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Diddy

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks speedy appeals court hearing while he serves a 4-year sentence

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Mississippi city ends contract with Atlanta company that provides gunshot detection devices

TikTok

White House says deal to put TikTok under US ownership could be finalized in South Korea

OpenAI

OpenAI may move forward with new business structure, partnership with Microsoft, regulator says

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US Senate discusses SNAP benefits bill through shutdown

Black Phone 2

‘Chainsaw Man’ anime film topples Springsteen biopic and ‘Black Phone 2’ at the box office

Pumpkin

Don’t toss your Halloween pumpkin — bake, compost or feed it to farm animals instead

AJ McCarron

Former Crimson Tide quarterback AJ McCarron is running to be Alabama’s lieutenant governor

Microsoft

Microsoft hopes Mico succeeds where Clippy failed as tech companies warily imbue AI with personality

Next to Nature (Field Burning) - 10/22/2025

Next to Nature (Field Burning) - 10/22/2025

Reddit sues AI company Perplexity and others for ‘industrial-scale’ scraping of user comments

Reddit sues AI company Perplexity and others for ‘industrial-scale’ scraping of user comments

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NFL owners approve sale of 10% of the New York Giants to Julia Koch and her family

NFL

NFL moves its Pro Bowl festivities to Super Bowl week

OpenAI

OpenAI launches Atlas browser to compete with Google Chrome

Mariah Carey

MusiCares names Mariah Carey its 2026 Person of the Year

Trump

Trump administration pledges to speed some student loan forgiveness after lawsuit

July Texas Flooding

Victims of July flooding in Texas struggling to get financial help from FEMA

Bitcoin

US charges Cambodian executive in massive crypto scam and seizes more than $14 billion in bitcoin

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Second suspect charged in deadly Alabama shooting that killed 2, injured 12

open ai

OpenAI partners with Walmart to let users buy products in ChatGPT, furthering chatbot shopping push

Instagram

Instagram says it’s safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content

Gavel

Florida sets execution date for man who raped and murdered 6-year-old girl in 1979

shooting investigation

FBI seeks help to identify suspects in mass shooting that left 6 dead in the Mississippi Delta

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton responds to concerns about her health: ‘I’m not dying’