CBS News reported on Ohio voters’ reactions to an attack ad by Vivek Ramaswamy. The segment also noted that President Donald Trump was campaigning for Republicans in Ohio while former President Barack Obama was campaigning in Georgia; the provided text does not include voters’ comments or details about the ad.
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The segment focused on Ohio voters’ reactions to an attack ad by Vivek Ramaswamy.
The provided text does not describe the ad’s claims.
The provided text does not include voters’ specific reactions.
President Donald Trump was campaigning for Republicans in Ohio.
Former President Barack Obama was campaigning in Georgia.
CBS News reporters Nikole Killion and Skyler Henry covered the story.
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A Bucharest appeals court extended Calin Georgescu’s pre-trial detention by 30 days, until November 27, as prosecutors investigate an alleged €1.1 million fraud. Georgescu denies wrongdoing and says the investigations are politically motivated.
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Prosecutors allege Georgescu and two other suspects persuaded a Romanian businessman to pay €1.1 million by claiming they could help him secure a credit line of up to €15 million.
The appeals court overturned an October 13 lower-court ruling that would have placed Georgescu under house arrest.
Georgescu remained in police custody after Wednesday’s ruling.
Hundreds of Georgescu supporters protested, and some entered the Bucharest court building to call for his release, according to media reports.
Georgescu won the most votes in the first round of Romania’s November 2024 presidential election, but the election was later annulled amid allegations of Russian interference, which Moscow denied.
Georgescu was barred from standing in the rerun election, which pro-European centrist Nicusor Dan won in May 2025.
In a separate case, prosecutors accuse Georgescu of inciting violence, spreading false information, threatening national security and promoting fascist leaders from the 1930s.
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Florida police say a woman’s apparent move halfway around the world nearly three years ago was part of a ruse. They arrested her husband, who was later indicted on a first-degree murder charge.
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The case involves a woman who disappeared in Florida.
The woman appeared to have moved halfway across the world.
The disappearance happened almost three years ago.
Police say the apparent move was an elaborate ruse.
Police arrested the woman’s husband.
The husband was later indicted on a first-degree murder charge.
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A dispute over sportsmanship at a girls’ softball game in Texas turned violent over the weekend. One man was hospitalized, and a husband and wife face criminal charges.
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The incident happened at a girls’ softball game in Texas.
The dispute involved sportsmanship.
Parents became aggressive during the dispute.
One man went to the hospital.
A husband and wife face criminal charges.
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Alphabet shares fell more than 10% in after-hours trading after the company reported quarterly profit and advertising revenue below analyst expectations. Revenue grew 25%, led in part by strong Google Cloud growth, while Alphabet sharply increased AI and data-center spending and forecast higher capital expenditures in 2026 and 2027.
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Alphabet reported net profit of $26.2bn, down 25% from a year earlier, or $2.12 per share.
Revenue rose 25% to $127.6bn, slightly below analysts’ forecast of about $128bn.
Advertising revenue grew 11% to $82bn; search revenue rose 12% to $63.4bn, and YouTube ad revenue grew 9% to $11.2bn.
Google Cloud revenue jumped 103% to $30.7bn, while its operating income tripled to $11.1bn.
Alphabet spent $51.4bn on capital expenditures in the quarter, more than double the $24bn spent a year earlier.
Alphabet forecast capital expenditures of $195bn to $205bn for 2026 and said spending would rise significantly in 2027.
The company reported an $8.7bn loss on equity investments, which it attributed to its stake in SpaceX.
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King tides continued to cause flooding along Florida’s and California’s coasts on Wednesday. Cars struggled to pass through flooded streets as the East and West coasts saw little relief from several days of flooding.
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Flooding linked to king tides persisted for days.
Florida experienced coastal flooding.
California experienced coastal flooding.
Cars struggled to get through flooded areas.
The East and West coasts saw little relief on Wednesday.
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Russell Brand testified at Southwark Crown Court in London and denied three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault. Six women accuse him of misconduct between 1999 and 2009; Brand says the encounters were consensual.
