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• U.S. job openings at record high, skills mismatch emerging

  07-09-2016 18:16 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  U.S. job openings surged to a record high in July, but a lag in hiring suggested employers were struggling to find qualified workers to fill the positions. The monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, released by the Labor Department on Wednesday also pointed to tightening conditions in the labor market, which could spur faster wage growth. JOLTS, is one of the job market metrics on Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's so-called dashboard.
  
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• House Dems probe State Department's role in Bolsonaro's escape to U.S. from Brazil

  30-10-2026 11:00 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  House Democrats are probing the State Department’s role in facilitating former Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro’s escape from Brazil to the U.S. amid ongoing criminal investigations into him and his family.A group of House Democrats, including many prominent members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday night with a list of questions about the State Department’s involvement in Bolsonaro fleeing Brazil and the process
  
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• Democrats seek answers from State Department about taking in Bolsonaro

  30-10-2026 11:00 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  House Democrats are probing the State Department’s role in facilitating former Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro’s escape from Brazil to the U.S. amid ongoing criminal investigations into him and his family.A group of House Democrats, including many prominent members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday night with a list of questions about the State Department’s involvement in Bolsonaro fleeing Brazil and the process
  
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• Hackers steal record $6.3 billion from Binance in just 20 minutes

  30-10-2026 09:29 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  By Ankur Banerjee, Rocky Swift and Summer ZhenSINGAPORE/TOKYO Oct 30 (Reuters) - Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, in a record theft that analysts pinned on North Korea and said could shake faith in digital assets.Cryptocurrency prices fell on the news, while Binance halted withdrawals and said it would cover the losses. About half the ‌stolen assets were quickly frozen by stablecoin issuers such as Tether, Circle and the Trump-backed World L
  
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• 'I am not interested in tricking voters': Peltola speaks out on Alaska ballot controversy

  30-10-2026 06:03 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Juneau, Alaska — Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola told supporters Thursday she is "not interested in tricking voters," after two days of intense questions about how a man with the same first and last name as her Republican opponent ended up on the ballot.The state's toss-up Senate contest has drawn nationwide scrutiny since The New York Times alleged Thursday that operatives linked to Peltola's campaign helped recruit a candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan — who has the same fir
  
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• Peltola denies knowing about Alaska spoiler candidate as DOJ issues new subpoenas

  30-10-2026 04:26 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola denied Thursday that she knew anything about an effort to put another candidate on the Alaska ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent as the Justice Department escalated a criminal investigation with new grand jury subpoenas."I just want to clear the air," she said at the top of a speech in a downtown bar in Juneau, Alaska's capital. "I knew nothing about any other candidate on the ballot except for me and the incumbe
  
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• Crypto exchange Binance freezes assets after $6.3 billion security breach

  30-10-2026 04:06 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  By Mrinmay Dey and Vallari SrivastavaOct 29 (Reuters) - Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, said a security breach had resulted in an estimated $6.3 billion impact that analysts said could amount to the biggest crypto heist ever and might make investors rethink the risks of owning digital assets.Binance said it had worked with partners to freeze the ‌affected assets, with about $3 billion located so far. It gave no update on the status of the remaining $3.3 billion as Binance
  
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• 3 people killed after 2 helicopters collide midair in Oregon, authorities say

  30-10-2026 03:32 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Three people are dead after two helicopters collided in midair near an Oregon airport on Thursday, according to local authorities.The incident involved a 1995 Robinson R22 helicopter and a 2018 Airbus AS350B3 helicopter and occurred at approximately 2:10 p.m. local time Thursday near McMinnville, about 40 miles southwest of Portland, according to the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office.The sheriff said flight instructor Maddie Aasbo, 22, of Texas, and a student pilot from the U.K. were aboard the Ro
  
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• DOJ subpoenas California election officials in ballooning voter fraud probe

  30-10-2026 02:23 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, stands after holding a Justice Department news conference on Aug. 13, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben/TNS)The Department of Justice has subpoenaed local election officials in at least four California counties, the latest development in its unprecedented effort to usurp the state's authority and prove allegations of widespread voter fraud in the runup to the midterm election.
  The Chronicle obtained subpoenas sent to election officials in Los Ange
  
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• 2 men named Dan Sullivan are on Alaska's ballot. Now the DOJ is issuing subpoenas.

  30-10-2026 00:52 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  The Justice Department has begun issuing a new wave of subpoenas stemming from an ongoing criminal investigation into Alaska's Senate race, including the alleged efforts by Democrats to recruit a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.The subpoenas are targeting several Democratic officials believed to be tied to the effort to recruit Daniel J. Sullivan to appear on Alaska's ballot. Nobody involved i
  
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• Netanyahu has no majority in Israel's election, but time may be on his side

  30-10-2026 00:27 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
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  Israel faces weeks, possibly months, of political limbo after final results show there’s no clear winner in its elections.
  Neither of the two main blocs – one led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party, the other led by the centrist Yashar party of his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot – have reached the required 61-seat majority to form a government in Israel’s 120-seat parliament.So how could a new government be formed?
  Certainly, it does not look easy, with deep-r
  
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• Netanyahu didn't win Israel's election. He could still come out ahead.

