Chatbot platform Character.AI filed for bankruptcy late on Monday, saying it has agreed to sell some assets for $20 million to Walt Disney.
October 13, 2026A former gang leader was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting death of hip-hop
October 13, 2026The U.S. Treasury Department says it’s imposing $1.2 billion in fines on Bank of America for allegedly violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws
October 14, 2026Trump debates calling off livestream of firing squad execution after learning Fort Hood shooter was paralyzed
October 14, 2026Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur
October 13, 2026The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to throw out $122,000 in legal costs that lawyers for former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake were ordered to pay for making false and misleading statements in a 2022 lawsuit
October 14, 2026Four arrested after authorities uncover stolen watermelons worth $7K
October 14, 2026A Washington state resident charged with conspiracy in one of the worst school shootings in Canada’s history has been ordered detained pending further hearings in the case
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October 14, 2026“La Bola Negra,” a $15 million Spanish queer epic, is expected to challenge “The Odyssey” for best picture
October 14, 2026Duane Davis sentenced to 40 years to life for the death of Tupac Shakur
October 14, 2026The first big batch of summertime profit reports from U.S. companies made waves on Wall Street after topping analysts’ expectations, but many canceled each other out
October 13, 2026Wall Street's investment banking and trading stalwarts posted uneven third quarter earnings as both equity and bond markets were rocked by the ongoing Iran war, rising inflation and
October 13, 2026Police identify Atlanta man killed after being ejected from Six Flags Over Georgia roller coaster
October 13, 2026The US Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned four people and 11 entities tied to the Cartel del Noreste (CDN), targeting a business network spanning horse racing,
October 14, 2026Tencent Holdings has raised about $5.7 billion through US dollar and offshore yuan debt offerings on Tuesday, drawing combined
October 13, 2026World stocks edged lower on Tuesday as concerns about AI spending weighed on chipmakers and investors looked ahead to more US corporate
October 13, 2026The head of MI5 says Iran is trying to hit military sites in the U.K. and the suspected plot to attack a U.S.-run military air base in September is not unique
October 13, 2026New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has faced reporters for the first time for a very brief turn at the lectern
October 13, 2026Cyberattacks have disrupted European supermarket chains, causing refrigeration systems to overheat at hundreds of stores in France
October 13, 2026Six Flags has temporarily closed nine roller coasters across six amusement parks
October 13, 2026President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Yemen's Houthi militants of deliberately trying to drive up oil prices ahead of the US midterm
October 13, 2026Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday as hopes the US-Russia diesel deal could free up more supplies from Moscow offset attacks in Saudi Arabia and Yemen that could
October 13, 2026Boeing said on Tuesday it delivered 57 jets in September, up from 51 in August and 55 a year earlier as the US plane maker works to ramp up production of
October 13, 2026Trump suggests Russia and Ukraine did not agree to his ‘energy ceasefire’ before he announced it
October 11, 2026Greta Gerwig has debuted a first look at “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew" that offers a full-hearted adaptation of C
October 14, 2026The Supreme Court has agreed to consider if a Nigerian man is ineligible for asylum because he cooked meals at a camp for leaders of a group the U.S. government considers to be a terrorist organization
October 13, 2026CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve a Justice Department case alleging it unlawfully dispensed medically unnecessary prescriptions of highly addictive opioids
October 13, 2026Actor Selma Blair has been arrested after she was accused of injuring two flight attendants on a trip from Los Angeles to New York
October 13, 2026The US Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear a bid by President Donald Trump's administration to deny asylum to a man who was forced to prepare meals for an
October 13, 2026Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said on Tuesday that inflation is starting to feel like "aggregate overheating" fueled by spillovers from the artificial
October 13, 2026Martin Shkreli has violated a lifetime ban from the pharmaceutical industry by trading stocks and discussing his opinions about companies in the industry, federal and
October 13, 2026The dollar slipped from an 18-month high on Tuesday as oil prices retreated and investors reassessed the AI-fueled rally that has supported demand for US
October 13, 2026President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States continues to share intelligence with Ukraine and is working with both Kyiv
October 13, 2026US Treasury yields may have further room to rise, with the Federal Reserve likely to deliver one or two more rate increases before the current
October 13, 2026Why billions spent on defense haven’t shielded Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks
October 13, 2026The US Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to decide whether President Donald Trump's administration can avoid handing over records to a watchdog group about its
October 13, 2026What we know about Selma Blair’s flight disturbance, arrest and assault charges
October 13, 2026A Romanian court ruled on Tuesday that Calin Georgescu, the pro-Russian former frontrunner in a cancelled 2024 presidential election, should be moved from police custody
October 13, 2026The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Tuesday as chip stocks came under selling pressure again, while investors assessed a mixed set of quarterly results, including reports
October 13, 2026Iran is stepping up attempts to hit harder targets such as military sites in Britain and Russia is increasing its hybrid warfare against Ukraine's allies,
October 13, 2026European luxury firms have seen some $350 billion in value knocked off their combined market capitalizations this
October 13, 2026Domino's Pizza on Tuesday scaled back its full-year sales outlook, warning that US and international comparable sales growth would remain muted, sending shares down about 3% in
October 13, 2026FBI, police to use luminol to search for blood in Olney "house of horrors"
October 13, 2026Awards season is approaching. Will this queer Spanish epic upset ‘The Odyssey’?