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Brand pleaded not guilty to all seven charges.
He told the court he had been obsessed with sex when he was younger and acknowledged a history of reckless sexual behavior.
Brand denied forcing any of the six women to do anything against their will.
The women testified during the trial, which had been underway for two weeks when Brand took the stand.
Prosecutors say the women did not know one another and separately went to police after a 2023 television documentary aired.
The accusations include alleged assaults in a hotel, a bar, a radio station, a music television office and Brand’s home.
Brand said the allegations had severely affected his life, relationships and health.
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A New York Times report alleges that Mary Peltola’s campaign helped recruit a second candidate named Dan Sullivan to run in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. The report also says Peltola knew about the effort, which it describes as an attempt to confuse voters in a race that could affect control of Congress.
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Democrat Mary Peltola is running against incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska.
A second candidate named Dan Sullivan is also on the ballot.
The New York Times report alleges that Peltola’s campaign was behind efforts to recruit the second Dan Sullivan.
The report says Peltola was aware of the effort.
The report describes the effort as a way to confuse voters.
The race could affect which party holds power in Washington, D.C.
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President Donald Trump called for the prosecution of Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and Dan J. Sullivan after a report said Peltola campaign members discussed recruiting a candidate with the same name as Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee denied involvement, while Dan J. Sullivan has said he had no contact with Peltola’s campaign. The controversy comes as the Justice Department seeks to block certification if Peltola wins; legal experts cited in the article said the report would not affect that lawsuit.
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Trump said Peltola and Dan J. Sullivan should be prosecuted and had earlier called for Peltola to face legal and political consequences.
The New York Times reported that text messages showed Peltola campaign members discussing the recruitment of candidates named Dan Sullivan.
Dan J. Sullivan, a retired schoolteacher, advanced from Alaska’s August open primary and is on the ballot for the general election.
Dan J. Sullivan has denied running at Democrats’ request and said he had no contact with Peltola’s campaign.
An Alaska elections official ruled Dan J. Sullivan ineligible for the primary ballot, but the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that he qualified to run.
Peltola’s campaign said it had no involvement with either Sullivan campaign, and the DSCC denied involvement with Dan J. Sullivan.
The Justice Department has sued to stop certification of a possible Peltola victory, following Trump’s direction.
Legal experts said the report about recruiting Dan J. Sullivan would not affect the Justice Department lawsuit.
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Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Iranian national security official Mohsen Rezaei saying talks to avert U.S. military strikes must address Iran’s nuclear program, according to a U.S. official. The outreach comes as President Donald Trump considers resuming major combat operations after the midterm elections and the two sides remain divided over sanctions relief and the order of negotiations.
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The letter focused on possibly restarting negotiations between the United States and Iran.
A U.S. official called it the highest-level U.S. outreach to Iran in several months.
Vance proposed sending the letter, and Trump supported it, the official said.
The official did not say when Vance sent the letter.
Iran has demanded that the United States lift its naval blockade, release frozen funds, and allow oil sales before negotiations resume.
The United States wants Iran to restart nuclear negotiations before receiving sanctions relief.
Trump said the letter concerned getting medical supplies to people in Iran.
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Advertising in Mississippi’s Senate race has focused heavily on attacks against Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and support for Democratic challenger Scott Colom. Hyde-Smith is still expected to win, but the race is described as closer than expected.
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An ad featuring Jeffrey Epstein survivor Jena-Lisa Jones criticized Hyde-Smith for voting against an amendment related to releasing the Epstein files.
The ad aired more than 1,200 times in the past week and cost the left-leaning New Deal for All super PAC more than $329,000, according to AdImpact.
The Senate vote was 51–49 and indefinitely postponed an amendment requiring the full release of the files by then-Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Hyde-Smith said she supports releasing information that can legally be made public while protecting Epstein’s victims.
Five of the eight most-aired ads in the past week either supported Colom or attacked Hyde-Smith’s Senate record; one portrayed Hyde-Smith positively.
Hyde-Smith’s campaign ad attacking Colom aired more than 2,800 times in Mississippi and Memphis TV markets after its September 10 debut, costing more than $854,000.
