Republican Ashley Hinson disagrees with President Trump’s deal involving Russia supplying diesel fuel. She plans to tell him it was a bad idea before his Iowa rally, where he will support her Senate campaign in a tight race against Democrat Josh Turek.
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Ashley Hinson is a Republican House representative running for an open Iowa Senate seat.
President Trump announced a deal with Russia to supply diesel fuel to global markets to lower fuel prices.
Hinson said she believes the deal with Russia is a bad idea and plans to say so to Trump.
The diesel deal received criticism from some Republicans who oppose supporting Russia amid its war with Ukraine.
Iowa’s Senate race is closely contested between Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek.
Turek criticizes Hinson for voting to continue U.S. involvement in the Iran war multiple times.
President Trump will hold a rally in Sioux City, Iowa, to support Hinson before the midterm elections.
Iowa’s gas and diesel prices are slightly below the national average but still high.
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Tom Skerritt, a well-known American actor famous for TV shows like Picket Fences and movies such as Alien and Top Gun, has died at age 93. He passed away from natural causes, and his family remembered him for both his acting career and his kindness.
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Tom Skerritt was 93 years old when he died.
He acted in TV series like Picket Fences and Mash.
He appeared in films including Alien, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, and Ted.
Skerritt’s career spanned about 60 years.
He co-founded TheFilmSchool in Seattle to help new filmmakers.
His family said he was known for humor, wisdom, generosity, and love.
They said he believed stories could help people heal and make a difference.
He died on a Wednesday from natural causes.
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Aipac, a major pro-Israel group in the US, said it will stop directly endorsing political candidates or giving them money. Instead, it will keep supporting candidates through other political funds. This change shows that Aipac recognizes its direct support is now hurting more than helping candidates because public opinion about Israel has changed.
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Aipac announced it will no longer directly endorse or fund political candidates.
It will still use its super PAC, United Democracy Project, to support pro-Israel candidates.
The change reflects a shift in US public opinion regarding Israel, especially after the Gaza conflict.
Aipac has spent millions supporting candidates, including $32 million in Michigan against a critic of Israel.
Many candidates who once accepted Aipac money now distance themselves from the group.
Some elected officials have returned Aipac donations or refused to take its money.
Aipac said the 2026 election will be very challenging and that it will change its political strategy.
Critics say Aipac’s brand has become politically harmful for candidates due to its strong stance on Israel.
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Florida State Senator Angie Nixon, a Democratic Socialist, won her party’s primary in August and is now trailing her Republican opponent by four points in recent polls for the Florida Senate seat. The race is considered competitive ahead of the upcoming election.
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Angie Nixon is a Florida State Senator and identified as a Democratic Socialist.
She won an upset victory in the Democratic primary in August 2026.
Current polls show Nixon four points behind her Republican rival.
The election is for a Florida Senate seat.
The race is closely watched as it could change party control for this seat.
Primary and polling results suggest increased voter interest and competition.
This race is part of the broader political contests happening in the US for state government positions.
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A 27-year-old woman named Aisha Zaman was charged after a police officer was shot in Nottingham. The officer was injured while approaching two suspects and is now in the hospital receiving treatment.
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The shooting happened around 4:50 a.m. on Sunday in the Angel Row area of Nottingham.
Police found a weapon and set up a large crime scene around the location.
Aisha Zaman faces charges for having a banned gun and intending to use it to commit a serious crime.
The injured officer was trying to talk to two suspects when he was shot.
The officer is currently in the hospital being treated for the injury.
The incident took place in the Hyson Green area, where Aisha Zaman lives.
Police are continuing their investigation and will provide more information soon.
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The Justice Department has ended more than 50 old school desegregation cases without fully checking if the schools had stopped racial discrimination. A watchdog group found that in many cases, the DOJ did not ask courts to confirm that schools had fixed their past discriminatory practices before dismissing the cases.
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Since President Trump took office in 2025, the DOJ supported ending at least 56 school desegregation cases.
