What changed the week of Sep 28

001 RULES U.S. America abandons the world's hungry SOURCED 002 RULES U.S. Appeals court backs finding Trump colluded with IRS in tax lawsuit SOURCED 003 RULES U.S. Average drug patent count triples since 1990, JAMA study finds SOURCED 004 RULES U.S. Federal judge strips integration mandate from disability regulations SOURCED 005 RULES U.S. House passes bipartisan bill to shield ratepayers from data center electricity costs SOURCED 006 RULES U.S. Pentagon removes 'never lived in U.S.' category from overseas ballot forms SOURCED 007 RULES U.S. Refugees and legal immigrants lose Medicaid under 2025 budget law SOURCED 008 RULES U.S. Senate passes college sports regulation bill; House path uncertain SOURCED 009 RULES U.S. Trump orders federal agencies to replace 'AI' with 'Super Intelligence' SOURCED 010 RULES U.S. Trump, six tech CEOs sign voluntary AI safety accord at White House SOURCED 011 RULES U.S. Trump’s 2025 fuel economy reset reignites the U.S. auto emissions battle SOURCED 012 RULES U.S. Trump’s permitting crackdown strands U.S. wind and solar boom SOURCED 013 RULES U.S. US bans Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motorcycles as trade war deepens SOURCED 014 RULES U.S. US federal workforce falls to lowest level in 60 years SOURCED 015 RULES WORLD Algeria's parliament backs death penalty for arson after deadly wildfires SOURCED 016 RULES WORLD Arizona court vacates sentence over AI video of dead victim SOURCED 017 RULES WORLD Canada ratifies global ocean treaty, gains seat at first Ocean COP SOURCED 018 RULES WORLD FTC and states settle pesticide antitrust case against Corteva SOURCED 019 RULES WORLD FTC settlement restricts Southern Glazer's pricing to small liquor retailers SOURCED 020 RULES WORLD Federal judge rules warrantless Flock searches are 'mass surveillance' SOURCED 021 RULES WORLD France's top court puts Rodin 3D scans beyond freedom-of-information law SOURCED 022 RULES WORLD French court jails six smugglers over deadliest Channel small-boat disaster SOURCED 023 RULES WORLD Google confirms ChromeOS support ends in 2034, two years early SOURCED 024 RULES WORLD Idaho nearly halves its regulatory code after seven-year overhaul SOURCED 025 RULES WORLD Italian parliament approves return to nuclear power SOURCED 026 RULES WORLD Japan tightens permanent residency rules for foreign workers SOURCED 027 RULES WORLD Maharashtra anti-conversion law brings consent forms to churchgoers SOURCED 028 RULES WORLD Malaysia sends first Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar despite UN warnings SOURCED 029 RULES WORLD Measles and malaria outbreaks kill tribal children in central India SOURCED 030 RULES WORLD Morocco's PAM wins most seats in parliamentary election SOURCED 031 RULES WORLD NYC is first US city with 'click-to-cancel' subscription rule SOURCED 032 RULES WORLD Pakistan creates Indus dolphin sanctuary, linking 400 km of protected river SOURCED 033 RULES WORLD Serbia's Vučić resigns as president to run for prime minister SOURCED 034 RULES WORLD Six Flags permanently closes X2 coaster after brain injury lawsuits SOURCED 035 RULES WORLD Spain's cabinet approves housing decrees banning evictions until 2030 SOURCED 036 RULES WORLD UK and France scrap 'one in, one out' migrant return scheme SOURCED 037 RULES WORLD US and China agree to tariff cuts and AI dialogue after Xi visit SOURCED 038 RULES WORLD Venezuela frees dozens of political prisoners as election calls grow SOURCED 039 RULES WORLD Xray-core certificate verification bypass went undisclosed for months SOURCED 040 RULES WORLD arXiv caps each author at two submissions per month SOURCED 041 NEW U.S. Eli Lilly's EloraTZP combination shows greater weight loss than tirzepatide alone SOURCED 042 NEW U.S. Giredestrant–everolimus combination improves progression-free survival in advanced breast cancer SOURCED 043 NEW U.S. OpenAI pauses training of latest models after AI agents act beyond instructions SOURCED 044 NEW U.S. Oral small-molecule GLP-1 safiglipron cuts HbA1c in phase 3 diabetes trial SOURCED 045 NEW U.S. Physicists entangle levitating glass nanosphere with light at room temperature SOURCED 046 NEW U.S. Retatrutide phase 3 trial shows 30% average weight loss at 104 weeks SOURCED 047 NEW U.S. Senolytic drug pair improves liver fibrosis in pilot MASH trial SOURCED 048 NEW U.S. SpaceX launches Crew-13 to the International