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Erika Kirk, wife of slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, reacts next to U.S. President Donald Trump during a ceremony to posthumously award the Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk

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Charlie Kirk’s widow accepts Presidential Medal of Freedom on his behalf following Trump’s self-congratulatory speech

<p>Robach and Holmes announced the news during an episode of their podcast on Tuesday</p>

Amy Robach and TJ Holmes announce engagement three years after GMA3 cheating scandal cost them their jobs

<p>US actress Whitney Cummings attends the 2025 ESPY awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on July 16,</p>

Whitney Cummings blasts backlash over Riyadh Comedy Festival: ‘It’s just racism’

<p>As the seasons change, so does your body. Here’s what experts want you to know</p>

HEALTH

Expect these 4 changes to your body this fall

LiveMiddle East

Bodies of more Israeli hostages returned after Palestinians killed ‘for breaking ceasefire’

<p>Federal agents arrested a clarinet player who was performing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside of the Portland ICE facility over the weekend.</p>

POLITICS

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents: ‘Why are they targeting a clarinetist?’

<p>President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old precedent to allow him to fire the heads of independent agencies</p>

politics

Even a former law clerk for conservative Justice Clarence Thomas is warning about giving Trump too much power

<p>Police are seeking help identifying a woman who appeared to have been abducted in Wichita, Kansas</p>

Crime

Police beg for tips after unidentified woman seen being abducted on doorbell camera

<p>Ellen Greenberg, 27, was found dead by her fiancé Samuel Goldberg on January 26, 2011 </p>

Crime

‘The act of someone who was enraged at her’: Medical experts slam newest Ellen Greenberg suicide report

Newtown Shooting-Infowars

NEWS

Disaster for Alex Jones as Supreme Court rejects last-ditch bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

<p>Part of an American Airlines jet is lifted from the Potomac River after it collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter </p>

NEWS

Trial date set for deadliest US air disaster in more than 20 years

<p>The EV tax credit, which saw car buyers receive $7,500 for new EVs and up to $4,000 for used ones, ended last month</p>

NEWS

US auto giant sounds the alarm about $1.6B problem after driver perk was axed

<p>Chris Stanford, a district attorney general from Tennessee, has resigned after being accused of firing shots while cops went to arrest homicide suspects last November</p>

Crime

Tennessee DA resigns after firing shots while cops were arresting homicide suspects

<p>Meta removed a Facebook group allowing members to report ICE sightings in Chicago following pressure from the Justice Department</p>

POLITICS

Facebook rolls over for Trump’s DOJ to block anti-ICE group in latest Big Tech pressure campaign

<p>Following the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, former White House ethics lawyers warned that “no American is safe” as Donald Trump embarks on a retribution spree</p>

politics

Top lawyers for Bush, Clinton and Obama join up to blast Trump’s political prosecutions: ‘No American is safe’

<p>Cheryl Hines appears on 'The View'</p>

POLITICS

Cheryl Hines roasted by The View co-host Sunny Hostin over husband RFK Jr’s circumcision and autism claims

<p>First Lady Melania Trump, pictured in a still from her upcoming documentary, said she had the idea to make a movie about her life after writing her self-titled memoir</p>

politics

Melania Trump’s Amazon documentary promises ‘inside look’ at inauguration lead-up

<p>Scores in reading and math have taken a dip across the country since the pandemic, and a recent report <a href="https://crpe.org/the-state-of-the-american-student-2024/"></a>found the average American student is ‘less than halfway to a full academic recovery’</p>

Health

Social media is hurting your kid’s test scores, researchers say

Bruce Willis’s wife says their kids are ‘grieving’ Die Hard star as dementia progresses

politics

Trump turns to Ukraine-Russia conflict with Zelensky visit. But he does not have the same leverage he had with Israel-Hamas

<p>Pennsylvania Governor's residence arson attack</p>

Crime

‘Haunting’ moment molotov cocktails set Josh Shapiro’s governor’s mansion ablaze is revealed

<p>Teens will be automatically placed in stricter default settings on Instagram, with changes requiring parental permission, and a new ‘limited content’ mode offers even tighter PG-13‑level restrictions.</p>

Instagram is using new PG-13 ratings to restrict teens from seeing inappropriate content

<p>Michael J. Fox speaks onstage during Michael J. Fox and Nelle Fortenberry in Conversation with Donny Deutsch: Future Boy at 92NY on October 13, 2025</p>

Michael J Fox shares desire for a peaceful death ‘without drama’ after 35 years with Parkinson’s

