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Pentagon Loans ‘Heat Ray’ to DHS for Seven-Month Border Test
The Pentagon has authorised a seven-month loan of its Active Denial System, the so-called "heat ray," to the Department of Homeland Security for testing at
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Jobless Claims Hold Near 57-Year Lows in a Low-Hire, Low-Fire Labour Market
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits slipped by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 197,000 in the week ended October 3,…
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Payments to Seniors and Health-Care Buyers Head Out Weeks Before the Midterms
The administration is sending $2.35 billion in direct payments to millions of Americans in the final weeks before the November 3 midterm elections, according…
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News Outlets Return to Court Over White House Press Access Ban
Three major news organizations were back in federal court on Thursday asking a judge to keep protections in place against a White House policy…
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Congress Leaves Town With a December 11 Funding Deadline Waiting
Congress has left Washington for the midterm campaign with the government’s funding clock already ticking. Lawmakers pushed the October 1 shutdown deadline to December…
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Bend Wakes Up to a Quiet Friday After the Silver Rail Elementary Shooting
In Bend, Oregon, Friday began with empty classrooms. The local school district cancelled classes across the city a day after a 16-year-old forced his…
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As SNAP Falls by 5 Million, Schools Across America Are Dropping Free Meals for All
In Austin, Texas, bananas used to appear on the school lunch menu twice. Now they show up once. Ryan Mikolaycik, who feeds 66,000 children…
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3M’s Raise Is Good News for Your 401(k): What the Industrial Beat Means for Savers
3M’s latest quarter was good news for shareholders, and better news for anyone watching their retirement balance. The industrial giant beat third-quarter expectations, raised…
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Bitcoin ETFs Post $176M Buying Day — Their Biggest Since Early October
Bitcoin investors bought the dip on Tuesday — one day before they learned what was coming. US spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $175.6 million…
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Ravens Beat the Cowboys on a 56-Yard Field Goal as Time Expires
Baltimore beat Dallas 34-31 in Week 3 on a 56-yard field goal with one second remaining, a finish assembled in about seven seconds of…
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Halloween Spending Heads Toward 3.5 Billion as Shoppers Start Early
Americans are expected to spend about $13.5 billion on Halloween this year, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey, with roughly three in…
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America’s Measles Count Hits 4,410 as Pennsylvania Becomes the Epicentre
America’s measles crisis keeps growing. The country has now recorded 4,410 cases in 2026 — adding roughly 330 cases a week — with Pennsylvania…
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A Spacecraft Photographs a Complete Auroral Oval From Above the Pole
You cannot see a complete auroral oval from the ground, it is simply too large, a ring of light encircling a magnetic pole. A…
