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McDonald's Boo Buckets Return Oct. 20 With Disney Villains Like Ursula And Maleficent For 40th Anniversary

McDonald's Boo Buckets Return Oct. 20 With Disney Villains Like Ursula And Maleficent For 40th Anniversary

CHICAGO — McDonald's is bringing back its popular Halloween Boo Buckets on Oct. 20, marking the collectible pails' 40th anniversary with a...

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Gold Holds Near $4,150 an Ounce as Traders Await U.S. Inflation Data

Gold Holds Near $4,150 an Ounce as Traders Await U.S. Inflation Data

NEW YORK — Spot gold traded near $4,150 a troy ounce on Wednesday, little changed on the session as investors awaited U.S. consumer price data that...

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United States And Japan Top Every Major Ranking Of The Countries Where Pokémon Is Most Popular

United States And Japan Top Every Major Ranking Of The Countries Where Pokémon Is Most Popular

There is no official 2026 ranking of the countries where Pokémon is most popular. The company does not publish a global popularity index. What exists...

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Palantir CTO Says AI Researchers Are Taking Up Smoking, Betting AI Will Cure Cancer, Warns Of 'Mass Psychosis'

Palantir CTO Says AI Researchers Are Taking Up Smoking, Betting AI Will Cure Cancer, Warns Of 'Mass Psychosis'

WASHINGTON — Palantir Technologies' chief technology officer says some artificial intelligence researchers have started smoking to show their...

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BMW M2 xDrive Review: First All-Wheel-Drive M2 Hits 60 MPH in 3.6 Seconds, but Purists May Miss Something

BMW M2 xDrive Review: First All-Wheel-Drive M2 Hits 60 MPH in 3.6 Seconds, but Purists May Miss Something

MUNICH — For a decade, the BMW M2 has been the German automaker's purest expression of the small, rear-wheel-drive sports coupe. Now, for the...

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South Korean Cybersecurity Staff Caught Playing StarCraft at Work While Bosses Were Away, One Logged 90 Hours

South Korean Cybersecurity Staff Caught Playing StarCraft at Work While Bosses Were Away, One Logged 90 Hours

SEOUL, South Korea — Five employees at a South Korean state-run cybersecurity institute repeatedly logged on to StarCraft game servers during...

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Gates Warns That AI Cyberattacks Will Bring "a Lot Of Negative Surprises" In The Next Year

Gates Warns That AI Cyberattacks Will Bring

Bill Gates said Sunday that the most immediate danger from artificial intelligence is not a system escaping human control but criminals using the...

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Adidas Sues Australian Label White Fox in Federal Court, Saying Four Stripes Trade on Its Three-Stripe Mark

Adidas Sues Australian Label White Fox in Federal Court, Saying Four Stripes Trade on Its Three-Stripe Mark

SYDNEY — Adidas sued the Australian label White Fox in the Federal Court, arguing that clothes sold with four parallel stripes are deceptively...

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SpaceX Shares Hover Near $171 After A $135 IPO As Analysts Split On Whether The Stock Is Still Cheap

SpaceX Shares Hover Near $171 After A $135 IPO As Analysts Split On Whether The Stock Is Still Cheap

SpaceX is no longer a private tender. It listed in June at $135 a share, raising a record $75 billion and valuing the company at about $1.77 trillion,...

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10 Emerging AI Stocks Investors Are Watching in October 2026, From Micron's Memory Boom to SpaceX and Firmus

NEW YORK — The artificial intelligence boom keeps reshaping financial markets. Investors are now looking past the biggest technology names for...

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US Adds 29,000 Jobs in September as Unemployment Rises to 4.2%, Easing Pressure for October Fed Rate Hike

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added far fewer jobs than expected in September and the unemployment rate edged higher, signs of a cooling labor market...

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Nike Launches Caitlin Clark's First Signature Shoe as Struggling Brand Seeks Turnaround Ahead of Key Earnings

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Nike released Caitlin Clark's first signature basketball shoe on Thursday, betting on one of the biggest stars in...

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Swiss Aid Worker's Rare Footage Reveals Hidden Life Inside North Korea From Famine Years to Pyongyang Cafes

HONG KONG — For nearly a quarter-century, Swiss aid worker Kathi Zellweger traveled to one of the world's most closed-off countries, delivering...

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UN Backs Equal Earth Map Showing Africa's True Size Over Mercator in Landslide Vote as US Stands Alone

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly has endorsed a resolution urging the world to move away from the centuries-old Mercator map in favor of...

