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OpenAI Unleashes GPT-6 Astra, Declares 'Welcome To The AGI Era'

OpenAI's newest flagship model is rolling out to millions of paying users this week, with president Greg Brockman calling it a "generational leap" and CEO Sam Altman saying it has already rewired how he works.

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Iran Threatens to Draw a New 'Restricted Zone' Across the Persian Gulf — Cross It and Get Sanctioned

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POLITICS · DALLAS

A Taco-Truck-Turned-'Epstein Files' Bookmobile Is About to Shadow Trump's Midterm Convention in Dallas

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Hurricane Lowell Pounds Kauai Overnight, Knocks Out Power as Storm Weakens to Category 2

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US · OHIO

Armed Man Charges Ohio Governor Hopeful Amy Acton at Packed County Fair

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US · SEATTLE

Three Dead, Four Wounded as Gunfire Erupts Three Times in One Night Across Seattle's Belltown

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11 NATO Nations Storm Into the Arctic as Europe Races to Out-Bid Trump for Greenland

Hundreds of Arctic-trained troops kicked off two weeks of NATO war games on Greenland's ice sheet this week, hours after the EU's Ursula von der Leyen landed in Nuuk with a $232 million investment pledge — a pointed counter to President Trump's repeated demands that the U.S. take control of the island.

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OpenAI Unleashes GPT-6 Astra, Declares 'Welcome To The AGI Era'

Iran Threatens to Draw a New 'Restricted Zone' Across the Persian Gulf — Cross It and Get Sanctioned

A Taco-Truck-Turned-'Epstein Files' Bookmobile Is About to Shadow Trump's Midterm Convention in Dallas

US News

Hurricane Lowell Pounds Kauai Overnight, Knocks Out Power as Storm Weakens to Category 2

Armed Man Charges Ohio Governor Hopeful Amy Acton at Packed County Fair

Three Dead, Four Wounded as Gunfire Erupts Three Times in One Night Across Seattle's Belltown

World

11 NATO Nations Storm Into the Arctic as Europe Races to Out-Bid Trump for Greenland

Kim Jong Un Unveils 'Annihilating' Nuclear Warship Days Before US-Korea-Japan War Games

ISIS-Linked Rebels Storm Mozambique Safari Camp, Drag Off Hostages Including Children

Germany's Far-Right AfD Wins Historic Landslide, Shattering Postwar Taboo

Celebrity & Entertainment

Ellen Burstyn, 93, Breaks Down in Tears Accepting Venice's Golden Lion for a Career From 'The Exorcist' to 'Interstellar'

'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Swings Past $920 Million, Closing In on the All-Time Summer Box Office Record

Memphis Wrestling Legend 'Superstar' Bill Dundee Dies at 82, One Day After Emotional Final Bow

'The Traitors' and Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Dominate Creative Arts Emmys

Missouri's House Map Fight Lands on Kavanaugh's Desk in Holiday-Weekend Sprint to the Supreme Court

Record Gas Prices Blow Past Bessent's $3-by-September Promise as Energy Secretary Begs for Patience

Rounds' Top Aide Secretly Lobbied for Meta and Big Tobacco While Working the Senator's Office

30-Year Treasury Yield Hits Its Highest Level Since 2007 as Washington's Debt Binge Spooks Bond Investors

Canada Strikes Back: Up to 50% Tariffs on US Goods Set to Detonate at Midnight

France's Bitcoin Bull Piles On $29M More — Even As Its Stash Sits $80M Underwater

'White-Hat' Hackers Drain $320 Million From Bitcoin Network — Then Say They'll Give It Back

Sports

Aaron Donald Is Back: Rams Legend Un-Retires for One More Run as NFL Season Kicks Off

Iga Swiatek's Iron Grip on Grand Slams Snapped: Qualifier Erases 5-0 Deficit to Stun World No. 2 at US Open

Orioles Snap Six-Game Skid as Coby Mayo Powers Past Guardians