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- Midterm elections 2026 live updates: First polls close as House, Senate control hang in balance
- California fights "preposterous" Trump admin demand to scrap state broadband laws
- A NASA Telescope Is Predicted to Crash Back to Earth Within Hours
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- Trump wins Election Day court battle over ballot demands, poll worker threats
- NTSB says crucial plane parts found three miles from Florida crash site
- Parts of jet's tail found more than a mile from plane crash site in South Florida, official says
- Spanish transport minister resigns days after deadly train crash
- Ukraine’s drone strikes spur hasty Russian plans for underground data centers
- Supreme Court hears challenge to Catholic preschools' exclusion from Colorado-funded program
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- Justices signal support for Catholic preschools in clash between religious and LGBTQ+ rights
- Escaped Tennessee inmate captured, authorities say
- US strikes in the Strait of Hormuz create more questions about what’s ahead
- Safari update brings vertical tabs, adaptive dark mode, AI integration
- NYT demands Brave shut down its paywall blocker and end deals with AI firms
- Apple announces Fitness+ Gym Strength program with personalized workout plans
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- Binance Hackers Used Fake Job Interviews in Record Heist
- Buttons are back and storage is king when it comes to car interiors
- Flights across Europe face disruption after false bomb threats
- Bomb threats on flights, cruise ship cause disruption in Europe, no devices found
- Seven flights across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threats
- Google will let schools skip AI tools, but they have to give up search, too
- Poland Beefs Up Security at Border With Russia
- Poland launches major border operation as activity in Russia fuels concern over possible "serious provocation"
- Another child dies of measles as CDC reportedly holds up health alert
- Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes
- King calls slave trade a 'shameful chapter' during Commonwealth address
- With World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard had to reconnect with what made WoW great in the first place
- Death toll rises in Ukraine after Russia attacks aid centre, hospice and hospital
- This space company is betting its future on a propellant available everywhere
- What to know after Washington state resident dies of bird flu
- The unlikely player in contentious Michigan Senate race: Stevens’s fiancé
- Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack
- UEFI bootkit infected fully patched Windows machines. Is Microsoft to blame?
- On election night, here are the key races to watch and when polls close
- US Job Openings Jump to Four-Month High, Layoffs Decline
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- Austin tech founder killed with wife and children in Florida jet crash had reached a $10M business milestone
- 2026 Midterm Elections Live Updates: Voters Head to the Polls to Decide Control of Congress
- Physicists step closer to the 'Zeptoverse' after 42-year particle search
- Study estimates 75% of NFL players who died over 15-year span had CTE
- Voting machine chaos hits key House battleground
- Binance hackers used fake job interview to compromise computer before $6.3 billion attack
- 5 people rescued in South Pacific after months adrift at sea, 4 others missing
- Inside the Decision Desk: When will we know Senate and House control?
- Trump pre-election pitch: Reflecting Pool, pipes and a new promenade
- The Elder Scrolls 6 finally gets a proper name, Sentinel, and a new trailer as new details are revealed 8 years, 4 months, and 23 days later after the game was first announced
- Mining giant joins fight to stop killer toad march across Australia
- Libya's top religious authority rules against wearing Nike clothes
- Trump says US will stop $4 billion funding to Israel at end of 2026
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- Pfizer Bets on Cancer and Weight-Loss Drugs in Post-Pandemic Second Act
- EPA throws in the towel on policing air pollution from factory farms
- Bodycam video shows aftermath of fatal shooting by National Guard in Memphis
- Carl Icahn’s CVR Energy Strikes $4 Billion Deal for Two Marathon Refineries
- Scientists say they’ve found rare evidence of blood cells in a fossil. Not everyone is convinced
- Beyond screens: Mercedes-Benz's new holographic heads-up display
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- Saudi Aramco Profit Jumps Despite Damaging Attacks on Pipelines and Refineries
- Europe on alert after supermarket freezers hit by cyber-attacks in 10 countries
- SCOTUS rejects Trump's bid over disputed California ballots
- Russia confirms new Ukraine peace talks as Melania Trump prepares to host ceasefire meeting
- Friend of co-pilot in Florida plane crash says audio of last moments "the worst thing I've ever heard"
- Aging NASA telescope crashing to Earth after rescue mission fails
- Ebola survivors comfort sick children in Congo's isolation wards
- US urges Venezuela to release remaining political prisoners
- Federal authorities investigate cause of deadly plane crash in Florida
- Midterm elections could jolt stocks if Democrats sweep Congress
- ‘We forgot what it's like to be populist’: Republicans see Trump’s 2024 crumbling
- America’s Arab Allies Brace for War as Trump’s Midterm Deadline Looms
- NASA’s Swift Observatory Is Falling to Earth. Here’s What to Know About the Impending Impact
- FDA recalls thousands of blood pressure bottles, says pills failed quality tests
- Celebrating Day of the Dead, High in Mexico’s Mountains
- Jet may have broken apart before Florida crash, officials say, as family named among victims
- Neanderthals Used Wood for Tools, Housing — and Murder?
- Trump’s Immigration Dragnet Sweeps Up Ukrainian Truckers Who Fled War
- Scientists close in on mysterious ‘zeptoverse’ after 40-year hunt for ultra-rare particle
- Russian attack on Ukraine aid hub kills 26 as US announces new peace talks
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- Burnham says he has not proposed return to EU freedom of movement – UK politics live
- ‘Mogging’ crowned Collins word of the year
- Apple and Palantir shares slide in premarket trading following post-bell earnings
- Deal finalised to remove Brexit checks on food and animal products
- US midterm elections 2026 live: Americans go to the polls in referendum on Trump’s agenda
- Zelenskyy to make unexpected visit to Berlin for talks with Merz – Europe live
- Australia seeks to change visa deal with UK after influx of Britons
- ‘Incredible': After months lost at sea, 5 people are rescued in the South Pacific
- U.S. military carries out limited strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, U.S. officials say
- Major Queensland hospital to close pathology labs amid potential formaldehyde exposure investigation
- Law behind Bonfire Night among records sent from parliament to National Archives
- Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Kasparov in 1996?
- Texas couple, their young children among 9 killed in Florida plane crash
- Asian trading is mixed as tech sell-off deepens and oil prices rebound
- Why a US-Russia showdown left Morocco celebrating
- Apple Watch’s AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations begin beta testing
- Jimmy Kimmel Mocks the President’s ‘Pettysburg Address’
- ‘This is direct’: positive early feedback from pilot community mental health hub in Cumbria
- UK MPs could undergo criminal record checks to stop violence against women
- ‘A serious failure’: CPS prosecutor cites imaginary case to high court after AI search
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- Denmark pushes for EU ban on ‘turbo chickens’ as secret footage causes outrage
- UK ministers told not to engage formally with Indian mega-zoo after lobbying
- New York child dies from measles in state’s first fatal case in 30 years
- Peacock found in couple’s Brisbane bathroom leads to creative bid to reunite bird with tattoo artist
- Americans head to the polls for elections that could define Trump's closing chapter