion as of Monday after it was hit ‌with what could be the largest-ever financial heist
  
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• North Korea dismisses 'absurd' U.S. claim it was behind $6.3 billion crypto heist

  03-11-2026 09:24 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  By Jack Kim, Kyu-seok Shim and Rae WeeSEOUL/SINGAPORE, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Asset outflows from Binance have normalised and the company was in "very strong financial health", its co-CEO said, as North Korea dismissed as "absurd rhetoric" US allegations that it was behind a $6.3 billion cryptocurrency heist on its platform.The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, whose customers had withdrawn a net $4.72 billion as of Monday after it was hit ‌with what could be the largest-ever financial heist
  
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• When will we know who controls Congress? It could be a while.

  03-11-2026 06:24 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The stakes in Tuesday's election — which party will control Congress — are crystal clear. But when that will be known is impossible to say. The Associated Press will be calling races in all 435 House districts and the 35 Senate contests that are up for election this year. Control of the House depends on which party reaches 218 seats. Currently, 219 members caucus with Republicans, just one more than the minimum needed for a majority when all seats are filled. There are tw
  
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• New York state reports first measles-related death in 30 years

  03-11-2026 04:34 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  A child died of measles in upstate New York, marking the state’s first measles-related death in 30 years, Governor Hochul announced Monday.
  “I’m heartbroken to learn that a child in Lewis County has died from measles,” Hochul said in a statement. “My heart goes out to their family and everyone who knew and loved them.”
  Hochul blamed the Trump administration for policies that undermine the public’s faith in the safety and efficacy of vaccines.
  “This is New York’s first measles-r
  
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• Passengers in Florida crash identified as family of 4, their caretaker and another couple

  02-11-2026 23:55 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Authorities said on Monday that weather conditions are a major factor in the federal investigation into the fatal crash of a private jet that was bound for the Bahamas and crashed in Palm Beach County, Fla., on Sunday afternoon.The National Transportation Safety Board told reporters on Monday that ice was forming on the jet as it experienced moderate turbulence. Miami air traffic control granted the pilot permission to climb from 35,000 feet to 37,000 feet to avoid precipitation, but shortly aft
  
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• Trump put himself on the midterms ballot without running. Now his legacy is at stake.

  02-11-2026 23:23 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  President Trump’s political capital is on the line ahead of the midterm elections as a potential blue wave threatens his final two years in office. 
  Trump has crisscrossed the country, holding 28 in-person campaign rallies in addition to a series of tele-rallies. The president has made stops in Republican strongholds like Ohio, Texas, Iowa, Kansas and even Alaska in an effort to keep the states firmly in the red column. He’s also visited a number of deep-red states like Mississippi and Sou
  
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• Trump touts Washington makeover in final pitch ahead of midterms

  02-11-2026 22:58 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  By Jacob Bogage and Nandita BoseWASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Facing elections that could cost his party control of Congress, President Donald Trump spent his last major speech before the midterms talking about pipes and paint on Monday.Trump ruminated on his Washington renovations, new ‌sod, the White House's helipad, a grand new arch and the recently reopened Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during a 54-minute speech that the ‌White House billed as part of the president's closing argumen
  
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• Trump brushes aside tough midterm prospects with visit to Reflecting Pool

  02-11-2026 22:58 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  By Jacob Bogage and Nandita BoseWASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Facing elections that could cost his party control of Congress, President Donald Trump spent his last major speech before the midterms talking about pipes and paint on Monday.Trump ruminated on his Washington renovations, new ‌sod, the White House's helipad, a grand new arch and the recently reopened Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during a 54-minute speech that the ‌White House billed as part of the president's closing argumen
  
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• Early voting is breaking records, but the numbers tell a complicated story

  02-11-2026 21:15 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  On the eve of Election Day a record number of Americans have already passed judgement on President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.
  Roughly 54 million voters cast their early ballots over this past weekend ahead of the Nov. 3 election, according to the University of Florida Election Lab.
  The deluge offers a glimpse into a forecasted wave election that many experts believe could sweep Democrats in power for the president's final two years in the White House.
  Every state has d
  
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• Early voting has broken records, but the numbers tell a complicated story

