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PoliticsDemocrat Scott Colom defeats GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi Senate upset

CBS NewsNov 11

$1.2B DIGITAL HEISTU.S. seizes $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from Binance

GOP Senator Calls Jensen Huang and Trump Commerce Secretary to Testify Before Congress

Mediaite21 h ago

MAJORITY SHAKE-UPPoliticsDemocratic Sen. Van Hollen challenges Schumer for Senate majority leader

CBS News21 h ago

BACK ONLINEMicrosoft begins restoring services amid global outage affecting Outlook and Teams

The Guardian23 h ago

PoliticsTrump's DOJ warns Sen. Blumenthal of legal consequences over White House donor probe

Radar Online18 h ago

KANSAS TURNS BLUEPoliticsDemocrat Cindy Holscher elected Kansas governor

Daily Kos23 h ago

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Daily Dumpster Fires

Drunk raccoon's viral liquor store rampage raises $290K for animal shelter

'I CAN'T DO IT'Man surrenders 76 cats crammed in car to rescue charity: 'I can't do it'

WHEELS OF MISFORTUNEChinese automaker BYD apologizes after delivering SUVs with rear wheels on front, front wheels on back

Hundreds of Chicagoans gathered to move the Bean sculpture 7 inches left to rescue a man trapped inside—who doesn't exist

BAD ADVICE.AIMan sues OpenAI after ChatGPT convinced him to stop paying rent, leaving him homeless

Parent upset over football blowout defecates in opposing school's hallway

Woman scoops council worker onto car bonnet over traffic cones; he needs titanium screws for fracture

19 runners fall ill at Santa Barbara half-marathon; police investigate possible ketamine poisoning

Pharmacists warn women not to put allergy tablets in their vaginas amid viral trend

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Political Dumpster Fires

BAN FOR A BANFrance condemns Israel's ban on left-wing leader Mélenchon

Al Jazeera10 h ago

SAS soldiers in 'real danger' from war crime inquiries, senior officers warn

Georgia elects first openly nonbinary state lawmaker in Deep South

TESLA, MOVE SOUTHFlorida Republican tells Musk to move Tesla HQ after Democrats win big in Texas

ALLEGED ARMS PIPELINESuspected Hamas operative in Birmingham accused of plotting European massacres, transporting weapons

Texas Republican rips GOP on House floor over midterm losses 11 absent Democrats cost party votes on Hegseth impeachment, raise questions about Jeffries Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called to testify on China spying concerns Wall Street Journal editorial board attacks Trump over Starlink disruptions to Ukraine military

In This Economy?

BACK TO THE FAXMicrosoft outage forces Wall Street traders back to fax machines and phones

Daily Star11 h ago

$648K PER UNITLA Mayor Karen Bass opens $72M homeless housing project costing $648K per unit

RENT SQUEEZEMap shows where US renters face worst rent burdens as costs outpace earnings

16-YEAR SLUMPHome sales plunge to 16-year low as mortgage rates stay high

$22B IN THE REDCredit card debt surges $22B in Q3 as Democrats push interest rate caps

Heating oil prices could spike 70% this winter due to Iran tensions 13 million UK adults unable to pay essential bills this Christmas Hotter-than-expected inflation raises chances of Fed rate hike Nearly a quarter of Americans have debt in collections, study finds

Celebrity Crashouts

Alabama Barker accuses friends of stealing $130K in valuables including $50K Birkin

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Scammers flood X with AI deepfakes of Billie Eilish, Kendall Jenner, Jaden Smith to drive engagement

Microsoft outage forces Japanese offices to resurrect fax machines

Trump reassigns JD Vance from Iran negotiations to investigate Democratic-run states

Netflix doc claims Russell Brand forced ex to brush teeth until they bled

Savannah Chrisley engaged, expecting baby with fiancé Jason Galanis after Trump commuted his sentence

Comedian Sarah Millican undergoes emergency surgery, shares hospital photos

Travis Barker says he had esophageal precancer before quitting smoking

Alanis Morissette recalls Ben Affleck asking why she didn't 'lead with' her sexuality on 'Dogma' set

