Eric Deters, a former candidate for Congress from Kentucky and supporter of President Donald Trump, was reported to have exchanged texts with U.S. Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle about helping her pay a $100,000 credit card bill. This information was shared by The Wall Street Journal following a news report about these financial discussions.
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Eric Deters ran for Congress in Kentucky in the past.
He is known as a longtime ally of President Donald Trump.
Kimberly Guilfoyle is the U.S. Ambassador to Greece.
Guilfoyle reportedly owed $100,000 on her American Express credit card.
Text messages between Deters and Guilfoyle discussed paying this debt.
The story came from a report by The Wall Street Journal.
Guilfoyle is the ex-wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom.
The case has brought public attention to the private financial issue.
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Ali Abu Yassin, a playwright from Gaza, won the English PEN "Writer of Courage 2026" award for his work during the conflict in Gaza. He has written about living through the war and the destruction around him, continuing to create despite difficult conditions.
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Ali Abu Yassin is a 62-year-old playwright from the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza.
He stopped writing plays after October 2023 and began documenting life under heavy Israeli bombardment.
Since 2023, over 74,000 people have died in Gaza and many survivors have been displaced multiple times.
Abu Yassin writes about the war, including his personal experiences, such as his son being trapped under rubble and his house being bombed.
He worked with the Said Al-Mishal Theatre, which was destroyed in a 2018 Israeli attack.
His recent play, "50 Minutes," was performed in Gaza in difficult conditions, such as rehearsals in a makeshift tent.
Abu Yassin recently left Gaza for an artist residency in France and attended the award ceremony in London.
The English PEN "Writer of Courage" award honors authors who defend freedom of expression despite personal risks.
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Protesters in Madrid are demonstrating against Spain’s housing crisis, blaming “vulture funds” and landlords for rising rents and lack of available homes. The Spanish government has proposed new laws to limit profit-driven housing practices, but Congress rejected them, leading to a snap election.
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Hundreds of people have camped out in Madrid to protest Spain’s housing crisis.
Protesters say “vulture funds” buy empty homes and raise rents to force people out.
Rental prices in Spain have increased by an average of 84% over the last 10 years.
In some cities like Málaga and Marbella, rent increases have been over 100%.
The government introduced emergency measures to control housing speculation but Congress rejected them.
Many Spanish people want higher taxes on owners with many properties and limits on short-term rentals like Airbnb.
Some Spaniards support taking empty homes away from large owners to help renters.
Experts say it is not clear how many homes are owned by large investment groups involved in speculation.
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The Justice Department is considering criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to President Trump’s White House chief of staff, for allegedly lying to Congress. Hutchinson gave important testimony about the January 6 Capitol attack, and the investigation is unusual because it is being handled by the civil rights division.
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Cassidy Hutchinson worked closely with Mark Meadows, President Trump’s chief of staff.
She testified that President Trump tried to join supporters at the Capitol on January 6 and did not want to return to the White House that day.
Prosecutors are looking into whether Hutchinson lied to Congress during her testimony.
The Justice Department’s civil rights division is leading the investigation, which is rare for this type of case.
Hutchinson disclosed she was under investigation in a different unrelated legal case.
This is part of a broader pattern where the Justice Department under President Trump has charged his political opponents.
Past charges against figures like James Comey were dismissed because of legal problems with the prosecutors.
The Justice Department has also charged groups and people like the Southern Poverty Law Center and journalist Don Lemon.
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Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have decided that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is mentally fit to stand trial for crimes against humanity linked to his "war on drugs." The trial will start on November 30, and Duterte denies the charges, which include murder and attempted murder.
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The ICC judges found Duterte, age 81, able to understand the evidence and work with his lawyers.
Duterte is accused of ordering police and government squads to kill drug suspects during his presidency from 2016 to 2022.
His legal team argued he had memory problems, but medical experts said he is fit for trial.
Duterte was arrested in the Philippines in March 2025 and transferred to the ICC’s headquarters in The Hague.
He denies the charges, saying police acted in self-defense under his orders.
Estimates of deaths in the anti-drug crackdown range from 6,000 to 30,000.
The ICC is the first international court to arrest a former Asian leader for such crimes.
Judges refused a request to release him from custody before the trial starts.
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President Donald Trump awarded Elon Musk the National Medal of Science, the highest science honor in the U.S. This event came a little over a year after their public disagreements but now shows a renewed friendly connection.
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President Trump gave Elon Musk the National Medal of Science.
The medal is the highest recognition for science in the United States.
Elon Musk is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla.
Trump and Musk had a public feud about a year ago.
The medal ceremony signaled their improved relationship.
The event took place on a Thursday.
The award recognizes contributions to science and technology.
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Anthropic is starting a new cybersecurity program to help companies protect critical infrastructure like power grids and water supplies using advanced AI tools and expert engineers. The program will offer AI models and services to find and fix security weaknesses, aiming to stop faster and cheaper cyberattacks.
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Anthropic's program is called the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program.
It provides powerful AI models, engineers, and research to companies protecting critical infrastructure.
Participating companies include Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, CrowdStrike, Deloitte, and others.
