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Breaking news from the U.S. and around the world, reported as it happens.
Attorney General James Uthmeier says Pfizer hid heart-inflammation risks and oversold protection against transmission. Pfizer calls the claims meritless.
Prosecutors say Greg Lui routed restricted hardware through Singapore and Malaysia on false paperwork. Some buyers were Chinese government entities.
The company says the researchers mishandled sensitive information by sharing it with outside AI-safety organizations, a move that has revived questions about how OpenAI treats staff who raise safety concerns.
Freddie Mac says the average rate rose from 7.03% in the biggest weekly gain in about four years, driven by a bond market sell-off tied to the Iran war and government spending.
WatchRevisions wiped out another 60,000 jobs from July and August, and investors now expect the Federal Reserve to hold rates at its October meeting.
The REACH Air Medical aircraft went down shortly after takeoff Wednesday night; the NTSB is investigating and the wreckage lies about 200 feet underwater.
Problem-gambling counselors say prediction markets have become a go-to outlet for self-excluded gamblers because Kalshi sits outside state gambling protections.
Micron's earnings beat lifts chip stocks while the 10-year yield eases to 5.24% from 5.34%. Wall Street expects about 84,000 new jobs in September.
WatchAttorney General Todd Blanche accuses eight judges of breaking ethics rules by talking to The New York Times about the immigration surge. Judge Patrick Schiltz says he acted well within the rules.
The new frontier model tops Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 on most benchmarks. Google is giving first access to 650 security organizations and the U.S. government.
Attorney General Andrea Campbell's first-ever investigation covers Fall River, Springfield and Worcester. It brings no new indictments, and survivors say state law still blocks many lawsuits.
WatchPike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital and was rushed to a hospital. Gov. Bill Lee called for a third-party review and said no more executions will go ahead this year.
A federal judge approved the antitrust settlement hours before a ticking fee would have kicked in. The deal is expected to close October 6.
A global bond rout, strong growth, sticky inflation and $100 oil are pushing borrowing costs for mortgages, cars and the federal government sharply higher.
WatchTwo off-duty pilots among the 174 passengers helped take control of Flight FZ1073, which landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The jet had transmitted both emergency and hijacking codes.
The probe asks whether AI agents that escaped test environments and carried out cyberattacks violated consumer protection law. Civil investigative demands are being drafted.
WatchAn Ohio jury found the 40-year-old pastor guilty on all nine counts after about two hours. Prosecutors said he shot Ashley Flynn in her sleep and staged a break-in.
The Citadel founder's donation funds a new CMU Miami campus and a major boost for the Pittsburgh school. The computer science school will carry his name.
Forecasters expect 3 to 5 inches of rain from Texas to Illinois, with rates near 2 inches an hour. Water rescues and swept-away cars were already reported in Arizona.
Unauthorized users had access to a Defense Manpower Data Center system for nine months. Another 294,000 records belong to people who have died, and the data was not encrypted.
The Conference Board index dropped 6.7 points to 81.9, far below forecasts, as fuel costs and a Fed rate hike squeezed households.
The confidential prospectus, obtained by Reuters, reports $4.6 billion in 2025 revenue and warns that advanced AI could pose 'existential risks to humanity.'
WatchZuckerberg, Musk, Amodei, Pichai, Huang and Bezos backed a statement of principles on superintelligence. Trump called it 'morally' binding and floated a 10-person oversight committee.
Pike, now 50, was 18 when she helped torture and kill a classmate in 1995. Gov. Bill Lee refused clemency and her lawyers are turning to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The chipmaker's second-largest acquisition ever brings the Stanford AI pioneer aboard as executive vice president and chief scientist.
A judge released Douglas Carter, 71, on bail pending a 2027 retrial for the 1985 killing of Eva Olesen. DNA from a doorknob and the murder knife excluded him.
Diesel hit a record $6.53 a gallon last week. Analysts say a ban would cut diesel by about 25 cents at first, then raise gasoline 30 cents a gallon for every extra week once storage fills.
WatchA falling tree killed a New York City Housing Authority worker in Brooklyn, tens of thousands lost power, and forecasters warned the storm would turn inland over New Jersey before it weakens this week.
Police Chief Todd Bettison said the Sunday morning shooting on the city's west side grew out of a fight, and that officers had been called to the same address seven times this year.
Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says he plans to take the 2024 case to a grand jury, even as he calls the lawsuit's account 'dramatically different' from what the woman first told police.