Senior staff members from artificial intelligence company Anthropic were expected to travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with White House officials. ... Read full Story
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped by up to 700 points on Monday following the announcement of the United States and Iran peace agreement. ... Read full Story
A judge who is turning 99 years old on Saturday is seeking to have her suspension lifted but the U.S. Supreme Court is passing on taking up her case. ... Read full Story
The New World screwworm has returned to the United States after being eradicated decades ago but experts say they are prepared to push it back again. ... Read full Story
Three officers were injured and the suspect was killed in a shooting in Philadelphia late Saturday night while responding to a report of shots fired. ... Read full Story
Nara Organics is voluntarily recalling its powdered infant formula over concerns of a potential risk of Clostridium botulinum contamination. ... Read full Story
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was admitted to the hospital for an undisclosed reason on Sunday morning, a spokesman for his office announced. ... Read full Story
The South Lawn of the White House has been turned into a site for cage fights, hosting UFC Freedom 250 on Sunday with 5,000 expected in attendance. ... Read full Story
One teenager was shot in the foot and four people were stabbed overnight in New York during the celebration of the New York Knicks' NBA championship. ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump and Pakistan have said that a MOU extending the cease-fire between the U.S. and Iran will be digitally signed Sunday. ... Read full Story
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says he does not expect to advance to the general election after voting projections place him third. ... Read full Story
Trump's name has been completely removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the executive director told the court Saturday. ... Read full Story
The Department of Justice said the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery does not threaten competition in the U.S. ... Read full Story
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The Supreme Court has denied Alabama's attempt to execute a prisoner with nitrogen gas after two courts called the method cruel and unusual. ... Read full Story
SpaceX began trading Friday at $150 and has gone as high as $176 as SPCX in its initial public offering, the largest one in history. ... Read full Story
“Game 3 of the World Series was a stone-cold thriller, with peaks of high drama and longueurs of exquisitely tense tedium ...” — Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Did you know?
You’ve probably come across long, tedious sections of books, plays, or musical works before, but perhaps you didn’t know there was a word for them. The French borrowing longueur has been doing the job for us since the late 18th century. As in English, French longueurs are tedious passages, with longueur itself literally meaning “length.” An early example of longueur used in an English text is from 18th-century writer Horace Walpole, who wrote in a letter, “Boswell’s book is gossiping; ... but there are woeful longueurs, both about his hero and himself.”