California mayor accused of drunken behavior, racial slur, harassment in chief of staff's claim

Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken has been accused of repeatedly appearing intoxicated during city-related events, making racially derogatory remarks and asking intrusive questions about sexuality, according to a newly released 25-page government claim.Berenice Ballinas, who has worked in Aitken's office since December 2022 as her chief of staff, alleges harassment, discrimination and retaliation based on her perceived sexual orientation, Mexican heritage and Catholic faith.The filing also accuses t...

Live Updates: Hochul to Address Cornell Case After Appointing Special Prosecutor

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York appointed Letitia James, the state attorney general, to investigate a former Cornell University student’s rape allegation. They were set to provide an update on the case Friday morning.

Noah's Ark mystery enters new phase as researchers probe deep beneath site

Researchers investigating the site believed by some to be Noah's Ark have just wrapped up their first full field season drilling more than 60 feet beneath the site and collecting hundreds of samples now undergoing laboratory analysis.The Noah's Ark Research Project, supported by Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, has spent the last year collecting soil samples at the Durupınar site near Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey.First identified in 1959, the boat-shaped formation has long-drawn speculation over...

Sylvester Stallone showered in his clothes to survive before ‘Rocky’ fame

Before Sylvester Stallone became one of Hollywood's biggest stars, he had just $60 to his name with $43.60 already set aside for rent. But even as he struggled to make ends meet in New York City, the future "Rocky" icon refused to give up on his dream.In his new memoir, "The Steps," Stallone recounts the years before fame, including his arrival in New York City in 1969, determined to become an actor despite poverty, rejection and uncertainty.The 80-year-old told Fox News Digital that even in his...

Mayors, First Nations chiefs in Alberta's oilsands region react tentatively to West Coast pipeline designation

Political leaders in Alberta’s oilsands region say they hope the potential one million barrels of oil per day that could flow through a new West Coast oil pipeline will also bring jobs and economic spinoffs.

Al Michaels glosses over Deshaun Watson's two dozen sexual misconduct lawsuits, calls them a 'thing'

The Deshaun Watson story isn't fully written because this Cleveland Browns season isn't over and neither is his career. But Amazon Prime play-by-play announcer Al Michaels figures he can tell the tale without mentioning the most important and disgusting parts: The sexual misconduct and abuse allegations, and the dozen lawsuits Watson settled afterward to keep his career afloat.The Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers were on Thursday Night Football this week and that, of course, put Watson in the ...

Amazon Says It's No Longer Using NDAs for Data Centers

The company announced it has stopped using secret agreements with county officials and acknowledges community backlash is leading to data center moratoriums across the country.

Man City lodges 'comprehensive' appeal after being found guilty of financial rule-breaking

Manchester City has lodged a "comprehensive" appeal, the club confirmed Friday, following the publication of a report by an independent commission detailing large-scale financial rule-breaking by the Premier League giant.

How to find compromised passwords on iPhone and Android

You probably have more passwords than you realize. Banking, email, shopping accounts and streaming services can add up quickly. The bigger problem comes when one of those passwords lands in a data leak and you have no idea it happened. Your phone may already know about it.Both Apple and Google can check saved passwords for security problems and warn you when a login appears compromised. Apple can also flag passwords that are weak or reused. Google Password Manager offers a Password Checkup that ...

Best Smart Cat Trackers of 2026: Fi Mini vs. Tractive

After months of monitoring Basil’s activity and sleep, I found that Fi and Tractive cat trackers come with their own trade-offs.

Enterprise storage becomes AI memory as privately run models close in on the frontier

As open-weight models close in on the performance of proprietary frontier systems, enterprises are gaining a credible way to run generative AI on hardware they own. That shift puts the data already si

Australia's proposed laws could help regulate privacy risks from chatbots—if we get the details right

Online privacy used to mean being careful about what you shared. You also had some control over what others shared about you because much of that info was public. You could ask a friend to take down t

How Jamaica Continues to Ruin Its Brand With Reparations

How Jamaica Continues to Ruin Its Brand With Reparations Authored by Lipton Matthews via American Greatness, Sentiment and economic development are not the same currency, and confusing them costs a small country more than it can afford. Washington has quietly begun cancelling the visas of prominent Jamaican officials, and the reason is no mystery. American law enforcement partners have grown frustrated with how Kingston handled a cocaine scandal inside its own police force. Oper...

