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Lawmakers raise alarm at Google plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data for AI models

More than 120 US lawmakers raised concerns on Thursday about Alphabet's Google unit acquiring defunct carrier Spirit Airlines' internal data for $10 million to train artificial intelligence systems.The lawmakers led by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Steven Horsford said the sale would include 100 million emails, 500 million Microsoft Teams messages and other employee records. The lawmakers asked the company to "exclude employee information from the transaction to the greatest extent possible." (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Mark Porter)

Coca-Cola looks to sell Costa Coffee, Semafor reports

American Express National Bank fined $350 million for insufficient anti-money laundering program

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Pete Hegseth vows to make first firing squad execution in decades ‘public’

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in an interview this week that the execution of the man who killed 13 people in a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 would be “public.”“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Hegseth told far-right podcaster Jack Posobeic in an interview aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday. He did not offer details about how the execution would be publicized.The Pentagon announced on Monday evening that Nidal Hasan would be ex

Venezuela's president expects third-quarter growth after earthquake hit

The skilled foreign tech workers' green card program under attack from Trump

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Zelenskiy says Ukraine expects Europeans to join talks with US

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukraine expected Kyiv's European partners to join talks with the US in coming days.Zelenskiy earlier said that Ukraine's negotiators would hold talks in the United States on Friday and Saturday as part of efforts led by the United States to seek a settlement of the 4-1/2-year-old war with Russia.The president, speaking to reporters in Kyiv, said Ukrainian negotiators would raise the issue of air defences in light of near-constant Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities. More than 70 have been killed in strikes over the past two days.Zelenskiy al

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

MLB proposes shortening regular season to 154 games in 2029, expanding Division Series to best-of-7

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

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to fireballer Roger Clemens, calling the seven-time Cy Young winner “maybe the greatest pitcher of all time.” Addressing a rally in San Antonio, Trump renewed his calls for Clemens to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. That's an honor the pitcher known as “The Rocket” has yet to receive because of suspicions he used steroids during a 24-year career that featured time with the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Houston Astros.

Trump stumps for embattled Texas Senate candidate at raucous rally

President Donald Trump made his third trip to Texas in less than a month Wednesday, attacking Democrats and warning about illegal immigration as he stumped for a Senate candidate who’s privately questioned his political capital and whom the president has publicly insulted in personal terms.Such is the final sprint to the November 3 midterm elections as the GOP faces an increasingly uphill battle to hold on to the Senate, with the path to the majority running through Texas.Republicans are pouring millions into bolstering state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who polls have shown is facing a clos

US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in Iran war, congressional report says

Nicolás Maduro and his wife face new charges over alleged torture of Americans

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Trump interrupted by protesters as he fights to rally Texas voters behind Paxton in US Senate race

President Donald Trump, facing protesters and a poor political climate, fought to rally Texas voters behind Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday night in a bid to stave off sweeping Democratic victories in the nation's most populous red state. But Trump's remarks were not focused solely on Paxton. Speaking to a packed Freeman Coliseum, Trump also pledged to award retired baseball star Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom, restated his support for the death penalty for drug dealers and clarified recent comments in which he talked about the possibilit

FBI arrests man for plotting mass shooting at Mall of America

The FBI has arrested an 18-year-old man who had been plotting to carry out a mass shooting at the Mall of America near Minneapolis in the name of ISIS, according to court filings. He was arrested on Tuesday after an FBI undercover agent sold the Minnesota man, Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, an AK-47, ammunition and magazines for $600, according to the complaint. Mohamud told the informant he planned to use the items to kill 30 to 60 people at an event at the mall in late October. Mohamud was charged with one count of knowingly receiving a firearm and ammunition in order to commit an act of

Christa Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution attempt, attorney says

Federal prosecutors in Minnesota charge man with terrorism after they say he planned to target the Mall of America

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

What a hero he would have been.The New York-born heir to Derek Jeter’s spot on the diamond, Anthony Volpe has become an unfortunate avatar of all the ways this iteration of the Yankees has failed to live up to the legacy set by the Jeter Era teams. The first-round draft pick turned homegrown source of hope-unrealized debuted in 2023 and has never had even an average offensive season.This year, he spent over a month demoted to the minors. He entered October with just two home runs.He’ll leave it that way, too.The Yankees season is over. They were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays – who also bes

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Pneumonic plague, by the numbers

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that it had few clear answers about the recent death of a worker at a Russian institute that researched plague. The death, the subsequent isolation of hundreds of co-workers and close contacts, and reports that another worker may have pneumonia have fueled global concern about a rare form of plague.Here’s what we know about pneumonic plague by the numbers.The situation in RussiaOne person who worked at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia in southeast Russia has died.There have also been media reports that a second employee of the

As Father Time ticks away, 39-year-old Novak Djokovic enjoyed yet another sweet return to the China Open

Two star pitchers are facing the choice between being on the mound or in the delivery room. It’s not an easy decision

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Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin to discuss possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible case of plague at a Siberian research institute. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he would be talking with Putin about the case “very soon.” Health authorities are investigating after the death of an employee at an anti-plague institute, which authorities attributed to pneumonia with an unknown cause. Asked what the U.S. intelligence community was saying about the case, Trump said the U.S. is in “very deep discussions�

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Lionel Messi prepares for his final match for Argentina

Expect lots of tears when Lionel Messi plays a farewell game for Argentina on Tuesday. The friendly against Benin in Buenos Aires has been dubbed “The Night That No One Wants to End” as Messi plays for his country one last time. The 39-year-old soccer icon announced his international retirement in the weeks following the World Cup final loss to Spain, saying, “The time has come.” The Argentine Football Association tempted him to make one last appearance for “the farewell he deserves” and thousands of fans are expected to show their appreci

Roberts moves struggling Ohtani to No. 5 spot in Dodgers' lineup in NLDS Game 3 against Braves

US resident arrested in connection with Canada’s Tumbler Ridge school shooting

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Trump voters are not pumped about voting in the midterms, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

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Rogers and El-Sayed are set for their first debate in Michigan's Senate race after online sparring

Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed are set for their first debate in Michigan's closely watched Senate debate

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A hurricane could cripple US refining when the world can least afford it

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Exclusive: ICE agents told to ramp up daily immigration arrests despite GOP unease as midterms near

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Trump repeatedly interrupted by protesters during Texas rally

President Trump was forced to stop his speech again and again during a rally in Texas due to protesters. Police escorted at least 12 protestors from the venue, some of them in handcuffs.

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‘The list of his failures goes on’: El-Sayed’s Obama criticism resurfaced ahead of campaign rally

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Evicted 87-year-old who became a symbol of Spain’s housing crisis has died

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French mayor caught in viral video clash says student protesters 'could be my children'

In a video that has gone viral on social media, Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of the French town of Saint-Denis, stands facing police at a march in

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Kalshi is launching prediction apps with Native American tribes. That’s dividing Indian country

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Trump floats firing top political advisers after report they helped a pro-Russian government

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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