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Regional - New York Times - 38 minutes ago

A Trump Die-Hard Is Suddenly at Risk in an Upstate G.O.P. District

Blake Gendebien, a Democratic dairy farmer, is trying to flip a House seat in upstate New York, and his opponent’s loyalty to President Trump may be helping.

Regional - New York Times - 38 minutes ago

What to Know About the Alexander Brothers’ Sentencing for Sex Crimes

The three men face life in prison for running a decades-long sex trafficking scheme. Several of the victims are expected to speak at the sentencing.

Tech - It's FOSS - 1 hour ago

22 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray

Ubuntu works reasonably well out of the box, but a fresh installation still leaves plenty of room for improvement. A few tweaks, some essential software, and a handful of lesser-known settings can help you get a more comfortable, productive, and personalized desktop experience from day one.In this guide, let's look at some of the first things worth doing after installing Ubuntu 26.10.Perform a System UpdateBefore installing new applications or customizing the desktop, it is a good idea to check ...

Tech - LLM Stats - 2 hours ago

Microsoft patches a severe flaw in its Android Authenticator app that could let untrusted apps impersonate Microsoft apps and obtain delegated account tokens

Abinaya / Cyber Security News: Microsoft patches a severe flaw in its Android Authenticator app that could let untrusted apps impersonate Microsoft apps and obtain delegated account tokens Microsoft

Tech - LLM Stats - 2 hours ago

Did Anthropic's S-1 Say AI Could End Humanity? The Filing

No, the S-1 does not say Anthropic may end humanity. It discloses shutdown-resistant behavior and existential-risk concerns, and the $108B notes claim does not hold.

World - Fox News - 2 hours ago

Pat McAfee invokes Charlie Kirk killing as Utah post sparks 'uncomfortable' GameDay visit

ESPN star Pat McAfee appeared to reference the killing of Charlie Kirk as he ripped the University of Utah over a social media post he says made him feel "very, very uncomfortable" before Saturday’s "College GameDay" broadcast.McAfee said he saw a video on the university’s Instagram account shortly before going on air in Salt Lake City. The post asked students to do impressions of him, he said, and included comments calling him "corny" and "creepy."The video has since been removed from the unive...

Tech - LLM Stats - 2 hours ago

Cisco Partner Summit: Five insights that will define the channel in the AI era

For most of its 30-year history, Cisco Partner Summit has focused on how partners sell Cisco Systems Inc. technology. This year’s event in Vancouver was about something different: how partners make mo

Regional - CBC NEWS - 3 hours ago

Excitement 'beyond Hope' as B.C.'s next premier promises to bring rural, northern perspective to top job

Though he was born in New Westminster and raised in Surrey, Lorne Doerkson moved to the B.C. Interior as an adult, working for newspapers in Salmon Arm, Prince George and 100 Mile House before settling in Williams Lake in 2001. And he isn't shy about making his love for the region known.

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Florida mom arrested after Vegas trip left 4 kids without overnight supervision: deputies

A Florida mother returning from Las Vegas was met by deputies as she stepped off a plane and arrested after authorities say she left her four children home alone while she traveled for work.Body camera video shows deputies approaching Irene Miller as she exited the plane Friday morning, escorting her through the airport terminal and placing her in handcuffs.The arrest came two days after one of Miller’s children called 911 to report that a dumbbell had fallen on her 9-year-old brother’s head, ac...

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Brewers ride ridiculous, record-setting eight-run inning to dominant 3-0 World Series lead over Rays

The Milwaukee Brewers moved one step closer to their first ever World Series title on Monday night, taking a 3-0 series lead with a dominant 10-1 win.That's the short version of the story. The long version? The Tampa Bay Rays will be kicking themselves over a disastrous top of the fifth inning, and historians will one day use a clip of that inning, and the entire 2026 Brewers' postseason run for that matter, as proof of how powerful luck is in Major League Baseball.Game three meant the series sh...

