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Ramaswamy Defends Ad Featuring Acton’s Estranged Mother

Vivek Ramaswamy defended a campaign ad featuring Democratic rival Amy Acton's estranged mother, who calls her a liar, drawing bipartisan backlash in Ohio's closely watched governor's race. His campaign is spending four million dollars to promote the ad, which President Donald Trump and Vice President Vance backed despite court records supporting Acton's account of childhood abuse by her stepfather.

63 articles 30 sources Oct 20 to Oct 24

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Pope Leo Returns to Vatican After Lung Cancer Surgery

Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican and delivered the Sunday Angelus prayer from a window overlooking Saint Peter's Square, days after surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his right lung. The seventy-one year old pontiff thanked thousands of faithful for their prayers and said he will gradually resume his duties.

48 articles 28 sources Oct 17 to Oct 19

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Pope Leo returns to Vatican after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV has returned to the Vatican four days after lung cancer surgery at Rome's Gemelli Hospital. On Sunday, he thanked faithful in Saint Peter's Square for their prayers and pledged to gradually resume his duties.

42 articles 27 sources Oct 17 to Oct 19

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Four Soldiers Killed in Fire at Canadian Military Base

Four Canadian soldiers were killed and thirty-nine others hospitalized after strong winds fanned a grass fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta during combat training Saturday. Prime Minister Mark Carney called it one of the worst peacetime tragedies for Canada's military.

42 articles 26 sources Oct 18 to Oct 19

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Russia frees American teacher Stephen Hubbard after four years

Russia freed seventy-four-year-old American teacher Stephen Hubbard this week after he spent more than four years in a Russian prison on disputed mercenary charges. Hubbard, a retired Michigan school teacher, was captured in Ukraine in two thousand twenty-two and designated as wrongfully detained by the United States in two thousand twenty-four.

41 articles 31 sources Oct 20 to Oct 22

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Australian MP Helen Haines Loses Leg in Deliberate Car Attack

Australian independent lawmaker Helen Haines is in critical condition after being deliberately struck by a car outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed a forty-three-year-old suspect is in custody and a counter-terrorism taskforce is investigating.

40 articles 18 sources Oct 19 to Oct 20

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Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs in car attack

Australian independent MP Helen Haines has lost both legs after a driver allegedly rammed her vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria, on Monday afternoon. Police describe the assault as deliberate and targeted, and forty-three-year-old Brendan Nugent now faces three charges including intentionally causing serious injury.

36 articles 17 sources Oct 19 to Oct 21

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Christina Applegate Says She Was Misdiagnosed With MS

Emmy-winning actress Christina Applegate revealed on her podcast 'MeSsy' that she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021 and does not have the disease. Despite the news, her debilitating symptoms persist, leaving her 'back at square one' as she searches for answers.

35 articles 29 sources Oct 20 to Oct 21

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Melania Trump Brokers Ceasefire in Occupied Oleshky

First Lady Melania Trump has brokered a temporary, localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, allowing humanitarian aid and civilian evacuations. The truce is set to begin October 29, with mine clearance and safe evacuation routes planned as residents face severe shortages of food, medicine, electricity and water.

34 articles 22 sources Oct 23 to Oct 24

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Meghan Markle ‘Deeply Distressed’ as Father Faces Child Abuse Probe

The Duchess of Sussex said she was deeply distressed after her half-brother reported finding images allegedly depicting child sexual abuse at their father’s former home in the Philippines. Philippine authorities are investigating Thomas Markle Sr., who denies the allegations, while Meghan said the Metropolitan Police received troubling claims in a letter in 2018.

32 articles 21 sources Oct 22 to Oct 24

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Christina Applegate says her multiple sclerosis diagnosis was incorrect

Emmy-winning actor Christina Applegate says her doctor told her that she does not have multiple sclerosis, reversing the diagnosis she publicly announced in two thousand twenty-one. After five years advocating for people with the disease, she says her debilitating symptoms persist and have worsened, leaving her “back at square one” about what is causing them.

30 articles 24 sources Oct 20 to Oct 21

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Japan launches mission to Mars moon Phobos

Japan has launched the MMX spacecraft to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars's two moons. The five-year mission aims to return at least ten grams of surface material to Earth by twenty thirty one.

28 articles 23 sources Oct 18 to Oct 20

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Fire at Canadian Military Base Kills Multiple Soldiers

Four Canadian service members were killed and dozens injured after high winds fueled a fast-moving fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta during live-fire training. Prime Minister Mark Carney called it one of the worst peacetime tragedies in the country's military history.

28 articles 23 sources Oct 18 to Oct 19

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Driver released after truck plows through Kansas soccer game

A thirty-four-year-old woman drove a pickup truck onto a youth soccer field in Wichita, Kansas, killing a six-year-old boy and a thirty-five-year-old man and injuring about ten others. Police released the driver without charges as they await toxicology results.

28 articles 14 sources Oct 17 to Oct 19

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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion over Facebook privacy

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms on Wednesday to pay twenty-five billion dollars after a jury found the company misled Facebook users about data privacy and content moderation. The Cambridge Analytica case concerned one point four million Facebook users in the state, and the judge cut a two hundred nineteen point five billion dollar penalty after more than forty-three million violations were found.

27 articles 23 sources Oct 21 to Oct 22

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Four Canadian Soldiers Killed in Fire at Alberta Base

Four Canadian service members died and dozens were injured after a fast-moving fire erupted during combat training at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta on Saturday. High winds fueled the blaze, sending at least thirty-nine soldiers to hospitals with nineteen in critical condition.

27 articles 20 sources Oct 18 to Oct 19

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Elon Musk pledges SpaceX share to every American child

Elon Musk has pledged to give one share of his SpaceX company to every child in America beginning next year, a gift potentially worth more than ten point five billion dollars at current market prices. The billionaire has not detailed how the massive giveaway will work, which ages of children will qualify, or whether the shares will be held in trust.

26 articles 21 sources Oct 19 to Oct 20

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MP Helen Haines loses both legs after alleged car attack

Australian federal lawmaker Helen Haines has had both legs amputated after a driver allegedly rammed her repeatedly outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria on Monday. Her husband said she remains in stable condition at a Melbourne hospital, while forty-three-year-old suspect Brendan Nugent faces three charges over the apparent targeted attack and has been denied bail.

25 articles 14 sources Oct 20 to Oct 21

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Judge orders Trump to give BBC deposition by December eleven

A federal judge in Florida ordered President Donald Trump to give a deposition by December 11 or face possible dismissal of his $10 billion BBC defamation lawsuit. The Panorama documentary allegedly edited his remarks before the January sixth Capitol attack, and the order follows repeated complaints about delayed questioning in the discovery process.

24 articles 22 sources Oct 22 to Oct 23

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Pope Leo XIV Needs No Further Lung Cancer Treatment

Pope Leo XIV will not need further treatment for lung cancer after last week's surgery, the Vatican announced Wednesday. Tests confirmed the disease was localized, and the seventy-one year old pontiff is gradually resuming his activities.

24 articles 22 sources Oct 21 to Oct 22

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