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Press review · Tuesday, 20 October 2026 · as of 00:17 UTC
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npr.org
Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt
Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday.
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france24.com
Trump envoys, European officials to discuss ‘new ideas’ for Ukraine peace in Miami
US President Donald Trump’s envoys will meet Ukrainian negotiators and European officials in Miami on Friday to discuss a new proposal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner…
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nbcnews.com
Poll: Latino voters reject Trump’s immigration policies — and detail the personal impact
Two-thirds of Latino voters in the national NBC News/Telemundo poll say Trump’s enforcement actions have gone too far.
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capitolnewsillinois.com
Trump administration denies Illinois' request for disaster relief — again
Trump administration denies Illinois FEMA disaster relief after August storms, leaving eight counties without federal aid.
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independent.co.uk
A dad went viral teaching his sons about consent — and showed how simple it can be
Utah father and content creator Alan Gilliam has documented his conversations with his sons, aged nine and 11, about consent in the wake of the alleged 2024 gang rape by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell University. Ellie Muir asks: If a nine-year-old understands that ‘No means no’, then why can’t grown men?
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foxnews.com
Guardians force decisive ALDS Game 5 as White Sox miss chance to reach first ALCS since 2005
White Sox-Guardians ALDS Game 4 saw Cleveland erupt for two fifth-inning home runs to erase Chicago's lead and force a decisive Game 5 Saturday.
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sports.yahoo.com
White Sox look to bounce back after 2 straight losses to Guardians at home in ALDS
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox had two chances to clinch a postseason series at home for the first time in more than a century.Now they have one chance to avoid a frustrating end to a surprising season.
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yahoo.com
Zelenskiy accuses US of inaction as Russian strikes kill over 70 in two days
By Yuliia Dysa and Max Hunder KYIV, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused the US of being unwilling to help Ukraine after a Russian bomb attack on Thursday killed at least
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kcrg.com
US Senate Dems demand apology from Chuck Grassley to Jack Smith for attacks at hearing
Democrats demand an apology after false accusations at the recent hearing for Jack Smith.
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cbssports.com
College Football Playoff resume rankings: Alabama can leap Texas for No. 1 with win over Georgia
How a truly meritocratic CFP resume ranking shakes out entering Week 6
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sfgate.com
All eyes are on this new El Niño forecast for California
"Everything's lining up to be a very risky winter."
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This is what the green card freeze means for Microsoft
STORY: :: The US has frozen Microsoft's green card filings. Here's what happens next :: Akash Sriram, Tech Sector Specialist :: October 8, 2026 "The Trump administration froze green card filings at M...
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npr.org
OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaigns
The company says Russian operatives used its AI chatbot to update their bosses, shedding light on influence campaigns previously not attributed to Russia.
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npr.org
Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be "public.
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nbcsports.com
Thursday Night Football: Bucs upset Cowboys 24-16
The Bucs ran for 241 yards, including 165 by Bucky Irving.
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mlb.com
All signs pointing to a dream Skubal-Miz showdown for NLCS Game 1
What do you get when you cross a two-time reigning American League Cy Young Award winner with the pitcher who is a shoo-in to win it in the National League this year? You get what’s shaping up to be pretty much the best pitching matchup you could ask for in
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tmz.com
Christa Pike Suffering 'Profound Psychological Trauma' After Surviving Botched Execution
Christa Pike is going through some major psychological trauma after surviving her botched execution ... this according to her legal team.
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cnbc.com
SpaceX deal to acquire spectrum license hammers shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile
SpaceX agreed to purchase a nationwide spectrum portfolio as it to pushes its Starlink service deeper into the U.S. telecommunications market.
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mmafighting.com
Morning Report | Sean Strickland and Nassourdine Imavov have heated run-in at the UFC P.I.
Nassourdine Imavov tried to confront Sean Strickland at the UFC P.I. in Las Vegas
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bbc.com
Zack Polanski defends leadership after row over Zionism motion
The Green Party leader has been criticised for his response to a motion passed by members declaring Zionism a form of racism.
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nfl.com
Broncos' Sean Payton takes over offensive play-calling duties after slow start for Bo Nix and Co.
Broncos coach Sean Payton confirmed Thursday that he will take over offensive play-calling duties from first-year coordinator Davis Webb.
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democrats-homeland.house.gov
Reps. Carter, Thompson Reintroduce the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Securing AI Task Force Act to Address the Evolving Challenges Posed by AI | House Committee on Homeland Security
The Official Website of the House Committee on Homeland Security
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variety.com
‘Animals’ Review: Ben Affleck Returns to the Director’s Chair for a Nasty, Compulsive Kidnapping Thriller
Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson and Steven Yeun join director Ben Affleck in the ensemble of the pulpy Netflix thriller 'Animals.'
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foxnews.com
Caitlin Clark left off 19 WNBA MVP ballots despite historic season as A’ja Wilson wins fifth award
Caitlin Clark became the first WNBA player to average 20 points and eight assists in a season, yet 19 voters left her off MVP ballots entirely.
