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A searing report by InvestigateWest and Spokane’s RANGE media outlet detailed internal clashes delaying and complicating The Spokesman-Review’s donation to a nonprofit.Citing current and former Spokesman employees, the report described a growing tension between the newsroom and Rob Curley, its top editor and architect of plans to transfer Spokane’s historic daily newspaper to a nonprofit he founded.That transfer is still happening but it’s unclear whether Curley will still be involved. Publisher Stacey Cowles, whose family is donating the paper and $2 million to the project, told InvestigateWest that they are now aiming to donate the paper on Oct. 30.A handful…

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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Mindset varies by channel. The same buyer behaves differently depending on where you reach them. Customer interviews can reveal these mindset differences. Use interviews to improve the message, not just the channel. Interviews reveal how buyers describe their problems and which claims they trust or dismiss, which makes for better messaging. Customer acquisition doesn’t end when somebody visits your website. Interviews should uncover what buyers need to see, learn or believe before taking the next step. Marketers spend a lot of time deciding where to find customers. Should we invest…

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It’s been two days since OpenAI’s “slop drop” of AI-generated results on 372 open math and computer science problems. Scientists are just beginning to parse through the heap and pick out the most exciting breakthroughs in their own fields.It will be months, perhaps years, before we understand just how much novel mathematics was added to the literature this week, but everyone agrees it’s been a week without precedent. “Yesterday will be the day when a new era of math and mathematical physics began,” Harvard University mathematician Michael Douglas told Scientific American on Tuesday. It was an even bigger moment, he…

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday the public would be able to watch the firing squad execution of a former Army officer convicted of a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.Speaking from the USS Abraham Lincoln to the conservative news outlet Real America’s Voice, Hegseth said Nidal Hasan is “going to get a firing squad of soldiers, and we’ll make sure that people are able to watch it.”“People need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” said Hegseth, who called the method of execution a “no-brainer.”Hegseth said the execution would be carried out at 1 p.m.…

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By 2028, genetic engineering and gene therapy will be used frequently to treat a variety of diseases, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence, according to the recently released 2030 Technology Megatrends Report from IEEE.“We are seeing a fundamental shift in how technology evolves,” says IEEE Fellow Dejan Milojicic, chair of the IEEE Future Directions Committee’s Industry Advisory Board, the group responsible for the report. “Artificial intelligence is no longer operating in a vacuum; it is now deeply connected to our energy, infrastructure, and physical systems.” Milojicic, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Fellow, is a vice president at HPE Labs in Milpitas,…

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QUESTION: My realtor says the Fed is keeping rates high until the November midterms to punish Trump. He insists inflation has subsided and expects another rate cut to bring mortgage rates down and buyers back. He claims I will have better luck listing the property after midterms. Is there any substance to this argument? ANSWER: No. Your realtor is asking you to stake a financial decision on his political opinion. Where is his evidence that the Fed is setting rates to punish Trump? The Fed makes monetary policy independently of the White House. You can criticize its decisions without inventing…

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Gold and silver prices are on the move across India today, with rates shifting in both Delhi and Telangana.Investors tracking precious metals are watching 22-carat and 24-carat gold prices closely as market conditions evolve.Silver prices are also fluctuating in the southern region.These daily price movements reflect ongoing market dynamics in India’s precious metals sector, where both retail and institutional buyers monitor rates for investment and jewelry purposes.AI-generated briefing — triage, not the story; every claim links out to the coverage below.Latest videoPowered by TPD VideoReader pollAdvertisementPowered by SidedThe Conversation Source link

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Jenna Dewan’s fiancé, Steve Kazee, has seen the chatter about her “Dancing with the Stars” partnership, and he’s making his feelings clear. After an Instagram video questioned whether Dewan and professional partner Val Chmerkovskiy were getting too “touchy,” Kazee jumped into the comments to defend his fiancée and call out the speculation. “DWTS” judge Carrie Ann Inaba also weighed in, pushing back against attempts to turn the dancers’ physical interactions into something romantic. For Dewan, the debate marks another round of scrutiny during a season that already began with questions about her professional dance background. Steve Kazee Calls Out Conflicting…

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AI OFFSETS IRAN WARThe WTO said that while disruptions of shipments through the Strait of Hormuz had reduced energy supplies and raised prices of key energy products and fertilisers, most economies outside of the region had remained resilient. It said supply chains had successfully adapted to disruptions in the energy, fertiliser and transport markets caused by the Iran war. Merchandise trade grew by 3.5 per cent in the first half of 2026, exceeding WTO expectations.Global crude oil exports fell by only about six per cent, and liquefied natural gas exports dropped by one per cent.Meanwhile global container traffic actually increased by 3.9…

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Syrian authorities questioned why search and rescue operations were called off before the fate of 10 sailors was known.Published On 8 Oct 20268 Oct 2026Syria has called for an “independent and transparent” investigation into the sinking of a cargo ship in the Black Sea, demanding answers over the fate of the ship’s 10 crew members, including nine Syrians and an Egyptian, who remain unaccounted for.The Togolese-flagged Alfa Watan, went down in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone early on Tuesday, amid a rising number of drone strikes hitting Black Sea shipping during the Russia-Ukraine war.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIt…

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