The program helps identify and fix security vulnerabilities in infrastructure systems.
Anthropic launched a free AI tool called OSS Scanner to find security issues in open-source software projects.
OSS Scanner sends automated reports that may contain some errors since they don’t get human review before sharing.
This initiative follows Anthropic’s earlier Project Glasswing, which showed AI can quickly find vulnerabilities but fixing them is still challenging.
It is unclear how companies will test and apply fixes without disrupting essential services or who will pay for the AI computing costs.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returned to its home port in San Diego after a 10-month deployment as part of Operation Epic Fury. The ship and crew faced challenges such as long time at sea without a port stop, morale issues, and visible wear on the ship's exterior, but officials praised the crew’s work and resilience.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln spent 321 days at sea, including 264 days without a port stop.
The carrier was part of Operation Epic Fury near Iran, where it conducted 40 days of combat operations.
During deployment, the crew launched 450 Tomahawk missiles, flew 3,693 combat flights, sank 64 Iranian warships, and defended against drones and missile attacks.
The ship showed visible signs of wear like rust and missing paint near the waterline when it made a stop in Thailand.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the crew before their return and conveyed President Donald Trump’s thanks for their service.
Local officials including San Diego’s mayor welcomed the crew home and acknowledged the long separation from families.
Some media coverage focused on problems like low morale and incidents aboard, but military leaders rejected those claims as unfair.
The ship was cleaned during its port visit in Thailand to improve its appearance for the homecoming.
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The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced soon, and Pope Leo XIV is considered a possible winner because of his efforts to promote peace in conflicts like Ukraine and the Middle East. Although nominations are secret, betting platforms give him about a 2% chance, slightly higher than President Donald Trump, who has a 1% chance.
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Pope Leo XIV has called repeatedly for peace in wars, including Russia-Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East.
He offered the Vatican as a meeting place for talks between Moscow and Kyiv.
The pope has urged Israeli leaders to work toward a ceasefire in Gaza.
Betting sites Polymarket and Kalshi estimate his chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize at around 2%.
Other top contenders include Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms, Ukrainian children’s rights advocate Mykola Kuleba, and Save the Children.
Pope Leo criticized President Trump’s approach to the Iran conflict, leading to a public exchange between them.
Pope Leo has emphasized the importance of humanitarian aid and prisoner releases in his peace efforts.
The Nobel Peace Prize nominations are kept secret for 50 years, so official nominees are not publicly known.
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The White House has stopped Microsoft and seven other technology companies from hiring skilled foreign workers permanently using a visa program called PERM. Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of abusing the visa system by replacing American workers with foreign workers who face difficult conditions.
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Microsoft and seven other tech firms are blocked from new or pending PERM visa applications.
PERM is a program that helps skilled foreign workers become permanent US residents.
Vice President JD Vance said Microsoft misuses the H1b visa program and replaces American workers with foreign employees.
The H1b visa limits the number of skilled foreign workers entering the US to 85,000 per year.
Microsoft stated most of its US workers are Americans and that foreign workers are paid equally.
Microsoft reportedly laid off about 6,000 workers while applying for 6,800 H1b visas recently.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is set to receive a White House medal for technology innovation from President Donald Trump.
Many major tech companies use the H1b visa program, but only Microsoft and seven others were named in this action.
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A new video shows the moments right after a 6-year-old boy shot a teacher in Virginia. The footage was released by CBS News as part of their report on the incident.
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A 6-year-old boy shot a teacher in Virginia.
Video footage capturing the moments right after the shooting has been released.
CBS News reporter Shanelle Kaul covered the story.
The video is part of a news report shared recently.
The incident took place in a school setting.
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Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Mississippi who was tried six times for the same murder case by the same prosecutor, has died at 56. His convictions were repeatedly overturned due to legal problems including racial bias in jury selection, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor in 2019, leading to his release after 23 years in jail.
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Curtis Flowers was tried six times for a 1996 quadruple murder in Winona, Mississippi.
The same prosecutor, Doug Evans, handled all six trials.
Flowers was convicted four times and had three convictions overturned on appeal.
The murder weapon was never found, and there was no DNA or fingerprints linking Flowers to the crime.
Reporters found that the prosecutor excluded Black jurors at a high rate; most jurors were White and all voted to convict.
In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Flowers’ constitutional rights were violated due to racial discrimination in jury selection.
Flowers was released from prison in 2019 after spending 23 years in jail.
Curtis Flowers died at home in Mississippi in 2024; no cause of death was reported.
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Prince Harry said he experienced depression for about two weeks after moving to Canada in 2019 before relocating to the United States. He also shared that he felt emotionally numb for many years after his mother Princess Diana's death because of feelings of guilt and sadness.
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Prince Harry moved temporarily to Canada in 2019 with his wife Meghan before later moving to the US.
He said he "slipped into depression" for about two weeks after moving to Canada due to an adrenaline crash.
Harry felt emotionally numb for years after the death of his mother, Princess Diana.
He felt guilty and disloyal for being happy without his mother.
He served in the Army and went to war twice, hoping to escape his feelings, but it did not help.
A therapist suggested he use his mother’s perfume to help process his grief, which led to emotional healing.
