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Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose about 3.5% on Friday and passed $117 a barrel at one point. That was its highest level since April. The US Energy Department approved an emergency loan of up to 400,000 barrels from its strategic reserve to a Louisiana refinery. The reserve is at its lowest since 1982.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block certification of Alaska's Senate race if the Republican loses. It argues two candidates named Dan Sullivan on the ballot could confuse voters. Trump said he ordered the suit. Democrat Mary Peltola is running against Senator Dan Sullivan.
American Express is cutting 5% of its workforce to "prepare for AI," CEO Stephen Squeri said. The company is taking a $336 million restructuring charge for the third quarter. AI-linked job losses in the UK are running at twice the rate of the US and Germany, according to an Al Jazeera report.
A newly FDA-cleared PTSD treatment uses personalized brain mapping and magnetic stimulation. In a clinical trial, symptoms fell by 52% and 68% of patients reached remission. Researchers said the approach could guide more precise treatments for other mental health conditions.
Nippon Steel will invest $3 billion in a new hot-strip mill at U.S. Steel. It is expected to be the largest project in the company's pledge to invest $11 billion by 2028.
The Milwaukee Brewers won the first game of the World Series 3-2 over the Tampa Bay Rays. Relief pitcher Trevor Megill struck out Jonny DeLuca with runners on second and third to end the game.
The Dallas Cowboys recognized the cheerleaders' association as their bargaining representative. The team agreed without a legal fight, after years of squad campaigns for better pay.
Crews installed a 29-foot bronze statue of Cyrus the Great in Atlanta. Cyrus was the ancient Persian king who wrote an early declaration of religious tolerance.
Trial results show intismeran, a personalized mRNA vaccine from Moderna and Merck custom-made for each patient's tumor, significantly reduced the risk of melanoma recurrence or death within two years after surgery. Six melanoma specialists told CNBC the results are clinically meaningful, despite a negative reaction from Wall Street.
The Justice Department filed a suit arguing that two candidates named Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot could confuse voters in favor of Democratic nominee Mary Peltola, and seeking to block certification if the Republican loses. Trump said of the lawsuit, 'I'm the one that said do it.' Al Jazeera reported concerns the administration may be seeking to influence midterm races.
US consumer sentiment fell to a near-record low, with independent voters showing strong economic anxiety. A CNBC survey found eight in ten Americans rate the economy fair or poor and Trump's approval on the economy at an all-time low, with corruption ranking as voters' top issue.
A newly FDA-cleared PTSD treatment using personalized brain mapping and magnetic stimulation reduced symptoms by 52% and achieved 68% remission in a clinical trial. Researchers said it could lead to more precise treatments for other mental health conditions.
The United States declared helium a critical material as the Middle East war and export curbs by Russia and China squeeze global supply. Helium is vital to chipmaking, and Europe is scrambling to secure its share, Euronews reported.
Two former FBI officials surrendered on charges of lying to Congress about an investigation involving Hunter Biden's laptop, the Justice Department said. A lawyer for one called them 'nonsense charges' and said the department was trying to revive a scandal before the midterm vote.
American Express said it will cut 5% of its workforce and take a $336 million restructuring charge in the third quarter, CEO Stephen Squeri said on Friday. The company framed the cuts as preparation for artificial intelligence.
Severe flooding in the Four Corners region on Friday led to water rescues, some from rooftops, and impassable roads. Residents of low-lying areas of Colorado and New Mexico were told to evacuate, and at least one person was injured.
Nippon Steel will invest $3 billion in a new hot-strip mill at US Steel. It is expected to be the largest project under the company's commitment to invest $11 billion by 2028.
New York's City Council voted 40 to 7 to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streets and Central Park by June 1, 2028. The measure, called Romanch's Law after a teenage Indian tourist died following a carriage accident, is expected to be signed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital described a mechanism in PARP1-mediated DNA repair, which may inform cancer treatment in tumors with DNA damage response vulnerabilities.
