The article argues that the data industry poses a threat to U.S. national security. It says adversaries can exploit information they purchase instead of developing new intelligence capabilities.
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The article’s title describes the data industry as a threat to U.S. national security.
The article says adversaries can buy information.
It says adversaries do not need to invent a new intelligence capability to exploit that information.
The article focuses on the security risks of commercially available data.
The provided text does not identify specific data brokers, adversaries, or types of information.
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Technology companies are developing tools to connect information used by agencies, businesses and residents during disasters. The market has established providers, while newer firms face lengthy public-sector purchasing processes and requirements for system integration, cybersecurity and training.
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Climate Central counted 23 U.S. weather and climate disasters in 2025 that each caused at least $1 billion in damage, with estimated losses of $118.4 billion.
Climate Central’s database records 447 such disasters since 1980, with inflation-adjusted costs above $3.3 trillion.
Emergency management organizations often use separate systems, which can limit information sharing and make it harder to build a shared picture of an incident, according to Mary Jo Flynn-Nevins of the International Association of Emergency Managers.
Everbridge and Juvare are among companies that already provide emergency communications, incident management and coordination software.
A FEMA procurement document estimated that rebuilding parts of its crisis management system would cost $16 million to $25 million and take 24 to 36 months; FEMA chose to move the system to Juvare’s cloud service instead.
Ready2Go is developing a platform for agencies, private organizations and residents to share incident information.
Ready2Go says its platform would let residents register medical and mobility needs before a disaster and use AI tools to help match assistance requests with available resources.
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A hand-drawn survey of the Mason-Dixon Line is scheduled to go up for auction in a livestreamed sale on Thursday. Brunk Auctions estimates the map will sell for $800,000 to $1.2 million; it was originally made to settle a border dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania and later became associated with the division between free and slave states.
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Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon drew the survey between 1767 and 1768.
The map is a linen-backed strip of paper measuring 76 inches long and 6.5 inches tall.
The survey was originally intended to settle a border dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The Mason-Dixon Line later became associated with the boundary between free and slave states.
The map remained with the family of attorney Benjamin Chew until 1982.
Malcolm S. Forbes bought the map in 1982 for $360,000, outbidding the Library of Congress.
The map changed hands again in 2002.
The Library of Congress said it is not currently in a position to buy the map.
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With nearly 90 percent of ballots counted, Israel’s election produced no clear winner: neither major bloc appears likely to reach the 61 seats needed for a governing majority. Arab-majority parties won a record 19 seats, making them central to coalition negotiations, though several leaders have ruled out governing with them.
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc is projected to win 53 seats, while Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc is projected to win 48.
Likud is projected to take 26 seats, the most of any party, but Netanyahu’s bloc remains eight seats short of a majority.
Eisenkot’s Yashar Party is projected to win 21 seats, while his bloc would need Arab-led parties to reach a majority.
Arab-majority parties won 19 seats, a record high, amid turnout of about 80 percent among Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Netanyahu said a government relying on Arab-led parties would be “a shame and a disgrace.”
Netanyahu’s Likud claimed the election was stolen by Arab parties; police and the Central Elections Committee dismissed the claims, according to the article.
Naftali Bennett’s Together Party is projected to win 12 seats. Bennett said he would seek a government without repeating his 2021 decision to govern with Ra’am.
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Students at the University of The Gambia protested over unreliable transportation, campus services and learning facilities. Lectures resumed after the government announced steps including 20 additional buses, but students continue to seek the resignation of two university leaders, and some measures remain unconfirmed or incomplete.
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The Students’ Union says the concerns affect more than 12,000 students.
Some students rely on university buses for long commutes, and bus seats can be difficult to secure.
The government said the Gambia Transport Service Company deployed 20 buses to support student travel.
Students have reported limited access to safe drinking water, affordable food and reliable internet.
The ministry said campus water needed additional filtration and that water dispensers had been installed at designated points.
The ministry said cafeterias were ready to serve, but did not provide details about meal prices or availability at individual facilities.
The ministry said internet work at the newly built Schools of Agriculture and Law was expected to finish within a week; it did not confirm completion.
Students are calling for Vice Chancellor Herbert Robinson and the director of student affairs to resign.
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The United States sanctioned Rwanda’s defence ministry and Zigama Credit and Savings Society over alleged support for the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The measures come despite a U.S.-brokered peace agreement signed in December 2025, as fighting continues and Rwanda denies backing M23.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on Rwanda to stop supporting M23 and withdraw its troops from eastern DR Congo.
