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Hormuz Shipping Nearly Stops as Insurers Pull Back From the Strait
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has nearly stopped as operators and insurers pull back, with the waterway carrying about a fifth of the world oil liquids.
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Polls, Fraud and the Final 12 Days: Where Minnesota’s Governor Race Stands
Twelve days before Minnesota elects its first female governor, the race has narrowed to a single question: who do voters trust to clean up…
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73 Killed in Shabwa Training Camp Strike as Houthi Campaign Widens
Seventy-three people were killed Monday in a missile strike on a government security forces training camp in Shabwa province, as the Houthi campaign against…
Sports
World Series Storylines: The Traded Pitchers Facing Their Old Clubs
When the World Series opens Friday night at American Family Field, the Brewers will face two starting pitchers they used to employ. Drew Rasmussen…
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DHS Lets 100000 Ukrainians and Sudanese Keep Deportation Protections for Now
More than 100,000 people from Ukraine and Sudan can stay in the United States without immediate risk of deportation, after the Department of Homeland…
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Formula One Keeps Its Qatar and Abu Dhabi Finales Despite Middle East Conflict
Formula One will keep its last two races of the season in Qatar and Abu Dhabi despite military conflicts in the Middle East, according to the latest sports business briefing.
Politics
Trump Blames Democrats for Thursday Three Trillion Dollar Stock Selloff
President Trump blamed the Democrats blue wave election wins for Thursday unprecedented stock market sell-off that saw firms lose trillions in a single day.
Business
Steel, Autos and the Factory Floor: What Montreal Means for Suppliers
Canada-EU cooperation on critical minerals, digital trade and defence will be felt first by suppliers in steel, autos and manufacturing, where tariffs and rules, not summit language, decide orders.
Technology
China Proposes Export Curbs on AI, Chips and Solar in National-Security Push
China proposed restricting or banning exports of 40 technologies — AI, chips, solar — citing national security. The draft names a two-trillion-parameter AI threshold.
Sports
Route, Rally and Return: The Brewers Parade in Four Movements
From a 10 am start on Wisconsin Avenue to a 1:37 pm rally close at Henry Maier Festival Park, the Brewers parade unfolded as a choreographed day, not a spontaneous crowd.
Entertainment
Weekend preview: ‘Other Mommy’ eyes $20m, ‘Social Reckoning’ faces $7–8m
Two films opening on 9 October arrive from opposite ends of the commercial map: Other Mommy, launching in more than 3,200 North American theatres with an opening forecast…
Health
4,410 and Climbing: America’s Measles Outbreak Is a Warning About What Comes Next
The count keeps climbing: 4,410 measles cases in the United States in 2026, rising by roughly 330 a week. Pennsylvania has become the outbreak’s…
Science
Where toddlers look: eye-tracking meets early development scores
Eye-tracking measures of social attention in healthy 18-month-old toddlers were significantly associated with Griffiths-III developmental scores in a study reported this week, researchers say — a correlation between…
