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Mortgage Rates Stall at 7.40%, but a $400,000 Loan Costs $301 More a Month

Freddie Mac held the 30-year mortgage rate at 7.40 percent on Thursday, the highest since November 2023, ending seven straight weekly increases. A $400,000 loan now costs about $301 more a month

October 15, 2026

News·Real Estate

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Cornell President Says Greek Life Could Go as Faculty Weigh No Confidence

Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff told a closed Faculty Senate meeting that Greek life should end if fraternities cannot be shown to be safe. Faculty pressed him on his handling of a 2024

October 15, 2026

Education·News

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Toyota Recalls 31,000 New RAV4 Plug-Ins That Can Lose Drive Power at Speed

Toyota is recalling 30,978 2026 RAV4 Plug-in Hybrids because a software fault can cut drive power or shut the system down at higher speeds. The federal filing shows the shutdown risk came

October 15, 2026

Auto & Transport·News

Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores walk beside DEA agents on a Manhattan helipad on the way to federal court

Maduro Denies Torture Conspiracy as Filings Leave Immunity Question Open

Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty Thursday to a new conspiracy-to-commit-torture count built partly on the story of an American beaten for two days. Prosecutors allege, the defense denies, and

October 15, 2026

Government and Politics·News

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Google’s Universal Cart Launches, but Pricing and Data Use Go Unsaid

Google's Universal Cart began rolling out in the US on Thursday, saving items from many retailers and tracking price drops across Search and Gemini. Its launch post leaves out the cost, what

October 15, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

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Producer Prices Surge 1.3% as Wholesale Gasoline Outruns Pump Prices

U.S. producer prices rose 1.3 percent in September, the largest monthly gain since March 2022, with wholesale gasoline up 20.3 percent against 9.1 percent in the consumer index. Fuel retailers' margins fell

October 15, 2026

Business·Economy·News

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Sony Weighs One Opening Day, One Gross for Four Beatles Films

Sony and Sam Mendes have weighed opening all four Beatles films on one day, with a single pooled gross and a four-ticket bundle, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The producer's public version

October 15, 2026

Entertainment·Movies·News

Side-by-side view of the Orion heat shields from Artemis I, left, with visible cracking, and Artemis II, right, after removal from their crew modules

Artemis II Heat Shield Had 9 Char-Loss Spots; Artemis I Had 103

NASA says post-flight analysis shows the Artemis II Orion heat shield had nine spots of char loss against 103 on Artemis I, after the agency shortened the reentry path. How much material

October 15, 2026

News·Science

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FTC Subpoenas Anthropic and OpenAI as the White House Bets on Self-Policing

The Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed Anthropic and OpenAI over possible consumer protection violations, two weeks after President Trump hosted AI chiefs to sign a voluntary safety pledge. The agency has not

October 15, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Todd Engel and his wife Shelley, who says Ozempic left him legally blind

Maryland Man Says Ozempic Left Him Legally Blind. Europe Added a Warning

Todd Engel, 63, says Ozempic cost him the sight in both eyes, and he is suing Novo Nordisk for failing to warn him. Europe's regulator lists the eye condition NAION as a

October 15, 2026

Health·News

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Mortgage Rates Stall at 7.40%, but a $400,000 Loan Costs $301 More a Month

Cornell President Says Greek Life Could Go as Faculty Weigh No Confidence

Toyota Recalls 31,000 New RAV4 Plug-Ins That Can Lose Drive Power at Speed

Maduro Denies Torture Conspiracy as Filings Leave Immunity Question Open

Google’s Universal Cart Launches, but Pricing and Data Use Go Unsaid

Producer Prices Surge 1.3% as Wholesale Gasoline Outruns Pump Prices

Sony Weighs One Opening Day, One Gross for Four Beatles Films

Artemis II Heat Shield Had 9 Char-Loss Spots; Artemis I Had 103

FTC Subpoenas Anthropic and OpenAI as the White House Bets on Self-Policing

Maryland Man Says Ozempic Left Him Legally Blind. Europe Added a Warning

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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