Space Station SOURCED 049 NEW U.S. Study finds humans react faster when exhaling than inhaling SOURCED 050 NEW WORLD 245-million-year-old fossil preserves oldest known reptile digestive organs SOURCED 051 NEW WORLD 30-year forest experiment shows thinning can match untouched forests on carbon SOURCED 052 NEW WORLD AI beats top human Stratego players for the first time SOURCED 053 NEW WORLD British Transport Police expands facial recognition after trial yields zero correct matches SOURCED 054 NEW WORLD Diet drinks match water for weight management in two-year trial SOURCED 055 NEW WORLD ESA's Juice spacecraft uses Earth's gravity to slingshot toward Jupiter SOURCED 056 NEW WORLD Finnish sand batteries store renewable energy as heat for district heating SOURCED 057 NEW WORLD Gobi fossil overturns 40-year classification of the 'Cretaceous rabbit' SOURCED 058 NEW WORLD JWST survey of 72 young stars shows how planet-forming disks lose their gas SOURCED 059 NEW WORLD Netherlands builds sovereign Linux workspace to replace Microsoft for government SOURCED 060 NEW WORLD New light-activated material makes hydrogen from water without precious metals SOURCED 061 NEW WORLD New tick-borne virus behind unexplained fevers found in China SOURCED 062 NEW WORLD Perseverance finds three water systems that shaped Mars' Jezero Crater SOURCED 063 NEW WORLD Poxvirus carries a human gene it stole 100,000 years ago SOURCED 064 NEW WORLD Scientists crack 25-year quantum entanglement measurement challenge SOURCED 065 NEW WORLD SpaceX flies upgraded Starship V3 for the first time SOURCED 066 NEW WORLD Supabase acquires Turso to give AI agents their own databases SOURCED 067 NEW WORLD Uranium cube analysis shows Nazi Germany was far from an atomic bomb SOURCED 068 MONEY U.S. 30-year Treasury yield hits highest since 2004 as global bond selloff deepens SOURCED 069 MONEY U.S. The Fed's last mile: inflation stuck above target as rate cuts stall SOURCED 070 MONEY U.S. Trump administration redirects $500M clean steel grant to coal furnace SOURCED 071 MONEY U.S. US 10-year Treasury yield reaches fresh 19-year high SOURCED 072 MONEY U.S. US job growth slows sharply in September as unemployment rises to 4.2% SOURCED 073 MONEY U.S. US mortgage rates top 7.5% as borrowing costs surge SOURCED 074 MONEY WORLD Dolly Parton's Imagination Library doubles London coverage after her death SOURCED 075 MONEY WORLD Ken Griffin gives Carnegie Mellon $3 billion, largest individual gift in higher education history SOURCED 076 MONEY WORLD MongoDB CEO resigns to lead Meta's enterprise AI push SOURCED 077 BUILT U.S. NOAA declares El Niño has formed, forecasts a very strong event SOURCED 078 BUILT U.S. US carbon emissions set to fall 1.5% in 2026, EIA forecasts SOURCED 079 BUILT WORLD Alabama's Mobile River Bridge clears final funding hurdle SOURCED 080 BUILT WORLD Canada fast-tracks Pacific oil pipeline to reduce US dependence SOURCED 081 BUILT WORLD Colorado wildlife overpass cuts I-25 collisions as habitat reconnects SOURCED 082 BUILT WORLD Delhi cuts power grid losses from over 50% to about 6% SOURCED 083 BUILT WORLD Floods and landslides kill scores across northern India and Nepal SOURCED 084 BUILT WORLD G7 releases 100 million barrels of fuel to counter soaring prices SOURCED 085 BUILT WORLD Ontario's nuclear fleet renewal SOURCED 086 BUILT WORLD Shell and partners approve LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion SOURCED 087 BUILT WORLD Strategic Petroleum Reserve drains to lowest level since 1982 SOURCED 088 BUILT WORLD TVA receives first U.S. construction permit for a small modular reactor SOURCED 089 BUILT WORLD U.S. natural gas production hits record high as Permian pipelines open SOURCED 090 BUILT WORLD U.S. propane exports hit record highs in 2026 as trade shifts to South Asia SOURCED 091 FORCE U.S. Five men released on bail after suspected plot at RAF Fairford SOURCED 092 FORCE WORLD Christa Pike survives Tennessee's failed execution attempt SOURCED 093 FORCE WORLD Eritrea severs diplomatic ties with Ethiopia amid Tigray fighting SOURCED 094 FORCE WORLD Federal forces push toward Mekelle as renewed Tigray fighting kills civilians SOURCED 095 FORCE WORLD Russia's war on Ukraine's power grid SOURCED 096 FORCE WORLD Russian plague lab worker's death triggers quarantine in Siberia SOURCED 097 FORCE WORLD US completes Iraq withdrawal after two decades of military presence SOURCED