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Record Jet Fuel Costs Push Thanksgiving and Christmas Airfares Sharply Higher

U.S. jet fuel hit an all-time daily high of $4.90 a gallon last week, and holiday tickets are running 20% to 30% above last year as airlines pass costs on to travelers.

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Sports

Brewers Erase Early Four-Run Hole, Edge Rays 5-4 to Go Up 2-0 in the World Series

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Entertainment

Tom Skerritt, the Steady Face of ‘Alien,’ ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Picket Fences,’ Dies at 93

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Technology

Anthropic Pledges 5% of Its Equity to a New Fund for the Public Good Ahead of Planned IPO

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Trump Drops Plan to Stream Fort Hood Gunman’s Firing Squad Execution After Bipartisan Backlash

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Moab 240 Called Off After Rachel’s Remnants Trap About 70 Runners and Volunteers in Utah Backcountry

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Paramount Closes Warner Bros. Discovery Deal, Putting CNN, HBO and CBS Under One Roof

Science

Physics Nobel Goes to Francis Halzen, Who Turned Antarctic Ice Into a Neutrino Telescope

Entertainment

Dudamel Marks His New York Philharmonic Arrival With an Inaugural Gala at Geffen Hall

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Washington Loosens Fuel Economy Rules, Cutting the 2031 Target to About 35 MPG

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Meta Trades the Headset for $1,299 VR Glasses and Debuts a Pocket AI Gadget at Connect

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A bronze rose and Soldier's Medal from a sculpture made for the memorial honoring victims of the November 5, 2009, Fort Hood shooting
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Trump Drops Plan to Stream Fort Hood Gunman’s Firing Squad Execution After Bipartisan Backlash

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Moab 240 Called Off After Rachel’s Remnants Trap About 70 Runners and Volunteers in Utah Backcountry

Cars and SUVs fill the lanes of Interstate 405 in Los Angeles on an overcast day
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Washington Loosens Fuel Economy Rules, Cutting the 2031 Target to About 35 MPG

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Record Jet Fuel Costs Push Thanksgiving and Christmas Airfares Sharply Higher

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Business

Paramount Closes Warner Bros. Discovery Deal, Putting CNN, HBO and CBS Under One Roof

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Business

Canada’s Matching Tariffs on U.S. Goods Kick In as Trade Rift Widens

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Anthropic Pledges 5% of Its Equity to a New Fund for the Public Good Ahead of Planned IPO

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Technology

Meta Trades the Headset for $1,299 VR Glasses and Debuts a Pocket AI Gadget at Connect

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Technology

OpenAI Starts Phased Release of GPT-6 Astra Under Tighter Security Rules

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Entertainment

Tom Skerritt, the Steady Face of ‘Alien,’ ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Picket Fences,’ Dies at 93

David Geffen Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic, at Lincoln Center in Manhattan
Entertainment

Dudamel Marks His New York Philharmonic Arrival With an Inaugural Gala at Geffen Hall

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Entertainment

‘Widow’s Bay’ Rewrites the Emmy Comedy Record With 14 Wins

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Science

Physics Nobel Goes to Francis Halzen, Who Turned Antarctic Ice Into a Neutrino Telescope

The central peak of the moon's Tycho crater casts a long shadow in an oblique view captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Science

NASA Orbiter Catches a 728-Foot Crater That Formed on the Moon in 2024

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Roman Space Telescope lifts off from Kennedy Space Center
Science

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Lifts Off to Map Dark Energy and Distant Worlds

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Downtown Milwaukee buildings and clock tower along the Milwaukee River on a sunny day
Sports

Brewers Erase Early Four-Run Hole, Edge Rays 5-4 to Go Up 2-0 in the World Series

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Carson Benge Tops Pete Alonso for the Mets’ Rookie Hits Mark on a Swinging Bunt

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