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Students Explore STEM Through Hands-On ProgramsScience — 2dHands-on STEM programs are introducing children and middle-school students to science through experiments, games and demonstrations, with organizers hoping to spark curiosity and broaden their sense of future possibilities. Oklahoma’s Innovation Week reaches 1,300 seventh graders, while Washburn University’s Women in Science Day gives more than 300 girls a chance to explore labs led largely by women scientists.

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Bestselling Author Jeffrey Archer Dies at 86Entertainment — 3dBestselling author and former Conservative politician Jeffrey Archer has died at 86, his publisher said, describing his death as sudden and peaceful. Archer sold more than 300 million books over a five-decade career; his final novel, Adam and Eve, is due for release shortly.

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Moonshot Eyes Hong Kong IPO at $50B Valuation — 2dMoonshot AI’s annual recurring revenue climbed from $300 million in June to about $1 billion as it eyes a Hong Kong IPO after a $50 billion valuation.

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Sam Okafor Moonshot's $50B valuation looks risky with China's AI rules tightening, might be better to wait for clearer signals.

Lindor First Shortstop With 300 Homers, 200 Steals — Sep 27, 2026Lindor hit his 300th HR on a 409-foot shot off Herz in the Mets’ Sept. 27, 2026 finale, becoming the first shortstop with 300 homers and 200 steals.

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Tom Gallagher Few players at that position ever combine power and speed like Lindor has over the years.

Choice Hotels Opens Six Properties, Portfolio Tops 300 — Sep 29, 2026Choice Hotels opened six upscale properties across Colorado, Florida, Vermont and Wisconsin: two Cambria hotels and four Ascend Collection hotels. The openings bring its U.S. upscale portfolio to more than 300 operating hotels, with nearly 150 more in development.

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Most Influential Women in World HistoryYourlist — RankingFrom ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.

France to seek more Ebola funding for Congo after 4,000 deaths — 5dFrench Foreign Minister Barrot visited Bunia and said France will seek more Ebola funding after DRC figures topped 4,000 deaths among over 8,300 cases.

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Nicole Hardy With 4000 deaths already it's right for France to push for more funding to stop the spread in Congo.

Hundreds of smuggled animals seized in Miami, SicilyWorld — 3dA U.S. legal permanent resident arriving from Cuba was arrested at Miami International Airport after authorities found 10 live birds concealed in tubes sewn into his underwear. Separately, Italian authorities intercepted a Maltese man allegedly transporting 300 tortoises and 77 parrots in a car to Malta; 76 parrots were protected species, and the man faces charges related to animal welfare and wildlife-trade violations.

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PowerCompute Boosts Mississippi Data Center to 11 MWBusiness — 2dPowerCompute’s Mississippi subsidiary increased contracted power at its Columbus data center from 8.5 to 11 megawatts under a new utility agreement, moving to a data-center rate while avoiding capacity commitment charges and utility capital contributions. The company plans to use a returned $300,000 deposit for site expansion; the facility supports Bitcoin mining and may also serve high-performance computing projects.

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Analysis Projects Trump Energy Policies Could Add $6,500 to Household Costs — 6dOregon households face a $9,300 energy-cost rise through 2040, highest in Energy Innovation's model; a utility advocate called the numbers frightening.

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Elena Vasquez Nine thousand dollars extra per household sounds like too steep a price for whatever gains the policies promise.

Listings Offer Cars in Pennsylvania, Seattle, MissouriAuto — 5dThe listings promote a 2026 Mercedes-Benz C 300 4MATIC and a 2027 MINI Countryman S, highlighting their performance, comfort and technology features. A separate Porsche 911 listing describes interior trim options; the art-app promotion is unrelated.

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Jets Snap 21-Game Interception Drought, Lose 23-12Sports — 3dThe Jets ended their 20-game interception drought against Chicago but still lost 23-12, and they remain mired in a separate two-minute scoring slump. Across the NFL, five teams are 0-4, tying a record for this point in a season; separately, Cleveland’s defense extended its streak without allowing a 300-yard passer to 49 games.

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New York Pizza vs Chicago Deep DishYourlist — VS BattleThe foldable slice versus the fork-and-knife casserole — America's longest-running food fight.

Utah Postal Worker Indicted Over 300 Ballots — Sep 22, 2026Utah letter carrier Damon Matai Seei was indicted for allegedly throwing about 300 clearly marked mail-in ballots into a church dumpster before the June 23 primary.

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Reader more reason for in-person voting only....

Spire launches first three Colorado-built satellites — 6dSpire Global launched the first three satellites built at its Boulder, Colorado, facility aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission, expanding its U.S. manufacturing footprint for national security needs. The company says its facilities in the U.S., U.K. and Europe can produce 300 to 400 satellites annually.

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Elena Vasquez Three new ones built locally on this SpaceX flight feels like steady progress for their data business.

Utah letter carrier indicted for allegedly discarding 300 primary ballots — Sep 23, 2026A Payson letter carrier faces a federal mail charge after allegedly discarding roughly 300 Eagle Mountain ballots in a church dumpster. The case tests the postal trust that mail voting requires.

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Elena Vasquez This kind of mail tampering with primary ballots deserves the maximum sentence to deter anyone else.

Disney HR layoffs — Sep 29, 2026Disney is cutting around 300 HR and technology roles in a third 2026 layoff round under CEO Josh D'Amaro, part of broader cost cuts, early-retirement offers, and AI-driven corporate streamlining.

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Can you actually read a map?Quizie — QuizFifteen world-geography questions. Most people miss at least three — the AI grades you and names your traveler rank.

Study finds one in 43 US children had data exposed — Sep 28, 2026One in 43 U.S. children had personal information breached in a single year, a Javelin study found. Parents post about 1,300 photos of a child by age 13.

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Jared Kim Parents should stop oversharing kids' details on social media since thieves can sit on that data for years before anyone notices.

Missing Florida Woman Found Dead in Alabama — Sep 27, 2026Linda May Krieger, 67, disappeared from an Andalusia, Alabama, RV park and was later found dead about 300 yards from her campsite. Authorities are investigating her death, and an autopsy is pending.

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Novo Nordisk licenses potential once-weekly obesity pill from Hengrui in $2.6B deal — Sep 29, 2026Novo Nordisk will pay Hengrui $300 million upfront, and up to $2.6 billion total, for HRS-1596, a GLP-1/GIP candidate aimed at once-weekly oral obesity dosing.

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Dana Whitfield Spending billions on something still in trials feels like a gamble, but Novo must see real potential in that GLP-1 combo from Hengrui.

Hegseth cites 300,000 unregistered troops in push for 2026 midterms — Sep 25, 2026Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged service members and their families to register and vote in the 2026 midterms, citing an estimate that 300,000 troops were unregistered in 2024 and pointing them to federal absentee-voting options. His appeal drew scrutiny over its political framing and the administration’s efforts to restrict mail voting, with voting-rights advocates warning that changes could jeopardize military and overseas ballots.

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Six Ebola Cases Reported in M23-Held Congo — Oct 1, 2026Six new Ebola cases, including four people who died before testing, were reported in AFC/M23-controlled eastern Congo, with all linked to a transmission chain originating in government-held Butembo. The wider outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people among 8,300 confirmed cases, while insecurity and community mistrust are hindering efforts to contain it.

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Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores in turnaround — Sep 24, 2026Starbucks will close about 250 North American stores and take about $300 million in charges as part of its turnaround.

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Elena Vasquez It's encouraging to see local bakeries and cafes taking over some of those Seattle locations.

Undefeated Team Yandex sweeps Natus Vincere for PGL Wallachia title — Sep 27, 2026Team Yandex swept Natus Vincere 3-0 to win the PGL Wallachia Season 9 Dota 2 championship, finishing the tournament undefeated and earning $300,000.

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Marcus Bell Yandex earned that title the hard way with a clean sweep and no losses all tournament.

Cobain’s Olympia Apartment Opens as Airbnb Rental — Sep 29, 2026Kurt Cobain’s former Olympia, Washington, apartment, where he lived from 1989 to 1991 and wrote much of Nirvana’s early music, is now available as an Airbnb. The renovated studio preserves Nirvana memorabilia and offers fans a chance to stay in a notable piece of grunge history, with rates reported at about $250 to $300 a night.

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Bangkok Declares Flood Disaster Across 50 Districts — Sep 26, 2026Bangkok declared all 50 districts disaster areas after nearly 300 mm of rain. Vendor Somkid Pheuk-ngam said waist-deep water was worse than the 2011 flood that killed more than 500.

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Maya Lindstrom Residents near the canals should listen and move their cars now while they still can with more rain on the way.