A C$40 million Lotto Max prize from a ticket bought in Grey County, Ontario, is set to expire at midnight on 28 October 2026 if the winner does not claim it. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation said the winning numbers are 06, 14, 17, 19, 26, 43 and 45, with bonus number 27; if unclaimed, the money will go toward future games.
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The winning ticket was purchased at a retailer in Grey County, Ontario, for a draw dated 28 October 2025.
The prize is C$40 million, equivalent to about £21.4 million, according to the article.
The ticket expires at midnight on 28 October 2026 unless the rightful holder claims the prize.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation said the ticket had not been checked through its app or at a store.
The corporation urged players to look in clothing pockets, bags, wallets and vehicle glove compartments.
A C$70 million Lotto Max prize drawn in Scarborough in June 2022 also went unclaimed.
Atlantic Lottery told Canadian media that about one per cent of lottery prizes go unclaimed, often smaller amounts.
An Alberta resident won a C$90 million jackpot the week before the article was published; the winner had not been publicly identified.
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Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and his immediate family arrived in Miami on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. He had refused to surrender his passports as ordered by Brazil’s Supreme Court in connection with a money-laundering probe; the U.S. State Department said it granted visas to him and his family on Tuesday.
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Flavio Bolsonaro was a defeated candidate in Brazil’s presidential election.
Bolsonaro and his immediate family landed in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday.
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports.
The passport order was connected to a money-laundering probe.
Bolsonaro refused to surrender his passports.
The U.S. State Department announced on Tuesday that it had granted entry visas to Bolsonaro and his family.
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Utah authorities say DNA testing has linked serial killer Ted Bundy to the 1974 murder of Melissa Ann Smith, who was 17. The case had remained unsolved for decades.
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Melissa Ann Smith was 17 when she was murdered in 1974.
Utah authorities said DNA testing linked Bundy to Smith’s murder.
The case was described as a cold case, meaning it had remained unsolved.
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The title says a D.C. Council member proposed a rent scheme, but the article provides no name or details about the proposal. The body offers a broad political criticism and gives no supporting evidence.
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The title describes a rent proposal by a D.C. Council member.
The article does not identify the council member.
The article does not explain how the proposed rent scheme would work.
The body says that a one-party state leads to rule by the far left.
The article provides no evidence for that political claim.
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As the U.S. midterm elections approach, House leaders must decide whether to reauthorize a bipartisan select committee focused on strategic competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. The article says reauthorization is needed to avoid slowing progress on semiconductor export controls.
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The committee is called the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
The committee is bipartisan.
The committee focuses on U.S. strategic competition with the Chinese Communist Party.
House leadership must decide whether to reauthorize the committee.
The decision comes as the midterm elections approach.
The article links reauthorization to avoiding delays in progress on semiconductor export controls.
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Partial results from Israel’s general election show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc leading, but without enough seats for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot and Netanyahu both say they will try to form a government, while Arab-led parties could hold the balance of power amid uncertainty over uncounted ballots.
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With 85% of ballots counted, Netanyahu’s Likud and its far-right and ultra-Orthodox allies were projected to win 53 seats.
Eisenkot’s Yashar party and three other Jewish opposition parties were projected to win 48 seats.
Arab-led parties were on course to win 19 seats, which would give them a potentially decisive role in coalition talks.
Between 430,000 and 480,000 absentee ballots from soldiers and diplomats remained uncounted.
President Isaac Herzog said he would consult political factions after receiving official results, expected the following week.
The election turnout was 77.7%, the highest in Israel in more than two decades.
Most Jewish parties had pledged not to form a government with Arab-led parties.
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Alabama construction company BL Harbert International sued the State Department, seeking $461 million over pandemic-related cost overruns on 12 embassy and consulate projects. The company says the government had agreed to a settlement, but political appointees intervened before it was finalized.
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BL Harbert International is based in Alabama.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the State Department.
The company seeks $461 million.
The dispute concerns pandemic-era cost overruns at 12 embassy and consulate projects.
BL Harbert says the government had agreed to settle the claims.
The company alleges political appointees under Secretary of State Marco Rubio intervened in the settlement process.
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Two Ghanaian twin brothers and an American woman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a romance scam that caused more than $9 million in losses. Prosecutors said the group used fake online identities, sometimes with AI-driven video platforms, to deceive victims into sending money.
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The defendants are Jamal Abubakari and Kamal Abubakari, both 22, and Amanda Joy Opoku-Boachie, 53, of Hawaii.
The scheme operated from July 2024 to April 2026 and targeted more than 130 people in 25 U.S. states, Germany and Austria.
The defendants and co-conspirators approached older people on dating websites and social media, often posing as romantic partners.
They asked victims for money for claimed medical emergencies, investments or travel to visit them.
