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The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Anna Rose Layden | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration, for now, from firing federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown.The order came five days after the administration issued reduction-in-force notifications to more than 4,000 federal workers.”The activities that are being undertaken here are contrary to the laws,” San Francisco U.S. District Court Judge Susan Yvonne Illston told lawyers for the administration on Wednesday at a hearing where she issued the temporary restraining order.”You can’t do this in a nation of laws,”…

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a cloudier picture even as the economy enters a challenging phase of stubbornly persistent inflation and a sharp slowdown in hiring. The Labor Department’s monthly inflation data was scheduled for release Wednesday, but late last week was postponed until Oct. 24. The department is recalling some employees to assemble the data, which was collected before the shutdown began. The figures are needed for the government to calculate the annual cost of living adjustment for tens of millions of recipients…

WASHINGTON :U.S. government officials said on Wednesday that federal networks are being targeted by an unidentified “nation-state cyber threat actor” that’s trying to exploit vulnerabilities in products made by the cybersecurity company F5.In a statement and an accompanying emergency directive, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said hackers had compromised F5’s systems and extracted files, including a portion of its source code and information about vulnerabilities, and could use the knowledge as a roadmap to break into F5 devices and software, something that could eventually lead to a full compromise of the targeted networks. “The cyber threat actor presents an imminent…

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) speaks during a press conference following the weekly policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 3, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | ReutersDemocratic Sen. Maria Cantwell on Wednesday asked the U.S. Office of Special Counsel to investigate Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for “likely” violating the Hatch Act by making a video to be shown in airports blaming Democrats for the government shutdown.The Hatch Act bars federal employees, including Cabinet secretaries, from engaging in political activity while acting in their official role.Multiple major airports have refused to show Noem’s video near passenger…

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — The first time the filmmaker Rebecca Miller met Martin Scorsese was on the set of 2002’s “Gangs of New York.” Miller’s husband, Daniel Day-Lewis, was starring in it. There, Miller found an anxious Scorsese on the precipice of the film’s enormous fight scene, shot on a sprawling set.“He seemed like a young man, hoping that he had chosen the right way to shoot a massive scene,” Miller recalls. “I was stunned by how youthful and alive he was.”That remains much the same throughout Miller’s expansive and stirring documentary portrait of the endlessly energetic…

Gamers, start your controllers!This week marks the long-anticipated return of simulation stock car racing with the release of NASCAR 25, developed by iRacing Studios. Get ready to compete for championship glory with the likes of Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Chase Elliott and all your other favorite NASCAR stars.Since we’re all revved up for racing, that got us thinking — what racing video games throughout history stand the test of time? From Daytona USA to Mario Kart 8, here’s our list of the 10 most iconic racing games (listed in reverse chronological order):Mario Kart 8Release date: 2014/2017 (Deluxe)For a time, it…

WASHINGTON :U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday the yen will find its own level if the Bank of Japan follows “proper monetary policy.”Bessent made the remarks to reporters when asked whether the yen’s recent level was reasonable or a bit too weak.In August, he said the BOJ would likely be raising interest rates, as it was behind the curve in dealing with the risk of inflation.The BOJ exited a decade-long, massive stimulus program last year and raised its key interest rate to 0.5 per cent in January. It has kept rates steady since then, with Governor Kazuo Ueda…

[AMSTERDAM] ASML Holding shares rose after it said the artificial intelligence boom is fueling demand for its cutting-edge chip-making machines. The Dutch semiconductor equipment maker reported 5.4 billion euros (S$8.14 billion) in bookings in the third quarter, it said in a statement Wednesday. That compares to 4.9 billion euros expected by analysts, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Shares rose as much as 3.8 per cent on Wednesday. ASML has rallied 29 per cent this year, making it Europe’s biggest company by market capitalization. ASML, which is the only company that makes extreme ultraviolet lithography machines needed to produce the most sophisticated chips,…

Affirming, expert-led mental health care designed for the LGBTQIA+ community — accessible anywhere in California LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Behavioral Health, a leader in comprehensive mental health and addiction treatment, announced the launch of its LGBTQIA+ Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), offering specialized mental health care for individuals needing more support than weekly therapy without requiring residential treatment. The program combines group therapy, individual counseling, and holistic approaches within a queer-affirming, trauma-informed framework that centers clients’ voices and lived experiences in a validating, safe space. Clear…

SAN FRANCISCO — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers went on strike Tuesday to demand better wages and staffing from the California-based health care giant.Organizers say the five-day strike across 500 medical centers and offices in California, Hawaii and Oregon is the largest in the 50-year history of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals. The strike could grow to include 46,000 people. Those on strike, including pharmacists, midwives and rehab therapists, say wages have not kept pace with inflation and there is not enough staffing…