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

MOSAIC: Towards a Universal Latent Space for Computational Pathology Foundation Models

arXiv:2610.33059v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Pathology foundation models (PFMs) differ substantially in architecture, pretraining objective, training data and representation dimensionality, yet it

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

Aerial-R1: Reinforcing Aerial Reasoning and Segmentation in MLLMs

arXiv:2610.33056v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) have revolutionized general visual perception, existing methods suffer from severe hallucination in the a

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

EKT-Router: Expert-Evidence Alignment for Embodied Vision-Language Models

arXiv:2610.33044v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Embodied vision-language models must answer questions from partial, evolving observations. Their success depends on both the reasoning capability select

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B 24GB: A Hybrid Vision-Language Model for Local AI

arXiv:2610.33039v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B 24GB, a hybrid Mamba-Transformer vision-language model that optimizes speed and intelligence per GB of memory use

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

SLICE-Mem: Salience-Gated Lightweight Information Curation for Efficient LLM Agent Memory

arXiv:2610.33015v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Long-term memory enables large language model (LLM) agents to maintain personalized and temporally coherent interactions, but repeated LLM inference for

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

Recursive Semantic Divergence for LLM Agent Consistency

arXiv:2610.33012v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Model (LLM) agents with tool use exhibit inconsistent behavior across independent runs from identical states, calling different tools, pr

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

TraceQuery: learning what to recompute from full-denoising trajectory in diffusion language models

arXiv:2610.33008v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Diffusion large language models (dLLMs) enable flexible generation through iterative masked denoising, but incur substantial inference cost because toke

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

Knowledge-Guided LLM for Intent-Driven Service Orchestration in Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial 6G Networks

arXiv:2610.33007v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Natural-language service intents in integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial (TN/NTN) 6G networks can be incomplete, ambiguous, or inconsistent, makin

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

From Writing Advice to Manuscript Governance: A Constrained-Transformation Framework for Academic Revision

arXiv:2610.33001v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Academic revision presents a governance problem when legitimate writing objectives conflict. Writing-process and social-science research show that revis

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Cowboys, Dak Prescott get back on track at the expense of reeling Eagles in key NFC East win

The Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles NFC East bout on "Monday Night Football" in Week 7 wasn’t supposed to feature two 2–4 teams dealing with inauspicious starts to the season.The NFL can be cruel in that way for some teams, but Week 7 turned into a situation where one team could get back on track in a division that seems up for grabs.The Dallas Cowboys, who had quite a different narrative entering this contest on the road despite the same exact record as the team hosting them, did at leas...

Tech - Slashdot - 4 hours ago

US Designates Helium As a Critical Material

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The U.S. designated helium as a critical material on Friday because it's indispensable for making semiconductors that are essential to energy generation, and the global supply is at risk of disruption, according to the Energy Department. The designation by the Energy Department means that more federal financing will be available for helium producers and that the government will monitor it more closely. Helium is primarily produced as...

World - Fox News - 4 hours ago

John Harbaugh backs Cam Skattebo, rips NFL for controversial flag: 'That's the way you're supposed to run'

Cam Skattebo shared his thoughts on a controversial unnecessary roughness call against him in the New York Giants’ win over the Houston Texans on Sunday.His head coach, John Harbaugh, shared the same sentiment.Skattebo ripped the NFL after officials assessed a 15-yard penalty against him after lowering his shoulder into Texans safety M.J. Stewart, delivering a forceful blow that sent him to the turf.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE"I will say, man, the NFL loves to post me when I do s...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 4 hours ago

One Big Club Update: Judge Rules DOJ Unlawfully Fired Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey, Orders Her Reinstated

One Big Club Update: Judge Rules DOJ Unlawfully Fired Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey, Orders Her Reinstated A federal judge ruled Monday that the Justice Department unlawfully fired Maurene Comey, the former Manhattan federal prosecutor who worked on the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases and the daughter of ex-FBI Director James Comey, and ordered her reinstated retroactively with back pay. Maureen Comey U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman, in a 55-page decision, found th...

World - Fox News - 4 hours ago

'Stand or hide in the tunnel' for the anthem, Valkyries WNBA fans show loyalty; ready for early Finals Game 6

Caffeine might not even be needed. Pure adrenaline could get the job done.Fans of the Golden State Valkyries are in for an early-morning wakeup call on Thursday when Game 6 of the WNBA Finals tips off in Atlanta at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time.But during Monday’s Game 5 against Atlanta, which began like every other Finals game, with both teams leaving the floor moments before the playing of the national anthem only to return seconds after it completed, the packed Chase Center in San Francisco was rauc...

Regional - L.A. Times - 4 hours ago

DSA's national leaders postpone decision on rescinding Raman's endorsement for mayor

The left-wing group held a meeting Monday evening to decide whether to allow the local Los Angeles DSA chapter's endorsement of the council member to stand.

Regional - CBC NEWS - 4 hours ago

Jay-Z to headline 2027 Super Bowl halftime show

The man who has helped produce the Super Bowl halftime show is stepping into the spotlight: Jay-Z will headline the show himself.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 hours ago

Donald Trump defends White House redecorating – and Cheesecake Factory – from Barack Obama’s mocking

A poll found 59% said the President was spending too much time on the projects.

