The Supreme Court is taking on a 158-year-old law that makes distilling spirits at home a federal crime
Home distilling carries up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The justices will review whether the ban is…
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‘Divorced from reality’: House leader Jeffries says Dems ‘hold firm’ in midterm race—and says Trump undermines ‘democracy, freedom and dignity’
Jeffries is in line to become House speaker if Democrats win back the majority—and has traveled to 50 cities…
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Trump plans new women’s health research division at NIH after push from first lady Melania Trump
The order would create a new NIH division and White House task force focused on women's health, but includes no…
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Japan and U.S. kick off one of their largest joint military drills defending Japan’s southwestern islands as tensions with China rise
This year's exercises come just weeks after the arrest of a U.S. Marine in connection with the murder of a Japanese…
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Elizabeth Holmes doc ‘You Can See Everything’ scores the second-biggest documentary opening ever—nearly doubling Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’
The A24 film from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim grossed $15 million in just 855 theaters, trailing only…
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The French are rioting as inflation hits 3.4% while wage growth and GDP remain stagnant. It’s higher in Trump’s America
France’s unemployment tops 8%, with youth joblessness at 20%. It’s not quite the same everywhere.
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‘They may think that they can escape scrutiny’: Singapore cracks down on Indonesian companies spreading ‘entirely preventable’ smog across the border
This brings to 10 the number of Indonesian companies that Singapore is targeting under its Transboundary Haze Pollution…
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Billionaire Elon Musk says he’ll give every kid in America shares of SpaceX next year—it’ll add up to over $10 billion in stock
Despite questioning if money will even matter in the future, Elon Musk is giving every U.S. kid a slice of his SpaceX…
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Gen Z is chasing the American Dream in South Carolina, Missouri, and Tennessee—as California loses thousands of young adults and billionaires
As billionaires like Larry Page and Peter Thiel leave California, Gen Z is following suit—they’re moving to more…
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An AI agent sent a stranger to a man’s house without telling him—and exposed the privacy risks of AI assistants
Meta’s Muse shared a seller’s home address and arranged a pickup without his knowledge, raising questions about how…
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‘I don’t think here is our home anymore’: Scientists are leaving America as Trump’s research cuts push them overseas
Foreign universities are recruiting U.S. researchers with promises of stable funding and academic freedom as scientists…
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The U.S. national debt is approaching the point where bond traders see ‘mounting risk’ of a ‘vicious cycle,’ Moody’s top economist says
“A vicious cycle threatens to take hold, with higher rates adding to the interest payments and debt load, which in turn…
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‘I am so fed up’: Farmers face financial squeeze from tariffs and diesel and blame GOP as Trump heads to Kansas to energize voters before midterms
The visits from Trump come as Republicans pour money into Senate races in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa amid concerns about…
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Ethiopia’s prime minister won a Nobel Peace Prize for making peace with Eritrea. Now the former allies could go to war
Renewed fighting, tensions with Eritrea and disputes over Red Sea ports and Nile waters are raising fears of a wider…
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European stocks fall after violent protests in France, while oil drops as Trump puts Russia sanctions on hold
France's CAC 40 sank after violent protests while oil fell 2% after Trump waived Russia sanctions, among other global…
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Current price of oil as of October 19, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
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Tinder’s new CEO asked employees a simple question about success. Their answers exposed a bigger problem
Tinder's new CEO is overhauling how employees measure success and using AI to improve the dating experience.
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The AI productivity boom has bosses asking what’s in it for employees
Leaders at PepsiCo, Indeed, Dropbox, and Bristol Myers Squibb are rethinking who benefits from AI’s productivity gains.
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Recent crypto IPOs have been a wipeout for most investors. Will the next wave be better?
What's explains the poor performance of newly public crypto firms like Gemini and American Bitcoin?
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AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes warns costs will ‘go up dramatically’ over the next 12 months: ‘Can’t get a vaccination for Donald Trump’
Fernandes says the squeeze will last about a year—and that the next leg of growth is in secondary cities like China's…
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It is time for a state to take Congress to court
A state attorney general should stand up and assert the rights of the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
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The biggest gaming deals of 2026 are really AI deals
New PitchBook data shows that investors are funding gaming’s picks and shovels, not its hits.
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Markets: As bond yields cool off, stock buyers step in where angels fear to tread
Increasing yields in the bond market are making it more expensive for tech companies to borrow the money they need to…
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Le risque: How the rioting in France might trigger a ‘blow up’ in the bond market
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
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Bill Gross bets AI can help mass-produce 1 million new startups and 100 million new jobs
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‘Miami-Dade County is not Vice City’: GTA 6 is taking over Miami—and dividing the county
Rockstar has already paid nearly $1 million for a rooftop sign on the Miami Heat’s arena, with a blimp, wrapped…
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Inside the 33-hour failed boardroom coup to overthrow WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg presides over a company that has been at war with itself for months over an antitrust…
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‘Circle back,’ ‘synergy,’ ‘boil the ocean’: The corporate phrases Gen Z doesn’t get, and what they say instead
From “circle back” to “bandwidth,” an updated Preply study finds young workers are trading corporate buzzwords for…
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Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes: AI agents need a name tag—and a human to be accountable for their actions
Cannon-Brookes says the hardest part of putting agents to work isn’t the model but the interface and the accountability.
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‘I’ve never had a real job’: Shaq talks building his brand through ads, and says he hates ‘wealthy athletes’ who show off. It ‘makes me sick’
The NBA legend explains how his endorsements built his brand and why he turned down Wheaties because he doesn't endorse…
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South Korea bets on five regional airports to spread its tourism boom beyond Seoul
South Korea drew 18.9 million foreign visitors in 2025, yet only a third ventured outside Seoul.
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China’s economy grew 4.5% last quarter, yet its export boom risks being ‘a drag on world growth’
"It is untenable and unsustainable" for China to rely on foreign demand, Cornell's Eswar Prasad said.
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The inventor of BRICS has a message for ‘lazy, colonial’ Europe—India and China are still not taken seriously enough on the world stage
Jim O’Neill’s Goldman Sachs Economics Paper No. 66 reshaped how business leaders looked at the world, but it may now be…
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Zoom and big financial firms add ‘Proof of Human’ badges from Sam Altman’s World to stop fraud and deepfakes
The new security measure, which will be deployed by the likes of Bain Capital and VanEck, relies on World’s…
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Anthropic commits 5% of its stock to a new ‘public benefit’ fund and may give large donations to traditional nonprofits or to specific populations
The shares will go to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity within the company.
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Europe sent its gold to the U.S. for safekeeping during World War II. Central banks are now reshuffling their reserves for a new era of uncertainty
“Central banks are increasingly optimizing across three considerations: custody risk, physical accessibility, and…
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