Authorities said DNA evidence links Ted Bundy to the 1974 killing of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in Utah. Investigators connected evidence from Smith’s case to a DNA profile associated with Bundy and said the case also matched his known pattern of crimes.
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Smith’s body was found in the woods in 1974.
Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson said investigators are satisfied Bundy killed Smith.
Investigators linked Smith’s case to that of Laura Aime, another Bundy victim whose case was resolved in Utah County last April.
A highly similar DNA profile associated with Bundy was found in evidence from Smith’s autopsy, Utah County Sgt. Mike Reynolds said.
Authorities said preserving evidence helped investigators solve the cold case.
Bundy died in 1989 after Florida executed him for the 1978 murders of two women at Florida State University’s Chi Omega sorority house.
Authorities said they are still working to solve the 1974 disappearance and death of 16-year-old Nancy Wilcox, whom they described as a likely Bundy victim.
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Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu ended a brief hunger strike after prison authorities allowed him to meet privately with his lawyers, according to his lawyer. Lissu is jailed on treason charges that he denies, while his detention and reports of abductions of government critics have drawn scrutiny of Tanzania’s human rights record.
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Lissu leads the opposition Party for Democracy and Progress, known as CHADEMA.
His lawyer said Lissu began refusing food after lawyers were unable to meet him in prison and ended the strike after a private meeting.
Accounts differed on whether the hunger strike began Monday or Tuesday.
Tanzania’s prisons service denied reports that Lissu was on hunger strike and said he was safe.
Authorities arrested Lissu in April 2025 after he addressed a rally calling for electoral reforms and charged him with treason.
Lissu has pleaded not guilty, and his lawyers say the charges are politically motivated; a judgment is due November 6.
A government-appointed inquiry found at least 518 people were killed in violence after the 2025 election; CHADEMA estimates about 2,000 deaths, a figure the United Nations said it could not verify.
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A PBS News politics team plans a live preview of the 2026 midterm elections and will answer viewers’ voting questions. The article says control of Congress is at stake and that the elections could shape the final two years of President Donald Trump’s second term.
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The live conversation is scheduled for Thursday at noon EDT.
The 2026 midterm elections will decide control of Congress.
The article says the elections could shape the final two years of Trump’s second term.
The article says Trump’s disapproval rating among registered voters is among the lowest of either of his terms.
The article says Trump urged voters to act as if he were on the ballot.
The article says Trump promised payouts tied to Republican election wins.
The article says Trump has continued to challenge the integrity of U.S. election procedures.
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Former White House press secretary Katie Zacharia accused reporters of fueling “Trump Derangement Syndrome” in their coverage of President Donald Trump. Zacharia was fired after five days in the role, following a rocky debut and scrutiny of her legal background.
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Katie Zacharia was fired from her White House press secretary role after five days.
Her departure followed a rocky debut and scrutiny of her legal background.
Zacharia accused reporters of fueling “Trump Derangement Syndrome” in their coverage of President Trump.
The article says Zacharia had remained relatively quiet since her ouster, which was less than two weeks earlier.
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Meghan McCain predicted that President Donald Trump will eventually pardon Elizabeth Holmes, the convicted founder of Theranos. McCain shared the prediction in a post on X and called it one of her “hottest” takes.
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Meghan McCain is the daughter of former Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Meghan McCain posted her prediction on X.
McCain predicted that Trump will eventually pardon Elizabeth Holmes.
Holmes founded Theranos.
Holmes was convicted.
The article says McCain also made another post, but its description is cut off.
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday that it sued Utah to stop the state from trying to shut down CFTC-registered contract markets. The lawsuit follows a lengthy dispute over prediction markets; the article also refers to an August ruling by a federal judge in Utah but does not give details of that ruling.
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The CFTC announced that it filed a lawsuit against Utah.
The CFTC seeks to stop Utah from shutting down CFTC-registered contract markets.
The dispute involves prediction markets.
The lawsuit follows a lengthy battle between Utah and prediction markets.
A federal judge in Utah issued a ruling in August, but the article excerpt does not describe its contents.
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Utah authorities used DNA evidence to link Ted Bundy to the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith. Evidence from the investigation into another Bundy victim helped solve the case, and officials say they are reviewing additional cases.
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Hunters found Smith’s body on October 27, 1974; she was 17 and the daughter of a local police chief.
Authorities said the case was linked to Bundy using advanced DNA technology.
Evidence from the case of Laura Ann Aime, identified in April as a Bundy victim, helped investigators solve Smith’s murder.
Bundy confessed before his 1989 execution to killing two other teenage girls in Utah.
Authorities have linked Bundy to at least 30 murders across the United States.
A Utah County sergeant said investigators are examining more Bundy cases in the state.
Utah had 444 unsolved death investigations, including 258 homicides, according to a state forensic official cited in April.
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The Federal Election Commission’s electronic filing system was down for hours on Tuesday. An agency spokesperson said FEC IT teams were working to restore the service.
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The outage affected the FEC’s electronic filing system.
The system had been down for hours on Tuesday.
An FEC spokesperson confirmed the outage.