October 13, 2026Polish retailers have begun removing some Halloween-themed products such as fake knives from shelves following three recent stabbing attacks at schools, company
October 13, 2026By Alex Lawler and Olesya Astakhova LONDON, Oct 13 - Oil producer group OPEC+ posted a sharp gain in production in September, OPEC said on Tuesday, driven by an increase from Saudi Arabia despite
October 13, 2026European automakers urged policymakers on Tuesday to do more to help them cope with Chinese competition and the shift to electric
October 13, 2026Huang Qifan, a former mayor of the Chinese city of Chongqing who survived the purge of his former boss Bo Xilai, has been placed under investigation over alleged corruption
October 13, 2026South Korean police said they had detained a man suspected of stabbing eight people on Tuesday at a shopping mall in the city of Incheon, and the Yonhap news agency said one
October 13, 2026France's military was taking a tanker suspected to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet" skirting Western sanctions to Reunion island on Tuesday in what Moscow called
October 13, 2026President Donald Trump said on Monday he did not believe that China and Russia were helping Iran "at all," even as US
October 13, 2026Opposition to data centers is widespread across the US, uniting people despite other differences on political and environmental issues.
October 13, 2026The Paramount merger may make good business sense, but research shows putting more media power in fewer hands can come at a cost to the common good of citizens.
October 13, 2026German airport briefly shuts after ‘emergency code’ transmitted in error by incoming plane
October 13, 2026The Vatican has detailed laws, rituals and norms to transfer papal power if a pope dies or resigns
October 13, 2026Climate activists in South Africa have picketed outside the African Energy Week conference, demanding an end to new oil and gas exploration across the continent
October 13, 2026A new AP-NORC poll shows that most Americans think Donald Trump is profiting off the presidency in unethical or illegal ways and is focused more on adding to his personal wealth than helping the country since returning to the White House
October 13, 2026Selma Blair charged with assault after alleged violent incident at JFK
October 13, 2026Poland blames Russia for an arson attack on a Starlink satellite station in September and two Turkish citizens have been arrested in connection with the sabotage
October 13, 2026Brian Eno, the multi-hyphenate artist, producer, sound designer and political activist best known for his pioneering work in ambient and electronic music, relaunches his transformative label Opal Records on Friday
October 13, 2026Swedish opposition leader Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats said on Tuesday she is still unable to form a government one month after the country's parliamentary
October 13, 2026The US auto market will eventually embrace electrification despite a slow uptake of electric vehicles so far, Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said on Tuesday, predicting the
October 13, 2026The Pentagon’s plan to livestream Nidal Malik Hasan’s firing-squad execution creates a parenting challenge that extends well beyond the broadcast
October 13, 2026Six Flags temporarily closes some roller coasters nationwide after man dies falling from ride in Georgia
October 13, 2026The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, approved the prosecution's withdrawal of most of the charges against Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, in a
October 13, 2026Hedge funds are drawing in new fans and a rush of capital from Asia, as pensions, family offices and other investors look to alternative
October 13, 2026The BlackRock Investment Institute said it had downgraded its view on US stocks to neutral, citing volatility around AI, and upgraded Treasuries, preferring short-term
October 13, 2026Hundreds of people queued in Hong Kong on Tuesday to view a Vincent van Gogh painting never publicly exhibited in more than six decades, ahead of a
October 13, 2026Visa has received approval to prepare for a bank card clearing business in China, allowing it to compete in the country's payments market