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Sports

DREAM FIGHT COMEBACKKayla Harrison returns from neck surgery for dream fight with Amanda Nunes

CBS Sports10 h ago

Kayla Harrison seeks Amanda Nunes rematch at 145 pounds after UFC 334 win

Cade Cunningham scores 52 points in Pistons' double-OT win over Wizards

WNBA star Sophie Cunningham says she received 'thousands of DMs' from angry bettors

Texas high school girls' basketball game descends into chaos as adult body-slams player during brawl

F1 Reporter Loses Paddock Pass After Calling Leclerc 'Sneaky Little B*****d'

Jameis Winston yells 'Who let the dogs out?' during Thursday Night Football

Blue Jays apologize after Muslim community outcry over Santander's Instagram posts

49ers' George Kittle hints at wearing 'F–k Dallas' shirt for Cowboys game

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1Drunk raccoon's viral liquor store rampage raises $290K for animal shelter 2Man surrenders 76 cats crammed in car to rescue charity: 'I can't do it'3Chinese automaker BYD apologizes after delivering SUVs with rear wheels on front, front wheels on back

Florida Man

EMU ON THE LAMN.J. officials warn residents not to chase loose emu

'HELP US'Florida man arrested after children rescued holding 'Help us' note at window

HANGING AROUNDUpside-down bobcat rescued from barbed wire fence in Florida

Florida mushroom found to contain both psychedelic drugs and deadly toxins

EMU-BARRASSED DEPUTIESSouth Carolina deputies struggle to capture loose emu

Florida woman with 3X legal BAC crashes into guardrail in front of trooper

Famed ocean liner bigger than Titanic sunk as artificial reef in Gulf of Mexico

Man spotted driving red convertible piled high with hot dogs in Tampa

Florida couple found passed out in U-Haul van with 2 kids and drugs inside, cops say

Florida woman arrested after refusing to leave Mini Cooper during traffic stop

Travel Gone Wrong

DOUBLE TROUBLEBritish Airways flight suffers double tail strike during aborted landing at Heathrow

Daily Mail23 h ago

GOING DOWN IN HISTORYGiant cruise liner SS United States sunk off Florida to create world's largest artificial reef

WINTER'S ARRIVALFirst snowstorm of season impacts 19 states, triggers flight delays on East Coast

Frontier flight makes emergency landing after leaky bathroom floods cabin

Historic ship that carried JFK and Walt Disney deliberately sunk off Florida coast

Unruly passenger and cabin flooding reported on 2 separate flights that landed in Chicago

Airbnb worker evicts guest who dumped mouldy food and bacon in toilet

ICE issues detainer for Honduran man arrested after alleged cockpit rush on United flight

Family abandons £1.8k TUI holiday after finding ants in room, broken toilet

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Busted

BREW-TIFUL BUSTTSA finds suspected cocaine worth $27,750 hidden in coffee container at Alaska airport

NY Post16 h ago

'DOOR KICK CHALLENGE''Door kick challenge' viral trend hits California as police warn of charges

BILLION-DOLLAR SLOPEFugitive L.A. gang member charged in Olympic snowboarder's billion-dollar drug ring

GOTTA CART 'EM ALLMen accused of hot-wiring and stealing golf carts in The Villages

GOING APEMan jailed for stealing £800 orangutan statue from garden centre, cycling away

Indiana father arrested for biting multiple kids at child's birthday party over basketball

Minnesota's Largest Candy Store owner charged with selling booze-filled candy without license

Woman arrested after months squatting in $5M San Francisco home

Baltimore man wanted by police reveals his location by going live on Instagram

The World Is Ending

THE GREAT SHUTDOWNMicrosoft outage paralyzes US: city governments, banks, courts crash; jails can't release inmates

Daily Mail10 h ago

'Godfather of AI' warns super-intelligent killer robots could wipe out humanity in three years

Simulation: Single nuclear explosion in space could disable 99% of satellites within days

NYC borough under tornado warning as ominous cloud swirled above JFK airport

Highly contagious bird flu detected in Wisconsin as officials euthanize infected flock

AI researchers warn super-intelligent machines could seize control within 3 years

