Florida state Democratic Rep. Angie Nixon and Republican Sen. Ashley Moody are competing in a Senate race that is heating up with one week remaining before the midterm elections. CBS News reporter Cristian Benavides reports on the race.
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Angie Nixon is a Democratic state representative in Florida.
Ashley Moody is a Republican senator.
Nixon and Moody are competing in a Florida Senate race.
The report says the midterm elections are one week away.
CBS News reporter Cristian Benavides covered the race.
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A federal magistrate judge criticized the Justice Department for filing an amended complaint against former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides that added an obstruction charge without a judge’s signature. The officials face allegations that they made false statements to Congress about their knowledge of investigations involving Hunter Biden; their lawyers asked the court to strike the complaint.
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Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said unsigned complaints are not the court’s practice and expressed concern about the filing.
The amended complaint added an obstruction charge shortly before a preliminary hearing in Washington, D.C.
The new charge alleges the officials’ statements helped them avoid questioning and impeded a House investigation into the Bidens.
Defense lawyers challenged the case’s use of a criminal complaint signed by a magistrate judge rather than a grand jury indictment.
The judge was considering the defense request to strike the complaint; prosecutors could still seek a felony indictment if it were struck.
The case concerns a since-disbanded FBI task force that monitored foreign influence.
The laptop at the center of the case was reportedly left at a Delaware computer repair shop in 2019 and later became the subject of 2020 news reports.
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A keeper at Beekse Bergen Safari Park in the Netherlands died Tuesday after a leopard attacked her while she was caring for two Persian leopards. The park said it will launch an independent investigation to establish what happened.
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The keeper was attacked in an indoor leopard enclosure at the park in the south of the Netherlands.
The leopards were inside because of bad weather, and staff are usually kept away from them.
The enclosure had no cameras, so the circumstances of the attack are unclear.
The keeper suffered serious injuries to her head and neck and underwent emergency surgery before dying Tuesday.
The park said she had worked there for nearly 40 years, with a few short interruptions.
A park spokesperson told local media that the leopards were behaving naturally.
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Authorities arrested a Florida mother at Orlando International Airport after she left her four children at home while traveling to Las Vegas on a business trip. Authorities said a babysitter checked on the children before and after school.
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The woman was arrested at Orlando International Airport.
She had four children at home.
She traveled to Las Vegas for a business trip.
The children were left at home without continuous supervision.
A babysitter checked on the children before and after school, according to authorities.
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Sen. Bernie Moreno and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed exchanged criticism over a campaign video featuring Moreno and Republican Rep. Mike Rogers. Moreno and Rogers posted the video on X Monday, urging Michigan voters to support Rogers.
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Moreno is a Republican senator from Ohio.
Moreno was elected to the Senate in 2024.
El-Sayed is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Michigan.
Rogers is a Republican representative and a candidate for Michigan’s Senate seat.
Moreno appeared with Rogers in a video posted to X on Monday.
The video encouraged Michigan voters to support Rogers.
The article describes an exchange on Monday and Tuesday between Moreno and El-Sayed over the video.
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Former U.S. ambassador to Israel Edward Djerejian discusses how the Gaza war may affect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of reelection. The supplied article text does not include Djerejian’s specific assessment or conclusions.
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Edward Djerejian is identified as a former U.S. ambassador to Israel.
Djerejian discusses the Gaza war’s possible effect on Netanyahu’s reelection chances.
Benjamin Netanyahu is identified as Israel’s prime minister.
CBS News presents the segment as a video.
The video is listed as 6 minutes and 13 seconds long.
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Dr. Jennifer Shuford has resigned as chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency said on Oct. 27, 2026. She was hired in April, and her last day will be Nov. 12.
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The CDC announced Shuford’s resignation in a statement on Tuesday.
Shuford serves as the CDC’s chief medical officer.
The agency hired Shuford for the role in April.
Her last day at the CDC will be Nov. 12.
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The column examines Nigel Farage’s response to a remark by Raheem Kassam, a close associate, who called Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch a “Nigerian scammer.” In a BBC Breakfast interview, Farage pointed to Kassam’s Indian heritage while disputing the implications of the remark; the column also describes differing reactions from Reform politicians Robert Jenrick and Danny Kruger.
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Raheem Kassam called Kemi Badenoch a “Nigerian scammer.”
The article says Kassam had previously served as chief of staff in one of Farage’s political organisations and was being discussed as a possible next chief of staff for Reform.
Nigel Farage discussed Kassam’s remark in an interview with BBC Breakfast presenter Sally Nugent.
