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South Korea to recall its ambassador to Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute

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The South Korean announcement on Thursday came days after its President Lee Jae Myung threatened unspecified punitive steps if Ukraine refuses to apologize over the revelation.
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South Korea test-flies its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon

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The test follows North Korea's recent hypersonic missile test. Tensions between the Koreas have increased after land mine explosions injured three South Korean soldiers near the border. North Korea denies responsibility.

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Strike on Ukrainian public bus leaves 30 dead as blackouts worsen in Kyiv

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Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine have killed 30 people and injured at least 18, according to authorities. The attacks included a strike on a public bus and have worsened power outages in Kyiv.
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Jasmine Garsd

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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As crypto and prediction markets expand, their regulator shrinks

Luke Garrett

Even as the agency is tasked with drawing up new rules for crypto and prediction markets, its staffing and enforcement actions have dropped precipitously during the second Trump administration.
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Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find

Sara Obeidat, Josh Baker

A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity is living quietly in Lebanon, bankrolled and protected by American and Lebanese authorities, a BBC/NPR investigation has found.

Naman Shah examines a patient at Monrovia Health Center, a Los Angeles County public health clinic in Monrovia, California. Shah says reducing medical debt in the community will depend on effective prevention strategies, just as stopping the spread of infectious disease does.

Lauren Justice

KFF Health News and Tradeoffs

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Medical debt is crushing hospital patients in LA. Health officials may have a fix

Noam Levey

In Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, a new system could screen hospital patients for financial aid, preventing hundreds of thousands from getting bills they can't pay.

A general view of voting machines at the Franklin County Board of Elections on Oct. 6, 2026 in Columbus, Ohio.

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Toss-ups, triage and targets: How to read the wide-open 2026 House map

Stephen Fowler

A police officer monitors video surveillance in the real-time crime center at the Irvine Police Department in California in 2024. It's unclear whether Irvine uses Axon Fusus surveillance software or another software in its crime center.

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Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome

Meg Anderson

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How 'Musk' director Alex Gibney became a critic

Steve Inskeep, Olivia Hampton

A trove of documents and interviews with people close to tech billionaire Elon Musk reveal a damning picture of his rise as one of the world's richest and most powerful men.
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Poet and essayist Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in literature

Andrew Limbong, Chloee Weiner

Carson's writing, including The Beauty of the Husband, Autobiography of Red, and Eros the Bittersweet, is eclectic in genre and theme.
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Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club

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President Trump said he wants to develop one of his Florida golf courses into a presidential retreat where his successors can spend quiet weekends, describing it as "sort of a Camp David."
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Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died

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María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.
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Isaias strengthens into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season

Bill Chappell

Tropical Storm Isaias is now the first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 — and it's spinning toward the southeastern U.S.