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• Knife found on former O.J. Simpson estate

  04-03-2016 17:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A knife has been recovered at the Los Angeles-area estate once owned by former football star O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted more than 20 years ago in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend.
  
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• 6 dead in Wisconsin plane crash, sheriff's office says

  14-10-2026 16:14 via abcnews.com
  
  Six people are dead following a plane crash Tuesday night near Reedsburg, Wisconsin, Tuesday night, according to a statement from the Sauk County Sheriff's Office.The sheriff's office said in an initial statement that the Sauk County Dispatch Center received reports of a downed plane just after 9:30 on Tuesday night.Deputies and emergency personnel located the aircraft with "multiple individuals involved."2 found dead after Idaho-bound plane goes missingFive adults and one child were on board th
  
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• Trump's meme coin has lost 95% of its value. Buyers still want a seat at his table.

  14-10-2026 15:40 via cbsnews.com
  
  More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump's next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers, indicating that many of the buyers are based overseas, according to a CBS News analysis.The gala, set for Nov. 22 at the Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, D.C., will seat the 185 largest holders of the $TRUMP meme coin, according to the website for Fight Fight Fight LLC, the company behind the coin. A public leaderb
  
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• Netflix cuts 1,000 jobs in its biggest layoffs ever despite soaring profits

  14-10-2026 15:18 via variety.com
  
  Netflix is swinging the axe — laying off around 1,000 employees, representing 6% of its workforce, in what is its biggest layoff to date. Most of the layoffs will affect workers in Netflix’s product, technology, legal and HR teams, co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters wrote in an email to employees Wednesday morning about the layoffs. More from VarietyHow AI Is Used by Netflix at Its VFX Eyeline Studios, Revealed by VP Mohsen Mousavi at View ConferenceNetflix Scores Exclusive 2030 F
  
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• Witnesses describe fatal fall from 200-foot Six Flags roller coaster in Georgia

  14-10-2026 15:09 via cnn.com
  
  Attractions are seen at Six Flags Over Georgia near Atlanta on Tuesday. - Mike Stewart/AP
  On a warm Columbus Day afternoon, with many area schools closed for Fall Break, the winding midways of Six Flags Over Georgia must have made a wooded stretch about 10 miles west of downtown Atlanta feel both electric and nostalgic.
  Carousel music mixed with the thunderous roar of roller coaster carts exploding through dizzying loops and heart-stopping drops. The piercing screams and cheers of thrill seekers
  
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• Gas prices have topped $4 for a record 158 days, and they may stay there

  14-10-2026 14:52 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  Gas prices set a record on Wednesday for the most days in a year that the national average topped $4 a gallon.The average regular gasoline price stood near $4.33 per gallon, about $0.02 less than a week ago but about $1.25 more than a year ago, according to AAA data.Wednesday marked the 158th day on which prices remained above $4, according to a GasBuddy analysis, breaking the 2022 record of 157. Wednesday marked a record for the number of days in a year that gasoline stayed above $4 per gallon.
  
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• Newly released surveillance video shows Kelly Clarkson in Brooklyn store

  14-10-2026 14:43 via abcnews.com
  
  New surveillance video is shedding light about the circumstances behind the viral feud between singer Kelly Clarkson and a novelty store in Brooklyn.The video, which was obtained by the "Pablo Torre Finds Out" podcast and does not have any audio, appears to show the moments leading up to Clarkson's social media complaint about the customer service treatment she received at Art of Play, a magic and games store.Charles Sykes/Invision/AP - PHOTO: Kelly Clarkson performs in Rockefeller Plaza, May 6,
  
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• New inflation data comes in hotter than expected as prices remain high ahead of midterms

  14-10-2026 14:35 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  Inflation heated up in September as energy prices soared, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data. Annual inflation jumped to 3.7%, accelerating from 3.4% in August and outpacing economists' expected 3.6% jump. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.6% in September from 0.4% a month earlier.Gas prices were a particularly large contributor to September's inflation figures, rising 9.1%. Average prices at the pump hit a record $4.33 last month, according to AAA data, nearly $0.50 above the pre
  
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• World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey — and some of its cargo has survived

  14-10-2026 11:43 via bbc.com
  
  The world's oldest shipwreck has been discovered off the coast of Turkey, archaeologists say.They have dated it to between 4,400 and 4,700 years old, which is the Early Bronze Age, and is around the same time that the Great Pyramid was being built.The ship's wooden structure has not survived, but the ceramic storage pots it was carrying were lying on the sea floor and, remarkably, some still contain traces of what they held inside.The archaeologists who found the ship say it was about 10m in len
  
