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Patrick Stewart, Captain Picard and Professor X, Dies at 86

The knighted British actor, beloved across generations for "Star Trek" and the "X-Men" franchise, died at his Los Angeles home after what his family called a "brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's and Lewy body dementia.

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POLITICS · SOUTH CAROLINA

The Senate Seat Nobody Expected to Be Close: Trump Rushes Back to South Carolina as Polls Show Dead Heat

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MIDTERMS · LEGAL FIGHT

DOJ's Fight to Block 20,000 California Ballots Bounces Back to the Ninth Circuit, Four Days Before the Midterms

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US · PENTAGON

Three-Star General Fired Over Leaks — Then the Pentagon's Own Statement May Have Broken the Law

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US · HIGH SEAS

Stranded at Sea: Inside the 'Forever Cruise' That Ran Out of Money and Marooned 200 Americans in Cambodia

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WHITE HOUSE

'Actions Speak Louder Than Words': Freed American Stephen Hubbard Describes 4 Years in a Russian Cell During Oval Office Visit

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WORLD · YEMENYESTERDAY

Houthis Blow Up the Last Road Into a Yemeni City of a Million People, Rights Groups Say

Human Rights Watch says Houthi forces detonated explosives on a critical supply route into besieged Taiz on October 18, deepening shortages of food, water and medicine the group warns could amount to a war crime.

UKRAINE

Trapped for Months Without Food or Power, Civilians in Occupied Oleshky Finally Get a Chance to Leave

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PRESS FREEDOM

Russia's Last Major Independent Newspaper Says It 'No Longer Exists'

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ROYAL SCANDAL

Police Scotland Opens Probe Into Epstein's Visits to Balmoral, the King's Highland Estate

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Patrick Stewart, Captain Picard and Professor X, Dies at 86

The Senate Seat Nobody Expected to Be Close: Trump Rushes Back to South Carolina as Polls Show Dead Heat

DOJ's Fight to Block 20,000 California Ballots Bounces Back to the Ninth Circuit, Four Days Before the Midterms

US News

Three-Star General Fired Over Leaks — Then the Pentagon's Own Statement May Have Broken the Law

Stranded at Sea: Inside the 'Forever Cruise' That Ran Out of Money and Marooned 200 Americans in Cambodia

'Actions Speak Louder Than Words': Freed American Stephen Hubbard Describes 4 Years in a Russian Cell During Oval Office Visit

World

Houthis Blow Up the Last Road Into a Yemeni City of a Million People, Rights Groups Say

Trapped for Months Without Food or Power, Civilians in Occupied Oleshky Finally Get a Chance to Leave

Russia's Last Major Independent Newspaper Says It 'No Longer Exists'

Police Scotland Opens Probe Into Epstein's Visits to Balmoral, the King's Highland Estate

Celebrity & Entertainment

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Shuts Down Viral 'Reunion' Photo With Ex-Husband: 'AI Generated'

Heidi Klum Teases Her Most Gruesome Halloween Costume Yet — and Reveals Who Almost Bailed on Her Party

Taylor Swift Reveals Why She and Brad Paisley Were 'Estranged' for Years — Over Crickets

Kim Kardashian Finally Explains Why She Kept Her Scary Diagnosis Secret — And It's All Tied to Her Dad

In Ruby-Red Kansas, a Pastor Is Making Republicans Sweat a Senate Seat Over the Price of Diesel

Pope Leo XIV Casts Mail Ballot in Chicago, Becomes First Pontiff to Vote in a US Election

Record Early Voting Floods In as America Barrels Toward Tuesday's Midterms

AbbVie's Post-Humira Bet Pays Off Big: Profits Rocket as Skyrizi and Rinvoq Carry the Load

Apple's $2,000 Foldable Keeps Cracking — and the Company Is Now Offering Replacements

North Korea Blamed for Record $6.3 Billion Crypto Heist at Binance

Wall Street's AI Hangover Deepens: Nasdaq Sheds 600+ Points on Big Tech Earnings Gloom

Sports

A Triple-Double, a 132-Point Outburst and the NBA Cup's Wildest Night Yet

Bears Pay Two First-Round Picks to Land All-Pro Jeffery Simmons From the Reeling Titans

Jaylen Brown Breaks Silence on Trade-Demand Claim: 'Never Made a List of Ultimatums'