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Fear-based campaign ads can grab attention, but whether they win votes is less clear

On a Monday night in September 1964, television viewers watched a little girl counting petals on a flower. Her voice gave way to a man counting down, and then a nuclear blast filled the screen.

Oct 23, 2026

Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.

The strain of bird flu that’s ripped through American barns for the last four years has killed two people who caught it from sick animals. But as far as anyone can tell, humans can’t spread it.

Oct 23, 2026

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Netanyahu Says He Is Working Hard to Find Countries to Help Displace Gazan Population

"I'm working on it a lot," Netanyahu says of finding countries to take Palestinians out of Gaza, five days before Israel's election.

Oct 22, 2026

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Trump's Deportations Are Sending People to Their Deaths

Thirty-one named people were killed or died after the United States removed them. No US count records any of them.

Oct 22, 2026

Indian Gen Z ‘cockroach’ protesters aim to upend assumptions about democracy – and populism – in Modi’s India

Five months after its founding, India’s Cockroach Janta Party, known as the CJP, has revealed what youth-led democratic movements can achieve – and how hard they are to sustain.

Oct 22, 2026

Nuclear Weapons Waste Made Workers Sick. Despite a Law Meant to Help, the DOE Keeps Fighting Their Claims.

Lonnie Rouse shuffled into a wood-paneled conference room at the Washington state Capitol in March 2018. It had been nearly a decade since medical experts diagnosed him with a neurological disease they attributed to his exposure to chemicals at work.

Oct 22, 2026

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USA and Israel Plan to Bomb Iran Again After the Midterms

The USA and Israel have plans to bomb Iran after the midterms, and Trump now says something will happen fairly soon.

Oct 22, 2026

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USA Is Taking Over Venezuela's Political Police, According to Venezuelan Media

Venezuelan journalist David Placer says U.S. officials are taking control of SEBIN, the agency behind El Helicoide, with Diosdado Cabello's blessing.

Oct 22, 2026