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The Federal Reserve Will Release Its Interest Rate Decision Today. Here’s What to Watch. (Gift Article)

The central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday, just days before the midterm elections.

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A Punishing Housing Market Is Squeezing Renters (Gift Article)

Higher mortgage rates and slowing residential construction are again giving landlords the upper hand.

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Bloomberg businesstechnology
Where the Internet Lives Now

“Networks of New York” serves as a spotter’s guide to the city’s internet infrastructure, updated for a new era of data centers, surveillance tech, and AI fears.

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Catch Me If You Can! Bolsonaro Flees to Miami and the Memes Fly in Brazil

Is that Flávio Bolsonaro instead of Leonardo DiCaprio on the poster for Catch Me If You Can? In the wild world of Brazilian political memes, yes.

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S.F. Genentech employee identified as first local victim of new opioid sold in smoke shops

The synthetic drug is sold openly at smoke shops and gas stations, but can be deadly.

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Father Mother Sister Brother: An Homage to Parenthood

Nonparallel Parenting in Jim Jarmusch’s 2025 Film

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Sexism has plagued surfing for generations. A rape allegation has led to a reckoning

Surfers have long kept their experiences of sexual violence and harassment mostly private. Recently, they spilled into the public discourse.

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How Hochul Became a Surprise Champion of the Subway (Gift Article)

Gov. Kathy Hochul isn’t from New York City, but she could be its biggest mass transit defender in a generation. She has embraced that distinction in her re-election campaign.

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A Simple Experiment Reveals Why It’s So Hard to Measure R.F.K. Jr.’s Support (Gift Article)

Which polling question is asked first can matter a great deal.

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The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It (Gift Article)

The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right.

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Opinion | The Myth of Watergate Bipartisanship (Gift Article)

The Republicans stuck with their president, right up to the end.

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The Atlantic technologypolitics
Substack Has a Nazi Problem

The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.

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Flávio Bolsonaro Lands in Miami After Fleeing Brazil (Gift Article)

Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday’s presidential election, fled Brazil for the United States via Argentina after the police canceled his passport in relation to an investigation.

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Life Magazine, Chronicler of 20th-Century America, Rises Again (Gift Article)

The iconic publication, acclaimed for its visual storytelling, will return as a print quarterly next month in a challenging business environment.

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Twintig studenten zouden in Nederland gaan studeren, maar zitten vast in Gaza. ‘Door de studie zag ik licht aan het einde van de tunnel’

Evacuaties: Twintig studenten uit Gaza zouden in september beginnen aan een studie in Nederland. Maar om weg te komen uit Gaza, is hulp nodig van de Nederlandse staat. En die wil hun evacuatie niet fa...

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Opinion | A Threat Mostly to Ourselves (Gift Article)

Former arms control negotiator Paul H Nitze Op-Ed article contends that US should unilaterally get rid of its nuclear weapons; maintains that there is no purpose to be gained through use of our nuclea...

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Where the Parties Are Outspending Each Other in the Midterm Ad War (Gift Article)

Most ad spending in the general election is taking place in competitive races deep in Trump territory. Republicans are on the defensive.

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‘Steden schuilen niet wanneer het regent’ is een van de dichtregels die op Rotterdamse vuilniswagens staan en die nu erfgoed worden

Poëzie: Op de Rotterdamse vuilniswagens staan al decennia dichtregels. Die werden deze maand tot Nederlands Immaterieel Erfgoed verklaard. „Sommige spreuken zijn goed gelukt”, zegt een van de chauffeu...

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National Observer culturetechnology
AI gets people into trouble in the backcountry

In British Columbia, a helicopter crew rescued a 16-year-old hiker from a ledge in the Widowmaker Arete on the back of Crown Mountain. The teen had used Anthropic’s chatbot Claude to help him plan his...

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The NBA wants the WNBA to grow. This Finals scheduling blunder won’t help (Gift Article)

The NBA, with its hands all over the WNBA's growth, needed to push for better solution than an afternoon Game 6 that could crown a champion.

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4 Novels Filled With Slow-Burn Dread (Gift Article)

Our columnist on new horror fiction, including the latest from Stephen Graham Jones and Tananarive Due.

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Bloomberg businesstechnology
US Data Centers Could Undo 15 Years of Declines in Power Emissions

Data center developers are turning to natural gas to meet AI’s immense electricity demand.

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The Rays’ Game 4 win left Tampa Bay with a bit of hope and a load of questions (Gift Article)

The Rays avoided the World Series sweep and celebrated a Game 4 win. But the path ahead looks daunting for Tampa Bay.

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Medium businessscienceworld
The Mythology of Lord Dunsany

Œ’s tribute to the King of Dreams

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In de laatste dagen voor de Congresverkiezingen spelen de Democraten een nieuwe troef uit: Trumps corruptie

Congresverkiezingen VS: Opeens is de zelfverrijking van de familie-Trump een topprioriteit bij kiezers. Voor Democraten is het een cadeautje in de laatste weken van de campagne voor de midterms, ze pr...

