Israeli settlers have entered Palestinian olive groves in the occupied West Bank to take olives from trees that belong to Palestinian farmers. This has caused tension and violence during the olive harvest season, with many Palestinians reporting attacks by settlers and limited access to their land.
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Israeli settlers entered a Palestinian olive grove near the village of Qaryut, about 200 meters from Palestinian homes.
The settlers do not own the land or the olive trees, which belong to Palestinian farmers.
Avichai Suissa, a settler sanctioned by the EU, UK, and previously the US, runs a farm on the outpost and supports expanding it.
The Israeli army declared some Palestinian farmland a closed military zone, restricting farmers from accessing their land.
Settler attacks on Palestinian farmers have increased during the olive harvest season, seen as the worst in recent years.
A Palestinian olive farmer named Ali Bazzari was killed when settlers opened fire while he was harvesting olives.
The Israeli rights group Yesh Din recorded 109 incidents of violence related to the olive harvest in early October 2023.
Settlers are adopting traditional Palestinian olive harvest practices, which Palestinians view as an attempt to claim their land and culture.
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Let’s Encrypt will shorten the valid period for its free SSL/TLS certificates from 90 days to 64 days starting February 10, 2027. This change encourages website owners to automate certificate renewal and improves security by reducing the time stolen certificates can be abused.
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Let’s Encrypt certificates will be valid for 64 days instead of 90 days starting February 10, 2027.
Testing for the 64-day certificates begins on October 14, 2026, allowing users to prepare.
Before Let’s Encrypt, certificates often lasted 1 to 3 years, but shorter lifetimes help reduce security risks.
Let’s Encrypt originally introduced 90-day certificates to promote automatic renewal.
The next planned step is to shorten certificates to 45 days in 2028.
Website managers using manual or fixed renewal schedules must update their processes to avoid unexpected expirations.
The ACME protocol with ARI helps automate and improve the renewal process by notifying when certificates need renewal.
Validation times for certificate authorization will also be reduced, affecting how quickly renewals happen.
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Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are damaging olive trees, stopping Palestinian farmers from reaching their land, and taking their crops. These actions harm an important source of income and affect a long-standing Palestinian farming tradition.
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Israeli settlers are destroying olive trees in the West Bank.
Palestinian farmers face restrictions accessing their own land.
Crops, especially olives, are being taken by settlers.
Olive farming is a key part of Palestinian income.
Olive harvesting has been part of Palestinian culture for generations.
The West Bank is under occupation, meaning it is controlled by Israel but claimed by Palestinians.
The attacks on olive trees are described as systematic, meaning they happen regularly and in an organized way.
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Thousands of supporters of India’s Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and student groups continue to protest against the country’s chief election commissioner. Many protesters and CJP members have been detained during demonstrations demanding the resignation of the election chief over disputed voter list changes.
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The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) claims at least 10,000 protesters and affiliated members have been detained across India.
CJP national spokesman Deepak Baliyan was among those taken into police custody.
Protesters want the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar due to voter list revisions they say favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party.
The Election Commission says voter list changes remove duplicates and ineligible voters, not targeting any political group.
Over 130 million names have been removed from voter lists; about 969 million people can vote in the 2024 election.
Demonstrations occurred in New Delhi and Bengaluru, with students and opposition leaders participating.
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was briefly detained multiple times during protests.
The government denies using force unfairly, and the ruling party calls opposition claims irresponsible.
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Argentine prosecutors have asked for prison sentences of up to 12 years for seven medical professionals who treated football star Diego Maradona before he died in November 2020. The trial focuses on whether the medical team provided poor care, including allowing Maradona to recover at home without proper hospital equipment.
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Diego Maradona died on November 25, 2020, from heart failure and fluid in his lungs after brain surgery.
Seven medical workers, including doctors and nurses, are on trial for inadequate care leading to his death.
Prosecutors call the medical team’s work "chaotic" and say they abandoned Maradona in a helpless state.
The main charge is "dolo eventual," meaning the doctors knew harm was possible but still acted carelessly.
The longest prison sentence requested is 12 years for Maradona’s personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque.
The trial debates whether it was negligent to let Maradona recover at home without hospital tools like a defibrillator or ambulance nearby.
Medical experts said warning signs of Maradona’s decline were ignored by the caregivers.
The trial’s verdict is pending after a previous trial was annulled due to a judge’s conflict of interest.
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The NFL has asked the Supreme Court to decide who should regulate prediction markets, which are platforms where people can trade bets on future events. The NFL supports states regulating these markets, as states already oversee sports betting, and warns that unclear rules could harm consumers and sports integrity.
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The NFL filed a brief supporting New Jersey’s request for the Supreme Court to rule on regulation of prediction markets.
Prediction markets allow trading or betting on yes-or-no questions about future events.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) claims it has exclusive federal control, while many states want to regulate these markets like gambling.
In the current NFL season, over half of prediction market trading ($1.8 billion of $3.3 billion) was related to the NFL.
The NFL argues unclear regulation causes risks to consumers and game integrity.
