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 (DIR)  * Volkswagen to slash half its vehicle lineup and 50,000 jobs in cost-cutting effort
 (DIR)  * Missouri Supreme Court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it be put to a vote
 (DIR)  * Fox News abruptly ousts Maria Bartiromo, a longtime Trump ally
 (DIR)  * Trump administration plows ahead with groundbreaking for the president’s ‘triumphal arch’
 (DIR)  * Tesla keeps hyping robotaxis as its future. But it’s trailing rival Waymo in a field yet to prove profitable
 (DIR)  * Ex-Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez plans guilty plea to charges stemming from fight outside hotel
 (DIR)  * Trump asks Supreme Court to OK sweeping changes for mail ballots
 (DIR)  * Man sentenced to 20 years over a ‘Texas Killing Fields’ case, decades after dozens of bodies found
 (DIR)  * Reflecting Pool saga continues with another contractor hired to clean the algae
 (DIR)  * Gloria Steinem, feminist icon and founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92
 (DIR)  * Man who carried out deadly Minneapolis apartment shooting was investigated for handgun in June, officials say
 (DIR)  * ICE agent federally charged with lying over shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant
 (DIR)  * Vance says Iran conflict isn’t a ‘war,’ even as he refuses to say when it will end
 (DIR)  * 2 dead and multiple people injured — including police officers — in mass shooting at downtown Minneapolis apartment building
 (DIR)  * Judge declares she’s ‘not the Lorax’ during hearing on Trump’s DC golf course renovation
 (DIR)  * Lindsay Clancy admits to killing their children. So why is there an online groundswell blaming her ex-husband?
 (DIR)  * Antisemitic hate crimes on the rise in NYC this year while NYPD touts the safest summer on record
 (DIR)  * No sign of mechanical problems in midair collision between plane and police helicopter
 (DIR)  * SEC sues LSU, alleging a coordinated push to recruit ex-pro athletes in defiance of rules
 (DIR)  * Dianna Russini ‘was in clear violation of The Athletic’s standards,’ review finds
 (DIR)  * Russian general accused of masterminding the attack against Kyiv’s children’s hospital injured in assassination attempt
 (DIR)  * Pete Hegseth’s problems are getting harder to ignore
 (DIR)  * Hopes fading for Nepal’s missing hydropower workers feared trapped alive in tunnels. Here’s what we know
 (DIR)  * Elon Musk’s super PAC starts spending to help GOP in midterms, including Texas’ Ken Paxton
 (DIR)  * Remembering Dolly and Gloria, childfree icons
 (DIR)  * GOP lawmaker gives expected timeline for Mitch McConnell’s return
 (DIR)  * Mortgage rates hit a new high for 2026, marching closer to 7%%
 (DIR)  * Billionaire investor Leon Black sues and declines to testify in House committee’s Epstein investigation
 (DIR)  * Dozens feared dead after migrant boat found drifting near Spain’s Canary Islands
 (DIR)  * The best red carpet looks from the 2026 Venice Film Festival
 (DIR)  * The BepiColombo mission begins its arrival at Mercury after nearly 8 years
 (DIR)  * The bond market rout is global. Here’s what’s driving it
 (DIR)  * The Chinese mavericks looking to buck the trends in American college basketball
 (DIR)  * Appalling AI menu pictures keep going viral. But what makes them so revolting?
 (DIR)  * Federal judge blocks Trump’s newest attempt to crack down on birthright citizenship
 (DIR)  * Nvidia inks $13 billion deal to buy the AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI
 (DIR)  * Lutnick apologizes for asserting that there ‘haven’t been American deaths’ from the Iran war
 (DIR)  * Police chief in Mississippi city where 1-year-old boy was fatally shot is fired over alleged racial slurs in texts
 (DIR)  * What to expect from Friday’s jobs report – and AI in the future
 (DIR)  * It’s a top guest complaint but many hotels can’t fix it
 (DIR)  * Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s dog goes from ‘alleged’ to ‘official’
 (DIR)  * Trump administration says agencies may stop working with the Smithsonian
 (DIR)  * With Japan tightening rules for foreign residents, some wonder if it’s time to say ‘sayonara’
 (DIR)  * Spain’s PM says he received no advance warnings of Ceuta influx as he defends handling of crisis
 (DIR)  * The 35-year-old fantasy football league keeping one friend group together
 (DIR)  * Is dumping a Cuban person in Africa ‘deportation’?
 (DIR)  * With diplomacy stalled, Trump returns to floating regime change in Iran
 (DIR)  * Floods hit a historic Grand Canyon lodge. It’s the second park landmark affected by a natural disaster in the past year
 (DIR)  * Landslides and floods have wreaked havoc in Nepal and China. Follow the river down the path of destruction.
