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Kenya has discharged its last Ebola patient after recording seven infections and two deaths, beginning a 42-day countdown to being declared Ebola-free if no new cases are recorded.
Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, starts 42-day countdown
Kenya discharged its last Ebola patient, beginning a 42-day countdown toward being declared Ebola-free if no new cases emerge.
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France has formally accused Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of orchestrating the October cyberattack on supermarket refrigeration systems and has summoned Iran's ambassador; Iran has categorically denied the allegations as baseless, while France says it will seek European action and rules nothing out.
Iran denies French cyberattack claim; France rules nothing out
Iran has categorically denied French accusations of involvement in the supermarket refrigeration cyberattack, while France says it rules nothing out in response.
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Two days of U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi ended with an agreement on a large prisoner exchange but no breakthrough on a ceasefire or territorial disputes. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner then met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, pressing him to include Europe in the talks, and are due to brief Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin.
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The size of the prisoner exchange remains unspecified, and ceasefire, territorial and post-war security questions remain unresolved.
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Construction of Trump's 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery is halted under a 14-day temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge hours after a federal panel approved the project 8-4; nine Kennedy family members have joined the lawsuit, arguing the arch would cast a shadow over JFK's gravesite.
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Whether the arch's construction will remain blocked after the 14-day temporary restraining order expires.
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House Republicans blocked Rep. Thomas Massie's impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a 211–204 vote, effectively shelving the effort for now; Democrats could revive it after taking control of Congress in January.
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Whether Democrats will revive the impeachment effort after taking control of Congress in January.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to resume border wall construction in Texas's Big Bend region, including parts of Big Bend National Park, by granting an emergency request to lift a lower court injunction. The unsigned ruling said a law enacted by Congress reflects a preference for border control over environmental and recreational harm.
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The outcome of the underlying lawsuit challenging the border wall plan, which will continue while construction proceeds.
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A Massachusetts judge denied Lindsay Clancy's motion to dismiss the murder charges and declined to investigate the lone holdout juror, allowing the case to proceed toward a possible retrial that could involve reduced charges.
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Whether prosecutors will retry Clancy and, if so, on what charges and when.
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The suspect in the Krakow Main Market Square shooting has died in hospital from wounds sustained when police shot him during his arrest. The attack left six people dead and 15 wounded, including a British national; Polish authorities said the gunman held radical far-right, ultra-nationalist views, and his motive remains under investigation.
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Gadi Eisenkot is trying to form Israel's next government after President Isaac Herzog tasked him following the inconclusive October 27 election. The new parliament was sworn in on November 10, and Eisenkot pledged an official inquiry into the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and to reverse many of Benjamin Netanyahu's policies, while seeking support from Arab-majority parties to reach the 61 seats needed.
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It remains unresolved whether Eisenkot can assemble a 61-seat coalition within his mandate, or whether Israel will face another election.
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Former Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has been removed from office, placed under house arrest, and charged over the collapse of Ueno Bank, which has frozen millions of customer accounts and public funds; Vice President Pedro Alliana has been sworn in as his successor.
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The outcome of Santiago Peña's criminal charges tied to the Ueno Bank collapse remains pending.
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Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi's Senate race, defeating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by fewer than 5,000 votes after more than a week of ballot counting, according to an Associated Press race call. His victory makes him Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction and the first Democrat elected to the seat since 1982, and gives Democrats an eighth flipped Senate seat.
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Nvidia's board announced that CEO Jensen Huang has resigned effective immediately after reports of affairs, including with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy and a second affair with an Nvidia employee. CFO Colette Kress is interim CEO, and Nvidia's market value fell by more than $600bn, with reports it could lose $700bn.
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US authorities have charged three men described as Iran-backed over alleged plots including the RAF Fairford incident, while UK prosecutors have charged two British men over the 27 September incident, one accused of assisting a foreign intelligence service believed to be Iran's. UK counter-terrorism police consider Iranian state involvement 'highly likely'.
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Pope Leo XIV is in Argentina on the second leg of his 12-day South America tour, where an estimated 2.5 million people attended his Mass in Buenos Aires. He was welcomed by President Javier Milei on 8 November and has publicly urged Argentine leaders to protect democracy, put people before the economy and limit austerity's effects on the vulnerable.
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Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison on 9 November 2026 after a jury at Southwark Crown Court convicted him of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women between 2004 and 2009. He was acquitted of two rape counts and one attempted indecent assault, and the judge described him as a sexual predator who acted with staggering arrogance and contempt for his victims.
