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Nearly 1 million chickens killed at egg farm as nation’s largest bird flu outbreak grows– www.independent.co.uk

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Nearly 1 million chickens killed at egg farm as nation’s largest bird flu outbreak grows– www.independent.co.uk
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Nearly 1 million chickens were killed at an Illinois farm after a bird flu outbreak became the nation’s largest active outbreak this week.

The outbreak affected 934,600 birds at a commercial table egg layer facility in Clinton County, Illinois, the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed. It reportedly occurred at Rose Acre Farms, located outside Germantown, village officials told KSDK.

Rose Acre Farms is the second-largest egg producer in the U.S., according to the company’s website. With no treatment available for highly pathogenic avian influenza, better known as bird flu, authorities must kill infected and exposed birds to contain the virus.

Losing nearly a million hens could disrupt egg production and put further pressure on prices as supplies tighten.

The scale of the Illinois outbreak far exceeds other active cases nationwide. Minnesota had the next-highest number of birds affected, with 168,880 statewide, according to the USDA.

Israel holds massive military drills as Iran escalation risk grows– www.foxnews.com

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Israel holds massive military drills as Iran escalation risk grows– www.foxnews.com
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The Israeli military launched large-scale domestic military exercises on Sunday to counter surprise border infiltrations and ground raids across northern and central Israel, mobilizing multiple divisions and air assets amid rising regional tensions.

The drills, set to continue over 48 hours, came as an Israeli security expert invoked the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when Egypt and Syria used exercises to disguise preparations for a surprise attack, warning that escalating tensions in the region could in fact trigger what he described as a “dangerous miscalculation.”

The large-scale maneuvers, the IDF said, involve the Northern Command’s 210th Division, the West Bank Division, and the Central Command’s 98th and 96th divisions, alongside the Israeli Air Force.

AI Boom Sparks Growing Backlash Over Data Centers Across America

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AI Boom Sparks Growing Backlash Over Data Centers Across America– cbn.com
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 From rural Texas to communities nationwide, America’s artificial intelligence boom is colliding with growing backlash over the data centers needed to power it.

Supporters point to jobs, investment, and the race to win AI dominance. Opponents worry about the effects on water, power, and the character of communities where these projects are planned.

In Hood County, Texas, southwest of Fort Worth, one massive proposal is at the center of a fierce fight.

Brian and Laura Crawford raise oryx on their land in the Paluxy River Valley. A massive data center campus would sit just across their fence line.

“We will be able to see data center buildings on a hill that’s just not far. In fact, it’s only about 300 feet from our fence line, but we would be able to see that every day as we walk out our door,” Brian Crawford said.

Presidential race in Bulgaria heads to runoff due to record low turnout– abcnews.com

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Presidential race in Bulgaria heads to runoff due to record low turnout– abcnews.com
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SOFIA, Bulgaria — The presidential election in Bulgaria on Sunday ended inconclusively, with the next head of state to be picked in a runoff, according to election officials.

A record low turnout, attributed by observers to a general mistrust in politicians resulting in voter apathy, will pit two contrasting political visions against each other in a highly polarized contest on Nov. 1.

In a surprisingly strong performance, the candidate of the pro-Western reformist opposition, Andrey Gyurov, will face the incumbent leftist president, Iliana Yotova, setting clear lines of division regarding the country’s future relationships with other nations.

Bulgarians voted against a backdrop of growing economic hardship and drone attacks on Black Sea shipping. The vote is the first major test for the Moscow-friendly Progressive Bulgaria party of Prime Minister Rumen Radev after its triumph in parliamentary elections in April.

Despite a record number of candidates, the race had been expected to be decided in a runoff between incumbent Yotova, backed by Radev’s party, and former caretaker Prime Minister Gyurov, who is backed by pro-Western opposition parties.

