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Local startup Zeus Robotics plans Erlanger pilot for autonomous hospital robot
The CEO of a local robotics startup recently announced a three-month pilot with Erlanger Hospital to deploy its first autonomous logistics robot to transport lab samples inside the hospital.
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Fall festival season across the Tennessee Valley: Your guide to the 2026 lineup
From apple festivals and grist-mill craft fairs to a riverfront regatta, here is what's happening between now and Thanksgiving in Southeast Tennessee, North Georgia and Northeast Alabama.
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More than 500,000 Russian troops killed in Ukraine, UK defense chief says
More than half a million Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion in February 2022, a senior British defense official said Friday.
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CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on bin Laden and al-Qaida before Sept. 11
Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified Friday, the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, detail intelligence government officials had gathered about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida leading up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people and upended American national security.
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Saudi Arabia shuts down a pipeline as Houthis seize an island, opening a new front in the Iran war
Saudi Arabia said Friday it shut down a major pipeline a day after it was attacked by drones, and Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, two officials said, opening a new front in the Iran war.
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Trump commemorates the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon
President Donald Trump observed Friday's 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at a ceremony at the Pentagon by commemorating the lives lost when al-Qaida militants hijacked planes and killed nearly 3,000 people in three locations and upended American foreign policy and national security.
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Diesel prices are hitting record highs at a bad time for many US farmers
The price of diesel is hitting record highs just when many U.S. farmers need it to power combines, tractors and other equipment to harvest two of the nation's largest commodities, soybeans and corn.
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US marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks
Americans commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity.
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At Chattanooga memorial, firefighters reflect on 9/11 and a legacy passed down
Michael Williams was finishing his shift at the East Ridge Fire Department on Sept. 11, 2001, drinking coffee and watching the morning news in the station when he learned a plane had struck the World Trade Center. He didn't think much of it, he said, believing it was just an accident.
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US stocks jump after oil prices ease and an inflation update comes in near expectations
U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gas prices spiked in the wake of renewed fighting in the Middle East, underscoring the affordability challenges that are top of mind for many voters with midterm elections now just seven weeks away.