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Cornell University's Faculty Senate has approved a no-confidence resolution in university leadership over its handling of a former student's lawsuit alleging she was drugged and gang-raped at a Chi Phi fraternity house in October 2024. The criminal case is under special prosecution by New York Attorney General Letitia James; the accuser remains anonymous in her civil lawsuit after reported threats; Cornell has suspended fraternity parties through the academic year; and former U.S. Deputy AG. Y.
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The Trump administration's arrangement to import Russian diesel has effectively collapsed: tankers scheduled to deliver the fuel to the United States changed course and are no longer heading toward the US coast, reportedly unable to dock because existing sanctions remain in place.
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A continuing wave of hoax bomb threats is disrupting dozens of flights across Europe and has broadened to target newsrooms and broadcasters; no explosives have been found, and newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria received threats from someone identifying as 'Mikhail Andropov'.
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US First Lady Melania Trump hosted Russian and Ukrainian officials at the White House and called for a lasting truce. President Donald Trump separately met with Vladimir Putin's envoy but did not meet the visiting Ukrainian delegation, saying a Russia-Ukraine deal was 'very close' while giving no specifics.
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The Golden State Valkyries won the 2026 WNBA Finals by defeating the Atlanta Dream in Game 7, capturing their first championship in only their second season, and celebrated with a parade through San Francisco and Oakland.
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Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas defeated former Republican Sen. John Sununu in the 2026 New Hampshire U.S. Senate general election, keeping the seat in Democratic control.
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FIFA is now offering its Council members in-person access in Zurich to some documents related to Gianni Infantino's abandoned plan to sell World Cup commercial stakes to private investors, after UEFA prepared a Swiss criminal complaint over alleged mismanagement and FIFA accused UEFA of running a smear and misinformation campaign.
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The localized ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky has ended after Russia refused to extend it, and intense fighting has resumed in Ukraine's southern Kherson region. Civilians who left during the humanitarian window reached Ukrainian-controlled territory, while several hundred residents remained in the devastated city.
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French students have resumed school blockades on a smaller scale after the autumn break, with 41 schools blockaded, while an attempted-murder investigation is underway over a petrol-bomb attack on police during the third consecutive weekend of nationwide protests.
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A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to stop demanding that California election officials segregate ballots and stop threatening them with criminal prosecution, the latest court rejection of the administration's effort to set aside mail-in ballots suspected of being cast by noncitizens. Subpoenaed Los Angeles County election workers remain scheduled to appear at a federal courthouse on Nov. 4.
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U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes has opened a formal inquiry into whether Trump administration lawyers made contradictory or misleading statements about the East Potomac Golf Links overhaul, after 430 trees were cut down and President Trump announced construction will begin Nov. 15.
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Canada has committed to becoming the European Union's first associate member by June 2027, with Prime Minister Mark Carney planning to attend a June European leaders meeting to conclude negotiations; Germany fiercely opposes the unprecedented status, and Donald Trump has previously threatened serious tariffs or a trade halt if the EU proceeds.
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Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro is in the United States after fleeing Brazil despite a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports in a money-laundering probe. The U.S. State Department said it will grant him and his family visas, and Bolsonaro has declared himself Brazil's rightful leader and said he will lead the opposition from the U.S.
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Actor Hayden Panettiere, 36, died in a Greenville, South Carolina apartment. The Greenville County Coroner's Office ruled her death an accidental overdose involving fentanyl, and police have since closed their investigation.
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The U.S. military's campaign of strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea continues. Its latest reported strike, on 27 October 2026 in the eastern Pacific, killed five people, raising the reported cumulative death toll to at least 240 in more than 70 strikes since September 2025. A UN special rapporteur has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe the attacks violated international law and could constitute crimes against humanity, while U
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Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a rare, 'frank and substantive' 90-minute phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss restarting Ukraine peace negotiations. The call was the first known direct communication between European leaders and Putin in more than a year, drawing public scepticism from Danish and Swedish leaders while Ukraine expressed hope for new momentum.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil's 25 October presidential runoff with 51.79% of the vote to Flávio Bolsonaro's 48.21%, securing a historic fourth term. Bolsonaro's opposition party accepted the result on 27 October, but Bolsonaro himself still refuses to concede and is seeking to annul the vote; U.S. President Donald Trump called the election 'rigged' without offering evidence.
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Jordan has arrested three wounded suspects in a dawn shootout over the Karak church funeral shooting and carried out retaliatory airstrikes in Syria against armed groups it blames for the attack.