Kalshi, a prediction market company, says the CFTC already monitors these markets and is making rules to address concerns.
Ohio and 38 other states support state regulation of prediction markets, citing parallels to sports betting rules.
Appeals courts are divided on this issue, increasing chances the Supreme Court will make a final decision.
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Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed will have their first debate for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat on Thursday in Grand Rapids. The two candidates have been competing online and through ads in a closely watched race ahead of the November election.
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Mike Rogers is a Republican and a former congressman.
Abdul El-Sayed is a Democrat and a former public health official.
The Senate seat in Michigan is currently open with no incumbent.
Rogers and El-Sayed have exchanged words online and through campaign ads before the debate.
This debate will be their first face-to-face meeting during this Senate race.
Rogers was unchallenged in the Republican primary on August 4.
El-Sayed narrowly won the Democratic primary by less than 1%.
The general election is set for November 3, 2024.
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At least 81 U.S. military aircraft have been lost or damaged during Operation Epic Fury, the American campaign against Iran. The Congressional Budget Office estimates these losses cost between $1.9 billion and $3.3 billion as of August 1, 2027.
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Operation Epic Fury is the U.S. military campaign against Iran, starting February 28, 2027.
81 U.S. aircraft, including jets and drones, have been lost or damaged in this campaign.
The damaged aircraft include 12 F-15E fighter jets, 1 F-35A jet, 7 KC-135 refueling planes, and 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones.
Costs of these losses are estimated between $1.9 billion and $3.3 billion.
Iran has used small drones to damage U.S. military hardware, showing the rising impact of low-cost drone warfare.
The U.S. relocated some aircraft from the UK due to fears of Iranian drone attacks.
President Donald Trump’s administration requested $1.5 trillion in defense spending for 2027, partly due to the war demands.
Some U.S. senators demand more transparent accounting of war costs before approving additional funding.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has opened a new clinic at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study people who have health problems after vaccination. HHS is also considering a program to pay doctors who report these vaccine-related injuries.
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The clinic is located at the NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland.
It focuses on patients who have health issues after getting vaccinated.
The clinic opened earlier this week.
HHS is thinking about creating a payment program for doctors who report vaccine injuries.
The goal is to better understand and address possible vaccine-related health problems.
This initiative is part of HHS’s wider effort to study vaccine safety.
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A bust of Robert F. Kennedy was stolen from outside the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. The company that manages the stadium, Events DC, confirmed the theft and reported it to the police.
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The stolen item was a bust, which is a sculpture showing someone’s head and shoulders.
The bust represented Robert F. Kennedy, a former U.S. Attorney General.
It was located in a publicly accessible area outside the stadium named after him.
The stadium is in Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital.
Events DC is the company responsible for managing the stadium.
Events DC officially announced the theft.
Law enforcement authorities have been notified about the stolen bust.
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A Texas jury awarded Alek Schott $76 after he sued Bexar County and its sheriff for an unjust traffic stop based on automated license plate reader (ALPR) data. Schott was stopped and searched for over an hour, but no illegal activity was found, and the stated reason for the stop was later admitted as false.
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Alek Schott was stopped by police in Bexar County, Texas, after a tip from a law enforcement WhatsApp group based on ALPR data.
The official reason for the stop was “lane drifting,” but the deputy admitted this was not true.
Police suspected Schott of smuggling because of a short trip pattern flagged by the ALPR system.
Schott was detained for 76 minutes while officers conducted a search that found no evidence of illegal activity.
The drug detection dog indicated the truck had drugs, but the dog’s handler was seen signaling the dog, raising doubts about the alert.
Schott sued Bexar County claiming the stop was unconstitutional and won a symbolic $76 award, one dollar for each minute detained.
The Institute for Justice helped Schott and plans to push for limits on using traffic stops as a way to conduct warrantless searches.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office did not comment on the case but promotes its use of surveillance cameras.
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Captain Zero is a superhero animated show created by Z Cher-Aimé and Andre Engco that explores the struggles of depression in a Black teenager through therapy and superhero themes. The creators use hand-drawn 2D animation to blend serious adult drama with the style of 1990s cartoons and anime.
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Z Cher-Aimé created Captain Zero in 2015 while in college to show their experience with major depressive disorder.
The story centers on Xerxes Hughes, a Black teen hero whose depression takes physical form and who talks about his struggles in therapy.
Andre Engco joined the project, adding influences from TV dramas like The Wire and Breaking Bad.
The show aims to balance superhero action with realistic personal and social challenges.
The creators chose 2D hand-drawn animation to connect with the look of classic cartoons and to present serious themes.
They wanted the show to be a drama with superheroes, similar to how Spider-Man movies focus on character struggles.
The project highlights mental health, family, social pressure, and Black life.
The team values storytelling that respects the complexity of the person behind the hero mask.
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Four astronauts from the United States, France, and Russia returned safely to Earth after spending eight months on the International Space Station (ISS). They returned in a SpaceX capsule, landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles.
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The astronauts returned after a mission that lasted about eight months.
