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Building Brand Melania: How the former first lady’s book sets the stage for her businesswoman revamp

Much has been made of the political strategies lurking inside Melania Trump’s memoir – but it serves another ambitious purpose, writes Sheila Flynn

<p>Melania Trump released her memoir on October 8, weeks before the presidential election her business tycoon husband hopes to win </p>

<p>Harris is releasing her medical information in a challenge to Donald Trump</p>

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Trump fires back at Harris after she shares medical report finding she has ‘physical and mental resilience’ to be president

<p>Richard Allen (pictured in mugshot) will soon stand trial for the 2017 murders of Libby German and Abby Williams (inset)</p>

Crime

Two girls were murdered in Delphi in 2017. The suspect is finally going to trial

<p>Tupac Investigation Las Vegas</p>

Tupac’s brother recalls Diddy phone call after rapper’s murder

<p>Police officers in Chicago responded to a call that a human head was found in a box on a Chicago street in October 2024 </p>

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Human head found in box left on Chicago street

<p>Irish UN peacekeeping soldiers take part in a ceremony at their camp in the southern Lebanese village of Blat, 27 October 2007</p>

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Irish peacekeepers stood their ground in the face of an Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It’s not the first time

<p>Donald Trump’s campaign has requested that he be given a military plane to use for the campaign’s final weeks, instead of his typical Trump Force One </p>

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Trump wants to travel in a military plane because he’s afraid Iran is going to kill him

<p>Stevie Wonder and Kamala Harris</p>

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Stevie Wonder endorses Kamala Harris for US president: ‘I know and believe she will win’

<p>Former president Donald Trump removed signage that fell on top of his teleprompter at a rally and then falsely accused Vice President Kamala Harris of using a teleprompter </p>

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Trump, after mocking Harris over teleprompter use, stops rally to remove sign that fell on his

<p>Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to answer a question about Donald Trump’s virtues </p>

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Harris was asked to name three of Trump’s ‘virtues’. She couldn’t

<p>Harris now has a 2.6-point lead over Trump in the latest average of national polls</p>

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Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

<p>Neptune Memorial Reef is the final resting place of about 1,500 people off the coast of Miami Beach - and is one of the more unusual cemeteries in the US </p>

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Sleeping with the fishes: The story behind Florida’s underwater cemetery that houses 1,500 people

<p>Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya celebrates after winning the 2023 Chicago Marathon</p>

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Chicago Marathon provides reminder of Kelvin Kiptum and running’s great unknown

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<p>The many mugshots of Joseph Malinowski, aka viral sensation ‘Lieutenant Dan’</p>

Hurricane Milton

Lt. Dan became an overnight sensation riding out Milton. Then his long criminal past came to light

<p>Aerial view of destroyed houses in Port St Lucie, Florida, after a tornado hit the area and caused severe damage as Hurricane Milton swept through Florida</p>

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Hurricane Milton: Florida attempts to recover from ‘once in a lifetime’ storm as 1.6m still without power

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One person died after tourists were trapped in a 1,000-foot-deep Colorado gold mine. What happened?

<p>Michelle Flippin, 52, died this week after she was randomly shot while waiting at a bus stop on her way to work </p>

Crime

Mom randomly shot dead by stranger while waiting at bus stop for ride to her new job

<p>Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, (left) is accused of killing Lance Cunningham, 47, (top right), Mario Bilich, 77, (bottom right), and a woman believed to be in her 60s (not pictured) </p>

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A 30-year-old woman is accused of senselessly murdering three people in three days. She’s been labeled a serial killer

<p>Jelly Roll has revealed he attended his first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at 14</p>

Jelly Roll reveals he attended his first AA meeting at 14: ‘I was court-ordered’

<p>Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic penal colony in February </p>

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Navalny’s prison diary: Guards slipped sweets in his pocket to ‘undermine’ hunger strike as he lost 1kg a day

<p>Kristen Bell in ‘Nobody Wants This'</p>

Nobody Wants This fans point out ‘concerning’ detail in Netflix season two announcement

<p>Johnny Depp in ‘The Lone Ranger’, Taika Waititi in ‘Jojo Rabbit’ and Angelina Jolie in ‘Alexander’ </p>

20 most disastrous movie casting mistakes

<p>Retired US Army General Mark Milley told journalist Bob Woodward that Donald Trump is a “total fascist” </p>

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Trump’s top general calls ex-president ‘fascist to the core’ and ‘most dangerous person to this country,’ new book says

<p>JD Vance, speaking to supporters in North Carolina on October 10, refused to answer whether Donald Trump lost in 2020 five times in an interview with The New York Times</p>

