Busted musician James Bourne says his younger brother Chris donated a kidney to him after doctors told him he had a few years left to live. Bourne said both brothers are recovering from surgery and that he is already starting to feel better.
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James Bourne, 43, said his health condition was serious, but he has not shared further details.
Bourne said doctors told him he had a few years left to live.
His younger brother, Chris, donated one of his kidneys to him.
Both brothers are recovering from their transplant operations, according to Bourne.
Bourne dropped out of a Busted and McFly arena tour in September 2025 because of health problems.
Chris replaced his brother on the tour.
Busted had four UK number-one singles before splitting up in 2005.
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Sealed documents that surfaced Monday show the Trump administration has accused former FBI Director James Comey of two counts involving the unlawful disclosure of national defense information. Comey has not been indicted in this case, denies wrongdoing, and says the prosecution efforts amount to political retribution.
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The charges concern the alleged unlawful dissemination of information related to national defense.
Comey has not been indicted in the case.
Comey denies wrongdoing.
This is the third criminal case the Trump administration has sought against Comey since Trump returned to office in January 2025.
Comey criticized the prosecution efforts in a video posted on Substack.
Comey said he believes in the independence of the federal judiciary.
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The Trump administration is seeking to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey over an alleged disclosure of classified information. The Justice Department filed the allegations without going through a grand jury, which Comey’s lawyers argue makes the case legally invalid.
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The allegations were disclosed in documents unsealed Monday in federal court in Washington.
The Justice Department accuses Comey of disclosing classified information.
The administration bypassed a grand jury in seeking the prosecution.
Comey’s lawyers say the case is legally invalid.
The article describes this as the third attempt to charge Comey.
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Anthropic has publicly filed for an initial public offering with U.S. market regulators. The filing reported $16.3 billion in revenue and a net loss of more than $80 billion in the first half of 2026, and included nearly 100 pages on investment risks.
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Anthropic submitted a public IPO filing to U.S. market regulators.
The filing reported $16.3 billion in revenue for the first half of 2026.
Anthropic's net loss exceeded $80 billion in the first half of 2026.
The filing included nearly 100 pages covering risks of investing in the company.
The program also reported that part of London's Oxford Street has been pedestrianised.
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President Donald Trump is traveling to Mississippi on Monday to campaign for Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Hyde-Smith faces Democrat Scott Colom, a district attorney, in a race the article describes as surprisingly competitive.
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Trump is holding a rally in Mississippi on Monday.
The rally aims to turn out Republican voters.
Cindy Hyde-Smith is the Republican incumbent senator from Mississippi.
Hyde-Smith is facing Democrat Scott Colom, a district attorney.
The article describes the Senate race as surprisingly competitive.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris has visited Mississippi.
Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Cory Booker of New Jersey have also made stops in Mississippi.
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Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes barred Senator Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving the country and ordered him to surrender his passports within 24 hours, shortly after his reported loss to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The order cites a police investigation into alleged money laundering and separately bars Bolsonaro from contacting a lawyer linked to the case; Bolsonaro said he would pursue legal action against Lula’s election victory.
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The ruling cancelled Bolsonaro’s passports, including his diplomatic passport.
Federal police are investigating Bolsonaro over possible involvement in a money-laundering scheme.
The investigation concerns betting companies suspected of being used to launder about £680 million.
The ruling bars Bolsonaro from contacting lawyer Willer Tomaz.
Bolsonaro said police served him with the order after he visited his father, Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest in Brasília.
Bolsonaro denied saying he would leave Brazil if he lost the election, despite comments by his brother Eduardo Bolsonaro urging him to do so.
Bolsonaro said he would file a case seeking to disqualify Lula’s election ticket over alleged abuse of economic power.
Bolsonaro has not publicly conceded defeat or withdrawn his demand to annul the election.
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The Justice Department filed a charging document seeking to accuse former FBI Director James Comey of two Espionage Act violations related to allegedly sharing national defense information. Comey has not been indicted or charged by criminal complaint; the department said it filed the document to preserve the statute of limitations while its investigation continues.
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Prosecutors seek two counts under the Espionage Act.
The allegations concern transmitting national defense information to someone not entitled to receive it.
The Justice Department filed an information, a type of charging document often used when a defendant plans to plead guilty.
The department said it filed the information to preserve the statute of limitations before it expires.
Comey has not been indicted by a grand jury or charged by criminal complaint.
Comey's attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald, said Comey maintains his innocence.
The article describes this as the Justice Department's third attempt to bring criminal charges against Comey.
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The Justice Department asked Washington state to set aside ballots from more than 400 people it suspects registered to vote without U.S. citizenship. The department said it identified 1,500 votes cast by those people in past elections and asked state officials to verify their eligibility before counting any ballots they cast in next month’s midterm election.
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The Justice Department sent its request in a letter to the Washington Secretary of State’s Office.
The department identified more than 400 people it suspects registered to vote without U.S. citizenship.
It said those people cast 1,500 votes in prior elections.
The department asked the state to set aside any ballots the people cast in next month’s midterm election while officials check eligibility.
Washington has more than 5 million registered voters.