Nigerian president launches reelection bid during a cost-of-living crisis and a fractured opposition– abcnews.com

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Nigerian president launches reelection bid during a cost-of-living crisis and a fractured opposition– abcnews.com
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ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu launched his reelection bid Saturday, campaigning at a rally for a second presidential term during a cost-of-living crisis and a fractured opposition.

The presidential election will be held in January against the backdrop of a worsening economy that has caused anger among voters against Tinubu’s government, but which Tinubu blamed on opposition parties.

“I hear my opponents talking about hunger and poverty. Who created it? They did,” he said at a rally in the northwestern state of Kaduna. “They created the hunger, they created the poverty. We are trying to eradicate it.”

Tinubu is being challenged by over a dozen opposition candidates, but analysts predict a three-man race between Tinubu and the two contenders he defeated in 2023. They are former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress, or ADC, a serial presidential candidate, and Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, or NDC, a former state governor who blew the last race wide open with his mass appeal to Nigeria’s youth.

Husband decapitated wife, paraded her head and then forgiven by her parents | World | News– www.express.co.uk

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Husband decapitated wife, paraded her head and then forgiven by her parents | World | News– www.express.co.uk
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The shocking murder happened in Iran (Image: Getty)

A man who decapitated his wife and paraded through the streets clutching her severed head received a sentence of just eight years in an Iranian prison.

He avoided a more severe punishment after her parents reportedly chose not to invoke Iran’s Islamic law of retribution.

Mona Heydari, a mother of one, was only 17 when she was dragged from a car outside her family home and murdered in February 2022, according to court documents.

Her husband Sajjad Heydari, together with his brother Heydar, carried out the savage killing in Ahvaz, the capital of the south-western Khuzestan Province.

A judiciary spokesman disclosed that the lenient sentence was imposed because Mona’s parents had “pardoned” him for the killing rather than seeking retribution.

Mona, who had been married off at just 12, had initially fled her abusive husband and escaped to Turkey with another man, the court was told.

Heydari had reportedly refused Mona’s requests for a divorce.

EXCLUSIVE: Noah’s Ark research team says ‘they will have to re-write textbooks’– www.lifesitenews.com

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EXCLUSIVE: Noah’s Ark research team says ‘they will have to re-write textbooks’– www.lifesitenews.com
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(LifeSiteNews) — Researchers investigating a boat-shaped rock formation in eastern Turkey that is believed to be the remains of Noah’s Ark have drilled deep into the structure and collected more than 400 samples, which are now undergoing laboratory analysis.

The project is being carried out by the Noah’s Ark Scans group, that says this is the first drilling campaign conducted with official authorization and under the supervision of Turkish universities. The purpose of the drilling is to determine whether the anomalies identified by previous ground-penetrating radar and geophysical scans can be explained by natural causes or whether they represent traces of an artificial structure.

In an interview with LifeSiteNews, team member Lauren Witzke discusses the drilling campaign, the evidence the researchers say they have found, and the objections raised by critics of the project.

LifeSiteNews: Dear Miss Witzke, thank you for your availability. First of all, what is your role within the research team?

Lauren Witzke: My role is fundraising and marketing. Last year in November of 2025, God laid on my heart Noah’s Ark. I don’t know why, and I couldn’t explain it. I usually worked in politics and media. But it was something I just had to do.

I went searching and reading, and God led me to Noah’s Ark Scans. I sent Andrew Jones, the founder, an email and told him that I felt like God wanted me to help him. A few months later, we [got] approval from Turkish officials to study Noah’s Ark. A small team of American Christians received approval, and [yet] not a single Turkish official voted against it. It was totally God. All of this has been God.

Watch: Ilhan Omar, AOC Unexpectedly Show up on Football Fans’ TVs, Making Racist, Anti-White Comments Many Voters Had Never Heard– www.westernjournal.com

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Watch: Ilhan Omar, AOC Unexpectedly Show up on Football Fans’ TVs, Making Racist, Anti-White Comments Many Voters Had Never Heard– www.westernjournal.com
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Fans tuning in to watch Saturday’s game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Michigan Wolverines were met with a hard-hitting advertisement during a commercial break from America Next.

