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President Donald Trump said on Friday he secured an agreement from Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply markets with Russian diesel fuel as he works to bring down energy costs ahead of the midterm elections.Energy industry analysts, however, say the agreement — which sparked anger in Ukraine — isn’t likely to lower diesel prices in any meaningful way.Trump wrote on social media that Putin agreed to “immediately supply” more than 300,000 tons of diesel to global energy markets, with another 500,000 tons promised in November. Together, the amounts — equal to 6 million barrels o

Georgia-Alabama showdown is on schedule despite approach of Hurricane Isaias; Trump will skip game

Justice Department won't enforce registration rules on silencers and certain guns after court ruling

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Port of Los Angeles sets September volume record, executive director says

The Port of Los Angeles, the busiest in the US for containers, set a volume record in September as holiday goods hit docks, ships were routed away from the drought-stricken Panama Canal and importers picked the shortest route from China to reduce use of pricey fuel, Executive Director Gene Seroka said on Friday.Workers at the facility handled 1.04 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) during the month. Loaded containers accounted for almost 547,000 TEUs, also a new record, Seroka said.Experts view US import data as an indicator of national economic health, consumer demand and reactions to t

Democrats eye ambitious Senate map that was once unthinkable as anti-Trump backlash grows

Pennsylvania says GSK to invest more than $800 million in biopharma hub, create 300 jobs

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US judge rules Justice Department use of voter rolls unlawful

A US judge ruled on Friday that the Justice Department's push to obtain state voter rolls and check them against a federal immigration database to demand that states remove voters it deemed ineligible was unlawful.US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan's decision marked the latest setback for President Donald Trump's push to expand federal control over election administration ahead of the November 3 midterms, with his Republican Party battling to hold majorities in both houses of Congress. In a 78-page decision siding with a challenge to the Justice Department's practice brought by watchdog gro

Anthropic AI model submits false homicide tip to Philadelphia police website

Hegseth wants America to watch a firing squad execution. It’s drawing backlash

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Hurricane Isaias is just hours from landfall on Gulf Coast, where conditions are deteriorating quickly

Conditions are deteriorating quickly along the Gulf Coast with Hurricane Isaias, a ferocious Category 3 storm, only hours from making landfall. Thousands of residents are without power and the storm surge is already being felt. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered in counties in Florida and Alabama, and several cities – including Mobile – are implementing curfews. More than 1.7 million people are under a tornado watch. President Donald Trump has canceled plans to attend the Alabama-Georgia football game Saturday in Tuscaloosa. Isaias is expected to cause widespread power outages an

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New video shows people pouring into the streets as a powerful quake hits Panama

A major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 has struck southern Panama, according to the US Geological Survey.Several people have suffered minor injuries but so far there are no reports of fatalities or missing persons, officials said. Various homes, roads, hotels, government buildings, businesses and churches have sustained structural damage, according to the civil protection system.The USGS had said some casualties were possible and extensive damage was probable.Footage verified by CNN shows several damaged buildings in Penonome, some 70 miles from the epicenter. One video shows a

Hurricane Isaias lashes the US Gulf Coast with wind and rain as it nears the Florida Panhandle

Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

Houthis claim new attack against airport in Saudi capital as witness reports evacuation

Several explosions were heard in Saudi Arabia's capital on Thursday, including a large blast at Riyadh’s international airport, a witness told The Associated Press, a day after the kingdom said an attack on the airport killed one person and wounded others. The blasts had an immediate effect on markets, as the price of crude oil jumped and Saudi Arabia slid further into the latest front in the Iran war. Hundreds of flights to and from Riyadh were cancelled, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen claimed respon

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Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt, her attorneys say

Christa Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state sought to giver her a lethal injection eight days ago for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer. The drug didn’t kill her, and her arms were left burned and blistered, according to her lawyers. For the first few days of her hospitalization, Pike was unconscious and on a ventilator. Her first steps on Wednesday w

Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 2 with evacuations underway in the Gulf states

Trump says he'll award fireballer Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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One of the world’s wealthiest cities is enduring the world’s most polluted air. Here’s why

Singapore, one of the wealthiest cities in the world, has become the most polluted on the planet as it chokes under a blanket of thick, toxic smog caused by fires in neighboring Indonesia.Pollution has cast a pall on the city-state as it gets ready to host a packed weekend of marquee events ranging from international conferences to the glitzy Formula One Grand Prix night race.Air quality in the city-state was at the “very unhealthy” range with an air quality index (AQI) of 216 Friday mid-morning, according to Swiss air quality monitor IQAir.The financial hub topped the list of most pollute

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Powerful earthquake shakes Panama

FBI arrests suspect in ShinyHunters hack of the bureau's jobs portal

Former ICC judge Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

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South African-born jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for her work in international justice

Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for efforts that the award committee said promoted international law as it comes under attack. Her win is sure to be seen as a high-profile rebuke to U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have both rejected the findings of the U.N. commission she led on Gaza. The leaders also ha

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Iranian operatives used AI to plant fake stories in multiple US media outlets

Operatives in Iran used OpenAI models and fake personas to help plant news articles critical of the US war against Iran in multiple US media outlets, OpenAI said on Thursday.About a dozen outlets around the world ran roughly 100 articles by seven fake journalists, OpenAI said in a blog post. The firm said it banned ChatGPT accounts that were prompting the AI tool in Farsi to tweak articles and editorial pitches, and generate social media comments.Some of the AI-assisted articles had provocative titles, including, “Is America’s Iran Policy Being Privatized? The Jared Kushner Question,” an

A few inches – and a fan’s arms – separated Anthony Volpe from October heroics. Instead, the Yankees are swept by Tampa

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With midterms approaching, Americans’ confidence in the economy is in a tailspin

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Trump launches new effort to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook

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Top Democrats and allies join the wealthiest to fight a California billionaire tax

A first-in-the-nation proposal in California to tax billionaires could test voters' appetite for levying a wealth tax on the ultra-rich

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If the Strait of Hormuz is open, why are gas and diesel so expensive?

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Democrats fear they might be reaching too far in push for huge House margin

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Why a church parking lot could become your next home

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‘He wants me to lose’: Paxton complains about lack of support from Cornyn in leaked audio

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Tech stocks drop after report that OpenAI’s revenue is lower than expected

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Pentagon plans public livestream of its first firing squad execution in decades

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Fact check: Republicans’ deceptive ads on key Democratic candidates’ stances on gender surgery for children

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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