During the interview, Farage said Kassam was of Indian heritage.
Robert Jenrick described Kassam’s comment as “forensic journalism,” according to the article.
Danny Kruger argued that the phrase was not racist, saying he did not think Farage’s friends were racist.
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The UK government has launched Warm Home Loans, offering households loans of £7,500 to £35,000 for upgrades such as solar panels, batteries and heat pumps. The scheme is intended to spread costs over time, while the government says combining these technologies could cut energy bills by up to £550 a year, or £850 with a time-of-use tariff.
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The Warm Home Loans scheme launched on Tuesday and offers interest-free or low-interest loans.
British Gas and E.On are among the energy suppliers partnering with lenders to offer loans to customers.
Loans may cover up to £10,000 for an air-source heat pump or £35,000 for a ground-source heat pump.
The government’s boiler upgrade scheme currently offers grants of up to £9,000 for some heat-pump installations.
The government estimates that installing a heat pump, battery and solar panels could save up to £550 a year on bills, with a further £300 possible through a time-of-use tariff.
E.On chief executive Chris Norbury said a trial found fuel-poor customers in Coventry saved more than £250 a year on average by pairing home batteries with time-of-use tariffs.
The article reports that the government is expected to cut hundreds of millions of pounds from the boiler upgrade scheme’s £2.7bn five-year budget.
Other participating lenders include HTG Finance, Secure Trust Bank, South Manchester Credit Union and Sunsave.
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Brazilian environmentalists and Indigenous groups welcomed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s reelection, hoping his government will continue efforts to curb Amazon deforestation. They warned that a Congress with strong far-right and agribusiness representation could weaken environmental protections, while Lula’s support for offshore oil drilling has also drawn criticism.
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Lula defeated Flávio Bolsonaro in Sunday’s runoff, receiving 51.78% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.21%.
Lula won by 4.4 million votes after trailing in the first round.
Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede and said he would ask the electoral court to nullify the result; the results were scheduled for certification on Dec. 18.
Indigenous groups and advocacy organizations mobilized voters in the Amazon, and court rulings helped secure transportation to polling places for people in remote areas.
About 60% of the Amazon rainforest lies in Brazil, and the forest absorbs large amounts of carbon dioxide.
Lula’s government announced the lowest Amazon deforestation rate on record the previous week, according to the article.
The Climate Observatory said seven in 10 incoming lawmakers oppose its climate and environmental agenda.
Environmentalists criticized Lula’s support for drilling for oil in offshore waters near the Amazon.
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The FBI searched a home connected to Eric Swalwell as part of an investigation involving the former California congressman. Swalwell dropped out of the California governor’s race and gave up his congressional seat after sexual assault allegations.
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The FBI searched a home connected to Eric Swalwell.
The search was part of an investigation involving Swalwell.
Swalwell is a former California congressman.
Swalwell dropped out of the California governor’s race.
Swalwell gave up his congressional seat.
The article links his departure from the race and seat to sexual assault allegations.
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The growth of AI data centers has prompted disputes over development on golf courses and public lands, with conservationists warning about effects on wildlife, water and green space. In Pennsylvania, a former golf course is slated for a proposed data center project, while environmental groups have challenged a separate project near Boulder City, Nevada.
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Dauphin Highlands Golf Course near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, closed on October 12 after more than 30 years of operation.
The 228-acre course was sold for $45.6 million to Harrisburg I LLC, an entity formed by Dallas-based Provident Realty; the sale was finalized in June 2026.
The proposed Dauphin Highlands data center development has been reported as worth more than $10 billion, with construction anticipated in 2027; local development approvals and technical plans were not established in the records reviewed.
The golf course sale followed financial difficulties at the Dauphin County General Authority, which had accumulated about $13 million in debt.
Briarwood Golf Club in York County, Pennsylvania, is also the subject of a proposed data center redevelopment.
Fountain Valley Golf Course in Farmington, Minnesota, closed in 2022 and is included in an approved plan for a campus of up to 12 data centers.
In July, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club's Toiyabe Chapter challenged federal approval of the proposed Townsite Data Center near Boulder City, Nevada, citing concerns about wildlife habitat, water resources and environmental review.
Conservationists say data centers can affect wildlife through habitat loss and fragmentation, high electricity and water needs, noise, lighting and polluted runoff.
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Two British men have been charged with national security offenses over an incident at RAF Fairford. The alleged plot has been described as Iran-linked, and the men are due to appear in court.
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Authorities charged two British men.
The charges concern national security offenses.
The case involves an incident at RAF Fairford.