In at least 18 cases, the DOJ did not ask courts to confirm if schools had achieved "unitary status," meaning they ended racial discrimination.
Courts consider six main areas to decide unitary status: student and staff assignments, transportation, facilities, and extracurricular activities.
One case in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, was dismissed despite ongoing discrimination, after the DOJ sided with the school board.
The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has filed lawsuits and consent decrees since the 1960s to fight school segregation.
These legal agreements aimed to change school policies to avoid racial segregation of students.
As of May 2022, the DOJ was involved in about 140 active desegregation cases before recent dismissals.
The watchdog group that reported this is Red Line for Civil Rights, linked to former DOJ attorneys.
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A curfew has been put in place in some parts of Paris, lasting every night from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. until Monday morning. This was done after recent violence and looting during protests, but students still held a large protest on Thursday after a court lifted a police ban.
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The curfew applies in certain areas of Paris every night from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. until Monday morning.
The curfew began after violence and looting occurred over the weekend.
The Paris police prefecture officially ordered the curfew extension on Thursday.
Students held a protest on Thursday even though the police had banned it.
The protest went ahead because a court overturned the police ban using an emergency decision.
Students have been protesting for weeks, including before the bigger rallies on October 17.
The unrest is partly linked to issues like inflation and education.
French political leaders and officials are responding to the unrest and protests.
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Microsoft, Yahoo, and other companies are working to make artificial intelligence (AI) tools more useful for their workers by understanding how people actually do their jobs. They found that just adding AI without changing work processes and infrastructure does not always improve productivity, so careful planning and focus on business needs are important.
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Microsoft introduced its AI assistant, Copilot, but sales staff stopped using it because it was not helpful in their daily work.
Microsoft engineers worked closely with salespeople to create better AI tools tailored to their specific tasks.
Yahoo found its software systems were not ready for AI and tested retooling its development setup to improve engineering speed.
Research shows only about 32% of companies see clear improvements from AI investments, and many stop or pause their AI projects.
Companies with weaker technology foundations are more likely to give up on AI if they do not focus on core technical needs like computing power and data.
Experts say AI projects should prioritize business goals to decide where to invest in technology and data.
Improving only one part of software development with AI can move the bottleneck instead of solving it, so a broader approach is needed.
Faster AI coding makes it more important to carefully plan what to build and thoroughly check AI outputs before use.
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Tom Skerritt, an actor known for his roles in movies like "Alien" and "Top Gun" and the TV show "Picket Fences," has died at the age of 93. His family confirmed he died from natural causes and shared their feelings about his life beyond acting.
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Tom Skerritt was 93 years old when he died.
He acted in famous films such as "Alien" and "Top Gun."
He also starred in the TV series "Picket Fences."
Skerritt died on a Wednesday from natural causes.
His family described him as humorous, curious, wise, generous, and loving.
His death was confirmed by his publicist to CBS News.
The family issued a statement expressing their heartbreak.
The article is a breaking news story with potential updates coming.
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President Donald Trump expressed sadness about New York City’s plan to ban horse-drawn carriages. The city council is expected to vote on the ban, which would begin in 2028.
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President Trump shared his feelings on the upcoming ban of horse-drawn carriages in New York City.
The New York City Council is expected to vote on the ban on Thursday.
If approved, the ban will start in 2028.
Horse-drawn carriages have been a popular attraction in Central Park.
The ban is part of a broader effort to address animal welfare concerns.
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Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir used AI-generated videos to mock Palestinians in Gaza, including one showing them as "donkeys" and another transporting a Gazan to Paris. These videos sparked criticism and a public response from the French Foreign Ministry because France banned Ben-Gvir from entering the country last year.
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Itamar Ben-Gvir is a far-right Israeli Minister using AI videos for political messages before elections.
One video shows Gaza in 2030 as destroyed and calls Palestinians who stay "donkeys."
Another video presents a fictional story where a Gazan magically goes to Paris with Ben-Gvir's help.