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JD Vance was asked 5 times if Trump lost the 2020 election. He refused to answer

<p>Torilena Fields, 32, was arrested and charged with obstructing governmental operations, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse </p>

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Woman known for 'casting spells' arrested after cops find cooked human body parts in her home

<p>Not underwater: Images of Walt Disney World in Florida flooded appear to be AI-generated </p>

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Fake photos of Disney World flooded during Hurricane Milton spread online by Russian news agency

<p>Winston Nguyen, pictured in 2014 competing on the game show ‘Jeopardy!,’ now faces charges related to soliciting sexual photos from children while teaching math at a Brooklyn, New York school</p>

Crime

Airbnb refused to refund woman whose host is charged with sex crimes - until reporters came knocking

<p>Tyler Boebert, 19, appeared at Garfield County Court on Thursday to enter the plea, after being arrested in February of this year</p>

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Lauren Boebert’s son pleads guilty to attempted identity theft, avoiding jail time

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Everest’s great mystery solved? Sandy Irvine’s remains found 100 years he vanished

<p>Steven Rashaad Deloach was charged with the first-degree-murder of Dominic Daughtrey</p>

Crime

A father was gunned down at an apartment complex. A baseball cap led cops to a suspect

<p>Pictured is a black bear – an animal that can legally be hunted for its meat in North America</p>

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Ten people including five kids served bear meat infected with parasites at barbecue

<p>In need of more love: ‘Get Over It’, ‘The Cat in the Hat’ and ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ </p>

The 20 most underrated films of all time

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19 dead and thousands trapped as Israeli forces strike Jabalia refugee camps

<p>TikTok star Taylor Rousseau Grigg’s cause of death revealed by her family</p>

TikTok star Taylor Rousseau Grigg’s cause of death revealed

<p>The incident in question occurred on a United flight from JFK to LAX </p>

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Traveler claims United flight attendant refused to serve him because he’s gay

<p>The infant did not survive the bite after being taken to the hospital, police said </p>

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1-month-old baby dies after being bitten by family dog: ‘They just didn’t pay attention’

<p>Kate Middleton made a surprise joint appearance with Prince William</p>

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Harry issues internet warning to parents as Kate ramps up return

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People can’t stop comparing Elon Musk’s new Tesla’ Optimus Robot to Will Smith sci-fi cult classic

<p>John O’Neill, 33, was yanked into a wood chipping machine about 15 minutes into his new job in late September</p>

Colorado man loses both legs in wood chipper accident 15 minutes into his first day at his new job

How Jennifer Lopez’s Grammy dress inspired Google Images

Race For The White House

<p>Musk recently made an appearance at a campaign rally for Trump</p>

Elon Musk is now Donald Trump’s arch-propagandist – here’s why that’s a problem

The Twitter/X owner wants to control the way you think – and he doesn’t need a brain implant to do it, writes Ryan Coogan

<p>Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday. When asked about his kids, Trump went on an eight-minute-long rant calling for people convicted of fentanyl-related crimes to face the death penalty</p>

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Trump was asked about raising his kids. He went on an eight-minute rant calling for the death penalty

<p>The civility JD Vance showed during his debate with Tim Walz was not on display in North Carolina </p>

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JD Vance says ‘they want you to live in a pod, eat bugs and own nothing’ at bizarre North Carolina event

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Trump guesses Obama will vote for him because he doesn’t like ‘low IQ’ Harris

<p>This image released by Briarcliff Entertainment shows Jeremy Strong, left, and Sebastian Stan in a scene from the film ‘The Apprentice’ </p>

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Ghostwriter says ‘The Apprentice’ bio-pic gets ‘most things’ right

<p>Musk shaking Trump’s hand at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. </p>

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California rejects further SpaceX rocket launches after Musk’s ‘aggressive’ presidential race involvement

<p>Donald Trump delivered his latest rant labeling a woman stupid at his rally in Scranton this week </p>

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Why Trump went after Whoopi Goldberg and the ‘Call Her Daddy’ host in his latest rant

<p>Donald Trump’s campaign has seen a significant decrease in the number of small donors compared to 2020 </p>

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Fewer ‘everyday people’ have donated to Trump’s campaign than in 2020

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Trump unwittingly reveals Tiffany is pregnant as he goes off-script in speech

<p>Angela Alsobrooks and Larry Hogan faced off on Thursday in a debate in the Maryland US Senate race.</p>

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Maryland’s Senate race was friendly — until it really, really wasn’t

<p>Donald Trump speaks to the Detroit Economic Club on October 10</p>

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Trump’s campaign racks up $750,000 in unpaid bills for police protection at his rallies

<p>The Republican presidential nominee made the mistake at least six times during a 15-minute call Monday night</p>

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Trump confused a Democratic governor’s gender in error-strewn call. She had the perfect response

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<p>An earlier version of the Okhotnik combat drone (above) flies alongside an Su-57 jet</p>

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What is the mysterious advanced Russian weapon downed by Moscow’s own forces in embarrassment for Putin?

