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• Policeman killed in Kashmir hours after Modi visit

  02-04-2017 17:47 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  A grenade explosion killed a police officer and injured 10 other security personnel in Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday, police said, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the tense region.Suspected rebels lobbed a grenade at a group of police and paramilitary troops in the main city of Srinagar following protests against Modi's visit."Four personnel of CRPF and seven policemen were injured in the grenade blast," Bhuvesh Choudhary, spokesman of the paramilitary Central Reserve Po
  
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• DOJ warned election workers in all 50 states. Now a judge has stepped in.

  31-10-2026 02:05 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  A federal judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to stop threatening state and local election officials with criminal prosecution over their handling of disputes about voter qualifications.U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson also ordered the Trump administration to cease demanding that election workers remove voters from statewide rolls, refuse to issue ballots to specific voters or segregate ballots cast in the midterms based on the administration's claims that some voters are ineligible
  
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• Justice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots amid Senate race probe

  30-10-2026 21:25 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice pushed Friday for a court order to isolate certain Alaska ballots to investigate potential voter confusion, while federal officials confirmed the existence of a criminal probe over a Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent.The dueling developments came days before Tuesday's ranked choice general election, in a race headlined by two-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. The
  
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• Criminal probe underway over would-be spoiler Senate candidate in Alaska

  30-10-2026 21:25 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal investigation related to an alleged scheme to confuse voters by putting a Senate candidate on the ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent. The investigation has been ongoing for several months, but revelations this week from The New York Times that Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting Dan J. Sullivan have resulted in
  
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• Stocks plunge on the final trading day of October as AI reckoning grips Wall Street

  30-10-2026 21:12 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  US stocks plunged in the final trading day of the month as earnings from Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) this week rekindled concerns about the amount of money Big Tech is spending on its AI ambitions.The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) tumbled 2.8% as a tech-fueled sell-off intensified. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 1.2%, or over 650 points, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped 2%. For the month, the Dow gained 1.5%, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 gave up gains, falling 5.2%
  
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• Federal appeals court again denies Trump admin request to block 20,000 California ballots

  30-10-2026 20:16 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  An open voting machine is seen at Arroyo Seco regional branch library on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Ronaldo Bolanos/Los Angeles Times)A federal appeals court for the second time Friday denied a Trump administration request to block 20,000 ballots from California voters the administrationalleges may be noncitizens — ruling that the administration had failed to show that “such extraordinary relief, during an ongoing election, is clearly required by law.”The three-judge pane
  
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• A Senate seat Republicans have held for 60 years is suddenly up for grabs

  30-10-2026 19:35 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  When South Carolina’s longtime Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham died suddenly in July, his sister Darline stepped in to fill his seat in the Senate for the final six months of his term. “Lindsey has always been there for me, and now I will be there for him,” Darline Graham said in her first remarks after being appointed to her brother’s old seat.The choice to put Darline Graham in the seat was made by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. But now that Darline Graham is seeking election to a
  
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• Election forecasters shift 12 more House races toward Democrats before Tuesday

  30-10-2026 19:04 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  It's crunch time. With just days to go until the 2026 midterm elections, Democratic and Republican candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives nationwide are making one last push to persuade voters in their districts — and help their party win or retain control of the chamber on Nov. 3.The stakes are high. President Trump has enjoyed complete Republican control of Congress for the first half of his second term. Flipping the House would give Democrats the power to block parts of the presid
  
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• Stocks plunge as Amazon, Intel and Alphabet fuel a broad tech sell-off

  30-10-2026 19:01 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  US stocks plunged in the final trading day of the month as earnings from Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) this week rekindled concerns about the amount of money Big Tech is spending on its AI ambitions.The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) tumbled 3.3% as a tech-fueled sell-off intensified. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 1%, or over 500 points, while those on the S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped 2%. Stocks fell for the second day in a row after Amazon and Alphabet posted rare earnings mi
  
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• Binance's $6.3 billion hack is the biggest known crypto theft ever

  30-10-2026 18:58 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  The estimated $6.3 billion theft reported Thursday by crypto exchange Binance isn't the first time the industry has dealt with a major, unexpected incident in which large sums of customer assets are frozen, spurring a rout in crypto stocks. It may bring to mind crypto's more turbulent days, such as the collapse of FTX, though in that full-on meltdown, with an initial shortfall of $8 billion to $8.9 billion, the Binance rival’s own founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, was charged with the heist. Bankman
  
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• Judge opens probe into potential DOJ misconduct over Trump's golf course plans

  30-10-2026 18:50 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  A federal judge has opened an investigation into concerns that the Trump administration lied to her in the ongoing legal battle over President Trump’s desire to redevelop East Potomac Golf Links.
  Friday’s hearing became the latest fiery courtroom clash between U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes and the Department of Justice (DOJ), which repeatedly took issue with the judge’s lines of questioning and pushed back on any suggestion that information was wrongly withheld.
  “The court will open a f
  
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• Abdul El-Sayed leads Michigan Senate polls, but a divide among Dems could hurt him

  30-10-2026 18:17 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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• Nvidia denies report that its CEO was targeted in alleged Chinese spy plot

  30-10-2026 17:04 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Nvidia, a top chipmaker, is denying a report that its CEO, Jensen Huang, was allegedly targeted in a Chinese spy plot.According to a New York Times report published Thursday, U.S. intelligence officials allegedly determined that a top executive at a Singapore-based data center company who developed a "close relationship" with Huang was funneling information to Chinese officials in Beijing.The executive was identified by the Times as Alice Huang, who was pictured together with the Nvidia CEO in 2
  
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• ICE agent indicted on aggravated assault charge for allegedly hitting man with car

  30-10-2026 16:37 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of intentionally ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston was charged Friday with aggravated assault, prosecutors said.The Harris County District Attorney's office says Mario Alberto Morales was behind the wheel of an unmarked black vehicle on Oct. 10 when it struck Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, who was running away. Parra Hernandez was later placed in custody with a broken leg. Few federal officers du
  
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• Student-loan relief delays are trapping public service workers in debt, lawsuit says

  30-10-2026 16:00 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  A new lawsuit against the Trump administration targets delays in processing Public Service Loan Forgiveness for thousands of student-loan borrowers.Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe Education Department is facing a new lawsuit over the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.The lawsuit said the department is failing to process buyback applications and is illegally rescinding borrowers' payments.These delays are forcing borrowers to pay off loans that should be forgiven, the lawsuit said.The Trum
  
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• Netanyahu's party claims election was stolen as results show him losing majority

  30-10-2026 15:39 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Tel Aviv — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party alleged Thursday that Israel's election earlier in the week was stolen by Arab-majority parties, helped by foreign funding that amounted to vote-buying, as final results showed Netanyahu's bloc has lost its majority in Israel's parliament, the Knesset.Israel's Arab-majority parties had their highest turnout ever in Tuesday's election, winning an unprecedented 19 of the Knesset's 120 seats. Their success is one of the main reason
  
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• Renewed Iran war after midterms could threaten fragile U.S. gains in Hormuz

  30-10-2026 15:16 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  The United States is pointing to gains in the Strait of Hormuz, intent on demonstrating that weeks of complex and secretive military operations there have returned oil flows to near prewar levels and chipped away at a key piece of Iranian leverage ahead of a threatened return to all-out war after the U.S. midterm elections next week.An increase in vessel traffic and the small percentage of ships disabled by Iranian strikes are signals "clearly demonstrating that the United States and regional pa
  
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• Trump to hold rallies in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday after initially canceling

  30-10-2026 15:03 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has rescheduled campaign rallies in a pair of critical Midwestern states that he had previously canceled, according to a person familiar with the plans.The person said Friday the Republican president will now visit Iowa and Kansas for back-to-back campaign rallies on Sunday. The person insisted on anonymity to discuss Trump’s schedule.The Republican National Committee initially said in canceling the rallies that Trump would do telerallies instead to r
  
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• 'I'm deeply hurt': Christa Pike speaks after surviving lethal injection

  30-10-2026 14:01 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Christa Pike said she is in constant physical and mental pain in a statement released one month after she survived an execution attempt by the state of Tennessee on Sept. 30.
  "I had not contemplated life beyond that night, and I’m deeply hurt by the incompetence that has put so many people in this terrible position," she said in the 460-word statement. "I continue to think about my victim’s family and the terrible pain and loss they have endured."
  Pike was sentenced to death for the 1985 mur
  
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• Pope Leo casts historic U.S. vote after years of requesting both parties' primary ballots

  30-10-2026 13:59 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope to vote in a U.S. general election.The Vatican confirmed Friday that the Chicago-born pontiff had submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, citing his long-standing belief in civic participation.Leo, formerly Robert Prevost, “has exercised his right to vote as a United States citizen” and has done so “whenever he was eligible to do so,” the Holy See press office said.The statement said he had
  
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• House Dems probe State Department's role in Bolsonaro's escape to U.S. from Brazil

