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Trump lays out the pomp for Xi but says little about the significant tensions in US-China relations
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met for high stakes talks on Thursday at an urgent moment for the U.S.-China relationship, with the world's preeminent powers divided on the war in Iran and still grappling to find common ground on trade and how to best navigate the jarring advances of artificial intelligence.

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Powerful Hurricane Polo drenches Mexico’s coast as Nolo takes aim at Hawaii
Residents along Mexico's west coast stacked sandbags to fortify beachfront shops and evacuated their homes, while Hawaii's Big Island and Maui braced for potentially catastrophic flooding, as separate hurricanes swirled in the Pacific on Thursday.

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Not just physics: Quantum to make business case at Chattanooga conference
EPB knows most businesses don't have a clear idea of how quantum technology could be useful to them. That's why the Chattanooga utility is hosting its inaugural "Quantum in Business" conference.

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OpenAI, Anthropic and other artificial intelligence companies hire Tennessee lobbyists
America's leading artificial intelligence companies started lobbying in Tennessee this year amid growing backlash to data centers and cameras using the technology.

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Energy Department will spend $2B to squeeze more electricity from the aging power grid
The Energy Department said Thursday that it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation's aging and stressed power grid, as President Donald Trump's administration steps up efforts to avoid blackouts amid skyrocketing energy demand spurred by artificial intelligence.

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3 US news outlets return to White House after judge orders Trump to lift ban
Three news organizations banned from the White House for days were back Thursday after a judge handed CNN, MS NOW and Politico a reprieve in an extraordinary showdown between President Donald Trump and outlets whose coverage he dislikes.

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State prison inmate charged in correctional officer’s death dies
DA: ‘God is the ultimate arbiter of justice on Judgement Day’

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Mortgage rates climb for 5th straight week, pushing average rate on a 30-year home loan above 7%
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week above 7% for the first time since January 2025, the latest affordability setback for prospective homebuyers following a five-week run of rate increases.

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Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died
James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer said Thursday.

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A shaky day for oil prices and the bond market leaves US stocks not far from where they started
After whipping through a couple sudden reversals, stocks ended a shaky day of trading on Wall Street Thursday roughly where they began.
