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Press review · Wednesday, 21 October 2026 · as of 11:45 UTC
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aljazeera.com
Is Iran charging a toll to allow oil traffic through Hormuz?
Crude exports bypassing Hormuz surged in September, yet oil prices remain high. Could a secret fee be the reason?
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cbsnews.com
Russia plays down plague fears and denies lab accident, says scientist died of "pneumonia of unknown origin"
A Russian plague lab worker died of "pneumonia of unknown origin," officials say, in response to initial reports that she was exposed to the deadly bacteria during a lab accident.
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nfl.com
NFL Week 4 Sunday aftermath: Bears' defense continues to shine, Jaguars are for real
NFL.com's Kevin Patra breaks down five of the top storylines from Sunday's action in Week 4 of the 2026 NFL season. The Bears continue to win with backup QBs, the Jaguars needs to be taken seriously and what to make of the undefeated Vikings.
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sfstandard.com
Old grudges, Kittle’s sprint, and Shanahan’s hunch: How the 49ers outlasted the Broncos
Siran Neal’s special teams takeaway and George Kittle’s game-sealing touchdown helped Dre Greenlaw get revenge against his former team.
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nbcnews.com
Nolo changes from a hurricane to a typhoon after crossing the international date line
Nolo skirted Hawaii as a hurricane a week ago. It then lost some of its punch and became a tropical storm, before regaining hurricane strength on Friday.
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ktvz.com
Anxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections, States are prepping
By: Jonathan ShormanWhen Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin declared in September that Immigration and Customs Enforcement could serve warrants on individuals at polling places this fall, officials in Denver, a liberal city where roughly 14% of residents are foreign-born, quickly sued. “Every day we find new things to be astonished about but I think that
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bleacherreport.com
Video of Cam Ward Goes Viral from Media Sessions After Titans' Loss to Ravens
Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward had a tight schedule to keep following Sunday's 24-18 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
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defector.com
Jackson Chourio Was Nails | Defector
Mason Miller wasn’t looking like himself by the time Jackson Chourio stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth of Game 2 of the NLDS. After making quick work of three Brewers hitters in the bottom of the eighth inning, Miller was trusted to go back out there for the ninth and protect…
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sports.yahoo.com
The Morning After...the Bears' impressive Week 4 win vs. Jets
The Chicago Bears defeated the New York Jets, 23-12, in a game that wasn't even that close. Our staff shares their thoughts on the win.
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coloradosun.com
Jessica Killin’s new TV ad features Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre’s relatives criticizing Jeff Crank
Sky Roberts and his wife, Amanda, appear in the ad with Killin in a direct-to-camera condemnation of Crank for refusing to meet with them about the congressional effort to force the release of federal files on Jeffrey Epstein
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Fan Notes from the Patriots’ win over the Bills
Notes, musings, and observations from New England’s win over the Bills.
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katu.com
2 killed, including 10th grader, after Florida school bus overturns in crash
The bus was headed to Winter Haven High School shortly after 6 a.m. with 39 people aboard.
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theguardian.com
Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory
Progressive voters and supporters of incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left reeling after far-right surge
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variety.com
Sam Altman Says ‘Artificial’ Filmed Outside His House and He Waved at Andrew Garfield: ‘He Did Walk Like Me … I Felt I Was in Some Weird Glitch of the Simulation’
Sam Altman says Luca Guadagnino's 'Artificial' filmed outside his house and he waved at Andrew Garfield, who is playing him.
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hollywoodreporter.com
David Ellison Unveils Skydance Team Who Will Run Paramount-Warner Bros. Empire
The C-suite will be a mix of Warners insiders like Mark Thompson, Casey Bloys and JB Perrette along with Paramount film chiefs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein and TV exec George Cheeks.
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cbssports.com
Jim Harbaugh defends Mike McDaniel despite 0-4 start, Justin Herbert earns ugly Chargers honor
Los Angeles is struggling on offense and its franchise quarterback is a shell of himself
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New Brisbane 2032 Olympics Logo Revealed, Check Out Photos of Every Emblem Since Summer 2004
Officials for the 2032 Summer Olympics in Brisbane, Australia, released the logo for the event and the accompanying Paralympic Games.
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yahoo.com
Dems Expand House Targets Deep Into Trump Country
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nwaonline.com
GOP tax cuts have little effect on campaign trail | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
ORO VALLEY, Ariz. -- Republicans in Congress had hoped the major tax-and-spending-cut bill they muscled into law last year would redeem them on the campaign trail as they try to beat historical odds to keep their majorities in November's midterm elections.
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si.com
Patriots' Mike Vrabel Claps Back at Bills CB After Postgame Dig
The New England Patriots won on the field yesterday, and then won in the trash talking battle.
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Trump’s former press secretary Karoline Leavitt to join Fox News
Youngest press secretary in White House history left earlier this year after the birth of her second child
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si.com
Albert Breer’s Week 4 NFL Takeaways: How a Team Meeting Ignited the Cowboys’ Big Win
Brian Schottenheimer explains that he practiced what he preaches. Plus, the Rams handle adversity, the 49ers win in different ways and more.
