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Record-Breaking Virus Outbreak, Tracing Collapses

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Health leaders say Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is growing faster than any outbreak they have managed, and the numbers show why. Story Snapshot World Health Organization reports record-fast spread in early...

Two Vanished Women – Videos Stun Cops

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Police say a Philadelphia home yielded more than one million digital files, including videos where two missing women appear dead, and the hunt for answers just entered a new phase. Story Snapshot Investigators seized over...

Alarming Drop After Retirement Exposed

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Quitting work early might do more than free up your calendar. It could cost you real brainpower. Quick Take A RAND Corporation study found retirement lowers memory scores by nearly 5 points on a 20-point...

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Jobs Jolt Brings Good News

Private employers added 90,000 jobs in September, a clear uptick that beat forecasts and reset the month’s tone on growth. Story Snapshot ADP says private-sector...

Last-Minute Execution Reprieve On Death Row

An hour before she was set to die, a federal court stopped Tennessee from putting Christa Pike to death. Quick Take The Sixth Circuit Court...

Tax Tsunami Looms In Dark Blue State

Oregon lawmakers want to build a government-run health plan that would cover every single resident in the state, paid for through one public fund...

Capitol Terror Plot Foiled Overnight

A Tuesday night tip, a 3 a.m. door knock, and a suspected Capitol attack stopped before sunrise. Story Snapshot Texas public safety officials said a...

Mass Recall of Popular Soda

More than 77,000 cans of 7UP Tropical marked "Zero Sugar" were actually packed with full-sugar soda, and now they're coming off store shelves. Quick Take ...

Poll Shock: Trump Approval Craters

Most Americans now pin stubbornly high prices on President Trump’s policies, and his economic approval has sunk to new lows. Story Snapshot About 65% blame...

Daycare Horror Averted – Cop Arrested

A toddler pulled a loaded gun from a backpack in a Michigan daycare, and only a teacher’s split-second action kept tragedy off the morning...

Football Boss Shot Dead At 1 A.M.

A 53-year-old football club president was shot dead around 1 a.m., and police called it premeditated murder. Story Snapshot Police and prosecutors opened a premeditated...

Disney Slammed Again – Key Details Here

Disney is cutting about 300 jobs, mainly in human resources and technology, as part of a cost plan it flagged weeks ago. Story Snapshot About...

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Interstate Hostage Horror Stuns City

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Prosecutors say a Roxbury man forced a pregnant Rhode Island victim into a car at gunpoint, asked if they wanted to “die here or in Boston,” and then led police on a wild Interstate...

Airline Makes Big Bet – Will Flyers Approve of THIS?

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Alaska Air Group is betting hundreds of millions of dollars that flyers will keep paying extra for a lie-flat bed, a private suite door, and a lounge chair before takeoff. Story Snapshot Alaska Air Group...

BREAKING: Governor Abbott Hits Emergency Button

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Texas moved first and fast: Governor Greg Abbott declared a statewide disaster to break a diesel squeeze before it choked harvests and freight. Story Snapshot Abbott issued a 30-day disaster declaration across all 254 Texas...

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NOW: Colombia’s ‘Spider’ Lands In U.S.

A Colombian commander called “Spider” just landed in San Diego to face narco-terror charges — and that single flight could redraw lines between war,...

Supreme Court Puts DHS Election Tool Back In Play

The Supreme Court’s stay keeps the federal voter-citizenship checks alive for November—and that changes everything. Story Snapshot The Supreme Court stayed a lower-court block, allowing...

Daybreak Bloodbath Stuns Lib City

Three men were killed and four others were wounded after a fight at an after-hours strip club on Detroit’s west side turned into gunfire...

Popular Store Roars Back To Life

Toys R Us will open 120 new U.S. stores for the holidays, lifting its standalone footprint to 160 and pulling off the biggest toy-retail...

Tesla’s $50K Clock Starts Ticking

Tesla quietly reopened Roadster reservations with a $50,000 two-step deposit and a clock that starts now. Story Snapshot Reservation flow is live with $5,000 now...

Drug Cartel Recruits From Drone Schools

Mexico warned Ukraine that cartel-linked “volunteers” were seeking frontline drone training, and Kyiv opened a probe. Story Snapshot Mexico’s intelligence service alerted Ukraine about suspected...

Random Subway Slashing Stuns Onlookers

A stranger walked up to a man on a Brooklyn subway platform Sunday evening and slashed him across the face, then vanished into the...

EPA Flags Abortion Drugs in Drinking Water

EPA just put pharmaceuticals on its official drinking-water watchlist and launched a national screen that includes mifepristone and misoprostol, shifting a long-running lab debate...

Courthouse Chaos: Defense Lawyer ARRESTED

A Modesto murder trial collapsed after the defense attorney was arrested at the courthouse and then vanished from court for two days. Story Snapshot A...

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