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Candy prices got you scared stiff? What to know about the cost of Halloween this year

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Here are the Senate races to watch ahead of Election Day

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Democrats seek to weaken the Republican lead in state legislatures

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On what anatomical feature was Trump fixated this week? The quiz knows — do you?

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2026 midterm election voter guides: Find local resources in your community

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Websites pretending to be local news are boosting Democratic candidates

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How powerful is Elon Musk? How his political influence compares to past U.S. moguls

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Israel is in a political deadlock. What comes next?

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Nearly 2 out of 3 teens and tweens use AI chatbots, new research shows

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Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Thousands of veterans are paying the price

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Watch: Iconic moments from Sir Patrick Stewart's career

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Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to 'beloved actor' Sir Patrick Stewart after his death at 86

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Foreign defence contractors will need to invest in UK under new rules

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What we know about Binance's $6.3bn hack

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French centrists' feuding increases odds of Le Pen-Melenchon runoff

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Yorkshire Water boss resigns after firm downgraded

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Why managers must put their own fitness first

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'I made the wrong decision,' Hyrox athlete who soiled herself in race tells BBC

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F1 has never had anyone like me

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Get Brewers championship gear, books, prints to celebrate World Series!

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No survivors in midair collision of two helicopters near McMinnville Airport

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Ask HN: Are you tired too in this AI era?

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I Returned My iPhone Duo

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Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web

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Binance hacked for an estimated $6.3 billion in record crypto theft

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General Motors agrees to pay $220 million to settle multi-state data privacy lawsuit

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'Elite North Korean hackers' blamed for $6.3B Binance hack

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Wasmer (YC S19) Is Hiring OS/Hypervisor Experts in Europe

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Pico CSS is no longer maintained

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Herdr has released native app

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The director of Obsession put a new horror short on YouTube

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Intel says it’s selling every affordable laptop chip it can make

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Show HN: I Turned DOOM into a Transformer

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Sony is working on a film adaptation of viral indie horror game Mouthwashing

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A Pig, the State, and War: Porco Rosso (Kurenai No Buta) (2014)

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Reddit’s CEO says Google’s AI Mode ‘does not drive traffic’

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Should a medical diagnosis reshape the past? (2025)

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Meta is testing 'Threads Friends' for sharing posts with smaller groups

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VRChat says it's not adding AI labels despite user survey showing people want that

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Reddit is moving to “a logged-in-only experience,” CEO says

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We ran AI agent swarms in Minecraft and Mindustry

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Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance

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Amazon falls 7%, Intel plunges 25% in premarket trading, as pressure mounts after earnings

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BP’s third-quarter profit nearly quadruples to $8.5 billion as refining margins surge

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Candy prices got you scared stiff? What to know about the cost of Halloween this year

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How powerful is Elon Musk? How his political influence compares to past U.S. moguls

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'Affordability? For who?' Voters decide between helping homeowners or public services

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Trump, Vance scrap planned appearances in final stretch of midterm campaign

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Biggest-ever crypto hack impacts $6.3 billion as Binance works to contain fallout

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Binance's $6.3 billion hack: What we know and what comes next

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Foxconn hopes to own 50% of the global AI server market within a couple years

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Iran claims four tankers struck mines in Hormuz as strike fears grow after U.S. midterms

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A pharma giant is moving past one patent cliff — but another is already looming

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DOJ escalates Alaska Senate lawsuit over dueling Sullivan candidacies

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BOJ holds rates as underlying inflation aligns with 2% target for first time since 2013

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Israel faces weeks of coalition haggling as Netanyahu’s party claims election 'stolen'

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Some Polymarket user funds stolen by hackers; exchange referring matter to U.K. authorities

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Microsoft plans to raise $25 billion in debt as it pursues AI buildout

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Reddit shares sink on weak sales guidance and plans login requirement test as Google search traffic shrinks

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How elections worldwide are testing Trump’s influence abroad

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Amazon AWS posts 39% revenue growth as cloud rivals also accelerate

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IRS CEO Bisignano donates to Trump Accounts in his childhood Brooklyn ZIP code

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Rivian third-quarter earnings beat estimates as software revenue, R2 deliveries rise

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Taiwan Foxconn

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Virginia advanced manufacturing hub receives $24.8M federal grant and more headlines

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NewMarket: Surcharges offset Middle East supply chain disruptions - Richmond Times-Dispatch

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100 years of Aggie pride: How N.C. A&T built the Greatest Homecoming on Earth

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Employment at Triad's largest minority-owned businesses remains steady

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Philip Leinbach Obituary (1935 - 2026) - Chapel Hill, NC - Winston-Salem Journal

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NC Lottery Pick 3 Day, Pick 3 Evening results for Oct. 29, 2026

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'Then where can we park?': City of Greensboro offers free parking options for GHOE weekend

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NC A&T homecoming kicks off in Greensboro as alumni, businesses celebrate

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Alexandria defense contractor’s planned layoffs delayed amid contract protest

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NC attorney general wins convictions in N.C. Appeals Court ruling out of Guilford County

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Parking for GHOE? Greensboro businesses enforce towing as free shuttles offer another way to get around

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Downtown Greensboro road closures begin Saturday night for Aggie Fest, vendor setup

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Greensboro McDonald's owners donate $100,000 to NC A&T scholarship efforts

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Michael Whatley speaks exclusively with WXII during Greensboro event

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Man pleads guilty in 2023 Winston-Salem murder

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MARKET WATCH 10292026 20261029

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AI data center boom faces backlash at US ballot box

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Wall Street ends lower as Alphabet revenue miss revives AI capex jitters

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'Mayhem erupts as deer slams into woman, crashes through North Carolina laundromat window

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Polymarket Trading Pause

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Turning a solar power system into its own backup

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Even birds get jet lagged, study shows

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ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th

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A hidden ocean change near Antarctica could have global consequences

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Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software

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Sculpture re-creates odd optical effects of famed Lycurgus Cup

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Meet the real-life Scottish surgeon who inspired Sherlock Holmes

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When an invasive fish is also tasty, Maryland schoolkids can help 'eat the problem'

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How AI is transforming hurricane forecasts

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A 1,000-mile cloud on Mars may reveal physics never seen in nature

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Time expert Philippe Richard on why scientists are changing how we keep time

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Ice sheet expansion may have started 2,000 years ago, but we canceled that

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The latest in space science: We look back at the Big Bang

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Inside the Pentagon, the pressure is on to find a home for a new spaceport

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Crows can evaluate visual info twice as fast as mammals

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Should 'bird brain' be a compliment? Here's how crows think fast

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Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest

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UN says we're going to blow past 1.5º warming, offers a "now what?" answer

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New human data hints at psychedelics' potential to combat inflammation

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How much does pregnancy cost? Be prepared with these tips

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Quantum error correction goes well beyond breakeven

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