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Dow, S&P 500 edge higher as Fed decision, Big Tech earnings approach  ReutersS&P 500 rises as traders weigh latest earnings, Fed decision looms: Live updates  CNBCStock market news today: S&P 500 edges up in wait for key earnings, Fed meeting kickoff  Yahoo FinanceIndexes Rise As Fed Meeting Starts; Two Dow Jones Leaders Crater On Earnings (Live Updates)  Investor’s Business DailyStock Market Today: Dow Rises; Earnings in Spotlight — Live Updates  The Wall Street Journal

White Dudes for Kamala Harris: Giant Zoom calls power fundraising  BBC.com‘White Dudes’ for Kamala Harris: The Unlikely Rallying Call  The New York Times‘White Dudes for Harris’ raises $4 million for Kamala Harris campaign  The HillJeff Bridges makes surprise appearance on ‘White Dudes for Harris’ call  CNN“White Dudes for Harris” X suspension sparks fury: “Election interference”  Newsweek

Wayanad: Massive landslides kill 93, trap dozens in Kerala  BBC.comKerala’s failure: Micro-level mapping of landslip hazard zones and rehabilitation  Hindustan TimesIndia Landslides Bring Deaths And Devastation  The Weather Channel93 Killed In Wayanad Landslides, Kerala Braces For More Rain  NDTVLandslides kill dozens, with many more missing in India’s Kerala  Yahoo! Voices

Female athletes just scored fifth ‘W’ against Biden-Harris attempt to rewrite Title IX  Fox NewsNew rule protecting transgender students is on hold at these NC schools. Here’s why.  Raleigh News & ObserverDays before a Biden rule against anti-LGBTQ+ bias takes effect, judges are narrowing its reach  The Associated PressMoms for Liberty, parents’ rights groups working to block new Title IX rule from their kids’ schools  Hartford Courant

New rule protecting transgender students is on hold at these NC schools. Here’s why.  Raleigh News & ObserverFemale athletes just scored fifth ‘W’ against Biden-Harris attempt to rewrite Title IX  Fox NewsDays before a Biden rule against anti-LGBTQ+ bias takes effect, judges are narrowing its reach  The Associated PressThousands of schools in 45 states exempt from Title IX rule under Moms for Liberty escape clause  Washington Times

Landslides Hit Kerala in India, Killing at Least 41  The New York TimesWayanad tragedy: What are the most devastating landslides to ever hit India?  Deccan HeraldKerala’s Wayanad landslide: Over 50 dead, many missing in tea estate disaster  Reuters India84 Killed In Wayanad Landslides, Kerala Braces For More Rain  NDTV

Biden calls Speaker Johnson ‘dead on arrival’ in odd response to criticism of proposed radical SCOTUS changes  Fox NewsWhite House website praises lifetime Supreme Court appointments as Biden pushes term limits  Fox NewsBiden calls for sweeping Supreme Court changes | The Excerpt  USA TODAYBill Barr: Biden’s reforms would purge Supreme Court’s conservative justices  The Hill

Instagram Will Let You Make Custom AI Chatbots—Even Ones Based on Yourself  WIREDCreate Your Own Custom AI With AI Studio  MetaInstagram starts letting people create AI versions of themselves  The VergeMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of AI could help creators with burnout  AxiosMeta to let users to create custom AI characters  Reuters

One Word Has Elevated Minnesota’s Governor to the Democrats’ V.P. Wish List  The New York TimesKamala Harris Has a Tough VP Choice to Make—and Tim Walz Should Win It  The Daily BeastProgressives urge Harris to consider Beshear, Walz for VP, not Shapiro  The HillJD Vance has the most to lose if Kamala Harris taps Tim Walz for VP  Business Insider

Gamers mourn Xbox 360 after digital store shutdown  PolygonAs the Xbox 360 marketplace enters its final day, one former exec pays tribute to the beloved store: “All good things must come to an end”  GamesradarAct fast! Xbox 360 Marketplace closes forever today — 7 games I’d buy from less than $1  Tom’s Guide19 Years Later and Microsoft Have Killed the Xbox 360 Marketplace, and It’s a Sad Day for Gaming  imdbThe Xbox 360 Store Shuts Down For Good Today  GameSpot