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Teeing Off in the Birthplace of Golf, in St. Andrews, Scotland
In St. Andrews, Scotland, history and golf intertwine, on and off the famous courses.
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A New Open-Weight Challenger to Anthropic, Reflection, Emerges
Reflection AI, a start-up backed by Nvidia, unveiled an open-weight artificial intelligence model meant to compete with Chinese tools — and other U.S. ones.
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Democrats Eyeing the House Face a Conundrum: Rent or Buy?
With less money than G.O.P., Democrats are torn over where to spend in the final weeks. The party is making its biggest move in years against one of G.O.P.’s biggest blue-district survivors.
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U.S. Sends Reaper Drones to Colombia and Ecuador to Hunt Cartels
MQ-9 Reaper drones — known for high-profile deadly strikes — have been shifted from Africa to Colombia and Ecuador, U.S. officials said.
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Cornell Case Highlights Drop in Resolved Sexual Assault Cases Under Trump
The administration has shifted its enforcement of a civil rights law from allegations of sexual misconduct to issues like blocking protections for transgender students.
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Battle Between Disney and the F.C.C. Moves to the Courts
On Tuesday, a federal judge will begin hearing arguments in Disney’s effort to stop the agency from reviewing its broadcast licenses.
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How Alaska’s Fish Became a Defining Issue for the Midterms
In the battle for an Alaska Senate seat and the governor’s mansion, the oil-dependent state’s declining fisheries loom large, but no one wants to look at the biggest culprit, climate change.
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Exploring the Hidden Secrets of Our Expanding Universe
While sipping my morning coffee and staring at the swirling galaxies depicted on my favorite mug, I found myself pondering the vastness of the universe. It’s a Saturday morning ritual that has become a quirky part of my weekend routine—a kind of cosmic contemplation over caffeine. Some people do yoga; I think about black holes…
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SB 690 Signed Into Law – What It Means For CIPA/Web Tracking Litigation
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 690 (SB 690) on September 30, 2026, eliminating the private right of action for the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) “pen register” and “trap and trace” claims arising from conduct on an internet website, online application, or mobile application. Only the California attorney general (AG)…
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Third Circuit Rejects Fair Use for ROSS’s Copying of Westlaw Headnotes
The Third Circuit held on September 29, 2026 that 2,243 Westlaw headnotes are original enough for copyright protection and that ROSS Intelligence’s copying of them to train a legal-research AI was not fair use. The court affirmed partial summary judgment for Thomson Reuters in what appears to be the first federal appellate ruling on fair…