October 13, 2026US payments firm Visa has received approval from China's central bank to begin preparations for a domestic bank card clearing institution in the country, ending years of waiting to
October 13, 2026Franco-Italian automaker Stellantis said on Tuesday its global third-quarter shipments fell 1% from a year ago to an estimated 1.3 million vehicles, hit by a summer production
October 13, 2026Feeding Russia's "imperial" war machine with additional revenue is "not a good idea", Finland's foreign minister said on Tuesday in the wake of US President Donald
October 13, 2026Officials in Pakistan say a passenger train has derailed, killing four people and injuring 30 others
October 13, 2026‘Breaking Bad’ actor RJ Mitte dead at 34
October 13, 2026Japan's wholesale prices rose 6.8% in the year to September, according to data released on Tuesday, slowing from the previous month but highlighting mounting
October 13, 2026The Trump administration opposes "coercion and aggression" by China against countries for exercising their sovereign rights, the US State Department said,
October 13, 2026Actor RJ Mitte, whose personal experience living with cerebral palsy informed his role as Walter White Jr, the physically disabled son of a
October 13, 2026South Korea's ambassador to the United States said Washington had raised concerns about intelligence cooperation between the allies and that Seoul had not yet fully addressed
October 13, 2026Actor Selma Blair was arrested after flight attendants reported a "physically abusive passenger" on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to New York, the Port
October 13, 2026“Breaking Bad” actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte has died at age 34
October 13, 2026Authorities have extended the closure of Riyadh's international airport until Saturday and airlines scrapped flights
October 12, 2026The International Monetary Fund trimmed its growth forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean for this year and next and said most of the region was getting little lift
October 13, 2026Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed execution last month
October 13, 2026Russia will be able to return diesel exports to levels above those US President Donald Trump has outlined under a deal with Moscow
October 13, 2026A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt work for a day on a historic D.C. golf course, pending more court action
October 13, 2026Oil and fuel prices rose on Monday following weekend attacks on a Saudi airport, which had a varied impact on global stocks.
October 13, 2026President Donald Trump's envoys told Ukrainian officials on Friday that a deal to allow Russian diesel
October 13, 2026Kroger plans to cut roughly 3,000 corporate roles over the next three years, CEO Greg Foran told staff in a memo, seen by Reuters on Monday, as the grocer integrates AI into its
October 13, 2026Saudi Arabia has launched an investigation into how its air defenses failed to intercept missiles and drones fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels
October 12, 2026Evergreen High School has introduced two Labradors, Norene and Polenta, to help students cope with stress after a school shooting
October 10, 2026A US judge said on Monday that she was "furious" with Justice Department lawyers for their conduct in a lawsuit seeking to halt the Trump administration’s
October 12, 2026North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Monday, South Korea's military said, marking Pyongyang's fourth
October 12, 2026Bumble is in advanced talks to be taken private by Ithaca Holdings in a deal valuing the dating app operator at roughly $1 billion, a source
October 13, 2026Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has launched a new political-military coalition to replace the AFC-M23 alliance fighting government forces in eastern Congo, taking a
October 13, 2026Bones in archaeological sites, ancient rock art, paintings on frescos and vases, written historical records and ethnographic accounts all helped researchers recreate a deep history of people and tuna.
