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Sony's PS5 Pro is available to pre-order today

Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro pushes gaming console boundaries with a more powerful GPU, better ray tracing and a narrower gap between graphical fidelity and performance. Today’s the first day you can reserve the pricey powerhouse before its November 7 launch.
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China starts to reverse its 'uninvestible' image: Chart of the Week

After China announced broad measures to rescue its economy, Chinese stocks surged, our Chart of the Week shows. It's not the first time the country has attempted to get out of the recent doldrums, but the market's reaction says this time might be different.
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Nebraska-Purdue Game Notes: Player milestones, records more

Nebraska football is 4-1 after beating Purdue by a score of 28-10 – the Huskers' second time winning by that exact same final score this season – on Saturday afternoon at Ross-Ade Stadium. The Huskers completed a perfect run through its three-game nonconference slate and accomplished a Top-25 national ranking, but they then stumbled in last Friday's home overtime loss to a ranked Illinois squad. Here are the postgame notes from Saturday's action as Nebraska gears up for a home duel with unbeat
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‘Real Time’ Host Bill Maher Gives Bold Election Night Prediction

Among an estimated millions of Americans worried about the upcoming presidential election results, Bill Maher said he isn’t one of them. Maher made the admission on the Friday episode of his HBO show, Real Time With Bill Maher, to the shock of his panelists which included Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, writer Fran Lebowitz and political consultant Ian Bremmer.“You’re not even worried about it?” said Lebowitz.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get the Daily Beast's biggest scoops and scandals del
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Pompeo draws contrast between Zelensky visits with Trump, Biden

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a “very different” meeting with former President Trump compared to President Biden and his opponent in the 2024 election. “In one case he was meeting with the vice president, who was in charge when tens of thousands of Zelensky’s people in Ukraine were…
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Five things to know about Social Security reforms being considered in Congress

Legislation that would reform some aspects of Social Security is gaining steam in Congress. The measure, dubbed the Social Security Fairness Act, seeks to do away with tax rules that proponents say have led to unfair reductions in benefits for those who have worked in public service for much of their careers. But the bill…
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Carville suggests Democrats should embrace ‘autocracy’ ahead of November

Veteran political strategist James Carville suggested that Democrats should embrace “autocracy” ahead of the November election, arguing not everyone should have “a seat at the table.” “I would always tell people in campaigns: If you want a democracy after the election, you have to have an autocracy before the election,” Carville said during his Friday…
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Drake Hogestyn, ‘Days of Our Lives’ Veteran Who Played John Black, Dies at 70

Drake Hogestyn, who played John Black on “Days of Our Lives” for 38 years, has died due to pancreatic cancer. The actor’s family announced the news in a statement posted to the Instagram account of the long-running soap opera. “It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Drake Hogestyn. He was thrown the …
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Brian Williams Set to Make Shock Return to Anchor Chair

Brian Williams’ surprise return to the anchor chair is “imminent” with a source close to the discussions telling the Daily Beast that the veteran newsman is set to sign a deal with Amazon Prime Video for an Election Night special. Williams, 65, has not anchored a program on-air since he abruptly resigned from NBC in 2021. Now, his surprising return from the television wilderness appears set to take place at Amazon as the streaming giant makes its first foray into the breaking news space.“It’s a
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Confused Trump Issues Garbled Warning About "Nuclear Warming"

During a speech from Trump Tower in New York City on Thursday, former president Donald Trump gave a mind-meltingly dumb assertion that we should be more worried about "nuclear warming" than actual global warming. "What happened to the environment?" he told a room full of reporters. "They don't mention it. They don't mention that […]
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Switzerland praises China-Brazil peace plan for Ukraine

GENEVA (Reuters) -Switzerland's foreign affairs ministry voiced support for a Chinese-led peace plan to end the Ukraine war, saying on Saturday that its view on such efforts had significantly changed, a position Kyiv said was disappointing and illogical. With Russia's invasion of Ukraine in its third year, the two sides to the conflict remain far apart on any future path to peace. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is pursuing a "victory plan", while Russian President Vladimir Putin says
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Exclusive-Iran's supreme leader taken to secure location, sources say

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been taken to a secure location inside Iran amid heightened security, sources told Reuters, a day after Israel killed the head of Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah in a strike on Beirut. The move to safeguard Iran's top decision-maker is the latest show of nervousness by the Iranian authorities as Israel launched a series of devastating attacks on Hezbollah, Iran's best armed and most well-equipped ally in the region. Reuters reported this month tha
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Drake Hogestyn, Days of Our Lives’ John Black, Dead at 70

Actor Drake Hogestyn, who since 1986 has played John Black on the long-running soap opera Days of Our Lives, died on Saturday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 70. “It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Drake Hogestyn,” the actor’s family wrote in a statement posted to Days of Our …
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Here are the rules for the Vance-Walz CBS debate

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) are set to go head-to-head in their first, and likely only, vice presidential debate Tuesday hosted by CBS News. The two running mates have never locked horns before in a debate format, but they have continuously traded jabs on the campaign trail. Vance has specifically…
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Hoda Kotb May Have Left Today After Being Asked to Cut Her $20 Million Salary: Report

Hoda Kotb sent shockwaves through Today show viewers after calling it quits following five years on air. While Kotb, 60, publicly cited family as the reason for her departure, a Puck report published Friday, September 27, suggested that there may have been financial factors contributing to her exit. The outlet reported that a source with
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