Something Strange and Massive Lurking Beyond Neptune, Scientists Say Cars swept away as flash floods hit Italian holiday regions Antarctic ozone hole grows to largest size in nearly 50 years, NASA and NOAA say

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Doomsday Clock85 sec DEFCON (unofficial)DEFCON 3 People who died today169,680 Armed conflicts worldwide61 All 20 meters →

Artificial Intelligence

CHIP OFF THE BLOCKBloomberg reveals Chinese AI companies smuggling NVIDIA chips, Alice Huang linked to network

Engadget10 h ago

$7B GAMBLESoftBank loses $7 billion as AI data center investment falters

AI STRIKES A CHORDElvis Presley's and Eminem's music owners sue AI music generator Suno

New Zealand workers say AI tracking of toilet breaks forces them to defecate in warehouse aisles

Anthropic says key AI safety alarm triggered days before IPO

Tencent launches AI gaming companion that watches your screen and gives advice Microsoft researchers find AI models can be backdoored by editing fewer than 10 neurons Instagram expands AI system to catch teens lying about their age Linus Torvalds: AI fixes drove most progress in latest Linux kernel

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Robot Uprising

WALK THIS WAYRobotic dog takes real dog for a walk in San Francisco

AI PILOT ONLYRing confirms camera drone won't have manual controls after CBS News crash

TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUTFour-metre-tall Transformer-like robot unveiled for dangerous tasks

LASER FOCUSNorway deploys 2,000 underwater AI laser robots to kill salmon lice on farms

DRONE SWEET DRONEAmazon unveils $250 Ring security drone that patrols homes and flies between rooms

DARPA robot assembles structure in space for first time Waymo taxis won't stop for stopped school buses, feds investigate Tesla launches Robotaxi in San Antonio with 274 sq mi geofence, but much may be unbookable Georgia Tech student's homemade 'Reaper' drone hits 491 mph, claims world record

Alien Invasion

SEEING THROUGH ITFamily reports giant 'see-through' UFO shining lights into girl's bedroom

Daily Star10 h ago

'SEE-THROUGH' VISITORMassive 'see-through' UFO caught on camera over Oregon home before witnesses suffer mysterious symptoms

'Jellyfish UFO' spotted hovering near Alaska military base before vanishing

Scientists discover source of mysterious radio signal flashing every eight minutes

EARTH'S NEW GIFTAstronomers discover new mini-moon captured by Earth's gravity

Object heading toward Earth mysteriously accelerating; scientist claims it's a lost spacecraft

1978 New Zealand TV crew captured UFOs on camera during Kaikōura sightings

Fireball traveling 47,000 mph spotted over North Carolina, Tennessee

Meteor lights up Tennessee sky with blue, white and orange fireball, NASA confirms

Airline captain claims UFOs flew in front of plane over Brussels multiple times

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WarRussia's advance in Ukraine has slowed significantly, Air Assault Forces commander saysKyiv Independent10 h ago

WarRussia strikes Zaporizhzhia, injures 13 including 5 childrenKyiv Independent11 h ago

WarPakistan military reports killing 74 'terrorists' in raidsAl Jazeera11 h ago

SportsGiants QB Jameis Winston sings 'Who Let The Dogs Out' to draw offsides, failsYahoo Sports12 h ago

PoliticsSupreme Court Justice Alito warns Congress could defund the courtThe Daily Beast12 h ago

PoliticsVeteran Dem strategist launches super PAC to block DSA expansion in New YorkNY Post12 h ago

WarKim Jong-un demands new naval base built rapidly as WW3 fears riseDaily Star12 h ago

PoliticsTrump's AI advisers scramble to track rogue AI cyberattacks on US infrastructureThe Independent13 h ago

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WarRussia and Ukraine report overnight attacks amid US diplomatic pushAl Jazeera13 h ago

PoliticsTrump Justice Department tells prosecutors to brace for 'wartime' footing ahead of Democratic investigationsThe Independent13 h ago

WarCar explosion in Moscow injures ex-Ukrainian official who fled to RussiaKyiv Independent13 h ago

WarRussia's latest drone wave kills several in Ukraine overnightDaily Mail13 h ago

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