The conservative nonprofit describes themselves as a group “not focused on elections,” but “winning the war of ideas.”

It has definitely met the left at the front lines of that war with their ad.

Viewers saw New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Minnesota Democratic Rep. “Ilhan Omar” making blatantly racist remarks about white people.

At least 12 injured, including 6 children, in a shooting near Florida A&M University– www.cbsnews.com

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At least 12 injured, including 6 children, in a shooting near Florida A&M University– www.cbsnews.com
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At least 12 people were injured, including six children, in a shooting Saturday near a football stadium in Tallahassee on homecoming weekend for Florida A&M University, authorities said. Eleven people suffered gunshot wounds.

Tallahassee police said in a statement Sunday that six of the shooting victims remained hospitalized, and five had been discharged. One of those still hospitalized was being treated for critical injuries.

The department previously said at least three people sustained serious injuries in the shooting, while nine others are reported to be in stable condition.

The preliminary investigation indicates that a fight broke out before the shooting, according to police. It followed a football game in a crowded area.

The Tallahassee Police Department said Sunday that no arrests have been made, but investigators are working to identify those responsible. The department has established a dedicated tip line for people to submit information and a link for people to upload photos and video.

The Trump administration has filed 31 lawsuits seeking states’ voter data. Here’s where they stand.– www.cbsnews.com

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The Trump administration has filed 31 lawsuits seeking states’ voter data. Here’s where they stand.– www.cbsnews.com
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Washington — President Trump’s administration has mounted efforts in nearly all 50 states to obtain their complete voter rolls containing sensitive information about registered voters in their states.

The Justice Department has argued that the information is needed to ensure states are complying with two federal voting laws, the Help America Vote Act and the National Voter Registration Act, which aim to ensure states have programs in place for maintaining accurate voter rolls.

The administration sent letters to most of the states last year seeking unredacted electronic copies of their statewide voter registration lists, which include voters’ birthdates, addresses, partial Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers.

A number of states have turned over publicly available versions of their voter rolls, but have declined to provide their complete lists. In response, the Justice Department has filed lawsuits against 30 states and the District of Columbia in an effort to force them to hand over the voter data.

Donald Trump insists polls are fake and claims his approval rating is really at 60%– www.independent.co.uk

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Donald Trump insists polls are fake and claims his approval rating is really at 60%– www.independent.co.uk
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President Donald Trump dismissed polls showing his approval rating falling ahead of November’s midterm elections, insisting Americans should trust his claim that his support is closer to 60 percent.

In an interview with The Washington Examiner’s Byron York, published Saturday, Trump called the polling figures “fake” when asked about a RealClearPolitics average showing 38.8 percent of Americans approved of his job performance, while 60.4 percent disapproved.

“It’s fake,” Trump said.

When York pressed him on what he believed his actual approval rating was, Trump rejected the figures and insisted his support was much higher.

“The job approval, they said it’s 37, 38?” Trump asked. “I’m not at 38.”

As Trump fights over what America owes, slavery descendants organize for the future– abcnews.com

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As Trump fights over what America owes, slavery descendants organize for the future– abcnews.com
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WASHINGTON — N’nanba (Robin Rue Simmons) has spent years trying to answer a question that has vexed the United States since the abolition of slavery: What would it actually look like to repair the damage?

In Evanston, Illinois, she helped turn that question into a $25,000 housing grant for Black residents whose families were harmed by discriminatory housing policies. Now, Rue Simmons is spreading the nation’s first municipal reparations program to more than 100 communities across the country.

But as America celebrates its 250th anniversary, there is a formidable hurdle: President Donald Trump’s administration.

The administration’s campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and its broader efforts to curtail federal support for race-based initiatives and Black history, have prompted some institutions to reconsider or quietly scale back reparations work.

