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Consumer confidence rebounds to 91.7 in October as gas prices ease
U.S. consumer confidence rose in October as gasoline prices eased, with The Conference Board's index climbing 7.5 points to 91.7 from an upwardly revised 84.2 in September.
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Money
Case-Shiller: U.S. home prices up 2.1% from a year ago in August, trailing 3.4% inflation
U.S. home prices rose 2.1% in the year to August, up from a 1.9% gain in July, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller national index released Tuesday.
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Business
Robinhood Q3 crypto revenue falls 55% to $120M
Total revenue rose 12% to $1.42B while prediction markets brought in $173M, beating crypto for a second straight quarter.
CFTC sues Utah over prediction markets
The regulator says federal law preempts Utah's state-court actions against CFTC-registered exchanges such as Kalshi.
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AI & Tech
EDK II UEFI flaw rated 9.5/10 severity
CVE-2026-97631, a buffer overflow in the network-boot driver, lets a local-network attacker run code before Secure Boot loads.
Apple M6 MacBook Pro starts at $1,999
Apple says M6 adds two CPU and two GPU cores and runs on-device AI up to 25% faster than the M5 chip.
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US
Supreme Court declines to restore rule letting immigration judges pause some deportation cases
The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request from three cities and an immigrant legal services group to revive a 2024 rule that let immigration judges temporarily close some deportation cases, leaving in place a court-approved agreement between Texas and the Justice Department that threw the rule out.
Alex Pretti's parents ask Justice Department to share evidence in his fatal shooting by federal agents
The parents of Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen and ICU nurse fatally shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis in January, said Tuesday that the Justice Department has ignored their requests for information and urged it to share all evidence with Minnesota investigators.
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Politics
Former FBI Director James Comey charged in a third federal case over 2016 disclosure
Federal prosecutors have charged former FBI Director James Comey with transmitting national defense information and conspiracy, according to a court filing unsealed Monday in Washington, the third criminal case brought against him since President Donald Trump returned to office.
Appeals court sends Justice Department's bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots back to trial judge
A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed the Justice Department's emergency appeal over about 20,000 California ballots it is challenging, sending the dispute back to U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, who heard arguments Tuesday afternoon.
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Entertainment
Channel 4 to launch inside Disney+ in the UK and Ireland in early 2027
Channel 4 and The Walt Disney Company announced Tuesday that the British public broadcaster's main TV channel, an on-demand catalog and several new shows released the same day as on Channel 4 will be available on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland from early 2027, at no extra cost to subscribers.
Neil Young files $10 million copyright suit over Trump rallies' use of 'Rockin' in the Free World'
Neil Young sued the Trump 47 Committee in federal court in Virginia on Monday, seeking $10 million in damages and an order to stop the political committee from playing his song "Rockin' in the Free World" at rallies, according to the complaint as reported by Variety and NBC News.
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Health
Congo's confirmed Ebola cases top 10,000 in its largest outbreak on record
Confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo rose to 10,060, with 4,887 deaths, according to the latest situation report from the country's public health institute, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
FDA approves Pfizer's Talzenna with Xtandi for earlier-stage prostate cancer with HRR mutations
The FDA on October 26 approved talazoparib (Talzenna) with enzalutamide (Xtandi) for adults with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer that carries HRR gene mutations detected by an FDA-authorized test.
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Travel
US suspends visa-free travel program for Chinese visitors to the Northern Mariana Islands
The Department of Homeland Security is suspending EVS-TAP, which lets pre-screened Chinese nationals visit the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa, effective 2 p.m. EDT on October 30, according to a Federal Register notice.
JetBlue posts wider third-quarter loss as fuel costs jump 57%
JetBlue reported a third-quarter net loss of $257M, up from $143M a year earlier, as its average fuel price rose 57% to $3.91 a gallon, even as revenue grew 21.1% to $2.8B.
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Asia
South Korea's economy grows 1.0% in third quarter as chip boom lifts exports and investment
South Korea's gross domestic product expanded 1.0% in the July-September quarter, beating forecasts as semiconductor exports and investment surged, the Bank of Korea said on Tuesday.
Taiwan's defense minister calls China's satellite images of Taipei on handover anniversary 'cognitive warfare'
Taiwan Defense Minister Wellington Koo said Beijing's release of satellite footage of Taipei landmarks to mark the 1945 handover of Taiwan amounted to cognitive warfare.
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World
Israelis vote in first election since Oct. 7 attack as Netanyahu faces Eisenkot challenge
Polls opened in Israel on Tuesday for the first national election since the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, 2023, with surveys showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a tight race with former military chief Gadi Eisenkot.
Local truce takes hold in occupied Oleshky as Russia strikes Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities
A limited ceasefire brokered by US first lady Melania Trump began on Tuesday in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky to allow aid deliveries and evacuations, while Ukraine said Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles and more than 280 drones elsewhere overnight.
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