FDA approves artificial heart valve for kids that grows as they do

The FDA has approved a new artificial heart valve that eliminates the need for multiple surgeries in children with certain congenital heart defects.

AI beats licensed accountants on speed and accuracy, but still can't close the books without supervision

According to a Mercor study, current AI models now outperform licensed CPAs on structured accounting tasks in both speed and accuracy. Eighteen months ago, they still lagged far behind. On the more de

Ms Rachel pours cash into progressive campaigns and more top headlines

1. Ms Rachel pours cash into progressive campaigns 2. Trump to hit Iran 'very hard' if regime is behind attempted hijacking3. OpenAI warns over 100 organizations about rogue AI agent activity HIDDEN DANGER Chinese AI model sparks alarm after researcher uncovers disturbing capabilities. Continue reading …HEARTS BROKEN Cause of death revealed for actor Chad Lowe’s teenage daughter Fiona. Continue reading …FIGHT FOR HER LIFE Christa Pike’s lawyers demand commutation after Tennessee's botched execut...

Japan court rules actors have right to their own voices

Kenjiro Tsuda, an actor famed in Japan for his lustrous baritone, sued TikTok over an account that used an AI-generated replica of his voice in more than 180 videos. Tokyo District Court ruled this week that a persons' voice can be protected under Japan's publicity rights law. Read the rest The post Japan court rules actors have right to their own voices appeared first on Boing Boing.

Violent protests in France over state of education lead to closure of nearly 400 schools

About 400 schools in France are expected to remain closed on Friday after student protests over education-related grievances ‌turned violent in some places.

Men are hiding potentially deadly disorder amid pressure to build the 'perfect' body

Days after Sylvester Stallone revealed his own history with bulimia, experts are highlighting a growing but often overlooked rise in eating disorders among men.The Academy Award-nominated actor, 80, revealed during an interview with The New York Times that he developed an "obsession" with eating habits while prepping for his role in the 1982 movie "Rambo."Stallone said he took pains to appear more "animalistic," drawing inspiration from jaguars and cats. "It became an obsession. Really bad. It g...

Winning the AI race means beating China on innovation, cost and trust

Because we operate at the intersection of AI, national security and cyber, I often get asked the question, "Are we winning the AI race with China?"My answer is still yes. At the highest level, we have the best chip technology, the best models and, more importantly, we have the best economic system and the talent to continue to win.But at a deeper level, we still have to agree on what winning looks like. Fundamentally, is it building the best technology, or is it building the technology that beco...

How a New Satellite Constellation Is Rewriting the Rules of Early Wildfire Detection

FireSat is the first satellite constellation dedicated entirely to detecting the first signs of a wildfire from space.

Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection takes focus off victim, jeopardizes execution: former police chief

Tennessee's failed attempt to lethally inject 30-year death row inmate Christa Pike Wednesday evening has not only put her execution in jeopardy, it may lead to the state taking capital punishment off the table altogether, according to the former Knoxville police chief who oversaw her arrest in the murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995."I'll be surprised if there are any executions in Tennessee in the near term, if again, ever," Phil Keith, who led Knoxville's police department from 1988...

You Can’t Travel to ‘Dune,’ So ‘Dune’ Is Coming to You

'Dune: The Experience' will open in LA ahead of 'Dune: Part Three,' before going to other cities.

