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AmericasMike Ditka, the Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end who coached the Chicago Bears to their only Super Bowl triumph, has died. He was 86. FAKTA Age: 86 — his family announced his death on Friday, October 9. No cause of death was given. As a player: drafted fifth overall by the Bears in
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AmericasThe Pentagon has confirmed it will livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 — in what would be the first public broadcast of a legal execution in the United States in nearly a century. FAKTA Who: Nidal Hasan, a former US
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AmericasHurricane Isaias reached Category 3 strength with 120 mph winds on Friday morning as mandatory evacuations began along the northern Gulf Coast ahead of a dangerous landfall expected Friday night or early Saturday.
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AmericasPresident Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14370 on December 18, 2025, directing the fast-tracked rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III to open the door to medical research. Ten months on, the broader rule is still pending after a DEA judge paused proceedings in late September 2026.
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AmericasThe Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump administration, alleging illegal use of taxpayer funds for political TV ads ahead of the November midterms. More than $12 million has been spent, per AdImpact.
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AmericasUS President Donald Trump says taxpayers will no longer fund his controversial TV ads ahead of the November midterms, shifting the cost to MAGA Inc - after a Reuters/Ipsos poll found 86% of Americans call the taxpayer-funded spots inappropriate.
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AmericasA record 66% of Americans favor Medicare for All in KFF’s September 2026 poll — the highest since polling began in 2016 — as medical costs top voter economic concerns.
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AmericasChrista Pike, 50, is conscious and speaking six days after Tennessee's failed lethal injection, her lawyers say — calling her recovery 'medically unprecedented'.
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AmericasJames Cody Bryant, 30, was arrested in Bellingham, Washington, and charged with conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country over February's deadly Tumbler Ridge school shooting.
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AmericasPaul St-Pierre Plamondon's Parti Québécois won Quebec's provincial election Monday, ending eight years of CAQ rule and promising another independence referendum.
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AmericasPresident Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to a record low of 32% in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, with only 24% of Hispanic voters approving. Asked about the numbers before heading to Nebraska, Trump told reporters he is "doing great."
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AmericasTwo people were killed and 35 injured in a mass shooting at a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia, early Sunday. No arrests have been made.
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