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The U.S. stock market seems to be steadying on Friday, as banks recover some of their sharp losses from the day before. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% in midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 23 points, or 0.1%, as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.5% lower. All three indexes drifted between gains and losses through the morning, but the moves weren't as jarring as the big hour-to-hour swings they had earlier in the week.

For the teen suing, the prime target remains ClothOff itself. Her lawyers think it's possible that she can get the app and its affiliated sites blocked in the US, the WSJ reported, if ClothOff fails to respond and the court awards her default judgment. But no matter the outcome of the litigation, the teen expects to be forever "haunted" by the fake nudes that a high school boy generated without facing any charges.

A 27-year-old man from Ohio was taken into custody Friday morning after walking onto a stage at Civic Hall in Union Square with a firearm and threatening to kill himself, police sources said. The man waved the firearm before placing it to his head and making suicidal threats just before 10:30 a.m., according to sources. Event staff members tackled him and removed the weapon before officers arrived.

Sportsbooks flagged dozens of suspicious bets made by gamblers repeatedly wagering against the same small-conference teams in at least 11 men's college basketball games over six weeks last season, documents obtained by ESPN show. As the NCAA and federal authorities investigate alleged point-shaving in college basketball, the documents reveal new details about the behavior of an alleged gambling syndicate and the games suspected members targeted between Dec. 1, 2024, and mid-January 2025. ESPN obtained the documents in a public records request.

BATH TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Three people are dead after a small aircraft crash in Bath Township Thursday evening, police confirmed. According to Bath Township Police, the small plane crashed near the intersection of Clark Road and Peacock Road around 5 p.m. Police say all three passengers were found dead. Officials stated they're still unsure what caused the crash, or where the plane was headed. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating.

A constellation of classified defense satellites built by the commercial company SpaceX is emitting a mysterious signal that may violate international standards, NPR has learned. Satellites associated with the "Starshield" satellite network appear to be transmitting to the Earth's surface on frequencies normally used for doing the exact opposite: sending commands from Earth to satellites in space. The use of those frequencies to "downlink" data runs counter to standards set by the International Telecommunication Union,

What began as a cautious rollout has turned into a thriving ecosystem of growers, brands, and enthusiasts all chasing one thing-the strongest weed money can buy. For seasoned smokers and discerning connoisseurs, finding real potency is no small task. Potency isn't just about THC percentages-it's about craftsmanship, extraction precision, terpene integrity, and the artistry behind every jar, cartridge, or concentrate.

With a two-run rally fueled by professional hitting, aggressive baserunning and a little cat-and-mouse game with the pitch clock, the Dodgers broke an early tie and took a lead they wouldn't relinquish, moving to the doorstep of the World Series with a 3-1 defeat of the Brewers in Game 3 of the NLCS. The decisive rally followed five innings of frustration.

In the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in federal court in Ohio, Smucker said the round, crustless sandwiches Trader Joe's sells have the same pie-like crimp markings on their edges that Uncrustables do. Smucker said the design violates its trademarks. Smucker also asserted that the boxes Trader Joe's PB&J sandwiches come in violate the Orrville, Ohio-based company's trademarks because they are the same blue color it uses for the lettering on "Uncrustables" packages.

President Trump confirmed yesterday that he has authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela. He portrayed it as part of a pressure campaign against the country's drug trade. On Tuesday, the U.S. military struck a fifth boat that the Trump administration said was carrying drugs. The U.S. has also built up forces in the Caribbean in a way that raises questions about whether this goes beyond interrupting the drug trade and could possibly be about regime change.

More than three weeks after winning her congressional race, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva never imagined her fight to get sworn into office would take this long. The Arizona Democrat has keys to her office, but not much else. "I have no staff ... The phones don't work. There's no computer," Grijalva says from her sparsely furnished office on Capitol Hill. "We don't have a government email."

A prominent Indian-American academic and former US government adviser has been arrested and charged with the unlawful detention of national security information, including thousands of pages of top secret documents that were found at his home. Ashley Tellis, 64, who served on the national security council of the former US president George W Bush and is credited for helping to negotiate the US-India nuclear deal, was arrested and charged over the weekend.

