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Trump makes final midterm push as early votes top 50 million
President Donald Trump called in to rallies from his Florida home on Saturday and planned to campaign in Iowa and Kansas on Sunday. The vote is Tuesday, and more than 50 million Americans have already voted, CNN and…
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Shooting near University of Delaware shuts Newark's Main Street
A shooting late Saturday near the University of Delaware closed part of Main Street in Newark, Delaware, as police looked for clues. Police said there did not seem to be an ongoing threat to the public. A police…
Politics
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Cook says Democrats could win up to 240 House seats
Democrats are favored to win the House in Tuesday's midterm elections and could reach as many as 240 seats, The Washington Post reported, citing the Cook Political Report. Cook favors Democrats in 222 races, and 218…
Business
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Binance restarts withdrawals and says 90% of stolen assets are covered
Binance restarted customer withdrawals on Sunday in phases, starting with bitcoin, CNBC and AFP reported. The exchange said it has covered up to 90% of the assets taken in the record hack, CNBC reported. The FBI said…
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GE Vernova to buy grid gear maker Trench for $9 billion
GE Vernova has agreed to buy Trench Group, a maker of high-voltage grid equipment, from investment firm Triton Partners for $9 billion. The company said the deal should close in late 2027. GE Vernova also raised its…
Sports
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Georgia's defense powers a 27-8 win over Florida
Georgia beat Florida 27-8 on Saturday as its defense forced four sacks and four turnovers, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The game was played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, The Red & Black reported…
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Hamilton takes first Ferrari pole at the Mexico City Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton took his first pole for Ferrari at the Mexico City Grand Prix, BBC Sport and Sky Sports reported. He beat George Russell of Mercedes by 0.009 seconds for the 105th pole of his career. The two are the…
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Wembanyama scores 43 as Spurs beat short-handed Timberwolves
Victor Wembanyama scored 43 points with seven rebounds and six blocks as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 121-111 on Saturday night, the Associated Press and Sports Illustrated reported. It was the…
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Canelo Alvarez beats Christian Mbilli to win back WBC title
Canelo Alvarez beat Christian Mbilli by unanimous decision in Riyadh on Saturday to win back the WBC super-middleweight title. All three judges scored the fight for Alvarez. The win came about a year after he lost the…
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USC stuns second-ranked Ohio State 30-18 at the Coliseum
USC beat second-ranked Ohio State 30-18 on Saturday night at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a week after a 7-point showing at Wisconsin. The win was Lincoln Riley's biggest at USC and his first there over a top-10…
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Valkyries win first WNBA title in Game 7 behind Gabby Williams
The Golden State Valkyries won the WNBA championship in only their second season, beating the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 on Saturday night. Gabby Williams scored 30 points and was named Finals MVP. It was the first…
World
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Thousands rally in Berlin as Gen Z protests turn tense elsewhere
Thousands of young people held a peaceful rally at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Saturday, Euronews and rbb24 reported. Police counted about 5,000 people, and the organizers said 11,000. A later march in Berlin was…
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Russian strikes on energy sites cut power in Ukrainian regions
Russian attacks on energy sites have cut power in parts of Ukraine, Ukrainska Pravda and LB.ua reported. More than 650 towns and villages in Zhytomyr Oblast lost power, Ukrainska Pravda said. Nearly 100,000 customers…
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France's third weekend of protests draws 320,000, then clashes
About 320,000 people marched across France on Saturday in a third weekend of youth-led protests, the government said. The marches were mostly peaceful, but clashes broke out in Paris and other cities as they ended…
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EU backs Polish parliament's right to name top court judges
The European Commission said Saturday that Poland's parliament has the right to name eight new judges to the country's top court. In a speech on TV, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he would not give in on his court…
Tech
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Google's AI satellite sends its first response back to Earth
Google's Project Suncatcher test satellite has run an AI model on its own chips in orbit and sent the result back to Earth, The Verge and TechCrunch reported. The model wrote a haiku. Google says the next step is more…
Entertainment
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Inde Navarrette hosts a Halloween episode of Saturday Night Live
Inde Navarrette, the star of the movie "Obsession," hosted the Halloween episode of Saturday Night Live, The Boston Globe reported. Singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams was the musical guest, the paper said. The Globe…
Health
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Congo's Ebola death toll passes 5,000
More than 5,000 people have now died in Congo's Ebola outbreak, government data shows, the Associated Press and Reuters reported. The AP said 5,026 of 10,351 infected people have died. Eight of Congo's 26 provinces…
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CDC says flu is rising early, with H1N1 driving most cases
Flu activity is still low nationally but rising earlier than usual, the CDC said in its latest weekly report. It estimates at least 1 million illnesses and 16,000 hospitalizations so far this season. Nearly all flu A…
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FDA approves first DNA-based immunotherapy for rare airway disease
The FDA has given accelerated approval to Inovio's Voceryq for adults with a rare disease that causes growths in the airway. The agency said it is the first treatment of its kind, using DNA to help the body's immune…
Science & Climate
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Toxic smog from Indonesia's wildfires chokes Southeast Asia
Indonesia is having its worst wildfire season in more than a decade, and toxic smog has spread across Southeast Asia, according to NBC News. The haze has closed schools in several countries since the fires began in…
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More rain threatens flood-weary Four Corners towns this weekend
Storms kept hitting the Four Corners region this weekend, according to NPR, with hundreds of people already forced from flooded homes. Flood watches cover parts of Colorado, Utah and New Mexico into Monday, said the…
Lifestyle
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On this day in 1993, the European Union was born
On November 1, 1993, the Maastricht Treaty took effect and formally created the European Union. The treaty was signed in the Dutch city of Maastricht in February 1992. It called for a central European bank and laid the…
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On this day in 1755, an earthquake destroyed much of Lisbon
On November 1, 1755, a huge earthquake struck Lisbon, Portugal, on All Saints Day. A tsunami and fires followed, and much of the city was destroyed. Tens of thousands of people died, though History.com and Scientific…