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• Official: Corruption in Kenya hits new lows

  05-11-2015 13:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The chairman of a parliamentary committee in Kenya charged with oversight on government spending says there is "horrendous" waste of public funds lost through corruption.
  
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• Pope Leo to be admitted to hospital on Tuesday for planned surgery, Vatican says

  12-10-2026 15:42 via abcnews.com
  
  ROME and NEW YORK -- Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to a hospital in Rome on Tuesday morning, the Vatican said on Monday, a day after the pontiff said he would undergo surgery for a nodule found on his lung.The operation was to take place in the "next few days," Leo said on Sunday.Pope Leo to undergo surgery after nodule discovered on his lung, he saysPope Leo addressed the planned surgery in a statement on social media Sunday morning."The doctors believe that it is best to intervene, so, followi
  
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• Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of criminal investigation

  12-10-2026 14:17 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home on Monday morning as part of a criminal investigation, according to people familiar with the matter.The search was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations agents, said the people, who were not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity. More details about the investigation were not immediately clear.An email seeking comment was sent Monday to a r
  
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• Trump reportedly considering firing Kimberly Guilfoyle after allegations of misconduct

  12-10-2026 13:43 via cnn.com
  
  US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks during a dedication ceremony at the chancery of the US Embassy in Athens, on October 7. - Mark Schiefelbein/AFP/Pool/Getty Images
  President Donald Trump is weighing whether to dismiss Kimberly Guilfoyle from her position as US ambassador to Greece after a string of reports about misconduct, a person familiar with the matter said Sunday.
  Trump has been monitoring reports claiming Guilfoyle, who was engaged to Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump
  
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• Your 401(k) may be invested in a fund you never picked

  12-10-2026 12:53 via washingtonpost.com
  Signing up for a workplace 401(k) plan helps you build retirement savings efficiently. With a traditional 401(k), contributions are made on a pretax basis, and investment gains are then tax-deferred, which means there’s no yearly tax bill to pay. Roth 401(k)s are funded, meanwhile, on an after-tax basis, but investment gains and withdrawals are tax-free.In either case, your money needs to grow in accordance with your needs, and that means you need to choose the right investments. On a broa
  
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• Some ranchers question Trump’s policies as industry faces rising costs

  12-10-2026 12:40 via bbc.com
  
  Rancher Yvette Mannon was already dealing with a destructive wildfire and rising fuel costs before the US announced new foreign beef imports [Yvette Mannon]
  Nebraska rancher Yvette Mannon was already having a rough year.In April, a wildfire destroyed 1,600 grazing acres and 13 miles (21 km) of fence along the ranch she bought in 2002. The ranch is nestled in a corner of Nebraska that's home to rolling green hills under sweeping Midwestern skies, the landscape dotted with grain silos and feedlots
  
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• Fed officials are warning of more economic pain. Many Americans already feel it.

  12-10-2026 11:30 via cnn.com
  
  The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building is seen under construction in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 2026. - Mehmet Eser/Anadolu/Getty Images
  Four years ago, with inflation at multi-decade highs, then-Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a blunt message to Americans: Getting inflation under control would come at a cost.
  The Fed needed to act “forcefully,” Powell told attendees at a key central banker conference that August. Doing so, he cautioned, would bri
  
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• Trump's midterm road show reveals GOP troubles — and his own priorities

  12-10-2026 11:00 via washingtonpost.com
  President Donald Trump’s whirlwind travel itinerary this month reflects a careful calculation as Republicans brace for midterm losses: where he can mobilize his most devoted supporters, where his low approval ratings make him a liability and where he can simply have a good time.His packed agenda reflects political strategy, travel logistics and the reality that the president - despite being far more active on the campaign trail than his predecessor - is an 80-year-old man with a country to
  
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• Mike Johnson says he has no plans to step aside if Republicans lose the House

  12-10-2026 11:00 via cbsnews.com
  
  House Speaker Mike Johnson said he intends to serve as GOP leader if Republicans lose their House majority in November — but he remains bullish about the party's chances despite significant headwinds."In the unlikely scenario where we lost the majority, I would expect my colleagues would ask me to continue leading this conference, even if we have divided government," Johnson told CBS News' Robert Costa in an interview near Johnson's hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. Johnson, who has
  
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• Zelensky backs Trump's 'energy ceasefire' after initially expressing surprise

  12-10-2026 08:18 via bbc.com
  
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  Donald Trump has claimed that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an "energy ceasefire", with Kyiv saying it would support such a move but Moscow yet to comment.The US president insisted that it was "effective immediately" but provided no details.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky initially expressed surprise at the announcement, before saying Kyiv would support it if Moscow did. He also accused Russia of striking Ukrainian energy facilities after Trump's post.Trump has been urg
  
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• Trump announced a Russia-Ukraine 'energy ceasefire.' Zelensky says strikes continued.

