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Nine Hours in the Pacific: Fishermen Pull Cruise Pianist to Safety
A cruise ship pianist spent about nine hours treading water in the Pacific before two fishermen pulled him to safety off California.
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Rays Win 7-3 in Game 6, Clinch World Series Date With Brewers
Tampa Bay is going back to the World Series. The Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American League Championship…
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Amazon backs 960-megawatt nuclear project on retired Indiana coal site
Amazon will fund a 960-megawatt small modular reactor plant in Indiana, its second nuclear bet with X-energy as data center electricity demand surges.
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Anthropic launches a public benefit fund fueled by its own shares
Anthropic will commit 5% of its shares, growing as the company grows, to a new public benefit fund aimed at the public good.
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Rays Level ALCS With 7-3 Game 4 Win Over Guardians
Rays hammered the Guardians 7-3 in Game 4 of the ALCS at Progressive Field on Saturday night, with Jonathan Aranda's three-hit night levelling the series at 2-2.
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DC and Virginia Sue to Block Trump’s 250 Foot Triumphal Arch
DC and Virginia have sued to stop the 250 foot arch at Memorial Circle, calling the plan unlawful before building starts.
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Newsom Commutes All 548 California Death Sentences
Governor Gavin Newsom announced he is commuting all 548 death sentences in California to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Nasdaq Sheds 2.1% as AI-Doubt Selloff Hands Chip Stocks Their Longest Losing Streak Since 2008
Wall Street ended the week on the defensive on Friday as a deepening selloff in artificial-intelligence-linked stocks dragged the Nasdaq Composite down 2.1 per…
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New York Times Nears $330 Million Deal for Film Platform Letterboxd
The New York Times is in exclusive talks to buy film community Letterboxd for about $330 million, though no deal has been signed yet.
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750,000 and Counting: Milwaukee Parade Rewrites the Wisconsin Record Book
Milwaukee police put Friday parade and rally attendance above 750,000, far above the 400,000 expected, in what may be the largest single day crowd in Wisconsin history.
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Oasis Documentary Arrives on Disney Plus With Unseen Gallagher Footage
Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger is now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu, featuring unseen footage of the Gallagher brothers.
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Melanoma Patients Get New Hope as Personalised mRNA Vaccine Cuts Risk by 42%
Merck and Moderna have released late-stage trial results for their personalised melanoma vaccine, showing a 42 percent cut in the risk of death or recurrence.
Science
NASA Commissions All-Glass Test Telescope for LISA Mission
NASA has commissioned an all-glass test telescope from L3Harris for LISA, the mission that will detect gravitational waves from space.
