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1. MPs call for an immediate ban on this cosmetic surgery

2. YouTube outage: Thousands of users claim site is down as homepage returns error message

   As of Tuesday evening, there had been over a quarter of a million reports of YouTube issues, according to the crowd-sourced site Downdetector

3. Popular video platform down for thousands of users

4. Engineer creates futuristic shoe to help elderly people stay on their feet

5. JD Vance claims ‘Fox News has the worst polling’ over forecast showing grim GOP midterm election results

   Polls are consistently showing Democrats in favorable position ahead of the 2026 midterms

6. Does exercise help arthritis? New study questions its effectiveness

7. How the Rev. Jesse Jackson helped popularize the term 'African American'

   The Rev. Jesse Jackson had popularized the term “African American" as a way to reclaim cultural identity

8. CBS hits back at Stephen Colbert after he claims top brass wouldn’t let him air interview with Texas candidate

   CBS said Stephen Colbert’s show ‘was not prohibited’ from broadcasting his sit-down with James Talarico

9. Iran’s supreme leader issues threat to US aircraft carriers amid escalating tensions

10. Sri Lankan lawmakers scrap their pensions, delivering on a campaign promise

    Sri Lankan legislators have overwhelmingly voted to scrap their pensions, as the Marxist-leaning government fulfills a key campaign promise