Victims sent money by wire transfer to accounts controlled by members of the conspiracy, with some funds sent to co-conspirators in Ghana and elsewhere.
The defendants agreed to forfeit jewelry and luxury watches seized during their arrests.
Each defendant faces up to 20 years in prison; sentencing is scheduled for February 2027.
Other alleged co-conspirators are awaiting extradition from Ghana, where authorities seized assets estimated to be worth more than $3 million, including luxury vehicles.
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An Iranian court sentenced film-maker Jafar Panahi to five years and one month in prison and ordered all his assets seized, his lawyer said. The court also imposed a two-year travel ban and social-media ban; Panahi was sentenced in absentia and had not been detained as of Monday evening.
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Panahi’s lawyer, Mostafa Nili, said the charges in the latest case remain unclear.
Nili said Panahi had not been told when the latest hearing would take place and learned of it after his bank accounts were frozen.
The ruling follows a separate one-year prison sentence issued in absentia last year for “propaganda activities against the system.”
Panahi returned to Iran in March after an overseas trip promoting his film It Was Just an Accident, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year.
A human rights lawyer said confiscating Panahi’s assets could violate Iran’s constitution unless authorities establish a clear legal basis linking the property to an alleged offence.
Panahi’s lawyer said he faces three open legal cases.
Artists and human rights advocates voiced concern that the ruling reflects risks for people working independently in Iran.
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Canada and the European Union will meet in Montreal on October 29–30 for their 21st summit, aiming to strengthen political, economic and strategic ties. The talks come as trade relations between Canada and the United States have worsened, and are expected to cover trade, technology, defence, energy, critical minerals, artificial intelligence, research and financial services.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa are expected to attend.
The summit is expected to build on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, which entered into force in 2017 and removes duties on up to 99 percent of imported goods between Canada and the EU.
Von der Leyen proposed in September that Canada become the EU’s first associate member, and Carney welcomed the proposal.
The article says Canada sent nearly 80 percent of its exports to the United States before President Donald Trump’s tariffs strained relations.
After trade talks between Ottawa and Washington broke down in August, Trump imposed a 50 percent levy on $20 billion of Canadian goods, according to the article.
Canada responded with tariffs on selected U.S. goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances, farm equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics.
The EU says Canada is the only non-European participant in its Security Action for Europe defence procurement programme, which provides €150 billion in loans to EU member states.
Canada and the EU are expected to explore cooperation in areas including defence, energy, critical minerals, artificial intelligence, research and financial services.
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After Israel’s election on Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to face greater constraints as caretaker prime minister. Experts say his government may still have significant powers, including the authority to wage war against Iran, so the election may not immediately change Israel’s approach to Iran.
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The article examines how Israel’s election could affect its policy toward Iran.
Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to serve as caretaker prime minister after the vote.
Experts say a caretaker government could retain significant powers.
Those powers may include the authority to wage war against Iran.
The article does not report a final election result or a specific change in Israeli policy toward Iran.
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A gunman opened fire in Trappes, a suburb of Paris, in what the article describes as a racist attack. Five days later, the attack had killed one person and injured five others, and the local community was receiving support.
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The shooting took place in Trappes, near Paris.
The attack occurred five days before the report was published on October 28, 2026.
One person was killed and five others were injured.
The victim, Bossio Wangi, was 26 years old.
Hundreds of people marched through Trappes over the weekend to honor Wangi and support his family.
Mediators were mobilized to help the community.
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The article describes Chancellor John Healey’s Budget as a collection of many small measures, with 98 policies that are expected to have limited overall effects on government finances. It says the government faces pressure from high debt, taxes, inflation and interest rates, while the economic outlook remains uncertain.
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The Budget contains 98 measures, more than either of Rachel Reeves’s budgets, according to the article.
The article says most measures have a small impact on the Treasury’s finances.
The Budget includes tax increases affecting savers, landlords and banks.
Labour has promised not to raise income tax, National Insurance or VAT.
The Office for Budget Responsibility says the UK’s economic and fiscal position remains challenging.
The OBR says significantly better or worse economic outcomes have broadly equal probability.
The article says uncertainty about the Middle East could affect the economic outlook.
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U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro remains in her role after President Donald Trump criticized her in August over a decision to drop a case involving alleged damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The article says Pirro has since pursued an investigation into Representative Ilhan Omar’s financial disclosures, a move that could affect her standing with Trump, according to political science professors quoted in the report.
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Trump said he was disappointed with Pirro after her office moved to drop charges against former Olympian David Hearn over alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
The Justice Department dismissed the case, saying evidence showed Hearn was not responsible for damage to the pool’s lining.
Trump said he had not decided whether Pirro would keep her job.
Pirro confirmed that her office is investigating Representative Ilhan Omar’s financial disclosures.