'DSA jihadi': LA mayoral candidate torched after defending 'genocide' comment during Jewish forum

Nithya Raman, the far-left Los Angeles mayoral frontrunner, defended her appearance on controversial streamer Hasan Piker's program and stood by her use of the term "genocide" to describe Israel's actions in Gaza when pressed by a Jewish audience Tuesday night, raising alarm among some Jewish voters.Raman's appearance before hundreds of attendees at a Jewish community mayoral forum quickly turned into a series of pointed exchanges over Israel, antisemitism and her past comments on the war in Gaz...

20% of Swiss Glaciers Lost In Five Years

Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their ice volume in the first eight months of 2026, bringing total losses since 2021 to 19.4%. Researchers say some glaciers are now collapsing from within as meltwater carves out large cavities. The Guardian reports: Matthias Huss, a glaciologist at ETH Zurich and lead author of the report, said many people do not realize how fast glaciers are retreating, or that just one generation ago some now-barren sites used to sit beneath hundreds of meters of ice. The scientis...

How to Build a Control Plane for AI Agents

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Nike Plunges On Slashed Outlook As UBS Warns Against Catching A Falling Knife

Nike Plunges On Slashed Outlook As UBS Warns Against Catching A Falling Knife Nike shares are down nearly 10% in pre-market trading in New York after the struggling athletic footwear and apparel company warned its sales slump will deepen and unveiled a restructuring that will eliminate jobs. As of Thursday's close, year-to-date performance had been absolutely abysmal, with shares down 45%. The extended decline could now put the stock on track for its worst annual loss on record. ...

OpenAI says it learned this week that its AI agent hacked Australia's NSW state government in June, following a similar hack on Australia's federal government

Henry Belot / The Guardian: OpenAI says it learned this week that its AI agent hacked Australia's NSW state government in June, following a similar hack on Australia's federal government Attack acce

Jealous media attack Sydney Sweeney’s sports ad while her $2B valuation proves she’s the ultimate boss

The face (and body) of a betting site just won big on her own gamble.Actress Sydney Sweeney, who bought a stake in the peer-to-peer sports trading company Novig, has watched its valuation jump from $500 million to $2 billion in a matter of months.How much she actually invested in the company is unknown. How much she influenced the company's growth seems undeniable. Her scantily-clad advertisement in which she donned an array of sports attire that covered just enough to clear broadcast standards ...

A'ja Wilson's mom freaks out when asked to explain her 'Love Beats Hate' sign after Game 3 win vs Fever

The discourse surrounding A'ja Wilson's unsportsmanlike actions in Game 2 in Indiana, where she received no repercussions from the league, even though she entered the seating area and confronted a male Fever fan for simply pointing at her after a controversial foul, has sparked countless inflammatory comments.Las Vegas Aces' fans have condemned the man and, at times, the entire fan base. The media has overwhelming taken Wilson's side, even after the man was proven innocent, and players like Chic...

Inside the House GOP's 4-week battle plan to save its majority

FIRST ON FOX: House GOP leaders are quietly laying their battle plans for the final month ahead of the November midterm elections.A new memo being sent to Republicans across the country, first obtained by Fox News Digital, reveals four key topics that the House GOP is focusing on in the final four weeks before the election: the border, fraudulent use of taxpayer dollars, the economy, and public safety."I think these are the points that the voters actually care most about," House GOP Chairwoman L...

London Mosque Pushes Wife-Beating, Throwing Gays Off Tall Buildings

London Mosque Pushes Wife-Beating, Throwing Gays Off Tall Buildings Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A London mosque with charitable status is under investigation for posting sermons that tell husbands to hit disobedient wives and setting out execution methods for gay men, including being thrown from tall buildings. The lectures were not smuggled out of a private meeting. They sit on the Hackney Islamic Community Centre's own YouTube channel, delivered from the mosqu...

Your Driverless Cab Is Spying on You

Self-driving cars from Waymo, Zoox, and Tesla are studded with cameras and sensors. Some of them are pointing at riders.