Those reversals come while at least part of the world community is reexamining the past. In March the U.N. General Assembly issued a resolution declaring the trafficking of millions of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations. More than 120 countries supported the resolution — only three voted against it — Argentina, Israel and the U.S. Fifty-two, including England and 27 members of the European Union, abstained.

“Under this administration, of course, there are many barriers to achieving that, but we still stand on federal redress as our collective north star,” Rue Simmons, the chairman of Evanston’s Reparations Committee and a former city councilwoman, told The Associated Press.

Campaigns, attorneys weigh in on Trump’s DOJ suit to block election results if Sen. Sullivan loses– www.adn.com

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Campaigns, attorneys weigh in on Trump’s DOJ suit to block election results if Sen. Sullivan loses– www.adn.com
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The Trump administration’s Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop Alaska officials from certifying the results of the U.S. Senate race if Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses his reelection bid, and calling for an investigation into whether votes cast for a namesake challenger were intended for the incumbent.

Attorneys and lawmakers have decried the move, labeling it legally unfounded and a political maneuver.

With early voting already underway in the Nov. 3 general election, the lawsuit could create a legal hurdle if Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola defeats the Republican senator in the closely watched race.

The race for Alaska’s Senate seat is seen as one of a few battleground contests that could determine whether Democrats flip control of the chamber.

The lawsuit alleges that the presence of retired Petersburg educator Dan J. Sullivan, a Republican who shares the same first and last name as the incumbent, on the ballot “threatens to mislead Alaskan citizens who want to vote for Senator Sullivan.”

Gunman in Paris suburb kills 1, wounds several in possible terrorist act, wanted “to cause a bloodbath,” officials say– www.cbsnews.com

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Gunman in Paris suburb kills 1, wounds several in possible terrorist act, wanted “to cause a bloodbath,” officials say– www.cbsnews.com
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A gunman shooting from his car killed one person and at least 5 others, including a 12-year-old girl, in the Paris suburb of Trappes on Friday, in what authorities described as a racially motivated act of terrorism.

President Emmanuel Macron called it “a racist terror attack” and said the suspect’s statements suggested it was premeditated.

“These people were targeted because of their skin color or perceived religion, and for no other reason,” Macron said following a meeting with officials and residents in the suburb of Trappes, west of Paris. “There is no place for this in France.”

The alleged shooter was “firing at random, wanting to cause a bloodbath” as he drove through Trappes and neighboring La Verriere, Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh told broadcaster BFMTV.

“This is probably one of the first attempted mass killings motivated by Islamophobia and racism,” Rabeh told reporters, The Associated Press reported. “This was a terrorist attack with racist, likely Islamophobic, overtones.”

Chinese scientists discover “D-rex,” a giant fungus with roots stretching back 65 million years– www.sciencedaily.com

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Chinese scientists discover “D-rex,” a giant fungus with roots stretching back 65 million years– www.sciencedaily.com
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Scientists exploring the forests of Yunnan, China, have discovered an extraordinary giant fungus that is challenging previous assumptions about how large certain fungi can grow. The newly identified species, Dianjunus rex, produces upright reproductive structures that can reach 50 cm (20 inches) in height and weigh as much as 2.2 kg (4.9 pounds). These are the largest known fruiting bodies among fungi belonging to the phylum Ascomycota.

“This remarkable species represents a new fungal family, Dianjunaceae, and provides a rare window into the evolution of extreme fungal body forms,” said Dr Indunil C Senanayake, an associate professor at the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species of the Kunming Institute of Botany in China and corresponding author of the study, published in Frontiers in Fungal Biology.

“The discovery illustrates how much fungus biodiversity remains to be discovered in East Asian forests.”

A Giant Fungus Hidden in China’s Forests

Researchers from the Kunming Institute of Botany encountered the unusual fungus while surveying several forest environments in Yunnan. Their fieldwork included temperate coniferous forests near Damaidi and Yipinglang, along with tropical rainforest near Nanbang.

