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So much of Washington’s attention is concentrated on Taiwan that Americans sometimes forget China picks fights with nearly all of its other neighbors too. Beijing’s claims to the South China Sea and various islands owned by our allies garner some attention, but the land grabs to China’s south are less…

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Archaeologists have identified a previously undocumented ingredient used in ancient Egyptian mummifications—and a famous medieval medicine concocted from the mummies themselves. At Germany’s Marburg University, researchers pinpointed traces of aloe-associated plant material in a 2,700-year-old mummy skull, and a popular centuries’ old apothecary cure-all known as Mumia vera aegyptiaca. There…

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Health17 sources·Updated Nov 2, 2026·1 min readMichael Wilbon announced on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, an indefinite leave from co-hosting ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption and from NBA analyst duties at ESPN and ABC, citing struggles with multiple health issues in recent months. Wilbon, 67, said the step is not retirement and…

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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Content warning: this story includes descriptions and censored AI-generated images of sexual abuse. Facebook is hosting a large number of accounts dedicated to AI-generated content depicting coaches inappropriately touching young female athletes —…

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Writes Ginny Garner: Happy 88th birthday to the great hero Patrick J. Buchanan! He spoke truth to power as a journalist, author, political advisor and presidential candidate by standing for America First, the Constitution, peace, prosperity, and Western Civilization. He criticized US interventionist foreign policy, dubbing Congress Israel-occupied territory and…

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Russian strikes on Komyshuvakha in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region killed at least 24 people and injured five, according to Ukrainian authorities. The attacks hit a school used to distribute humanitarian aid and a nearby shelter where people had gathered, with officials saying a second wave of bombs followed the initial strike.…

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University of San Francisco/Video screenshot For 90 years, the University of San Francisco was represented by their mascot nicknamed “The Don.” The figure, sporting a mustache and a Spanish-style hat, is apparently “too colonial” for the woke mafia and will be “retired” in the spring of 2027 after pacing the…

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Abdihakim Arabow Ibrahim falls apart at a candidate forum earlier this year. Credit: League of Women Voters MinneapolisYouTube screenshot A Democratic candidate from Minnesota is getting unwanted attention after his answers at a previous forum went viral today. Abdihakim Arabow Ibrahim, a Somali immigrant, is running for election to the…

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President Donald Trump could authorize a nuclear strike against Iran’s heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain facility within days, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said Sunday. The Daily Caller News Foundation independently corroborated the central allegation with a source familiar with the matter. The warning follows months of American threats against Iran’s underground…

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I’m going to stay away from the whole “polls are rigged” accusation because it’s pointless to make that case. Polls don’t need to be rigged to be very wrong, and there are plenty of reasons to believe that the polls are unreliable without getting into the question of whether they are…

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The controversy over birthright citizenship is usually framed as a dispute over a single sentence in the 14th Amendment. Does its Citizenship Clause constitutionalize the English common-law rule that virtually everyone born within a sovereign’s territory is a citizen? Or does “subject to the jurisdiction” require something more—complete political jurisdiction…

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Sports27 sources·Updated Nov 2, 2026·1 min readThe National Baseball Hall of Fame announced eight candidates for its Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot, which covers managers and executives whose contributions came primarily from 1980 onward: Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Joe Maddon, Lou Piniella, Sandy Alderson, Brian Sabean, the late Ted Turner…

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