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• Trump administration delays IRS data that could show who benefited from GOP tax cuts

  14-10-2026 10:45 via politico.com
  The Trump administration is delaying the release of detailed data showing how Republicans’ 2025 tax cuts affected millions of Americans’ taxes, even as it tries to sell voters on the law ahead of the midterm elections.The numbers document which tax breaks were claimed by people in different income brackets, as well as information like how much they paid in taxes.The IRS typically releases the data in the wake of each filing season, but this year's rollout is more anticipated because
  
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• House control all but gone, top Republicans privately concede

  14-10-2026 10:45 via yahoo.com
  Some top congressional Republicans have privately concluded that it is likely impossible for them to keep control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, and they are now focused on limiting the scale of the defeat and salvaging the party's Senate majority.Five senior Republican lawmakers, all granted anonymity to speak candidly about their party's dire position, told POLITICO the House had all but slipped away.One senior House Republican said the GOP's goal at this point was t
  
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• Pope Leo spends peaceful night in hospital after surgery for lung cancer

  14-10-2026 10:09 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joshua McElweeVATICAN CITY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Pope Leo spent a peaceful night in hospital after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, the Vatican said on Wednesday, adding that further information about his condition would be ‌released later in the day.The pope was diagnosed on Tuesday with lung adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung ‌cancer, after doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung during an operation.The 71-year-old pontiff had been admitted to Rome's Gemelli ho
  
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• Russian strikes leave 600,000 people without power in Ukraine, Zelensky says

  14-10-2026 09:21 via bbc.com
  
  Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian air strike on a residential building in Kyiv [EPA/Shutterstock]
  At least 600,000 people across Ukraine are now without electricity after deadly overnight Russian missile and drone strikes, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.He said "critical" energy infrastructure had been hit in Kyiv and the capital region and also in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv - despite a claim by US President Donald Trump on Sunday that an "energy ceasefire" was in pl
  
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• Russia hits 'critical' energy sites in Ukraine, leaving 600,000 people without power

  14-10-2026 09:21 via bbc.com
  
  Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian air strike on a residential building in Kyiv [EPA/Shutterstock]
  At least 600,000 people across Ukraine are now without electricity after deadly overnight Russian missile and drone strikes, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.He said "critical" energy infrastructure had been hit in Kyiv and the capital region and also in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv - despite a claim by US President Donald Trump on Sunday that an "energy ceasefire" was in pl
  
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• 600,000 without power in Ukraine as Russia launches aerial attack, Zelenskyy says

  14-10-2026 08:54 via abcnews.com
  
  At least 600,000 people were without power early on Wednesday in Ukraine, after Russia launched an aerial attack that struck energy infrastructure, Zelenskyy said.
  
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• Trump says 'massive' oil, gas and mineral exploration to begin in Greenland

  14-10-2026 08:48 via yahoo.com
  Greenland has untapped rare earth deposits and could be a critical player as melting polar ice opens up new shipping routes (Ina FASSBENDER)US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil, gas and mineral exploration was preparing to begin in Greenland, and hailed the Arctic island's position for US and European security.Washington signed a security deal with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark after Trump threatened to take Copenhagen's strategically important Arctic Circle territory by forc
  
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• Iowa faces a reckoning over water quality and cancer rates in midterm campaigns

  14-10-2026 08:31 via abcnews.com
  
  Iowa is grappling with water quality and cancer rates, bringing these issues to the forefront of state politics
  
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• More expensive gas, semiconductors likely pushed up inflation last month

  14-10-2026 08:22 via abcnews.com
  
  Inflation likely worsened in September in one of the last price reports the government will issue before the midterm elections that have been heavily defined by concerns over affordability
  
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• Federal judge grants preliminary injunction continuing to block Trump's media ban

  14-10-2026 07:19 via abcnews.com
  
  The same judge issued a temporary restraining order last month.
  