The videos relate to Ben-Gvir’s plan encouraging Palestinians to leave Gaza voluntarily.
French officials responded publicly on social media, reminding that Ben-Gvir is banned from France.
Ben-Gvir replied with another AI video showing a destroyed Paris and Palestinian flags.
The French protests linked to Muslim migrants have no proven connection, but some Israeli leaders claim otherwise.
AI-generated content is widely used by Israeli parties in election campaigns, raising concerns about misinformation.
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Turkiye and Libya have renewed a maritime agreement that defines sea boundaries and energy rights. This deal is causing tensions with countries like Greece, Egypt, and Israel, as it affects control over parts of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Turkiye and Libya signed a new maritime deal.
The agreement sets boundaries for parts of the Mediterranean Sea.
It defines who can explore and use underwater energy resources.
Greece, Egypt, and Israel have raised concerns about the deal.
The deal affects regional influence and control in the Mediterranean area.
The renewed agreement is causing political and territorial disputes.
Energy rights linked to the seabed are a major point of conflict.
The situation impacts security and diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Ole Bielfeldt, a 25-year-old photographer from Germany, won the 2026 Nikon Small World photomicrography contest with a close-up photo showing ink droplets from an inkjet printer on paper. He used a microscope and creative techniques to capture the fast-moving ink drops without expensive equipment or AI.
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Ole Bielfeldt won the 2026 Nikon Small World contest among 1,802 entries from 69 countries.
He became interested in photomicrography during the COVID-19 lockdown after finding an old microscope.
Bielfeldt built a homemade adaptor to connect the microscope to a camera and taught himself the craft.
To photograph the ink drops, he modified the printer so the paper moved while the printhead stayed still.
He took the photo in a dark room with a flash to freeze the fast-moving ink droplets in mid-air.
Bielfeldt does not use artificial intelligence in his images, relying instead on traditional photography methods.
Nikon Small World is a long-running contest (since 1974) that celebrates the beauty seen through microscopes.
The contest also includes a “Small World in Motion” category for videos made with microscopes.
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President Donald Trump’s support among white evangelical Protestant voters has dropped from 77% in January 2025 to 63% recently. White evangelicals are an important group for the Republican Party as the November 3 midterm elections approach, where control of Congress is at stake.
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A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Trump’s support among white evangelicals fell to 63% from 77% at his second inauguration.
Trump’s overall approval rating has dropped to 31%, a historic low.
White evangelicals make up about 13% of the US population and nearly a third of Trump’s 2024 voting base.
Trump campaigned in South Carolina, a state with many white evangelical voters, focusing on social issues important to them.
Some Republican Senate candidates in key states like South Carolina, Kansas, and Texas face close races with Democratic challengers.
White evangelicals remain more supportive of Trump than other groups, despite controversies surrounding him.
Shifts in evangelical support may impact Republican turnout in the midterms even though Trump is not on the ballot.
Other evangelical groups, such as Black Protestant evangelicals, largely support Democrats.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the Ebola outbreak that started in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is now spreading to multiple African countries, making the situation more complicated. New cases have been confirmed in Nigeria and Kenya, and health officials are still trying to find how the first Nigerian patient got infected.
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The Ebola outbreak began in DRC in mid-May and has caused over 4,000 deaths among more than 9,000 cases.
Cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola are now found in DRC, Kenya, Nigeria, and earlier in Uganda.
Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case recently, involving the wife of a Swiss diplomat living in Abuja.
It is unclear where the Nigerian patient caught Ebola; investigations are ongoing about her travel history.
Kenyan and Nigerian first Ebola cases may have crossed paths at Uganda’s Entebbe airport.
Kenya has reported a total of nine Ebola cases so far and traced 135 contacts related to the first case.
Nigeria is tracking 44 contacts connected to its confirmed Ebola patient, with more contacts being identified.
The Ebola outbreak in DRC is the deadliest in the country's history, with a fatality rate nearing 50 percent.