Tech - LLM Stats - 4 hours ago

OpenAI Launches GPT-6.1 Terra, Halving GPT-6.1 Sol’s API Price for Agent Work

OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra, a fast computer-use and vision model priced at $1/$5 per million tokens. It matches GPT-6 Astra’s medium-effort Agents’ Last Exam score at $0.29 per task versus $4.82. T

Alt - Zero Hedge - 5 hours ago

On Election Eve, Israeli Opposition Says Netanyahu Must Face Treason Probe

On Election Eve, Israeli Opposition Says Netanyahu Must Face Treason Probe On the eve of Israel's high pressure legislative elections, the explosive and provocative charge of "treason" is being thrown around.Former Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman on Monday called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be criminally investigated for the charge of treason, accusing him of fomenting a foreign war for the sole purpose of extending his and Likud's party's rule. via Flash90/TOI ...

World - Fox News - 5 hours ago

Jay-Z to headline Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show in Los Angeles

Jay-Z is headed to the Super Bowl stage.The music mogul will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show, the company announced during halftime of Monday’s Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game.Super Bowl LXI is set for Feb. 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.SUPER BOWL LXI GETS PAT MCAFEE TREATMENT AS ESPN ADDS ALTERNATE BROADCAST"GOAT’s out of the bag," Apple Music wrote in a post on X, tagging Jay-Z.The announcement comes after reports that Jay-Z was in the running...

World - Fox News - 5 hours ago

Jay-Z to headline Super Bowl LXI halftime show in Los Angeles

Jay-Z is headed to the Super Bowl stage.The music mogul will headline the Super Bowl LXI halftime show, Apple Music announced during halftime of Monday’s Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game.Super Bowl LXI is set for Feb. 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.SUPER BOWL LXI GETS PAT MCAFEE TREATMENT AS ESPN ADDS ALTERNATE BROADCAST"GOAT’s out of the bag," Apple Music wrote in a post on X, tagging Jay-Z.The announcement comes after reports that Jay-Z was in the running for the cov...

Regional - CBC NEWS - 5 hours ago

Canada-wide freeze on Crime Stoppers programs, partnerships surges to 35 agencies

Less than a week after an exclusive CBC investigation revealed over 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips were compromised in a massive data breach, the fallout continues to grow, with more Crime Stoppers chapters and police services suspending their use of the program.

World - Fox News - 5 hours ago

Brandi Kruse tells Laura Ingraham about being forced out of Portland soccer game: 'We did nothing wrong'

There's nothing that the kind and tolerant left loves more than being unkind and intolerant towards people who have a different political perspective. Particularly when that political perspective involves acknowledging the biological reality of physical advantages males have over females in sports.This consistent intolerance and hatred was on full display recently at a women's soccer match in Portland. A group of around 20 women wearing XX-XY shirts to a Portland Thorns game at Providence Park w...

World - Fox News - 5 hours ago

Brandi Krause tells Laura Ingraham about being forced out of Portland soccer game: 'We did nothing wrong'

There's nothing that the kind and tolerant left loves more than being unkind and intolerant towards people who have a different political perspective. Particularly when that political perspective involves acknowledging the biological reality of physical advantages males have over females in sports.This consistent intolerance and hatred was on full display recently at a women's soccer match in Portland. A group of around 20 women wearing XX-XY shirts to a Portland Thorns game at Providence Park w...

World - Fox News - 5 hours ago

Middle school teacher arrested in alleged prostitution scheme at casino hotel

A New Jersey teacher was arrested two weeks ago in connection with an alleged prostitution scheme in which a man was restrained, forced to endure sexual acts and robbed in a casino hotel room.The suspect was identified as Amanda Crafts, 35, of Wildwood Crest, according to the New Jersey Department of Corrections. She was a computer teacher at Middle Township Middle School, according to her LinkedIn.Her friend, Veda Engel, 23, of Cape May, was also charged in the Oct. 9 incident. Engel has a hist...

World - Fox News - 5 hours ago

Deported migrant who '60 Minutes' painted as sympathetic family man claimed he was gay on asylum application

Sunday's "60 Minutes" featured the story of a deported Malian national who was painted as a loving husband and father despite insisting he was homosexual on his asylum application.The CBS News segment focused on Moussa Diawara and his family, speaking to his wife, 16-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter. But the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says Diawara, who arrived in the United States in 2001, is actually an example of widespread fraud throughout the immigration system."The ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 5 hours ago

Ninth Circuit Upholds Block On Trump's Federalization Of California National Guard, Rejecting "Rebellion" Claim

Ninth Circuit Upholds Block On Trump's Federalization Of California National Guard, Rejecting "Rebellion" Claim The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on October 23 affirmed a district court order blocking President Donald Trump's June 2025 federalization of 4,000 California National Guard troops for Los Angeles, ruling 2-1 that neither statute the administration relied on covered it. Sung's opinion, filed October 23, says the order "exceeded the President's statutory authority and e...

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 hours ago

Thomas Markle jnr hands over belongings in Philippines child abuse image probe

Police are examining devices that may contain hundreds or thousands of abuse images.

Tech - Gizmodo - 5 hours ago
Tech - LLM Stats - 5 hours ago

Entire: Ex-GitHub CEO's Git Forge for Agents, Explained

Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke's Entire launched a Git forge for agents: Trails score every push with review agents, repos replicate across regions, and sessions become memory.

Tech - LLM Stats - 5 hours ago

How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant

Alexander Embiricos, the OpenAI executive responsible for dots, never wants to have a meeting with someone else's AI agent.

World - Fox News - 5 hours ago

Stranded hikers cling to steep California mountain ridge as helicopter crew swoops in

Three people stranded high on a steep Northern California mountainside were rescued by helicopter Sunday after a distress call brought crews racing to their aid.The Sierra County Sheriff’s Office said the group was found on the Sierra Buttes, just south of a lookout tower near the mountain’s summit.Images and video released by officials show the helicopter near the rugged mountainside as rescuers worked to reach the trio.HELICOPTER RESCUE CREW CAUGHT ON CAMERA SAVING 2 CLIMBERS TRAPPED ALONG POP...

Tech - LLM Stats - 5 hours ago

China's Star 50 index of AI and chip leaders is down by 40% in under four months, losing ~$480B in market value; chipmaker CXMT is down ~25% in the past month (Reuters)

Reuters: China's Star 50 index of AI and chip leaders is down by 40% in under four months, losing ~$480B in market value; chipmaker CXMT is down ~25% in the past month While global tech stocks teete

World - Fox News - 5 hours ago

Angel Reese's 'Protect Black women' shirt adds to overall strangeness of WNBA Finals

Atlanta Dream star Angel Reese had a not-so-subtle message emblazoned across her T-shirt as she walked into the Chase Center for Game 5 of the WNBA Finals against the Golden State Valkyries."Protect Black women," the shirt read.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!It’s unclear what the shirt was referencing or if it was a general statement. Reese has been unafraid at times to speak or write her opinions on societal topics that resonate wit...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 5 hours ago

Former Trump, Obama Advisers Jointly Urge Data Center Regulation Middle Ground

Former Trump, Obama Advisers Jointly Urge Data Center Regulation Middle Ground Authored by Jeremy Lott via The Epoch Times,Former economic advisers from the Obama and Trump administrations have issued a roadmap for what they see as a way forward on future data center construction across America.Democrat Robert Wolf and Republican Stephen Moore pitched a "bipartisan framework" to navigate the current controversies surrounding AI data centers in a report released last week.They call f...

Tech - LLM Stats - 5 hours ago

Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees amid AI investments

Microsoft Corp. today issued voluntary buyout offers to about a quarter of its workforce. The approximately 60,000 workers affected by the move are located in the U.S., Canada, India and the U.K. They

Tech - LLM Stats - 6 hours ago

Cutting both ways: AI sharpens systems protection while opening new exploits for malicious actors

The cybersecurity industry is discovering that powerful frontier AI models are a double-edged sword. Companies can use models to identify vulnerabilities in source code and system configurations faste

World - Fox News - 6 hours ago

Gretchen Whitmer asked whether 'hidden xenophobia' will affect midterm elections

MS NOW anchor Peter Alexander asked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., on Sunday whether Republican politicians were tapping into "xenophobia" ahead of the midterm elections.Alexander began his show "State of Play" on Monday remarking on the national attention given to the Michigan U.S. Senate race between Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed and GOP candidate Mike Rogers, which prompted campaign rally appearances by former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump.The MS NOW host showed a c...

Tech - Universe Today - 6 hours ago

Asymmetric space waves map pressure on Earth's magnetic shield

The Earth’s magnetic field is responsible for shielding us from harmful space weather, including solar radiation from the Sun but also cosmic rays originating from outside our solar system. Cosmic rays can include deep space supernovas, so the magnetic field takes the majority of the brunt from solar radiation. Without our magnetic field, the solar wind would slowly strip away our atmosphere, making life on our small, blue world impossible to exist. But where is the magnetic field doing the heav...

World - Fox News - 6 hours ago

Brooke Hogan blasts ‘fake, greedy people’ after Hulk’s Florida home sale: ‘Enjoy your dirty money’

Brooke Hogan is lashing out at the "fake, greedy people" she claims profited from her late father Hulk Hogan as she mourns the sale of the wrestling legend's Florida home.Last week, Hulk's 5,400-square-foot, beachfront mansion in Clearwater Beach sold for $5.9 million after it was originally listed for nearly $11 million in January, according to TMZ. The outlet also reported that the neighboring guest cottage sold separately for $2.8 million.Hulk, who was born Terry Bollea, died at age 71 in Jul...

World - Fox News - 6 hours ago

Rays' Chandler Simpson crashes face first into wall while making incredible catch in World Series vs Brewers

When it’s the World Series, you gotta give your all. Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Chandler Simpson did that on Monday night in Game 3 against the Milwaukee Brewers.Brewers batter Sal Frelick hit a sharp liner to left field at Tropicana Field. Frelick thought the ball might have either been over Simpson’s head or, even better, a home run. If Simpson doesn’t make the play, the ball may have caromed off the wall and back to center field.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. ...

Regional - CBC NEWS - 6 hours ago

The National | U.S.-Canada trade talks intensify

Oct. 26, 2026 | Sources tell CBC News Canada-U.S. trade talks are intensifying but caution against U.S. efforts to 'spin' the narrative ahead of midterms. Scammers swat a Nova Scotia woman's home after she refuses to follow orders. Plus, the soaring cost of cancer drugs.

World - Fox News - 6 hours ago

White House defends Trump after archbishop calls prayer moment 'manipulated' ahead of midterms

The White House on Monday defended President Donald Trump after Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob publicly apologized for participating in an Oval Office prayer with the president, accusing the administration of using the religious gathering for political purposes less than two weeks before the midterm elections.Grob issued a statement Sunday titled "A Public Apology," alleging that the White House distributed photographs and video of the Thursday prayer without the consent of the 12 participati...

World - Fox News - 6 hours ago

Portland officials say city did not approve policies that led to removal of women's sports supporters

Officials for the City of Portland says they are reviewing a filmed confrontation in which women’s sports supporters were struck and forcibly removed from a publicly owned soccer stadium.The city denied involvement in decisions concerning the spectators and an OutKick reporter, identifying the stadium operator and its subcontractors as responsible. It also said the operator’s agreement requires compliance with applicable laws."The City is reviewing," officials told OutKick. "Decisions concerning...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 6 hours ago

The Forgotten Trump Campaign Promise That Will Come Back To Haunt Republicans In The Midterms

The Forgotten Trump Campaign Promise That Will Come Back To Haunt Republicans In The Midterms A mounting financial burden costing American families thousands of dollars a year is emerging as an overlooked issue in the 2026 midterm elections as new polling suggests that the expense of caring for aging relatives could influence voters in some of the nation's most competitive congressional races. While inflation, the Iran War and border security dominate the national debate, the gr...

Tech - LLM Stats - 6 hours ago

OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra for faster, better-performing AI agents at half the price

OpenAI Group PBC today released GPT-6.1 Terra, an upgrade to the middle tier model in its lineup of frontier artificial intelligence systems. The new model, the successor to GTP-5.6 Terra, costs aroun

World - Fox News - 7 hours ago

DHS suspends visa-free travel program for Chinese nationals amid birth tourism, security concerns

The Trump administration is suspending a visa-free travel program for Chinese nationals visiting a U.S. island territory after Republican lawmakers warned it could facilitate birth tourism and pose national security risks.Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s decision targets a Biden-era program that allowed prescreened Chinese nationals to visit the Northern Mariana Islands for up to 14 days without a visa.In a notice announcing the decision, the Department of Homeland Security cited c...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 7 hours ago

"Doomsday": U.S. Military Planning To Survive 90 Days Without Power Grid

"Doomsday": U.S. Military Planning To Survive 90 Days Without Power Grid The Department of Defense is preparing for a potential "doomsday" scenario in which America's power grid collapses, supply chains grind to a halt, and military installations are forced to operate for three months without outside support, according to Fox News. The unprecetended plan, branded FORTRESS by Pentagon planners, aims to make major military bases across the continental United States capable of functi...

Tech - Engadget - 7 hours ago

iPhone Lockdown Mode: The pros and cons of enabling Apple's security feature

Lockdown Mode enables extreme protections for those most at risk, but it's overkill for most people.

