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Breaking · WarU.S. approves sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine

CBS News22 min ago

PoliticsAlaska governor orders criminal investigation into Senate race as DOJ probes alleged sabotage plot

NBC News21 h ago

$6.3B HEISTWorld's Biggest Crypto Exchange Hit by Record $6.3 Billion Hack

Newsweek21 h ago

SPOOKY WEATHER WARNINGWorld Is EndingHurricane-fueled storms threaten US with flooding and dangerous Halloween travel

Daily MailOct 29

Patrick Stewart dead at 86: Star Trek and X-Men actor passes away after battle with Alzheimer's disease and dementia

Daily MailOct 29

20,000 VOTER QUESTIONPoliticsDOJ issues grand jury subpoenas to California officials over non-citizen voter allegations

Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader and civil rights icon, dies at 96

The IndependentOct 28

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Daily Dumpster Fires

Judge and Pritzker aide fell for con man posing as Pablo Escobar's relative

CAPYBARA CHAOSLove triangle erupts at Edinburgh Zoo's capybara enclosure between two sisters and same male

WING ITBritish collector opens trading cards on plane wing, sets world record

PULLING POWERStuntman dressed as Michael Myers pulls 1.5-tonne car with tip of his penis

Hundreds swarm French beaches with quad bikes after 15-ton cocaine spill sparks treasure hunt

Three Chili's customers, two employees suffer chemical burns after industrial degreaser mixed into margaritas

Detroit Lions fan credits team timeout for saving his life after car crashes through his house

TSA finds Wolverine-style claw weapon with Freddy Krueger blades at Seattle airport

Arizona man swept up by tornado, survives unhurt

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Political Dumpster Fires

Trump heckled and interrupted during Florida rally speech

Mirror42 min ago

Senate Democrats to set up 'war room' against Trump's midterm efforts

Democrat civil war breaks out in Michigan days before midterm elections over controversial 'anti-Israel' TV ad

'KNEW' BUT AIRED ITDHS claims '60 Minutes' knew asylum applicant falsely claimed to be gay but aired story anyway

Bill Clinton, 80, attacks Trump over Iran strikes while joking about age

Michigan Democratic Senate nominees El Sayed and Stevens feud over Israel ad days before election Trump pauses rally after struggling to keep eye open, dismisses health rumors ICE agent points gun at bystander's face during North Hollywood arrest Trump says cancelled rallies made him think he could finally relax

In This Economy?

PUMP THE BRAKESExxonMobil and Chevron post record profits as Americans struggle with high gas prices

The Guardian8 h ago

100+ POSITIONS CUTTech layoffs piling up as Bay Area companies slash 100+ workers

PHANTOM PAYOUTSThousands of 'ghost students' use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says

Big Oil posts $130B profits as gas prices surge amid Iran conflict

'DIDN'T COVER' COSTSKevin Federline hit with credit card bill after Britney Spears payments end

Americans skipping meals as grocery prices surge 28% since 2020, poll finds Chipotle sees shift toward lower-income diners as prices rise FTC: Dollar General systematically overcharged customers at checkout for years Meta, Amazon, Dropbox among 35+ companies laying off staff in 2026

Celebrity Crashouts

THAT COSTUME CHOICEMormon Wives star criticized for JFK assassination Halloween costume with children

Daily Mail1 h ago

Tony Hawk kicked out of Pershing Square while filming 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3' anniversary video

Influencer Bryce Hall beaten bloody in Halloween party brawl one month after domestic violence arrest

Bill Maher reacts to Trump's 1,300-word tweet calling him 'complete and total loser'

Ex-NBA player Jason Williams rips LeBron James over national anthem behavior

Selma Blair speaks out after being charged in Delta flight assault

Ilhan Omar's ex-husband says he's not straight as investigation into marriage claims continues

Artist illegally hangs anti-Met Gala artwork in Met Museum; stays up overnight

Space startup tests 'sunlight-after-dark' system in California, faces backlash

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Sports

ANKLES BROKENSteph Curry breaks Luka Dončić's ankles, drains 3 as Warriors beat Lakers