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Serbia’s student-led Student List won the October 25 parliamentary election with 52.45 percent of the vote and 138 seats, defeating the list backed by outgoing President Aleksandar Vučić. Supporters said they trained thousands of election monitors and reported suspected fraud, which they said helped protect the vote.
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The Student List received 52.45 percent of the vote and won 138 seats in Serbia’s National Assembly.
The Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia list received 39.2 percent of the vote and won 103 seats.
The Student List challenged the Serbian Progressive Party, which had dominated Serbian politics for 14 years.
The student movement grew after a railway station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad on November 1, 2024, killing 16 people and prompting protests over corruption.
A Student List supporter said the movement trained at least 16,000 people to serve as official election monitors.
Supporters also trained about five people per polling station for mobile teams to monitor suspected fraud outside polling places.
Reported concerns included unofficial voter lists, carousel voting, payments to voters, and intimidation.
Turnout was 69 percent, with more than 4.4 million people voting.
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The Justice Department charged former FBI Director James Comey with two counts related to the alleged disclosure of sensitive national defense information in 2016. A federal judge unsealed the complaint on Monday after Comey requested its release.
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The Justice Department charged Comey on Oct. 5.
The case involves alleged disclosure of sensitive national defense information in 2016.
Comey faces two counts.
A federal judge granted Comey's request to unseal the complaint on Monday.
The article describes this as the third time the Justice Department has charged Comey.
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Yael Natra, 61, flew from Toronto to Tel Aviv to vote in Israel’s upcoming election after previously deciding not to vote since moving to Canada. She said the far right’s rise to power and the stakes of the election changed her view.
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Natra left Israel for Canada about 20 years ago.
She had not considered returning to vote because she no longer lived in Israel.
Natra spent thousands of dollars to travel from Toronto to Tel Aviv.
The trip covered nearly 6,000 miles.
Natra said the far right’s rise to power convinced her that she needed to vote.
The election is the first since the Hamas-led attacks in 2023 and the ensuing regional wars.
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A newly unsealed federal charging document accuses former FBI Director James Comey of directing the disclosure of national defense information to a reporter in October 2016. Comey faces charges of participating in the transmission of that information and conspiring to transmit it; the case had been under seal since early October.
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The Justice Department made the charging document public on Monday.
Prosecutors allege Comey directed the disclosure through one or more co-conspirators.
The alleged disclosure involved national defense information and a reporter.
The alleged conduct took place in October 2016.
Comey is charged with participating in the transmission of national defense information.
He is also charged with conspiracy to transmit national defense information.
The article says this is the third time the Trump administration has charged Comey.
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Jack Antonoff publicly backed Macklemore after the rapper was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour following pro-Palestinian statements at concerts. Antonoff criticized Sheeran for continuing the tour and said he would keep saying “Free Palestine” at his own shows, framing the dispute as a question of artists’ speech and the influence of promoters and venue owners.
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Antonoff made the comments in an interview with The Guardian published Sunday.
Antonoff said he had used the phrase “Free Palestine” at Bleachers concerts and had faced abuse on social media for doing so.
Antonoff said Sheeran missed an opportunity to cancel the remaining shows and perform for free outside the venues while raising money.
Macklemore said “Free Palestine” while opening for Sheeran at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey in early September and performed his protest song “Hind’s Hall.”
Pro-Israel groups, including the Israeli-American Council, called for Macklemore to be removed from the tour.
Robert Kraft, whose Kraft Group owns Gillette Stadium, said his opposition to Macklemore’s appearances was based on concerns about antisemitism.
Macklemore accused Kraft and other stadium owners of pressuring the tour over his appearances.
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President Donald Trump is campaigning for Republican candidates in Mississippi, a deeply Republican state, as part of the White House’s midterm strategy. The report notes that gas prices remain roughly at their level during the Biden administration and includes polling on the midterms.
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Trump is campaigning for Republican candidates in Mississippi.
The report describes Mississippi as a deeply Republican state.
The White House is using campaign events as part of its midterm strategy.
Gas prices remain roughly at the same level as during the Biden administration.
CBS News correspondent Weijia Jiang reports on the White House strategy.
CBS News elections and surveys executive director Anthony Salvanto discusses polling.
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UNCTAD and African trade officials warned that disruption around the Strait of Hormuz linked to the US-Israel war on Iran has raised fuel and fertiliser costs across Africa. They said reduced fertiliser use could weaken next year’s harvests and push up food prices, while the impact varies among countries.
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UNCTAD official Luz Maria de la Mora said fertiliser prices have risen sharply and some countries have reduced their use.
De la Mora warned that lower fertiliser use could affect next year’s crops, food availability and food prices.
About one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade previously passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
Zimbabwe’s women affairs minister said rising fuel and fertiliser prices concern a country where more than 70 percent of the population depends on agriculture.
Uganda’s trade minister said fuel prices in the country have more than doubled.
Uganda’s domestic food production has helped cushion the impact, but its currency has lost 10 percent of its value against the US dollar, the minister said.
Zimbabwe says it seeks investment from both the United States and China and has deposits of more than 60 critical minerals, including lithium and graphite.