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Iran live: Plane damaged and flights suspended after Houthi strike on Riyadh airport
Almost half of departures from the Riyadh airport had been cancelled by 1500 GMT yesterday, with more cancellations expected for Friday
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nbcnews.com
Russian operation that used ChatGPT tricked schools, a politician and media, OpenAI says
OpenAI says the campaign is the most far-reaching influence operation it has disrupted.
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Christa Pike's health has seen 'profound turnaround' in last three days, lawyers say
Pike's lawyers say her recovery is "remarkable" as they give an update on her condition after she survived an execution attempt by lethal injection.
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nbcnews.com
Trump urges Minnesotans to ‘fight back’ against Somali immigrants
The president has repeatedly attacked Somalis, as well as Rep. Ilhan Omar, who was born in Somalia.
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com
8 IT firms including TCS, Infosys suspended from US green card programme: How does it hit Indian professionals?
In yet another blow to the Indian IT sector and its professionals, the Donald Trump administration has barred as many as eight technology companies from participating in a programme that is used to seek green cards for foreign workers. The move has the potential to affect tens of thousands of India’s IT professionals.
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cbsnews.com
El-Sayed and Rogers spar over Iran and Trump, and toss insults, in Michigan Senate debate
In Thursday's Michigan Senate debate, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers sparred over the Iran war and cost-of-living issues — and flung insults across the stage in nearly every exchange.
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wbrc.com
Hurricane forecasters get help from AI to track storms
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is partnering with Google DeepMind to test a new AI hurricane forecast model, which was run experimentally during the 2025 season.
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hollywoodreporter.com
‘Eternally Yours’ Review: CBS’ Vampire Comedy From ‘Ghosts’ Creators Is Severely Anemic
Ed Weeks and Allegra Edwards star as bloodsuckers whose 500-year marriage has lost its spark.
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Why are more roofs not made of solar tiles?
Solar tiles were touted as an attractive alternative to solar panels - why have they not taken off?
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cbssports.com
Broncos experiment ends in failure: Sean Payton to reclaim play-calling duties after just four weeks
Denver's offense ranks near the bottom of the NFL in several key categories, prompting Payton to take a larger role after handing play-calling responsibilities to Davis Webb during the offseason.
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abc7ny.com
Mayor Mamdani defends Oct. 7 remarks as critics demand apology
Mayor Mamdani was determined to carry on Thursday morning, despite facing backlash for his statement on October 7.
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politifact.com
Live fact-check of Collins and Jackson in second US Senate debate
In the closely watched race for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat, incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins and former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson will meet tonight for their second debate this week. PolitiFact will fact-checking the debate live with our partner WMTW:
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AI is being used to steal school pictures, photographers warn
Ian Gilbert says he's heard parents boasting about using AI to take the watermark off his photos.
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nbcnews.com
Trump awards Musk and other tech titans National Medals of Science
President Donald Trump joined Michael Kratsios to award the Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su and Sergey Brin amid announcements about new science funding.
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newyorker.com
Anne Carson’s Ecstatic Minimalism
The new Nobel laureate uses finely wrought forms to constrain a terrible excess of feeling.
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businessinsider.com
The advice immigration attorneys have for Microsoft workers worried about their green cards
Business Insider spoke to eight immigration attorneys on Thursday in the wake of the Trump administration's announcement.
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ICE agent shoots man in New York City
The Department of Homeland Security said ICE was arresting a "criminal illegal alien"; New York's mayor said early reports suggested a five-year-old child was in the car at the time.
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newsday.com
Public executions in the US were once a community spectacle and then they stopped
For about nine decades, executions in the U.S. have been private affairs.
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thealpenanews.com
Peters introduces bipartisan bill to require transparency about federal government’s use of AI
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to increase transparency around the federal government’s use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. The Transparent Automated Governance (TAG) Act would require federal agencies to notify individuals when they are interacting with or subject to […]
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Kimberly Guilfoyle associate says when she asked him for $100K, it was "quid pro quo"
White House officials were told that text messages between Kimberly Guilfoyle and Eric Deters were real, sources told CBS News.
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wral.com
Heat center Bam Adebayo kept the secret that A'ja Wilson was the WNBA's MVP again
A'ja Wilson has been named the WNBA's Most Valuable Player and her partner, Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo, knew about the win last week but kept it a secret. This is Wilson's fifth MVP award. The couple has been together since meeting at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Adebayo frequently attends Aces...
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Trump's 'super intelligence' rebrand to sell AI faces uphill battle
Donald Trump's campaign to rename artificial intelligence as "super intelligence" is unlikely to win over a wary public and could make matters worse, experts say, even as the US president threatens to...
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nbcnews.com
Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature
Carson was celebrated for combining the classical and the modern by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, which hailed her “bold and inventive oeuvre.”
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Singapore and Malaysia shrouded in toxic haze from Indonesia wildfires
Forest fires that have been burning for months in Indonesia have blanketed parts of neighbouring Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.
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theguardian.com
Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport as airlines suspend flights to Saudi capital
Saudi Arabia has not commented on claims, but confirmed three killed in airport strikes earlier this week
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foxnews.com
Mother of dead Russian anti-plague institute worker: 'I know the truth'
Svetlana Shipilova, the mother of the anti-plague institute worker who died in Russia, has reportedly spoken out following her daughter's death.