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Exclusive: SoftBank in talks to buy Vision Fund's 25% stake in Arm -sources (www.reuters.com)

Henrietta Lacks' family files 2nd lawsuit over harvesting of her cells (www.axios.com)

Henrietta Lacks' descendants accused a biopharmaceutical company in a lawsuit Thursday of unjustly profiting from the Black woman's tissue, which was harvested without her knowledge or consent and later used for medical breakthroughs.

Norwegians prepare for more flooding and destruction after days of heavy rain (apnews.com)

Rescuers on Thursday evacuated inundated areas of southeastern Norway and residents braced for more landslides and flooding as rivers swollen by days of heavy rain carried large amounts of water through the mountainous landscape.

A Harvard library mystery: Was a Titanic victim's rare book a fake? (www.boston.com)

Ozempic, Mounjaro manufacturers sued over claims of "stomach paralysis" side effects (www.cbsnews.com)

A personal injury law firm has filed a lawsuit against Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly and Co., the manufacturers of Ozempic and Mounjaro, over claims that the diabetes drugs, which are popular for aiding weight loss, can cause gastroparesis, a paralysis of the stomach.

Shush emojis and orders from the boss - new Trump charges in full (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Alicia Navarro: Girl missing for nearly four years walks into police station (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Archaeologists discover oldest evidence of "curry" outside of India (www.euronews.com)

The 1975 cancels Indonesia and Taiwan shows after Malaysia LGBT row (www.bbc.co.uk)

Drone, explosive attacks target US forces across Iraq (www.reuters.com)

Captain found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in deadly California boat fire (www.npr.org)

A federal jury on Monday found a scuba dive boat captain was criminally negligent in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history....

Rodin Sculpture Has Been Missing From Scottish Museum Collection for Nearly 75 Years (www.smithsonianmag.com)

The piece is a plaster version of one of the figures from the French sculptor’s “Les Bourgeois de Calais”

Corporate Australia takes Indigenous support into its own hands after poll defeat (www.reuters.com)

At an Oct. 14 referendum, Australians overwhelmingly voted down a proposal to create a constitutionally-protected Indigenous parliamentary advisory body, known as the Voice....

Judge denies bid to prohibit US border officials from turning back asylum-seekers at land crossings (apnews.com)

A federal judge on Friday denied a bid by immigration advocates to prohibit U.S. officials from turning away asylum-seekers at border crossings with Mexico if they don’t have appointments on a mobile phone app....

Georgia state Senate to start its own inquiry of troubled Fulton County jail (apnews.com)

A Georgia state Senate committee says it will start its own investigation of jail conditions in the state’s most populous county, three months after the U.S. Justice Department unveiled its own inquiry of Fulton County jail conditions....

No brain, no problem. Jellyfish learn just fine (www.science.org)

Despite lacking a centralized brain, the translucent creatures can learn from past experiences to avoid bumping into obstacles....

War crimes tribunal ICC says it has been hacked (www.reuters.com)

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Tuesday its computer system had been hacked, a breach at one of the world's most high-profile international institutions and one that handles highly sensitive information about war crimes....

Early treatment of child obesity is effective (www.sciencedaily.com)

The early treatment of obesity in children is effective in both the short and long term, researchers report.

Possible misconduct found in papers from Italian minister of health (www.science.org)

An Italian newspaper has found duplicated images in eight cancer papers co-authored by the country’s minister of health, Orazio Schillaci. Schillaci, a physician with a Ph.D. in nuclear medicine, published the papers between 2018 and 2022 while working in the faculty of medicine of the University of Rome Tor Vergata....

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