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A wave of odd-colored lobsters has showed up in fishers' traps, supermarket seafood tanks and scientists’ laboratories over the last year

Donald Trump last month, Elon Musk raised the idea of a "government efficiency commission." Such a council could ensure that taxpayers' money was «spent in a good way,» Musk said during their more-than-two-hour talk. «I'd love it,» Trump said. On Thursday, Trump followed up on Musk's suggestion. In a speech at the Economic Club of New York, Trump said he planned to appoint Musk, who leads Tesla, SpaceX and X, as the head of a new government efficiency commission if he was elected president in November.

U.S. Federal Reserve and other regulators are set to unveil sweeping changes to a raft of proposed banks capital rules as soon as Sept. 19, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The revisions could run up to 450 pages and would include key changes to rules that center on operational risk provisions including a reduction in the capital that banks must allocate against business lines like wealth-management services and certain credit-card operations, the report added. The new revised proposal would also reduce the market-risk requirement for the country's biggest lenders, which would not face as stringent requirements around mortgages or tax-equity exposures, the report said.

Jannik Sinner, the world's top-ranked player, became the first Italian man to reach the US Open final, defeating an ill Jack Draper in straight sets on Friday. Sinner secured a spot in the championship match against either Taylor Fritz or Frances Tiafoe, showcasing a score of 7-5, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 despite facing physical challenges. Sinner, who has previously won the Australian Open, expressed excitement about his achievement. «Jack and I know each other very well, we are great friends off court,» said Sinner. «It was a very physical match. He's so tough to beat so I'm excited to be in the final.»

Israeli troops shot and killed a Turkish-American woman who had been taking part in a protest against settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian and Turkish officials said. The White House said it was deeply disturbed by the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and called on Israel to investigate. Turkey's foreign ministry said she was shot in the head, and placed blame on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government for her death. Palestinian officials described her as a 26-year-old activist from Seattle who held both U.S. and Turkish citizenship.

Green Day's Saviors Tour concert at Comerica Park in Detroit on Wednesday night (Sept. 4) was paused unexpectedly when the band abruptly ran offstage due to a drone spotted hovering within sight of the stage. Stadium security pulled the band offstage to deal with the potential safety issue, which was resolved by the Detroit Police Department (DPD). The band returned after about 10 minutes to resume the show for nearly 41,000 fans in attendance. Reliable sources confirmed to Billboard that the drone was unauthorized, prompting the sudden exit. After a few minutes of confusion, the video screens displayed a message stating, «Show Pause. Please standby for details.» When the band returned to the stage, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong addressed the crowd, asking, «How you doing? We’re gonna pick up where we left off.” He also requested that fans put away their cell phones, saying, “Pull ’em out later. Let’s be here right now.”

traders cut bets ahead of the crucial US jobs data scheduled to be released after trading hours in Mumbai. Speculation that foreign funds were selling ahead of the deadline to comply with the ultimate beneficial ownership norms on Friday also dented sentiment. The regulations require overseas investment vehicles to provide granular details of all entities holding any ownership, economic interest, or exercising control, failing which they must liquidate their domestic holdings.

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Sarah Poontong, 49, became a U.S. citizen late last year and quickly registered to vote, reflecting a notable trend. Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander voter registration surged by 43% from January to June 2024, according to APIAVote and TargetSmart. This growth outpaces that of other racial groups. The increase is driven by a rise in naturalized immigrants, young Asian Americans reaching voting age, and intensified get-out-the-vote efforts. Between 1960 and 2019, U.S. immigration from Asia grew 29-fold, and Asian immigrants are more likely to become naturalized. Since 2020, this group has become the fastest-growing segment of eligible voters.

Trump in his New York hush money trial was delayed Friday until after November's election, a win for the Republican as he battles Democrat Kamala Harris in the knife-edge White House race. The former US president had been scheduled to be sentenced on September 18 for falsifying business records in a scheme to silence a porn star's politically damaging story. But Judge Juan Merchan postponed it to November 26 — three weeks past the November 5 election, as requested by Trump's lawyers.

Nasdaq composite, and Dow Jones fell on Friday as US stock market indexes were hit by technology company's shares. A highly anticipated update on the U.S. job market came in weak enough to add to worries about the economy. The S&P 500 dropped 1.7 per cent to close out its worst week since March 2023. Broadcom, Nvidia and other tech companies led the market lower as worries continue that their prices soared too high in the boom around artificial intelligence, and they dragged the Nasdaq composite down by a market-leading 2.6 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 410 points, or 1 per cent, after erasing a morning gain of 250 points. S&P 500 fell 94.99 points to 5,408.42. The Dow dropped 410.34 to 40,345.41, and the Nasdaq composite lost 436.83 to 16,690.83.

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The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency says, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law ...

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The Securities and Exchange Commission says that it has reached a settlement with industrial conglomerate Esmark and its chairman for announcing a false tender offer to buy U.S. Steel