Harry and Meghan recently returned to the UK with their two children after six years in the US.
The story was shared during an online masterclass on dealing with grief.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded strongly to questions from reporters about allegations involving Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Marco Rubio is the U.S. Secretary of State.
Kimberly Guilfoyle is the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
Reporters asked Rubio about allegations made against Guilfoyle.
Rubio reacted strongly to these questions.
The event was covered by CBS News.
No specific details about the allegations were provided in the article.
The article also briefly mentions other unrelated news topics.
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A 14-year-old boy in Chicago was paralyzed from the chest down after being hit by a stray bullet during a shooting. The shooter, 19-year-old Muhammad Sayadul Boshar, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and other crimes.
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The shooting happened in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood on a Friday afternoon.
Boshar was aiming at a former soccer teammate but missed, and a bullet hit the 14-year-old boy instead.
The boy was struck in the back; the bullet lodged in his spine, causing paralysis from the chest down.
The victim was about a block and a half away, unlocking a Lime scooter at the time of the shooting.
Boshar fired five or six shots at a car with the intended target inside, who had a 3-year-old child with him.
Boshar and the victim’s target had past conflicts, including threats via phone and social media.
After a short manhunt, Boshar was arrested and has been charged but has not yet entered a plea.
The paralyzed boy is in serious but stable condition at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.
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The NASA SpaceX Crew-12 mission safely returned to Earth after spending 8 months living and working on the International Space Station. The crew arrived back by splashing down in the ocean.
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NASA and SpaceX worked together on the Crew-12 mission.
The crew stayed about 8 months in space on the International Space Station.
The mission ended with a splashdown landing in the ocean.
This is part of ongoing efforts to send astronauts into space using private companies.
The return happened recently, as reported by CBS News.
The International Space Station is a space laboratory where astronauts live and conduct research.
SpaceX is a private company that builds rockets and spacecraft for NASA missions.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the U.S. asking NATO allies to spend more on defense is not meant to be unfriendly. He said stronger NATO members make the military alliance stronger and better at stopping threats.
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Marco Rubio spoke in Portugal during a visit to a NATO ally.
He said pressuring NATO countries to increase defense spending is not hostile.
Rubio emphasized that stronger NATO members lead to a stronger alliance and better deterrence.
President Donald Trump wants NATO to be a stronger force against threats.
Trump has criticized NATO members for spending too little on defense.
Some NATO countries are reluctant to spend more on defense because it would reduce funds for other government programs.
NATO has 32 member countries.
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Researchers have successfully entangled a beam of light with a small glass bead, an unusual achievement because large objects typically lose quantum connections quickly. Quantum entanglement means two objects share linked properties instantly, even when far apart, which is different from how things usually behave in everyday life.
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Quantum entanglement links two objects so that measuring one affects the other immediately.
This connection happens without time delay, no matter the distance between the objects.
Usually, entanglement is observed between tiny particles like photons (particles of light).
Large objects like glass beads usually lose entanglement because they interact a lot with their environment.
Researchers managed to entangle a light beam with a glass bead, which is difficult because of the bead's size.
Entangled photons can share properties such as energy, which are determined only when measured.
Quantum entanglement challenges common ideas about how objects behave and contradicts everyday experience.
The experiment helps scientists study how quantum effects work in bigger objects, potentially advancing quantum technology.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott currently leads his Democratic challenger, Gina Hinojosa, in a recent poll, despite earlier surveys showing Hinojosa ahead. Meanwhile, the Texas U.S. Senate race remains tied between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico. Both statewide races are competitive, with voter turnout expected to be a key factor.
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A UMass Lowell/YouGov poll shows Abbott leading Hinojosa 48% to 44%, with a margin of error of ±4.5%.
Two earlier polls gave Hinojosa a slight lead, but those leads were within their margins of error.
Abbott wins more support from independent voters (26%) than Ken Paxton (18%) in the Senate race, which is currently tied at 45%-45%.
Hinojosa leads among younger voters, women, Black voters, Hispanic voters, and college graduates.
Abbott performs better among older voters, white voters, men, and those without a college degree.
Abbott’s job approval rating recently dropped from 56% to 52%.
Turnout by younger and Hispanic voters, who tend to vote less in midterms, could affect the election outcome.
Abbott’s campaign has more resources to keep advertising through the final weeks before the election.
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Solar eruptions from the sun are heading toward Earth and could cause colorful auroras visible across northern parts of the United States starting Thursday night. These solar events may also cause minor disruptions to technology but are mostly manageable.
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A coronal mass ejection (CME), which is a large burst of charged particles from the sun, is moving toward Earth.
The CME is linked to a moderate solar flare.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch starting Thursday evening through Friday.
A geomagnetic storm happens when solar wind energy disturbs Earth’s magnetic field.
The aurora borealis (Northern Lights) could be seen as far south as New York, Wisconsin, and Washington state.
The UK Met Office warns of a slight chance of stronger storm activity (G3 level).
Another smaller CME is expected to deliver a weaker impact over the weekend.
Weather conditions and Earth’s magnetic alignment affect the visibility of the auroras.
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