Traders Are Letting xAI’s Grok Bot Run Unsupervised, and It Already Lost Money

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Traders Are Letting xAI’s Grok Bot Run Unsupervised, and It Already Lost Money– startupfortune.com
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xAI’s Grok Bot now trades around the clock on its own cloud computer. What happened to one trader’s DRB tokens is the question every other trader leaving it unsupervised should be asking.

In May 2026, an X user convinced Grok’s trading bot companion, Bankrbot, to send roughly $200,000 worth of DRB tokens, 3 billion of them, to a wallet that wasn’t supposed to get a cent. The trick wasn’t sophisticated in the way people picture AI exploits. The attacker sent a Bankr Club membership NFT to Grok’s wallet, then asked Grok to translate a Morse code message buried inside it. Grok translated it, relayed the decoded instruction to Bankrbot as if it were a normal request, and Bankrbot executed the transfer on the Base network. Nobody hacked anything. They just asked nicely, in code.

That’s the backdrop against which xAI has spent 2026 pushing Grok from a chatbot you prompt into something closer to a coworker you hand a task and walk away from. On August 11, xAI launched Grok Bot: agents with their own persistent cloud computer, a real browser, a file system, a terminal, and memory that survives after you close your laptop. Then, on September 28, Elon Musk posted on X that “Grok Bot now works as a team,” rolling out the ability for multiple bots to coordinate, hand off tasks, and share context with each other instead of running as isolated instances.

Pakistan urges Afghanistan to act against militants and denies recruiting Afghan fighters– www.washingtontimes.com

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Pakistan urges Afghanistan to act against militants and denies recruiting Afghan fighters– www.washingtontimes.com
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Pakistan urged Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Saturday to take verifiable action against militants it says operate from Afghan territory, dismissing Kabul’s assertion that Islamabad was shifting blame for its own security failures.

Trump announces at a Georgia campaign rally that Audi will build a new auto factory in the state– abcnews.com

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Trump announces at a Georgia campaign rally that Audi will build a new auto factory in the state– abcnews.com
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PERRY, Ga. — President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that Audi will build an automobile plant in Georgia as he tries to deliver on his promise to bolster American manufacturing in the final days before the midterm elections.

Speaking at a campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, where he sought to boost Republican candidates, Trump said Audi — the German luxury brand owned by Volkswagen — would commit $4.2 billion in nearby Macon to begin construction on a plant that will produce 200,000 cars a year.

“Think of that. 200,000 cars a year. That’s incredible,” Trump said, crediting his aggressive and unpopular tariff policies for the company’s decision to build the plant.

The announcement seemed timed to offer a last-minute boost to Republican candidates in the battleground state, including Rep. Mike Collins, who is trying to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Trump has spent October campaigning in reliably Republican states as the party tries to hold onto its majorities in the House and Senate. Trump won Georgia in 2024 after losing it in 2020.

Trump was joined on stage by Gernot Döllner, the chairman of the board of management at Audi, who said the plant would be producing “our biggest and most premium SUVs.”

“This is a long-term investment, because we believe in the American market,” he said.

Audi, in a news release, said the plant — its first in Georgia — would create approximately 4,500 jobs and that construction was scheduled to begin in 2027, with production beginning in the early 2030s.

Republicans are bracing for losses in the Nov. 3 midterm elections as they contend with an unpopular president and an electorate that is angry over high costs and the ongoing war in Iran.

At the rally, Rick Jackson, the Republican candidate for Georgia governor, thanked Trump for the plans.

“Thank you on behalf of Georgia for putting the biggest economic deal in Georgia history right here today,” he said.

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Colvin reported from New York.