Halluminate, which builds AI training environments for complex financial work, raised a $30M Series A led by Oak HC/FT, bringing its total funding to $38.5M

Wen Shao / Fortune: Halluminate, which builds AI training environments for complex financial work, raised a $30M Series A led by Oak HC/FT, bringing its total funding to $38.5M Halluminate, a nine-p

Kash Patel defends FBI's ‘Most Wanted’ busts amid manipulation accusations, highlights 'Summer Heat' success

FBI Director Kash Patel pushed back against critics questioning the agency's Most Wanted fugitive statistics, framing the scrutiny as an attack on rank-and-file agents while pointing to surging arrest and seizure figures in the recently completed "Operation Summer Heat 2.0" as proof of a revamped, field-centric agency.Patel dismissed news reports that the FBI allegedly fudged its Most Wanted captures as attempts to "denigrate the work of the bureau," insisting that career staff manage the lists ...

Trump’s first-year government overhaul delivers change Washington hasn’t seen since the 1960s

The Trump administration has reduced the federal workforce to the lowest point in roughly 60 years, according to newly released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.As of August, just 2.67 million people were employed by the federal government, down from just over 3 million when President Donald Trump took office, marking the lowest headcount since 1966, per the BLS.The administration has estimated those cuts will produce significant savings, with OPM projecting that its Deferred Resignation...

Iraq sounds alarm on terror threat from Syria one day after US troops leave

Iraq is preparing for the possibility that Islamic State fighters could spill across the border from Syria, the country's foreign minister said Thursday. It comes just one day after the U.S. military formally ended its counter-ISIS mission in Iraq.Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told reporters in Washington, D.C., on Thursday that Baghdad is closely watching recent ISIS activity in neighboring Syria, and warned that fighters crossing into Iraq could once again pose a threat to the country's securi...

This amount of deli meat associated with higher dementia risk in compelling new review

Eating just two slices of deli meat a day was associated with a substantially higher risk of dementia, according to a new review of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and brain health.The findings, published in the August 2026 issue of Annual Review of Nutrition, looked at dozens of human and animal studies, including one involving nearly 500,000 people in the U.K. The study found that each additional 25 grams of processed meat eaten daily corresponded with a 44% higher risk of all-cause dementia and ...

Fox News Digital's News Quiz: October 2, 2026

Test your news knowledge with this week's Fox News Digital News Quiz, featuring Ms. Rachel's comments and a viral police bodycam moment in Kansas.Looking for another challenge?A controversy over an attorney’s social media post and a pocketknife discovered by Transportation Security Administration officers are featured in last week's News Quiz.Test your knowledge of Taylor Swift's triumph, favorite food findings and more in this week's American Culture Quiz.If you're looking to play even more, yo...

Pills found near dead Ole Miss student didn't come from gas station after feds raid store, owner says

FIRST ON FOX: The owner of the gas station where investigators say Robert Strang bought synthetic kratom denies that the pills found near the student's body came from his store.Court documents show that Ole Miss students Strang, 20, and Aidan Hamilton, 18, were found dead on Sept. 21, each discovered near similar packages of synthetic kratom. Authorities said Hamilton "could have died due to a Pulmonary Edema," a conclusion consistent with a drug overdose. First responders who arrived at Strang'...

The Firestorm Over a Rape Allegation at Cornell

The New York Times has reviewed a trove of documents related to the case. Our reporter explains what we know.

Trump’s Iran crackdown collides with NATO ally seeking access to America’s prized fighter jet

At least 83 flights operated by U.S.-sanctioned Iranian airlines landed in Turkey in the five days after a key American sanctions deadline, according to flight data analyzed by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, putting a new spotlight on whether Washington will enforce its escalating pressure campaign against companies servicing the carriers in a NATO ally.The Sept. 28 FDD report said U.S. pressure has helped push Iranian airlines out of several regional markets, including Iraq, the Uni...

Pasadena's white peacock Sugar, beaten by mail carrier, is relocated to private California ranch

The Pasadena Humane Society cared for the peacock for several weeks. The bird 'could be a little, well, aggressive' toward men, a resident said.