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Iran Receives Official US Response To Its Offer To End The War As Three Ships Are Hit In Strait Of Hormuz

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has received an official U.S. response to its latest proposal to end the seven-month war between the two countries, Iranian...

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Elon Musk Tells Young People to Study Broadly as He Says Money May Not Matter in an AI Future

Elon Musk said money may lose its meaning in an economy flooded with robots, and that young people should study widely so they know what to ask those...

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Bill Gates Warns Rogue Actors With AI Could Drive a Billion Deaths, Rejects Self-Regulation Alone

WASHINGTON — Bill Gates said artificial intelligence is already powerful enough to help cause a billion deaths if people with bad intent get the...

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Which Country's Women Watch Online Adult Content the Most? Philippines Tops Latest Pornhub Data at 64 Percent

MANILA — The Philippines has the highest share of female visitors to Pornhub of any country in the site's most recent annual report, with women...

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Will Chipotle Succeed In Korea? Hours-Long Lines Greet Its First Asian Store, But The Real Test Lies Ahead

SEOUL — Chipotle Mexican Grill's first restaurant in Asia has drawn hours-long lines and a wave of social media attention since opening in...

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HYBE Plunges 48.9%, JYP Falls 41.4% As K-pop Stocks Suffer From Heavy Single-Artist Dependence, SM Fares Best

SEOUL — South Korea's major entertainment companies are enjoying some of the most visible global success in K-pop history, with BTS touring...

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Renault Reveals 270-hp Electric 8 Gordini Coupe Concept, Says It Is a One-Off Show Car

The car was shown Sept. 24 at the Renault Carwalk and is due on the brand's stand at the Paris Motor Show from Oct. 12 to 18. After that it is...

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YouTube Tightens Binge-Eating Ad Rules as Korean Mukbang Stars Lose Revenue, Cut Videos

SEOUL — YouTube's tighter advertising rules on eating-disorder and binge-eating videos have cut ad money for some Korean mukbang and diet...

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Chipotle Enlists Palantir to Score Store Food-Safety Risk After Jalapeño Salmonella Scare

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Chipotle Mexican Grill is piloting software from Palantir Technologies that scores restaurants on food-safety risk, the...

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OpenAI Contractors Fired For Using AI On ChatGPT Training Work, Internal Rules Show

SAN FRANCISCO — Contractors hired to rate ChatGPT answers and improve OpenAI's models have been removed from projects after they used...

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Maye Musk Says Elon 'Really Wants' to Live on Mars While Promoting Her Own Candid New Memoir 'Timeless'

Maye Musk, the model and dietitian who is also the mother of Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, said in a new podcast appearance that...

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Coinbase Shares Jump 11.72% As SEC's Tokenized Stock Rule And Bitcoin Rally Fuel Broader Crypto Surge

NEW YORK — Shares of Coinbase Global Inc. jumped 11.72% to $194.36 in Friday trading, adding $20.39, as the cryptocurrency exchange rode a broad...

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Is GameStop Still Chasing EBay? Inside Ryan Cohen's Wavering $56 Billion Takeover Saga Late This Fall

GameStop's monthslong pursuit of eBay remains unresolved heading into the fall, with Chief Executive Officer Ryan Cohen appearing to have pulled...

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Elon Musk Tops Forbes 400 List for Fifth Straight Year With a Record $908 Billion Net Worth as Gap Widens

NEW YORK — Elon Musk has topped Forbes' annual ranking of the wealthiest Americans for the fifth consecutive year, with the Tesla and SpaceX...

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LeBron James Invests in Mike's Red Tacos as Birria Brand Opens First New LA-Area Spot in Pasadena This Fall

PASADENA, Calif. — LeBron James is joining Mike's Red Tacos as an investor, the Southern California birria brand announced Tuesday, a deal that...

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Uber CEO Says 3,300 Layoffs Will Fund Cheaper Rides, But Similar Past Corporate Promises Have Fallen Flat

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said the roughly 3,300 corporate jobs the company eliminated earlier this month will...

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(VIDEO) Jensen Huang's Phone of Choice for Trump's Surprise Call? A Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, Photos Confirm"

LOS ANGELES — When Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang's onstage interview at the All-In Summit was interrupted Monday by a surprise...