Federal agents searched Omar’s Washington, D.C., home as part of an ongoing investigation connected to her immigration paperwork, according to the article.
Omar has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime.
Omar accused the Trump administration of targeting political opponents and using federal law enforcement against them.
Political science professors told Newsweek that the outcome of Pirro’s recent investigations could affect her standing with Trump.
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The article describes President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch at Memorial Circle near Arlington National Cemetery, planned in connection with the country’s 250th anniversary. It reports competing estimates of how often the structure would cast shadows over cemetery graves and argues that building the monument during Trump’s presidency raises questions about commemorating the nation and the president who commissioned it.
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The proposed arch would stand at Memorial Circle, at the western end of Arlington Memorial Bridge.
The article says the arch is planned to be 250 feet tall and linked to the United States’ 250th anniversary.
A federal commission chaired by a White House official has given the project preliminary approval, according to the article.
Washington Post computer modeling estimated that the arch would cast shadows over Arlington National Cemetery on 284 days a year and affect more than 75,000 graves.
The Post modeling estimated that John F. Kennedy’s grave would be shaded on 50 days a year and his eternal flame on 18 days.
The Interior Department disputes the Post’s estimate of the impact, saying shadows would affect a small part of the cemetery during opening hours for less than two weeks annually.
The article notes that an arch at Memorial Circle had been proposed before Trump’s plan.
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Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and his family arrived in Miami on Wednesday after the U.S. government granted them entry visas. The article says Bolsonaro had refused to comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court order to surrender his passports and lost Sunday's presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Flavio Bolsonaro is a Brazilian senator and presidential candidate.
Bolsonaro and his family arrived in Miami on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
The U.S. government granted the family entry visas.
Bolsonaro refused to comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court order to surrender his passports.
Bolsonaro lost Sunday's presidential election to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Dr. Gail King argues that clinicians should routinely discuss perimenopause and menopause with women before symptoms disrupt daily life. She says assessments should consider other possible causes, explain the limits of tests, and tailor treatment to symptoms, medical history, and patient preferences.
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The article describes perimenopause as the transition before menopause, menopause as 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period, and postmenopause as the stage that follows.
King says women in their early 40s have recently asked her about hormones, while noting that her experience does not establish a national trend.
The article says disrupted sleep, trouble concentrating, and changes in sexual desire are concerns clinicians can ask patients about.
It cautions against treating menopause as the explanation for every midlife symptom and says assessment should consider a patient's history and other possible causes.
The article reports that the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says women over 45 with menopausal symptoms usually do not need hormone tests to diagnose menopause.
It says a 2025 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation supports osteoporosis screening for women 65 and older and younger postmenopausal women at increased fracture risk.
The provided article ends mid-sentence while discussing treatment options.
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Labor movement leader Dolores Huerta has died at age 96, her family announced Wednesday. Huerta founded the United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez.
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Huerta was 96 when she died.
Her family announced her death Wednesday.
The family shared the announcement on Instagram.
Huerta was a labor movement leader.
She founded the United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez.
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A Philadelphia mother says her six-year-old son, who has Down syndrome, speech apraxia and autism, was transported to an after-school program without the five-point harness specified in his education plan. She says video showed him repeatedly unbuckling himself, other children asking the driver for help, and him remaining on the bus after the other students got off; the transport provider was contacted for comment.
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Victoria Hable said the incident occurred on July 16, 2026, during a bus ride to her son Rowen’s after-school care facility.
Hable said Rowen’s individualized education program specified a five-point safety harness, but he was placed in a regular seat because another student occupied his designated seat.
According to Hable, video showed Rowen repeatedly getting out of his seatbelt as other children alerted the driver and asked for help.
Hable said Rowen appeared to fall asleep while unsecured and remained on the bus for about 10 minutes after the other students had left.
Hable said staff found Rowen asleep in the back of the bus without a seatbelt and with his shoes left behind.
Hable said she waited about a month before she could view footage of the ride.
Newsweek said it contacted the transport provider for comment.
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TSA officers found a set of sharp, claw-like blades in a passenger’s carry-on at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The passenger said he had forgotten the item and voluntarily left it at the checkpoint; TSA says sharp objects may be carried in checked bags if securely wrapped or sheathed.
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TSA officers Douglas Linn and Dennis Oishi found the blades at a security checkpoint.
Linn spotted the item while reviewing X-ray images of the carry-on bag.
TSA described the object as resembling a mix of Wolverine-style claws and Freddy Krueger blades.
The passenger said he had forgotten the item was in his luggage.
The passenger voluntarily abandoned the blades after officers removed them from the bag.
TSA shared photos of the blades in a post on X on October 27, 2026.
TSA guidelines allow sharp objects in checked baggage if they are sheathed or securely wrapped.
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