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Russian strikes killed at least 15 people, including three children, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, officials said on Saturday.The strikes came a day after President Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow’s war in Ukraine.Russian aerial bombs hit residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, Mykhailo Semikin, the head of the regional military administration, said Saturday. At least 16 people were wounded in the attack, according to Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the region’s defense council.Russia and Ukraine are locked in a long-range aerial war while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line, more than…

Mike Ditka, the legendary Chicago Bears player and coach who became one of the most recognizable figures in NFL history, has died. He was 86. Ditka’s family announced his passing on Friday, October 9. A cause of death has not been announced. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Mike Ditka,” his family said in a statement. “While the world knew Mike as a Hall of Fame football player, legendary coach, and leader of the Chicago Bears’ Super Bowl XX championship team, we knew him as the heart of…

Delisting comes days after Trump administration reportedly reopened talks with Myanmar’s government.Published On 10 Oct 202610 Oct 2026The United States has removed sanctions on the daughter of a Myanmar businessman accused of supporting the military-installed government.The US Department of the Treasury removed Theint Win Htet from its sanctions list on Friday, according to its website, after she sued them in July.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe decision followed a Reuters news agency report that said US President Donald Trump’s administration has opened talks with Myanmar’s government, a break from years of US policy that sanctioned the generals responsible…

Katie Zacharia, a former DHS spokesperson and cable news talking head, will be the new mouthpiece for the administration Conservative commentator and Truth Social communications adviser Katie Zacharia has been tapped to replace former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. The New York Times was the first to report the news, which has since been confirmed by multiple outlets. Zacharia, who previously served as a junior spokesperson for former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, is an avid social media user with public connections to the MAGA universe, and a talking head on major conservative news channels.  Complying with a…

Just over three years ago, on Oct. 5, 2023, the Golden State Valkyries were officially introduced as the WNBA’s first expansion team in over a decade. At the introductory press conference, more than a year before the team even had any players, let alone took the court for the first time, team owner Joe Lacob made a bold proclamation. «First press conference with the Warriors, I said we will win a championship in the first five years,» Lacob said. «I’m telling you right now, we will win a WNBA championship in the first five years of this franchise.»After completing a sweep…

Communities on the U.S. Gulf Coast are bracing as Hurricane Isaias made landfall Friday night as a Category 2 storm.The storm, with winds up to 105 mph, made landfall near Destin, Florida, in the Florida Panhandle at 8:30 p.m. CT. As it continued its march north over the western part of the Panhandle, the storm weakened to a Category 1.A hurricane warning is currently in effect from just east of Biloxi, Mississippi, through Mobile and Pensacola to Panama City and Mexico Beach, Florida.Many low-lying and coastal areas, particularly on the Florida Panhandle, are under evacuation orders, with communities preparing for…

At this writing three Nobel Prizes of 2026 have been awarded, so this is a good time to think about those who did not win a Nobel Prize but should have.  Science has done this in Six biology breakthroughs that should have won a Nobel Prize – but didn’t (archived link).  The list of misses in Physics is here (no archive yet); it left out Jocelyn Bell. Watson and Crick are often mentioned as the discoverers of DNA.  No, actually.  That was the physician and scientist Friedrich Miescher, who is said to have used bandages filled with pus as his…

SAO PAULO — Brazilian police killed on Thursday a suspect who held at least 13 children at knifepoint in a school of the city of Curitiba, in the country’s south. None of them were injured.Parana state police spokeswoman Leticia Martins told journalists outside school CMEI Sao Braz that the man broke into one of the classrooms and kept children and staffers as hostages for two hours. She did not disclose how the suspect was killed or the age of the children involved. «(The suspect) also threatened to pour gasoline onto himself and others, our negotiating teams were in place, but…

Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and the afternoon Pharmalot newsletter.The gifts and payments that doctors receive from drugmakers increased inappropriate prescribing and the number of prescriptions written, likely leading to rising health care costs, according to a Cochrane review of dozens of previous studies that have explored the influence the pharmaceutical industry has on medical practice. In addition, pharmaceutical advertising or education aimed at doctors may also increase inappropriate prescribing, probably increases the number of prescriptions written, and…

When a movement gains ground in corrupting voting systems, it doesn’t give it up without a fight, and right now, the front line in election integrity is clean voter rolls. That is, the accuracy of the list of eligible, registered voters in each state. When someone moves, dies, or is improperly registered to vote, they remain listed as a registered voter until election officials remove them. A dirty voter roll is ripe for fraudulent votes cast in the name of someone who no longer belongs on the list.