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  • Anthropic says it banned accounts tied to five cases involving working scientists whose use of Claude raised biological-safety concerns. The company says it could not determine whether the researchers intended harm.
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    Anthropic cautioned that the cases do not show Claude was actually used to create a biological weapon, as the company couldn’t prove intent.

  • 45 days after the attacks, President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriot Act, which significantly expanded law enforcement’s surveillance.
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    9/11 launched a new era of surveillance. 25 years later, AI is making it smarter

    Flock cameras and other controversial policing technologies grew out of the post-9/11 shift toward mass data collection.

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We take a balanced look at the cultural conversations defining our time, stripping away the noise to help you understand the core arguments and their broader societal implications.

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Ford is recalling more than 223,000 F-150 pickup trucks in the United States because loose or leaking fuel tanks could create crash or fire risks, federal safety regulators said Saturday.
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  • President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, victims’ families and other Americans are gathered across the country on Friday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, in which nearly 3,000 people lost their lives.
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    Photos: Inside 9/11 remembrances in New York, Shanksville, at the Pentagon

  • Iran-backed Houthi rebels have seized the strategic Red sea port in Yemen.
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    Diesel tops $6 for first time as Houthis seize critical Red Sea port

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    Diesel hits record $6 a gallon; Trump’s ‘cheat like hell’ pledge closes convention

  • Paul Veneto, who walked the flight paths of the four planes hijacked on 9/11, now walks the flight path of United Flight 175 from Boston to Ground Zero one last time.
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    Friday
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    He lost his crewmates on 9/11. Now he walks to ensure no one forgets them

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    They made a 9/11 conspiracy blockbuster. It followed them for decades: Let’s go Off Script

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    Trump promises Americans $5K if GOP wins; New details emerge in Amazon crash

  • The federal government has taken possession of a massive chunk of interplanetary rock that's the source of controversy.
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    Wednesday
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    Why did the Feds seize the ’largest Martian meteorite on Earth’?

  • TSA is lifting restrictions at airports across the country, including allowing individuals without a ticket to access the gate.
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    Wednesday
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    TSA is reversing some post-9/11 airport security restrictions, citing technology advancements

  • September is National Suicide Prevention Month, a time of year when organizations like Johns Hopkins Center of Suicide Prevention raise awareness, spread hope and spark action around the nation’s 11th-leading cause of death. 
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    Wednesday
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    With suicide rates climbing, experts push for prevention that’s as multifaceted as the crisis itself

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    Wednesday
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    Trump hits Canada with import bans; Republican midterm convention set to open in Dallas

  • Hurricane Lowell is moving away from Hawaii’s main islands after passing just west of Niihau as a Category 2 hurricane.
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    Tuesday
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    Hurricane Lowell moves past Hawaii, leaving heavy rain, strong winds and flooding threat

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    Canada hits US goods with new tariffs; Russia resumes deadly attacks on Kyiv

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    Hurricane Lowell threatens Hawaii as Marie stirs dangerous surf on West Coast

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    Your Labor Day reading list: Work, money, AI and how American life is changing

  • Hawaii is under a state of emergency as it prepares for Hurricane Lowell to reach the islands.
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    Sunday
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    Hurricane Lowell gets closer to Hawaii as Marie brings heavy rain to California

  • At least 25 people, most of them teenagers, were killed when a passenger bus crashed on Fogo Island in Cape Verde.
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    Sunday
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    At least 25 killed in Cape Verde bus crash

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    Sep 5
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    Two rescued in different operations 10 days after floods hit Nepal

  • How a post about bots on X — first identified in December 2025 — created alarm about Chinese influence on U.S. social media.
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    Sep 5
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    How X turned old bot data into a story about a national threat from China

  • The White House’s new border wall video games are just the latest piece of a bigger Trump administration media strategy.
    AP Photo/Jon Elswick
    Sep 4
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    New White House Arcade games highlight direct pitch to the public

  • Ukraine is heading toward winter with an air-defense imbalance that is getting harder to manage. Russia is producing more ballistic missiles and fielding faster drones while Kyiv struggles to replace the interceptors needed against the most dangerous threats.
    Maksym Kishka/Anadolu via Getty Images
    Sep 4
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    Russia’s air war exposes Ukraine’s winter defense gap

  • The Los Angeles district, the second-largest in the nation, restricted access to AI for students in all grades for the 2026-27 school year.
    AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
    Sep 4
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    LA’s ban on AI for all students follows limits on screen time

  • Nepal Army via AP, AP Photo/Michael Gonzalez
    Sep 4
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    Nepal workers pulled alive from tunnel after 9 days; ICE officer charged with lying to FBI

  • Two workers were pulled alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, nine days after catastrophic flooding trapped them underground.
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    Sep 4
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    Two workers pulled alive from Nepal tunnel after nine days; more voices heard

  • Smart glasses are getting banned across the country. For some visually impaired users, that's not a privacy win — it's a loss of sight.
    JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images
    Sep 4
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    Smart glasses helped a man see the world. The privacy panic took it away

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