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• White House officials question how long Katie Zacharia can last after 1st press briefing

  14-10-2026 06:33 via yahoo.com
  Several White House officials are questioning how long Katie Zacharia will keep the press secretary job after her first briefing Tuesday, saying her performance was unlikely to satisfy President Donald Trump.Several advisers and officials offered negative reviews of the briefing to CNN, with one characterizing it as "brutal." Others described it as unusual, awkward, stilted and, at times, uncomfortable. Zacharia appeared at the podium for only about 15 minutes, and most of that time was dedicate
  
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• House Democrats plan ambitious 100-day agenda if they sweep to power in midterms

  14-10-2026 06:14 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are preparing an ambitious 100-days agenda focused on delivering their campaign promises — making life more affordable and conducting vast oversight of the Trump administration — if the party seizes majority control in next month's elections.Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is in line to become House speaker if the party wins power, said the Democrats will be united “right out of the gate” on reinstating Affordable Care Act ta
  
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• Justice Department threatens California over alleged noncitizen voters, letter shows

  14-10-2026 05:48 via yahoo.com
  By Jacob Bogageand Andrew GoudswardWASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The US Justice Department on Tuesday gave California officials 48 hours to review a list of alleged noncitizen voters or face legal action, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters - part of an unprecedented effort to find evidence ‌of voter fraud ahead of next month's elections.The letter, written by acting Deputy Attorney General R. Trent McCotter and addressed to California Secretary ‌of State Shirley Weber, says the
  
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• Trump-appointed judge extends order blocking White House press ban

  14-10-2026 05:09 via yahoo.com
  A federal judge on Tuesday extended an order blocking the Trump administration from banning reporters for three news outlets from the White House, a pivotal operational development for the news organizations as the extraordinary case pitting the president against the media that cover him makes its way through the legal system.In a victory for media organizations at a time when tension between the White House and journalists is high, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled that CNN, MS NOW and Po
  
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• U.S. probe of Rep. Ilhan Omar reportedly focuses on birth date and citizenship papers

  14-10-2026 04:19 via washingtonpost.com
  The federal investigation that prompted the search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. residence on Monday centers on claims that she or her late father may have lied on decades-old immigration paperwork to secure legal status and eventually U.S. citizenship, three people familiar with the matter said. Omar - a Minnesota Democrat who was born in Somalia and fled civil war there with her family before eventually immigrating to the United States in 1995 - has repeatedly rejected such allegations, whic
  
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• WATCH: Urgent search for suspects after California TV station targeted by gunfire

  14-10-2026 03:41 via abcnews.com
  
  A gunman fired multiple shots at a TV station in Bakersfield, marking the second incident to occur at the same station in less than 72 hours.
  
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• Pope Leo lost part of his lung to cancer. Doctors say he could still live normally.

  14-10-2026 03:21 via health.yahoo.com
  
  Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer after having surgery to remove a nodule, or growth, on his right lung, according to a statement the Vatican shared with CBS News. The Vatican noted that his diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma was "as suspected from pre-operative tests."   During the 90-minute surgery, doctors at Rome's Gemelli Hospital ultimately removed the lower lobe of his lung. It's called a "radical resection," as the Vatican noted, and is designed to completely
  
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• Jon Ossoff shuts down 2028 presidential speculation in heated Georgia Senate debate

  14-10-2026 03:08 via nbcnews.com
  Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaking in September. (Elijah Nouvelage / Getty)Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., said Tuesday night during a debate that he will not run for president in 2028.Ossoff made the statement in response to a question as he faced off with his Republican challenger, Rep. Mike Collins. Ossoff is seeking a second six-year term in Georgia and said he would serve the full term.“I have zero interest in running for president,” Ossoff said when he was asked directly by one of the mo
  
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• Iran shifting tactics to step up attacks on shipping before U.S. vote, officials say

  14-10-2026 02:11 via yahoo.com
  By Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Saul and Phil StewartDUBAI/LONDON/WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections, two senior Iranian officials told Reuters.Tehran has tried to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz since the US and Israel ‌launched strikes against Iran on February 28. It has restricted passage through the waterway, which carried about a f
  
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• Iran ramps up attacks on ships in bid to keep oil prices high before U.S. midterms

  14-10-2026 02:11 via yahoo.com
  By Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Saul and Phil StewartDUBAI/LONDON/WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections, two senior Iranian officials told Reuters.Tehran has tried to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz since the US and Israel ‌launched strikes against Iran on February 28. It has restricted passage through the waterway, which carried about a f
  
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• Texas DA says ICE officer intentionally ran over immigrant and may face charges

  14-10-2026 02:02 via nbcnews.com
  HOUSTON — Videos collected by local investigators make it “pretty obvious” that an ICE officer intentionally ran over Miguel Parra Hernandez during an immigration stop Saturday, which could lead to assault charges, the district attorney said Tuesday.“This was an intentional striking and running over of the person by the vehicle, and in that case, that is an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Texas,” Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare told NBC Ne
  
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