Justice Department accuses UCLA law school of illegally using race in admissions

The Justice Department alleges the UCLA School of Law violated Title VI and the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling by favoring Black and Latino applicants in admissions. UCLA Law says its process is merit-based and complies with Proposition 209.

California moves to limit utility profits and tap more power from homes

One of several bills signed this week is a law to advance the use of virtual power plants to make greater use of clean energy at home.

'Super' El Niño could overwhelm L.A.'s aging Hyperion sewage treatment plant

On the shores of Playa del Rey sits L.A.'s last line of defense against sewage streaming into the Santa Monica Bay and a jacked El Niño this winter threatens to be more than a match for it.

California's economic growth expected to continue, but slowly and with few jobs gains

The UCLA Anderson Forecast predicts California's economic growth will continue but with only meager jobs gains.

Asteroid Bennu Has an Identity Crisis, and Jupiter Might Be to Blame

Asteroid sample return missions have brought well preserved samples of the early solar system (that hadn’t been roasted in a fireball) back to Earth for the first time. But those samples, like the OSIRIS-REx sample from asteroid (101955) Bennu, sometimes provide more questions than answers. A new paper, published in Science Advances from researchers at ETH Zurich and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, highlights one of those questions - why Bennu appears to have been born in both the inner ...

Election Deniers Think the GOP’s Terrible Midterm Polling Is a ‘Psyop’

Dozens and dozens of high profile MAGA influencers and pundits have weighed in. “The laughable fake polls are rolling out,” Catturd posted on X.

US authorities arrest a California man suspected of smuggling $300M+ worth of restricted Nvidia AI chips to China via Malaysia and Singapore from 2023 to 2024

Michael Shepard / Bloomberg: US authorities arrest a California man suspected of smuggling $300M+ worth of restricted Nvidia AI chips to China via Malaysia and Singapore from 2023 to 2024 Federal pr

A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data

While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target.

A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data

While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target.

Balcony solar installations will soon be legal in America's most populous state

California has joined nine other US states in approving balcony solar installations.

'I was fighting for my life': Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls FlyDubai cockpit attack

The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight described Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent.

EXCLUSIVE: 128 GOP lawmakers call for federal probe into Planned Parenthood's taxpayer funding

FIRST ON FOX: A coalition of 128 Republican lawmakers is pressing the federal government to scrutinize Planned Parenthood's taxpayer funding and potentially launch an investigation into the organization and its affiliates.Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., led the bicameral effort, asking Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General T. March Bell to review Planned Parenthood's federal funding and determine whether the organization and its affiliates ha...

31 Best STEM Toys for Kids (2026): Learning Made Fun

We found lots of math-filled and science-rich toys for tiny nerds to assemble, bake, squish—or even tear apart and rebuild.

Health Care Workers Are Tired of Cleaning Up Palantir’s Mess

A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.

Microsoft AI releases new transcription and text-to-speech models for voice agents

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Businesses are using more AI and paying less for it, Ramp AI Index shows

US companies are spending less on AI, according to the latest Ramp AI Index from Ramp economist Ara Kharazian. The article Businesses are using more AI and paying less for it, Ramp AI Index shows appe

Where Things Stand in the Jane Doe Investigation

Gov. Kathy Hochul has named a special investigator, Letitia James, as the allegations of rape in a fraternity house become part of a national conversation about sexual assault and consent.

Ms Rachel builds sprawling media empire while shelling out thousands to progressive candidates

The popular children's YouTuber Rachel Accurso has spent over $22,000 backing Democratic and progressive candidates since 2024, while her toddler-facing brand has expanded into Netflix, Penguin Random House and the toy aisles of Target.Better known as "Ms. Rachel," the online star has cemented herself as the face of a multimillion-dollar children’s entertainment empire. The former New York City preschool educator, who sings nursery rhymes and teaches language to more than 21 million YouTube subs...