The 2024 season is not one that most Patriots fans will choose to remember for many reasons, with one of the most prominent being their failed draft class. Beyond the impressive selection of quarterback Drake Maye, who looks to be their next franchise star, the rest of the group were almost deemed immediate busts. Despite Jerod Mayo and Co. targeting every position of need at the time,

The SEC figures to dominate the spotlight, as it often does, as Ole Miss and Georgia tangle between the hedges. Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin took a shot at Kirby Smart's waistline this week, giving the Georgia coach and his team even more fuel to avenge last season's loss in Oxford. Diego Pavia and Vanderbilt have had two weeks to stew over the Alabama loss, and now welcome offense-challenged LSU to Nashville.

'I said, 'No offense, but I only get paid one time, and that is to be a stocker,' said Williams, who today makes $11.50 an hour filling shelves with diapers, ramen and discount shampoo at a New Orleans store. Some months, he said, he can't make rent. 'So, sorry, I'm not about to put my life on the line,' he told his colleague.

A Long Island elementary school teacher is under investigation after he was busted allegedly admitting on camera to sexting a 13-year-old girl and asking for sexually explicit photos. The Wading River Elementary School teacher, who hasn't been identified publicly by cops, was immediately suspended Wednesday after the allegations surfaced. The teacher allegedly made the confession during an undercover sting spearheaded by the Predator Poachers Long Island vigilante group.

The New England Patriots are sitting at the top of the AFC East standings after six games. Heading the AFC East after only six games under new Head Coach Mike Vrabel has to be considered a surprise. And without doubt, the key factor has been the meteoric rise of Drake Maye, who's now Pro Football Focus's third-ranked quarterback in the NFL after Week 6.

If you're a current or former AT&T customer, the deadline to file a claim to be part of the $177 million class-action settlement over two major data breaches has been extended. The breaches -- one dating back to 2019 and a second in 2024 -- exposed Social Security numbers, call and text records, names, addresses, dates of birth, and more.

Aguilar quickly picked up the offense, which is humming at coach Josh Heupel's up-tempo pace as the No. 11 Vols go into Saturday's showdown at sixth-ranked Alabama. Heupel, who won a national title and was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy playing quarterback for Oklahoma in 2000, said Wednesday that Aguilar came in humble and ready to compete and worked to earn the trust of his new teammates after arriving in mid-May.

A man was severely injured in a shooting in East Boston on Wednesday evening, police said.

The awards, which were announced by the Indiana Broadband Office (IBO), will support 149 homes and seven businesses. Broadband service providers in Indiana are matching the grants in the amount of $1,116,469, which brings the total investment to $1,771,145. Projects must be completed within nine months of the contract date, according to the press release. The program has allocated more than $14 million and helped to provide service to 3,000 homes, businesses and anchor institutions across the Hoosier State.

Because many of his cases were sealed, it is unclear why Bohler remained free for years. His latest case came while he was already locked up at Rikers Island on the machete attack, when he was charged on Oct. 9 with hitting and killing pedestrian Lelawattie Narine, a cancer survivor who was out for a walk in Queens on March 22, 2024, when she was struck and killed.

A crane hoists the ceremonial, signed steel beam to the top of the new Belmont Park grandstand on Oct. 15, 2025. The evergreen atop the beam is considered a good luck charm. NYRA/Adam Coglianese Belmont Park hit another milestone in its $455 million transformation on Wednesday with the ceremonial topping out of the new grandstand that will become, when opened next year, the most modern facility in American thoroughbred racing.

His arrest comes more than two decades after three men, who had been imprisoned for more than 17 years for the crime, were released after advanced DNA techniques showed no link between them and DNA from a vaginal swab of the victim. One of the then-suspects, John Kogut, had given police a confession to the murder that he later recanted.

Authorities in Alaska are evacuating hundreds from villages on the state's south-west coast that were inundated by the remnants of a typhoon last weekend, in one of the most significant airlifts in the state's history. Over the weekend, the remnants of Typhoon Halong hit remote communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, in the south-western part of the state, decimating two small villages and displacing more than 1,500 people.

In September, the carrier inked a $4.4 billion deal with Brazilian planemaker Embraer for 50 of its newest jets, the E195-E2, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2027. The new planes will fly alongside Avelo's existing fleet of Boeing 737s. It's a big moment for Embraer and US aviation: Avelo, which launched in 2021, is the first US airline to purchase the E2.