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Bessent Settled Tax Issue That Had Put Him at Odds With I.R.S.

30 September 2026 at 23:21
The Treasury Secretary had previously taken a position on his taxes that contradicted the views of the tax agency that he now oversees.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the Rose Garden at the White House last week.

Cornell Students Question Greek Life Culture After Sexual Assault Claim

30 September 2026 at 23:14
With their university under fire in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit, students are having difficult conversations about Greek life, campus rituals and the possibility for lasting changes.

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Media outlets have descended on the Cornell campus in recent days after the district attorney announced he is reopening the investigation into a 2024 sexual assault case.

The new and huger Paramount has a new co-CEO

30 September 2026 at 23:08

Paramount is appointing a new co-CEO ahead of the close of its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Ynon Kreiz, previously Mattel's chairman and CEO, will be joining Paramount to lead alongside chairman and CEO David Ellison.

According to Paramount, "Ellison will focus on the company's long-term strategy, creative vision and direction, including its talent relationships, strategic partnerships, technology and capital allocation. Kreiz will focus on the company's day-to-day management and integration of the combined businesses." The combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will "report jointly" to Ellison and Kreiz.

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Trump Dangles Alaska Gas Project as Part of Korean Investment Package

30 September 2026 at 22:32
The long-delayed project, which the developer has not yet formally greenlit, would deliver Alaskan gas to Asian markets but take several years to construct.

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A natural gas production platform in Cook Inlet in Alaska. A proposed liquefied natural gas facility in the state would help companies move the gas to where there was demand for it.

Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life

30 September 2026 at 21:54

About 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid smashed into Earth, kicking up tsunamis and dropping hot debris that annihilated non-avian dinosaurs and many other species. But not everything it left in its wake was destructive. This space rock hit what is now the partially submerged Yucatan Peninsula, and at the bottom of the ocean, the impact generated enough heat to create a hydrothermal system that persisted for 8 million years and may have been a hotbed of life.

When researchers drilled for samples in the impact zone in 2016, they studied the types of rock that had formed as a result of the asteroid strike. This gave more insight into what happened in the immediate and long-term aftermath of this cataclysmic event.

The collision was intense enough to cause deformation far beneath the surface. Subterranean effects reached 35 km (almost 22 miles) down, and included the melting an immense amount of rock. Exposure to seawater made that rock porous. As hot water seeped into the pores, a hydrothermal system formed. The hot water gushing into an isolated region of the freezing depths could have attracted microorganisms and possibly other life forms that were otherwise struggling to survive.

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A Bloody Attack on a FlyDubai Plane Headed to Israel, and a Terrifying Plunge

β€œI don’t deserve to die like this,” said one passenger on Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The motive of the cockpit stabbing remains unknown, officials said.

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A FlyDubai plane carrying Israeli passengers approaching Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The passengers had been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths

By: Beth Mole
30 September 2026 at 21:37

A fifth, unvaccinated person has died of measles in Pennsylvania, the state's health department announced Wednesday.

The department identified the deceased as a resident of Lancaster County, which is the epicenter of a raging outbreak that began in late April. The updated case count as of Wednesday is 943 across 39 counties, including 119 cases reported in just the last seven days. At least 176 people have been hospitalized.

Lancaster County has reported 381 cases and three of the five deaths in the outbreak. The previous two deaths were both in infants too young to be vaccinated. That includes a newborn boy and a 6-week-old baby girl. So far, no other information has been released about the county's third death announced today.

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Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.

30 September 2026 at 21:19

An Argentinian-American writer and immigration advocate recently sued the federal government, demanding that it delete data that he believes was copied off of his phone when he re-entered the United States earlier this month.

According to the seven-page complaint, Thomas Kennedy said that a Customs and Border Protection agent at Miami International Airport physically searched his bags, questioned him about his books and magazines, and then demanded that he hand over his phone.

β€œ[The agent] threatened me, saying that if I didn’t give him my phone, my interrogation was going to take much longer and they could retain my phone indefinitely,” Kennedy wrote. β€œI felt like I had no choice, so I handed my phone to the CBP agent.”

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Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology

30 September 2026 at 21:18
100 Zeros, a collaboration between Google and Range Media Partners, aims to give the tech giant a foothold in movies, TV and emerging forms of entertainment.

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Jonathan Zepp, left, Google’s head of entertainment content and platforms, and Peter Micelli, chief executive of Range Media Partners, at Google offices in Los Angeles.
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