  12-10-2026 08:18 via bbc.com
  
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  Donald Trump has claimed that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an "energy ceasefire", with Kyiv saying it would support such a move but Moscow yet to comment.The US president insisted that it was "effective immediately" but provided no details.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky initially expressed surprise at the announcement, before saying Kyiv would support it if Moscow did. He also accused Russia of striking Ukrainian energy facilities after Trump's post.Trump has been urg
  
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• Americans Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford win 2026 Nobel prize in economics

  12-10-2026 07:40 via yahoo.com
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — American-born economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel memorial prize in economics on Monday for their work on models that have helped governments and central banks manage economic shocks, such as energy crises and inflation.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners in Stockholm, saying the two were being honored for work that has helped policymakers deal with economic fluctuations.“The laureates have helped us smooth out the eco
  
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• James Talarico returns to the campaign trail and fires back at Ken Paxton

  12-10-2026 06:10 via nbcnews.com
  Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico in Austin, Texas, on July 22. (Brandon Bell / Getty)Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico addressed his recent absence from the campaign trail Sunday, saying it was nothing but a “nasty case of the flu.” “I was in bed, drinking lots of liquids. Unfortunately, the campaign made me work from home, so I didn’t even get full days off. But I didn’t want to be out on the trail, and I didn’t want to get anyone els
  
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• Tennessee was warned Christa Pike's execution could fail. It went ahead anyway.

  12-10-2026 05:08 via usatoday.com
  The road to Christa Pike’s botched execution was paved with determination.
  Dating back more than 20 years, government officials in Tennessee have been dogged in their efforts to carry out lethal injections despite serious concerns about their ability to do so and waning public support. Those concerns turned into red flags in the months leading up to Pike’s execution date, death penalty observers say.
  Most notably: The state botched another execution in May, and Pike's attorneys repea
  
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• 6 takeaways from often contentious South Carolina Senate debate

  12-10-2026 03:31 via cnn.com
  
  US Senate candidates Democrat Annie Andrews and Republican Sen. Darline Graham take notes before a debate in Columbia, South Carolina, on October 11. - Sam Wolfe/Reuters
  South Carolina has emerged as perhaps the most surprising Senate race to be competitive late in the 2026 midterm elections. And on Sunday night, appointed GOP Sen. Darline Graham, Democrat Annie Andrews and Libertarian nominee Kasie Whitener took part in the only debate currently scheduled in the race.
  The debate was often conte
  
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• Trump ads paid for by taxpayers blocked by judge ahead of midterms

  12-10-2026 02:16 via yahoo.com
  By Luc CohenOct 11 (Reuters) - A US judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from using taxpayer money to pay for political advertisements, after ‌publicly funded television ads glorifying US President Donald Trump began airing in ‌late September and sparked a bipartisan backlash.Manhattan-based US District Judge Jennifer Rochon temporarily barred the advertisements after ​plaintiffs including watchdog group Common Cause brought a lawsuit alleging the ads were political p
  
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• 1 person dies in new attack on Saudi airport, a day after Houthi strike kills 13

  12-10-2026 02:13 via yahoo.com
  By Jana Choukeir, Maha El Dahan, Timour Azhari and Yasmine GhaniaDUBAI/RIYADH, Oct 11 (Reuters) - One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a new attack Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300.Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen said an unidentified ‌projectile had targeted Riyadh's international airport Terminal 4 on Sunday, causing a fire.
  
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• Tiger that mauled British man to death won't be euthanized, zoo says

  12-10-2026 01:42 via upi.com
  A tiger is shown at the Saint Louis Zoo in St. Louis on Dec. 3, 2012. Officials at a wildlife park in Britain said Sunday a tiger that mauled a man to death after he entered its enclosure would not be euthanized. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
  Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A British zoo where a man was mauled to death by a tiger over the weekend said Sunday it will not euthanize the animal.
  The tiger, named Altai, will not be put to death after the incident in which police said the man was killed after en
  
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• Drone swarms are a problem Secret Service says they have not solved yet

  12-10-2026 01:00 via cbsnews.com
  
  The Secret Service is working out how to handle threats that have evolved beyond a lone gunman to attack drones.Deputy Director Matthew Quinn is leading the agency's new multimillion-dollar program to develop offensive and defensive drone capabilities. Among the new tools in the agency's arsenal is an artificial intelligence and radar-guided drone hunter, which disables enemy drones and captures them with a net."Swarms are a huge problem and a big threat," Quinn said. "I'd love to tell you the s
  
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• Trump's Russian diesel deal draws rebuke from bipartisan group of senators

  12-10-2026 00:48 via politico.com
  A bipartisan group of senators is calling on President Donald Trump to “immediately reverse course” on his decision to allow Russian diesel imports, accusing the administration of violating federal law and handing Moscow a financial lifeline as it wages war against Ukraine.“President Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel imports to the U.S. runs directly counter to that law,” the senators said in a statement released Sunday, citing Congress’ 2022 ban on Rus
  
