Major Leadership Change Hits DOJ After Election

Attorney General Todd Blanche said he accepted Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon’s resignation, marking a major post‑election shake‑up at the Justice Department.Story SnapshotAttorney General Todd Blanche announced he accepted Harmeet Dhillon’s resignation after...
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One Diagnosis, One Unlikely Survival Story

A young woman says doctors told her parents to abort because she had only a 2 percent chance to survive to birth, and she...
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Justices Shut Down Retirement Speculation

Despite loud rumors of a swift Supreme Court shakeup, no justice plans to step down before year’s end, closing the door on a rushed lame-duck confirmation push.Story SnapshotJustice Samuel Alito says he will serve through the current term, tamping down retirement talk.Justice Clarence Thomas has made no public move to retire, and reporting finds no vacancy steps.A lame-duck opening was procedurally possible, but no official actions support it.Past rumors, including a retracted report, helped fuel speculation without proof.What sparked the retirement rumorsElection timing and Senate control set off talk of a quick Supreme Court vacancy after the midterms. Reports...
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Fake Job Interview Leads to $6.3 Billion Heist

Hackers drained about $6.3 billion from Binance in minutes after a fake job interview planted hidden malware that reached an internal wallet system.Story HighlightsBinance says a fake recruiting process delivered malware to an engineer’s laptop.On-chain activity shows a delegated authorization used to empty an Ethereum hot wallet.Roughly $6.3 billion moved across about ten blockchains in about 20 minutes.Binance says it has replenished about 98% of affected assets and rebuilt systems.How the attack allegedly began with a fake interviewBinance co-chief executive Richard Teng said attackers posed as recruiters and ran interviews in September. He said they sent a coding test...
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Crypto’s Worst Night: FBI Points North Korea

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says North Korea stole more than $6 billion from Binance, turning the world’s largest crypto exchange into a state-funded...
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Miscarriage Data Raises Alarm

Members of Congress say immigration detention saw at least 18 miscarriages in 2025, and officials stopped releasing updated data soon after.Story HighlightsLawmakers cite at least 18 miscarriages in immigration custody through October 3, 2025.Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidance limits detaining known pregnant people, with strict care rules.Public reporting says miscarriage tracking lapsed after October 2025, leaving gaps in oversight.Advocacy and faith leaders warn of delayed care and poor conditions tied to pregnancy risks.What Prompted New Scrutiny of Pregnancy Care in DetentionThree House members pressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement in an October 2026 letter after learning agency records showed at...
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Right-Wing Cage Match Turns Brutally Personal

Tucker Carlson escalated his feud with Senator Ted Cruz by calling him “the saddest member of Congress” and claiming his “personal life is a true disaster.”Story HighlightsCarlson leveled sharp personal insults at Cruz during his program, pushing their clash beyond policy disputes.The remarks follow past on-air confrontations between the two over foreign policy, including Iran and Israel.Cruz has also attacked Carlson in recent months, calling him a dangerous demagogue in his own media appearances.The exchange reflects a broader pattern where political fights turn into personal ridicule, not verifiable claims.Carlson’s New Attack Targets Cruz’s CharacterMediaite reported that Tucker Carlson described...
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Georgia Rally Clip Fuels Accent Controversy

A short Georgia clip of Kamala Harris’s rally line set off a fresh fight over whether politicians are performing for voters or simply speaking...
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Brain Signals Twist: Faces Blur In Autism

A new study of hundreds of children reports that autistic brains show less distinct electrical signals for faces than for objects during vision tasks, shifting how scientists think face processing develops in autism.Story HighlightsResearchers recorded brain activity across the whole scalp while children viewed faces and objects.Autistic participants showed less clearly separable signals for faces than neurotypical peers.Face-related brain responses became more specialized with age in neurotypical children but not in autistic children, in this sample.Machine-learning tools identified whether a child viewed a face or object from brain patterns, with differences by diagnosis.What the researchers measured and why it...
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Dino Killer Sparked Ant Uprising?

A giant space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago may have also handed ants the genetic tools to take over the planet.Quick TakeScientists studied 163 ant genomes covering 12 of 16 living ant subfamilies.They found bursts of "jumping genes" in ant ancestors right before the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit.Those same ant groups later exploded into thousands of species.The study shows a strong link, but does not prove the asteroid directly caused the gene bursts.New Study Links Ant Genes To Ancient DisasterResearchers led by Lukas Schrader at the University of Münster compared genomes from 163 ant species....
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