Hyde-Smith’s campaign spent less than $150,000 airing that ad from October 19 to October 26.
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The article says James Talarico appears more competitive in his Texas Senate race against Ken Paxton than Beto O’Rourke was against Ted Cruz in 2018. It points to recent polls and Paxton’s controversies, while noting that Paxton retains strong Republican support and backing from outside groups that have outspent Talarico’s allies.
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O’Rourke lost to Cruz by 2.6 percentage points in 2018, after trailing in the final polls.
The article says RealClearPolitics’ final average had O’Rourke down 6.8 points, while its current average has Talarico up 1.5 points.
Several election forecasters describe the Talarico-Paxton race as a toss-up.
A Fox News poll conducted October 15–19 found both candidates at 49 percent among likely voters.
An Emerson College/Nexstar poll found Talarico ahead 48 percent to 46 percent; a University of Houston poll found him ahead by two points.
A Cook Political Report survey found Talarico ahead 49 percent to 44 percent.
Paxton’s history includes a 2015 felony securities fraud indictment, a 2024 pretrial diversion deal, and a 2023 impeachment by the Texas House; the state Senate acquitted him.
The article says outside groups supporting Paxton have spent more than twice as much as groups supporting Talarico, and a Fox poll found 90 percent of Republicans backed Paxton.
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House Democrats say they are optimistic about winning the House on Nov. 3, but they worry that polling could be wrong or that late campaign developments could hurt them. They are targeting many Republican-held districts, while redrawn districts in Southern states and expected Republican spending could limit their gains.
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Democrats are targeting dozens of Republican-held House seats, including districts that Donald Trump carried by 10 to 20 points in 2024.
House Majority PAC began spending in New York Rep. Elise Stefanik’s district and against Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood.
The PAC shifted money away from several open-seat races because it believes Democrats are positioned to win those races handily.
Rep. Ro Khanna said he was cautiously optimistic Democrats could gain 20 to 25 seats; a landslide scenario could bring 40 or 50 pickups.
Redistricting in Republican-controlled Southern states is expected to reduce Democratic gains, including through likely Republican wins in newly drawn Tennessee and Louisiana seats.
Some Democratic leaders are concerned about the reelection prospects of Reps. Kathy Castor, Darren Soto and Shomari Figures in their new districts.
Democrats cited past polling errors, concerns about election interference and the possibility of late Republican spending as reasons to temper expectations.
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Hasan Piker sued conservative commentator Scott Jennings for $72.5 million, alleging Jennings used edited clips that falsely portrayed him as advocating racial violence. After Senator Ted Cruz shared similar allegations about Piker, Piker called him out on X. Jennings, Cruz, and Piker had not responded to Newsweek’s request for comment at the time of publication.
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Piker filed his lawsuit against Jennings in federal court in Washington, D.C.
Piker seeks $27.5 million in compensatory damages and $45 million in punitive damages.
The complaint alleges Jennings combined footage from three livestreams, rearranged Piker’s remarks, and removed their context.
Piker says he was responding sarcastically to a Black conservative commentator during a debate.
Cruz shared a clip and accused Piker of calling for Black people to be lynched.
Piker addressed Cruz on X by sharing a news report about the lawsuit and asking, “Hey ted you seen this?”
Cruz and Piker have also clashed over Piker’s planned appearance at the University of Texas at Austin and Piker’s past remarks about the September 11 attacks.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk and said Russia is in contact with him as it develops a rival satellite internet network. Putin made the remarks at a summit with African leaders in Moscow on Wednesday.
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Putin called Musk a “genius.”
Putin said Russia has been in contact with Musk.
Russia is working to develop a rival satellite internet network.
The remarks came during a summit with African leaders in Moscow.
Russian Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev briefed attendees, according to the article.
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A study published in Scientific Reports found that built-up land in high-risk areas of northern Nepal, south-eastern Tibet and India's Uttarakhand grew by about 45% from 2016 to 2023. Development in areas especially exposed to glacial-lake floods rose by almost 78%, potentially putting at least 300,000 people in danger; the researchers said the total could be higher because their study covered only selected areas.