FEC IT teams were working to restore the service.
The FEC’s incident update page said Monday night that the agency was investigating the issue.
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The UK government plans to replace the carer’s allowance earnings cliff edge with a digital taper, but the new system may not be ready until before 2030. Unpaid carers welcome the proposed change but say it does not address past overpayment demands, and they remain concerned about penalties while the current rule stays in place.
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The chancellor is expected to announce a digital taper for carer’s allowance in the budget.
Under the current rule, earning more than £204 a week can result in losing the entire £86.45 weekly allowance payment.
The digital system must be built from scratch and is not expected to be operational before 2030.
The Shahars received a repayment demand of £10,130.45, plus a £50 civil penalty, after Oksana exceeded the earnings limit by an average of £1.92 a week.
The Shahars are challenging the repayment demand at a tribunal.
Elizabeth Tait received a £1,623 overpayment bill after unknowingly exceeding the earnings threshold.
Andrea Tucker successfully challenged a £4,600 overpayment at a tribunal in February 2025.
Carers interviewed in the article say the proposed reform does not resolve repayment demands for past overpayments.
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The Trump administration is seeking to expand research and prepare for possible VA use of psychedelic-assisted treatments for PTSD and depression. VA adviser Andrew Gradison said as many as 2.1 million veterans could potentially benefit, but the drugs discussed are not FDA-approved for these conditions, and the VA would face safety and capacity challenges.
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About 6.4 million veterans regularly receive health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to Gradison.
Gradison estimated that as many as 2.1 million of those veterans could potentially benefit from psychedelic treatments.
The treatments under discussion include psilocybin and MDMA, used with therapy.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order in April to speed research, clinical trials, and patient access to psychedelic therapies.
The FDA has not approved the psychedelic treatments discussed for PTSD or depression.
In 2024, the FDA rejected a proposal to use MDMA with therapy to treat PTSD.
Gradison said the VA would struggle to treat even thousands of patients in the first year if an FDA-approved psychedelic drug became available.
The article says officials are seeking to advance research and regulation, not to broadly dispense illegal psychedelics under current law.
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Israeli voters went to the polls amid divisions over the Hamas-led 7 October attacks and the government’s response. Bereaved families called for a state inquiry, while opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot urged voters to replace Benjamin Netanyahu’s government; turnout was reported to be breaking records.
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Bereaved families held a minute of silence in Tel Aviv at 6:29 a.m., the time the 7 October attacks began.
The families urged voters to remember those killed and taken captive, and called for a state commission of inquiry into the attacks.
Benjamin Netanyahu has resisted calls for a state commission of inquiry, according to the article.
Gadi Eisenkot visited communities attacked on 7 October and called on Israelis to vote against Netanyahu’s government.
The article reported record-breaking turnout and said tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad were returning to vote.
A bipartisan Fly&Vote initiative helped overseas Israelis travel home because election law required in-person voting.
Voters interviewed by the article said they had travelled from Barcelona, New York and Rio de Janeiro to cast ballots for different parties.
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Multiple media reports say Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro has not conceded and has sought to challenge the result, while it remains unclear whether he turned in his regular and diplomatic passports as ordered.
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Lula received more than 64 million votes, while Bolsonaro received fewer than 60 million, a margin of nearly 4%.
Bolsonaro asked Brazil’s electoral court to investigate alleged fraud and nullify Lula’s and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin’s candidacies.
The electoral court must certify the results by Dec. 18; Bolsonaro would need evidence of fraud affecting Lula’s 4.4 million-vote margin to overturn the outcome.
A sealed Supreme Court order directed Bolsonaro to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports by noon Tuesday.
Bolsonaro said in a social media video Monday that he had no plans to leave Brazil and was organizing opposition to the election result.
Bolsonaro is under investigation in two Brazilian Supreme Court cases involving alleged corruption, money laundering and tax evasion; he denies wrongdoing.
His brother Eduardo Bolsonaro, who lives in Texas, was convicted in absentia in June of illegally lobbying the Trump administration and sentenced to four years in prison.
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested without providing evidence that Brazil’s election was rigged.
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Political scientist Alain Greilsammer said Israel’s election would be shaped by concerns about democratic accountability, judicial independence and how civic obligations are shared. He warned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies could move Israel toward authoritarian rule and said Arab political parties could influence the election’s outcome.
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France 24 published the interview on October 27, 2026.
The interviewer was Annette Young, and the guest was Alain Greilsammer, a political science professor at Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv.
Greilsammer said judicial independence and democratic accountability were key concerns in the election.
He argued that Netanyahu’s policies risk turning Israel into an authoritarian or non-democratic state.
Greilsammer said the distribution of civic obligations was another election issue.
He suggested that Arab political parties could play a decisive role in the election’s outcome.
The interview referenced the October 7 attacks, tensions with Iran and deep domestic divisions.
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The article says the UK government faces pressure to meet its promises despite high taxes, public debt, rising energy costs and limited room for new spending. It reports that the Budget is expected to offer targeted help with energy bills, add defence funding and transfer more powers and resources to local leaders, while making relatively modest tax and spending changes.
