Sunday, November 1, 2026
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A 32-year-old Bangladeshi AI researcher at Nvidia was found dead, and authorities say there is no sign of foul play. Still, his supporters in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh are questioning the official account and refusing to let the matter rest.
A judge has thrown out President Trump's defamation suit against the Journal's publisher for a second time. The suit claimed he was defamed by an article about a birthday letter he allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein.
With Zohran Mamdani's rise in New York as a backdrop, Los Angeles voters are weighing a socialist candidate of their own. Democratic socialist Nithya Raman is locked in a close race against incumbent mayor Karen Bass amid growing frustration over quality of life.
Christa Pike, a Tennessee death-row inmate, has spoken publicly for the first time about surviving a botched execution. She says she remains in constant pain after enduring two doses of lethal injection.
A new three-part Netflix documentary features Matthew Perry's family discussing his addiction struggles and the dangers of ketamine. The same roundup notes that RFK Jr. is allowing unapproved peptides onto the market, and that runners are preparing for the New York City Marathon.
OPEC and its allies are holding oil output steady even as threats to Gulf shipping persist. The group's crude production remains below prewar levels, with key shipping routes disrupted.
Anthropic is joining the club of hot tech companies going public with share structures that keep founders firmly in charge. Dual-class stock and other control mechanisms have become the norm for a new generation of 'imperial' CEOs.
Federal and state regulators are suing the discount chain after shoppers complained that items rang up higher at the register than the prices marked on shelves. The case puts the dollar-store pricing model under fresh scrutiny.
Bill Maher's White House dinners with Trump have become an unlikely running storyline. The comedian's ongoing barbs with the president illustrate the balancing act of one of television's most prominent contrarians.
Investigators believe a Chinese executive with a close personal connection to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was recruited to pass information to China. The probe raises fresh questions about corporate espionage in the chip industry.
Amazon has long dominated American e-commerce, but a new rival may be emerging: shopping bots that buy on behalf of consumers. If AI agents start choosing what and where to buy, the biggest company in the U.S. by revenue could face real competition.
Campbell's spent five years trying to make Goldfish crackers gluten-free, a project it started, abandoned, and restarted. The inside story shows just how hard it is to find sales growth in packaged food.
With critical minerals in short supply, recyclers are turning to scrapyards to recover rare earths. The story is part of a roundup that also covers military 'super dogs,' mini power plants making green fuel from thin air, and what reporters saw outside Elon Musk's massive Memphis data center.
With trillions of dollars riding on the AI trade, investors, traders, and even tech executives are hunting for high-stakes protection. The scramble for insurance on the biggest market bet in history is accelerating.