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Negotiators in Egypt aimed to advance a U.S.-backed peace plan on the second anniversary of Oct. 7, as Hamas demanded guarantees from President Trump and fighting persisted.
About 200 Texas National Guard troops arrived near Chicago, Illinois, after federal officials ordered the deployment despite opposition from state and city leaders and an ongoing lawsuit.
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm for demonstrating quantum effects in macroscopic circuits that enable superconducting qubits.
Israelis held memorials near Gaza on the Oct. 7 anniversary, with tightened security, while Trump emissaries headed to Egypt amid hopes of returning 48 hostages.
The Trump administration warned on Tuesday in an OMB memo that about 750,000 furloughed U.S. federal workers may not receive back pay during the government shutdown.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was sharply criticized at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, accused by Democrats of weaponizing the Justice Department and dodging questions about Jeffrey Epstein.
The U.S. Supreme Court sounded skeptical and appeared poised to overturn Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, repeatedly questioning whether the law violated therapists’ free‑speech rights.
Republican senators accused Special Counsel Jack Smith and the FBI of improperly collecting their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation during a hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Major U.S. airports struggled with widespread flight delays and air-traffic staffing shortages amid the government shutdown, with Nashville and Chicago among the hardest-hit hubs, officials said.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Canada were close to a new trade deal in the White House with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, but offered no tariff concessions.
Investors drove AI-focused shares lower on global markets after analysts questioned the profitability of cloud AI services and warned that the recent investment spree may be speculative and circular.
Gold prices topped $4,000 an ounce for the first time in New York, as investors snapped up metal as a safe haven amid U.S. political uncertainty and rising global debt.
Amazon ran its online Prime Day sale on Oct. 8, 2025, offering steep discounts on Legos, KitchenAid mixers, Cold Steel knives and other popular consumer items.
Fred Ramsdell won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine but was unreachable while on a digital‑detox hiking trip in the western US, his wife finding the flurry of congratulatory messages.
Bari Weiss was named editor-in-chief of CBS News, a move critics said would tilt the network right and that staff said provoked visible unease during an editorial call.
Amazon held its Prime Day sale Oct. 7–8, offering steep tech discounts — up to 60% on laptops — and deep cuts on Amazon devices, Apple and JBL products.
The World Trade Organization raised its 2025 global trade forecast, saying AI-driven demand and U.S. tariff‑induced front‑loading boosted growth but warned trade would slow in 2026.
Tesla launched lower-cost Model Y and Model 3 versions in the US with starting prices of $39,990 and $36,990 in a bid to revive sales after US EV subsidies ended.
BMW cut its annual profit guidance, citing weak sales in China and higher-than-expected US tariff costs, just hours after reporting higher deliveries.
Taylor Swift released the album The Life of a Showgirl and staged an 89‑minute theatrical release party, drawing mixed critical reviews and some fans’ accusations of possible AI use.
LeBron James revealed on social media Tuesday that his teased "decision" was an advertisement for a cognac brand, surprising fans who had expected a retirement announcement.
Jordi Alba, the 36-year-old Inter Miami left-back, announced he would retire from professional football at the end of the season, thanking fans in a social-media message.
U.S. stock indexes hit record highs then plunged after a Federal Reserve report, as investors pulled back amid rising fears of an AI-driven market downturn.
Ken Jacobs, 92, a pioneering New York experimental filmmaker, died in hospital on Sunday of kidney failure, his son Azazel Jacobs said.
Former President Donald Trump criticized the NFL's selection of Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show, saying he "didn't know who he was."
Disney’s "Tron: Ares" opened in cinemas on Thursday to largely negative reviews, with critics calling it chaotic, incoherent and overloaded with effects and AI themes.
Ghislaine Maxwell remained in custody after the Supreme Court rejected her appeal, and Donald Trump said he would "speak" with the Justice Department about possible clemency.
The National Book Foundation announced the 2025 National Book Award finalists in the United States, including Karen Russell, Bryan Washington and Rabih Alameddine among the fiction contenders.
Intercontinental Exchange agreed to invest up to $2 billion in crypto prediction platform Polymarket, valuing it at about $8 billion and potentially enabling the site's return to the U.S.
Donald Trump told climate activist Greta Thunberg she should "see a doctor" and called her "crazy," and Thunberg wrote on Instagram thanking him for his concern.
Zelda Williams urged followers on Instagram to stop sending AI-generated videos of her late father, Robin Williams, calling them "terrible TikTok junk" and criticizing use of his likeness.