RAF Fairford is a British air base used by the United States.
The alleged plot is described as Iran-linked.
The two men are due to appear in court.
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The article says Vivek Ramaswamy is standing by a campaign ad about Amy Acton’s traumatic childhood. It argues that campaigns should criticize opponents’ records rather than use personal trauma against them.
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The article concerns a political campaign ad involving Amy Acton.
The article says the ad uses details about Acton’s traumatic childhood.
The headline says Ramaswamy stands by the ad.
The article distinguishes criticism of an opponent’s record from use of personal trauma.
The article’s author objects to using Acton’s childhood trauma in the campaign.
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The Justice Department asked Washington state election officials to set aside more than 400 ballots it says may be linked to noncitizen voters. Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs questioned the request’s timing, saying the state was reviewing it and warning that it could create unfounded suspicion shortly before the midterm election.
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Federal prosecutors said the list of more than 400 people was “only the tip of the iceberg.”
The Justice Department’s request came about a week before Washington’s general election.
Hobbs said at least one person on the federal list dated back to 1994.
The Washington secretary of state’s office said 113.5 million primary and general election ballots have been cast in the state since 1994.
The Justice Department has also sued California to stop the state from counting more than 20,000 ballots it says may be linked to noncitizen voters.
A federal appeals court declined to intervene in the California case and described the claimed emergency as partly “self-constructed.”
The article says available evidence indicates noncitizen voting and voter fraud are rare and not widespread enough to change an election outcome.
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Footballer Kylian Mbappé apologized for comments about late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, calling them “ill-judged.” The remarks led several Chinese brands to drop him, and China’s foreign ministry criticized him.
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Kylian Mbappé is a footballer.
Mbappé made comments about Mao Zedong, China’s late leader.
Mbappé described his comments as “ill-judged” and apologized.
Several Chinese brands dropped Mbappé after the remarks.
China’s foreign ministry criticized Mbappé.
The BBC’s China correspondent Stephen McDonnell explained the controversy in a video.
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Spain deported more than a dozen migrants from Ceuta after rejecting their asylum applications, and said Morocco had agreed to receive them. Amnesty International warned that the deportees’ human rights could be at risk, while Spain’s Interior Ministry said the removals included safeguards and that the European Union considers Morocco a safe country.
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The Interior Ministry said the deportations took place on Tuesday.
NGOs told Reuters that 16 people from African, Middle Eastern and Asian countries were deported.
The deportation was the first of its kind since a mass crossing from Morocco into Ceuta in July.
The article says about 80,000 people entered Ceuta over 48 hours in late July and at least 100 people died during the crossing.
Amnesty International said Spain was not ensuring human rights guarantees for people crossing its borders in Ceuta and Melilla.
The Interior Ministry said the migrants’ asylum applications had been rejected and that the deportations included necessary safeguards.
About 8,000 migrants remained in Ceuta after most of those who arrived in July left within days.
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A fire swept through Guryong Village, described in the article as Seoul’s last shanty-town. More than 100 people evacuated, and no injuries were reported.
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The fire occurred in Guryong Village in Seoul.
More than 100 people evacuated.
No injuries were reported.
The village’s homes are tightly packed.
The article says highly flammable building materials make the area vulnerable to fires.
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The Triglav glacier on Slovenia’s highest peak has lost its final visible ice after years of rapid melting. Researchers say its disappearance removes an important record of climate change, while a smaller glacier on nearby Mount Skuta is expected to last for a few more years.
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Triglav is Slovenia’s highest peak and holds a central place in the country’s national identity.
Historical records suggest the Triglav glacier covered about 40 hectares in the mid-1800s.
Its area had fallen to 14 hectares by 1946, when formal measurements began.
The glacier lost 93% of its surface area between 1983 and 2003.
In recent years, the remaining ice shrank to scattered pockets, and photos taken this month showed none remained.
Researchers found that a five-metre ice core taken in 2002 came from a spot that was bare rock the following year.
A remaining ice patch on Mount Skuta is more shaded and may last a few more years.
The article reports that Western Europe had its hottest summer on record in 2026, with at least 50,000 estimated heat deaths.
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French lawmakers held a minute of silence for Pengo Bossio Wangi, who died in a shooting last week. The shooting was described as a racist attack and left at least five other people wounded, including a 12-year-old girl.
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Pengo Bossio Wangi died in a shooting last week.
The attack was described as racist.
At least five other people were wounded.
A 12-year-old girl was among those wounded.
French lawmakers held a minute of silence for Wangi.
FRANCE 24 reporter Claire Paccalin reported from the scene.
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