What changed the week of Oct 12

001 RULES U.S. CFTC adviser ordered retraction of referral on suspicious Iran oil trades SOURCED 002 RULES U.S. Congress moves to tariff the biggest buyers of Russian oil SOURCED 003 RULES U.S. Judge halts taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads after millions spent SOURCED 004 RULES U.S. Justice Department opens antitrust probe into TV networks' White House coverage halt SOURCED 005 RULES U.S. Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns as US ambassador to Greece amid misconduct allegations SOURCED 006 RULES U.S. OB-GYNs endorse hormone therapy in first menopause guideline since 2014 SOURCED 007 RULES U.S. Trump administration cancels ACA coverage for hundreds of thousands over fraud claims SOURCED 008 RULES U.S. Trump lifts Russian diesel sanctions in deal with Putin SOURCED 009 RULES U.S. Trump names Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary SOURCED 010 RULES U.S. Trump orders diesel fuel tax deferral, allows dyed diesel on highways SOURCED 011 RULES U.S. Trump's national energy emergency faces widening court challenges SOURCED 012 RULES U.S. US producer prices post biggest jump since 2022 as energy costs surge SOURCED 013 RULES WORLD Argentina takes UK to maritime tribunal over Falklands oil SOURCED 014 RULES WORLD Brazil reverses Amazon deforestation surge with enforcement overhaul SOURCED 015 RULES WORLD Brazil's Senate approves shorter workweek, ending six-day shifts SOURCED 016 RULES WORLD CFPB opens debanking investigation into nine large national banks SOURCED 017 RULES WORLD Denmark moves to let teachers use physical force in schools SOURCED 018 RULES WORLD Jury finds Arm breached Qualcomm license, awards $2 in damages SOURCED 019 RULES WORLD Kindergarten owner sentenced to life in China lead paint poisoning case SOURCED 020 RULES WORLD South Africa deputy police chief resigns amid sex offence charges SOURCED 021 RULES WORLD Suicide rates for middle-aged men hit record high in England and Wales SOURCED 022 RULES WORLD Treasury fines Bank of America $1.2 billion over money laundering and sanctions failures SOURCED 023 RULES WORLD Trump suspends Russia sanctions after diesel deal with Putin SOURCED 024 RULES WORLD Wyoming becomes sixth US state to reach no-kill status SOURCED 025 NEW U.S. First complete census of lower-48 glaciers finds a quarter already gone SOURCED 026 NEW U.S. First national anxiety data find half of affected US teens get no care SOURCED 027 NEW U.S. Hall and Woodford win 2026 Nobel economics prize for macroeconomic stabilization work SOURCED 028 NEW U.S. Septic shock trial finds fewer fluids and earlier vasopressors no better than standard care SOURCED 029 NEW U.S. Study of 300 million lab tests finds menopause triggers abrupt body-wide changes SOURCED 030 NEW U.S. Texas A&M engineers trace how thymine shielded early DNA from UV light SOURCED 031 NEW WORLD 1,200-year-old mummified hairless dog found at Peru's Wari site SOURCED 032 NEW WORLD Antarctic ice cliffs collapse faster than predicted, then stabilize SOURCED 033 NEW WORLD Astronomers map lopsided atmosphere on a distant hot Jupiter SOURCED 034 NEW WORLD Dominican Republic exits FAO hunger map after two decades of declining hunger SOURCED 035 NEW WORLD First European megaraptoran dinosaur identified from 102-year-old Isle of Wight fossil SOURCED 036 NEW WORLD Forest soils in southwestern Germany absorb more methane as climate dries, study finds SOURCED 037 NEW WORLD Ghana cuts malaria deaths 98% as vaccines and bed nets take hold SOURCED 038 NEW WORLD Honey bee stinger revealed as double-piston venom pump SOURCED 039 NEW WORLD MIT class project becomes FDA-cleared tremor treatment SOURCED 040 NEW WORLD Magnetic millirobots deliver drugs directly to a beating heart SOURCED 041 NEW WORLD Mauritius becomes first country to reverse type 2 diabetes trend SOURCED 042 NEW WORLD Nepal cuts multidimensional poverty by half in a decade