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phillyvoice.com
Game ball, three stars, and snap count analysis: Week 4, Eagles vs. Rams
Analyzing the snap counts from the Eagles' late-game implosion against the Rams in Week 4.
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motherjones.com
“Cheat like hell”: can Trump actually rig the 2026 midterms?
Trump is 0–25 in court on voter rolls. But the real danger may still be ahead. Ari Berman joins the debut episode of “Stress Test” to explain why.
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pbs.org
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lands her next gig as Fox News contributor
Leavitt follows Kayleigh McEnany, the former press secretary who joined Fox in 2021.
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abcnews.com
Jeffries says House Democrats reaching to flip Trump districts
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says his party is on track to win back control of the House
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Brazil’s presidential election and a green river: photos of the day – Monday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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npr.org
Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84
ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.
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washingtonexaminer.com
Warnock embarks on anti-Trump midterm stop to boost Chris Pappas
Warnock joins the ranks of dozens of possible 2028 candidates who have taken to the campaign trail this midterm season.
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nbcnews.com
Karoline Leavitt, former White House press secretary, joins Fox News as contributor
The youngest White House press secretary in U.S. history left the job this summer to spend more time with her family.
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nytimes.com
5 Challenges David Ellison Faces as Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Merge
The tech scion has given his combination of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount a new name: Skydance. Now he must make tough decisions about news, movies, streaming, sports and debt.
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theverge.com
An open-source tool lets you delete 12GB of Apple Intelligence data on macOS
Delete Apple’s AI with a single command.
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deseret.com
BYU’s injury situation proving to be troublesome as No. 8 Cougars turn attention to explosive Iowa State
BYU faces a quick turnaround after dumping TCU 17-10 in Fort Worth Saturday, a Friday night showdown with Iowa State in Provo.
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cbssports.com
Cover 32: Packers don't instill any faith on possible playoff run, plus game balls, biggest gaffes from Week 4
The Packers barely survived an undrafted rookie quarterback, CeeDee Lamb rewrote Cowboys history and Week 4 delivered no shortage of bizarre moments.
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pravda.com.ua
German intelligence head warns of threat of violent conflict with Russia
Martin Jäger cautioned that Russia is waging an undeclared shadow war against Germany through hybrid sabotage and political interference.
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Sen. Thom Tillis says that, without checks on power, "we will have a sort of dictator king if we're not careful"
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, retiring soon, says without checks on power, U.S. democracy is at risk. He discusses his fears for the future of U.S. democracy and his relationship with President Trump.
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Relatives of Epstein victim appear in attack ad targeting Republican congressman
Family of Virginia Giuffre criticizes Colorado’s Jeff Crank for voting to block a vote to release the Epstein files
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Nobu chef killed by teen driver who crashed into his parked car in Malibu
Ryo Uchimiya was sleeping in his car waiting for his shift to begin when a 16-year-old crashed into him
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Former Prince Andrew files legal action to quash warrants that led to searches
Former Prince Andrew has filed a legal action challenging the warrants that authorized searches at two of his homes
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Karoline Leavitt Joins Fox News After Leaving Trump White House
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News after leaving the Trump administration
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Nobel Prize Awarded For Revealing Inner Workings Of The Brain
U.S. psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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bbc.com
Jewish Greens chair says she could leave party over 'Zionism is racism' motion
The motion, which has divided senior party figures, backs a "single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine".
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nfl.com
Jim Harbaugh backs Mike McDaniel after Chargers fall to 0-4: 'His job is not in jeopardy'
The Los Angeles Chargers slipped to 0-4 after another turnover and sack-filled game in a 30-23 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
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bostonglobe.com
The Patriots’ win over the Bills reflected well on Mike Vrabel and his coaching staff - The Boston Globe
The Patriots showed fight, and that their young quarterback isn't broken.
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abc7news.com
Father arrested, 14-year-old daughter rescued by Mexican authorities in Monterey Co. incest case
A missing 14-year-old girl from Monterey County has been rescued by Mexican authorities, and her father was arrested, the sheriff's office said. The teen is thought to be the mother of the infant, nicknamed "Baby Angelita," who was found dead on the side of the road in August, and her father is also suspected to be the father of the infant.
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Tensions exposed among Greens by 'Zionism is racism' conference vote
What may be troubling for the Greens institutionally is what this episode reveals about some of the dynamics in the party.
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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calls early election
Sánchez says Spain will head to the polls on 29 November after recent defeats on measures aimed at addressing the country's housing crisis.
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inquirer.com
Sean Mannion, or Nick Sirianni, or Jalen Hurts has to decide on offensive identity after ugly Rams loss
We knew the new Eagles offense would be a work in progress. No one expected a complete lack of identity.
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US supreme court to hear big oil’s bid to block climate damage lawsuits
Court starts new term hearing Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop lawsuits at state level
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Karoline Leavitt’s next career move revealed after exit as Trump’s press secretary
Leavitt left her post as Trump’s press secretary at the end of August