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The Latest: Gaza ceasefire holds as questions loom over next steps in US plan
- After the release of the last living hostages and Palestinian prisoners and detainees, the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza was holding Tuesday while questions remain over other key parts of a U.S. plan for the region. The long list of uncertainties includes when Hamas will return to Israel the bodies of the 24 hostages believed to be dead in Gaza, and Israel's insistence that a weakened Hamas disarm . The future ...

Source: aol.com
BUSINESS   SCIENCE  
SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2
- This was the last flight of SpaceX's second-gen Starship design. Version 3 arrives next year. SpaceX closed a troubled but instructive chapter in its Starship rocket program Monday with a near-perfect test flight that carried the stainless steel spacecraft halfway around the world from South Texas to the Indian Ocean. The rocket's 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines roared to life at 6:23 pm CDT (7:23 pm EDT; 23:23 ...

Source: arstechnica.com
DIGITAL   TECHNOLOGY  
Windows 10 expires today. These options can keep your PC safe
- Windows 10's end of support date finally lands today. Microsoft is making sure the still-large number of active Windows 10 users are aware of their options to keep their PC secure. Last month, the company published a "30-day reminder" that Windows 10 version 22H2 (including Enterprise and Education Editions) will reach the end of its support period on October 14th, 2025: 30-Day Reminder: Windows 10, version 22H2 ...

Source: pcworld.com
WORLD  
Madagascar's president, hiding in an unknown location, dissolves parliament to deepen crisis
- ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina dissolved the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, deepening the political crisis in the Indian Ocean island nation after a military rebellion led him to flee the country and go into hiding. Rajoelina issued a decree for the National Assembly to be dissolved immediately, according to a statement posted on the Madagascar presidency's ...

Source: aol.com
US   POLITICS  
Maine Gov. Janet Mills kicks off Senate run in critical 2026 race
- The first woman to be elected governor of Maine is set to try and accomplish what no candidate in her state has managed in more than 30 years: to defeat Republican Susan Collins. But to even have the chance to do so, Democrat Janet Mills will first have to make it through what is already primed to be a contentious Senate primary between establishment voices and progressives at a crucial time in her party. Mills ...

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US   POLITICS  
Several news outlets reject Pentagon's reporting restrictions
- By Several news organizations, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and NPR, have announced that their journalists will not sign a new set of Pentagon restrictions affecting news gathering in the massive military complex. "We fundamentally oppose the restrictions that the Trump administration is imposing on journalists who are reporting on matters of defense and national security," Jeffrey ...

Source: miamiherald.com
SCIENCE  
New Report Finds One of Earth's Most Precious Ecosystems Has Already Crossed a Scary Climate Tipping Point
- The 2025 Global Tipping Points Report finds that the world's warm-water coral reefs have become the first Earth system to cross its thermal tipping point, putting them at dire risk. reading time 4 minutes At a conference in 2019, marine biologist and coral reef conservationist Melanie McField was caught off guard by a question from another attendee: How does it feel to have dedicated your life to studying an ...

Source: gizmodo.com
Moody's last-play field goal lifts Bears past Commanders
- LANDOVER, Md. — It wasn't quite the same drama as the Hail Mary that decided these teams' game a year ago, but Caleb Williams and the Bears did get the better of Jayden Daniels and the Commanders on a final-play score Monday night, with Chicago defeating Washington, 25-24, on Jake Moody's 38-yard field goal. The Bears (3-2), coming off their bye, extended their winning streak to three games under first-year ...

Source: bostonglobe.com
Swift Announces 'Eras Tour' Docuseries On Disney+ Airing In December
- Breaking Taylor Swift 'Eras Tour' Documentary, New Concert Film Head To Disney+ In December: What We Know Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends. A six-part docuseries on the making of Taylor Swift's record-shattering "Eras Tour" will debut on Disney+ in December, alongside a new concert film depicting the final stop of the tour, the singer announced Monday on the heels of her blockbuster ...

Source: forbes.com
BUSINESS  
OpenAI partners with Broadcom to design its own AI chips
- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI said Monday it is working with chipmaker Broadcom to design its own artificial intelligence computer chips. The two California companies didn't disclose the financial terms of the deal but said they will start deploying the new racks of customized "AI accelerators" late next year. It's the latest big deal between OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, and the companies building the chips and ...

Source: orlandosentinel.com
Finally, Drake Maye proves Patriots have their quarterback
- NEW ORLEANS — In a city that loves to party, Drake Maye extended his coming-out soiree to another Sunday. Following his coming-of-age performance against Josh Allen and the Bills a week earlier in a nationally televised gridiron growth spurt, Maye delivered a quarterbacking masterclass worthy of the city that the Manning clan calls home. It was the type of performance we grew accustomed to during the hallowed ...

Source: bostonglobe.com
WORLD  
China vows retaliation if Trump follows through on 100% tariff
- Oct. 13 (UPI) -- China vowed to retaliate if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to impose a 100% tariff on goods from the Asian country, further straining fraught trade relations between the world's largest economies. "If the U.S. insists on going the wrong way, China will surely take resolute measures to protect its legitimate rights and interests," a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce ...

Source: upi.com
WORLD   POLITICS  
Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet with Trump at the White House on Friday
- is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, according to an administration official, a Western official and a Ukrainian embassy spokesperson. Trump appeared to confirm the meeting while speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back from the Middle East. Asked whether he is hosting Zelenskyy on Friday, Trump responded, "I think so, yeah." Ukraine's ambassador to the ...