  30-10-2026 11:00 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  House Democrats are probing the State Department’s role in facilitating former Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro’s escape from Brazil to the U.S. amid ongoing criminal investigations into him and his family.A group of House Democrats, including many prominent members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday night with a list of questions about the State Department’s involvement in Bolsonaro fleeing Brazil and the process
  
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• Democrats seek answers from State Department about taking in Bolsonaro

  30-10-2026 11:00 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  House Democrats are probing the State Department’s role in facilitating former Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro’s escape from Brazil to the U.S. amid ongoing criminal investigations into him and his family.A group of House Democrats, including many prominent members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday night with a list of questions about the State Department’s involvement in Bolsonaro fleeing Brazil and the process
  
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• 'It could be quite a brutal evening': GOP braces for some once-unthinkable losses

  30-10-2026 10:00 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Republicans are bracing for a brutal election night, convinced they're set to face some previously unthinkable losses in deep-red Trump territory as key battleground races hang on a knife's edge.House Republicans are privately discussing not just if they'll lose their majority, but by how many seats. Imperiled GOP incumbents in once safe districts have been begging party leaders for more money in the final few days to stem the bleeding, according to six people involved in internal conversations,
  
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• Hackers steal record $6.3 billion from Binance in just 20 minutes

  30-10-2026 09:29 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  By Ankur Banerjee, Rocky Swift and Summer ZhenSINGAPORE/TOKYO Oct 30 (Reuters) - Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, in a record theft that analysts pinned on North Korea and said could shake faith in digital assets.Cryptocurrency prices fell on the news, while Binance halted withdrawals and said it would cover the losses. About half the ‌stolen assets were quickly frozen by stablecoin issuers such as Tether, Circle and the Trump-backed World L
  
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• Pentagon reportedly tells NATO allies to tone down rhetoric about Russia

  30-10-2026 06:04 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  By Antoni Slodkowski, Gram Slattery and Andrius SytasOct 30 (Reuters) - Pentagon officials have in recent weeks asked several NATO countries to tone down their rhetoric regarding the threat posed by Russia, arguing that some statements by European leaders and officials have undermined continental security, four people familiar with the matter said.Among the nations that have received ‌messages urging them to keep public statements in check are Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, said the people, wh
  
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• 'I am not interested in tricking voters': Peltola speaks out on Alaska ballot controversy

  30-10-2026 06:03 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Juneau, Alaska — Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola told supporters Thursday she is "not interested in tricking voters," after two days of intense questions about how a man with the same first and last name as her Republican opponent ended up on the ballot.The state's toss-up Senate contest has drawn nationwide scrutiny since The New York Times alleged Thursday that operatives linked to Peltola's campaign helped recruit a candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan — who has the same fir
  
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• U.S. scraps G20 group photo after European diplomats refuse to pose with Russia's Lavrov

  30-10-2026 05:02 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  ATLANTA (AP) — The top diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies opened two days of meetings in Atlanta on Friday after European objections to Russia’s participation forced the U.S. to cancel a photo of the foreign ministers, underscoring deep rifts among the group over global crises.Secretary of State Marco Rubio pulled the plug on the traditional group photo after several European officials threatened to boycott or walk out of the snapshot that usually helps kick off such dipl
  
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• Peltola denies knowing about Alaska spoiler candidate as DOJ issues new subpoenas

  30-10-2026 04:26 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola denied Thursday that she knew anything about an effort to put another candidate on the Alaska ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent as the Justice Department escalated a criminal investigation with new grand jury subpoenas."I just want to clear the air," she said at the top of a speech in a downtown bar in Juneau, Alaska's capital. "I knew nothing about any other candidate on the ballot except for me and the incumbe
  
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• Crypto exchange Binance freezes assets after $6.3 billion security breach

  30-10-2026 04:06 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  By Mrinmay Dey and Vallari SrivastavaOct 29 (Reuters) - Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, said a security breach had resulted in an estimated $6.3 billion impact that analysts said could amount to the biggest crypto heist ever and might make investors rethink the risks of owning digital assets.Binance said it had worked with partners to freeze the ‌affected assets, with about $3 billion located so far. It gave no update on the status of the remaining $3.3 billion as Binance
  
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• 3 people killed after 2 helicopters collide midair in Oregon, authorities say

  30-10-2026 03:32 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Three people are dead after two helicopters collided in midair near an Oregon airport on Thursday, according to local authorities.The incident involved a 1995 Robinson R22 helicopter and a 2018 Airbus AS350B3 helicopter and occurred at approximately 2:10 p.m. local time Thursday near McMinnville, about 40 miles southwest of Portland, according to the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office.The sheriff said flight instructor Maddie Aasbo, 22, of Texas, and a student pilot from the U.K. were aboard the Ro
  
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