  30-10-2026 00:27 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
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  Israel faces weeks, possibly months, of political limbo after final results show there’s no clear winner in its elections.
  Neither of the two main blocs – one led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party, the other led by the centrist Yashar party of his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot – have reached the required 61-seat majority to form a government in Israel’s 120-seat parliament.So how could a new government be formed?
  Certainly, it does not look easy, with deep-r
  
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• Netanyahu's bloc maintains lead in Israeli election but doesn't secure majority

  29-10-2026 23:20 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  The final vote count from Tuesday's parliamentary election showed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc maintained its lead, securing 53 seats in the next Knesset, but no coalition secured a 61-seat majority.The opposition bloc seeking to replace the premier won 48 seats, according to official Central Elections Committee figures released on Thursday after all votes had been counted.Despite some claims of electoral interference, Israel's Election Committee also says the Knesset elections
  
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• Vivek Ramaswamy's ad using Amy Acton's estranged mother has ended its TV run

  29-10-2026 23:00 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Many, including term-limited Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican who has endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy, pictured, had called on him to take down the ad.(Jon Cherry / AP)Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, his Democratic opponent for Ohio governor, is leaving the state’s airwaves, the Ramaswamy campaign confirmed Thursday.The ad, which debuted last week to wide bipartisan condemnation, is rotating out after completing its intended run, according to the campaign.
  
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• Pentagon quietly prepares for $400 billion cut to Trump's military budget

  29-10-2026 21:34 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  The Pentagon is quietly preparing for a $400 billion cut to President Donald Trump’s military budget, as officials realize the president’s record-breaking request is effectively dead.The administration has pushed Congress for a supersized $1.5 trillion investment in the military — the largest in history. The money would overhaul weapons stockpiles and realize Trump’s dreams for everything from a sprawling missile shield to a fleet of nuclear-powered battleships.But the Pentagon and congr
  
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• Google parent company sheds $482 billion in market value, the biggest drop in its history

  29-10-2026 21:29 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Alphabet (GOOGL) had its worst day ever on Thursday. The stock fell nearly 13% after its third quarter results, steeper than any session since it went public in 2004, including its drops of more than 10% in March 2020 and September 2008.Alphabet lost $482 billion in stock market value, the second-biggest one-day loss ever for a US-listed company, by Yahoo Finance calculations. Only Nvidia (NVDA) has lost more, about $593 billion on Jan. 27, 2025, the day China's DeepSeek rattled AI investors.Blo
  
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• Google loses $482 billion in market value, the biggest drop in its history by far

  29-10-2026 21:29 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Alphabet (GOOGL) had its worst day ever on Thursday. The stock fell nearly 13% after its third quarter results, steeper than any session since it went public in 2004, including its drops of more than 10% in March 2020 and September 2008.Alphabet lost $482 billion in stock market value, the second-biggest one-day loss ever for a US-listed company, by Yahoo Finance calculations. Only Nvidia (NVDA) has lost more, about $593 billion on Jan. 27, 2025, the day China's DeepSeek rattled AI investors.Blo
  
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• Patrick Stewart, 'Star Trek' captain and 'X-Men' star, dies at 86

  29-10-2026 21:09 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Sir Patrick Stewart, a revered actor best known for his work on Star Trek, has died. He was 86.According to a post on his X account, Stewart died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles following “a brief and poignant journey” with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.“He has been held in the warm embrace of family and friends, surrounded by live music, prayer, tears, laughter and the kind of profound emotion that only he could inspire after a lifetime of devotion to us all,” the
  
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• Trump administration renews bid to block 20,000 California ballots after court rebuke

  29-10-2026 20:53 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  An election worker places a ballot into a ballot box in Boyle Heights on Tuesday. (Ronaldo Bolanos/Los Angeles Times)Soon after a federal judge in Los Angeles sharply rejected a Trump administration effort to block 20,000 California ballots from voters it alleged may be noncitizens, the U.S. Justice Department appealed — leaving attorneys on both sides preparing Thursday for yet another court battle.That was despite the lower court judge calling the request an unlawful threat to eligible vote
  
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• DOJ reportedly issues new wave of subpoenas in criminal probe of Alaska Senate race

  29-10-2026 19:08 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  It was, for a while, considered one of those colorful quirks that crop up in the course of an election: the fact that not one but two candidates named Dan Sullivan will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot for U.S. senator from Alaska. One Dan Sullivan — Dan S. Sullivan — is the state's incumbent Republican senator. He is trying to fend off a fierce challenge from former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and secure a third term. The other Dan Sullivan — Dan J. Sullivan — is a retired teacher from a t
  
