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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> OpenAI signs deal with Hearst—publishing giant responsible for Esquire, Cosmopolitan, and more—that will provide direct citations to Hearst's content via ChatGPT (More)

> New York Jets fire head coach Robert Saleh after 2-3 start to the NFL season (More) | Luis Tiant, Cuban-born three-time MLB All-Star pitcher, dies at age 83 (More)

> Disney World, Universal Studios, and Sea World among theme parks to close as central Florida braces for Hurricane Milton (More)


Science & Technology
> Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield (Princeton University) and Geoffrey Hinton (University of Toronto) for foundational work in machine learning (More) | Prize in Chemistry awarded this morning at 5:45 am ET; see selection (More) | The history of the Nobel Prize (More, w/video)

> Study suggests elephants remember former zookeepers by scent more than a decade after separation; findings shed light on the long-term memory and social relationships of the animals (More)

> Engineers demonstrate solar-powered desalination system requiring no external batteries to remove salt from water (More) | Desalination 101 (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.0%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +1.5%) led by tech stocks (More) | The history of Wall Street, from colonial wall to a financial powerhouse (More, w/video)

> China imposes tariffs on EU brandy imports following the bloc's tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles; France, which supplies 99% of China's brandy imports, expected to be hard-hit (More) | See EU-China trade data (More, w/graphics)

> PepsiCo reduces 2024 revenue outlook following disappointing Q3 earnings report (More) | Walmart expands pet care offerings—including veterinary care, grooming—to five locations in Arizona, Georgia (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Over a dozen states sue TikTok, accusing the social media platform of harming children's mental health through addictive algorithms, violating consumer protection laws (More, free w/email) | The rise of TikTok (More, w/video)

> Israel says it has killed at least two unnamed, would-be successors to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah; Hezbollah has not commented as of this writing (More) | Who is Hashem Safieddine, Nasrallah's presumed successor? (More) | FBI arrest Afghan man who was allegedly plotting an Election Day attack in the US (More)

> Supreme Court indicates it is likely to uphold Biden administration's 2022 regulations on sales of unserialized gun part kits, following oral arguments (More) | See previous write-up (More)

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