Do you know signs of a stroke? BE FAST are the words to remember
Sen. Chris Murphy is expected to fully recover from his stroke. The acronym BE FAST can help you remember the symptoms of stroke and what to do when it happens: Call 911 quickly.
Gulf region on edge as Qatar leads talks with Iran to stave off new U.S. attacks
Qatar has been leading intense mediation efforts over the past 72 hours to prevent a new round of possible U.S. attacks on Iran after Tuesday's midterm elections. The uncertainty has the entire Gulf region on edge.
Haley Stevens endorses GOP candidate in Michigan Senate race, spurning Abdul El-Sayed
Rep. Haley Stevens was scheduled to attend a unity event today with Abdul El-Sayed, who beat her in the Democratic primary. Instead, she endorsed his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers.
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy is hospitalized with a stroke
Murphy's office says he was taken to the hospital this weekend after experiencing numbness in his arm. His chief of staff said he is responding well to treatment and expected to make a full recovery.
How to think about the midterms — and the political moment the country is in
Polls show Democrats with an advantage in the midterm election but there are potential limitations and results may take a while to roll in.
Judge tosses Trump's attempt to block Alaska Senate results if GOP incumbent loses
A federal judge has dismissed a highly unusual lawsuit by the Trump administration that tried to block the certification of results from Alaska's U.S. Senate race if the Republican incumbent lost.
The midterms will test the nation's political direction and confidence
At least some portion of the nation is likely to have its political confidence — and perhaps even its sense of security — tested in the days and weeks ahead. That test could also continue for some time to come.
New York City Marathon: Sweden's Almgren and Kenya's Chepkirui win as 60,000 take part
Andreas Almgren of Sweden won the men's race of the New York City Marathon in his debut in the event while Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won the women's race on Sunday for the second time.
Living with high prices in Virginia's 1st Congressional District
High prices are straining budgets for both a small business owner and a single mom in a rural part of Va.'s 1st Congressional district. They explain how they're handling the economic stress of these times.
It's ACA open enrollment time. Here are the changes for health insurance shoppers
The ACA health insurance marketplaces — find yours at HealthCare.gov — open Nov. 1 for 2027 coverage. Getting an early start may be especially important this year.
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Five teenagers stabbed at Halloween party
Hampshire Police believes an unknown group gained entry to the party at an address in Chandler's Ford.
'Like a missile coming down' - Nine killed in fiery Florida jet crash
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy described the crash, which happened near President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, as a "horrific tragedy".
How a Democrat in Michigan rocked the party days before the US midterms
BBC's Nada Tawfik visited Detroit, Michigan where the party spat unfolded.
Democrats have high hopes for midterms, but polls have let them down before
Polls have been predicting a Democratic surge, but last-minute deciders and sampling issues mean there's no guarantee.
Binance users withdraw $3.6bn after record crypto hack
The exchange froze transactions in the wake of the incident, which impacted $6.3bn worth of digital assets.
Antonelli becomes world champion as Verstappen wins in Mexico
Kimi Antonelli becomes the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history as Max Verstappen wins the Mexico City Grand Prix.
A&E warning system to flag sick children deteriorating quickly
The initiative, in England, will help busy staff identify children who are deteriorating quickly as they wait for emergency care.
King to address slavery in Antigua as PM says he is open to possible UK apology
King Charles III will deliver a speech to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on Tuesday as he concludes his nine-day Caribbean tour.
After a 28-year trek around the world, homebound Karl Bushby crosses the Humber Bridge
The British adventurer is due to complete his 31,000-mile challenge in Hull on Monday.
Tributes to 'inspirational' Olympian Ciara Mageean after death at 34
The former European 1500m champion had bowel cancer and died just three weeks after marrying her partner.
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India floats AI plan under which ‘The model travels to the data, rather than the data travelling to the model’
Wants more local AI, without Big Tech getting open access to everything
Google says Asian advertisers spending less due to Europe's customs changes
PLUS: Brake pedals break on Huawei-made cars; North Korea named as source of Binance hack; and more!
Linus Torvalds says Linux kernel is out of ‘stabilization phase’ and using ‘much healthier model’ for AI contributions
Yet machine-made patches ‘often get rewritten’
'Mother of all editors' Emacs is 50
By a startling coincidence, so is its arch-rival Vi
Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions – Openreach
Legacy public switched telephone network service is to be retired on January 31, 2027
Google's AI satellite sends a very expensive haiku to Earth
Experimental orbital datacenter prototype puts its TPU to work producing poetry
Goth aesthetic gone wild: a user's self-inflicted black screen of non-death in Windows 3.1’s
Labeled in black on black - controls for a galactic hyper-hearse or ill-advised Windows theme?
Amazon sends chills through its workforce with mixed message memo about AI use
A lot of software engineers feel bleak about the future of the profession
Chocolate Caterpillar or Chocolate Teapot? Top up the disk space for Windows 10 to find out
London's Oxford Street signage shows its underwear to passing tourists
Backbone of a beast – charting Nvidia's rise to networking titan
How a $6.9B bet on Mellanox made Nvidia bigger than Cisco, and the world's most valuable company to boot
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Seabirds racing home over the ocean can get jet-lagged
A long flight home from feeding grounds messes with birds' internal clocks.
The FDA wants to pull its approval of a drug. It’s not so easy.
The regulator says Tavneos was approved on the basis of manipulated study data. Should patients still have access to it?
Once again, NASA is asking for ideas to rescue Hubble from certain death
The space agency solicited ideas for reboosting Hubble four years ago, but they didn't go anywhere.
Flesh-eating screwworms spread to third state and are attacking pets
USDA has identified 74 animal cases in US since parasitic flies invaded in June.
Oh captain, our captain: Ars staff remembers Patrick Stewart
"For huge numbers of people, I will always be Jean-Luc Picard. ... We created an admirable individual."
Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers
Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.
Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours
It's still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic's verified Cursor account.
Dartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job
People who love AI don't always love telling others they used it.
Over 25% of people lie to get antibiotics—and their lies aren't even good
Faked symptoms still point to infections that antibiotics don't treat.
Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders
But it's still early days for the relatively new e-commerce use case.