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Fed Week in Review: A Hold, Two Dissents, and a December Decision Taking Shape
The Fed held at 3.75 to 4.00 percent in a 10-2 vote, and the week since has been about reading the dissents and the data that will decide December.
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Four Medical Groups Issue Their Own Flu, COVID and RSV Guidance for the Season
Four American medical organizations have published their own recommendations for the 2026-27 respiratory virus season, an unusual step that says as much about the…
Health
Flu May Be Starting Early This Year, and Experts Say to Vaccinate Now
Flu season may be starting early this year, and the advice from specialists watching the data is unusually direct: get vaccinated now. Reporting on…
Technology
Britain Wins Data Commitments From Ten AI Giants as Agent Rules Loom
The United Kingdom’s data protection regulator announced this week that ten of the largest AI developers, including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft and…
Technology
Chatbots Learn to Build Interfaces as AI Assistants Get Busier
The AI assistant is changing shape. Rather than returning paragraphs of text, the newest generation of chatbots is beginning to generate interactive interfaces on…
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Bend Wakes Up to a Quiet Friday After the Silver Rail Elementary Shooting
In Bend, Oregon, Friday began with empty classrooms. The local school district cancelled classes across the city a day after a 16-year-old forced his…
Politics
Thirty Million and Counting: Early Voting Is Outpacing 2022, With a Warning Attached
National trackers put early voting between about 30 million and more than 34 million ballots, ahead of the 2022 pace, but experts warn early totals do not predict final results.
Business
DeepSeek Raises $15 Billion From Tencent, CATL Days After US Federal Ban
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek is raising around 15 billion dollars from investors including Tencent and battery giant CATL, according to Bloomberg reporting, in a
Technology
Who Controls AI Once It Enters a Classified Network? DeepMind Exits Raise the Question
Google DeepMind researcher Andreas Kirsch quit arguing the company has no real control or veto over how the Pentagon uses its AI in classified settings, raising a governance question for the whole industry.
Sports
Ravens Beat the Cowboys on a 56-Yard Field Goal as Time Expires
Baltimore beat Dallas 34-31 in Week 3 on a 56-yard field goal with one second remaining, a finish assembled in about seven seconds of…
Entertainment
Halloween Spending Heads Toward $13.5 Billion as Shoppers Start Early
Americans are expected to spend about $13.5 billion on Halloween this year, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey, with roughly three in…
Health
The DuPage Breakthrough: What a Vaccinated Measles Case Tells Us
A vaccinated DuPage County resident has tested positive for measles after returning from an international trip, in what health officials call a “rare breakthrough…
Science
A Spacecraft Photographs a Complete Auroral Oval From Above the Pole
You cannot see a complete auroral oval from the ground, it is simply too large, a ring of light encircling a magnetic pole. A…
