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Isaias became a Category 2 hurricane with 100 mph winds in the National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. Eastern advisory on Thursday. Landfall is expected late Friday or early Saturday near the Alabama-Florida border, with 5 to 7 feet of storm surge forecast for Mobile Bay and parts of the Florida Panhandle. Florida and Alabama have declared states of emergency, and parts of Dauphin Island, Alabama, and Okaloosa County, Florida, are under mandatory evacuation.
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President Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. will not attack Iran before the November 3 midterm elections and that talks with Iran are productive, while the naval blockade stays in place. Iran's foreign minister said Tehran will formally reply to a U.S. proposal within days. Brent crude rose more than 4% after a tanker was hit off Qatar's coast.
The White House saysTrump wrote that the U.S. will not attack Iran before the midterms, that discussions with Iran are productive, and that the blockade remains in full force.
Iran saysForeign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran will give a formal reply to the U.S. counterproposal for a temporary halt to hostilities within days.
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The Nasdaq Composite fell about 1.4% on Thursday after the Financial Times reported OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue is approaching $50 billion, about $20 billion less than previously reported. Nvidia fell 3%, and Intel and Oracle each fell about 6%. A source said the higher figure likely reflected a different way of counting revenue; OpenAI declined to comment.
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WWF's Living Planet Report 2026 finds monitored vertebrate wildlife populations fell an average of 73% between 1970 and 2022, with freshwater species down 85%. The report also highlights recoveries: WWF says wild tiger numbers rose from about 3,200 in 2010 to around 5,700 in 2025, and green sea turtles were downlisted to Least Concern.
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Anne Carson, the 76-year-old Canadian poet, translator and classics scholar, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy cited her "bold and inventive oeuvre" that has created new forms for contemporary literature in playful dialogue with the classical tradition. The prize is worth 12 million Swedish crowns, about $1.2 million.
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