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The parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a police officer in Mississippi led a protest Monday at the office of the state's attorney general, who ruled last month that the shooting was justified. Cries of “our baby’s life mattered” echoed through the office's lobby as Kohen Wiley's parents and a small group of activists demanded to speak to Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch. Marquell Bridges, an activist who has been working with Kohen’s parents, said they wanted Fitch to look Kohen’s parents in the eyes and tell them why the shooti

‘He would wind her up’: Democratic anger at Haley Stevens’ fiancé boils over after her endorsement reversal

Business loan demand softened last quarter, Fed survey shows

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Ex-Chicago FBI chief says he was ousted over a failed protesters case, sues Justice Department

The former head of the FBI's Chicago field office says he lost his job after being wrongly blamed for prosecutions that fell apart against six people who protested the federal immigration crackdown in the city, according to a lawsuit he filed Monday. Douglas DePodesta, a 24-year veteran of the FBI, says in the suit against top Justice Department officials that federal prosecutors pushed “politically motivated prosecutions” against Chicago’s demonstrators before gathering evidence. He says his superiors told him that FBI Director Kash Patel wanted him fired, and he stepped

Far from the campaign trail, Trump promotes his Reflecting Pool makeover before Election Day

Tinder's US daily active users return to growth in October as Match ramps up AI efforts

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Trump raises doubts about renewed attacks on Iran

US President Donald Trump raised doubts on Monday about whether he would follow through on a threatened resumption of military strikes against Iran and said a deal with Tehran could happen. Trump in recent weeks had hinted about renewing attacks on Iran after the US midterm elections on Tuesday. But after a speech at the Washington Reflecting Pool on Monday, he indicated he might be thinking otherwise.Asked by reporters if he was considering striking Iran after the midterms, Trump replied "no."The Iran war is a leading cause of high gasoline prices that are weighing on voters and Trump is un

Delta CEO says Heathrow plan to relocate airline's operations is 'deeply disappointing'

Apple results beat Wall Street expectations on strong iPhone sales

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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to segregate ballots in California

The Supreme Court on Monday quickly shut down President Donald Trump’s effort to force California to sideline potentially thousands of ballots that the Justice Department claims may have been cast by noncitizens, rejecting the administration’s emergency request hours after it was filed.The unusually fast decision underscored that the administration’s case, which was based on an uncertain methodology, was a reach that has been rejected by every court to consider it. The appeal also came to the high court on an exceedingly tight timeline — on the eve of the midterm election — with an u

Trump administration takes California ballot fight to Supreme Court

On the eve of the US midterm elections, President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily block California from counting mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters who federal officials allege are likely non-US citizens.Escalating a legal fight that could affect thousands of voters, the Justice Department filed the emergency request as it seeks to prevent counting the disputed ballots until each voter's citizenship status can be verified. A federal appeals court refused the request on Friday. Trump's fellow Republicans are fighting to ret

Supreme Court rejects Trump administration push to set aside thousands of California ballots

How Trump’s noncitizen voter lists could affect the midterms

Here’s where Trump’s housing agenda stands before midterms

America’s housing market is paralyzed, with buyers pulling back and builders growing more pessimistic ahead of the midterms.Adding to the strain: Mortgage rates have surged back above 7% in recent weeks, hitting a three-year high of 7.4% last month. The average 30-year fixed rate eased slightly to 7.24% last week, according to Freddie Mac.America’s housing woes run deep. Homebuilding hasn’t kept pace with demand since the 2008 financial crash decimated the country’s housing industry. Elevated mortgage rates have also pushed up monthly payments for buyers, all while home prices keep cli

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Sen. Chris Murphy hospitalized with stroke and expected to make full recovery, his team says

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy has been hospitalized after experiencing a stroke and is expected to make a full recovery, his team announced Sunday.The 53-year-old experienced “numbness in his arm” on Saturday afternoon and was taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined he suffered a stroke, according to a statement from his office.He is at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and “the doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery,” wrote his chief of staff, Allison Herwitt.Murphy has served in the Senate since 2013, and pre

Democratic leaders enter the midterms ‘confident and paranoid’

Michigan Democrat's endorsement of Republican ruffles critical Senate race

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Italian taxpayers are paying millions to keep Russian yachts afloat

An expensive floating eyesore has marred views in the port of Trieste, northern Italy, for more than four years, and it is costing Italian taxpayers millions to maintain, the city’s mayor says.Russian oligarch Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko’s “Sailing Yacht A,” one of the world’s largest sailing vessels and worth around $600 million, was in Trieste for maintenance in March 2022 when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to widespread sanctions and seizures of Russian assets.Among them was Melnichenko’s 468-foot craft, once dubbed the “world’s ugliest yacht” and known simply as “

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On Day of the Dead, tourists bump shoulders with celebrating families in San Andrés Mixquic

As night falls over the cemetery in San Andrés Mixquic, a historic village on the outskirts of Mexico City, the family of Ángel Jiménez del Águila huddles around his grave.“Salucita for our dead,” says Jesús, one of Ángel’s sons, raising a toast to his father, who died in 2010.Only a few hours remain before the door between the world of the living and the dead opens: the family has gathered to honor Ángel during the Day of the Dead, a traditional Mexican celebration of departed loved ones held November 1 and 2.After days of cleaning graves and decorating headstones with marigolds,

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Starved residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky return to Ukraine during a rare local ceasefire

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Polish PM Tusk vows support for tribunal amid court crisis

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sought to offer assurances that the country's Constitutional Tribunal will operate in accordance with the law, after President Karol Nawrocki, an ally of the previous hard-right government, accused him of staging a forced takeover of the court.Late on Friday, the Constitutional Tribunal said its longest-serving judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska had suspended Bogdan Swieczkowski, the tribunal's president and an appointee of Tusk's nationalist predecessor, and was now in charge of the court.The move escalated a battle between Nawrocki and Tusk's pro-European governm

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Why this year’s World Series won’t prevent a labor dispute that imperils the 2027 season

The Milwaukee Brewers play in Major League Baseball’s smallest media market and their payroll is the 19th highest of the league’s 30 teams. Their World Series win this week would seem to puncture the claim that baseball needs a dramatic economic overhaul to be fair for the proverbial little guys.And yet, all indications are that the owners still intend to wage what is likely to be a contentious war in the upcoming labor negotiations, which will ratchet up in about a month and could wind up wiping out a significant portion of the next season.But commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters just

What do Kylian Mbappé and Hello Kitty have in common? They’ve both angered China

Reunited after 1,711 days: Oleshky evacuees return to Ukraine under Melania Trump-brokered ceasefire

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What polls do and don’t tell us about the 2026 midterms

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Dollar falls ahead of US midterms as oil plummets

The dollar eased on Monday as oil prices plunged and Treasury yields retreated ahead of a week full of catalysts, including the US midterm elections, a

Mamdani says Trump agrees to grant visa to mother of Ghanian teen killed in Bronx shooting

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says President Donald Trump has agreed to grant a visa to the mother of a 15-year-old immigrant from Ghana who was shot to death earlier this week

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Trump touts Washington makeover as midterm campaign nears end

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Sectors bracing for a pivot as US midterm elections loom

As the US midterm elections approach, Corporate America is bracing for a potential shift in the balance of power in Washington.

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Short of space, the Guggenheim sold a Kandinsky for $62,000. It may fetch $80 million at auction

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US voters in a sour economic mood heading into midterm elections

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How officials are preparing for Election Day disruptions — including from Trump

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How an attempt at Democratic unity exploded with Stevens’ Senate endorsement flip

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Binance withdrawals resume following $6 billion hack

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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