SOURCED 043 NEW WORLD New Zimbabwe dinosaur reveals distinct prehistoric ecosystem in southern Africa SOURCED 044 NEW WORLD Physicists create a strange new quantum state called a fractional Fermi sea SOURCED 045 NEW WORLD RPKI route protection reaches most of the internet, up from half a year ago SOURCED 046 NEW WORLD Researchers design protein scissors that cut specific targets SOURCED 047 NEW WORLD Scientists find protein that lets 'zombie cells' hide from immune system SOURCED 048 NEW WORLD Stroke rates among younger adults nearly double in three decades SOURCED 049 NEW WORLD Study maps the uneven human toll of Japan's 7,300-year-old super-eruption SOURCED 050 NEW WORLD Study of 217 million web responses finds AI-targeted instructions inside HTTP headers SOURCED 051 NEW WORLD Study: 93% of Australia's Indigenous population lost within 73 years of colonisation SOURCED 052 NEW WORLD Webb telescope finds orderly weather on a turbulent brown dwarf SOURCED 053 NEW WORLD World's oldest shipwreck found off Turkey's Kekova Island SOURCED 054 MONEY U.S. Social Security benefits rise 3.6% for 2027 SOURCED 055 MONEY WORLD Cardinal Infrastructure expands into Florida with Hughes Brothers acquisition SOURCED 056 MONEY WORLD Character.ai files for bankruptcy with Disney as lead bidder SOURCED 057 MONEY WORLD Federal budget deficit hits $2 trillion, largest since COVID SOURCED 058 MONEY WORLD Gas-only cars fall below half of global new-car sales for the first time SOURCED 059 MONEY WORLD GlobalFoundries to operate two new New York chip fabs backed by Japan SOURCED 060 MONEY WORLD Gold's historic run: from $2,000 to $4,600 in two years SOURCED 061 MONEY WORLD Indonesia cuts extreme poverty from 75% to under 2% in four decades SOURCED 062 MONEY WORLD Inflation accelerates in final report before midterms as Iran war lifts gas prices SOURCED 063 MONEY WORLD The Fed's last mile: inflation stuck above target as rate cuts stall SOURCED 064 MONEY WORLD US detains Venezuelan corruption fugitive after seven-year pursuit SOURCED 065 MONEY WORLD energyRe closes $815M financing for South Carolina solar portfolio SOURCED 066 BUILT U.S. G7 releases 100 million barrels of fuel to counter soaring prices SOURCED 067 BUILT U.S. Nightpeak doubles Texas battery site to 300 MW with Tesla Megapacks SOURCED 068 BUILT WORLD Arctic sea ice ties 10th-lowest minimum as ice grows younger and thinner SOURCED 069 BUILT WORLD Belgium's Princess Elisabeth Island completes foundation ring in North Sea SOURCED 070 BUILT WORLD Construction underway on South Dakota's largest wind project SOURCED 071 BUILT WORLD Deadly crowd surge at Kolkata Durga Puja pandal SOURCED 072 BUILT WORLD Deadly school roof collapse in Peshawar prompts building safety audit SOURCED 073 BUILT WORLD Local opposition stalls billions in US data center projects SOURCED 074 BUILT WORLD New England wind generation surges as capacity additions accelerate SOURCED 075 BUILT WORLD New Yalu River Bridge opens after 12-year delay SOURCED 076 BUILT WORLD San Diego border sewage plant primary expansion advances, completion set for 2031 SOURCED 077 BUILT WORLD Work begins on the rock shed that restores Yosemite's Highway 140 after 20 years SOURCED 078 FORCE U.S. Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home in criminal investigation SOURCED 079 FORCE WORLD DR Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak as conflict hampers containment SOURCED 080 FORCE WORLD Houthis strike Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery, reopening a front held quiet since 2022 SOURCED 081 FORCE WORLD Kabila takes helm of new coalition with M23 rebels in DR Congo SOURCED 082 FORCE WORLD M 6.9 earthquake strikes off Kamchatka's southern coast near Ozernovskiy SOURCED 083 FORCE WORLD Oil tankers halt Strait of Hormuz transit after US-Israel strikes on Iran SOURCED 084 FORCE WORLD Ukraine reclaims Donbas ground as satellite restrictions narrow its drone war SOURCED