"America's Startup" competitors use AI to launch businesses from their dorms

Young entrepreneurs are tapping AI to launch a range of businesses, from analyzing your skin to helping wine growers analyze crop yields.

• Oct 7

Texas executes man after lawyers sought to stop procedure, citing Christa Pike

Jamaal Howard was executed by lethal injection after his lawyers tried to argue that he faced risks similar to Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee's attempt to put her to death.

• Oct 7

Americans are paying 62% more for water than a decade ago, study finds

Americans paid an average of $531 per year for household water in 2025, although people in some states pay far more, according to a new study.

• Oct 9

Shock gloves bought by ICE cause intense pain, Army study says

Participants in a military exercise felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures, according to an Army study.

• Oct 7

Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan to be executed Dec. 3, email states

Nidal Hasan is set to die by firing squad in what will be the first military execution since 1961.

• Oct 6

Christa Pike is conscious, speaking after botched execution, attorneys say

Christa Pike, a death row inmate who was subject​ to a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last week, is conscious and speaking from her hospital bed, her attorneys said Tuesday.

• Oct 6

Tropical Storm Isaias forms in Gulf, could reach U.S. as hurricane this weekend

Tropical Storm Isaias has formed in the Gulf and is expected to become a hurricane by Thursday before approaching the U.S. northern Gulf Coast on Friday, according to forecasters.

• Oct 7

Former Cornell frat members ask university to clear their names

Some former Cornell University students say they are being falsely connected to a 2024 sexual assault​​ and targeted online.

• Oct 6

Cornell taps Sally Yates to lead review of its response to sexual misconduct claims

Cornell University said Tuesday it is bringing on a former Justice Department official to review its handling of sexual misconduct claims, including the alleged 2024 sexual assault of a former student at a fraternity house​.

• Oct 6

California couple at center of surrogacy scandal arrested

Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang, who had at least 25 children via surrogates, were arrested at their home in Arcadia, California.

• Oct 6

Amelia Earhart investigators to study mysterious object in Pacific

Investigators have begun an expedition to study a mysterious "visual anomaly" that they say may be Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane.

• Oct 6

Paramount closes $110 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery

The merger unites two major movie studios, news operations CBS News and CNN and cable networks including Comedy Central and TNT.

• Oct 6

Why you just got a $90 Social Security check — and who missed out

Millions of seniors are getting $90 direct deposits from Social Security this week, prompting questions about the source of the money.

• Oct 8

Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan to be executed by firing squad, Pentagon says

The Trump administration has approved a plan to execute former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan — who killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood — by firing squad, the Pentagon said.

• Oct 6

Ex-"American Idol" contestant Caleb Flynn gets life sentence

Caleb Flynn was found guilty of killing his wife, Ashley, and attempting to blame the murder on a break-in at their home.

• Oct 5

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