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McDonald's sued over AI tool that recommends prices to US franchisees

McDonald’s is facing a federal lawsuit that alleges its AI-enhanced pricing tool violates antitrust laws because it shares nonpublic data with franchisees who might be competing in the same market. The lawsuit, which was filed Friday in Illinois, said McDonald’s pricing tool uses artificial intelligence to collect data that competing franchises wouldn’t normally share, like store-level sales. The Chicago-based burger giant has said it makes the tool available to U.S. franchisees to help them set prices at their individual restaurants. The lawsu

Republicans to spend $5 million in South Carolina Senate race as Trump plans trip there

Nvidia-backed Lambda targets $4 billion raise ahead of planned IPO, WSJ reports

Yemeni government fighters recorded driving vehicles over Houthi opponents

Video posted by government forces in Yemen showed them driving armoured cars over opposing fighters as they recaptured areas around the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthis on Monday in a deadly new phase of the fragmented country's war. The videos gave a glimpse into the brutal closing stages of a pitched battle for control of territory near the strait that the Houthis had captured last month. The Houthi advance sent shockwaves through the oil market and pushed up petrol and diesel prices worldwide. Fighting continued near Bab el-Mandeb on Tuesday as Saudi-backed government fo

Lawyers for ex-Olympian cleared in Reflecting Pool case call for government watchdog investigations

Colombia's president offers support to veterans extradited to US over Haitian leader's killing

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Trump highlights a big new defense project in Maryland, a blue state whose governor won't be there

President Donald Trump on Tuesday plans to highlight a $3.7 billion investment by the military technology company Anduril to build components for nuclear-powered submarines at a Baltimore-area shipyard. It's one of a series of events Trump is holding across the country to showcase investments in factories, as high gasoline prices from the Iran war and persistently elevated inflation have damaged the president’s approval ratings on the economy. The president is trying to rally Republican voters with less than a month before the midterm elections on Nov. 3. This ev

Most families of US troops killed in the Iran war's deadliest attack weren't at White House event

ACC's Phillips touts league's health amid questions of possible departures, realignment in future

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Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. The U.S. military has not carried out the death penalty since 1961. The Army secretary will decide a time and place for the execution, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote in a post on X. “Judgement day for Hasan has finally come,” Parnell wrote. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, walked into a medical building where soldiers were getting medical checkups, shouted “Allahu akbar” —

US accuses California woman of spying for China, surveilling Taiwan president's son

US authorities arrested a California woman on Sunday and accused her of spying on a son of Taiwan's president at the behest of Chinese officials, the FBI said.The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday before her planned departure to China, the agency said in a statement. Authorities charged Zhang, 34, of Irvine, California, with acting as an unregistered foreign agent. Zhang surveilled a son of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, the FBI said. The agency did not directly name Zhang's alleged target, but later shared a New York Pos

NFL suspends an official 2 games for swearing at Arizona tight end Trey McBride

US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack

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2 killed, dozens hurt as gunfire erupts at homecoming block party in south Georgia

Law enforcement officials are still working to determine just what happened when a chaotic homecoming party spanning a four-block radius of a southern Georgia town erupted in gunfire early Sunday, leaving two people dead and nearly three dozen others injured. Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy identified the two people killed as 21-year-old Jaquevion Jackson of Cordele and 23-year-old Macaleb Jackson of Hawkinsville, Georgia. He did not say if the two were related. Some of the three dozen injured had gunshot wounds, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hos

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Brazil election heads to runoff after campaign dominated by crime, corruption and Trump

Brazil’s presidential election is heading to a runoff after a surprise first-round victory for right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, who will face leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after neither secured more than 50% of the vote on Sunday, the threshold required to win outright.With the other candidates eliminated, Lula and Bolsonaro will compete again in the second round on October 25, in an election playing out against a backdrop of corruption scandals, deep political polarization and growing voter fatigue.Bolsonaro, the 45-year-old son of i

Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution

US Marine arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa, sparking outrage in Japan

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What do we know about plague institute lab worker's death in Russia?

A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances on October 2, prompting authorities to quarantine about 200 people and causing public health fears on social media.Here's what we know about the case, which officials have not linked to her work or plague, and about the disease she studied.WHAT HAPPENED?Russian media named the victim as Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.The authorities said she died of an unknown type of pneumonia but that as a pr

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Messi set for emotional Argentina farewell in Buenos Aires friendly vs Benin

Argentina fans are confident there is a bright future beyond Lionel Messi as the team's most influential player of the last two decades prepares to bid farewell. The 39-year-old superstar will play his final match for Argentina on Tuesday — a friendly against Benin at Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires — marking a pivotal moment in the country's football. Messi leaves behind an extraordinary legacy, including the 2022 World Cup title, two more World Cup finals (2014, 2026), two Copa América trophies (2021, 2024), an Olympic gold medal (2008), and 125 goals as

Whistleblower says Trump demanded FBI probe into protesters over a TikTok he saw

Yankees make 4 errors in sloppy playoff loss to Rays that leaves them on brink of elimination

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How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker dies

The World Health Organization says a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a “very low” risk outside the country as investigators look into what caused the death of a lab employee there last week. The U.N. health agency said Tuesday that it has been in contact with Russian authorities following reports of the death last week of a woman who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East. The case and the investigation, led by Russian officials, have revived memories of the COVID-19 pandemic and allegations the cor

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Why this landlocked city is known as Hawaii’s ‘Ninth Island’

On a grass mat in front of a DJ booth, hula dancers sway gracefully in time to the gentle tones of traditional island music. By some food trucks, the pungent scent of garlic shrimp swirls in the air. At communal tables under a tent, several tattooed men and women talk softly in the inimitable lilt of Hawaiian pidgin.It’s a Saturday evening on the west side of Las Vegas, and a parking lot in the middle of the Mojave Desert has transformed into a tropical wonderland.This is the scene at the Killah Kine (pronounced kyne) Night Market, a monthly gathering of local Hawaiian-owned businesses and t

This city is on track to run out of water by 2030. For many residents, that day is already here

‘We should be listened to’: French students demonstrate in nationwide school protests

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Buttigieg, Gallego and other potential 2028 Democratic contenders set to discuss party’s future at post-midterms meeting

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US stocks rise to a record on expectations companies will make even fatter profits

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Troy Jackson is scrambling to defeat Maine Sen. Susan Collins. Time is not on his side

Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson is racing against time in his bid to unseat Sen. Susan Collins

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Trump signs executive order aimed at lowering diesel prices

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Trump uses anti-transgender slur to attack South Carolina Senate nominee

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Trump says he will pay for campaign-style ads himself after backlash over taxpayer-funded effort

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Trump signs order extending tax-free use of red-dyed diesel during midterm stop in Nebraska

President Donald Trump has taken his Republican midterm rescue mission to Nebraska

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Trump approval at record low; Hispanic voters sour on Republicans, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

President Donald Trump's approval rating held at a record low in recent days, as many Hispanic voters panned his job performance and planned to spurn his

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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