Meta shares fell about 6% after third-quarter results showed spending on artificial intelligence pushed free cash flow negative. Prices of Meta's five-year credit default swaps reached record highs, CNBC reported, a sign of investor concern about its credit.
About 194,000 Americans filed new jobless claims last week, close to the lowest weekly count since the 1960s, the Labor Department said Thursday. A CNBC survey separately found eight in 10 Americans rate the economy as fair or poor.
US Representative Ilhan Omar said federal agents carried out a pre-dawn raid on her home and seized more than a dozen items, including phones and notebooks, as part of a federal investigation. Omar called the raid bizarre and said it is forcing her to move out.
Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old American released by Russia during Steve Witkoff's visit, has arrived in the US, his lawyer said. Hubbard had been sentenced to almost seven years in prison on charges of acting as a mercenary for Kyiv; his family says he was living in the Ukrainian city of Izium when he was taken in 2022.
Meta's board reached an agreement with chief executive Mark Zuckerberg after he said he would leave California if voters approve a proposed wealth tax on the November 3 ballot, according to Reuters reporting. The deal is intended to shield him from the potential tax, which has drawn hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign spending.
A judge ordered President Trump to answer questions under oath by December 11 in his lawsuit against the BBC. The BBC had accused Trump of trying to postpone the deposition until January 2027.
Columbia University researchers reported in Science that quantum interference trapped waves of electrons in place in the metal Pd5AlI2, the first time this has been observed in a metal. The effect had been theorized since quantum mechanics described electrons as waves a century ago.
A judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a New Mexico jury found it misled consumers about data privacy in a case tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It is the largest penalty against the company to date, exceeding an $18 billion deal with California.
Elon Musk said on a SpaceX earnings call that special committees at both companies are examining a merger, though no agreement has been reached. SpaceX shares rose 10% after it reported strong third-quarter revenue growth, ahead of Tesla's results.
A lawsuit filed in the US Court of International Trade argues the White House exceeded its authority in imposing tariffs on Canada and harmed American businesses. CBC sources said hopes of a Canada-US trade deal before the US midterms have faded.
NASA's Perseverance rover reached 45.22 km on its odometer, surpassing Opportunity's off-world driving record in about five and a half years, helped by its self-driving system. It is now exploring some of the oldest rocks in the solar system.
President Trump said companies building AI data centers should pay local communities a dividend to win support. Data centers have become a political issue across the US over their use of water and power, with opposition crossing party lines.
President Trump said he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in China and said it was time for someone else to negotiate on Ukraine's behalf. Several Republican lawmakers, including Nebraska congressman Don Bacon, criticized his approach to Russia, citing a diesel deal and a pause in sanctions. Ukraine and Russia exchanged large drone and missile strikes over the weekend.
At a rally near Wichita for Senator Roger Marshall, President Trump said France was being "conquered, looted, and burned" by migrants and others, and warned the US would "burn" like France if Democrats win the midterms. He also said Paris would soon be "a Muslim city" and that he had told Macron he was making "a big mistake" on immigration. The midterm elections are on November 3.
A lawsuit filed in the US Court of International Trade argues the White House exceeded its authority in imposing tariffs on Canadian goods under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, causing harm to US businesses. Sources told CBC that hopes of a Canada-US trade deal before the US midterms have faded.
September data showed US home sales, construction and builder sentiment all falling more than expected. The 10-year Treasury yield moved lower after the reports as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's rate decision next week.
The Department of Homeland Security banned DeepSeek-related technology from federal civilian agency IT systems. The move comes amid competition between the US and China over artificial intelligence.
New York federal judge Loretta Preska vacated her 2023 judgment ordering Argentina to pay more than $16bn over the expropriation of oil company YPF and closed the case at first instance. Its future depends on whether the US Supreme Court agrees to review it, as litigation funder Burford Capital has requested.
The Department of Homeland Security said more than 100,000 people from Ukraine and Sudan whose temporary protected status was set to expire on Monday retain protections for now. Separately, a Trump administration official said a record 300,000 visas had been revoked.
