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• Brit academic jailed in UAE says captors threatened to imprison him overseas

  05-12-2018 23:12 via cnn.com
  Matthew Hedges, the British academic who was sentenced to life in prison for spying in the United Arab Emirates, says his forced confession came amid threats he'd be imprisoned in an overseas military base and tortured.
  
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• 7 men were accused of sexual assault at Cornell. Here's how the school responded.

  04-10-2026 18:18 via yahoo.com
  Two of the seven men accused of sexually assaulting a Cornell University student at a fraternity house in 2024 were expelled, while others were ordered to take sexual harassment training and write "reflection papers," according to university disciplinary records obtained by the New York Times.The records offer the most detailed look yet at how Cornell handled the case, which has drawn national outrage and is now under criminal investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James.On Friday, N
  
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• Christa Pike's prognosis unknown after failed execution, lawyer says

  04-10-2026 18:05 via yahoo.com
  Christa Pike remains unconscious and critically ill four days after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her, and doctors don't yet know whether she will recover, her lawyer said Sunday."We don't know the prognosis and may not know for several days," attorney Stephen Ferrell told CNN's "State of the Union." Ferrell said he has not been allowed to see her and doesn't know of her speaking or regaining consciousness."I think at the very least the governor should commute Ms. Pike's death sentenc
  
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• Trump names Jay Clayton as AI czar: Where he stands on AI safety

  04-10-2026 17:24 via yahoo.com
  President Trump on Sunday named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as his new "AI czar," adding a different category of intelligence, the "artificial" kind, to the U.S. spy chief's portfolio.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Clayton will lead a newly formed "Super Intelligence Force" alongside Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael and Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor. The group will r
  
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• Russian drone hits Kyiv bridge as Germany's chancellor arrives to sirens and explosions

  04-10-2026 17:10 via cnn.com
  
  A Russian drone struck a major bridge in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in the city to the sound of air raid sirens, explosions and air defense systems being activated.
  Merz is in Kyiv to display support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid Russia’s escalation of strikes on the city.
  “Ukraine needs all our support in the coming weeks,” Merz said.
  Highlighting attacks on Ukraine’s towns, residential buildings
  
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• 2 dead and 35 injured in mass shooting at Georgia homecoming celebration

  04-10-2026 16:49 via yahoo.com
  Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a mass shooting from early Sunday morning, leading to two deaths and possibly dozens injured.Dooly County Coroner Brett Walls confirmed to WALB and WMAZ that two people were dead, a 20-year-old man and a 23-year-old man.Channel 2 Action News has a reporting team on the way to learn more about this developing story.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that they were assisting with response to the incident on Pine Str
  
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• Trump's opponents are planning how to reverse his changes to the presidency

  04-10-2026 16:24 via washingtonpost.com
  Democratic House members are writing bills to rein in a president’s emergency powers. Lawyers are strategizing about how to insulate the Justice Department from presidential influence. A House measure would block a president from unilaterally remodeling the White House. Ethicists are writing rules to prevent a future first family from self-dealing. Throughout Washington and beyond, President Donald Trump’s opponents are scrambling to ensure that after he leaves office, the changes he
  
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• An election chief lost. Then he padlocked the ballots and called the FBI.

  04-10-2026 14:39 via washingtonpost.com
  REDDING, Calif. - Clint Curtis thinks something doesn’t smell right in Shasta County. Literally.As the registrar of voters for this Northern California community, Curtis was both election administrator and candidate this summer. After he lost, he certified the results as “full, true and correct.” Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post.He nonetheless harbored doubts. Some ballots smelled too inky, he said. So
  
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• FlyDubai co-pilot was likely lone wolf in attempted hijacking, investigators say

  04-10-2026 13:46 via cbsnews.com
  
  Days after a FlyDubai co-pilot made a violent attempt to crash the passenger aircraft and was subdued by passengers and other crew members, questions about his motive continued to swirl. He is currently being questioned in the United Arab Emirates. The flight Wednesday from Dubai to Tel Aviv was approaching Israel when the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the flight captain and attempted to crash the aircraft, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. The captain was able to fight
  
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• Iran tells U.S. there is no military solution to Middle East war

  04-10-2026 11:46 via yahoo.com
  Ships anchored off the coast of Musandam governorate in Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday (-)Iran's top diplomat insisted on Sunday that there would be no military solution to the United States' war against the Islamic republic, with talks on ending the conflict apparently at an impasse.A campaign of heavy bombardment failed to bring a decisive close to the war launched by the US and Israel in late February, and Washington in recent weeks has dialled back military operations in favour of
  
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• Trump. Climate. AR-15s. The Supreme Court is about to go back to work.

