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Polymarket removes contract allowing users to wager on accused Cornell students’ fate 0
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- October 20, 2026
Polymarket has removed a contract from its prediction market platform that allowed users to wager on whether any of the seven men accused of raping a Cornell student in 2024 will be charged with a felony sex crime. The market was made available on Sept. 30 and was slated to close on Jan. 31. It
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NJ food importer files lawsuit challenging Trump’s 50% tariffs on Canadian goods 0
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- October 20, 2026
WASHINGTON — A New Jersey food importer filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. The Gellert Global Group, a third-generation family business that imports Canadian cheese, took its case to the U.S. Court of International Trade,
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey spares death row inmate, citing doubts about evidence 0
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- October 20, 2026
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a death-row inmate after a number of former public officials, and the current district attorney, raised doubts about his conviction. The Republican governor said she was commuting Toforest Johnson’s death sentence to life in prison without parole. Johnson was convicted of
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Can larger batteries safely power residential buildings? A project in New York aims to show how 0
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- October 20, 2026
A battery system installed in a Buffalo, New York, apartment building will store excess energy when it’s plentiful and power the building when the grid is strained and electricity is costly. The manufacturer and state officials hope it will show that larger batteries can safely operate where people live and work. The 3.75 megawatt-hour lithium-ion
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Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in California sweep targeting noncitizen voters 0
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- October 20, 2026
LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities have arrested more than two dozen foreign nationals Monday in California, who authorities said have illegally registered and voted in U.S. elections. The statewide sweep is part of a Trump administration effort to root out noncitizen voting ahead of next month’s midterm elections, even though data shows that the problem
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US ties with Ukraine hit new low as Trump slights Zelenskyy and eases up on Russia 0
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- October 20, 2026
WASHINGTON — The U.S.-Ukraine alliance is careening toward a possible breaking point, with Moscow strengthened by President Donald Trump’s recent rejection of new Russia sanctions and Kyiv undermined by disruptions in satellite support for its drones during the war. Trump’s relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has always been a moving target, while the Republican
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