 (DIR)  * Relentless storm threat slides south after days of flooding and damage in the Northeast
 (DIR)  * Two killed outside Tucson gay bar in ‘targeted attack’ on the LGBTQ community, police say
 (DIR)  * Rusty state of USS Abraham Lincoln after marathon deployment shocks observers
 (DIR)  * Mexican musician, pregnant wife, child and nanny killed in grisly shootings
 (DIR)  * Nation’s largest school district bans AI in the classroom through 8th grade
 (DIR)  * Dutch central bank shifts billions in gold from US to Britain in ‘crisis preparedness’ move
 (DIR)  * Clippers docked 5 first-round draft picks and fined $30 million following Kawhi Leonard probe
 (DIR)  * After nearly 30 hours of deliberations, can Lindsay Clancy’s jurors break their impasse?
 (DIR)  * 60 targets struck, 18M barrels of oil protected: The US military’s record day in the Strait of Hormuz
 (DIR)  * MapQuest is No. 1 on the App Store after refusing to change Lake Ontario’s name
 (DIR)  * Trump $1 coins out of stock hours after going on sale
 (DIR)  * Luigi Mangione’s behind the scenes plea discussions revealed in unsealed court transcript
 (DIR)  * The GOP’s game of chicken over Ken Paxton in Texas is getting testy
 (DIR)  * Airline involved in low stadium flyover turns over black box data as investigators probe if safety rules were violated
 (DIR)  * Homeland Security secretary’s Coast Guard plane makes emergency landing
 (DIR)  * US 10-year yield touches highest level since 2023
 (DIR)  * The war is raising the price of money. That’s a problem for the global economy
 (DIR)  * An Ohio college student died in an apparent suicide. His family says he felt ‘humiliated’ by his ICE ankle monitor
 (DIR)  * Trump’s Navy secretary nominee once made controversial comments about military recruitment
 (DIR)  * Tiger Woods’ DUI charge reduced in plea deal after ‘deterioration of proof,’ prosecutor says. But he can’t drive for 5 years
 (DIR)  * States must provide info on undocumented immigrants or lose federal safety-net funds, Trump admin says
 (DIR)  * Iran retaliates after US strikes, defying Trump’s warning it could be hit ‘much harder’
 (DIR)  * Southwest Airlines is rolling out its first airport lounges
 (DIR)  * Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron join King Charles and Queen Camilla in private viewing of famed Bayeux Tapestry
 (DIR)  * Rome declares security ‘red zone’ around the Colosseum to protect tourists amid violent crime incidents
 (DIR)  * Tasmanian tiger skull shows it was different than any living mammal
 (DIR)  * First challenge to prediction markets reaches Supreme Court
 (DIR)  * Hegseth’s culture war fixation disrupting Army progress, sources say
 (DIR)  * Tony Romo was brutally honest about his arrest and revealed a painful truth about life after football
 (DIR)  * Look of the Week: Nicole Kidman, in witchy splendor, hints at Versace’s next chapter
 (DIR)  * Trump’s first midterm ads are heavy on ‘me’
 (DIR)  * Kennedy Center removes outdoor ‘Blue’ sculpture
 (DIR)  * It’s always Shark Week in Putin’s world. That doesn’t bode well for Trump’s Ukraine peace hopes
 (DIR)  * Locked in to a high mortgage rate? We want to hear your story
 (DIR)  * This Olympian battled porn addiction for years. He now wants to help others suffering in silence
 (DIR)  * Chevron pledges to double its Venezuelan oil production
 (DIR)  * Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand after months of combat in Middle East
 (DIR)  * Milo Yiannopoulos says he was ‘terrified’ by the ‘brutality’ of his ICE deportation
 (DIR)  * Doctors say they’re filling a void left by CDC on vaccines. Here’s what to know about flu, Covid-19 and RSV this fall
 (DIR)  * The verdict is in on Trump’s ‘Lake America’ and Canada trade war. It’s not good
 (DIR)  * Ariana Grande bids fans tearful farewell in last concert before stepping back from public life
 (DIR)  * The long wait: Inside the courthouse where Lindsay Clancy’s fate hangs in the balance
 (DIR)  * Here’s what unfolded in court before Charlie Kirk’s accused killer pleaded not guilty — and what comes next
 (DIR)  * This university built an AI curriculum before ChatGPT. Now it wants to help other schools do the same
 (DIR)  * For three friends, an eagerly anticipated dream adventure to the Grand Canyon becomes a nightmare
 (DIR)  * SpaceX investors may be overlooking a major risk: There’s no replacing Elon Musk
 (DIR)  * Knife-wielding woman kills 1, wounds another in Times Square before being shot dead by police, mayor says
 (DIR)  * Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong faces longer prison sentence after second national security guilty plea
 (DIR)  * Markey fends off generational challenge and other Massachusetts primary takeaways
 (DIR)  * Democrats shocked after 2 members cross aisle to help Republicans
 (DIR)  * USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public
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