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NATO commander says Ukraine aid will deter Putin's Europe threat

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Europeans should increase support to Ukraine in response to Russian hybrid attacks, the head of NATO’s military operations told Bloomberg Television in Poland on Sunday.

“They’re trying to break our collective will,” said General Alexus Grynkewich, supreme allied commander Europe, commenting on the intensifying wave of Russian ...Read more

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Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia raise risk of wider war

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This weekend’s deadly attacks on Riyadh’s main airport have demonstrated the ability of Yemen’s Houthis to strike at the heart of Saudi power, raising the risk of a dangerous escalation that could draw in the U.S.

Saturday’s strike killed 12 people and wounded 309, while on Sunday the airport was hit again, this time by an unknown ...Read more

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Hurricane center tracks new Atlantic system while Isaias brings flood threat to Appalachians

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The National Hurricane Center on Sunday began tracking a system in the distant Atlantic with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the elongated area of low pressure was centered a few hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands with a large but disorganized ...Read more

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Saudi Airport hit again as Riyadh set to host major conferences

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Saudi Arabia’s main airport came under renewed attack from Houthi rebels, a day after a strike on the facility killed 12 people and heaped pressure on the Middle East’s biggest economy as it prepares to host major events that seek to boost foreign investment.

An unidentified projectile hit a passenger terminal at King Khalid International ...Read more

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Pope Leo will have surgery to remove a nodule in his lung. A Villanova medal ceremony remains unclear

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Pope Leo XIV said he would undergo surgery in the coming days so doctors can remove a small growth discovered in his lung. The procedure marks his first major medical issue since becoming the first U.S.-born pontiff last year.

Speaking during his regular Sunday address in St. Peter’s Square, the 71-year-old said doctors had detected the ...Read more

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Dual tropical storms hit both US coasts with floods and outages

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More than 440,000 homes and businesses from Pennsylvania to Florida are without power and flood threats are rising at both ends of the country as the U.S. deals with a rare double tropical threat from the remnants of storms Isaias off the Atlantic and Rachel moving into the Southwest from the Pacific.

In the East, there were 441,749 homes and ...Read more

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Trump says Russia and Ukraine agreed to 'energy ceasefire'

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President Donald Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an “energy ceasefire” effective immediately.

“Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!” he wrote on social media.

The day before, Trump had again demanded that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy halt attacks on Russian oil refineries and suggested he ...Read more

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White House demands immediate fix after Anthropic's AI agents gave a false Philly homicide tip and applied for visas

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The White House said it expected “full transparency” and “immediate remediation” after the artificial intelligence company Anthropic disclosed that its agents supplied false information to the Philadelphia police homicide tip line and the State Department’s visa application system.

In a statement from a newly created task force, the �...Read more

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Man who plotted an attack on Poland Prime Minister Tusk is detained

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A man who allegedly planned an attack on Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has been detained by police, said Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said in a post on X, without giving more detail.

The detention came hours after authorities said they were investigating a plot to assassinate Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-...Read more

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10 deaths at LA's Twin Towers jail: One man's family alleges staff failed to provide care

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LOS ANGELES — Relatives of a man who died after being found unconscious in a downtown Los Angeles jail cell are demanding answers about his death, while questioning whether authorities missed signs that he was having a mental health crisis.

Daniel Magaña, 40, died Sept. 5 at an area hospital, about 10 days after he was found unresponsive in ...Read more

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Ron Schutz tries to keep Trump at arm's length in Minnesota attorney general's race

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MINNEAPOLIS — Ron Schutz was a young lawyer when he took a case to trial on behalf of the inventor of the MRI, claiming General Electric had infringed on his client’s patent.

His opposing counsel urged him to settle: “You’re never going to win this case,” Schutz recalled. His team forged ahead anyway — and won more than $100 million...Read more

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Supreme Court recusals in spotlight as Alito drops from oil case

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Justice Samuel Alito’s decision not to take part in a major climate change case because of his wife’s stock holdings is putting renewed focus on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recusal practices as it kicks off its new nine-month term.

The justice said in a Sept. 30 interview that Martha-Ann Alito didn’t want to sell the oil-company stocks ...Read more

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Saudi Arabia says 12 dead, 309 hurt in Riyadh airport attack

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Saudi Arabia said 12 people were killed and 309 were injured Saturday in an attack on the Riyadh airport, the deadliest incident in an intensifying conflict with Yemen’s Houthis.

Saudi civil aviation authorities said that airport operations were suspended temporarily while the damage was being assessed. Some of the injured were in critical ...Read more

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Officer killed, another injured in West Philly shooting; suspect ID'ed as water department employee

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PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia police officer was killed and another was critically wounded after authorities said a man ambushed them with a shotgun early Saturday outside his West Philadelphia home. The suspect, who continued to shoot at responding officers before being arrested, is a city employee.

Shane Seiber, a 40-year-old father of two,...Read more

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Anthropic AI model went rogue, submitted fake tip to police

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Anthropic PBC said its Claude AI model carried out additional unintended actions on the digital systems of outside organizations, including submitting a false tip in a police homicide case, prompting a warning from the Trump administration for artificial intelligence companies to secure their systems.

In a report outlining previously ...Read more

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Turkey bans social media accounts for children under 15

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Turkey has barred social media platforms from providing services to children under the age of 15, according to a regulation published in the Official Gazette.

Social media companies will be required to verify users’ ages when accounts are created, using an age-verification token through Turkey’s e-government system. Applications from users ...Read more

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Tropical Storm Rachel's surf drives out Long Beach residents, briefly shuts Newport Beach beaches

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LOS ANGELES — A coastal flood warning covered beaches from Malibu to San Diego on Saturday as Tropical Storm Rachel moved toward Southern California, while Long Beach kept some oceanfront residents under an evacuation order, and Newport Beach closed piers and temporarily shuttered beaches before a reopening.

“There is growing confidence ...Read more

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More than 100 aftershocks rattle Panama as earthquake damage mounts

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The toll from Friday’s powerful earthquake in Panama continued to mount Saturday, with authorities reporting at least 27 people injured, more than 400 buildings damaged and hundreds of coastal residents evacuated, as emergency crews assessed the destruction and the number of aftershocks surpassed 100.

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake damaged at ...Read more

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India police detain protesters, lock down Delhi over voter rolls

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Police in India’s capital cracked down on protests against a contentious review of voter rolls, detaining youth leaders and locking down central New Delhi with thousands of security personnel.

Authorities entered an aircraft after it landed in New Delhi from Mumbai and took Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and spokespersons Saurav...Read more

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Isaias leaves thousands without power, kills at least 4 people

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Downpours spread across the Appalachians and mid-Atlantic as Isaias’ remnants headed north after knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in three states and killing at least four people in Florida and Alabama.

Two people died after trees fell onto their homes Friday night — one in Birmingham, Alabama, according to Jefferson County ...Read more