JONATHAN TURLEY: Justice Alito blazes the ethical path the Supreme Court should take

On Sept. 28, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recused himself from one of the term's most important cases: Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. As I have previously discussed, the case involving the liability of energy companies for nuisance actions tied to climate change could have sweeping implications for the country. Justice Alito should be commended for avoiding even the appearance of a personal interest or a conflict in the case. However, the controversy should p...

A must-win midterm state is the real loser of Trump's Canada trade war

President Donald Trump's escalating trade fight with Canada could deliver an economic blow to one of the country's most closely watched battleground states, potentially raising costs for automakers and prices for consumers.Michigan, home to a fiercely contested U.S. Senate race this November, is particularly vulnerable because its auto industry depends heavily on a cross-border supply chain with Canada.America's northern neighbor received roughly $21.2 billion worth of Michigan exports in 2025, ...

How a hidden scam plaguing college campuses has racked up a multimillion-dollar price tag

A hidden scheme draining millions from the federal student aid system and infiltrating college campuses has emerged as a key target of the Trump administration's fraud crackdown, with officials faulting Biden-era identity verification policies for opening the door to it.One fraud expert is now highlighting the red flags students and parents must look out for as the fall semester begins, warning fraudsters are fabricating identities to enroll at colleges and collect aid that is meant for legitima...

War Returns To Ethiopia As The Horn Edges Closer To Abyss

War Returns To Ethiopia As The Horn Edges Closer To Abyss Authored by Joseph Solis-Mullen via The Libertarian Institute Barely four years after the Pretoria Agreement formally ended one of the deadliest wars of the twenty-first century, serious fighting has returned to northern Ethiopia. As we begin October, Tigrayan forces have seized the airports at Mekelle, Aksum, and Shire, launched coordinated attacks into neighboring Afar and Amhara regions, and declared themselves once again...

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Congress will take your money, they just won’t take care of it like they should

The people who oversee the largest budget in the world, who are in charge of an entity ultimately responsible for the largest number of employees in the U.S., and who are put in charge specifically to represent constituents somehow have no broad fiduciary duty Congress.In most large businesses, and certainly every publicly traded one, a board of directors is put in place to represent that business’s stakeholders. This is referred to as a fiduciary duty, which in layman’s terms, is a legal obliga...

I saw the real DOGE from the inside. Why the media got DOGE and Elon all wrong

My book about my time inside DOGE launched last week, and I've watched friends who privately cheer me on go completely silent in public. That’s how toxic the stigma around DOGE has become. And that stigma is built on a version of events I barely recognize.My experience inside DOGE was almost nothing like what I read about in the mainstream news. The fairest and most balanced coverage I can remember was our interview on Fox News with Bret Baier in March 2025—but let me tell you what it was actual...

New Mexico wants Meta to pay $40 billion in penalties for Cambridge Analytica scandal

New Mexico's attorney argued that the penalties Meta has to pay need to be significant enough to make an impact on the company.

A profile of Larry Ellison, including his octopus fixation, influence across Oracle, data centers, TikTok, politics, and support for David's media ambitions (Vanity Fair)

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'Like an episode of Breaking Bad': Man caught in N.L.'s largest fentanyl bust pleads guilty

Martin Marks has pleaded guilty to four dozen charges after being caught twice with copious amounts of fentanyl and cocaine.

A'ja Wilson, Aces send the Fever home again with a 94-83 win in Game 3

A'ja Wilson made sure her basketball spoke for itself Thursday night. The four-time WNBA MVP, who had a verbal encounter with a Fever fan in Indiana two nights earlier, scored 36 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the defending champion Las Vegas Aces to a 94-83 victory in the deciding Game 3 of the first round.

Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h

Why are B.C. firefighters still using wildfire data from the 1990s?

Prolonged drought in B.C.'s Southern Interior has led to explosive wildfires that current modelling software struggles to predict. It's partly because the data that informs these computer models was collected at least 30 years ago, when extreme fire behaviour, driven by events like prolonged drought a feature of climate change was less common.

