The November 2026 midterm elections are in three days with candidates and President Trump making closing arguments to voters.
The U.S. approved a sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, which President Zelenskyy urged allies to speed up delivering.
Pope Leo became the first pontiff to vote in a U.S. election, submitting a mail-in ballot in his native Chicago ahead of the midterms.
World
Clashes erupted in Paris and other French cities on Saturday as hundreds of thousands protested over soaring living costs.
A high-speed train slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks in Spain, killing at least 68 people, with Spain's transport minister saying the crash was caused by an "inexplicable" order from a central command center.
A cyberattack on Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, was likely carried out by North Korea, involving $6.3 billion according to blockchain intelligence experts.
Business
Alphabet shares plunged nearly 13% after its earnings showed slowing revenue growth, raising concerns about massive spending needed for AI infrastructure.
Steadfast Group secured court approval for shareholders to vote on its $6.7 billion takeover by Dragoneer, Amwins Group and KKR on November 27.
Anthropic filed for a Nasdaq IPO under ticker ANT with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley leading, targeting listing the week of November 16.
Technology
Binance was hit with a $6.36 billion hack where tokens were withdrawn in less than 30 minutes.
Schwarz Group is leading a Series E funding round for Canadian AI company Cohere with a target volume of up to seven billion Canadian dollars, valuing it at 35.7 billion Canadian dollars.
Apple acknowledged an issue impacting the inner display on a small number of iPhone Duo units where users reported the hinge cracking and causing screen breaks.
Science
Brain implants are helping people who've lost their voice, with technology that could help those with ALS, Parkinson's disease and brain injuries talk again.
Researchers pushed X-ray generation beyond a long-accepted limit in laser physics by directing powerful ultraviolet lasers at helium atoms and producing X-rays with substantially higher energies than the standard model predicts.
An expedition of a deep-sea trench near Australia uncovered eerie sea spider specimens that glow blue in the dark, whose glow may have been chronicled in 19th century documents.
Economy
Payrolls rose 182,000 in October, exceeding the 160,000 consensus forecast, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.1%.
Average hourly earnings climbed 4.1% year-over-year, remaining above the Fed's comfort zone of 3.5% and keeping the central bank cautious about cutting rates.
Personal consumption expenditures showed inflation at 3.6% annually, well higher than the Fed's 2% target, while the Federal Reserve held rates at 3.75% to 4.00% on October 28 despite sticky inflation.
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