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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Toronto Blue Jays lead Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 with chance to win the World Series in Game 6 tonight at 8 pm ET (More)

> Women's Basketball Hall of Fame announces 2026 class, featuring Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, and Cheryl Reeve (More) | WNBA 101 (1440 Topics)

> Billboard Hot 100's Top 40 includes no rap songs, a first since 1990 (More) | Universal Music Group settles copyright lawsuit against AI song generation platform Udio, partners with Stability AI to develop music creation tools (More)


Science & Technology
> Google DeepMind AI model helped scientists predict Hurricane Melissa's intensity and sharp turn northeast, enabling earlier warnings for Jamaica, Cuba, and eastern Bahamas (More) | What we've learned about hurricanes (1440 Topics)

> Researchers identify DNA-repairing protein in bowhead whales, providing insight into how the over-176,000-pound mammal can live up to 200 years (More)

> Paleontologists determine tiny tyrannosaur fossils belong to distinct species, not teenage Tyrannosaurus rex, overturning long-held assumptions about dinosaur growth (More) | Explore the best resources we've found on dinosaurs (1440 Topics)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -1.0%, Dow -0.2%, Nasdaq -1.6%) as investors digest latest batch of earnings reports (More)

> Apple posts record $102.5B in Q4 sales due to iPhone 17 demand (More) | Meta shares drop 11%, in worst one-day drop in three years, on higher AI spending (More) | Amazon shares rise 13% in after-hours trading after earnings top estimates (More)

> Federal Reserve to cut banking oversight staff by 30% to roughly 350 people by end of 2026 (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> President Donald Trump ends his Asia tour after agreeing to de-escalate trade tensions with China; Trump agrees to reduce fentanyl-related tariffs, with China delaying rare earth export controls, among other agreements (More)

> The White House caps refugee admissions for fiscal year 2026 at a record low of 7,500 people, and directs the administration to prioritize admissions of white South Africans known as Afrikaners (More)

> French prosecutors arrest five more people in connection with the Louvre jewel heist investigation and say three of four suspected robbers are in custody; no gems have been recovered as of this writing (More)

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