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China's AI stock rally has collapsed, wiping out about $480 billion as the STAR50 index of AI and chip companies fell 40% from its July high. US AI stocks have taken a far smaller hit so far. The Nasdaq is about 6% below the record it set three weeks ago. This week's Big Tech earnings will test whether that gap holds. How China's AI Bubble Burst Analysts have pointed to stretched prices, tax bills, and the risk of US bans on Chinese data-center equipment. The damage is wide. AI stocks account for 42% of China's market value and 57% of...

An extremely tight race into Israel's election Tuesday, has some citizens flying back into the country to cast their votes. Israel doesn't allow votes from abroad, except from those serving in the country's diplomatic missions. As many as 80,000 Israelis living outside the country are expected to come back to vote in Tuesday's election, according to estimates from one group helping to organize citizens living outside the country. Israel has about 7.3 million eligible voters, according to the Washington-based International Foundation for Electoral Systems. "While not a large block, the 80,000 that may return home to participate could make a...

Beatrice Keul alleges Trump raped her at the Plaza Hotel in New York City in November 1993 House Democrats’ report details the allegations and examines Trump’s alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein The White House denies the allegations, saying they are untrue and Trump has been “fully exonerated” in connection with Epstein SNIP

Embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) joked with Hasan Piker that the media is fixated on her because of her “good” looks Monday ahead of a controversial event with the far-left antisemitic streamer. Omar made the remark during Piker’s livestream of his green-room couch conversation with the “Squad” rep before they took the stage at the event hosted by socialist Minnesota state lawmaker Omar Fateh. “I feel like the media has a tendency, you know, to highlight everything that you do,” Piker told Omar during their chummy conversation. “Some of the things that I do, like – we’re just normal Americans...

There was an ad put out in support of Democrat Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed that has been getting a lot of attention and earning a lot of ire. It came from Rebellion PAC, which was co-founded by leftist Young Turks online show co-creator Cenk Uygur, who is the uncle of far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. The ad is supporting El-Sayed, who campaigned and shared quality time with Piker during the primary. The clip features a couple in a grocery store deciding what to buy and saying they have to put the eggs back because that money has to be...

Russian refiners are raising diesel production in October after the government granted export quotas following the Kremlin's supply agreement with the United States, said two industry sources close ​to the matter. US President Donald Trump said on October 9 that Russian President ‌Vladimir Putin had agreed to a deal to supply diesel from Russia to the United States and global markets, with the US temporarily lifting its sanctions on Russian fuel. Russia confirmed the deal and Trump said that ​Russia would deliver more than 300,000 metric tons (about 2.25 million barrels) of diesel ​immediately, followed by another 500,000 tons in...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Corps Sustainment Command, the 20th Engineer Brigade, and Unit Ministry Teams recently executed Phase II of Operation Dragon Covenant, a test-of-concept exercise designed to evaluate and validate procedures for large-scale battlefield temporary interment. The exercise served as a critical test of concept to validate the feasibility of battlefield temporary interment, an operational reality the U.S. Army has not executed at scale since the Korean War. By bringing together fatality management specialists, horizontal construction engineers, preventive medicine teams, and chaplains, the exercise sought to determine if modern earthmoving equipment can meet...

Federal officials and Democratic groups will descend upon California in the coming days to monitor the state’s elections amid an intensifying partisan feud over voting. The Department of Justice plans to deploy 1,000 election monitors across the country, including in California, for “routine election monitoring the department has done for decades,” per a spokesperson, as partisan and third-party groups ready volunteer armies to keep watch on polling places. “We will have around 1,000 monitors in counties throughout the United States, but we will not share the full list until Election Day. Every monitor will merely observe and report any potential...

“ NEWPORT, Ore — A massive fire that destroyed a Pacific Seafood storage facility in Newport is raising concerns about the long-term impact on the local economy, as nearby business owners worry about losing customers who worked at one of the city's largest employers. The fire broke out shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday, sending towering clouds of white, gray and black smoke over Newport's historic Bayfront. Flames tore through the approximately 11,000-square-foot building, causing much of its roof and walls to collapse. Video from inside the facility shows extensive damage, with much of the interior charred black. The Oregon State...