World - Fox News - 7 hours ago

West Virginia couple charged after kids found in alleged ‘house of horrors’

A West Virginia couple is facing felony charges after authorities said three children endured years of alleged abuse and neglect inside what the local sheriff described as a real-life "house of horrors."Erica Lynn Sayre, 45, and her husband, Clifford Gale Sayre, 46, both of Evans, were charged following an "extensive investigation" by the Jackson County Sheriff's Department, authorities announced Monday.Erica and Clifford Sayre each face six felony charges, including three counts of child neglec...

World - Fox News - 7 hours ago

The Hitchhiker's Guide to why removing Ilhan Omar from Congress could be harder than Trump expects

Republicans hope there are lots of Democrats who won’t win re-election next week and return to Capitol Hill. Republicans are imploring voters to kick them out.But President Trump is focused on bouncing one Democrat from Congress who likely wins re-election in a solidly blue district. That’s Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). She carried her district two years ago with nearly three-quarters of the vote. But President Trump questions whether Omar is in the country legally and, therefore, qualified to sit ...

Tech - Gizmodo - 7 hours ago

OpenAI Trumpets 3 More Math and Science Results, Along With a New Plan for Publishing Them

The company has already handed this work over to expert "shepherds" for completion.

World - Fox News - 7 hours ago

El-Sayed voters call guaranteed income programs a good idea after the progressive signaled his support

DETROIT – Supporters of Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed voiced support for guaranteed income, a social safety net concept gaining traction in municipalities across the nation."I think it's a good idea," one rallygoer told Fox News Digital. "With the prices rising and programs being cut like they are and trying to get access to them. Yeah, I think it's a good idea. I hope he supports them."Fox News Digital spoke with voters outside Cass Technical High School in Detroit, whe...

World - Fox News - 7 hours ago

Thunder lose both Jalen Williams and Cason Wallace for potentially whole NBA season after devastating injuries

The Oklahoma City Thunder confirmed Jalen Williams will need to undergo surgery for a dislocated ankle and fractured fibula after his gruesome injury on Sunday night, but another starter will be out for a significant time as well.Before Williams needed to be stretchered off the court after an injury that left him and everyone else stunned, guard Cason Wallace suffered a shoulder injury in the first quarter.Thunder GM Sam Presti announced on Monday that Wallace will also need surgery to repair a ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 7 hours ago

Netanyahu Says Iran May Try To Disrupt Israeli Election With Attacks

Netanyahu Says Iran May Try To Disrupt Israeli Election With Attacks Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Iran and its allies might try to disrupt Tuesday's elections in Israel with attacks, warning Tehran that Jerusalem would respond with overwhelming counterstrikes. "We have intelligence signs that our enemies, Iran and its proxies, could challenge us with attacks in order to disrupt the elections," Netanyahu said in a vide...

World - Fox News - 7 hours ago

Billionaire with Epstein ties emerges as top Dem donor bankrolling ads weaponizing disgraced financier’s files

Reid Hoffman, the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn who has faced scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, was among the largest donors to House Majority PAC, a key Democratic fundraising group that is now using Epstein-themed ads to target GOP candidates, according to Federal Election Commission filings released last week.In recent weeks, HMP has begun spending heavily as Election Day nears, pressing the case that Republicans have failed to make good on promises to bring transparency to Epst...

Regional - Las Vegas Sun - 7 hours ago

Defending champion Forever Young opens as the 2-1 favorite in a stacked Breeders' Cup Classic

Defending champion Forever Young opened as the 2-1 morning line favorite in a stacked field for the Breeders’ Cup Classic this weekend. Post positions were drawn Monday for the 14 world championship races Friday and Saturday at Keeneland ...

World - New Zealand Herald News - 7 hours ago

Nurse accused of spreading Ebola murdered by mob

A nurse was killed after locals accused the worker of spreading Ebola.

Regional - L.A. Times - 7 hours ago

Woman who claimed she was carrying 'Bachelor' star's baby sentenced in pregnancy fraud scheme

A woman who faked two pregnancies and falsely claimed that a former star of "The Bachelor" was the father of one of the children has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Tech - LLM Stats - 7 hours ago

GPT-6.1 Terra

GPT-6.1 Terra It's always interesting to note which aspects of a new model are emphasized in the release announcement. In the case of GPT-6.1 Terra, OpenAI went with visual reasoning and computer use:

Regional - Las Vegas Sun - 7 hours ago

Carney says Trump moving closer to Canada’s trade demands as midterms loom

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday that trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration have picked up slightly, but any progress is because Washington is moving closer to Canada’s demands.

