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Pennsylvania Is the Epicentre as Its Outbreak Passes 1,400 Cases
Pennsylvania is the hardest hit state in the measles outbreak, with 1,487 cases and 287 hospitalisations, and its sixth death of the year confirmed on November 4.
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ALCS Rainout: Game 4 Pushed to Saturday, Game 5 to Sunday as Guardians Lead 2-1
Friday night’s ALCS Game 4 never happened — at least not on schedule. Day-long rain over Cleveland, turning into a heavy evening downpour, forced…
Politics
No Kings ‘Vote Early’: The Saturday Pivot From Protest to Ballots — What to Know
The No Kings movement — the coalition behind three nationwide days of anti-Trump demonstrations — is spending Saturday on a different mission: more than…
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Baseball’s Big Weekend: Brewers Wait as Cleveland and Tampa Bay Decide the ALCS
The Milwaukee Brewers are going to the World Series for the first time since 1982, and now baseball’s biggest question is who they will…
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Vote Like Canada Depends on It: The Weekend Before Alberta’s Big Referendum
With three days left before Alberta votes on whether to begin the legal process toward a future separation referendum, Canada is heading into the…
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Qatar Mediators Push a Draft Deal as Washington Weighs Iran Next Step
Qatari mediators are trying to win US and Iranian backing for a draft agreement meant to head off renewed fighting and possibly restart direct talks.
Politics
Eleven Points or Four: Michigan Lead Shows Poll Uncertainty
Michigan shows the widest Democratic Senate lead in final polls, 53 percent to 42 percent in one survey and 51 percent to 47 percent in another, a gap that warns against reading polls as results.
Business
CVS Will Break Off Its Namesake Pharmacies
CVS will break off its namesake pharmacies, according to company headlines on Wednesday, in a restructuring that separates a familiar high street brand from its parent.
Technology
The $10 Trillion AI Buildout Is Hitting the Limits of Physics and Finance
A Columbia paper puts US AI infrastructure at $10.3T through 2032 — 3.6% of GDP a year. Hyperscaler capex is outrunning cash flow, and the grid can't keep up.
Sports
The Bridge Held: How Milwaukee’s Bullpen Won Game 5, and the Parade
Milwaukee won Game 5 with a bullpen bridge, as JoJo Romero, Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill closed a 4-1 win after Jacob Misiorowski's five and two thirds scoreless innings.
Entertainment
Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ Leads a Packed Weekend at the Movies
Aaron Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning', with Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg, leads one of the busiest cinema weekends of the autumn.
Health
Gut Bacteria May Reveal How Fast the Brain Is Aging, UCLA Study Suggests
How old your brain looks may depend, in part, on what lives in your gut. In a study published in the journal eBioMedicine, UCLA…
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Hall and Woodford Win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics for the Models That Steady Economies
Robert E. Hall of Stanford and Michael Woodford of Columbia won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for the ground-up models that steady economies.
