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Latvia PM's United List ahead in election, exit poll shows

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' centrist United List looked set to win Saturday's election for parliament, as widely expected, but must build a coalition with other parties to stay in power, an exit poll showed.Security concerns and cost of living issues have dominated the election agenda in Latvia, a NATO and European Union member state which borders Russia and is home to a significant Russian-speaking minority. (Reporting by Andrius Sytas, editing by Terje Solsvik)

Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed execution

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ASU head hockey coach placed on leave after player's collapse during practice

TEMPE, Arizona (KNXV) -- Arizona State University’s head hockey coach Greg Powers has been placed on leave amid an investigation into the collapse of an athlete during an outdoor practice this summer.Matthew Mayich, a 21-year-old St. Louis Blues NHL draft pick from Ontario, collapsed during an off-ice workout at Sun Angel Stadium on Aug. 20, 2026. He has been in a coma for 41 days.The National Collegiate Hockey Conference released a statement Wednesday, saying Head Coach Greg Powers would be placed on leave following the incident.“The concerns raised by student-ath

Moderna to replace Warner Bros Discovery on Nasdaq 100

Oil settles lower after Europe agrees to tap diesel reserves

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Australia's Sunrise Energy Metals plans US redomicile, primary Nasdaq listing

Australia's Sunrise Energy Metals plans to relocate its parent company to the United States through a newly incorporated Delaware company and seek a primary listing on Nasdaq, the company said on Friday.Here are some more details:• The new US-based company, Sunrise Energy Metals, Inc., will acquire all Sunrise shares and become the group's parent company.• The Melbourne-based firm said its primary listing will be on Nasdaq following the scheme implementation and a secondary listing on the ASX will ensue.• The move aligns with a conditional commitment for up to $400 million from the U.S.

FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen

G20 trade chiefs to denounce food trade coercion but not excess factory capacity

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Former Dallas officer who shot Black man in apartment that she mistook for hers gets parole

A white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole Thursday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole, which is appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, rejected Amber Guyger's initial parole request in 2024, but approved her case over the objections of victim Botham Jean 's family the first time she was eligible to ask again. Guyger, 38, was convicted of murder in the 2018 killing of 26-year-old Jean, an accountant from the Caribbean isl

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MLB won't consider game at Grand Teton National Park, says was only conducting initial due diligence

Major League Baseball won't consider staging a game in western Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred sent a letter Thursday to Teton County Commissioner Chair Mark Newcomb, Jackson Mayor Arne Jorgensen and Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce President Rick Howe, who wrote to Manfred voicing objections on Monday following a report in The Washington Post that Grand Teton was under consideration. Manfred sent a similar letter to U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico. “MLB has no formal plan to play a game in Grand Tet

Trump says he regrets nominating Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch, Barrett and Kavanaugh

Family of Renee Good sues US government and Trump officials over her death

8 in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump on inflation. That’s extremely rare for a president

We don’t yet know how the 2026 midterm elections will shake out.What we can say right now is that President Donald Trump’s handling of inflation is a historic liability — the likes of which we’ve rarely seen in modern American politics.As many as 8 in 10 Americans now disapprove of Trump on that issue. That’s more than disapproved of presidents for wars gone wrong, botched crisis responses and even major scandals like Watergate.A new AP-NORC poll on Thursday was the latest ugly data point for Trump. It showed Americans disapproved of him on cost-of-living issues by a stunning margin:

‘It's about time’: Push to change NY rape law after disturbing Cornell allegations

Resurfaced allegations of a gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house have renewed outrage over what experts call a legal “loophole” in New York’s – and other states’ – sexual assault laws that can make it nearly impossible for survivors to seek justice if they voluntarily consumed alcohol or drugs before an assault.At issue in the Cornell case is the fact that the woman, identified only as Jane Doe, says she drank alcohol and accepted drugs the night in 2024 she alleges she was sexually assaulted for hours and advertised as “free p*ssy” by someone in a Chi Phi fratern

The war with Iran upended markets this month. There were losers — and winners

Hegseth announces new autonomous weapons command while repeating attacks on ‘woke’ culture during speech to troops

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LeBron James was balling, babysitting and putting on a fantastic show in 76ers' debut at scrimmage

The 76ers' public address announcer ended a brief retirement over the summer in large part to get behind the mic and do what he did for the first time ahead of the team's annual scrimmage. Matt Cord introduced LeBron James in the Sixers' starting lineup. "At 6-9, from St. Vincent-St. Mary’s, No. 23, LeBron James! James!' Close to 10,000 fans who plunked down $10 a ticket on Saturday to essentially witness a glorified practice at the Sixers’ home arena went wild for James' debut. No, James didn't wear No. 23. He historically wore No.

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Dual UK-Iranian national arrested over security incident at US-run air base in England

Police on Thursday arrested a dual U.K.-Iranian national on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England that British authorities have linked to Tehran. The 25-year-old man was arrested in central London on Thursday, and police have searched two properties in the U.K. capital, Counter Terrorism Policing said in a statement. Five men, all British nationals in their 20s and from London, were arrested in the early hours of Sunday on suspicion of explosives and terror offenses close to the RAF Fairford a

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Christa Pike getting 'life-saving medical care' after surviving Tennessee execution

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Bond market bust: The 10-year Treasury yield hit its highest level since 2002

In the latest dubious milestone for the US bond market, the yield on the 10-year benchmark Treasury note just hit its highest level since the dot-com bust.At 5.34%, the 10-year yield hasn’t been this high since 2002. It had recently hit its highest level since 2007, and 30-year Treasury yields surged to a more-than-two-decade high.Investors have been selling off bonds and demanding higher rates at government bond auctions as inflation continues to rise. Higher prices degrade investments over time, and bondholders want to ensure they’re compensated for the effects of higher gas and diesel p

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Ronaldo quits Portugal camp after learning he won't start game, vows to one day tell truth over exit

Cristiano Ronaldo walked out on Portugal’s training camp on Wednesday, hours after coach Jorge Jesus said the star forward would not start the game against Denmark in the Nations League on Thursday. The 41-year-old Ronaldo said that “in time” he would “tell the Portuguese people the truth about the reasons” behind his departure. “Following the national team coach’s news conference, and after a conversation with the president of the Portuguese football federation, I decided to leave the national team’s training camp,” he said on Insta

Supreme Court lets Trump resume deporting migrants to countries not their own

The rise of a new soccer star: Who is US teenager Cavan Sullivan?

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Lyft will pay $272.5 million to settle California driver wage theft claims

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Alleged Cornell gang rape prompts calls to revise New York sexual assault laws

Some New York lawmakers are urging a revamp of the state's sexual assault statutes to make it easier to prosecute cases involving intoxicated victims, following renewed

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Americans are still spending. Friday’s jobs report will show if that can last

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Trump’s threats against Olympian leads judge to permanently dismiss Reflecting Pool damage charges

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Mortgage rates just hit 7.28%. But there are ways to get a lower rate

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Supreme Court grants review of Trump administration's mandatory detention policy for immigrants

The Supreme Court has agreed to review a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for detained immigrants

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Who is Ynon Kreiz, the new co-CEO of the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. company?

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Paramount-Warner Bros. merger moves forward after judge approves settlement

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Democrats say Sanders needs to step up in midterm fight. His allies say he’s doing more than most.

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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