World - Fox News - 7 hours ago

Detransitioner says she was denied opportunity to deliver Talarico a message at CNN town hall

Detransitioner Soren Aldaco said in an interview Monday that she tried to attend a CNN town hall with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico earlier this month, but organizers did not respond to her request until the night before the event and allegedly told her she could not participate.During an interview on "The Katie Miller Podcast," host Katie Miller asked Aldaco, a 23-year-old detransitioner who alleged she was groomed online and subsequently pursued medical treatment as a teenag...

World - Fox News - 7 hours ago

Raiders coach keeping Kirk Cousins as starting QB despite 4-game losing streak, Fernando Mendoza waiting

Everything was going well in Sin City to start the 2026 NFL season, as Kirk Cousins led Klint Kubiak’s new regime to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2021.But the Raiders have lost their last four games, including their most recent 35-21 defeat to the Los Angeles Rams, who got back on track Sunday.With the recent skid, some begged the question whether Kubiak would change quarterbacks considering Fernando Mendoza, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, has yet to hear his number called...

World - Fox News - 7 hours ago

Raiders coach keeping Kirk Cousins as starting QB despite 4-game win streak, top pick Fernando Mendoza waiting

Everything was going well in Sin City to start the 2026 NFL season, as Kirk Cousins led Klint Kubiak’s new regime to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2021.But the Raiders have lost their last four games, including their most recent 35-21 defeat to the Los Angeles Rams, who got back on track Sunday.With the recent skid, some begged the question whether Kubiak would change quarterbacks considering Fernando Mendoza, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, has yet to hear his number called...

World - New Zealand Herald News - 7 hours ago

Ex-FBI chief and Trump critic James Comey hit with fresh charges

Comey allegedly directed someone to disclose defence information to a reporter.

Regional - New York Times - 7 hours ago

After Report of Rape in Central Park, Police Step Up Patrols

A 39-year-old woman said she was attacked at knife point on Saturday night. The police said they had increased patrols and had yet to make an arrest.

World - Fox News - 7 hours ago

Illegal alien pleads guilty to staging fake kidnapping to target Border Patrol

Federal officials on Monday announced that an illegal alien from Mexico pleaded guilty to staging a fake kidnapping in 2025, falsely claiming she had been abducted by federal agents or people acting on their behalf.Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderón, 43, of South Los Angeles, fabricated her disappearance to stir media outrage and build a case for a lawsuit against Border Patrol before going into hiding, according to the Office of First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bilal A. Essayli for the Central District...

Regional - L.A. Times - 8 hours ago

A pair of rare Brooks-Disney athletic shoes led detectives to $1 million in stolen gear, police say

Investigators struck athletic-gear gold last week when they discovered a cache of stolen athletic shoes and other goods worth $1 million inside a Chatsworth warehouse.

Regional - L.A. Times - 8 hours ago

One pair of rare Brooks-Disney athletic shoes led detectives to $1M in stolen gear, police say

Investigators struck athletic-gear gold last week when they discovered a cache of stolen athletic shoes and other goods worth $1 million inside a Chatsworth warehouse.

Regional - CBC NEWS - 8 hours ago

Agent of author Steven Galloway says sex assault allegations derailed promising career

The literary agent for Steven Galloway said it would have been "impossible" to sell any new work by his client in the years after a former student made unproven allegations of rape and sexual assault against the author a decade ago.

Tech - Engadget - 8 hours ago

The most popular streaming platforms in the US might not be what you think

You might be surprised at the rankings of some streaming services when it comes to what Americans watch on their TVs.

Regional - L.A. Times - 8 hours ago

9th Circuit denies feds' appeal over 20,000 ballots; district court hearing to proceed

The decision clears the way for the lower court to proceed with hearing the case. A hearing is scheduled Tuesday afternoon before Judge David O. Carter in Los Angeles.

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Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

Can Undersea Volcanoes Power Cities? A Seattle Startup Just Took The First Step

Can Undersea Volcanoes Power Cities? A Seattle Startup Just Took The First Step Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice, A geothermal startup aiming to source energy directly from undersea volcanoes just hit a major milestone that could bring round-the-clock clean energy to cities on the northwest coast of the United States and serve as a critical proof of concept for other regions, with particular relevance for the other 14 countries situated along the Pacific Ring of Fire. Sea...

