
Ethiopia and Eritrea sever ties as Tigray war escalation threatens to pull in Egypt
Explosions near Ethiopia's military headquarters and dueling expulsions of diplomats mark the sharpest rupture between the two neighbours since a devastating two-year civil war ended in 2022, as a seven-group rebel alliance advances toward Tigray's capital.
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Medevac Helicopter Crash Off Catalina Island Kills Pilot, Flight Nurse and Patient
A REACH Air Medical helicopter went down in the Pacific moments after leaving Catalina Island on Sept. 30, killing the pilot, a flight nurse and the patient they were flying to the mainland, and setting off a 23-hour search by the Coast Guard and Los Angeles County crews.
Taiwan Receives First of 66 Long-Delayed F-16V Fighter Jets
Two Lockheed Martin-built F-16 Block 70s landed at a Taiwan air base this week, the first deliveries in an $8 billion, 66-jet program that has slipped years behind schedule as the island races to counter China's growing air power.

Tony Gilroy ends his 14-year gap behind the camera with a love letter to film composers
Pedro Pascal plays a touring cellist turned Hollywood session musician in "Behemoth!," which premiered at Alice Tully Hall as this year's NYFF centerpiece and assembled nine veteran film composers to score it.

Frozen berry recall reaches Trader Joe's as Chilean supplier's E. coli traceback widens
A recall that began in July with blueberries at a Florida grocer now stretches to 30 states and, for the first time, a third national retailer — even though the E. coli outbreak that originally triggered it was declared over three weeks ago.

NASA's Roman telescope coronagraph passes first in-flight light test
Engineers confirmed this week that the planet-imaging instrument aboard NASA's newly launched Roman Space Telescope can hold its aim steady enough to photograph starlight-blocked targets, clearing the way for a months-long calibration campaign before science begins in 2027.

Trump orders federal agencies to drop "AI" for "Super Intelligence," as Democrats push to ban it
A new executive order tells every federal agency to replace "artificial intelligence" with "Super Intelligence" in official use. Days earlier, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar introduced legislation to ban superintelligent AI outright and create a new federal agency to police it.

McTavish Scores 94 Seconds Into Blues Debut as St. Louis Blanks Stars 4-0
Four months after a draft-night trade sent two first-round picks to Anaheim, Mason McTavish opened his St. Louis career with a season-opening goal, and Joel Hofer stopped all 25 shots he faced in the shutout.

Meta Opens Its Muse AI Agent to Homemade Hardware
The company has published open-source firmware kits and begun shipping a free smart-home adapter, inviting outside developers to build physical gadgets around its three-week-old personal assistant.

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Trump orders federal agencies to drop "AI" for "Super Intelligence," as Democrats push to ban it

Trump Opens Midterm Blitz in Reliably Red Oklahoma and Alabama, Not the Battlegrounds He Promised

Veterans and lawmakers renew push to block Trump's 250-foot Arlington arch
Federal judge bars ICE from arresting immigrants at courthouses nationwide
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Wildfire Returns to Same Brunswick County Woods That Burned for Weeks This Summer

FAA Begins Using AI to Manage Air Traffic at Washington-Area Airports

Tennessee inmate survives botched execution; state halts death penalty pending review
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Taiwan Receives First of 66 Long-Delayed F-16V Fighter Jets

Fresh Quake Swarm Rattles Kamchatka More Than a Year After Historic Megaquake

Russian drones hit Kyiv's Southern Bridge for second straight day, closing key river crossing


