Science & Tech
Anthropic, OpenAI, Musk Unite Behind AI Slowdown Call
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei urged the AI industry to slow development immediately, with Elon Musk backing the call and OpenAI’s Sam Altman agreeing and ruling out an IPO this year.
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OpenAI and Musk Urge AI Slowdown, Judge Halts FEMA Cuts, and a Pig Kidney Record
AI’s fiercest rivals call for a slowdown, a judge saves FEMA jobs, and Céline Dion returns to the stage after six years away.
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Politics & World
Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Halve FEMA Workforce
A federal judge on Friday found the Trump administration acted illegally in trying to reduce FEMA…
Sources: The Hill, USA Today
Sports & Culture
Texas Stuns No. 1 Ohio State 24-23
No. 4 Texas erased a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit Saturday to beat No. 1 Ohio State 24-23, with…
Sources: ESPN, AP News, CBS Sports
10pounds
The weight of 1,000-year-old Viking Age silver a hobbyist metal detectorist unearthed in his Finnish hometown — the country’s largest coin hoard of that era. Then his detector went off again, turning up even more.
Source: Smithsonian
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Worth a longer read
How a young woman became an ISIS bride — and then an informant, helping save others
How a young Canadian woman became an ISIS bride — and then an informant, helping save others from the caliphate.
NPR News · Tom Bowman
How the World Learned to Embrace Tupac Shakur
How the world learned to embrace Tupac Shakur, 30 years after his death.
Rolling Stone · Christian Hoard
Music, hoodies, and beer: Inside the battle tearing golf apart
Why golf’s popularity boom has ignited a culture clash over music, hoodies, and beer on the course.
Business Insider · Emily Stewart
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The NFL’s first full Sunday slate of the 2026 season kicks off across the league.
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Ben Shelton faces No. 1 Alexander Zverev in the U.S. Open men’s final in New York.
Etcetera
- The Girl Scout cookie that reigns supreme in 24 states
- What Vikings actually did all day (mostly not raiding)
- Watch a golden retriever chase the school bus to join his siblings
- Ebenezer Scrooge’s ‘grave’ sits in a real English churchyard
- Nashville’s airport is being renamed for Dolly Parton
- Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky welcome their first child, reports say
- The 1814 bombardment that gave America its national anthem, 212 years ago tonight
- The breakfast-table dare that invented hurricane hunting
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On this day · September 13
The Historybook- 1948Margaret Chase Smith becomes the first woman elected to both houses of Congress
- 1970The first New York City Marathon is run, looping entirely through Central Park
- 1985Nintendo releases Super Mario Bros. in Japan, launching a gaming empire
- 1993Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shake hands as the Oslo Accords are signed
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Quote of the day
“It ain’t over till it’s over.”
— Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher
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