MP Helen Haines has second leg amputated after left-wing activist ‘rammed her with car’ as husband reveals health update– www.thesun.co.uk

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MP Helen Haines has second leg amputated after left-wing activist ‘rammed her with car’ as husband reveals health update– www.thesun.co.uk
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AUSTRALIAN MP Helen Haines has had both her legs amputated after a left-wing climate activist allegedly rammed her with a car.

A suspect has been charged after the terrifying “targeted” ordeal saw the MP, 65, repeatedly hit by a Toyota Land Cruiser before being pinned underneath it.

Helen’s husband Phil confirmed the double amputation today saying: “We had been hoping that her right leg would be saved, but as of this afternoon or this morning, the surgeons had to also remove her right leg.”

“But the good news in all this is Helen is alive and she’s stable. That is the most important thing for our family.”

Antifa cells mobilize across France for National Rally protests in Orléans– www.foxnews.com

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Antifa cells mobilize across France for National Rally protests in Orléans– www.foxnews.com
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!

FIRST ON FOX: Some 50 radical Antifa cells in a wider network of nearly 300 groups are mobilizing to ensure this weekend’s demonstrations in France devolve into chaos and mayhem, Fox News Digital has learned.

Self-described Antifa groups are working with a sprawling network of communist, socialist, far-left and anti-Israel groups to mobilize on two fronts this weekend: an “anti-fascist village” against conservative leader Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in the city of Orléans and nationwide protests called Acte II to replicate last week’s violent riots.

A Fox News Digital investigation has mapped 287 groups in France’s expanding protest ecosystem, including 50 explicitly Antifa organizations, 27 explicitly communist, socialist, Trotskyist or revolutionary-left organizations, 24 labor unions and an expanding coalition of far-left anti-Israel, migrant-rights, environmental, feminist, transgender and other activist organizations. The demonstrations, which claim to be about youth education, include just 27 student and youth organizations.

The coordination comes amid a wider transnational campaign of mayhem organized by communist, socialist and leftist groups in Greece, Italy, Spain, India and elsewhere.

Fox News Digital has compiled a running who’s who of organizations in what has been dubbed “Chaos Inc.” and will keep updating the directory.

The size of the mobilization represents a huge expansion from the original 54 organizations identified in last weekend’s riots. The number of Acte II actions has also increased to 649 planned protests, as of early Friday morning in Paris, including at 21 train stations, three ports, two oil depots and one refinery.

Italian priest Giannicola Maria Simone gives middle finger to Milan rioters outside church– nypost.com

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Italian priest Giannicola Maria Simone gives middle finger to Milan rioters outside church– nypost.com
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The bird of the Lord.

An Italian priest gave a group of far-left rioters the middle finger in sign of resistance against the agitators who took over the streets of Milan under the guise of student protests, pillaging the city with violence and looting.

Father Giannicola Maria Simone stood at the doorstep of the Church of Sant’Alessandro di Zebedia near the historic Piazza Sant’Alessandro as the mob of youngsters rushed by and gave them the universal sign to scatter off in front of a shocked parishioner after the violent protests erupted on Oct. 17.

Italian priest Father Giannicola Maria Simone gives the middle finger to a group of rioters outside his church in Milan, Italy, after violent protests erupted in the city between Oct. 17 and 18, 2026. Newsflash

The horde of masked instigators marched past the entrance of the towering parish church as the 65-year-old priest stood guard at the doors.

One of the unidentified agitators raised his hands, pointing both middle fingers at Simone, who nonchalantly returned the crude gesture, sticking up his left hand and flipping the bird, according to a now-viral video of the encounter.

Simone confessed to the flagrant act, debunking rumors that the viral video was AI, claiming he did it without violent intentions.

“It’s real, even if they’re now making up fake versions,” Simone told Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera Thursday.

Fox News Poll Shows Major Movement In Texas Senate Race– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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Fox News Poll Shows Major Movement In Texas Senate Race– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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A new Fox News poll of Texas likely voters finds Democratic Party nominee James Talarico and Republican nominee Ken Paxton tied at 49 percent each in the state’s closely-watched U.S. Senate race. This represents a change from the network’s September survey, in which Talarico held a 51 percent to 49 percent advantage among likely voters.