<p>Make America Healthy Again loyalists gather regularly online to rally behind their leader, Robert F Kennedy Jr. </p>

politics

Inside MAHA’s wild biweekly calls featuring Dr Oz, Russell Brand and a Pussycat Doll

<p>Monica Emerson, 38, was killed by four dogs found in her Daytona Beach home after she suffered what police believe was a medical incident. She was found unresponsive by her boyfriend at the home on Friday</p>

NEWS

Daytona Beach woman mauled to death by four dogs after suffering medical episode at home, police say

<p>A California Highway Patrol officer stopped a car in Merced last week after noticing the license plate was fake and hand-drawn by the driver</p>

Crime

It’s basically OK, right? Cops pull over suspect with hand-drawn license plate

Trump Reshapes The World

EHUD OLMERTCOMMENT

Sorry, Donald Trump, but that’s not what I call a peace deal

No other world leader could have brought about this sequence of events to end the war in Gaza – but what happens when the US president’s boastful speeches stop, asks former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert

<p>Donald Trump holds the signed agreement that will bring the war in Gaza to an end at a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt</p>

<p>President Donald Trump whispers to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and British PM Keir Starmer during the Israel-Hamas peace summit in Egypt</p>

POLITICS

Canada’s prime minister caught on hot mic correcting Trump on his title after US leader’s embarrassing gaffe

‘I’ll have Eric call’: Trump’s hot-mic moment with Indonesian president raises questions about side business deals

<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s focus on rising healthcare costs comes as Donald Trump has insisted inflation is no longer an issue</p>

politics

MTG lays into ‘weak Republican men’ in Congress as scorched-earth approach to her own party turns nuclear

politics

‘Worst of all time’: Trump complains about ‘super bad photo’ on Time Magazine cover

<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vowed to ensure the Coast Guard gets paid during the shutdown using an ‘innovative solution’ — but no one knows what that is.</p>

politics

Noem claims to have found an ‘innovative’ solution to pay Coast Guard during shutdown. Nobody knows what it is

<p>San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, right, has emerged as a vocal critic of California Gov. Gavin Newsom on issues including spending, regulation, an countering Trump</p>

POLITICS

Trump has an unlikely new ally hitting back at troll-obsessed Newsom — and he’s a California Democrat

<p>Rama Duwaji, wife of progressive New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, has been attacked for paying tribute to the late Saleh al-Jafarawi</p>

politics

MAGA targets Zohran Mamdani’s wife after she mourns death of Gaza influencer

<p>President Donald Trump gushed about White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s lips for the second time in a bizarre impromptu comment aboard Air Force One.</p>

politics

Trump again makes a weird statement about Karoline Leavitt’s lips: ‘They move like a machine gun, right’

A Donald Trump float is carried in a march during the nationwide No Kings protest in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 14, 2025

politics

MAGA-world already blaming ‘Antifa’ boogeyman for upcoming No Kings protests

<p>Maine Governor Janet Mills launches Senate campaign to unseat Susan Collins</p>

politics

A Democrat 5 years older than Susan Collins, 72, just entered Maine senate race. She’ll have to get past an oysterman first

Bulletin

<p>Trump was concerned that the magazine led with a cover image that “disappeared” his hair.</p>

Trump criticizes ‘really weird’ Time Magazine cover

<p>Curlews are ground-nesting birds that rely on healthy peat bogs and other aquatic ecosystems</p>

Another species officially declared extinct

<p>The 220m 'dinosaur highway' discovered in Oxfordshire</p>

Extensive dinosaur trackways discovered in unlikely location

<p>Bad Bunny during a recent appearance on Saturday Night Live</p>

Music legend congratulates Bad Bunny on Super Bowl

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<p>Rachel and Brandon died just a week before their first wedding anniversary and being found with gunshot wounds in a car. </p>

Crime

Couple found dead of gunshot wounds inside of their car were just days away from their first wedding anniversary

<p>One of the birds injured after a driver ran over a group of nearly 50 birds at a Cape Canaveral, Florida cargo loading area on October 10</p>

Crime

Feds investigating after 50 birds are run over in Florida – and only one survived: ‘Disturbing and deliberate act’

<p>Every year, influenza – the flu – affects millions of people</p>

HEALTH

Warning issued over flu season with five groups urged to get the vaccine

<p>Some of the 50 Waymo driverless cars that clogged a street in the tech-forward California city </p>

NEWS

Road to nowhere: Prankster sends 50 Waymo driverless taxis to dead-end street in San Francisco

<p>Karla Garcia was arrested for her alleged involvement in the death of her 12-year-old daughter</p>

CRIME

Mom, boyfriend and aunt all arrested after remains of murdered 12-year-old found behind abandoned house

<p>A new chain has claimed the top spot for America’s favorite convenience store.</p>

NEWS

America has a new favorite convenience store as Wawa loses its crown

<p>Beyond Meat was the darling of the plant-based meat industry when it went public on the Nasdaq stock exchange in 2019</p>

Beyond Meat dealt another blow in latest bad news for plant-based meat maker

<p>D’Angelo performs in 2016</p>

D’Angelo, soulful and reclusive R&B visionary, dies aged 51

CRIME

Human skull found in Nebraska may belong to missing man Chance Englebert who vanished in 2019

<p>A woman in New York City was killed when strong nor’easter winds blew a solar panel off of its housing. The panel flew for 20 feet before striking her in the head.</p>

NEWS

Elderly woman in NYC is killed by a solar panel that flew off a building in storms and hit her in the head

<p>For the second time this year, the FDA has approved a blood test to help detect Alzheimer’s in older Americans</p>

Simple blood test gets green light by FDA to improve early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

<p>Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize</p>

WORLD

Venezuela closes embassy in Norway after opposition leader who praised Trump wins Nobel Peace Prize

<p>A security guard allegedly fatally shot a homeless man inside a Philadelphia IHOP.</p>

CRIME

IHOP security guard faces murder charge for killing a homeless man causing a disturbance in restaurant

<p>‘They were voting for all the other couples except us, so they were boosting everybody else and trying to drown out my fan base,’ Baldwin said</p>

Hilaria Baldwin — fresh from DWTS elimination — says ‘mean girls’ were behind her exit

<p>‘I lashed out in this very public way that didn’t feel authentic to me. Then, suddenly, this relationship overshadows all the work I’d done’</p>

Lukas Gage: ‘I’m not broken. I’m not a liability. I’m just wired differently’

<p>Elijah Wilks was shot after he struck an off-duty police officer in the face with his gun</p>

news

Family of Milwaukee man gunned down by off-duty cop say the shooting was 'justified'

<p>Former NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told <em>The Independent</em> that Elon Musk has ‘contradicted himself’ when saying lunar missions are a ‘distraction’ on the way to Mars</p>

He’s been to space, ran NASA and can do 40 pushups at IHOP. Here’s why Bill Nelson wants Musk to rethink his Mars plan

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) departs from a luncheon with Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the National Republican Senatorial Committee building on June 13, 2024 in Washington, DC

news

Mitt Romney's sister-in-law, Carrie Romney, found dead after 'jumping or falling' from parking garage

<p>Katy Perry performed in Montreal and Justin Trudeau was in attendance</p>

Katy Perry alludes to Justin Trudeau kiss with pointed comment at London show

<p>Young Man receiving coffee at drive thru counter</p>

Report reveals which fast food drive-thrus have the shortest waits and best customer satisfaction

<p>Christian Suttle, 27, was arrested around 1:30 a.m. Sunday in Kentucky after allegedly passing out between the drive-thru windows at a Burger King.</p>

CRIME

DoorDash driver accused of being high on drugs and passing out in Burger King drive-thru while picking up order

<p>Ben Stiller and his daughter Ella Stiller in New York in October 2024</p>

Ben Stiller’s daughter found out the hard way that you should never work with children, animals – or your dad

British far-right activist Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal fees

<p>Federline and Spears were married from 2004 to 2007</p>

Britney Spears’ ex-husband Kevin Federline recalls ‘fearful’ sons finding her ‘watching them sleep with a knife in her hand’

<p>‘They’re hereee’: Can you survive the night in the house where Poltergeist was filmed?</p>

TRAVEL

Best spooky stays on Airbnb for Halloween, from the ancient castles to the real-life Poltergeist house

<p>Kylie Jenner has released her first song under the moniker King Kylie</p>

Kylie Jenner’s music debut branded ‘embarrassing’ by critics

Crime

A Florida man is on trial for a death of a homeowner during a robbery. But it was cops that shot and killed the victim

<p>Heavy rain is expected to last through Tuesday in Southern California, threatening to cause mudslides in vulnerable areas burned through by the Palisades Fire earlier this year</p>

NEWS

Evacuations ordered for areas impacted by LA wildfires as new storms spark mudslide fears

<p>Carlos Santana (left) and Bad Bunny</p>

Carlos Santana responds to viral claims he opposed Bad Bunny’s 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show

<p>Dallin H. Oaks, pictured on April 6, 2019, has been named the new leader of the Mormon church</p>

NEWS

New Mormon church leader selected and he’s taking over during difficult time for members

ChatGPT to reduce mental health safeguards and let users make erotica

<p>Starting October 16, Taco Bell's Frank’s RedHot Diablo sauce menu lineup includes a Crispy Chicken Burrito, Soft Taco, Nacho Fries, and Chicken Strips.</p>

Taco Bell is adding new menu items and each of them promises to be Red Hot!

<p>A new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), during the military parade to celebrate the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea in North Korea</p>

WORLD

South Korea to build huge nuclear bunker as threat from North heightens

<p>Portia Devine, 35, lost nearly 6 stone on Mounjaro</p>

Health

‘I lost nearly 6 stone on Mounjaro – here’s what stopped the nausea side effects’

IndyBest

<p>Vitamix’s blenders are expensive, but Amazon have slashed the prices this Prime Day</p>

This Prime Day Vitamix deal saves you $200 on the blender

<p>With a saving of 50 percent, now’s the time to make vacuuming easier</p>

This eufy robot vacuum is half price with $650 off for Prime Day

<p>The viral styling tool is reduced by 30 per cent</p>

Shark’s airwrap alternative plummets to lowest price for Prime Day

<p>Amazon’s Big Deal Days sale runs until midnight on October 8</p>

This viral Korean skincare brand is heavily discounted for Prime Day

Culture

<p>Hairdresser Lesley was voted out during Tuesday’s episode</p>

Seventh person leaves Great British Bake Off as new theme introduced

<p>Trump railed against ‘The View’ co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin </p>

Trump rails against View co-host who called him ‘greatest president’

<p>Jonathan Ross: ‘I’m giving them the benefit of my experience, which was that I didn’t enjoy it’</p>

Jonathan Ross warns others about ‘uncomfortable’ Traitors experience

<p>Richard O’Brien (left) with actor and singer Tim Curry, pictured at the Savoy Hotel in January 1974</p>

Tim Curry reveals the film of his Diana said ‘completed her education’

<p>Harry Enfield and Nelson Mandela</p>

Harry Enfield defends controversial Mandela sketch

Eurovision delays vote on Israel’s participation in 2026 contest

Lifestyle

<p>Starting October 16, Taco Bell's Frank’s RedHot Diablo sauce menu lineup includes a Crispy Chicken Burrito, Soft Taco, Nacho Fries, and Chicken Strips.</p>

Taco Bell is adding new Red Hot menu items

<p>‘I learned through the process of this that he was so nervous about eating in front of people,’ Chris (right) said about his father</p>

John Candy’s son condemns interviewers who grilled father about weight

<p>Kris Jenner</p>

Kris Jenner’s plastic surgeon has a ‘password’ for her friends

<p>The Prince and Princess of Wales during a visit to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Learning and Development College near Cookstown, Co Tyrone</p>

Kate and William on surprise trip to Northern Ireland

The foundation set up to honour Vivienne Westwood has launched its first campaign since her death (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Kate Moss in the first campaign from Vivienne Westwood’s charity since the designer’s death

<p>Many scraps from fruits and vegetables can be eaten</p>

Health & Families

The ways you can use up plant scraps instead of throwing them out

<p>Experts say the way we treat and prevent osteoarthritis is badly out of step with the evidence.</p>

Health & Families

The overlooked treatment proven to ease joint pain and prevent disease

<p>The herb can provide people with essential minerals and vitamins that ward off disease and fight inflammation</p>

Health & Families

The common herb that can reduce inflammation and boost immune health

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<p>Pennsylvania Governor's residence arson attack</p>

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<p>Trump explains his 180 on Qatar after previously accusing them of funding terrorism</p>

Trump pivots on Qatar after accusing them of funding terrorism in 2017

<p>Home invasion in Odessa, Florida</p>

Couple ambushed by armed robbers after planting an AirTag on their car

Activists throw paint over 133-year-old Christopher Columbus painting

Travel

Is this new British Airways airport lounge the best in the world?

US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill discovers that BA’s new lounge above Terminal E at Miami International is a welcome return to the glamor of yesteryear

<p>The bar in the new British Airways lounge at Miami International Airport</p>

<p>Digital border: Fingerprint scanning at Prague airport</p>

Simon Calder tests the new EU entry-exit system

<p>Tail down: Moment the tail of the DHL Airbus A300 struck the northern runway at London Heathrow airport</p>

Disruption at Heathrow airport caused by 170mph tail strike

<p>Visitors to Athens are now being treated to a sight not witnessed in decades: an unobstructed, scaffolding-free view of the iconic Parthenon temple</p>

The famous attraction free of scaffolding for first time in decades

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