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• Trump's deal to buy Russian diesel draws rare bipartisan rebuke

  12-10-2026 00:48 via politico.com
  A bipartisan group of senators is calling on President Donald Trump to “immediately reverse course” on his decision to allow Russian diesel imports, accusing the administration of violating federal law and handing Moscow a financial lifeline as it wages war against Ukraine.“President Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel imports to the U.S. runs directly counter to that law,” the senators said in a statement released Sunday, citing Congress’ 2022 ban on Rus
  
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• Saudi Arabia vows retaliation against Houthis after airport strike kills at least 12

  12-10-2026 00:43 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia said Sunday that it would "respond decisively" against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen a day after a strike on Riyadh's international airport brought the expanding Middle East conflict home to the Saudi capital. The Houthis later claimed responsibility for the attack and warned airlines against flying to Saudi airports, calling them "potential targets."Saturday's attack killed at least 12, according to Saudi officials, and the Indian Embassy in Riyadh said another person h
  
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• Oil theft is on the rise in U.S. shale country as thieves cash in on soaring prices

  12-10-2026 00:25 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  The spike in oil prices since the Iran war began this year has attracted more thieves, and they are increasingly professional criminals.West Texas Intermediate crude is up 60% so far this year, and fuel prices have risen even more as global refining capacity has fallen due to the Mideast and Russia-Ukraine wars.While oil theft has long been a part of the industry, the problem has become prevalent enough for the Dallas Fed to ask about in its quarterly surveys.The latest one showed that nearly ha
  
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• Father of toddler killed in Pennsylvania shooting says gunman seemed normal

  12-10-2026 00:04 via yahoo.com
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A man whose toddler was among eight people killed in a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, said Sunday that the gunman was a grandfather who never seemed distressed or out of the ordinary.“I think that was a front for him,” Julius Windham said as he stood at a memorial to victims of Friday’s shooting, including his 1-year-old daughter Amarianna, her pregnant mother and the woman’s 5-year-old son and unborn baby.“Him every day, him smiling and
  
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• 70 marathon runners evacuated after being stranded by heavy rain, officials say

  11-10-2026 23:19 via abcnews.com
  
  About 70 runners and volunteers participating in Utah's Moab 240 ultramarathon were evacuated from the rugged outdoor race course on Sunday after being stranded overnight by a heavy rainstorm that hit the area, authorities said.The San Juan County Sheriff's Office said on Sunday that it coordinated with race organizers to assist the stranded runners, who had been unable to safely leave the affected areas.Jon G. Fuller/VWPics via AP Images - PHOTO: Canyonlands National Park, Utah, where about 70
  
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• Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats are on the verge of retaking the House

  11-10-2026 22:10 via cbsnews.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries expressed growing confidence that his party will regain control of the House in November, as he visited two battleground districts in recent days to help Democratic candidates unseat Republican incumbents.Jeffries campaigned Friday in New Jersey's competitive 7th Congressional District alongside Democratic challenger Rebecca Bennett, a Navy veteran seeking to unseat Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. The following day, he traveled to Pennsylvania's 1st Congression
  
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• Fugitive accused of bribing Maduro allies faces a Miami judge this week

  11-10-2026 21:36 via cbsnews.com
  
  A businessman wanted for years in the U.S. for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody.Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab, a one-time ally of ousted President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and State Department had been offering a reward of up to $10 millio
  
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• ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say

  11-10-2026 21:16 via abcnews.com
  
  A man was hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle driven by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was allegedly pursuing him and another man on Saturday, Texas law enforcement officials and ICE said.Maj. Anthony McConnell of the Harris County Sheriff's Office's Special Investigation Bureau told reporters that around 7:20 a.m. local time, law enforcement officers were called to Clay Road near Highway 6 just outside Houston after the unidentified ICE agent called 911 for an ambula
  
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• Hurricane Isaias' devastating aftermath comes into focus in striking images

  11-10-2026 20:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Communities are beginning to assess the damage left behind by a powerful hurricane that tore through the region, leaving homes damaged, roads flooded and neighborhoods littered with debris.Photos from some of the hardest-hit areas show the scale of the destruction as residents and emergency crews begin the long process of cleaning up and rebuilding.How The Violent Category 2 Storm Unfolded Across Florida And Gulf CoastIsaias slammed into the Florida Panhandle near Destin on Friday, Oct. 9, as a
  
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• Newsom typically relishes battling Trump — except on undocumented students

  11-10-2026 20:00 via politico.com
  Gavin Newsom has rarely shied away from a fight with Donald Trump, especially over immigration.He didn’t hesitate last year to sign into law a ban on federal immigration agents wearing masks in the state. And when he put his name on a package of legislation this year further clamping down on immigration enforcement, he said he was doing so to “push back on Trump’s Orwellian immigrant tactics.”But when it came to a bill that would have required the state’s public uni
  
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