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~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Naval Support Activity Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaNaval Support Activity Philadelphia is a 134 acres United States Navy base located in the Lawncrest section of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and located 113 miles east of its parent command, NSA Mechanicsburg. With the exception of a few buildings, much of the base is industrial in style, and consists of office-converted warehouses for the various Naval supply commands located on the installation. According to the base guide, its warehouse offices and other buildings amount to 2,250,000 square feet of cubic space on the base. It also provides support services...

FIRST ON FOX — The Pentagon is preparing U.S. military bases to keep operating for at least 90 days without outside support as it prepares for the possibility of a major war that could cripple power grids, disrupt supply chains and threaten critical infrastructure on American soil.

The allegations come after several countries in the region elected conservative leaders following the Trump administration’s decision to dismantle USAID and shift remaining foreign assistance functions to the State Department. "You have plenty of examples out there of how USAID was attempting to run its own foreign policy," U.S. Ambassador to Panama Kevin Marino Cabrera told Fox News Digital. Cabrera said USAID’s dismantling has allowed the State Department and U.S. Southern Command to work more closely with partner countries on disaster relief and recovery efforts. "We’re focused on actual disaster relief and recovery. We’re not focused on these crazy agendas,...

WILDWOOD, Fla. — A 79-year-old man is accused of using a hammer to damage a doctor’s Tesla after becoming angry about two canceled surgeries, according to the Wildwood Police Department. Police arrested Glen Lee Ong of The Villages on charges of criminal mischief causing at least $1,000 in damage and wearing a mask while committing a felony. Officers responded Sept. 16 to Optimotion Orthopedics on East State Road 44 after employees heard two loud bangs outside the medical facility. Police said a video recorded by the Tesla showed a masked man leave a red pickup truck and walk toward the...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — A 60-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly stabbing two people with scissors at an Albany personal care home. According to the Albany Police Department, the incident happened at Friendship Personal Care Home on Oglethorpe Boulevard around 5:12 p.m. on Oct. 23. APD says officers arrived to find 60-year-old Arlene White leaving the building with a pair of scissors in her hands, and she was detained after dropping them. Investigators determined White had allegedly stabbed two people. One victim was found with three stab wounds in the back of the head, while the other was stabbed in...

https://www.mlb.com/scores Is a cool website because I can't see the stats (balls and strikes) on my TV. The font is too small. The weird thing is the website is like 30 seconds faster than the TV. So it feels like I am predicting the future. lol

Atlantic magazine staff writer Robert F. Worth should be given credit for his in-depth reporting on the scene from the island of the economic devastation in Cuba as the result of decades of Communist oppression and mismanagement as you can see in his Monday story, "The Collapse of Cuba." In fact his reporting appears to be quite truthful to the extent he revealed a very painful truth about himself. Namely that he allows his TDS to take hold of him to the extent as to appear utterly ridiculous.He could have easily ignored (or misreported) the fact that during the entire...

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There aren’t many Pittsburgh legends known with just one name. Say “Donnie” or, rather, “Dahnie,” in these parts and everyone knows exactly who you’re talking about.Donnie Iris has been a legend in Western Pennsylvania going all the way back to the late ‘60s as a member of The Jaggerz.Iris, whose soaring vocals powered the hits “Ah! Leah!,” “Love Is Like a Rock” and “My Girl,” died Monday, according to friends and bandmates, after battling bladder cancer for three years. He was 83. “For my money, he was the most beloved Pittsburgh musician of all time,” his colleague Joe Grushecky, said....

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is set to share the stage with far-left streamer Hasan Piker on Monday night despite mounting opposition from fellow Minnesota Democrats, some of whom have publicly urged the congresswoman to cancel the appearance just eight days before the midterm elections. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., has called Piker's rhetoric "polarizing and dangerous" and said embracing him is "a mistake," while Sen. Amy Klobuchar's gubernatorial campaign called a number of his past statements "reckless and unacceptable." Other Democratic officials and party groups have gone further, calling on Omar and state Sen. Omar Fateh, who is hosting the sold-out...