Today’s Both Sides

Both Sides: Should the US join Saudi strikes on the Houthis?

After a missile attack on Riyadh's main airport killed 12 people, including an American, President Trump said the US "may" join Saudi strikes on Yemen's Houthis. Here is the strongest case for and against, plus the…

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Quick hits

• Technology Microsoft's Nadella calls for an AI "emergency brake" humans control — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said advanced AI systems should be built with containment, independent controls and an "emergency brake" that lets authorized people stop a model mid-task, saying companies should treat…
• Finance Week ahead: big banks open earnings season as September CPI lands — JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Wells Fargo report Tuesday, the first inflation reading since the Fed's September rate hike comes Wednesday, and TSMC reports Thursday, in a week that starts with the bond…
• US News Erie gunman killed 8, including 2 children and a pregnant woman, police say — Police in Erie, Pennsylvania, say a 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people, seven of them relatives, at a Perry Street home Friday before killing himself, and that all of the deaths happened before officers…
• World US jet disables cargo ship running Iran blockade as tankers burn near Hormuz — US Central Command says a fighter jet struck the stern of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that tried to break the US blockade of Iranian ports, the fourth vessel disabled since July, as separate projectile and fire…

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