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The Final Five Days: A Voter Checklist Before November 3
Five days remain until Election Day on November 3, and the voter checklist is now about deadlines, mail ballot return rules and the 58 ballot measures across 24 states.
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Hasan Firing-Squad Execution Set for Dec. 3; Livestream Question Still Open
Ex-Army Maj. Nidal Hasan is set for firing-squad execution at Fort Hood on Dec. 3, the first US military execution since 1961. Whether it will be livestreamed is undecided.
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Arctic Melt Season Has Stopped Lengthening Since 2010, NASA Satellite Study Finds
The Arctic’s melt season — the stretch of the year when sea ice shrinks — has stopped getting longer. A NASA-led study of satellite…
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FDA Flags Four Deaths in Evenamide Studies as U.S. Trial Hold Stays in Place
The Food and Drug Administration has flagged four deaths among patients treated with an experimental schizophrenia drug as a potential safety signal, in written…
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Third Broccoli Seed Recall in a Week as Salmonella Outbreak Reaches 32 Illnesses
A third brand of broccoli sprouting seeds has been recalled in a single week, as federal investigators continue tracing a multistate Salmonella outbreak that…
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270 for 270: The Prisoner Swap Behind the Oleshky Ceasefire
Ukraine and Russia swapped 270 servicemen each alongside the Oleshky ceasefire, the first such exchange since August, as civilian deaths in the war pass 19,000.
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Vance Grilled on Gas Prices, Iran War and Corruption in CBS Town Hall
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Brent Touches $110 as Hormuz Attacks Put Energy Markets on Edge
Oil markets flinched hard this week. Brent crude touched $110 a barrel — settling at $109.86, up 3.7 per cent — as a wave…
Technology
OpenAI Fires Three Safety Researchers; Open Letter Warns of Chilling Effect
OpenAI fired safety researchers Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni; their open letter warns the move could chill safety dissent. OpenAI denies retaliation.
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Formula 1 Returns to Africa With 10-Year Rwanda Grand Prix Deal From Early 2030s
Formula 1 will return to Africa with a 10-year Rwanda Grand Prix deal from the early 2030s, racing on a new Bugesera circuit for the first time since 1993.
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WWE Money in the Bank: Penta, Stratton Win Briefcases; Liv Morgan Takes Title
Penta and Tiffany Stratton won the Money in the Bank briefcases in New Orleans while Liv Morgan captured the Women's World Championship in a triple threat.
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Pennsylvania’s Congenital Measles Warning: A Disease Not Seen in Decades
Pennsylvania health officials have issued an urgent warning to doctors about congenital measles, a condition not seen in the state for decades, as the…
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NASA-Japan MMX Mission to Bring Home Phobos Samples; Launch October 19
The Japan-led MMX mission with NASA technology launches Oct. 19 to collect samples from Phobos and return them to Earth, a first for a Martian moon.
