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Tuesday's top stories

Oct 5, 2021 - Health

Arizona can't use COVID aid for anti-mask education grants, Treasury says

Deer Valley High School in Glendale, Arizona

DOJ reviewing decision not to charge FBI agents in Nassar investigation

Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, and Collegiate gymnast Maggie Nichols

Mexico's drug cartels target migrants as they expand into extortion

A man views both sides of the southern border from Mexico.

Facebook whistleblower urges Congress to move against the company

Photo of Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Amy Klobuchar with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen before Senate hearing
Oct 5, 2021 - Economy

Ozy Media investor sues the company for fraud

Illustration of the Ozy logo, which is the letters O-Z-Y in all caps, with the "O" in the shape of a magnifying glass.
Oct 5, 2021 - Economy

"Squid Game" becomes a massive hit

California declares state of emergency over oil spill

A veterinarian examines a small bird brought to the Huntington Beach Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center

Yellen warns debt ceiling breach could trigger recession

Picture of Janet Yellen
Oct 5, 2021 - Health

J&J asks FDA to approve COVID-19 booster shots

A health care worker preparing a shot of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine in Berlin in September 2021.
Oct 5, 2021 - Economy

Trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted at the last minute

An illustration of a $1 trillion coin.
Oct 5, 2021 - Economy

Trouble in Tinseltown

Illustration of picket signs shaped like film slates.
Oct 5, 2021 - Science

Nobel Prize in physics awarded for climate change research

Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Facebook stock tanks as troubles mount

Oct 5, 2021 - Economy

What's behind the rising energy prices

Illustration of a gas sign with a dollar sign for the "S"
Oct 5, 2021 - Technology

Windows cranks it up to 11

Illustration of four speakers/amplifiers arranged in the shape of the Windows logo.
Oct 5, 2021 - Science

What's lost when spaceflight goes private

Oct 5, 2021 - World

Biden's Taiwan test

Photo illustration of President Biden and President Xi Jinping in front of the flag of Taiwan with Taipei in the background
Oct 5, 2021 - Economy

U.S. Chamber says it supports standalone BIF, rejects reconciliation

The Chamber of Commerce building
Oct 5, 2021 - World

U.S. rules out "goodwill gesture" to get Iran back into negotiations

In photos: Oil spill threatens Southern California shores

In an aerial view, a containment boom blocks oil-contaminated water (L) in the area of the Talbert Marsh wetlands after a 126,000-gallon oil spill from an offshore oil platform on October 4, 2021
Oct 4, 2021 - World

Countries with highest number of politicians named in the Pandora Papers

Photo of Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking from a podium and gesturing with one hand

Fed says government watchdog will probe trades by top officials

Exterior of the Federal Reserve building
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