  04-10-2026 09:00 via usatoday.com
  WASHINGTON – A new Supreme Court term will get off to a fast start when the justices on Oct. 5 take up a landmark case about climate change that could have broad implications for local governments to tackle national issues.
  In other politically charged cases that will be debated over the next few months, the court – which has a 6-3 conservative majority − is expected to continue expanding rights for both gun owners and religious groups.
  The Trump agenda may also dominate the S
  
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• U.S. Marine detained in connection to woman's 'brutal' death in Japan

  04-10-2026 07:49 via abcnews.com
  
  A U.S. service member was arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery after a Japanese woman's body was discovered in a hotel in Okinawa, local officials said, describing the alleged killing as a "heinous" incident that prompted the Japanese government to lodge a protest with the United States.Shinjiro Koizumi, the Japanese minister of defense, said a U.S. Marine lance corporal was arrested on Sunday after the woman's body was found early on Saturday in Naha, the capital city of the Okinawa pref
  
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• Trump predicts a ‘big surprise’ for Republicans as he rallies voters in Ohio

  04-10-2026 04:22 via nbcnews.com
  President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally with Oklahoma Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Mazzei at the Choctaw Event Center Oct. 1 in Durant, Okla.(Kevin Dietsch / Getty)VANDALIA, Ohio — President Donald Trump rallied Saturday for Republicans in Ohio’s competitive races for Senate and governor, predicting that the party will defy expectations in a choppy midterm election climate.“I think we’re going to have a big surprise, because they don’t know
  
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• Cornell president says university will examine role of Greek life after rape allegation

  04-10-2026 03:58 via cnn.com
  
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  As outrage builds around the case involving a Cornell University student allegedly gang-raped in a fraternity house in October 2024, the university’s president has broken his silence with a statement Saturday.
  Here’s the latest:
  University president speaks out: “This is a defining moment in Cornell’s history,” Cornell’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, said in the video statement calling Jane Doe’s allegations “deeply disturbing.&rd
  
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• Christa Pike's failed execution exposes the secretive market for lethal injection drugs

  04-10-2026 01:38 via newsweek.com
  
  Tennessee officials are still investigating why death row inmate Christa Pike survived an execution attempt after receiving two doses of pentobarbital, a drug intended to render a person unconscious and ultimately cause death.While the immediate focus has been on what went wrong inside the execution chamber, experts say Pike’s case has also renewed scrutiny of a problem that has been building for more than a decade: how states obtain lethal injection drugs after pharmaceutical companies mo
  
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• U.K.-Iranian national released on bail after arrest in security incident near U.S. base

  04-10-2026 00:00 via cbsnews.com
  
  A dual U.K.-Iranian national who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at the U.S.-run RAF Fairford air base in England that British authorities have linked to Tehran was released on bail Saturday. The 25-year-old man was arrested in London on Thursday, and police have searched two properties in the U.K. capital, Counter Terrorism Policing said in a statement. On Saturday, Counter Terrorism Policing announced that the man had b
  
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• Calif. gov candidate Steve Hilton's sexually-charged ad is condemned by GOP allies

  03-10-2026 23:34 via yahoo.com
  Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton visits patrons at Victorio's Ristorante in North Hollywood, where they held a watch party for the CNN debate between candidates Democrat Xavier Becerra and Hilton on Wednesday night. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)A provocative, sexually suggestive ad by GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is drawing heat from his fellow Republicans while drawing millions of viewers online.Two young women sit on a bed, with an LGBTQ+ flag in the backgr
  
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• Cruz rips Vance as 'insecure' after VP accused him of focusing on 2028 election

  03-10-2026 22:15 via politico.com
  Sen. Ted Cruz fired back at JD Vance for suggesting he's already focused on a 2028 presidential bid, calling the vice president "insecure" while insisting he's focused on the 2026 midterms.“In my experience, people engage in political bomb-throwing when they're feeling insecure,” Cruz said in a phone interview Saturday. “So he's welcome to make whatever comments he likes. I'm going to keep focusing on the midterms and helping us win on Election Day in the next 30 days.”Cr
  
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• Cruz calls Vance 'insecure' after VP accused him of focusing on 2028 election

  03-10-2026 22:15 via politico.com
  Sen. Ted Cruz fired back at JD Vance for suggesting he's already focused on a 2028 presidential bid, calling the vice president "insecure" while insisting he's focused on the 2026 midterms.“In my experience, people engage in political bomb-throwing when they're feeling insecure,” Cruz said in a phone interview Saturday. “So he's welcome to make whatever comments he likes. I'm going to keep focusing on the midterms and helping us win on Election Day in the next 30 days.”Cr
  
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• Researchers think they might have actually found remains of Noah's Ark

  03-10-2026 22:07 via foxnews.com
  
  A team investigating a boat-shaped formation in eastern Turkey says new evidence is strengthening its case that the site could hold the remains of Noah's Ark."In archaeology, you deal with probabilities, and we're inching towards where we believe we will have confirmation this winter after our soil analysis is done with Sivas University, who's our partner in this," Noah's Ark Scans founder Andrew Jones told "Saturday in America."The focus of the investigation is the Durupınar formation, an
  