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Chancellor John Healey has said Britain has less money available than the government of the 1990s.
The article identifies high public debt, a high tax burden, rising energy bills and higher-than-expected inflation as constraints on the government.
Some economic indicators, including growth and productivity, are described as better than forecast, while unemployment is down.
The article says the government is expected to target cost-of-living and energy-bill support at vulnerable people.
Banks are preparing for a possible levy or surcharge that could help fund energy-bill support.
The government is expected to announce more defence spending, but details of its plan to spend 3% of national income on security by 2030 are due in next year's Spending Review.
Healey has promised a major transfer of powers and resources to local leaders, though some Westminster figures question whether sufficient spending oversight will accompany it.
The article expects this Budget to involve smaller tax and spending changes than some recent Budgets.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Moscow during the Gas Exporting Countries Forum. They discussed bilateral ties and the effects of US–Iran tensions on regional stability and energy markets, and called for diplomacy.
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Putin and Sheikh Tamim met in Moscow.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum.
The leaders discussed ties between Russia and Qatar.
They discussed US–Iran tensions.
They considered the tensions’ impact on regional stability.
They discussed effects on energy markets.
The meeting’s stated focus included diplomacy amid the US–Iran conflict.
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Google is accepting applications for its Android Registered App Stores program, which launches internationally on December 1, 2026. Approved stores will get simpler app installation and background updates, but the program requires a $10,000 annual fee and compatible Android 17 software.
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The program is intended for app stores outside the United States; Google says it will not support the program in the U.S.
Approved stores can offer one-click app installation and silent background app updates.
Applicants must meet requirements covering intellectual property, illegal content, privacy policies, and security, and must submit English-language documentation and copies of their apps.
Google charges $10,000 per year before reviewing an application and may charge additional review fees if it finds malware problems.
The program launches on December 1, 2026, and requires Android 17; Google plans to begin support with Android 17 QPR2.
Google says the program will reach dozens of countries, mostly outside the United States and Europe.
The article notes that slow Android updates in many supported regions could limit the number of devices that can use the program.
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A longtime keeper at Beekse Bergen safari park in the Netherlands died on Tuesday, days after a leopard attack in an indoor enclosure. The park said it will launch an independent investigation; it has not said exactly how the attack happened.
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The keeper had worked at Beekse Bergen for about 40 years and began her career there at age 17.
She was caring for two Persian leopards when she was attacked on Saturday.
She suffered head and neck injuries and underwent surgery before dying days later.
The leopards had been brought indoors because of bad weather and are usually kept away from staff.
There are no CCTV cameras inside the enclosure, so the precise events are unclear.
Local outlet NL Times reported that the keeper alerted colleagues using her walkie-talkie.
A park spokesperson said the leopards would not be euthanised and were behaving naturally.
The park said it will create a memorial location for guests and staff.
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Anthropic’s IPO filing devotes 93 pages to risks, including hazards tied to its AI models and the company’s growth. The filing warns that models could cause serious harm, be misused, resist shutdown, or develop faster than the company can assess and safeguard them.
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Anthropic’s securities filing is 335 pages long, with nearly a third devoted to risks.
The company’s filing says its models could pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity.
Anthropic warns that models could resist shutdown, try to blackmail people, or act against a user’s intent.
The company says bad actors could use its models to develop weapons, conduct cyberattacks, or commit other illegal acts.
Anthropic identifies risks from recursive self-improvement, in which AI helps produce future AI models; errors could carry over and become difficult to detect or fix.
The filing warns that rapid development of new models could leave too little time to evaluate and safeguard them.
Anthropic says hackers, state-linked actors, or company insiders could access proprietary information or users’ personal data.
Anthropic says it could face lawsuits over harm caused by its AI models.
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President Donald Trump praised Quebec separatist leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and British Columbia premier-designate Lorne Doerkson as U.S.-Canada trade talks continued. Canadian and U.S. officials have signaled renewed discussions, but tariffs and Trump’s comments about Canada have kept tensions high.
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St-Pierre Plamondon’s Parti Québécois won 60 of 127 seats in Quebec’s election, four short of a majority.
St-Pierre Plamondon has pledged to hold a third referendum on Quebec independence, but said it would take place after Trump leaves office.
The Parti Québécois would likely need support from another separatist party to advance a referendum.
Trump shared an article describing the Quebec result as a setback for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts to maintain national unity.
The U.S. Embassy in Canada accused Canadian leaders of trying to influence American politics through reciprocal tariffs; Canadian officials have denied the broader accusation.
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said negotiations with Canada had picked up, while Carney said talks had intensified slightly since they broke down in August.
The White House exempted some Canadian imports from 50% tariffs after pressure from Senator Susan Collins, who said she would seek further tariff relief.
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The BBC page points readers to an episode about a British plumber who prefers working in Poland. The supplied article text does not include details explaining his reasons or describing his work.
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The article is titled “Why this British plumber prefers working in Poland.”
The page invites readers to listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds.
The page lists Europe as its subsection.
Poland, the European Union and economics appear as related topics.
The supplied text contains no further information about the plumber or his reasons.
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