An Egyptian intelligence official said Israel's government downplayed threats from Gaza and was repeatedly warned of 'something big'

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Israelis inspect a damaged residential building after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, Israel, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.
Israelis inspect a damaged residential building after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, Israel, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.

AP Photo/Erik Marmor

Take a look inside Florida's new golf course that boasts a $1 million membership fee and private yacht club

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aerial view and rendering of golf course and facilities next to ocean
A rendering of the golf course and facilities.

Shell Bay

The US Navy turned the tables on Iran, sending drones that look like speedboats to spy on its warships and troublesome gunboats

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An undated still image released on Oct. 6 from video taken by an Arabian Fox MAST-13 of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol speedboat in the Strait of Hormuz.
An undated still image released on Oct. 6 from video taken by an Arabian Fox MAST-13 of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol speedboat in the Strait of Hormuz.

US Navy photo

Ukraine is using $100,000 octocopter drones to destroy Russian tanks and artillery worth millions, even in the dead of night, operator says

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A Ukrainian drone operator from the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade tests new military equipment including FPV drones on the training area amid Russia-Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 03, 2023.
A Ukrainian drone operator from the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade tests new military equipment including FPV drones on the training area amid Russia-Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 03, 2023.

Wojciech Grze

Cannibalistic Europeans likely ate their dead at funerals 15,000 years ago instead of burying them, study says

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A bone from the Upper Palaeolithic Era engraved with markings associated with ritual cannibalism.
A bone from the Upper Paleolithic Era engraved with markings associated with ritual cannibalism, from London's Natural History Museum

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A Kremlin propagandist faced backlash from Siberian officials after saying Russia should detonate a nuke in its own territory

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Margarita Simonyan
Margarita Simonyan.

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SpaceX's mega-rocket has a 'decent chance' of making orbit on its next flight, Musk said. Last time, Starship blew up the launchpad and exploded in mid-air.

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Side by side images show Starship lifting off in a cloud of smoke on April 20, next to a picture of the rocket tumbling out of control and spewing flames before blowing up.
Two images from Starship's first fully integrated launch in April show the rocket taking off then tumbling out of control before blowing up

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Kevin McCarthy once kicked Matt Gaetz out of his cabin at Camp David, Cassidy Hutchinson says

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A composite image of Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy.
Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy.

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Rudy Giuliani is suing Joe Biden, saying the president tarnished his 'unimpeachable character' by calling him a 'Russian pawn' in 2020

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Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, and President Joe Biden.

AP Photo/Charles Krupa; AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Sen. Bob Menendez's current wife killed a man while driving in New Jersey in 2018, records show. Body camera footage shows her telling police she 'didn't do anything wrong.'

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US Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, arrive at the US District Court, Southern District of New York, in New York City on September 27, 2023.
US Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine Arslanian Menendez.

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