They went to the ISS to replace a crew that left early due to a medical issue with one astronaut.
The crew included Jessica Meir (USA), Jack Hathaway (USA), Sophie Adenot (France), and Andrey Fedyaev (Russia).
Their return was delayed because repairs were needed on the spacecraft meant to bring them home.
The splashdown happened in the Pacific Ocean, and the astronauts were quickly recovered by SpaceX’s recovery ship.
On the ISS, the astronauts did spacewalks for maintenance and enjoyed activities like a dance party and cooking demonstrations.
They watched the Artemis II mission around the moon from the station and celebrated the US’s 250th birthday with music.
Seven astronauts remain on the ISS, representing the US, Russia, and Canada, with the station hosting visitors from 26 countries since 2000.
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Hurricane Isaias, the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, is strengthening as it moves toward the northern Gulf Coast. It is expected to hit the coast Friday night, bringing strong winds, heavy rain, and a dangerous rise in sea levels to parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
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Hurricane Isaias is the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season.
It is increasing in strength while moving toward the northern Gulf Coast.
Landfall is expected Friday night.
Areas likely affected include Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
The storm will bring strong winds, heavy rain, and a storm surge (a rise in sea level caused by the storm).
Isaias matches the record for the latest first hurricane of the Atlantic season, last set in 1905.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said that if Democrats win control of the House in the upcoming midterm elections, they will start investigations into corruption claims involving President Trump, his family, and associates. Jeffries promised to hold those he calls "crooks" accountable for financial benefits they gained during the start of President Trump’s second term.
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Hakeem Jeffries is the House Minority Leader and a Democrat from New York.
Jeffries said Democrats plan to investigate corruption if they win the House next month.
The investigations would focus on President Trump, his family, and people connected to him.
The claims involve financial gains during President Trump’s early second term.
Jeffries used the term “Trump cartel” to describe the group benefiting financially.
This announcement is a campaign promise ahead of the midterm elections.
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The daughter of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Katie Wiles, shared a photo on social media that appears to show her holding a rifle near a leader from Republika Srpska, a region in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Republika Srpska is governed by a political party that supports Russia.
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Susie Wiles is the White House Chief of Staff.
Her daughter, Katie Wiles, works as a partner at Continental Strategy.
Katie Wiles posted a photo online holding a rifle.
The photo shows her next to Željko Budimir, a political leader in Republika Srpska.
Republika Srpska is a self-governing part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The political group leading Republika Srpska has pro-Russian views.
Republika Srpska has its own government within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln, a large U.S. aircraft carrier, returned to San Diego after spending 322 days deployed in the Middle East. The deployment lasted longer than expected and involved challenges like limited food supplies and declining mental health among the crew.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln is a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.
It returned to San Diego on a Thursday.
The deployment lasted 322 days, longer than the planned summer end.
The ship was in the Middle East during this time.
Crew members faced tight food supplies.
There were mental health challenges among the crew during the deployment.
The deployment was described as lengthy and difficult.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a new program to study and support people who report health issues after vaccination. This includes a new NIH clinic, plans to pay doctors for reporting vaccine injuries to a federal system, improvements to the reporting system, and adding vaccine injury information to electronic health records.
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A new clinic at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) opened on October 5 to study and care for patients with health problems after vaccination.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health Secretary, attended the clinic’s ribbon-cutting with Trump administration officials, though this was not publicly announced at the time.
The program proposes paying doctors to report possible vaccine injuries to VAERS, a federal vaccine safety monitoring system.
VAERS accepts reports from anyone but most reports are not confirmed as linked to vaccines after review by the CDC.
The federal government plans to improve VAERS by making it easier to use, including mobile access for healthcare providers.
Nearly $1 million was awarded to SPN Solutions Inc. to help develop the upgraded VAERS system.
Vaccine injury data will be added to electronic health records through federal health IT standards, to give doctors fuller patient information.
The initiative aims to better listen to patients reporting vaccine injuries and use data to improve vaccine safety.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returned to its homeport in San Diego after a nearly 10-month deployment in the Middle East. The ship's return marks the end of one of its longest recent missions.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln is a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.
It deployed to the Middle East for about 10 months.
The carrier docked back in San Diego Bay on Thursday.
The deployment was one of the longest for the ship recently.
Retired Navy Vice Admiral Robert Murrett provided analysis on the return.
The news was reported by CBS News reporters Eleanor Watson and Carter Evans.
The article includes related news topics but focuses on the ship's return.
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A golden statue showing a nude President Donald Trump was displayed at the European Parliament in Strasbourg during a two-day exhibition. The sculpture, created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt and titled “The Orange Plague,” was removed after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico asked for its removal.
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The statue showed a nude President Trump and was made of gold-colored material.
It was part of a two-day art exhibition at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
The artist behind the statue is Jens Galschiøt, from Denmark.
The sculpture was called “The Orange Plague.”
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called for the statue to be taken down.
The statue was removed after the Prime Minister’s request.
The statue’s presence in the Parliament building caused political discussion.
The event took place in a European Union institution located in France.
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