Trump said he suspended sweeping new sanctions on Russia, mandated by the Graham law, to keep peace talks alive, and claimed Zelenskyy does not want to end the war. Zelenskyy called the waiver wrong and spoke with US envoys; polls show Trump's approval at a record low.
US prosecutors allege Abdulrahman Alfozan, accused of planting a recording device in an OpenAI executive conference room, was in frequent contact with an unnamed Saudi royal and that a Saudi military member paid for his family's flight home. He is being held without bail.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll put Trump's approval at 31% and showed Democrats leading the generic congressional ballot by 12 points ahead of the 3 November midterms. Opposition to the Iran war is cited as a threat to Republican control, as Trump rallied in Kansas.
Anthropic committed 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund that could address AI job disruption ahead of an expected IPO, and Elon Musk said he will give a SpaceX share to every US child next year without saying how.
Florida issued an arrest warrant for former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, mirroring a federal indictment from May as Washington steps up pressure on Havana.
Ultra-endurance swimmer Catherine Breed, 33, finished an unprecedented 900-mile swim down California's coast in under four months, averaging 10 miles a day, ending at Coronado beach.
President Trump signed an order temporarily waiving many Russia sanctions recently passed by Congress, citing national security; Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it a 60-day pause to assess global impact, including tariffs on countries such as India. Zelenskyy called the move a boost for Putin and urged support for the sanctions, while at least eight Republican senators criticised the waiver or a related Russian diesel deal.
A 16-year-old former pupil attacked an elementary school in Oregon, targeting a special educational needs classroom, according to police; one report said at least five died. A teacher fought the attacker before an armed parent shot him multiple times.
Tom Homan said the administration could 'of course' denaturalise and deport Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar, whose home was raided by federal agents. Officials allege she or family violated law to obtain citizenship.
Net interest costs on US government debt reached $1.05 trillion for the fiscal year through September, up more than 8% from $970 billion a year earlier.
The fourth round of No Kings protests against President Trump took varied forms, from convoys to concerts, aimed at boosting early voting before the midterms. Organisers were angered when Meta temporarily suspended the group's Instagram account during the events.
President Trump signed an executive order pausing parts of a sweeping new sanctions package aimed at Russia's economy, saying they run against US national interests and citing energy prices. The move came two days before a sanctions deadline and a week after a diesel deal with Moscow.
A 16-year-old former student opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, killing three children aged 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher. Police say a teacher threw her phone at the attacker and tackled him before an armed parent shot him.
Fanned by hot Santa Ana winds and unseasonable temperatures, the Norte Fire burned at least six homes in Orange County and prompted mandatory evacuation orders. It is one of 13 fires burning across California.
Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh gave no signal on another interest rate hike in his last public remarks before the central bank's October meeting, while praising a 'synchronous tightening' by central banks worldwide. Upcoming inflation data may decide the move.
The United States put another 17 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on offer as a fuel crisis deepens, even as US drillers held their rig count flat despite soaring prices.
Credit default swaps on cloud company CoreWeave hit distressed levels as investors sour on the debt behind the AI data-centre boom. The loss-making firm carries about $50 billion in debt.
Researchers at the University of Southern California found a way to create a potentially renewable supply of genetically engineered immune cells for fighting cancer.
A 16-year-old gunman killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, and wounded two others. A bystander shot and killed the attacker.
President Donald Trump announced that the Defense Department had reversed a plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, scheduled for 3 December, following broad backlash.
The Milwaukee Brewers swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series to reach the 2026 World Series, their first appearance since 1982.
A 16-year-old gunman killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, and wounded two others. A bystander shot and killed the attacker.
President Trump said the Defense Department had reversed its plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood gunman, set for December 3. The reversal followed broad backlash.
The Milwaukee Brewers swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. They advance to the 2026 World Series, their first appearance since 1982.
