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Instacart, DoorDash among companies offering discounts to SNAP recipients

Instacart, DoorDash among companies offering discounts to SNAP recipients

Instacart said Friday it will offer customers who receive SNAP benefits 50% on their next grocery order to ease strain as the government prepares ...

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Xi and Carney, meeting in South Korea, try to rebuild China-Canada relations

Xi and Carney, meeting in South Korea, try to rebuild China-Canada relations

GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of China and Canada took a step toward mending the long-fractured ties between their countries on Friday....

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Energy costs are flashpoint in New Jersey, Virginia elections

Energy costs are flashpoint in New Jersey, Virginia elections

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — If there’s agreement on anything in the two states with governor’s races this year, it’s that utility bills are a growi...

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Apple delivers strong quarter despite iPhone sales slowdown

Apple delivers strong quarter despite iPhone sales slowdown

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple delivered financial results during its summertime quarter that exceeded analyst projections, despite being caught in th...

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Israel puts off signing $35 billion gas deal with Egypt, prompts US energy secretary to cancel visit

Israel puts off signing $35 billion gas deal with Egypt, prompts US energy secretary to cancel visit

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has said that his refusal to sign a $35 billion gas agreement with Egypt has prompted his U.S. ...

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Solid gold toilet ‘America’ by Maurizio Cattelan goes on sale at Sotheby’s

Solid gold toilet ‘America’ by Maurizio Cattelan goes on sale at Sotheby’s

LONDON (AP) — For sale: The world’s most valuable toilet, a lavatory literally worth its weight in gold. Sotheby’s announced Friday that it will a...

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Exxon posts strong quarterly earnings with production in Guyana and the Permian Basin picking up

Exxon posts strong quarterly earnings with production in Guyana and the Permian Basin picking up

Exxon Mobil reported strong a strong third-quarter performance Friday, bolstered by strong Guyana and Permian Basin production. Exxon earned $7.5...

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Orbán to press Trump for Hungary’s exemption from new US sanctions on Russian oil

Orbán to press Trump for Hungary’s exemption from new US sanctions on Russian oil

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that he would try to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to grant Hung...

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Ukraine’s long-range drone war rattles Russia, raises stakes for war and markets

Ukraine’s long-range drone war rattles Russia, raises stakes for war and markets

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At a secret location in rural Ukraine, columns of attack drones are assembled at night and in near silence to strike deep ins...

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FDA recalls blood pressure medication containing potential carcinogen

FDA recalls blood pressure medication containing potential carcinogen

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drug makers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hy...

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Nvidia to provide chips to South Korea to boost its AI development

Nvidia to provide chips to South Korea to boost its AI development

GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia plans to supply hundreds of thousands of its graphics processing units for projects ...

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Asian shares are mixed as US China trade truce fails to lift Chinese markets

Asian shares are mixed as US China trade truce fails to lift Chinese markets

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares are mixed after the U.S. stock market sank from record heights as Wall Street sifted through various devel...

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China’s factory activity shrank in October under pressure from tariffs and weak demand

China’s factory activity shrank in October under pressure from tariffs and weak demand

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s factory activity contracted for the seventh consecutive month in October, the government said Friday, as a newly announce...

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APEC leaders to open summit after Trump and Xi agreed on steps to ease trade tensions

APEC leaders to open summit after Trump and Xi agreed on steps to ease trade tensions

GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations were set to open their annual summit Friday to discuss how to promote eco...

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People who died at Colorado dairy were exposed to a toxic gas, coroner’s report says

People who died at Colorado dairy were exposed to a toxic gas, coroner’s report says

Six people who died at a Colorado dairy farm this summer were exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas, authorities said Thursday. The Weld County coroner’...

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JetBlue passengers hospitalized after flight from Mexico makes emergency landing in Florida

JetBlue passengers hospitalized after flight from Mexico makes emergency landing in Florida

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — JetBlue passengers were taken to a hospital after a sudden altitude drop on a flight from Mexico forced an emergency landing in...

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Fired Indiana University adviser claims free speech violation in federal lawsuit

Fired Indiana University adviser claims free speech violation in federal lawsuit

A faculty adviser for Indiana University’s student newspaper filed a federal lawsuit Thursday arguing his free speech and due process rights were ...

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Lobster population plummets 34% in New England, regulators warn of overfishing

Lobster population plummets 34% in New England, regulators warn of overfishing

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A new report says America’s lobsters, which have been in decline since 2018, are now being overfished off New England. The ...

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NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet takes quiet flight over California desert

NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet takes quiet flight over California desert

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the southern California desert j...

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Radio Free Asia halting news operations due to funding woes

Radio Free Asia halting news operations due to funding woes

Radio Free Asia says it is shutting down its news operations on Friday with its financing in dire straits due to the U.S. government shutdown and ...

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Recalled pasta meals tied to listeria outbreak: at least 6 dead, 27 sickened

Recalled pasta meals tied to listeria outbreak: at least 6 dead, 27 sickened

Two new deaths and seven more illnesses have been reported in an expanding outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to recalled pasta meals sold a...

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Amazon reports higher sales and earnings for 3Q, helped by strong customer spending

Amazon reports higher sales and earnings for 3Q, helped by strong customer spending

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon posted higher fiscal third quarter profit and sales compared with a year ago, as the online giant kept attracting shoppers ...

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Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg team up for ‘Call of Duty’ film

Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg team up for ‘Call of Duty’ film

“Call of Duty,” one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, is becoming a feature film with Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan spear...

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WADA launches ‘Operation Puncture’ to investigate leak about Chinese swimmers’ doping tests

WADA launches ‘Operation Puncture’ to investigate leak about Chinese swimmers’ doping tests

LONDON (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed on Thursday it is looking into a leak about an investigation that resulted in the agency clea...

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