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President Donald Trump criticized NBA player LeBron James for not standing still during the US national anthem at a recent basketball game. Trump said James disrespected the country and should apologize to American heroes.
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LeBron James was seen moving and making golf swing motions during the national anthem before a game.
President Trump said on social media that James disrespected the US and should apologize.
James has not replied to Trump's recent comments.
The national anthem is usually observed by standing still at sports events as a sign of respect.
This issue is part of a broader, ongoing debate about protests and respect during the anthem in sports that began around 2016.
Trump and James have publicly criticized each other multiple times since 2016.
James has supported Trump’s political opponents, while Trump has made negative personal remarks about James.
The criticism reflects ongoing tensions between political and sports figures in the US.
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A federal judge limited the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from investigating suspected noncitizen voting in nine states. The judge said these investigations might scare away eligible voters and interfere with their rights ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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The judge blocked DHS operations targeting people likely to be U.S. citizens in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin.
DHS had created a "target list" from sources like state voter rolls and private data, but the judge questioned the accuracy of this data.
Lawsuit groups showed evidence that DHS's actions could intimidate voters and stop people from encouraging voter participation.
DHS said it focuses on finding and removing noncitizens who vote and does not plan to investigate people they believe are citizens.
Previous court rulings have stopped the Trump administration from getting state voter data, but the administration still seeks to investigate noncitizen voting by other methods.
A whistleblower report claimed some DHS staff used questionable data and pressured officials to investigate voter fraud with little training.
The administration recently sued California to try to stop about 20,000 voters from having mail-in ballots counted.
Democratic groups are suing the government for using unfounded fraud claims to influence how elections are run.
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President Donald Trump supported Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s political ad in Ohio, which features the Democratic candidate Amy Acton’s estranged mother. Trump criticized Ohio Governor Mike DeWine for asking Ramaswamy to remove the ad.
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President Trump defended Vivek Ramaswamy’s political ad in Ohio.
The ad includes Amy Acton’s estranged mother making statements.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, asked Ramaswamy to take down the ad.
Trump criticized DeWine for his request on the social media platform TruthSocial.
Trump encouraged Ramaswamy to continue running the ad.
The dispute happened during the Ohio gubernatorial race.
Ramaswamy is the Republican candidate for governor in Ohio.
Amy Acton is the Democratic candidate running against Ramaswamy.
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A 27-year-old woman has been charged after a police officer was shot in Nottingham city centre. The officer is in hospital receiving treatment, and several other people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
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The shooting happened near a bus stop in Angel Row, Nottingham, early Sunday morning.
Aisha Zaman, 27, was charged with possession of a prohibited firearm and possession with intent to commit a serious crime.
She has been remanded in custody and will appear in Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Friday.
Multiple other arrests were made, including two men (aged 24 and 30) and two women (aged 25 and 21) on suspicion of helping an offender.
A 35-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman were arrested for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and assisting an offender; they remain in custody.
The injured police officer is currently in hospital receiving treatment.
Police continue to investigate the incident, and more updates are expected.
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine criticized a political ad by Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that targeted his opponent Amy Acton by featuring her estranged mother. President Donald Trump disagreed with DeWine and encouraged Ramaswamy to keep the ad shown in the governor’s race.
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said the ad was wrong and called it “deeply troubling.”
The ad features Amy Acton’s estranged mother, Donna Arthur, making negative claims about Acton.
Amy Acton has not seen her mother for decades due to past family abuse.
Ramaswamy’s campaign said they would spend $4 million to run the ad statewide.
President Trump called DeWine “disloyal” and said Ramaswamy should keep the ad up.
Some Republicans, including Senator Jon Husted and Secretary of State Frank LaRose, criticized the ad but DeWine still supports Ramaswamy’s full Republican ticket.
Acton’s brother called the ad “a despicable low” and noted his and Acton’s removal from their mother’s custody in childhood.
Vice-President JD Vance defended the campaign, saying politics is tough and more focus should be on Democrats’ policies.
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