Source: news.yahoo.com
POLITICS  
Trump, Republicans Want to "Un-Cancel" Columbus—and Snub Indigenous Peoples Day
- In an executive order issued October 9, President Donald Trump issued a "proclamation" declaring Monday Columbus Day, claiming left-wing "radicals" and "arsonists" who toppled statues — seemingly a reference to the over 30 statues of Columbus brought down in 2020 — sought to dishonor his memory. The order depicts Columbus as "the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the ...

Source: teenvogue.com
A college football blueblood might be ready to crash the Big Ten party: 2025 Big Ten Power Rankings
- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Lincoln Riley might finally have USC football ready to compete in the Big Ten. Two games against Michigan have told the story of just how close the Trojans are to being what Riley envisioned when they joined the conference last summer. A road loss in 2024 offered a reality check. A home win in 2025 offered a chance to make a statement. Last season, USC traveled to Ann Arbor and left as a loser, ...

Source: cleveland.com
LendingTree CEO Doug Lebda dies in ATV accident
- 856,870 7,102 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + Article Summary Doug Lebda, founder and CEO of LendingTree, died in an ATV accident. Scott Peyree has been appointed as the new CEO, ensuring continuity in leadership.  AI Summary Doug Lebda, the founder, chairman and CEO of LendingTree , died Sunday in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the company's ...

Source: housingwire.com
US  
Ex-NFL QB Mark Sanchez released from custody a week after parking fight arrest and stabbing
- INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former NFL quarterback and sports analyst Mark Sanchez was released from custody Sunday, about a week after police said he was stabbed during a fight with a truck driver outside an Indiana hotel. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Sanchez's release. He faces a felony battery charge, along with several misdemeanor charges, for what prosecutors have said was a fight ...

Source: orlandosentinel.com
US   POLITICS  
North Carolina Republicans announce plans to vote on a new congressional map
- North Carolina Republican lawmakers announced plans Monday to redraw their state's congressional map, part of a nationwide redistricting effort aimed at shoring up the party's narrow majority in the U.S. House ahead of next year's midterm elections. "President Trump earned a clear mandate from the voters of North Carolina and the rest of the country, and we intend to defend it by drawing an additional Republican ...

Source: news.yahoo.com
US  
At least 153 unvaccinated students in S.C. quarantined for measles
- Oct. 13 (UPI) -- At least 153 unvaccinated students at two northern South Carolina schools exposed to measles are being quarantined for 21 days, state health officials said. The students, because they didn't have immunity, will be excluded from school until the potential disease transmission period has ended, the South Carolina Department of Health Education said in a video briefing Thursday . The schools affected ...

Source: upi.com
US  
Amazon hiring 250,000 workers for upcoming holiday season
- Company investing over $1B in additional pay and benefits for fulfillment employees Amazon is gearing up for the holidays with a plan to hire 250,000 works across its U.S. fulfillment and delivery network .  The online commerce giant is hiring full-time, part-time, and seasonal roles, with positions being posted weekly through December. Amazon touted that regular full- and part-time employees earn an average ...

Source: foxbusiness.com
US   POLITICS  
Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation
- this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law. In arguments Wednesday, lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices to wipe away and make it much harder, if not impossible, to take account of race in redistricting. "Race-based redistricting is fundamentally contrary to our Constitution," Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth ...

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20 living hostages were just released by Hamas under the ceasefire deal. Here's who they are.
- Their faces stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped. Their stories, told by anguished family members, are almost as well-known as celebrities. They are civilians and soldiers, fathers and sons. Some were at the Nova music festival, where almost 400 people were killed and dozens kidnapped. On Monday, Hamas — which is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., ...

Source: cbsnews.com
WORLD  
Nexperia: Dutch government takes control of China-owned chip firm
- The Dutch government has taken control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands, in a bid to safeguard the European supply of semiconductors for cars and other electronic goods and protect Europe's economic security. The Hague said it took the decision due to "serious governance shortcomings" and to prevent the chips from becoming unavailable in an emergency. Nexperia's owner Wingtech said on ...

Source: bbc.com
Smith-Schuster left with bloody nose after Lions-Chiefs ends in 'childish' brawl
- The Detroit Lions' matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs was expected to be feisty, but few thought it would end in a literal fight on Sunday night. The Chiefs had started the season poorly, by their high standards, and were coming off a painful loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars last week . But they dominated the Lions, who have suffered a string of injuries to their defense, on both sides of the ball to secure a ...

Source: theguardian.com
Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth
- STOCKHOLM — Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for "having explained innovation-driven economic growth." Mokyr is from Northwestern University, Aghion from the College de France and the London School of Economics, and Howitt from Brown University. The Nobel committee said Mokyr "demonstrated that if innovations are to succeed one another in a ...

Source: nbcnews.com
POLITICS  
Two Palestinian prisoners: One went home, the other was exiled by Israel
- Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The morning dawned full of anticipation as thousands of Palestinian families prepared to welcome their imprisoned relatives, who were scheduled to be released as part of a prisoner exchange deal with Israel. Some had spent decades in prison, some were serving consecutive life sentences, and most had been rounded up wholesale by Israel in Gaza during its two-year war on the ...

Source: aljazeera.com
Penn State will pay nearly $50 million to fire the coach who took it to the playoff last season
- Late in the evening on Sept. 27, the Penn State Nittany Lions were undefeated and ranked No. 3 in the country and had a two-touchdown lead on then-No. 6 Oregon in the fourth quarter of a home game. Fifteen days after having lost that game in overtime — and then losing two more games in which they were favored by at least 20 points — the Nittany Lions are 3-3, and they have fired coach James Franklin ...

Source: nbcnews.com