October 13, 2026A 14-year-old Israeli boy was killed and 24 people were injured when what was most likely an unexploded ordnance went off during a school hiking trip near the border with
October 12, 2026British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday that a suspected plot targeting the RAF Fairford air base in Britain was "highly likely" to have been
October 12, 2026Europe's car industry fought back against rising Chinese competition at the Paris car show on Monday with a wave of new model launches and
October 12, 2026Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (
October 12, 2026The archbishop who oversees Catholic pastoral services for the U.S. military is condemning the proposed livestream of Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution
October 13, 2026Marijuana on the ballot for the final time in Idaho? Voters to decide if lawmakers have sole power to legalize
October 13, 2026Kelly Clarkson gets into war of words with Brooklyn store over an item she wanted to buy
October 12, 2026Luxury bellwether LVMH on Monday reported weaker-than-expected third-quarter sales as a sharp deterioration in Chinese consumer mood
October 12, 2026A game-worn, autographed Michael Jordan road jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals has been privately sold for $14 million in what an auction house says is the highest price ever paid for a piece of basketball memorabilia
October 12, 2026Police used excessive and targeted force on journalists covering youth-led protests in India, local press groups
October 12, 2026Chinese national accused of $1M nationwide fraud scheme arrested in Michigan
October 12, 2026The dollar held at an 18-month high on Monday, supported by safe-haven demand as attacks escalated in the Middle East over the weekend, keeping investors
October 12, 2026The sharp rise in long-term US Treasury yields has spurred mortgage-related hedging that adds selling pressure to an already
October 12, 2026Starbucks is not buying Chipotle Mexican Grill, the coffee chain said on Monday, quashing talk of a deal that could have been the largest-
October 12, 2026Thousands of opposition demonstrators marched to India's Supreme Court on Monday and petitioned it against a
October 12, 2026Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the ICE shooting that happened in New York City was “an outrage” and called for the agency’s abolition. The man was shot by federal immigration agents during a targeted enforcement operation. Mamdani said after the incident, he spoke with President Trump and his request to have the man released was unsuccessful.
October 09, 2026Conflict and drought are worsening food insecurity in Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
October 12, 2026There's more to Fleet Week than just looking up at the sky: Here's a look at SF's Fleet Fest
October 12, 20262 former SFPD officers among 3 killed in shooting in California home, sources say
October 12, 2026NATO's top military commander says the alliance is "ready to fight tonight" if attacked
October 12, 2026Elon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.”
October 12, 2026French police accelerated the arrest of suspects in a theft of two Renoir paintings after one of the alleged thieves visited another museum, raising fears of an
October 12, 2026French police have detained a 14-year-old suspected of shooting his middle school principal and a teacher
October 12, 2026China's passenger car exports have surged 64% in September compared to the same month in 2025, according to an industry association
October 12, 2026DNA left on a painting cover has helped investigators recover two stolen Renoirs and uncover plans for another heist, according to a French prosecutor
October 12, 2026Joshua Reynolds’ 1776 ‘Portrait of Omai’ portrays a commoner from Tahiti as a nobleman, reflecting European fantasies and assumptions about Pacific cultures.
October 12, 2026South Africa's suspended deputy police head, Shadrack Sibiya, has resigned amid allegations of corruption and sexual offenses
October 12, 2026Nigel Farage, leader of the populist Reform UK party, announced on Monday he would ban anyone being granted asylum for up to five years if his party wins the next national
October 12, 2026Citigroup is seeking to rapidly resolve its efforts to address regulatory demands that have long dogged the third-largest US bank, in
October 12, 2026China's deal to curb hybrid vehicle exports to the European Union is set to deal a fresh blow to electric vehicle makers that ramped up hybrid shipments exempt
October 12, 2026Even when there’s a will, there’s a way for things to go awry.
October 12, 2026The Stellantis-Leapmotor joint venture sees a deal between the European Union and China to cap imports of hybrid vehicles as an "interesting alternative to tariffs", its CEO
October 12, 20265 parenting tips that work just as well on adults
October 12, 2026Republican President Donald Trump's low approval ratings, voter concern over high prices and dissatisfaction with the Iran war have led many analysts and
October 12, 2026Comedian Russell Brand has appeared in a London court for the opening of his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault
October 12, 2026The European Union has imposed sanctions on nearly 1,600 Russian individuals and companies linked to Russia’s arms industry
October 12, 2026Iran is still reviewing a US response to its proposal regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and will reply to Washington via intermediaries when the review is over,
October 12, 2026A mass deployment of police to Polish schools has helped calm tensions, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, after three stabbing attacks in four days
October 12, 2026Belgium's public sector was partially shut down on Monday as unions staged a second day of nationwide strike action against planned government budget cuts, amid mounting
October 12, 2026With little more than three weeks to go until Election Day, President Donald Trump will make a new campaign swing this
October 12, 2026Most Americans oppose using prediction markets to bet on US elections and other government actions, according to a Reuters/
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October 12, 2026How the Iran war could make Trump an accidental climate president
October 12, 2026The leading shareholders in INWIT are arranging the financing for a potential take-private deal of Italy's largest
October 11, 2026Several top energy executives were dropped from the schedule of the WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh, as Saudi authorities pressed ahead with
October 12, 2026A brown bear bounds across the Siberian taiga before two hunters close in on their prey. Three shots ring out and the bear quickly drops dead in the long grass.
October 12, 2026Russell Brand is on trial for rape and sexual assault. His career has been a catalog of controversy
October 12, 2026German automaker Volkswagen reported a 14.3% decline in global deliveries in the third quarter on Monday, its sharpest drop in more than four years, as weakness in China, its
October 12, 2026South Korea’s military says North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, adding to a recent streak in weapons demonstrations
October 12, 2026China's domestic car sales extended their decline for a 12th successive month, while exports remained a key growth driver as automakers looked overseas to cushion the
October 12, 2026Hurricane Simon pounds Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm
October 11, 2026Winston Peters, the veteran leader of New Zealand First, has borrowed heavily from the culture-war playbook that has energised populist parties across
October 12, 2026Taiwan defence minister Wellington Koo said on Monday that the military is monitoring a series of Chinese live-fire drills taking place along the country's coast this week.
October 12, 2026By Alberto Fajardo and Daniel Becerril MANZANILLO, Mexico Oct 11 - Hurricane Simon weakened to a Category 3 storm on Sunday as it moved parallel to Mexico's Pacific coast, bringing strong winds and
October 12, 2026Standing knee-deep in the Ken River, with mud smeared on her face to symbolize a connection to land her family has farmed for more
October 12, 2026A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message
October 12, 2026A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 has struck southern Panama, according to the US Geological Survey. CNN's Patrick Oppmann shares what his family in Panama is experiencing.
October 10, 2026Quentin Tarantino is bringing a swashbuckling stage comedy to London's West End
October 12, 2026A man whose toddler was among eight people killed in a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, says the gunman was a grandfather who never seemed distressed or out of the ordinary
October 12, 2026A senior Iranian official says Tehran finds the latest U_S_ response to a proposal to end the war “insufficient."
October 11, 2026Saudi Arabia's foreign minister spoke with his Iranian counterpart about the recent escalation of the regional conflict and efforts to lower tensions, the Saudi state news agency
October 12, 2026At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, have died after a boat with 305 on board capsized off the coast of Djibouti in east Africa, the International Organization for Migration said
October 11, 2026Man injured after being struck by ICE vehicle while fleeing on foot during enforcement operation, officials say
October 11, 2026Air Force Major Jason Watson will face a historic general court-martial—the military's most severe trial—following his high-profile July arrest for calling for President Trump's impeachment in uniform at the U.S. Capitol. In pretrial confinement since August, his attorney told Erin Burnett the conditions amount to "cruel and unusual" solitary confinement.
August 25, 2026After oil increasingly left the Gulf, Iran is trying to regain its stranglehold on shipping
October 11, 2026Residents in north central Nepal have evacuated after flash flooding on the Budhi Gandaki River
October 11, 2026A bipartisan group of six senators are calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices
October 11, 2026The Jessica Chastain horror film “Other Mommy” tops the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters
October 11, 2026Eight years after a woman disappeared, a Philadelphia house holds possible clues to her fate and a wider mystery
October 11, 2026San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf hosts Fleet Fest for the first time
October 11, 2026Neighbors in Erie community grapple with mass shooting: "Horrific and unimaginable"
October 11, 2026Traveling van holding tens of thousands of Epstein files makes stop in Lewiston
October 11, 2026The story behind Anoka's little stone house on the Rum River
October 11, 2026What’s next for the investigation into sexual assault allegations at Cornell
October 11, 2026AM radio is disappearing from cars. Congress wants to stop that
October 11, 2026Post-tropical storm lashing southwest with coastal flooding, heavy rain and strong winds
October 11, 2026Police detained hundreds of protesters in Delhi for a second day on Sunday as sporadic
October 11, 2026Indonesian authorities and conservation workers successfully moved eight orangutans to a safe location after the endangered primates' homes were destroyed by wildfires in
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