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• Biggest changes in nearly 30 years could be coming to baby formula

  29-10-2026 18:42 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Thursday it is proposing a new rule that will update the nutrient requirements for infant formula.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees the FDA, said in a press release that it would be the first major update to infant formula standards in nearly 30 years. Abbott launches new infant formula made with whole milk: What parents need to knowThe proposed rule would update requirements for vitamin A, vitamin D, iodine and
  
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• Pentagon accuses fired 3-star general of leaking classified information

  29-10-2026 18:36 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has accused a newly ousted three-star general of leaking sensitive information to the media just hours after officials confirmed his removal from a top military planning post.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia as head of strategy, plans and policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a defense official said late Wednesday. Typically, the general in the position and their staff are responsible for generating and coordinating military plans f
  
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• Daylight saving time: When do clocks 'fall back' an hour?

  29-10-2026 18:31 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Daylight saving time will end this weekend as scheduled, bringing sunsets before 5 p.m. to some cities. At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks in 48 states will fall back one hour, giving back the hour taken in springtime.The change will give many an extra hour in bed and brighter mornings, but also earlier sunsets that will last through the winter.It comes amid an ongoing political tussle to make daylight saving time permanent.The House easily passed a bill in July to make daylight saving time permanent. It
  
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• Daylight saving time: Most Americans will gain an extra hour in bed this weekend

  29-10-2026 18:31 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Daylight saving time will end this weekend as scheduled, bringing sunsets before 5 p.m. to some cities. At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks in 48 states will fall back one hour, giving back the hour taken in springtime.The change will give many an extra hour in bed and brighter mornings, but also earlier sunsets that will last through the winter.It comes amid an ongoing political tussle to make daylight saving time permanent.The House easily passed a bill in July to make daylight saving time permanent. It
  
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• GOP poll suggests Ramaswamy's ad with rival's estranged mom is backfiring

  29-10-2026 18:10 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Acampaign ad in which the estranged mother of Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton argues that her daughter should not be elected as the Buckeye State's next governor has added a new level of controversy to what was already one of the most closely watched races of the midterms — and potentially shifted the course of the race in its final weeks.Acton, a Democrat, is running to replace outgoing Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. She's facing Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire who ran an unsuc
  
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• Abdul El-Sayed leads in polls, but Michigan's pivotal Senate race remains a toss-up

  29-10-2026 18:07 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate in Michigan’s critical Senate race, responded to President Trump’s frequent mockery of his name in a style that’s become a signature of his campaign. “I don’t care how he pronounces my name,” he said during a rally in Grand Rapids on Sunday. “Because he can just go on and call me ‘senator’ after November. I will be Senator Mohamed to you, bro.”El-Sayed, whose middle name is Mohamed, has emerged as one of the biggest names of the 2026
  
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• 'Operation Ghostbusters': DOJ unveils crackdown on student aid fraud scheme

  29-10-2026 17:42 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  The Department of Justice announced a sprawling operation seeking to end an elaborate student aid fraud scheme that authorities say has bilked hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayers.
  The effort, dubbed “Operation Ghostbusters,” aims to crack down on an international fraud scam that has funneled stolen federal student aid dollars into offshore accounts since at least 2021.
  At an Oct. 29 news conference, Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald described the scheme, detailing how sus
  
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• El-Sayed and Stevens to make rare joint appearance as Dems seek unity in Michigan

  29-10-2026 16:12 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign Sunday in Detroit alongside former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens, marking their first public appearance together in months after a week in which lingering divisions spilled into public view.The two will be joined by South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, one of the country's most prominent Black politicians, at a get-out-the-vote event at a Detroit church, according to two people familiar with the plans who were not
  
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• Obama-era investigation found evidence against Ilhan Omar's marriage, report says

  29-10-2026 15:32 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images)Federal investigators found evidence during the Obama administration suggesting that Rep. Ilhan Omar's 2009 marriage to a man suspected of being her brother was intended to help him obtain a green card, but the case stalled chiefly because prosecutors concluded the suspected offense fell outside a five-year statute of limitations, according to a new report.
  The FBI and Department of Homeland Security investigated the marriage in the summer of 20
  
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• Obama-era investigation finds evidence against Ilhan Omar's marriage, report says

  29-10-2026 15:32 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images)Federal investigators found evidence during the Obama administration suggesting that Rep. Ilhan Omar's 2009 marriage to a man suspected of being her brother was intended to help him obtain a green card, but the case stalled chiefly because prosecutors concluded the suspected offense fell outside a five-year statute of limitations, according to a new report.
  The FBI and Department of Homeland Security investigated the marriage in the summer of 20
  
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