The U.S. Treasury alleges Rwanda’s defence ministry sent thousands of troops to fight alongside M23 and provided weapons, equipment, logistics and training.
The sanctions freeze designated entities’ assets under U.S. jurisdiction and generally bar U.S. people and businesses from conducting transactions with them without authorization or an exemption.
The U.S. alleges Zigama Credit and Savings Society facilitated transactions for M23, helped pay for military equipment for Rwandan forces and enabled gold shipments from rebel-held areas to Kigali.
M23 has seized Goma and Bukavu and taken control of mineral-rich areas, including gold-mining sites in South Kivu and the coltan-producing area of Rubaya in North Kivu.
The Washington Accords, signed by the Congolese and Rwandan presidents in December 2025 under U.S. mediation, aimed to end the conflict and expand regional trade and investment.
DR Congo welcomed the sanctions and urged Rwanda to meet its commitments and withdraw its troops; Rwanda said it was ready to implement the accords if the other parties also met their obligations.
The U.S. previously sanctioned Rwanda’s army and four senior military commanders in March 2026, and a gold refinery and three mining companies in June 2026.
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Scientists at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory identified a possible dwarf planet, provisionally named 2026 ED138, beyond Pluto’s orbit. Its estimated size may be large enough for it to qualify, but more observations are needed to determine its true size and whether it meets the definition of a dwarf planet.
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Matthew Holman of the Center for Astrophysics found the object while reviewing Rubin Observatory observations.
Holman used software to search the observations on October 13, 2026.
Scientists later found 2026 ED138 in more than 20 Rubin images taken between March and July.
The object is about 46 times farther from the Sun than Earth is, beyond Pluto’s average distance of roughly 40 times Earth’s distance.
Early estimates put its diameter at about 600 to 1,500 kilometers.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory began its 10-year southern-sky survey on June 30, 2026.
Before the main survey began, Rubin data had yielded more than 11,000 previously unknown asteroids, including 33 near-Earth objects that posed no threat to Earth.
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Laura Brand testified at Russell Brand’s trial that he is caring, kind and a wonderful father, and said he respected her when she did not want sex. A former girlfriend also described him as gentle and loving; Brand denies all charges and has pleaded not guilty.
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Brand faces seven charges: three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault.
Laura Brand gave evidence at Southwark Crown Court in London on Thursday.
Laura Brand told the jury she loves her husband and feels seen by him.
Laura Brand said Brand respected her when she did not want to be sexual with him.
Former girlfriend Elia Alvarez Diaz said they lived together for about a year, from 1998 to 1999.
Alvarez Diaz said Brand accepted it when she said no, and said their relationship ended after he repeatedly cheated on her.
The trial is continuing.
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ABC News examined how tariffs on machinery imported from Canada and higher diesel costs are affecting Maine’s loggers and fishermen. Reporter Jay O’Brien spoke with Maine Senate candidates Troy Jackson and Susan Collins, as well as workers in those industries.
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The report focused on loggers and fishermen in Maine.
The workers described impacts from tariffs on machinery imported from Canada.
Higher diesel costs were also a focus of the report.
ABC News reporter Jay O’Brien conducted the interviews.
O’Brien spoke with Democratic Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson.
O’Brien also spoke with Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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ABC News’ Danny New spoke with a family in Maine whose two dogs love playing in piles of leaves. The family keeps a leaf pile ready in its yard for the dogs.
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The family lives in Maine.
The family has two dogs.
The dogs enjoy piles of leaves.
The family makes sure a leaf pile is ready in the yard.
ABC News’ Danny New spoke with the family about the dogs.
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The Pentagon told Congress that the U.S. war with Iran had cost at least $47.1 billion as of October 16. The estimate includes operating costs and projected replacement costs for used munitions, but excludes fuel and repairs to damaged U.S. bases in the Middle East.
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The Pentagon estimate includes $29 billion projected to replace munitions and other military equipment used in the war.
Since the war began on February 28, the Air Force spent $7.6 billion, the Navy spent $1.5 billion, and the Army spent $2.1 billion, according to the report.
The estimate also includes $6.1 billion to replace damaged aircraft and munitions, $645 million for transport and support for commandos, and $24.5 million for medical support.
The report says more than 50,000 U.S. troops are stationed in the Middle East.
The Pentagon has acknowledged 18 U.S. service member deaths, while The Washington Post cited officials who put the toll at at least 22; a Pentagon database listed 865 personnel wounded.
Five Democratic senators wrote to the head of U.S. Central Command on October 19, demanding disclosure of the war’s full cost.
The article says Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupted oil and liquefied natural gas shipments and contributed to higher energy costs; U.S. diesel prices nearly doubled.
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President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama criticized each other at campaign events in the final week before the U.S. midterm elections. Democrats were favored to win the House by nonpartisan analysts, while control of the Senate was considered close; a federal judge also rejected a Justice Department request to set aside some California ballots.
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Thirty-five Senate seats and all 435 House seats were up for election the following Tuesday.
Obama criticized Trump and Republicans at a rally in suburban Atlanta.
Obama joked that the White House had mobilized government officials in response to his Cheesecake Factory remark about Trump’s renovations.
Trump defended the White House renovations and said the building had been in poor condition before he addressed it.
Nonpartisan analysts generally favored Democrats to gain a House majority and viewed the Senate contest as close.
A federal judge declined to order California officials to separate and withhold about 20,000 ballots identified by the Trump administration as belonging to non-citizens.
Jason Turkish, engaged to Democratic Representative Haley Stevens, said he planned to vote for Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. Trump said he had barred Jeffrey Epstein from his club years earlier.
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Students at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi are protesting the university’s two-decade suspension of campus-wide student union elections. The university has proposed elections after a draft union constitution is approved, but students rejected the timeline as unclear and slow; five students remain on hunger strike.
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Law student Ebin Basil began an indefinite hunger strike on October 12 to demand the restoration of the student union.
Basil is one of five hunger strikers; several other students who joined the strike have withdrawn over health concerns.
On October 16, the university suspended Basil for a year and barred two other hunger strikers from campus.
On October 24, the university barricaded its entrance gates, moved classes online and imposed a ban on gatherings of more than four people on campus.
The university said elections would take place within 15 days of approval of a draft union constitution, which a committee must prepare by December 20.
The university has not set a deadline for approving the draft constitution, and student protesters called the proposed process too slow.
Jamia held student union elections in 1981 and 2005; the union formed in 2005 was dissolved the following year.
Basil has lost 7kg, struggles to walk unaided, and has low sodium and glucose levels, according to the article.
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New York City health commissioner Alister Martin said a woman in her early 20s came to an emergency department with abdominal pain after going without food to help her family pay for her father’s Parkinson’s medication. The city health department is in early discussions about whether AI could help people complete benefit applications, including for food assistance.
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Martin said tests indicated the woman had starvation ketosis, which can occur when the body does not get enough food.
The woman told Martin that her family was struggling with the added cost of her father’s recently diagnosed Parkinson’s disease medication.
Martin said the city health department is exploring whether AI could reduce the paperwork involved in applying for programs such as SNAP.
Martin said the AI exploration is at an early stage.
Martin said health professionals and community health centers may have limited capacity to help patients find support or complete food-assistance applications.
A 2025 Urban Institute analysis found that one in eight working-age adults in families receiving SNAP had benefits stopped or interrupted after they did not complete recertification on time.
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French students have led nationwide protests over poor school conditions, rising living costs and cuts to social services, with workers and other groups joining them. After demonstrations and a government response that included protest bans and arrests, the government announced loans and education changes, but student organizers said they would continue their campaign; the article highlights how unions and community support can strengthen protests.
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The student movement began at a single campus in a Paris suburb and spread to high school and university students nationwide.
Public sector workers, climate activists, labor unions and other members of the public joined the protests.
Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated on 17 October and again on 24 October, according to the article.
The 17 October gatherings were largely peaceful before looting and vandalism occurred.
Authorities used aggressive policing, protest bans, curfews, tear gas and arrests during the response to the movement.
The government announced $4.45 billion in loans for renovating rundown buildings, along with more university spaces, teachers and administrative changes.
Student organizers called the government measures inadequate and scheduled further actions for 31 October and a national strike for 5 November.
The article contrasts France’s union networks and labor protections with the greater risks U.S. workers face when striking, and cites the 2018 teachers’ strikes as an example of effective organizing.
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AI-powered psychic apps and social media accounts offer readings, horoscopes and spiritual advice, while human practitioners try to distinguish their services from computer-generated ones. Practitioners also warn that AI readings may mishandle sensitive topics, though the article notes that some people turn to chatbots because they feel more comfortable sharing personal concerns with them.
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Your AI Psychic offers AI-generated readings through chat, video and voice calls, along with palm readings, astrology analysis and horoscopes.
The app charges users through coin packages, including options priced at $9.99 and $99.99.
AI-generated psychics are also appearing on TikTok Live, and practitioners say AI-generated readings and spells have spread on Etsy.
Some human psychics have added “no AI” clauses to advertisements and ask clients to show that they are not bots.
Psychic coach Lauryn Kellett said she has shifted her teaching to help practitioners distinguish human services from AI-generated work.
The article says studies have found that large language models can amplify paranoia in users vulnerable to psychosis.
Some human psychics refuse questions about health or finances, saying high-stakes decisions should not be made through psychic readings.
Psychic Ahna Hendrix said her practice aims to empower clients rather than make decisions or recommendations for them.
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Rare letters by scientist Jean-André Mongez, who joined Louis XVI’s 1785 expedition led by Jean-François de Galaup, the count of La Pérouse, have resurfaced in a book of engravings. Addressed to Louise Victoria Le Cloustier, a married woman from Normandy, they offer a personal glimpse of an expedition whose ships disappeared in 1788 and whose fate remains uncertain.
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Mongez wrote the letters to Louise Victoria Le Cloustier, the married daughter of a minor aristocratic family from Rouen, Normandy.
The letters were found hidden in a book of engravings being prepared for auction.
Mongez was a scientist and church canon who joined the La Pérouse expedition and died in 1788.
Louis XVI sent La Pérouse on a round-the-world scientific mission in 1785 amid rivalry with Britain over exploration and trade.
The expedition’s ships, La Boussole and L’Astrolabe, left Botany Bay in March 1788 and were never heard from again.
The ships are believed to have wrecked on coral reefs near Vanikoro, east of the Solomon Islands; their wrecks were formally identified in 2005.
The expedition’s 225 crew members, officers and scientists sent reports from stops including Alaska, California, Asia, Russia and Samoa.
La Pérouse reached Australia six days after Britain’s First Fleet, led by Captain Arthur Phillip.
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Night Plane is an indie horror game in which players work as a flight attendant, then face demons and other disturbing events after a plane crash. The review highlights its low-poly visuals, dark humor, unsettling atmosphere, and additional quests and endings in repeat playthroughs.
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The game was developed by New Zealand-based Liquid Static Studio.
Players check passengers’ tickets, serve food and drinks, and handle complaints before the story turns supernatural.
After the plane crashes, players return to the airport and must identify demons disguised as passengers.
The game uses glitchy, low-poly visuals inspired by the original PlayStation era.
The review describes flickering lights, strange sounds, ghostly figures, and shifting airport and plane settings.
A playthrough takes about four or five hours, and later playthroughs can reveal new quests and endings.
The review says the game costs less than ten pounds.
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SpaceX is signaling that it may reduce its work on government spaceflight contracts, even as it continues to fulfill existing commitments. The company has said it plans to stop flying Crew Dragon by or before 2030 and has declined some potential launch work, raising questions about NASA’s future access to commercial space services.
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SpaceX told NASA it plans to stop flying Crew Dragon by or before 2030.
Crew Dragon is NASA’s current astronaut transportation service to the International Space Station, according to the article.
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said NASA should rely more on Boeing for astronaut transportation.
SpaceX stopped selling commercial Falcon 9 launches for missions scheduled after 2028, Ars reported in October.
SpaceX may not use Falcon 9 for some future NASA missions, including a possible U.S. Deorbit Vehicle mission after 2030.
SpaceX told the U.S. Space Force it would not bid on three new launch contracts for the late 2020s, Politico reported.
SpaceX recently told companies building small NASA lunar landers that it would not provide launch services, according to sources cited in the article.
SpaceX continues to fulfill its existing contracts with NASA, the Space Force and other government entities.
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CBS News’ Money Moves segment focuses on choices people face during open enrollment for health care and employee benefits. Jill Schlesinger and Mark explain what to consider when selecting a plan, but the supplied article text does not include details from their advice.
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The segment is titled “The Mistake You're Making During Open Enrollment.”
The segment is part of CBS News’ Money Moves series.
Jill Schlesinger and Mark discuss choosing health care plans and benefits.
The segment is listed as 32 minutes and 58 seconds long.
The article text describes open enrollment as the period for choosing a health care plan and benefits.
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