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Nine researchers from the UK, Nepal and India analyzed land up to 50km downstream from Himalayan rivers and around 1,360 glacial lakes.
The study found increased construction of tourism facilities, infrastructure and real estate in the areas it examined.
The research was completed before August floods in Nepal that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands missing, according to the article.
A Budhi Gandaki River flood on 11 October damaged 200 houses, destroyed five bridges and left five people missing.
Pokhara has expanded as a tourism hub, while some older buildings stand about 5m from the Seti Gandaki River, according to the city's mayor.
Local tourism officials said development in the region has expanded without proper planning.
The article also reports increased hydropower construction around the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers.
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eClinicalWorks CEO Girish Navani said the privately held health technology company plans to offer some new AI tools at no additional cost, aiming to make them accessible to smaller medical practices. The company also announced a redesigned electronic health record interface, a platform for building AI agents, and expansions into inpatient care and pharmacy management.
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eClinicalWorks and its patient engagement subsidiary, healow, expect combined revenue to exceed $1.3 billion in 2026.
Healow is projected to generate $175 million in 2026.
Navani said eClinicalWorks’ private ownership gives it flexibility to absorb some AI costs rather than pass them to customers.
The company announced version 12.04 of its electronic health record platform, featuring a redesigned workspace called Canvas for Care, also known as Smart Canvas.
The redesigned interface aims to bring patient information, AI-generated summaries, suggested actions, and tasks into one workspace.
eClinicalWorks also announced a platform for building AI agents and new business units focused on inpatient care and pharmacy management.
A 2025 American Medical Association survey found that 72 percent of employed physicians reported using AI, compared with 64 percent of physicians in private practice.
Federal data cited in the article showed that 86 percent of system-affiliated hospitals used predictive AI in 2025, compared with 37 percent of independent hospitals.
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Police found 10-year-old Violet Hay safe at a residence in Oregon City on Wednesday afternoon, more than 12 hours after she was reported abducted from her Canby apartment. A suspect was taken into custody, and investigators are continuing to look into the case.
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Police said Hay was found at about 2:45 p.m. local time on Oct. 28.
Police received the report at about 1:47 a.m.; investigators said an unknown man entered the apartment around 1:39 a.m.
Authorities said the man abducted Hay and assaulted her 12-year-old sister.
Hay’s sister was taken to a local hospital and was still receiving treatment, police said.
A SWAT team surrounded the Oregon City residence and took a suspect into custody.
The district attorney’s office expected to review the investigation and make a charging decision.
Local and state authorities and the FBI took part in the search.
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Federal prosecutors asked a judge to deny news organizations’ request to immediately unseal the search warrant for Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home. They argued that releasing it could jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation.
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More than a dozen news organizations asked the court to unseal the warrant.
The warrant concerns Omar’s home in Washington, D.C.
Prosecutors filed their request on Tuesday.
The Justice Department said unsealing the warrant could harm the ongoing investigation.
The filing was heavily redacted.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro signed the filing.
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A BBC Wales investigation found that several AI image tools removed visible differences, such as skin conditions or scars, when asked to make people look “normal.” People featured in the report said these edits erased parts of their identity; Canva said it does not automatically retouch photos and is investigating one reported case.
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Rhiannon Morgan, 30, said an image of her in a work newsletter had been smoothed and recolored by AI.
Morgan has epidermolytic ichthyosis, a rare genetic condition that makes her skin grow too quickly and causes blistering and mobility problems.
Morgan said she saw the altered image before it was sent out and found the changes upsetting.
The BBC tested five popular AI tools using images of a man and a woman with visible differences and the prompt “make this person normal.”
The BBC reported that tools including Grok, Gemini and ChatGPT removed visible differences in response to the prompt.
Changing Faces estimates that about five million people in the UK have a visible difference, including skin conditions or other features that set them apart.
Canva said it does not automatically retouch photos and is looking into Morgan’s case.
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