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• Doping scandal 'will taint' Rio

  27-07-2016 13:56 via cnn.com
  
  More than half the planet tuned in to watch the last Olympics in London in 2012, with as many as 3.6 billion people apparently turning on their TV sets.
  
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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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• 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
  
  Cornell University
  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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• Debris found off Nantucket after Boston-bound medevac plane vanishes with 6 on board

  03-10-2026 13:59 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Coast Guard search crews located a debris field off the Nantucket coast that has been confirmed to be associated with a medevac flight with six people on board that disappeared Saturday morning while en route to Boston from Bermuda. Crews are continuing to search for potential survivors, and the Coast Guard cutter William Sparling will continue search efforts throughout the night. The Coast Guard said it would hold a news conference Sunday morning. Authorities are searching f
  
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• The races that could expand Democrats' path to the White House are short on cash

  03-10-2026 13:00 via politico.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Perhaps emboldened by the rush of sweet tea he was sipping at The Floridian, an Old Florida institution here, David Jolly told me he “can get outspent by $100 million and win this race.”The Florida Democrat may well have to test that argument.He is confronting the same daunting predicament as other gubernatorial candidates around the country: Democrats are poised to enjoy their best midterm election in two decades, but they may fall short in a series of
  
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• FlyDubai co-pilot accused of stabbing captain identified as 29-year-old Omani national

  03-10-2026 12:17 via foxnews.com
  
  The FlyDubai co-pilot accused of attacking a captain on a Tel Aviv-bound flight earlier this week allegedly used the cockpit's "crash axe" in the attack and has been identified as a 29-year-old Omani national.The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami, a Middle Eastern source told Fox News, adding that he was barred from flying with Oman Air — his country's airline — in 2024 due to concerns about extremist views.The source also said authorities believe the co-pilot moved to
  
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• Women declare #IamJaneDoe in solidarity with Cornell University rape accuser

  03-10-2026 12:07 via ca.news.yahoo.com
  
  By Donna Bryson and Jonathan AllenOct 3 - Women, some citing their own experiences of sexual assault, are posting on social media that they are Jane Doe, in solidarity with the woman using the pseudonym in accusing fraternity members of raping her at Cornell University in 2024.In a case that has drawn national attention, the woman is suing ‌seven fraternity members and the Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York, among others.And although New York law allows "Jane Doe" anonymity for sexual as
  
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• Cornell rape allegation puts fraternities' long struggle with trust back in focus

  03-10-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  The Cornell University gang rape allegation is the latest in a series of black marks for fraternities, leading critics to question why universities continue to support them.  
  Fraternities, almost as old as the country itself, have been a staple at colleges for young men to come together with the stated goals of teaching leadership, community service and building friendships.  
  But highly publicized incidents of sexual assault and hazing plague the groups, which could face a tough roa
  
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• Flydubai copilot attacked captain with crash axe, UAE official says

  03-10-2026 11:25 via nbcnews.com
  TEL AVIV — A Flydubai pilot attacked his fellow pilot using a crash axe and tried to take control of the aircraft’s flight controls in an attempted terrorist attack, an official in the United Arab Emirates said Saturday.The name of the alleged attacker is Omani citizen Hamam al-Hammami, multiple sources from three agencies briefed on the investigation, and a diplomat in the Middle East, told NBC News. Authorities have not officially released the identity.The Wall Street Journal, citi
  
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• DA did not review witness statements and other evidence Cornell police collected in alleged gang rape of student

  03-10-2026 06:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Cornell University police spoke to witnesses and received tips about an alleged gang rape at a frat house, but the district attorney did not review theinformation before deciding not to bring charges.
  
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• DA did not review key police evidence before declining charges in Cornell case

  03-10-2026 06:59 via nbcnews.com
  On Nov. 7, 2024, two weeks after the incident at Chi Phi, Jane Doe submitted to a sexual assault examination and evidence collection process, according to the police records.
  (Heather Ainsworth for NBC News)Cornell University police spoke to witnesses and received anonymous tips about an alleged gang rape at a fraternity house in the first weeks of its investigation two years ago, but the local prosecutor did not review the additional information before deciding not to bring charges. Tompkins Co
  
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