  02-11-2026 21:15 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  On the eve of Election Day a record number of Americans have already passed judgement on President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.
  Roughly 54 million voters cast their early ballots over this past weekend ahead of the Nov. 3 election, according to the University of Florida Election Lab.
  The deluge offers a glimpse into a forecasted wave election that many experts believe could sweep Democrats in power for the president's final two years in the White House.
  Every state has di
  
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• Mother identifies 20-year-old pilot killed in Florida plane crash

  02-11-2026 18:54 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  A private jet bound for the Bahamas crashed in Palm Beach County, Fla., Sunday afternoon, killing all nine people on board. The Learjet 60, which had taken off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, went down at about 12:50 p.m. ET near Cresthaven, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. Dashcam footage posted to social media by an eyewitness showed the aircraft falling toward the ground beside a road and exploding into a fireball, narrowly missing cars and homes. Duffy calle
  
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• Prosecutors announce intention to retry Lindsay Clancy for deaths of her 3 children

  02-11-2026 18:24 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Prosecutors announced in court on Nov. 2 that they intend to retry Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children.
  Clancy, 36, was charged with murder for killing her children Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, on Jan. 24, 2023, by strangling them with exercise bands in the basement of their Duxbury home. Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington argued she can't be held criminally responsible, Massachusetts' version of the insanity defense, because she was sufferi
  
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• Trump admin. appeals to Supreme Court to sideline 20,000 mail ballots in California

  02-11-2026 17:29 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots the day before the pivotal midterm elections. The emergency appeal came after an appeals court rejected the request to set aside some 20,000 ballots from people the federal government suspects may not be citizens.The federal government says those ballots should not be counted until the voters’ status can be verified. Californi
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Trump admin's bid to set aside thousands of California ballots

  02-11-2026 17:29 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push for California to set aside thousands of mail ballots from people President Donald Trump’s administration claims are noncitizens, a decision that comes on the eve of the final day of voting in the pivotal midterm elections.The high court refused to intervene in a case involving 20,000 people the Republican administration flagged as likely noncitizens on the largely Democratic state’s voter rolls.The swift rejection was the lates
  
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• Elon Musk is tightening Grok limits as the cost of AI catches up with demand

  02-11-2026 17:29 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Elon Musk said on Sunday that Grok (SPCX) users would run up against usage limits more quickly than normal because servicing Grok Bot has become too expensive. "The cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue," Musk wrote on his social media platform, X.The sudden throttling highlights one of the biggest questions swirling around the AI revolution: whether demand from users will be enough to sustain a business. It turns out, at least in Musk's case, that demand isn't the
  
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• 'A despicable betrayal': Dems incensed by Haley Stevens’s endorsement of Mike Rogers

  02-11-2026 17:21 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  On Election Day, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers will face off in what may be the marquee battle of the 2026 midterms: the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters in Michigan. It's a contest that could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate. Democrats currently hold 47 Senate seats, including two independents who caucus with them. They need 51 to win back the chamber. (A 50-50 split would give Vice President JD Vance the tiebreaking vote.) Polls suggest tha
  
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• ‘A despicable betrayal’: Democrats incensed by Haley Stevens’ endorsement of Mike Rogers

  02-11-2026 17:21 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  On Election Day, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers will face off in what may be the marquee battle of the 2026 midterms: the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters in Michigan. It's a contest that could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate. Democrats currently hold 47 Senate seats, including two independents who caucus with them. They need 51 to win back the chamber. (A 50-50 split would give Vice President JD Vance the tiebreaking vote.) Polls suggest tha
  
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• 5 questions that will determine how the midterms shake out

  02-11-2026 17:01 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Here are the five questions that probably will determine how Tuesday's midterm elections turn out.1. What do disaffected voters do?By all accounts, many Democratic voters across the country are excited to vote. But Democrats' path to a successful election requires Republican-leaning and independent voters, who will be needed if Democrats are to secure the Senate majority, a significant House majority and a majority of governor's mansions.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most importa
  
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• Judge dismisses complaint against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Hunter Biden

  02-11-2026 16:34 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of making false statements to Congress about Hunter Biden, saying the investigation that produced the charges was rushed, overtly political and dogged by “critical mistakes.”“What has transpired here cannot be described as anything other than weaponization,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said in a scathing ruling from the bench that dismissed the case against former o
  
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• Which party has a better chance of winning the midterms? What the final polls say.

