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Month: October 2025

Sports on TV for Friday, Oct. 10

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Oct. 10 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 4 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Essendon at Western 10 p.m. FS2 — AFL: West Coast at Adelaide Midnight FS2 — AFL: Gold Coast at Hawthorn 2 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Brisbane

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Putin says Russian air defenses were to blame for Azerbaijani jet’s crash last year, killing 38

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first public admission of responsibility for the crash in an effort to ease tensions between the neighbors. Putin said the missiles fired by

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The Latest: New York Attorney General Letitia James is charged with fraud, AP source says

The Associated Press A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. It is the latest indication of President Donald Trump and his administration’s determination to use the Justice Department to pursue the president’s political foes. James

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Hungarian novelist and screenwriter László Krasznahorkai attends the "Letterature" International Festival at Stadio Palatino in Rome

Hungary’s László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in literature for work confronting ‘apocalyptic terror’

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The 2025 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian writer who said his dark and difficult novels aim to examine reality “to the point of madness.” Announcing the prize at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, the Nobel Committee praised Krasznahorkai “for his

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Candidates in Virginia governor’s debate clash over shutdown and violent rhetoric

By OLIVIA DIAZ, STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia gubernatorial candidates Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger faced off Thursday for the first and only time on the debate stage in a fiery affair that was combative from the very first answer. Earle-Sears, perceived by operatives in both

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Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he leads the Jubilee Mass for Consecrated life in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on October 9.

Leo XIV speaks out on ‘dictatorship’ of economic inequality and support for migrants in first major text

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV, writing in the first major document of his pontificate, has denounced the “dictatorship” of economic inequality while insisting the Catholic Church is committed to supporting “rejected” migrants. Leo’s almost 40-page text, released on Thursday, focuses on poverty, emphasizing the Catholic Church’s long commitment to the socially

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As Tropical Storm Jerry churns in the Atlantic, Priscilla and a nor’easter threaten US with flooding

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Jerry churned Thursday in the Atlantic on its approach to the Leeward Islands as Tropical Storm Priscilla and Tropical Storm Raymond moved along Mexico’s Pacific coast, threatening heavy rain and flooding in their paths, forecasters said. Tropical Storm Raymond was announced midday Thursday by the U.S. National Hurricane Center in

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