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Off-Duty Pilot Who Tried to Shut Off Engines Expresses Regret in Court

The former Alaska Airlines pilot had consumed psychedelic mushrooms two days before the flight. Judges approved plea agreements in his case on Friday.

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Joseph D. Emerson, an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot, was sitting in an extra seat in the cockpit during a flight on Oct. 22, 2023, when he tried to cut fuel to the engines, the authorities said.
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New Summer Camp Safety Laws Follow Texas’ Tragic Floods

The families of “Heaven’s 27,” the children and counselors lost at Camp Mystic, pressed the Legislature to toughen flood rules over the objections of some Hill Country camp operators.

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Gov. Greg Abbott discussing the new law, which includes a requirement for youth camps to move existing cabins away from dangerous floodplains.
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American Eagle Sales Fall Slightly After Sydney Sweeney Ad

The second quarter ended nine days after the ad was released, leaving little time to see the full impact of the campaign.

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An American Eagle ad featuring the actress Sydney Sweeney in New York in August. Critics accused the campaign for appearing to champion white beauty standards.
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Abrego Garcia Now Facing Shifting Threats of Deportation

A court had ruled that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia could not be sent back to his homeland, but now the administration sees a loophole. On Friday, Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers were told that he would be sent to the small African nation of Eswatini.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore last month.
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What to Know About a Rapid U.S. Military Buildup in the Caribbean

The United States has deployed eight warships, several surveillance planes and one attack submarine to the region as tensions with Venezuela grow.

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The Navy warship U.S.S. Sampson docked at the Amador International Cruise Terminal in Panama City last month.
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Federal Report on Drinking Is Withdrawn

The upcoming U.S. Dietary Guidelines will instead be influenced by a competing study, favored by industry, which found that moderate alcohol consumption was healthy.

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The report that has been sidelined is one of several that have upended a long-dominant narrative about alcohol that suggested that moderate drinking was not harmful and might even have health benefits.
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How Giorgio Armani Conquered Hollywood

Armani amassed a cavalcade of celebrity spokespeople. Many came through a former journalist named Wanda McDaniel.

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Giorgio Armani and Samuel L. Jackson met through Wanda McDaniel, who helped Mr. Armani pioneer a new way of collaborating with celebrities.
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Newsmax Lawsuit Against Fox News Is Dismissed

A federal judge left the door open for Newsmax to refile its complaint that Fox had created a monopoly in right-leaning television news.

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Fox News was accused of deploying anticompetitive tactics to bar rivals in conservative cable news.
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Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors

The settlement is the largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright cases and could lead more A.I. companies to pay rights holders for use of their works.

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Anthropic’s Claude chatbot has become one of the world’s most popular A.I. systems.
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A Second Weak Jobs Report Challenges Trump’s Claim the Economy Is Booming

After a bad employment report in August, President Trump fired the official in charge of the numbers. This month’s data was just as disappointing.

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The economy added only 22,000 jobs in August. President Trump’s high tariffs and mass deportations appear to have created noticeable pressure on employers.
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U.S. Is Increasingly Exposed to Chinese Election Threats, Lawmakers Say

Two Democrats on the House China committee noted the use of A.I. by Chinese companies as a weapon in information warfare.

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Democrats on the House China committee said the office of Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was “stripping away the guardrails that protect our nation from foreign influence.”
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A Revived Focus on an Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism

Studies over the last decade of acetaminophen use in pregnancy — including a recent scientific review — have yielded mixed results but have not found a causal connection.

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A new scientific review has been swept up in a larger, politically fraught debate over the causes of autism.
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