  02-11-2026 16:03 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  The 2026 midterm elections are tomorrow. So where do things stand — nationwide — in the race to control Congress? Which party has a better chance of, you know, winning? To get a sense of that, it helps to geek out over some cold, hard data.The usual caveats apply, of course. Polls aren't predictions; they're momentary snapshots of public opinion. And they have been wrong before.Yet time is almost up — and the stakes on Nov. 3 couldn't be higher, especially for President Trump, who has enjo
  
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• Iran says 'ball is in the U.S. court' on any deal to end the war

  02-11-2026 14:58 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  What to know about the Iran war today:Mediators continue pushing for a deal between the U.S. and Iran to end the eight-month war sparked by U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic. Three consecutive days of indirect, closed-door negotiations led by Qatar have yielded no apparent breakthrough, with Iran saying Monday that "the ball is in the U.S. court."President Trump has kept his intentions on Iran ambiguous, saying Saturday that the U.S. still has targets to "take care of," and then t
  
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• Haley Stevens' Democratic allies turn on her after surprise GOP endorsement

  02-11-2026 14:22 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, speaks alongside Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers after a church service at Perfecting Church, in Detroit on Sunday, November 1, 2026. - Jose Juarez/AP
  As recently as Saturday night, the prospect of Democrat Haley Stevens endorsing Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race had seemed implausible.
  Stevens issued a statement praising Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed for saying he disagreed with a controversial advertisement that blamed th
  
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• Man completes 31,000-mile walk around the world and returns to mom’s house

  02-11-2026 13:58 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  HULL, England (AP) — Karl Bushby completed his 28-year odyssey to walk around the world Monday by returning to his mother’s home in northern England. Bushby embraced his emotional mother, Angela, outside her row house in Hull, England, which he left in 1998.They were surrounded by journalists, a documentary film crew and a large crowd outside the home that had a banner saying “Welcome Home Son.”Bushby was a 29-year-old ex-paratrooper when he walked away from the home to a Royal Air Force
  
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• Iran official says 'the ball is now in the U.S.' court' regarding peace talks

  02-11-2026 13:15 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Talks between the U.S. and Iran remain stalled despite the two countries signing a memorandum of understanding in June, aimed at ending the war that began with joint American-Israeli strikes on the country in February. The opening strikes killed a host of top Iranian officials and commanders, among them Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.The two sides have continued to exchange strikes, though have not returned to the intense fighting seen in the early stages of the conflict. The U.S. says it
  
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• Wall Street is bracing for a major shift in how the U.S. borrows money

  02-11-2026 12:52 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  (Bloomberg) -- After Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent surprised dealers with his willingness to intervene in the bond market to drive down yields in recent months, Wall Street is now girding for the biggest revamp in guidance for US Treasuries issuance since early 2024.Most Read from BloombergRay-Ban Heir Rejects $3.9 Billion Offer for Stake in Family FirmWSJ Wins Dismissal of Trump's $10 Billion Defamation SuitValero to Buy, Restart Idled Texas Refinery as Fuel RalliesApple Overtakes Nvidia to
  
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• Investigators probe Florida jet crash that killed 9 people as cockpit audio emerges

  02-11-2026 12:33 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  A private jet bound for the Bahamas crashed in Palm Beach County, Fla., Sunday afternoon, killing all nine people on board. The Learjet 60, which had taken off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, went down at about 12:50 p.m. ET near Cresthaven, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. Dashcam footage posted to social media by an eyewitness showed the aircraft falling toward the ground beside a road and exploding into a fireball, narrowly missing cars and homes. Duffy calle
  
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• Democrats eye a return to power. Division over how to handle Trump is already brewing.

  02-11-2026 12:00 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Democrats are expecting to win big on Election Day, but disagreements are already erupting among them over how aggressively to target President Trump for what they say are abuses of power and corruption.
  Democratic lawmakers and strategists are divided over whether to push another impeachment against Trump.
  Senators and leaders in the House are generally opposed to advancing a third impeachment of Trump that has virtually no chance of picking up 67 votes in the Senate — the number of votes ne
  
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