The October poll was conducted from October 15-19 among a sample of 2,011 registered voters, of whom 1,398 were identified as likely voters. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points for the likely-voter subsample.

The movement from a two-point Talarico lead to a tie is associated with gains by Paxton among conservatives, rural voters, suburban women, and Republicans who supported Cornyn in the primary. Compared with the September Fox News poll, Paxton’s support rose by one point among both men and women, while Talarico’s support fell by one point among men and two points among women.

POLL: Will You Support Trump And His Candidates In The Midterms?

MIT scientists build a tiny robot that swims using living muscle cells– www.sciencedaily.com

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MIT scientists build a tiny robot that swims using living muscle cells– www.sciencedaily.com
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A swimming robot does not necessarily need a bulky motor or powerful mechanical parts to move through water. MIT researchers have demonstrated that a single, carefully engineered layer of living muscle cells can generate enough force to propel a tiny robot forward.

The engineers developed an extremely thin swimming robot that uses living muscle tissue to move its fins. Described in a new study published in Advanced Functional Materials, the device has a flexible gel framework roughly the length and width of a stick of gum. The gel forms two fins, each coated with a layer of muscle cells far thinner than a human hair. These cells have been genetically modified to contract when exposed to light.

By directing light onto either fin, the researchers can trigger muscle contractions that make the fin flap and push the robot through water. Adjusting which fin receives light and how frequently it is illuminated allows the team to control both its speed and direction.

In experiments, the remarkably thin robot successfully swam and turned through a simple underwater maze. At maximum speed, it covered approximately four times its body length per minute. Although that is much slower than an Olympic swimmer, who can travel up to 65 body lengths per minute, it is comparable to the swimming pace of a cow shark moving leisurely through the ocean.

“It takes a lot of force to move through water versus air,” says study author Ritu Raman, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “The robot’s quite strong, given its size. ”

Mississippi releases video showing fatal shooting of 1-year-old boy by police officer – AP News– apnews.com

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Mississippi releases video showing fatal shooting of 1-year-old boy by police officer – AP News– apnews.com
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  1. Mississippi releases video showing fatal shooting of 1-year-old boy by police officer  AP News
  2. Kohen Wiley’s family, attorneys take issue with ruling in toddler’s death by police  WREG.com
  3. Body-camera footage released in police shooting of Miss. 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as family speaks out  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. New Video Shows Chaotic Moments Before Mississippi Police Shot Toddler  The New York Times
  5. Kohen Wiley Shooting Video Leaks, But Bodycam From Officer Who Fired Fatal Shot Left Out  Mississippi Free Press

 

Canada unveils $6.2bn plan to shield manufacturers as Trump trade tariffs bite– www.euronews.com

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Canada unveils $6.2bn plan to shield manufacturers as Trump trade tariffs bite– www.euronews.com
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Canada has announced a $6.2 billion (€5.7 billion) package to protect its steel and auto industries from US tariffs, as Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that Washington has permanently altered a trade relationship built over decades.

Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford jointly unveiled the plan on Wednesday, directing $3.7 billion (€3.4 billion) to steelmakers and $1.8 billion (€1.65 billion) to automakers over five years, with $1.1 billion (€1 billion) of the auto funding coming from the federal government in Ottawa.

The announcement came the same day US-owned Cleveland-Cliffs confirmed layoffs at its Hamilton, Ontario, plant, underlining the human cost of the trade dispute.

“US tariffs have upended a trade bargain that’s existed for decades,” Carney said. “They’ve raised costs for American families while putting Ontario workers and businesses at a disadvantage.”

The damage to the auto sector is already visible in the trade figures, as Canadian auto exports to the US have fallen more than 10 percent, while US exports to Canada have dropped more than 20 percent, a decline Carney said hurts both sides of the border.