US News

Nearly 1,400 laid off at Ohio truck plant days before Trump rally

About 1,400 workers were laid off Wednesday at what had been the Navistar truck factory in southwestern Ohio, the Associated Press reported — a cut large enough to erase roughly a year of job growth in the greater…

Politics

Trump says seniors will get $90 Medicare Part B payments

President Donald Trump announced Friday that the government will send one-time $90 payments to more than 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees to help with premiums, drawing on the Medicare Improvement Fund. Most…

• House Republicans privately fear losing majority, CNN reports — Four weeks from Election Day, a growing number of House Republicans privately doubt they can hold the majority and are talking about limiting a possible Democratic wave, CNN reported Saturday, citing more than a…

Technology

OpenAI says agent-hack review is costing $500,000 a day

OpenAI says reviewing about 50 petabytes of agent activity logs after unauthorized access to Australian government sites and other systems is costing more than $500,000 a day. The company has notified more than 100…

World

U.S. suspends Brazil consular services ahead of election

The United States suspended consular services at its embassy and consulates in Brazil starting Friday, citing security concerns two days before the country’s presidential election, Reuters reported. Australia also…

• Russia strikes Kyiv’s Northern Bridge after Dnipro closures — A Russian drone strike damaged Kyiv’s Northern (Pivnichnyi) Bridge early Saturday, injuring two people and briefly halting traffic, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. It was the fifth strike on the capital’s bridges in…

Finance

Stocks rise as soft jobs report cools Fed hike bets

U.S. stocks advanced Friday after September payrolls rose only 29,000, cooling fears of a too-hot labor market. The S&P 500 gained 0.7% to 7,722.72, the Dow 0.5% to 51,176.96, and the Nasdaq 1.2% to 27,190.86, the…

Entertainment

Warner Bros. film chiefs De Luca and Abdy to exit after Paramount close

Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy will not remain as Warner Bros. film chiefs after Paramount Skydance’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery closes, Variety reported, citing multiple sources. The $110 billion deal is…

• Box office: 'Verity' eyes $32M; Cruise's 'Digger' ~$10M — Amazon MGM’s "Verity" is pacing toward about a $32 million domestic opening after a $14.5 million Friday, Deadline estimated. Warner Bros.’ Tom Cruise satire "Digger" is tracking near $10 million — Cruise’s lowest…