Keeping Up With America

MLB playoff viewership surges as big market stars vie for World Series: The National League Championship Series’ first game between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday averaged 8.26 million viewers across Fox Sports’ TV networks and streaming, making it the most watched LCS game on any network since 2009, according to Fox Sports.

Amazon and Google have plans for fueling their data centers: Nuclear power: Amazon on Wednesday said it has a plan to feed its growing need for power: investing in small nuclear reactors. The announcement comes just two days after Google said it’s pursuing a similar path by purchasing nuclear energy from Kairos Power. 

U.S. Navy jet crashes near Washington’s Mount Rainier; search underway for 2 missing crew members: The EA-18G Growler aircraft crashed east of Mount Rainier on Tuesday afternoon during a routine training flight, the Navy said in a statement.

Coca-Cola recalls thousands of cases of mislabeled ‘zero sugar’ lemonade for containing sugar: Thousands of cases of improperly labeled Minute Maid Zero Sugar Lemonade have been recalled after they were found to contain the regular formula of lemonade with 40 grams of sugar, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Many schools are still closed weeks after Hurricane Helene. Teachers worry about long-term impact: Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so severe — on homes, campuses and municipal power and water systems — that some districts have no idea when they will reopen.

Around the World

Biden to travel to Germany this week, Angola in December for visits delayed by Hurricane Milton: The initial itinerary for the postponed trip included a meeting on the war in Ukraine with allied nations at an American military base in Germany before Biden was to continue on to Angola, but this visit to Berlin will be brief. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden would speak by phone Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but they would not be able to meet in Europe this time.

Lions maul worker to death as she went to clean cages at safari park, Crimea officials say: A group of lions mauled a zookeeper to death at one of Europe’s largest big-cat parks on Wednesday after a door inside their enclosure was left unlocked, investigators in Crimea said.

Lets Talk Business and Tech

Bitcoin price rallies as crypto analysts eye ‘historical highs’

U.S. Diners Are Feeding the $1 Trillion Restaurant Industry Like Never Before. Here’s Why — and What They’re Hungry for, According to Resy’s CEO.

Scientists find where most meteorites come from

Richer, Wiser, Happier

BrucePac meat recall includes these foods from Trader Joe’s, Kroger and more. Here’s a list: Hundreds of products sold at grocery chains such as Kroger, Wegmans and Trader Joe’s, as well as schools, are part of a BrucePac meat recall involving almost 12 million pounds of meat and poultry that may be contaminated with listeria bacteria, which can cause illness and death.

Here’s What Happens if You Deposit More Than $10,000 in Cash Into Your Savings Account: Say you sell your car and someone pays you $12,000 for it. Similarly, you might sell your home only to have the buyer ask if you’re willing to sell them a bunch of your furniture, too. They might conceivably write you a check for more than $10,000 for it.

Sports and Showbiz Shenanigans

2025 NFL mock draft: Reid’s predictions on first-round picks | Serena Williams has benign cyst removed from neck and ‘all is OK’

Sydney Sweeney Shows Off Her Mullet and Muscles as Boxer Christy Martin in Sports Biopic: ‘I’ve Been Immersed in Training’ | Paul Schrader Walked Out of ‘Joker 2’ After 15 Minutes to Go Buy Something, Then Returned and Could Only Last 10 Minutes: ‘A Really Bad Musical’

Jonas Brothers Concert Interrupted After Laser Pointer Causes Nick Jonas to Run Off Stage | ​​Why Tyra Banks returned to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show after 19-year hiatus

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