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Jayden Sweiler / Atlanta:Two Atlanta Exhibitions Stretch the Definition of Sculpture With Beads, Wire and PaperA show at Hammonds House Museum and another opening Friday at Gallery 100 invite viewers to rethink what sculpture can be.

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Jennifer Paige / Seattle:Jackson's Samuel Song Wins 4A District 1 Boys Tennis Singles TitleSong beat Glacier Peak's Marcus Xu in straight sets at the 4A district tournament, while Wesco 3A South and North crowned their own champions on Wednesday.

More: Washington's Largest Charter Chain Faces Audit Calls and a Funding Referral, Driver Pleads Guilty in Edmonds Ferry Dock Plunge That Killed Two Passengers

Jayden Sweiler / Atlanta:Polymarket Pulls Contract Letting Users Bet on Charges in Cornell Sexual Assault CaseThe prediction platform took down the market after online criticism that also reached the celebrities and sports leagues linked to the company.

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Jayden Sweiler / Atlanta:Kremlin Says Russia Will Rejoin Three-Way Ukraine Talks With Washington and Kyiv After Nov. 10A Kremlin adviser said Vladimir Putin agreed in principle to resume trilateral negotiations next month after meeting U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg, which would mark the first such talks since February.

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Kendra Konchanuk / Houston:Talarico Casts Senate Race as Anticorruption Fight, Aiming at Paxton and Elon MuskAt a University of Houston event, the Democratic state representative used one of his last Houston-area stops before the Nov. 3 election to accuse Republican Ken Paxton of corruption and to attack Musk's financial backing of him.

More: New Texas Group Proposes $2 Billion Border Security Trust for Big Bend Instead of Wall, Justice Department Starts Telling Counties Where It Plans to Send Election Monitors

Kendra Konchanuk / Houston:Administration Turns to Supreme Court to Revive Big Bend Border Wall ConstructionThe Trump administration has filed an emergency request asking the justices to lift a federal judge's injunction that halted border barrier work across West Texas's Big Bend region.

More: New Texas Group Proposes $2 Billion Border Security Trust for Big Bend Instead of Wall, Justice Department Starts Telling Counties Where It Plans to Send Election Monitors

Jayden Sweiler / Atlanta:Trump Backs Netanyahu for Reelection After Months of Withholding EndorsementPresident Donald Trump endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, about nine days before Israel's Oct. 27 election, after months of declining to say whether he would back him.

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Jayden Sweiler / Atlanta:Valkyries Edge Dream in Game 1 of WNBA Finals as Gray Returns From InjuryGabby Williams scored 26 points and hit the clinching free throws as Golden State beat Atlanta 68-64 in the opening game of the WNBA Finals.

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Jayden Sweiler / Atlanta:Six Flags Over Georgia Reopens Days After Fatal Goliath Fall as Investigations ContinueThe Cobb County park resumed Fright Fest operations on Friday with the Goliath coaster still closed, while state and local investigators work to determine how a 42-year-old teacher fell to his death.

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Jayden Sweiler / Atlanta:Tinnitus Affects Millions of Americans, and Experts Say It Is Hard to TreatAn audiologist and a longtime patient describe why the persistent ringing, hissing or humming of tinnitus is difficult to measure, trace and eliminate.

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Mei Ling / San Francisco:OpenAI Engineer Charged After Hidden Recording Device Found in Executive Conference RoomFederal prosecutors say a 35-year-old engineer planted an encrypted audio recorder behind a television at OpenAI's San Francisco headquarters; he was arrested Friday and remains in custody.

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Juan Gonzalez / Phoenix:Drones Rule Ukraine's Front Line, Forcing Soldiers Underground in a Deadly 'Kill Zone'Along a front line that has barely shifted in four years, a belt of drone-saturated territory has become the defining feature of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

More: Ukrainian Drone Campaign Strains Russian-Held Crimea as Shortages Mount, Independent study finds Waymo vehicles crash far less often than human drivers, with caveats

Amy Swan / Los Angeles:US Air Force Pulls Bombers From English Base After Investigation Into Suspected Terror PlotThe bombers used in strikes on Iran have returned to the United States following a probe into a planned attack on RAF Fairford, as President Trump weighs further options against Tehran.

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Amy Swan / Los Angeles:Stewart's Fumble Return Lifts No. 19 USC Past Washington, 25-21The defensive tackle, sidelined for the first four games of the season, scooped up a fumble and ran 48 yards for the go-ahead touchdown in the Trojans' win at the Coliseum.

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