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At a Michigan Republican campaign rally ahead of the US midterms, Donald Trump escalated anti-Muslim attacks on Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, portraying him as a national-security threat and questioning his loyalty; El-Sayed responded by calling the attacks deflections, and rapper Nicki Minaj appeared at the same rally to endorse Trump.
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Storm Boelo has moved through northern parts of the UK, leaving at least one man dead and thousands of properties still without power as clean-up and recovery work continues; the victim struck near Castle Douglas has been named as Richard Baines.
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A full lockdown of the occupied West Bank remains in effect and Israeli military operations are continuing in Hebron after Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint; Palestinian residents have been displaced from Hebron as part of the response.
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The attack ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother remains a live, polarizing issue in Ohio’s governor’s race: Ramaswamy continues to air and defend it with support from Trump and Vance, while Acton—joined by Obama at a Cleveland rally—continues to condemn it alongside bipartisan criticism from DeWine.
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The Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, is in its aftermath: 16-year-old former student Griffin J John II killed three children and one teacher, wounded two others, and was fatally shot by parent Kaylub Giamanco; police continue to investigate a motive, while wounded teacher Becky Drury has disputed early accounts that she shielded a student and Giamanco has publicly described confronting the gunman.
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Federal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C. home as part of an ongoing criminal investigation reported to focus on her childhood immigration paperwork, and Omar says she plans to move out of the residence because the raid publicized its address and she feels unsafe there.
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Donald Trump says Elon Musk has restored Ukraine's military-grade Starlink access, and the reported speed and access restrictions have been lifted; Musk continues to deny that he restricted access.
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President Trump held a midterm rally for Senator Darline Graham at Clemson University in South Carolina, where multiple protesters were removed, he praised an attendee who apparently punched one of them, and fighter jets intercepted a plane that entered restricted airspace overhead.
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US President Donald Trump has endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel's 27 October election and warned that the United States may not continue its current role if Israel changes leaders. Netanyahu is now using the endorsement in his campaign, airing a phone call in which Trump predicted victory and raised possible further joint action against Iran, while polls continue to show Netanyahu's bloc lacks a majority.
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US prosecutors have charged former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan with planting a recording device in an OpenAI executive conference room, and new court filings allege he had Saudi backing, was in frequent contact with an unnamed member of the Saudi royal family, and was days away from flying to Saudi Arabia before his arrest.
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Pope Leo XIV is recovering at the Vatican after surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung for adenocarcinoma; he appeared in St. Peter's Square on 18 October, said he would gradually resume his duties, and the Vatican scheduled a general audience for 20 October.
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A federal judge has extended a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds while their First Amendment lawsuit proceeds, so the outlets retain access for now. The Justice Department is separately investigating whether major television networks violated antitrust law by suspending White House pool coverage.
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Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, 42, died after being ejected from The Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia; several others were injured, Cobb County police are investigating, and Six Flags has temporarily closed nine rides in the U.S. and Canada as a precaution.
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An Indian court ordered the release of three detained Cockroach Janta Party leaders on Sunday, a day after police detained founder Abhijeet Dipke and other activists and imposed sweeping restrictions that largely blocked the planned mass protest in New Delhi; the movement has called fresh protests.
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Saudi Arabia has suspended operations at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport after a 10 October Houthi attack caused multiple injuries and diverted flights, the latest in a week of repeated rebel strikes on Saudi airports that have killed at least three people and wounded 36.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group has returned to its San Diego homeport, ending a record-setting deployment of about 265 uninterrupted days at sea supporting U.S. operations against Iran, and its crew has been reunited with families.
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Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide housing protests in Spain, died on 7 October while hospitalized, according to Madrid's tenants' union. Unions have called for a nationwide general strike on 11 November.
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking but remains hospitalized in critical condition with severe injuries, including pneumonia, a blood clot, burned and blistered arms, and an inability to move her arms or swallow; she remains shackled to her hospital bed. A judge has ordered Tennessee to preserve all evidence from the botched execution, her attorneys are seeking commutation of her death sentence, Governor Bill Lee has halted the state's remaining executions for the year pending an independent
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Former CIA officer David Rush has pleaded guilty to a fraud scheme that included stealing hundreds of gold bars and acquiring real estate; reported losses range from more than $40 million to as much as $200 million. According to one report, he also confessed to providing secrets to a foreign government and revealing the existence of a clandestine human source.
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Russian authorities say laboratory technician Darya Shipilova, 28, died of pneumonia of unknown aetiology unrelated to her work at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, yet contacts remain quarantined, 60 colleagues are confined to the facility and hospital access is restricted; the WHO assesses the plague epidemic risk as low and reports no further outbreak, while the United States has demanded transparency.