Yahoo Sports56 min ago

Luka Doncic taunts Warriors fans with profane outburst during first-half dominance

Dillon Brooks ejected for Flagrant 2 after groin contact on Jamal Murray in Suns-Nuggets NBA Cup game

College football star returning to play with bullet still lodged in femur after rap concert shooting

Panthers fire defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero after loss to Packers

Lightning's Nikita Kucherov requests trade

HYROX champion who pooped herself returns to competing after viral incident

Troy Aikman, Joe Buck's broadcast feud escalated to in-booth argument in LA

Miami Heat unveils enhanced Dwyane Wade statue after original went viral for looking nothing like him

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1Judge and Pritzker aide fell for con man posing as Pablo Escobar's relative 2Love triangle erupts at Edinburgh Zoo's capybara enclosure between two sisters and same male 3British collector opens trading cards on plane wing, sets world record

Florida Man

$58K COPPER HEISTFlorida man accused of stealing $58,000 in copper from Jacksonville cell towers

Yahoo News4 h ago

THREAT LEVEL HIGHFlorida woman accused of threatening to shoot Trump ahead of Daytona Beach rally

PALMS NOT SO CALMFlorida man threatens to shoot deputies, bites K-9 while hiding in palm fronds

'FOOD PURSUIT'Mystery sheep leads Virginia police on 'food pursuit' through neighborhood

FREQUENT LIAR MILESFlight attendant arrested for defrauding 75-year-old Florida woman of $25,000 using travel benefits

Woman escorted from Florida county meeting after playing call to prayer recording

'Teacher of the Month' arrested for pouring hot sauce on student's tongue

Florida mom arrested at airport after leaving 4 kids alone for Vegas work trip

Hazmat team removes mysterious cylinder from Florida beach

Man living in sewer arrested after chasing local children

Travel Gone Wrong

DETOUR TO DUBROVNIKJet2 flight to Manchester declares mid-air emergency, diverts to Croatia

Luxury cruise ship MV Odyssey dumps passengers in Cambodia after oil shock from Trump trade war

Man walks 2,500 miles from New York to San Francisco in 5 months, robbed immediately upon arrival

Woman loses retirement savings when 'endless' cruise runs out of money before she boards

WestJet plane clips catering truck while pushing back from gate in Toronto

"Forever cruise" ship MV Odyssey ends abruptly in Cambodia after failed rescue attempts

Fire destroys hotel near Everest base camp in Nepal; British tourists trapped

Disney On Ice performers crash during 'headbanger' stunt, video shows mishap

Crew on 'endless cruise' ship claim passports seized, wages withheld, forced into horrific conditions

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Busted

OBSESSED & ARRESTEDWoman charged with stalking Eminem arrested after visiting his home despite no-contact order

Us Weekly4 h ago

'HAMMERED DRUNK'Westborough police chief found drunk, asleep in SUV outside liquor store

FAKE SPOOKIllegal immigrant charged with impersonating CIA official in fake intelligence agency scam

ICE agent charged with aggravated assault after ramming SUV into man in Texas

$7M 'SNAP' DECISIONEight indicted in $7M NYC fraud scheme: stolen SNAP benefits bought luxury cars, funded Yemen payments

Two men jailed for £8.5m teeth-whitening scam to fund luxury holidays and mansions

Police K-9 named Rocco undergoes surgery after eating rocks

Jaguar designer Gerry McGovern gets driving ban after speeding in Range Rover

Texas man dressed as zombie stabs two in coffee shop, flees and hits robotaxi

The World Is Ending

SINKING FEELINGWorld's biggest cities sinking by inches per year, new survey shows

Scientific American2 h ago

Microplastics found in Sierra Nevada snow at every sampling site

This October on track to be hottest ever recorded, 1.76°C above preindustrial average

Former Google AI expert says he's stopped saving for retirement, convinced AI will destroy world in 10 years

Mpox outbreak hits California county as health officials probe US spread

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune could destroy each other sooner than we thought, simulations hint

Catastrophic landslides spreading across Arctic as permafrost degrades Explosion reported at ammunition factory in Granada, Spain Indonesia's worst wildfire season in a decade smothers country in smoke