Tech - LLM Stats - 8 hours ago

Fitbit Edge review: notable upgrade over the Charge 6 for GPS and heart rate, Google Health app is an improvement, but lacks software polish and NFC payments

Ray Maker / DC Rainmaker: Fitbit Edge review: notable upgrade over the Charge 6 for GPS and heart rate, Google Health app is an improvement, but lacks software polish and NFC payments The Fitbit Edg

Tech - LLM Stats - 8 hours ago

langchain-openai==1.7.3

Changes since langchain-openai==1.7.2 test(openai): use current lightweight model in integration tests ( #41509 ) release(openai): 1.7.3 ( #41506 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh openai model profile

Regional - New York Times - 8 hours ago

After Weekend Rape in Central Park, Police Step Up Patrols

The victim, a 39-year-old woman, was attacked at knife point on Saturday night. Her assailant remains at large.

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PHP2Shell Security Flaws Now Successfully Exploited

The critical PHP2Shell vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) have now been successfully exploited in the wild, just days after patches were released and initial exploitation attempts failed. BleepingComputer reports: The malicious activity was caught by Adel Karimi, detection and response lead at Perplexity, whose honeypots recorded evidence of confirmed remote code execution against an Apache mod_php installation running PHP 8.4.26. "This is now confirmed RCE with usable memory ...

Tech - Engadget - 8 hours ago

6+ ways you can use your PlayStation 5's USB ports

You can do more than charge your controllers with the USB ports on your PS5. Here are some of the possibilities.

Regional - L.A. Times - 8 hours ago

Former Bass opponent Rick Caruso now says he will vote for her reelection as mayor

Caruso said that he feared Raman would turn the LAPD into a "a laboratory for risky DSA social experimentation."

Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

"Democracy Has Failed": Bolsonaro Says Lula's Socialist Regime Seized His Passport

"Democracy Has Failed": Bolsonaro Says Lula's Socialist Regime Seized His Passport Summary: Bolsonaro Says Lula's Socialist Regime Seized His Passport Ibovespa Stock Index Plunges 20%, Triggers Circuit Breaker  Real Crashes 11% To 5.58/USD Brazil Markets Crater After Socialist Lula's Shock Victory; Bolsonaro Seeks To Annul Runoff Bolsonaro Says Lula's Socialist Regime Seized His Passport  Beyond the turmoil in Brazilian markets that crushed the Ibovespa stock index and the ...

Regional - CBC NEWS - 8 hours ago

Trump administration tries to prosecute former FBI director James Comey for 3rd time

Former FBI director ‌James Comey is facing a third criminal case from ​U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, ​accusing him of sharing sensitive ​national security information, according to court documents ‌made public on Monday.

Tech - Engadget - 8 hours ago

Halide releases its first batch of updates for the iPhone Duo

Camera app Halide released a new update for the iPhone Duo that adds three different shooting modes based on what position the foldable is in.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

Iran Braces For Nightmare Energy Crisis As Deepening Political Chaos Threatens To Boil Over

Iran Braces For Nightmare Energy Crisis As Deepening Political Chaos Threatens To Boil Over Iran is facing a potentially crippling energy crisis as winter approaches, adding to mounting economic woes and political infighting that threaten to further destabilize the Islamic Republic. Photo: Reuters Iranian First Vice President Mohammadreza Aref warned on Monday that the government may be forced to restrict natural gas supplies to major consumers as temperatures plunge, accordin...

World - Fox News - 8 hours ago

Jon Gosselin claims he's 'perfect strangers now' with six of his kids after years of no contact

Jon Gosselin hasn't spoken with most of his children in more than a decade.The reality star, who appeared on "Jon and Kate Plus 8" before his divorce from ex-wife Kate Gosselin, admitted that his strained relationships with six of his kids have made them "perfect strangers now."When Entertainment Tonight asked about the last time Gosselin spoke with most of his children, he admitted, "I haven't talked to them."KATE GOSSELIN CALLED A 'MONSTER' IN SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS AFTER SON COLLIN ANNOUNCES M...

Tech - Wired - 8 hours ago

Grok Says Its AI-Generated Version of ‘The Odyssey’ Is ‘Not Historically Accurate’

Months after Elon Musk declared that the xAI model would outclass Christopher Nolan’s mythological epic, the bot itself admitted defeat.

World - Fox News - 9 hours ago

Deadly security risks prompt updated travel warnings for 13 countries

The U.S. State Department has updated travel advisories for several Middle Eastern countries, warning of potential armed attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi forces and threats targeting Americans.Five countries Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen are listed under the department's highest advisory level, Level 4, which warns Americans not to travel.Eight others, including Israel, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, are designated Level 3, urging travelers to reconsider their plans.AMERICANS WARNED ...