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Norway's crown princess on lung transplant waiting list, palace says

Norway's crown princess on lung transplant waiting list, palace says Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on a waiting list for a lung transplant, the country's royal household has said. Mette-Marit, who suffers from an incurable lung disease, has suspended official duties and will have the operation as soon as a donor becomes available, it said. The princess, who married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, has been battling the illness while facing revelations about her association with

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Anthony Head, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ actor, dies at 72

Anthony Head in "Ted Lasso."

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Burnham pledges business rate cuts for pubs, cafes and other small businesses

Andy Burnham has proposed a 20% cut to business rates for pubs with many smaller, family-run enterprises taken out of paying the levy altogether, in his first major policy initiative during the Makerfield byelection. Burnham’s plans amount to a notable criticism of Keir Starmer’s policy in the area, with the Greater Manchester mayor saying: “Labour have got it wrong on small businesses.” He has previously been wary of discussing concrete policy decisions, in part because of a desire to focus on

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Man sentenced to life for elaborate double-murder plot to get rid of his wife

Brendan Banfield was convicted in the 2023 murders of his wife and a man prosecutors said he "catfished" on a fetish website.

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Why measles and flu — not Ebola — are front of mind for doctors ahead of the World Cup

Inside the stadium during the Premier League Summer Series at MetLife Stadium on July 26, 2025 in East Rutherford, N.J.

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Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in first visit since 2019

The announcement was made by both countries Friday a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear fuel. (Image credit: Ahn Young-joon)

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Guardian - World · Oct 8

Labour will make AI ‘work for the workers’, says Liz Kendall

Technology secretary promises to support people whose jobs are swept away by automation Liz Kendall has insisted Labour will make artificial intelligence “work for workers”, and not abandon people whose jobs are swept away by its rapid advance. With public fears mounting about the impact of AI on employment, particularly for young people, the technology secretary claimed that the government could shape the way it is adopted. Continue reading...

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Fox News · Oct 8

Schumer rips Senate Republicans for passing billions in ICE and Border Patrol funding in late-night vote

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., slammed Senate Republicans after most of them voted to pass a bill to green light billions of dollars in funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The measure passed 52-47, mostly along party lines, though one Republican, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, joined Democrats in voting against passage. "Tonight, Senate Republicans passed a rotten bill that makes their priorities painfully clear

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NBC News · Oct 8

Stocks sink as interest rate hike worries rattle tech amid nonstop AI spending

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on May 27.

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Fox News · Oct 8

Katie Couric admits Bari Weiss ‘had no choice’ but to fire Scott Pelley after CBS clash

Liberal journalist and former CBS anchor Katie Couric admitted Thursday that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss had little choice but to fire longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley after his explosive confrontation with network leadership, even as she expressed sympathy for his frustrations over changes at the storied newsmagazine. "I don't think that Bari Weiss had any choice but to let Scott Pelley go," Couric said on her online show . "I mean, I think it's a classic definition of i

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'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' star Anthony Head dead at 72

Anthony Head, an actor best known for starring in " Buffy the Vampire Slayer ," has died. He was 72. Head, who more recently appeared in the hit show "Ted Lasso," died from complications from pneumonia, The Associated Press reported. His family shared the news Friday, adding that he was at home and surrounded by loved ones when he died. "Our grief is far greater than the hole he has left behind, but we know his legacy will live on, in the shows he was a part of, and in the audiences that love th

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Bessent flips script on shouting Democrat: 'No wonder people are leaving' his blue state

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was screamed at during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing this week by a Chicago-area Democrat amid a heated exchange over the Trump economy. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., followed several other Democrats in condemning rising prices during the Iran conflict, while Bessent repeatedly pushed back on assertions about his policies by pointing to higher commodity prices during the Biden administration. At one point in the exchange, Bessent slammed Schneider's Dem

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Rachel Morin's mom shares the detective's advice that kept her going before her daughter's killer was caught

For eight months, Patty Morin worried her daughter's killer might never be caught — then a detective pulled her aside and said something that changed her perspective. Two months later, Victor Martinez-Hernandez was in custody. Now, 16 weeks into the Nancy Guthrie investigation, Morin has the same message for another family facing agonizing uncertainty. "Four months and they have nothing — they have nothing that they've shared with us," said Morin, the mom of Maryland mother of five Rachel Morin.

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Fox News · Oct 8

How much baggage will Democrats accept from Maine's Graham Platner?

How much are Democrats willing to take to continue their support of Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner? So far, they’ve accepted that he has a Nazi tattoo. They’ve accepted that he has posted in online forums in 2013 that rape victims should take accountability and in 2020 called rural Americans "stupid" and "racist." As late as 2019, he was posting that U.S. Army Pfc. Ted Daniels, who had been shot in Afghanistan, didn’t deserve to live and openly rooted for the Taliban. About those com

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ABC News · Oct 8

WATCH: New lung cancer discovery may aid prevention

ABC News’ Dr. Tara Narula explains a discovery that could help doctors predict and prevent the world’s deadliest cancer.

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NBC News · Oct 8

Former CIA officer accused of stashing gold bars ordered to remain jailed pending trial

The seal of Central Intelligence Agency in the lobby the headquarters building in Langley, Va., on Sept. 24, 2022.

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‘Violence is a red line’: could Nigel Farage’s ‘pure, cold rage’ rhetoric damage his brand?

Nigel Farage’s self-confidence is famously iron-clad. But just before 12.30pm on Wednesday as a visibly angry Keir Starmer tore into his “unforgivable” response to the murder of Henry Nowak, Farage’s attempts to laugh off the criticism looked unconvincing. He was rattled. This has been a curious week for the Reform UK leader. The headlines have been dominated by a story seemingly tailor-made for his culture war instincts. But some believe that this time Farage might have overplayed his hand. The

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New Orleans’ Jesuit high school agrees to pay seven figures to settle child molestation claim

One of the most prominent Catholic high schools in New Orleans has agreed to pay a seven-figure monetary sum to settle a lawsuit claiming child molestation by janitors at the institution decades earlier. The plaintiff struck the agreement with Jesuit high school ahead of a trial scheduled to start in the Louisiana city’s civil district courthouse on 15 June, roughly six years after he sued under a pseudonym. The plaintiff’s attorney, Richard Trahant, said on Friday that he couldn’t discuss the s

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Hospitality jobs boom as US prepares for World Cup

Hospitality jobs boom as US prepares for World Cup The US economy created 172,000 jobs in May as pubs, bars and restaurants ramped up hiring ahead of the World Cup. They were primarily created in leisure and hospitality, local government, and health care, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The figures cover the lead-up to this summer's tournament, being jointly hosted by the US, Mexico and Canada. Employment in the financial sector dropped, while the overall unemployment rate hel

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Nearly 50 people die of thirst in Sahara desert after lorry breaks down

Only two survived after trekking more than 50km (30 miles) across the desert to alert the authorities.