☢ Doom Score38Mild unease

Doomsday Clock85 sec DEFCON (unofficial)DEFCON 3 People who died today62,814 Armed conflicts worldwide61 All 20 meters →

Artificial Intelligence

PROGRESS IN REVERSEData center gas plants could undo a decade of US climate progress

The Verge2 h ago

'QUITE TERRIBLE'OpenAI's Sam Altman says keeping RAM in personal computers is 'quite terrible'

'SLEDGEHAMMER' TO JOBSAI blamed for slowdown in job gains

Police using AI to flag 'suspicious driving patterns' as pretext for stops, ACLU warns

12-HOUR TAKEOVERAnthropic's VS Code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours

$100M underwater data center proposed off Maine in endangered whale habitat Anthropic's Claude ignored warnings it could harm humans, continued cyber-attack anyway DeepSeek and Moonshot trained new models on OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, report says Founder sacked two-thirds of staff, replaced them with AI; says business is booming

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Robot Uprising

FINGER-WALKING ROBOTSwiss researchers unveil robot hand that walks on its fingers

39 DEGREES OF FREEDOMRealbotix's $60,000 Echo robot features silicone skin and lifelike movements

ROBOT FETCHQUESTSan Francisco startup hiring dog walkers at $20/hour—for robot dogs

SERVICE AREA FICTIONTesla's Houston Robotaxi service area map includes zones where it won't actually pick you up

Tesla Optimus production starts as Musk targets 20,000 robots weekly

Tesla pushes Optimus deliveries to late 2027, says hands still a problem Zurich startup Enact raises $30M to give robots a sense of touch Fortescue is using KUKA welding robots to handle 6 MW charging cables [video]Dream Labs raises $90M and launches Dream API

Alien Invasion

NASA astronaut says he's convinced aliens exist, warns of possible space war

Daily MailOct 29

The ‘Humanoide de Atacama’ Photograph — San Pedro de Atacama, Chile — September 24, 2016

Pilots report silver, pill-shaped UFO sighting over Ohio

John W. Warner IV (@johnwwarneriv)

Truth behind unknown 'predator' spotted near US border as UFO expert says it could be from another dimension

Scott Caruthers — The Man Who Said He Was From Another Planet — Maryland — 1963–2019

‘UFO pioneer’ and outsider artist Dante Vaghi gets his day in the starlight at CT gallery

On Hostile Alien Worlds, Water Unexpectedly Behaves Like a Bizarre Chemical Shapeshifter

Mysterious 'humanoid predator' lurking near US border could be from another dimension, UFO investigator claims

Ricky B. — The Woman Said to Be From Akrón — Investigated by J. J. Benítez — Atlanterra, Spain — 1981–1982

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PoliticsDemocratic lawmakers demand ICE data on detainee miscarriagesThe Guardian42 min ago

PoliticsAlaska Native independent fisher challenges Republican congressman Nick BegichThe Guardian42 min ago

PoliticsG20 photocall cancelled after Miliband refuses to be pictured with Russian foreign ministerThe Independent42 min ago

PoliticsICE paid $500M for Minnesota prison listed at $75M, report saysThe Independent1 h ago

PoliticsObamacare premiums to spike double digits in 2027The Washington Times1 h ago

PoliticsAlaska Democratic Senate candidate Peltola denies knowledge of ballot stackingUPI1 h ago

PoliticsDOJ seeks to preserve Alaska ballots in Senate race amid investigation into candidate recruitmentWashington Examiner1 h ago

PoliticsCNN's Harry Enten disputes Trump's use of his rally clips about MAGA RepublicansThe Daily Beast1 h ago

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PoliticsIlhan Omar altered her name on marriage application, documents showDaily Mail2 h ago

PoliticsRubio cancels G20 photo op after European diplomats refuse to pose with Russian foreign ministerThe Daily Beast2 h ago

PoliticsFormer Alabama city councilman arrested for making terrorist threats at HootersUs Weekly3 h ago

PoliticsJudge opens inquiry into Trump administration's handling of East Potomac golf course caseWashington Examiner3 h ago

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