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'Long and painful nightmare' is over, Trump says, on historic day for the Middle East
- Trump arrived in Tel Aviv earlier Monday to mark the release of Israeli hostages by Hamas after more than two years in captivity. As he arrived at the the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, where he is due to speak, Trump told reporters that Hamas will disarm. On being asked whether the war was over, Trump told reporters "yes." U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at ...

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WORLD  
China vows retaliation if Trump follows through on 100% tariff
- Oct. 13 (UPI) -- China vowed to retaliate if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to impose a 100% tariff on goods from the Asian country, further straining fraught trade relations between the world's largest economies. "If the U.S. insists on going the wrong way, China will surely take resolute measures to protect its legitimate rights and interests," a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce ...

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Patriots-Saints review: New England did what good teams do
- Welcome to the Unconventional Review, an instant reaction to standouts, stats, and story lines from the Patriots' most recent game … The Patriots' victory over the Bills last Sunday night brought on a long-absent feeling of pure exhilaration. The vibes from their 25-16 win over the Saints in New Orleans Sunday, are rather good, too, but a little more complicated. There's joy in watching Drake Maye's ...

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Explainer-Afghanistan-Pakistan is the latest conflict Trump wants to solve. Why has it erupted?
- By Saeed Shah ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Border clashes over the weekend between Afghanistan and Pakistan led to the deaths of dozens of soldiers, the most serious clash between the two countries since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021, and gained the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump. By Monday, the exchange of fire had ceased. WHAT HAPPENED? Late on Saturday, Taliban forces attacked Pakistani military ...

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Madagascar president to make a speech after soldiers turned against the government in apparent coup
- ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina was due to make a speech on national television on Monday after an elite military unit turned against the government in an apparent coup in the Indian Ocean nation and called for Rajoelina to step down. Rajoelina's office said that his speech would be broadcast on state television and radio at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), but didn't say if ...

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Globe high school football players of the week for Oct. 13
- Here are the notable performances in Week 6 from high school football players in Eastern Mass. conferences/leagues. Ethan Edmunds and Alex Weber , Franklin — Edmunds, a freshman quarterback, turned in his best performance yet with 220 passing yards and a touchdown, with his senior captain in support. Weber tallied 215 scrimmage yards, two touchdowns, and led the defense with seven tackles in a 21-20 Hockomock ...

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SCIENCE  
Mass Coral Die-Offs Everywhere Prove That Earth's Climate Is No Longer Suitable to Sustain Them
- Much like a computer, planet Earth is engineered with a patchwork of interconnected systems, each spinning around a different element. The cryosphere of ice, the biosphere of living things, the hydrosphere of oceans, and the atmosphere of air; all these systems are involved in teamwork. Within the mosaic of these systems are little systems, nestled and fused in an intricate geometry. Coral reefs are one of them. ...

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Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth
- STOCKHOLM (AP) — Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research into the impact of innovation on economic growth and how new technologies replace older ones, a key economic concept known as "creative destruction." The winners represent contrasting but complementary approaches to economics. Mokyr is an economic historian who delved into ...

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US   POLITICS  
Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation
- this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law. In arguments Wednesday, lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices to wipe away and make it much harder, if not impossible, to take account of race in redistricting. "Race-based redistricting is fundamentally contrary to our Constitution," Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth ...

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S.C. bar shooting: 4 dead, 20 injured, sheriff says
- BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials said. The shooting occurred early Sunday at Willie's Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island, officials said. A large crowd was at the scene when sheriff's deputies arrived and found several people suffering from gunshot wounds. "Multiple victims and witnesses ran ...

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US  
Ex-Jet Mark Sanchez ignores question about bar assault victim in first comments leaving jail
- Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez had no words for the elderly truck driver he's accused of permanently disfiguring in a drunken beatdown when approached by reporters as he left jail Sunday. Sanchez, 38, broke his week-long silence when a  crew with Fox 59  questioned him as he left the Marion County Jail, where he had been booked and processed on a felony battery charge. He hobbled ...

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Zelenskyy promises to only use Tomahawks against Russian military targets
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country would only use long-range Tomahawk missiles against Russian military targets, as the Kremlin expressed alarm over Washington's potential plan to offer the weapons to Kyiv. Zelenskyy's comment was aired by Fox News in the United States on Sunday, the same day he spoke to US President Donald Trump. Writing on X, the Ukrainian president called his latest ...

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What to Know About National Guard Deployments in Memphis, Tennessee, and Other Cities
- Judges have stalled President Donald Trump's plans to deploy the National Guard in Chicago and in Portland, Oregon, but troops are now patrolling in Memphis , Tennessee, with the blessing of the state's governor. The troops, dressed in Guard fatigues and protective vests, with guns in their holsters, patrolled at a Bass Pro Shops store and a nearby tourist welcome center beside the Mississippi River on Friday. It ...

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Penn State fires coach James Franklin amid midseason free fall in a lost season
- ▶ Follow live updates on the AP Top 25 poll . Get the AP Top 25 college football poll delivered straight to your inbox every week with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — From the day he was hired more than a decade ago, James Franklin stressed the importance of creating a family atmosphere at Penn State. Over the course of 11-plus seasons in Happy Valley, that approach ...

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US  
No. 3 Indiana gets its highest-ever AP Top 25 ranking
- Indiana moved up to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday for its highest ranking in program history and Texas was among five teams entering the Top 25 after eight ranked teams, three of them previously unbeaten, lost over the weekend. Ohio State and Miami remained the top two teams while the Hoosiers earned a four-spot promotion for their 10-point win at then-No. 3 Oregon. No. 4 Texas A&M and ...

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POLITICS  
Tiger Woods has a seventh back surgery to have disk replaced
- Tiger Woods has gone through a seventh back surgery, this time to replace a disk in his lower back and had caused pain and mobility issues. Woods said in a social media post he had the surgery in New York and said it was the right decision for his his health and his troubled back. He did not mention how long it would keep him out of golf, though it was unclear if he was going to try to play in his Hero World ...

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US  
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of 'Annie Hall' and 'The Godfather,' dies at 79, reports say
- The unexpected news was met with shock around the world. Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of "Annie Hall," "The Godfather" films and "Father of the Bride," whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79. People Magazine reported Saturday that she died in California with loved ones, citing a family spokesperson. No other details were ...

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US   POLITICS  
Trump authorizes troop pay amid government shutdown
- "I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. This comes as Trump administration officials and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have voiced concerns that members of ...

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US  
Six people dead with multiple injured in three shootings at Mississippi homecoming weekends
- Four people were killed in an attack in Leland, while two were killed in Heidelberg, amid a third attack in Rolling Fork Six people were killed and 18 others injured in three separate shootings at high school football homecoming celebrations in Mississippi , according to a number of local officials on Saturday. The most fatal incident took place around midnight on Friday in Leland, where four people died, John Lee, ...

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