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			<title><![CDATA[ Typhoon Champi becomes a dangerous Category 4 storm as it approaches Guam]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:37:49 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iran war votes in Congress become a focal point for campaign ad attacks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:38:24 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ An American pope brings American-style governance to the Vatican, even in a health crisis]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:38:29 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV has brought an American style of governing to the Vatican, including in the way it handles health crises]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ How a driver, a dad and a teacher tried to stop the Oregon school shooter]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:38:26 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A driver, a dad and a teacher are among at least three people who tried to stop a 16-year-old gunman who attacked an Oregon elementary school this week]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Latest vote shows no candidate for UN chief has the required support of all five key powers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:20:31 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The latest straw poll in the selection of the next U.N. secretary-general has shown that none of the seven candidates has the support of all five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, who have veto power]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying waiver is in US national interest]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:20:33 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Rep. Ilhan Omar's attorneys demand return of property seized in federal search of her home]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:20:34 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Attorneys for Rep_ Ilhan Omar are asking the Justice Department to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home this week, arguing that the search stemming from an investigation into her citizenship status was &ldquo;neither justified...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Painting Eisenhower Building would diminish historic character of White House complex, report says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:20:43 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A draft environmental assessment finds that President Donald Trump's plan to paint a 19th-century landmark office building next to the White House could harm its historic character]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ DOJ reaches settlement with Mississippi police department it found routinely violated civil rights]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:20:55 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it reached a settlement forcing reforms for a Mississippi city and its police department, which the DOJ found discriminated against Black people, used excessive force and retaliated against critics]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Youngest Oregon school shooting victim was a fearless climber who loved stuffed animals]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:21:01 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The aunt of the youngest child killed in a shooting at an Oregon elementary school said he was a fast runner and a fearless climber who loved reading]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Community leaders say foiled Illinois mass shooting was result of surge in anti-Hindu hate online]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:21:14 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of attempting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ US reviving shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing demand, power data centers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:35:06 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing demand, especially from data centers]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Alex Murdaugh's defense and prosecutors expect to clash over evidence during hearing]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/alex-murdaughs-defense-prosecutors-expect-clash-evidence-pretrial-137310032]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:23:53 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Prosecutors and lawyers for Alex Murdaugh are expected to return to court to dispute evidence for his retrial on murder charges next year]]></description>
                    <category>US</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ More roller coasters shut down as authorities investigate fatal fall at Six Flags]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/roller-coasters-shut-authorities-investigate-fatal-fall-georgia-137303115]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:50:33 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A Georgia amusement park where a man fell to his death from a roller coaster is set to reopen amid a growing safety probe of roller coasters made by the same manufacturer]]></description>
                    <category>US</category>
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                <media:keywords>15</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Custodian sentenced for role in audacious New Orleans jailbreak of 10 inmates]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:51:24 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A New Orleans jail worker received a 2.5-year prison sentence Thursday for enabling 10 inmates to escape through a hole behind a toilet after he turned off its water]]></description>
                    <category>US</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Alaska's Sullivan and Peltola clash over Iran and high prices in testy Senate debate]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/alaskas-sullivan-peltola-clash-iran-high-prices-testy-137302416]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:54:25 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Alaska&rsquo;s major U.S. Senate candidates clashed over Iran and consumer prices during a televised debate in the high-stakes contest that could play into control of the chamber]]></description>
                    <category>US</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Good grief, Charlie Brown! Giant inflatable pumpkin takes pre-Halloween flight]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/good-grief-charlie-brown-giant-inflatable-pumpkin-takes-137302122]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:00:57 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Great Pumpkin made an early visit to Cary, North Carolina, this year]]></description>
                    <category>US</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Talarico compares his campaign to the biblical David after GOP invests over $158M against him]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/talarico-compares-campaign-biblical-david-after-gop-invests-137299969]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:46:15 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, is rallying supporters as he aims to become the first Democrat to win statewide in over 30 years]]></description>
                    <category>US</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New York man shot by ICE officers appears in immigration court]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:52:39 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A New York man shot and wounded by federal immigration officers while driving with his young son has appeared before an immigration judge in Manhattan]]></description>
                    <category>US</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan's Upper West Side. New Yorkers are captivated]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/rare-family-barn-owls-moved-manhattans-upper-west-137295431]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:46:37 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Manhattan&rsquo;s Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park]]></description>
                    <category>US</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Wisconsin's Republican candidate for governor keeps his distance from Trump in nail-biter campaign]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:48:52 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Democrats got the candidate they wanted for governor in Wisconsin]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial says he was struck by how 'methodical' she was]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:48:56 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The holdout juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy from being acquitted says he was influenced by how &ldquo;methodical&rdquo; he thought she was in killing her three children]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Retail sales up a better-than-expected 0.8% in September as shoppers remain resilient]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:26:08 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Shoppers showed their willingness to spend in September even after a better-than-expected splurge in August]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hot weather and winds raise California wildfire threat as power shutoffs start]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:52:08 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[California is bracing for fire weather, with thousands potentially losing power as utilities aim to prevent wildfires during hot and windy conditions]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Black Panther Party stalwarts to celebrate 1966 founding, programs aided the poor]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The legacy of the Black Panther Party lives on six decades after its founding, in the work of a Seattle medical center started to address systemic health disparities in the African American community]]></description>
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