The FBI arrested two men in Ohio and Pennsylvania over an alleged North Korean remote IT-work scheme and seized about 187 computers and devices from over 40 suspected laptop farms in Texas.
A Nevada court sentenced former Crips leader Duane 'Keffe D' Davis to a minimum of 40 years in prison for orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.
Cornell University suspended all fraternity parties and social events for the rest of the 2026–27 academic year after allegations that seven Chi Phi members drugged and raped a student in 2024.
The FBI arrested two men in Ohio and Pennsylvania over an alleged scheme in which North Korean remote workers obtained jobs. Agents seized about 187 computers and devices from more than 40 suspected laptop farms in Texas.
A Clark County court in Nevada sentenced former Crips leader Duane 'Keffe D' Davis to a minimum of 40 years in prison. He was convicted of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.
Cornell University suspended all fraternity parties and social events for the rest of the 2026–27 academic year. The move follows allegations that seven Chi Phi members drugged and gang-raped a student in 2024.
Delta Air Lines postponed its planned direct service between Atlanta's Hartsfield–Jackson airport and Riyadh. The decision followed the Houthi attacks on Saudi airports.
One person died and four were injured after an accident on the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Mableton. Reports say the man fell from the ride.
A woman stabbed her husband and three-year-old son to death while the family was on vacation at a Great Wolf Lodge in Pennsylvania, according to reports.
Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, before weakening to a post-tropical cyclone, the National Hurricane Center said. Four deaths were reported, two in Escambia County, Florida, and two in Alabama.
Kentucky beat LSU 35–34 with a two-point conversion in overtime, becoming the first FBS team to win consecutive overtime games by one point since overtime was introduced in 1996.
Isaias strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane before weakening and making landfall near Destin, Florida, later becoming post-tropical. Four people died, two in Escambia County, Florida, and two in Alabama, and about 365,000 people lost power before landfall.
The United States imposed sanctions on the ICC, freezing its US-held assets and restricting US companies from dealing with it. The move came after former ICC judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Flooding was reported in Long Beach and Newport Beach as Tropical Storm Rachel approached. The tropical storm warning is the first for San Diego County since Hurricane Hilary in 2023.
Protesters clashed with police in New York City after ICE agents shot a Dominican national with a criminal conviction who was in a car with a child. The wounded man was then detained.
Kentucky beat LSU 35-34 with a two-point conversion in overtime. It became the first FBS team to win consecutive overtime games by one point since overtime began in 1996.
Isaias reached category 3 strength in the Atlantic before weakening to category 2 ahead of landfall. About 365,000 people in Alabama and Florida were reported without power, and Georgia's governor declared a statewide emergency.
The Pentagon reported two noncombat deaths, bringing US military fatalities in the Iran war to 21. President Trump said the US military would not attack Iran before next month's midterm elections.
Flooding was reported in Long Beach and Newport Beach as forecasters issued a tropical storm warning. It is the first such warning for San Diego County since Hurricane Hilary in 2023.
Protesters clashed with police in New York City after ICE agents shot a Dominican national with a criminal conviction. The man, who was in a car with a child, was detained while wounded.
The aircraft carrier returned to North Island Naval Air Station after nearly seven months deployed in the Middle East. Its return comes as the US says it will hold off attacks on Iran until after the midterms.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who carried out the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will be publicly broadcast.
President Donald Trump said the US military will not strike Iran ahead of next month's midterm elections. The remark comes amid ongoing regional tensions.
Isaias became the first Atlantic hurricane of an unusually quiet season and strengthened to Category 2 as the US Gulf Coast prepared for landfall. Alabama declared an emergency for 40 counties and Georgia declared a statewide emergency.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who carried out the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will be publicly broadcast.
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego. It had been deployed in the Middle East for nearly seven months.
Isaias strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, the first of an unusually quiet Atlantic season attributed to El Niño. Alabama governor Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency for 40 counties as the US Gulf Coast prepared for landfall.
Belgian physicist Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin–Madison won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos.