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Poor employment and sticky inflation did not cause equities to budge much this week. MANHATTAN (CN) — Investors were bombarded with a raft of key economic data this week, but they kept their powder dry. The three major U.S. indices diverged this week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 651 points for the week, … Read more

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel are the joint recipients of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics,” the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden announced on Monday.  Deisseroth, 55, a professor at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University; Hegemann, 72, a professor … Read more

Emma Heming Willis paid tribute to her husband Bruce Willis during World Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week and vowed that his diagnosis won’t “be in vain” as she continues to bring awareness to the disorder. Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in February 2023, which is an umbrella term for a group of rare disorders that … Read more

The dating industry’s lead trade group is urging Apple and Google to block a new dating app that the convicted fraudster known as the Tinder Swindler says he plans to launch to safeguard women from similar criminals. Simon Leviev, soon to turn 36, who inspired a 2022 Netflix documentary by that alias after achieving notoriety … Read more

Also: Illnesses in Salmonella outbreak in Prague rise to nearly 400 Published: October 05, 2026, 12:06 am Enhanced testing of poultry meat for Salmonella in the Czech Republic has found the pathogen in a quarter of samples. The State Veterinary Administration (SVS) stepped up inspections targeting the presence of Salmonella in imported poultry meat at … Read more

An independent investigation into the nation’s largest public pension, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, concluded that its 2.4 million members are imperiled by secrecy, chronic underperformance, understated investment costs and conflicts of interest. The report was commissioned last year by a nonprofit advocacy group that includes beneficiaries of the $630 billion fund who were … Read more

Climate change is causing billions of dollars’ worth of damage every year from floods, fires, droughts and other consequences of a rapidly warming planet. Dozens of states, cities, counties and tribes have sued major oil companies. The lawsuits demand reimbursements for the costs of recovery efforts, reconstruction and work to protect people and property from … Read more

Researchers at Oregon State University have created a new class of materials that can use light to produce hydrogen from water, offering a potentially cleaner way to convert solar energy into fuel. The work was led by Kyriakos Stylianou of the OSU College of Science. His team developed a photocatalyst capable of producing hydrogen quickly … Read more

Harjeet Singh is the global convenor of the Fill the Fund campaign and founding director of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation. Julie-Anne Richards is strategic campaign lead for the Make Big Polluters Pay campaign in Australia. This year, a glacier collapse in Nepal’s Himalayan valleys swept away the lives of at least 1,500 people, with … Read more