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France curfews after riots, NIH women's health order, chip stocks rebound

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France orders local curfews after weekend riots

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu told regional prefects to impose "very limited" and "localized" curfews to curb rioting and looting after a weekend of violent protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools. Curfews were…

✔ Sources: AP via ABC7, AP via ABC News, Al Jazeera

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Trump signs order creating a women's health division at NIH

President Trump signed an executive order Monday creating a Women's Health Division within the National Institutes of Health, to be set up within 90 days, and a White House Women's Health Task Force co-chaired by chief of staff Susie Wiles and HHS…

✔ Sources: CBS News, STAT, States Newsroom

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Chip stocks rebound after their worst week in months

Chip and AI-linked stocks bounced back Monday after a sharp selloff. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index had dropped more than 11% the previous week, Reuters reports, after a hot inflation reading raised bets on rate hikes. The Nasdaq closed up about…

✔ Sources: Reuters via KFGO, TradingKey, Yahoo Finance

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Early voting opens in Texas and several other states

In-person early voting for the Nov. 3 midterm elections began Monday in Texas, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado and Connecticut. In Texas, early voting runs through Oct. 30, the deadline to apply for a mail ballot is Oct. 23, and voters must bring a driver's…

✔ Sources: Newsweek, KLTV, San Antonio Report

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Rays one win from the World Series heading into Game 6

The Tampa Bay Rays lead the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 in the American League Championship Series and host Game 6 Monday night at Tropicana Field, with first pitch at 8:08 p.m. Eastern (7:08 p.m. Central) on TBS. Freddy Peralta starts for Tampa Bay; Cleveland…

✔ Sources: MLB.com, FOX 13 via Yahoo Sports

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