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An Orange Order parade approved to march along Portadown's Garvaghy Road for the first time in nearly 30 years was blocked by protesters on 27 September and did not take place. The protesters have since dispersed, but talks involving Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant have not resolved the dispute and the standoff continues.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly with a defiant defense of Israeli military action in Gaza, calling the war the 'opposite of a genocide', as delegates walked out and New York police arrested more than 100 protesters including Susan Sarandon, Chelsea Manning and Caleb Hearon.
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An inquest has heard that three-year-old Noah Woods, who went missing from a playground in Merriam Close, Brantham, on 15 September and was later found dead in a pond, left the play area through a gap in a fence after becoming separated from a relative.
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President Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House for a state dinner where the two leaders exchanged symbolic gifts, including a bald eagle statue presented by Trump to Xi, and prominent technology and business executives attended.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to lift a federal judge's temporary block on new U.S. Postal Service rules for mail-in ballots, and the Trump administration says it will comply with the ruling, leaving the restrictions blocked ahead of the midterm elections.
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Amazon has suspended its cargo flights with 21 Air after one of the carrier's Boeing 767-300 aircraft overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport on 6 September, killing five people in vehicles struck by the plane and injuring five others. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating; preliminary data indicate the pilots tried to abort the landing after one warned of excessive speed, and both flight recorders have been recovered for analysis.
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The two-day Republican midterm convention in Dallas concluded as a made-for-TV, Trump-centered rally with no formal party business. President Trump promised $5,000 to every adult citizen if Republicans maintain control of Congress, while Vice President JD Vance headlined the final night and the gathering included tributes to 9/11 victims.
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The United Kingdom, Canada and France have imposed or announced trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, joined by several other European allies. Israel has retaliated by closing Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem, the United States has declined to say whether it opposes the measures, Australia has refused to join them, and the UK government is defending the move against domestic criticism from Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis.
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King Harald V of Norway died on 28 August 2026 at age 89 after a 35-year reign; his son, Crown Prince Haakon, succeeded him as King Haakon VIII and swore an oath before parliament on 1 September. Harald V's funeral was held in Oslo on 9 September, concluding 13 days of national mourning.
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U.S. tariffs of 50% on $20 billion of Canadian imports remain in effect, Canada has vowed matching 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliation, and Prime Minister Mark Carney is publicly rebuking the Trump administration's trade negotiating tactics while reporting strengthened domestic political support.
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Dolly Parton died aged 80 on 25 August after a brief battle with cancer and has been laid to rest in a private Nashville funeral, interred at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum alongside her late husband Carl Thomas.
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Tyler Robinson has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and six other charges in Charlie Kirk's killing; his capital trial is scheduled for early July 2028 in Provo, with jury selection beginning 21 June 2028, after a judge ruled prosecutors may seek the death penalty.
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Democrats won control of the U.S. Senate and House in the 3 November 2026 midterms, flipping seven Senate seats and multiple governorships including Texas. Candidates from both parties made historic gains, with six Black governors and other firsts. President Trump and Vice President Vance publicly blamed Republican losses partly on the Iran war, while Trump said he would 'do it again'.
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Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente has resigned after a high-speed train collision near Urda, Toledo, killed at least 69 people and injured more than 100. The crash, Spain's second fatal high-speed rail accident on the Madrid–Andalusia line in less than a year, occurred when one train struck the rear of a stopped train. An investigation is underway, and rail workers are threatening strike action over safety concerns.
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A London judge has ruled that the search warrants used to raid Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes were unlawful after Thames Valley Police accepted a legal error, but the criminal investigation continues and police have retained the seized material.
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Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in federal court on 14 August 2026 to two stalking charges connected to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and admitted shooting him. A separate state murder trial remains unresolved, and on 2 October 2026 a judge unsealed and released police bodycam footage of Mangione's arrest at a Pennsylvania McDonald's.
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The Kennedy Center's Trump-installed leadership says the institution is on the brink of bankruptcy and could close as early as Tuesday, while pressing to inscribe President Trump's name on the facade as necessary to avoid fiscal collapse. The plan remains before a federal judge who had previously blocked a similar closure and ordered Trump's name removed.
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A federal judge has declined to block the Pentagon from firing the editor, publisher and a Middle East correspondent of Stars and Stripes, allowing the Defense Department to proceed for now with exerting greater editorial control over the military newspaper while the dismissed journalists’ First Amendment lawsuit continues.
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