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BREAKING: Anthropic is aiming to raise up to $69.3 billion in its IPO, which could rank among the largest stock market debuts ever, according to a filing.

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BREAKING: California voters reject Proposition 40, a first-of-its-kind one-time 5% tax on residents worth over $1 billion. Billionaires gave over $333M to defeat it. Good call or big mistake?

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BREAKING: The US military has evacuated aircraft from RAF Mildenhall in England after a threat from Iran. It's the second UK base where US jets have been moved over an Iranian threat.

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UPDATE: Secret Service confirms 2 arrests near the White House. The combative driver who crashed onto the Lafayette Park sidewalk was detained, and a second person jumped a barricade nearby at the same time. Lockdown lifted.

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BREAKING: At least 6 killed, 13 injured and 8 workers missing after an explosion and fire at a steel plant in Aliaga, Izmir, Turkey 🇹🇷 Officials say an overhead crane fell into a furnace during casting.

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BREAKING: Nvidia's board launches an independent investigation into whether CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign espionage plot, after reports he admitted to employees he was unfaithful to his wife.

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UPDATE: Death toll rises to 4, with 88 injured, Egypt's Health Ministry says, after two trains collided in Al-Ayyat south of Cairo.

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UPDATE: At least 1 killed in the Al-Ayyat train collision south of Cairo, the driver of train 134, Egyptian outlets report.

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UPDATE: At least 1 killed in the Al-Ayyat train collision south of Cairo, the driver of train 134, Egyptian outlets report.

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5. 4 carriages of a passenger train derailed near Al-Ayyat in Giza, Egypt this morning, injuring dozens. Rail service to Upper Egypt was halted.

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4. The UAE rescued 22 sailors from a ship that caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran's Revolutionary Guard said oil tankers struck mines there. The US also disabled a ship trying to break its Iran blockade.

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3. No. 1 Miami is no longer unbeaten. Notre Dame won 31-24 after a late fourth-down catch in the end zone was ruled incomplete. Only 2 unbeaten teams are left in major college football: Utah and UCLA.

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2. 6 people killed after a gunman drove into Krakow's packed Main Square and opened fire. Poland has opened a terrorism investigation, says he held far-right views, and began 2 days of national mourning today.

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1. Saudi Arabia says it shot down Houthi missiles fired at Riyadh, but falling debris blew out windows across several floors of the Aramco tower in the capital's financial district. No injuries reported.

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UPDATE: Death toll rises to 24 after Russian bombs hit an aid point at a school in Komyshuvakha, Ukraine, including two rescuers and four police officers. Five people were wounded.

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@WatcherGuru Wild part: US crude just slid under $100. The trigger is Iran's 2-day offer: US lifts the blockade and sanctions on day one, Hormuz reopens day two. Washington hasn't said yes, and midterms are tomorrow.

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@DeItaone Tehran says the Supreme Leader gave its government the green light to negotiate, a day before the US midterms. Axios reported Netanyahu wanted strikes right after the vote. Oil just hit an intraday low.

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@WatcherGuru The bigger line: asked about preemptive pardons for everyone who's worked for him if Dems take Congress, Trump said "I'd do it. I did it for J6."

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BREAKING: Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115 billion in an all-stock deal, one of the biggest of 2026 and a giant bet that the AI data-center boom is here to stay.