Updates: Kyiv hits fuel depot supplying Putin’s army in overnight strike

<p>Sarina Rodriguez was killed after a rock flew through her car windshield as she drove along a California highway. Police have not made any arrests </p>

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Woman killed when rock smashes through her car windshield

<p>At least two people have died after a leak at a Texas plant, officials said </p>

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At least 2 killed and dozens injured after chemical leak at a Texas oil refinery

<p>Kanye West in Berlin in July 2024. A new lawsuit alleges he threatened to kill an employee </p>

Kanye West threatened to kill employee and investigated Kardashians for sex trafficking, lawsuit says

<p>Suzanne Clark Simpson, 51, has been missing from Olmos Park since Sunday, October 6 2024 </p>

Crime

Texas realtor disappeared after a party. Now her husband has been arrested

<p>Sarah Turney (right) questions her father Michael Turney (left) about what happened when her sister went missing in 2001 </p>

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A woman’s search for her sister led to the arrest of their father. She sat down with him to ask him what happened

<p>Screengrab from a trailer of Sancta </p>

Opera of live sex and piercing leaves 18 theatregoers ill with severe nausea

<p>A military investigation into the death of two Navy SEALs found their drownings was preventable </p>

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Deaths of Navy SEALS who drowned while climbing on a boat carrying illicit weapons was preventable, military says

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Diddy’s lawyers want a trial next spring for music mogul accused of sex-trafficking

<p>TV - Nobody Wants This</p>

Netflix renews No 1 show weeks after release of debut season

<p>A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Georgia. Gun violence incidents on school campuses has officially surpassed all of 2023 as of September 30 — with three months to go </p>

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School gun deaths reach 48 this year as grim total surpasses 2023 with months to go

<p>Artist’s image of the cellar found at an archaeological site in Denmark</p>

‘Advanced’ construction technology found at 5000-year-old Stone Age site in Denmark

<p>Kashka Otto,22, (pictured) was stabbed by a customer during a heated argument on Sunday morning at the fast-food chain in Nānākuli</p>

Crime

Man stabbed to death for asking person to stop moving tables inside a Wendy’s

<p>Pictured: Elijah Gumbus, 13, who was last seen leaving the Weiss Guys Express Wash in Arizona </p>

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A 13-year-old boy went missing at an Arizona car wash. He hasn’t been seen for a month

<p>Amari and Javar Ruffin were separated at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in August after spending 10 months attached at the abdomen </p>

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Conjoined twins are successfully separated at Philadelphia hospital

<p>Meghan Rouns, 27, went missing in Helena, Montana, on Friday. Her remains were found days after she went missing </p>

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Body of missing woman who mysteriously vanished riding a horse in Montana is found

<p>Garth Brooks pictured in Nashville in May 2023</p>

Garth Brooks slammed for revealing rape accuser’s identity

Lifestyle

<p>One of the most Googled questions about Pugh is how to pronounce her last name </p>

Florence Pugh explains how to pronounce her last name

<p>Travis Kelce’s ex speaks out about hate from Taylor Swift fans</p>

Travis Kelce’s ex speaks out about hate messages from Taylor Swift fans

<p>North West claims Kim Kardashian cooked ‘mac and cheese’ for her kids two years ago </p>

North West claims mom Kim Kardashian hasn’t cooked for her in 2 years

<p>Joanne and R Kelly</p>

R Kelly’s daughter claims she was sexually abused by singer when she was a child in new documentary

<p>Jessica Chastain says she received a $15 credit for her in-flight entertainment malfunction </p>

Jessica Chastain splits fans over ‘tone deaf’ complaint about $15 JetBlue flight refund

<p>TikTok star Taylor Rousseau Grigg’s cause of death revealed by her family</p>

TikTok star Taylor Rousseau Grigg’s cause of death revealed by her family

<p>Drake Hogestyn in LA in October 2015</p>

Days of Our Lives' Star Drake Hogestyn's Cause of Death Confirmed Less Than 2 Weeks After the Actor Died at 70

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