Why your Habs tickets cost more than any other NHL team's this season

Montreal Canadiens fans wanting to see their team play at home this season will have to pay a premium for tickets, with average prices at the Bell Centre higher than anywhere else across the NHL.

Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason

On an afternoon in Seoul in March 2016, I watched a program I helped build put a stone on the fifth line of a Go board in what looked like a gift to its human opponent. Move 37 in game two of the five

In Gaza, a UN cash-for-work program gives Palestinians some income and hope

The UN World Food Program's cash-for-work program helps provide stable work and income for Palestinians in Gaza, who have with little to no other options.

Amid the push to build Canadian, a Quebec train factory is booming

A Quebec train factory battered by years of layoffs is expanding as governments push to buy Canadian. Alstom's La Pocatière plant is hiring and scaling up for major domestic rail contracts, including a $4.7-billion VIA Rail project.

What Cornell's alleged rape case and the Hockey Canada trial's striking parallels reveal

Several legal experts note there are some striking similarities between the alleged gang rape case unfolding at Cornell University this week and last year's Hockey Canada sexual assault trial in London, Ont., which saw all five players acquitted.

UK Officials Are Keeping A List Of Brits Who Question Government Policy

UK Officials Are Keeping A List Of Brits Who Question Government Policy Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The British state is compiling a list of people who criticise its own counter-terror programme. Ordinary X and Reddit users who questioned Prevent training, flagged a one-sided focus on the "far Right," or simply criticised it have had their posts logged, stored and "investigated" by a Home Office-linked unit most of them have never heard of. Officials spent more ...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s partner, Ken Urker, dies on 34th birthday

Ken Urker was found dead at his Louisiana home and police have opened an investigation.

Why Prosecutors May Face Legal Hurdles in the Cornell Investigation

Experts in sexual assault cases said it may not be easy to win a conviction on the rape allegations that Jane Doe has made against fraternity members.

OpenAI Alerts More Than 100 Groups About Rogue AI Agent Activity

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: OpenAI has informed more than 100 organizations about incidents involving unauthorized activity tied to its AI agents, according to a blog post by the ChatGPT maker, as AI labs face mounting scrutiny over rogue AI agent activity. Here are some other details: - The Sam Altman-led company has been conducting a broad review of the activities of its AI models after the accidental hacking of Hugging Face. - OpenAI is searching through roughly 50 peta...

Homeowners Are Clinging to their Below-4% Mortgages for Dear Life as Mortgage Rates Went over 7%

The housing market, wrecked by ultralow mortgage rates, will stay wrecked for longer.

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Europe's Housing Crisis Is An Immigration Crisis, Berlin Data Confirms

Europe's Housing Crisis Is An Immigration Crisis, Berlin Data Confirms Via Remix News, In a system that rejects mass immigration, the population can fall, opening up room for cheaper housing, lower rents, and even an increase in the birthrate. Across the West, native Europeans are dying out but rental prices continue to go up every year. While the left would like to point the finger at capitalists and greedy landlords, the primary factor driving the housing affordability crisis ...

Trump admin wants to require tax filers to disclose citizenship status to IRS

The Trump administration has proposed requiring U.S. taxpayers to disclose their citizenship and work authorization status to the IRS on the annual tax form that nearly all workers file each year.The administration claims the proposed requirement would help federal officials stop illegal migrants from collecting federal benefits they are not eligible for, which officials argue could save taxpayers up to $2 billion.The IRS posted its draft 1040 form for 2026 in late August, which includes the que...

Fatal shooting aboard Culver CityBus, witness says; suspect at large

Multiple bullets were fired in the incident and a man in his 40s was killed, according to police, who said the suspected gunman was at large.

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ArXiv limits preprint submissions to two per month per submitter, as AI access fuels a record 40,363 submissions in September 2026, vs. 20,569 in September 2024

Kat Boboris / arXiv: ArXiv limits preprint submissions to two per month per submitter, as AI access fuels a record 40,363 submissions in September 2026, vs. 20,569 in September 2024 arXiv, and the s