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Israeli forces barred a 23-person international delegation, including three serving British elected representatives and former Labour MP Sam Tarry, from entering the West Bank. The group said it planned to meet Palestinian communities and attend a congress in Ramallah; delegates reported being detained and questioned for nine hours at the Allenby/King Hussein Bridge.
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The delegation included four elected representatives and people from France, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greece, the Netherlands, Ireland and the United States.
The British representatives were Clive Lewis, Lara Bird and Kate Nevens; Sam Tarry is a former MP.
The group planned to attend the Second Ramallah Congress, organised by Progressive International with Birzeit University, and meet Palestinian academics, students and civil society groups.
Clive Lewis said delegates were taken aside and questioned. Sam Tarry said they were held for nine hours at the Allenby/King Hussein Bridge.
The article reports that Israeli media said Defence Minister Israel Katz had instructed officials to pursue exclusion orders against activists accompanying Palestinian olive harvesters.
The UN aid coordination office recorded at least 160 Israeli settler attacks linked to the olive harvest in the first two weeks of October.
Recent incidents cited in the article included Israeli forces attacking European diplomats and a French mayor accompanying farmers, and detaining about 80 olive-harvest volunteers, including U.S. congressional candidate Brad Lander.
The Israeli embassy had been contacted for comment.
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A strengthening El Niño is expected to influence U.S. winter weather through March 2027, favoring more storms across the South and warmer conditions in parts of the North. AccuWeather forecasts that nine states could see more snowfall than in 2025, though the article notes that snowfall outlooks vary by region.
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center expects El Niño to range from strong to very strong through March 2027.
NOAA says El Niño can shift the jet stream south and east, increasing the odds of stormier weather across the South.
NOAA cautions that heavy rain on dry ground can raise the risk of flash floods and mudslides.
AccuWeather expects below-average snowfall in the North, Midwest, and Northeast, and above-average snowfall in parts of the Intermountain West, Southwest, and Central U.S.
AccuWeather identifies Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and California as states most likely to get more snow than in 2025.
The article says the Intermountain West had a snow drought last winter, affecting ski seasons and increasing drought concerns.
El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and involves unusually warm ocean waters in the equatorial Pacific.
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The Federal Trade Commission and 20 states sued Dollar General in federal court in Tennessee, alleging the retailer repeatedly charged customers more at checkout than prices shown on shelves, tags, and advertisements. The complaint seeks a permanent injunction, monetary relief, and other remedies; the allegations have not been proven, and the complaint does not specify refunds for individual shoppers.
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The FTC and the 20 states filed the lawsuit on Monday in federal court in Tennessee.
The states are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin.
The complaint alleges Dollar General received tens of thousands of complaints about price discrepancies but failed to put adequate safeguards in place.
The FTC and states allege the pricing practices violated federal and state laws.
The complaint alleges consumers lost millions of dollars through overcharges over several years.
Dollar General operates more than 21,000 stores nationwide, according to the article.
The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction, monetary relief, restitution, and civil penalties under state laws.
Any consumer payments would depend on the case’s outcome and the remedies ordered by the court.
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Former South Carolina governors David Beasley, a Republican, and Jim Hodges, a Democrat, jointly endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews for the U.S. Senate. The endorsement comes as polling shows the Republican candidate ahead, while the nonpartisan Cook Political Report has shifted its rating of the race from “Likely Republican” to “Lean Republican.”
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Beasley and Hodges served as South Carolina governors and once ran against each other.
Andrews is a pediatrician seeking to win the Senate seat held by Darline Graham, according to the article.
In a joint endorsement video, the former governors said they support Andrews despite disagreements on some issues.
Beasley served as governor from 1995 to 1999 and later lost reelection to Hodges.
Beasley recently criticized the Republican Party’s political rhetoric in an opinion piece for the Post and Courier.
Recent polling cited in the article shows Graham leading Andrews.
Former Republican governors in Kansas and Republican leaders in Texas and other states have also endorsed Democratic Senate candidates.
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Federal student loan defaults and delinquencies have risen as borrowers adjust to restored payments and changing repayment plans. The Trump administration is preparing to increase collections, potentially including wage garnishment and tax-refund interception, while a survey suggests student loan experiences may influence some voters in the November 3 midterm elections.
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Federal Student Aid reported that 9.3 million borrowers were in default and 1.5 million were in late-stage delinquency as of June 30.
About $234 billion, or roughly 14 percent of the $1.7 trillion in U.S. student debt, was in default.
An Urban Institute study put the share of borrowers at least 60 days behind on federal or private student loans at 15.8 percent in August.
Student loan delinquency rates in Texas and Ohio exceeded the national average, as did rates in nine House battleground districts identified by the Cook Political Report.
The Student Debt Crisis Center survey found that 88 percent of respondents said their student loan experience would affect their midterm vote; 71 percent said it would have a significant influence.
Federal student loans generally enter default after 270 days without payments.
The Center for American Progress estimated that borrowers moving from the SAVE plan to the Repayment Assistance Plan could pay an average of $2,163 more per year.
The article says the Trump administration is working with the Treasury Department to step up collections, with wage garnishment and federal tax-refund interception among possible measures.
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