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• New lizard species discovered in Peru, San Marcos University says

  03-10-2026 20:06 via yahoo.com
  The newly discovered lizard (Liolaemus archipensis) was found in the high Andean puna (Handout)Scientists have discovered a new species of lizard in the Peruvian Andes, the Natural History Museum of San Marcos University said Saturday.The lizard measures between six and eight centimeters (2.4-3.2 inches) and has distinct coloration depending on sex.Females have square-shaped spots on their backs, while males have oblique spots and white scales that help them blend into their rocky surroundings.T
  
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• Trump apparently posts GOP senator's phone number in clash over daylight saving time

  03-10-2026 19:22 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Saturday pressured Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be the personal cellphone number of Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House in July, but it faces roadblocks in the Senate where some Republicans are strongly opposed. Proponents, including the White House, argue that the change would provide more daylight during
  
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• Tennessee prison chief resigns as state investigates Christa Pike's failed execution

  03-10-2026 18:11 via yahoo.com
  Tennessee's top prison official is stepping down after the state's failed attempt to execute Christa Pike, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday.Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will leave this month. In a statement, he said resigning was "in the best interest of Tennesseans" while an independent review examines what happened Wednesday, when Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital.Strada said he still believes the state "carried out its responsibilities in accordance with the established protoco
  
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• Tennessee prison chief resigns after Christa Pike's failed execution

  03-10-2026 18:11 via yahoo.com
  Tennessee's top prison official is stepping down after the state's failed attempt to execute Christa Pike, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday.Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will leave this month. In a statement, he said resigning was "in the best interest of Tennesseans" while an independent review examines what happened Wednesday, when Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital.Strada said he still believes the state "carried out its responsibilities in accordance with the established protoco
  
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• Tennessee hasn't ruled out executing Christa Pike again. Her condition could stop it.

  03-10-2026 18:11 via yahoo.com
  Tennessee's top prison official is stepping down after the state's failed attempt to execute Christa Pike, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday.Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will leave this month. In a statement, he said resigning was "in the best interest of Tennesseans" while an independent review examines what happened Wednesday, when Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital.Strada said he still believes the state "carried out its responsibilities in accordance with the established protoco
  
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• Alleged FlyDubai attacker was previously identified as security risk, officials say

  03-10-2026 16:35 via abcnews.com
  
  The co-pilot of the FlyDubai plane who allegedly attacked the plane's captain and attempted to crash a flight bound for Israel on Wednesday is an Omani national who was previously suspended from flying by Oman Air after being identified as a security risk, according to senior intelligence and law enforcement officials.Multiple sources familiar with the investigation identified the suspected attacker as 29-year-old Hamam Al Hammami.The officials told ABC News that Al Hammami, while working as a c
  
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• Republicans are wary of the $200 million-plus price tag to save Ken Paxton

  03-10-2026 16:00 via politico.com
  Republicans know they have to spend big to save Ken Paxton. They’re increasingly worried MAGA Inc. won’t throw down in time.In private conversations over recent weeks, senior Hill Republicans and GOP officials have nudged President Donald Trump’s team to start spending more on the Texas Senate race before it’s too late, according to three people with direct knowledge of those conversations, who were granted anonymity to discuss them.Those fears escalated after audio leake
  
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• As Trump's approval rating drops, Republicans begin to lose confidence in midterms

  03-10-2026 15:30 via cnn.com
  
  The US Capitol Building is seen on October 1, in Washington, DC. - Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
  Four weeks to Election Day, a growing number of House Republicans privately fear their chances of holding onto the majority are vanishing and have begun focusing on how to limit the size of a potential Democratic wave.
  Inside the House GOP, Republicans have watched with alarm as President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have sunk in their own internal polling — including on traditionally r
  
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• Coast Guard searches for missing jet carrying 6 people off Nantucket

  03-10-2026 15:12 via usatoday.com
  The U.S. Coast Guard is searching off the coast of Nantucket for a missing jet carrying six people after it went missing the morning of Oct. 3.
  The jet, a Gulfstream G-100, lost contact with flight controllers early in the morning, the Coast Guard's Northeast District said. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement to USA TODAY that it issued a search and rescue alert notice for the jet at about 1:20 a.m. local time.
  The six people on board were flying from L.F. Wade International
  
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• Father and son face federal drug charges in probe of Ole Miss freshman's death

  03-10-2026 14:04 via abcnews.com
  
  A father and son who worked at a Mississippi smoke shop were charged by federal prosecutors in connection with one of the two Ole Miss student deaths that took place last week.U.S. Attorney Scott F. Leary for the Northern District of Mississippi announced Friday that a criminal complaint was filed against Yahya Mohamed Mosleh, 51, and Islam Yahya Mosleh, 18, on charges with possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances in connection with the death of Aidan Hamilton.The father an
  
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