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AMD Stock Sinks 5.94% to $485.46 as AI Slowdown Warnings Rattle an Already Volatile Chip Sector Once Again

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fell 5.94% to $485.46 in Monday trading, down $30.67, as renewed calls from prominent...

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Global Tech Stocks Tumble As AI Leaders' Slowdown Warnings Spook Investors From Tokyo To Wall Street

NEW YORK — Technology stocks fell sharply across Asia, Europe and the United States on Monday after some of the artificial intelligence...

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Bitcoin and Tether Dominate as CoinMarketCap Data Reveals the 10 Most Traded Cryptocurrencies of 2026

NEW YORK — Tether's stablecoin and Bitcoin continue to command the largest share of daily trading activity across global cryptocurrency...

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Cleanaway Shares Rise 3.70% to $2.665 as EQT's $9.4 Billion Takeover Bid Clears Due Diligence Hurdle

SYDNEY — Shares in Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd. rose 3.70% to $2.665 on Monday, adding 9.5 cents, as investors continued to price in the prospect...

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Elon Musk's PAC Spends $100 Million on Ads Attacking Democrats Over Transgender Policy in Midterms 2026

Elon Musk's political action committee, America PAC, has launched a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign centered on transgender policy...

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Apple's New Foldable iPhone Duo vs. the iPhone 18 Pro Max: Which Flagship Should You Buy This Fall 2026

Apple unveiled two very different flagship phones at its "Surprise and Shine" event on Sept. 9: the iPhone 18 Pro Max, an evolution of its...

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Samsung Touts 'Welcome to Foldables' as Apple's $1,999 Duo Takes Aim at Its Lead

SEOUL — Samsung Electronics answered Apple's first foldable iPhone with billboards, a website essay on weight and a round of posts that treated...

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Nike Slides Near a 52-Week Low as China Slump and Soft Outlook Keep Pressure on Turnaround

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Nike shares slipped again Wednesday, hovering just above a fresh 52-week low as investors treated the sportswear giant's...

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Austal Shares Jump 7% After US$1.35 Billion Offer For Austal USA Shipbuilding Unit From Wildcat-Led Group

PERTH, Australia — Shares of Austal Ltd. climbed $0.31, or 7.13%, to $4.66, after the defense shipbuilder confirmed it had received a non-binding...

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DOJ Expands Beef Price Probe To Kroger, Walmart, Publix And Five Other Major Grocery Chains Over Rising Prices

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is expanding its antitrust investigation into beef affordability to include eight of the country's largest...

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Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Documentary 'You Can See Everything' Debuts As Telluride Secret Screening

TELLURIDE, Colo. — A years-in-the-making documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, secretly filmed by comedian Nathan Fielder...

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AI-Generated Food Images Spoil Appetites As Restaurants Turn To ChatGPT For Menu Photos

Consumers across the country are increasingly encountering artificial intelligence-generated images of food on restaurant menus and marketing...

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McDonald's Stock Hits 52-Week Low Near $257 as U.S. Traffic Slows and Investors Await Chicago Strategy Day

NEW YORK — McDonald's Corp. shares traded near a one-year low on Thursday as investors kept selling a stock that has already fallen far from...

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NYC Mayor Mamdani Bans AI For Nearly 600,000 Students Through Eighth Grade In Nation's Strictest Policy

NEW YORK — New York City announced a one-year moratorium on students using artificial intelligence in public elementary and middle schools...

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Judge Rules Charlie Kirk Assassination Suspect Tyler Robinson Must Face Death Penalty Trial: 8 Takeaways

PROVO, Utah — A Utah judge ruled Tuesday that Tyler Robinson must stand trial on all charges in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk,...

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Fervo Energy Stock Jumps 12 Percent After Securing Its Largest Ever Power Deal With Google

Shares of Fervo Energy surged more than 12% Tuesday after a report revealed the geothermal power developer has struck its largest-ever supply...

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Elon Musk Backs Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrongs Claim That Charity Is Often a Net Negative for the World

Coinbase Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong sparked debate over the value of philanthropy this week after describing charity and philanthropic...

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(VIDEO) Thieves Steal Truck Carrying 40000 Pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon in Possible Largest Beer Heist Ever

MONTCLAIR, Calif. — A truck loaded with roughly 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, the equivalent of more than 50,000 cans, was stolen from a...

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Google Confirms Lake Ontario Will Show as Lake America on Maps for US Users After Trump Order Signed

Google confirmed Saturday that Lake Ontario will begin appearing as "Lake America" on Google Maps for users in the United States, following...

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