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Fed minutes show some officials want to prepare for market stress

Federal Reserve meeting minutes from last month’s policy meeting noted some officials believe it’s time for the central bank to get ready for bond market stress.“Regarding balance sheet policy, a few participants observed that Treasury markets had been functioning smoothly but noted the importance of planning for market stress,” the minutes from the central bank’s September 15-16 Federal Open Market Committee meeting said.These unnamed central bankers “suggested strengthening the Federal Reserve's strategy, communications, and tools for addressing market dysfunction, should it occ

Venezuela's Maduro to face new US charges over alleged torture of Americans, official says

US proposes to boost transit funding to areas with higher marriage, birth rates

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TikTok gave teens, children placebo safety feature in experiment, New York alleges

TikTok ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions of the tool, according to allegations in New York’s lawsuit against the company unsealed on Wednesday.In the so-called “ghost” or placebo experiments, TikTok selected thousands of users, including teens and children, who opted to use safety features like “Algo Refresh,” a tool designed to reset recommendations for users seeking to escape unwanted or potentially harmful content. According to the lawsuit, those users believed they had activated the

Samsung Q3 profit jumps 783% as AI memory boom lifts chip earnings

Some guardrails on ChatGPT for Teens don't work as promised, watchdog group says

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Levi Strauss lifts annual profit outlook on tariff refunds, holiday demand

Levi Strauss raised its annual profit forecast on Wednesday, after benefiting from tariff refunds, as it bets on strong holiday demand for its premium denim and sweaters.Still, the company's shares fell 2% in extended trading after it reported weaker-than-expected sales in the United States and Europe.Here are more details:• Levi's received $79 million in refunds during the quarter ended August 30 for tariffs paid under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and plans to redeploy about $60 million this year on promotions and marketing• Comparable sales for its direct-to-consumer

Missouri sued over alleged decades of underfunding at historically Black university

French mayor caught in viral video clash says student protesters 'could be my children'

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Christa Pike’s attorneys call recovery ‘medically unprecedented’ ahead of hearing over botched execution

Attorneys for Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to put her to death via lethal injection last week, will be in court Wednesday as they seek to preserve relevant evidence in her twice-botched execution.Pike has been hospitalized for nearly a week after being injected with two ostensibly fatal doses of pentobarbital, her attorneys said. On Tuesday, her attorneys said, she was finally conscious and speaking – though she continues to receive critical medical care and suffered “severe damage” to her arms.“Her recovery is medically unprecedented,” the attorneys said in a sta

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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after she survived Tennessee’s execution attempt, her attorneys say

Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate, is conscious and speaking six days after her failed execution, according to a statement from her attorneys.“Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery,” her attorneys said in a statement.Pike, who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, was to become

Californians blast Trump remark that Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles, San Diego

Fred Claire, former Dodgers GM who oversaw 1988 World Series champion team, dies at 91

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Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. The U.S. military has not carried out the death penalty since 1961. The Army secretary will decide a time and place for the execution, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote in a post on X. “Judgement day for Hasan has finally come,” Parnell wrote. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, walked into a medical building where soldiers were getting medical checkups, shouted “Allahu akbar” —

US accuses California woman of spying for China, surveilling Taiwan president's son

US authorities arrested a California woman on Sunday and accused her of spying on a son of Taiwan's president at the behest of Chinese officials, the FBI said.The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday before her planned departure to China, the agency said in a statement. Authorities charged Zhang, 34, of Irvine, California, with acting as an unregistered foreign agent. Zhang surveilled a son of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, the FBI said. The agency did not directly name Zhang's alleged target, but later shared a New York Pos

NFL suspends an official 2 games for swearing at Arizona tight end Trey McBride

US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack

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Two star pitchers are facing the choice between being on the mound or in the delivery room. It’s not an easy decision

With less than an hour to go before a playoff game with their season on the line, the San Diego Padres announced star closer Mason Miller wouldn’t be available.It was shocking, a move that could have potentially derailed the Padres’ attempt to stave off elimination as they faced a 2-0 deficit in their best-of-five National League Divisional Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.Miller and his wife, Jordan, are expecting their first child and Jordan went into labor on Tuesday just hours before Game 3 of the series. Faced with choosing between being available for his team and being present wi

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Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin to discuss possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible case of plague at a Siberian research institute. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he would be talking with Putin about the case “very soon.” Health authorities are investigating after the death of an employee at an anti-plague institute, which authorities attributed to pneumonia with an unknown cause. Asked what the U.S. intelligence community was saying about the case, Trump said the U.S. is in “very deep discussions�

Lionel Messi prepares for his final match for Argentina

Roberts moves struggling Ohtani to No. 5 spot in Dodgers' lineup in NLDS Game 3 against Braves

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US resident arrested in connection with Canada’s Tumbler Ridge school shooting

US authorities have arrested a 30-year-old from Washington state in connection with the February school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.James Cody Bryant was arrested in Bellingham, Washington, on Tuesday morning on a charge of conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country, according to the US Justice Department. The February attack on a secondary school in the small town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was Canada’s deadliest school shooting in decades, leaving eight people dead, including six children, and dozens wounded.Bryant appeared in court Tuesday afternoon in

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What do we know about plague institute lab worker's death in Russia?

A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances on October 2, prompting authorities to quarantine about 200 people and causing public health fears on social media.Here's what we know about the case, which officials have not linked to her work or plague, and about the disease she studied.WHAT HAPPENED?Russian media named the victim as Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.The authorities said she died of an unknown type of pneumonia but that as a pr

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In first Maine Senate debate, Collins seeks to distance herself from Trump

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has distanced herself from President Donald Trump during her first Maine Senate debate with Democratic opponent Troy Jackson

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Rubio tells Russia to share more information about plague death

Russia should share more information about the death of a plague laboratory worker who died last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, in an incident

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls