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Updated Oct 6, 2023 - Politics & Policy

Trump's lawyers lose bid to stay New York civil fraud trial

Former President Donald Trump addresses the press during a lunch break on the third day of his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on October 4, 2023 in New York City.
Updated Oct 6, 2023 - Politics & Policy

How Biden forgives student debt despite the Supreme Court ruling

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Oct 6, 2023 - World

The world's departure from organized religion

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Updated Oct 6, 2023 - Economy

What's next in the Kaiser Permanente health care worker strike

Several people stand wearing purple, one person holds a sign that says "Patients stand w/ Kaiser workers overcrowded outpatients"
Updated Oct 6, 2023 - Economy

UAW reports "significant progress" in negotiations with Detroit Three

UAW picketers hold signs as they stand under a red tent
Updated Oct 6, 2023 - Economy

Why markets shouldn't sweat the blockbuster jobs report

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The "Jetsons" era of personal flight is getting closer

Image of a Jetson ONE personal aircraft zooming over a farm field
Oct 6, 2023 - Economy

Major Korean automakers adopt Tesla's EV charging standard in win for Musk

Updated Oct 6, 2023 - Politics & Policy

Televised GOP speaker forum collapses after internal uproar

Updated Oct 6, 2023 - Politics & Policy

Hunter Biden will seek to dismiss federal indictment on gun charges

Updated Oct 6, 2023 - World

Russian strike kills 52 Ukrainians in one of war's deadliest attacks

A mourner holds flowers near the site of a Russian strike that killed 52 Ukrainians on Thursday.
Updated Oct 6, 2023 - Economy

U.S. economy adds staggering 336,000 jobs in September

The U.S. doesn't necessarily need China's minerals for EV boom, experts say

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Oct 6, 2023 - World

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize

Narges Mohammadi
Oct 6, 2023 - Economy

How weight loss drugs like Ozempic could radically reshape the food business

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Oct 6, 2023 - Health

U.S. cancer centers report fewer drug shortages, but crisis continues

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Oct 6, 2023 - Science

Placebo effect shapes how we see AI

Illustration of a human and robot hand with pinky fingers interlaced in a pinky swear

Driverless cars may need to drive more like humans

A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023.
Oct 6, 2023 - Health

Partisan views on COVID vax harden post-pandemic

Many GOP anti-Trumpers are throwing in the towel

Photo illustration of Donald Trump with a circular halftone effect applied, he appears in a triptych with each panel progressively zooming in to his eyes.
Updated Oct 6, 2023 - Politics & Policy

Trump endorses Jim Jordan for House speaker

Representative Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, right, speaks on stage with former US President Donald Trump during a 'Save America' rally in Vandalia, Ohio, US, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022.
Updated Oct 5, 2023 - Politics & Policy

Trump files to dismiss lawsuit against former lawyer Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, walks out of a Manhattan courthouse after testifying before a grand jury, in New York, United States on March 15, 2023

Trump weighs visiting U.S. Capitol for 1st time since Jan. 6

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on January 12, 2021 in Washington, DC
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