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National Observer technologysports
Quebec has allocated little electricity capacity to data centres since February 2023

The small amount of electricity capacity allocated to data centres in recent years stands in stark contrast to the industry's requests, which have been flooding the government with applications for gr...

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Calgary’s mayor wants a moratorium on data centres

Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas will join four city councillors in proposing a moratorium on new data centre development in the city. Calgary would be the second Alberta municipality to consider pausing n...

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Black Unemployment Hints at a Job Market in Worse Shape Than It Seems (Gift Article)

The Black unemployment rate climbed a percentage point to 7 percent in September, almost double the rate for white workers.

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NRC worldpolitics
Oud-premier Ehud Olmert van Israël: ‘Ik hoop dat kiezers Netanyahu wegvagen’

Verkiezingen: Oud-premier Ehud Olmert, die zelf een oorlog begon in Gaza, is in Israël een opmerkelijke stem in het kleine kamp critici van het militaire optreden in Gaza. „De Israëlische regering wil...

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Alleged DUI driver strikes 30-person California bike ride; 2 dead, 2 injured

A group of about 30 cyclists was riding through Montclair in San Bernardino County when a vehicle struck several riders and fled, police said.

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The Atlantic worldbusiness
What You Are About to See From Oleshky, Ukraine, Is a Lie

The Kremlin is staging whitewashed tours of a city it has terrorized.

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National Observer science
Canada's big city green mayors are up against it

Ontario and BC have provincial governments hostile to climate policy and municipal councils that care in both of their largest cities

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New York Times business
Did the Hardest A.I. Problem Just Get Much Easier? (Gift Article)

A prominent researcher claims to have a revolutionary approach to “interpretability,” or the science of why A.I. models do what they do. Other experts aren’t so sure.

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Opinion | The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall (Gift Article)

Four TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart.

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Opinion | There’s Another Reason Gen Z Can’t Find Work (Gift Article)

It’s not just because of A.I. This started 40 years ago.

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New York Times technology
AI Is Finding a Flood of Bugs, and Silicon Valley Is Rushing to Fix Them (Gift Article)

A.I. has uncovered a horde of software flaws, which engineers are racing to fix before they can be exploited and abused by hackers.

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NY Daily News sports
Can the Yankees get more out of Luis García Jr. at other positions?

Using García elsewhere would help the Yankees with some roster issues, but he was a defensive disaster away from first with the Nationals.

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World Series Game 1 draws 12.26 million viewers, defying low expectations (Gift Article)

The audience total for Game 1 compared favorably with 2025, which featured the big-spending, mega-market Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Israel’s Election: When Will We Know Who Will Be Prime Minister? (Gift Article)

Most votes were expected to be counted by Wednesday, but forming a government could take weeks of negotiations — or require another election.

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Inside the Outrageous Collapse of a ‘Montessori Ponzi’ (Gift Article)

A man with a vision set out to revolutionize preschool. It became a $440 million fiasco.

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Video: Trump’s Beef Promise Backfires in Kansas

Why is President Trump campaigning in deep-red Kansas in the final stretch of the midterms? One reason is that voters here are angry that his promise to bring down the price of beef ended up costing K...

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Luther Burden put on a show in primetime. The Bears say it’s only the beginning (Gift Article)

Burden's explosion with the football was obvious during a 130-yard half last week. But his quest to become a complete receiver continues.

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The Thunder’s injury nightmare has raised a much bigger question about their future (Gift Article)

Oklahoma City has the draft assets and contract exceptions to make moves. But is that approach the best one for its future?

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Amerikaans filosoof Michael Walzer, die Israël altijd verdedigd heeft, verandert van mening over Gaza

Oorlog: De oorlog in Gaza is niet meer „rechtvaardig” te noemen, vindt Michael Walzer. De historicus en filosoof schreef in 1977 het boek Just and Unjust Wars, dat nog altijd wordt gebruikt aan milita...

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Cooper Pratt and the Brewers were so close to glory. But the last 3 outs never came (Gift Article)

Pratt's go-ahead home run looked like history, ushering in the team's first title. But they wouldn’t be the Brewers if they made it easy.

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Medium cultureentertainmentsports
Ode to Linnea Quigley — Queen of the Scream Queens

A tour of the B horror badass’s oeuvre for fans and newcomers alike

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Cross-Tabs: October 2026 Times/Siena Poll of the Likely Electorate in South Carolina (Gift Article)

Results of a New York Times/Siena poll conducted among 707 voters from Oct. 19 to 26, 2026.

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Washington Post culturetechnology
Analysis | The phone security feature everyone should enable — and not worry about

It's understandable to be worried about these security features on your phone. But don't fret over turning over your fingerprint or face ID.

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Horror Bookstores Are (Gasp!) Multiplying (Gift Article)

More shops are opening their doors, providing genre fans the chance to browse, buy and find creepy community.

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Lakers and Blazers confused by late spate of flopping technicals, plan appeals
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