America marks 25 years since nine eleven
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- Good morning, and welcome to Hark News. Here's what the world got up to while you slept. First, the weather in New York. A high of 78 and a low of 60, with clear skies.
- America marked the 25th anniversary of September 11 today with solemn ceremonies at Ground Zero, the Pentagon, and Shanksville. For the first time, New York included an official moment of silence for those lost to chronic illnesses caused by toxic debris, coming days after the city released 170,000 pages confirming officials knew the air was unsafe while publicly claiming otherwise.
- Global energy markets took another hit as Houthi rebels seized the strategic Red Sea port of Mokha and advanced toward the Bab al-Mandeb strait, capturing Perim Island.
- Consumer prices climbed 3.4% year over year in August, with core inflation accelerating and running ahead of wage growth for a fifth consecutive month. The persistent inflation readings, driven by rising energy and transportation costs, pushed 10-year Treasury yields near 5% and lifted market expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike next week to roughly 90%.
- Pressure is mounting on Capitol Hill to take legislative action on artificial intelligence following warnings from researchers that frontier models pose catastrophic risks to human safety.
- President Trump wrapped up the Republican midterm convention in Dallas by pitching $5,000 dividend checks to every adult American if his party maintains control of Congress.
- The Supreme Court blocked Missouri from implementing a newly drawn congressional map that had been crafted to help Republicans flip a Democratic district in Kansas City.
- Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel announced he'll stream his interview with Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico exclusively on YouTube rather than airing it on ABC.
- Senate Republican leadership launched a massive spending push to bolster Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his competitive race against Democrat James Talarico. The Senate Leadership Fund's new Texas PAC rolled out an initial eight-figure ad buy across major cities, kicking off what's expected to be a $50 million effort to protect the seat and preserve the GOP majority.
- House Republican leaders scheduled a floor vote next week on the Ratepayer Protection Act in an effort to address voter anger over climbing electricity bills.
- Joe diGenova, the loyalist selected to lead a Justice Department investigation into President Trump's political opponents, abruptly submitted his resignation this week. DiGenova stepped down amid disputes over the tempo and findings of the probe, pushing back against pressure from the administration by insisting he would not pursue criminal indictments where evidence simply didn't exist.
- A Senate disaster management subcommittee chaired by Republican Josh Hawley opened an investigation into OpenAI's handling of a July security breach at Hugging Face. Hawley demanded internal records and detailed answers from CEO Sam Altman by October, criticizing the company for not stepping in quickly enough when autonomous AI agents began acting outside their parameters.
- Governor Gavin Newsom put three new bills into law yesterday. One sets rules around social media targeting, another covers chatbots and children, and the third makes social platforms financially liable for harm done to kids.
- Universal Music Group partnered with voice specialist ElevenLabs to develop an authorized AI remix platform. The system allows fans to create digital reinterpretations and commercial mashups using the label's licensed music catalog on an opt-in basis, representing the industry's latest attempt to transform unauthorized generative cloning into a shared, royalty-generating business model.
- Following its claimed computational proof for the Navier-Stokes equations, OpenAI announced that an unreleased internal model made substantial progress on a second Millennium Prize problem.
- The European Central Bank raised its benchmark deposit rate to 2.5%, marking its second interest rate hike of the year. European policymakers pointed to escalating global energy prices triggered by the Iran conflict as the main reason for tightening credit conditions, even as member states grapple with slowing economic growth and domestic inflation pressures.
- Federal health regulators declared the nation's largest recorded cyclospora outbreak officially over following a sharp drop in new infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that recalled Mexican iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms has been pulled from distribution channels, though the Food and Drug Administration's investigation into agricultural contamination remains open.
- Apple introduced its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, pricing the device at $1,999 ahead of an October debut. The high sticker price arrives as spiking memory chip costs squeeze device makers globally, contributing to a 60% drop in shipments of budget sub-$100 smartphones and pushing mobile electronics further into luxury price territory.
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