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The Players and Teams to Watch Closely at the N.F.L. Trade Deadline

Many franchises are still deciding whether to be buyers or sellers.

Sports - The New York Times - November 2

Evening Report — What to watch for as polls close

Plus: Nation braces for unrest; courts prep for lawsuits {beacon} Evening Report © Associated Press Election night: What to watch for as America votes All that’s left to do now is vote, count ...

Politics - The Hill - November 5

Republicans close in on House. Here are races still to watch

Counting is still going on, nearly a week after election day, with Republicans a handful of seats short.

Watch live: Harris gives 'closing argument' against Trump at Ellipse rally

Vice President Harris is holding a rally in Washington on Tuesday evening, one week before Election Day. Her remarks from the Ellipse — the same site former President Trump gave his speech ahead of ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Uber logs an earnings beat — but misses on a closely watched industry metric

Uber’s stock is falling after a miss on gross bookings, which measures the dollar value of things like rides and delivery orders.

Business - MarketWatch - October 31

Watch live: Tim Walz gives closing arguments to Michigan voters

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the vice presidential hopeful, is making his final pitch to voters in critical swing state Michigan on Friday, with Election Day less than a week away. Walz is making ...

Politics - The Hill - November 1

Watch live: Vance takes closing message to voters in North Carolina

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), former President Trump's running mate, is giving his closing arguments to North Carolina voters on Friday. His comments are expected to focus on immigration and rising ...

Politics - The Hill - November 1

Watch live: Trump gives closing remarks to North Carolina voters

Former President Trump returned to battleground North Carolina Saturday evening, after making a pit stop in Virginia earlier in the day. The former president will issue his closing arguments to ...

Politics - The Hill - November 2

Watch live: Harris offers closing arguments to Michigan voters

Vice President Harris is in battleground Michigan on Sunday, offering closing arguments to voters ahead of Election Day. Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., will serve as the venue ...

Politics - The Hill - November 3

Elon Musk's influence over Trump is being closely watched by Beijing

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s influence over former President Donald Trump could be good news for China, where he has extensive business interests.

Anticipating a Close Race, the Nation Watched Momentum Shift Toward Trump

A winner was not declared before midnight on Tuesday, but even Donald Trump’s allies seemed shocked by the signs of his strength — and the improbable political comeback it appeared to foretell.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 6

WATCH: Tim Walz talks Kamala Harris' closing speech, final days of campaign

With less than a week to go before the election, the vice presidential nominee has been campaigning across some of the seven swing states expected to decide the vote.

This closely watched stock-market indicator hit a 2½-year high. What it says will happen next.

Wall Street was growing more bullish in the final weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election — a contrarian sign that may suggest limited upside for U.S. stocks.

Business - MarketWatch - November 2

Axelrod: Trump not 'closing well'

Democratic strategist and CNN contributor David Axelrod argued that former President Trump is not “closing well” as he and Vice President Harris address voters in last-minute messages before ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

The Polls Are Close. The Results Might Not Be.

We are just a very normal polling error away from either candidate landing a decisive victory on Tuesday.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 5

Trump claims US election victory after winning critical battlegrounds

Republican says he has ‘powerful mandate’ after triumphs in swing states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina

World - Financial Times - November 6

AI2 closes the gap between closed-source and open-source post-training

Ai2 released Tülu 3, a model that makes fine-tuning open-source LLMs easier and get its performance closer to closed LLMs like GPT-4o.

Tech - VentureBeat - Yesterday

Fact-Checking Harris’s Closing Argument

The vice president has stuck largely to the facts when highlighting the words of her rival, former President Donald J. Trump, but has on occasion omitted context or erred when describing policies ...

Top stories - The New York Times - October 30

The close-knit crew of Hawarden Castle

The Gladstone family have turned their crumbling estate into a branding powerhouse. Next up? A luxury clothing line

World - Financial Times - November 7

What's open and closed on Veterans Day?

While many businesses remain open on Veterans Day – and treat veterans and service members with deals and freebies – some things will be interrupted.

Politics - The Hill - November 11

Four arrests after M62 crash during police pursuit

A man is critically ill in hospital after the collision near Huddersfield on Saturday.

Sources: Zion (hamstring) not close to returning

Pelicans star Zion Williamson has undergone multiple treatments on his left hamstring and is not close to a return to action, sources told ESPN on Friday.

Sports - ESPN - Yesterday

Democrats lean into abortion with closing pitch to voters

Democrats are stepping up their warnings over abortion and reproductive rights in the home stretch of the election, hoping that an issue that has been a galvanizing one for the party can pull them ...

Politics - The Hill - October 25

Drivers face severe delays after lorry fire

The M5 in Somerset has reopened after an earlier lorry fire closed all lanes.

How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid?

The Covid inquiry restarts its live hearings this week, after senior staff in the NHS revealed just how close some hospitals were to collapse

Trump at MSG: A Closing Carnival of Grievances and Racism

The inflammatory rally was a capstone for an increasingly aggrieved campaign for Donald Trump, whose rhetoric has grown darker and more menacing.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 28

PwC profits fall in Asia after scandals in China and Australia

Big Four firm reports slower global growth as regional woes compound consulting industry slowdown

Business - Financial Times - October 29

Harris' closing argument: 'Turn the page and start writing the next chapter'

Vice President Kamala Harris is making her final case for her bid for the presidency on Washington, D.C.'s Ellipse on Tuesday.

Harris warns of ‘more chaos’ under Trump and vows ‘different path’

Democrat evokes January 6 Capitol riot to depict Republican rival as extremist in primetime speech

World - Financial Times - October 30

Foreign Election Interference, and Volkswagen May Close Factories

Plus, why you should never cross a crow.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 29

In closing message at Ellipse in D.C., Harris calls Trump "unstable"

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a speech Tuesday evening to thousands of supporters at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., the same park where former President Donald Trump spoke ahead of the ...

Microsoft dips on weak guidance after beating on earnings

Microsoft reported better-than-expected results for the fiscal first quarter as Azure topped estimates. But quarterly growth guidance was light.

Business - CNBC - October 30

The Symbolism and Spectacle of Harris and Trump’s Closing Arguments

The candidates saved their closing messages for the biggest possible symbolic locations, in front of the largest crowds.