Thursday, October 1, 2026 · Atlanta
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Front Page · Front Page · Reuters
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield climbed to about 5.34%, its highest since 2002, extending a global bond rout that is raising borrowing costs across mortgages, corporate debt and government budgets.
Front Page · 11alive
Philadelphia forced a decisive third game in Atlanta. The Braves, who finished 94-68 and won the NL East by six games over Philadelphia, now have one game to extend their season.
Front Page · Reuters
Chinese refiners have suspended most October gasoline, diesel and jet-fuel exports as Beijing prioritizes domestic supply amid disruptions tied to the Iran conflict, adding another pressure point for global fuel prices.
ESPN · Sports · Auburn Tigers Football
Record 5-4 · 10th in SEC · Sat, November 14th at 12:00 PM EST
Auburn visits Mississippi State in SEC playOregon's 'Shoe Ducks' jab at Ohio State tops college football Week 10 trollsTechnology & Making · Associated Press
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and others over whether advanced AI systems can act beyond user instructions in ways that create consumer harm.
Technology & Making · Reuters
Researchers reported hundreds of suspicious requests against Library and Archives Canada from AI agents; Canadian officials said they saw no evidence that systems were compromised.
Technology & Making · Reuters
Proofpoint says a China-linked group impersonated prominent U.S. AI-policy figures to steal credentials and email from a small set of researchers, lawyers and defense-sector targets.
Technology & Making · Reuters
A reported five-year arrangement would give Tencent access to advanced accelerators hosted in Oracle data centers outside China, illustrating how cloud leasing is becoming a workaround in the AI-compute race.
Technology & Making · Reuters
JERA, Dell and RHAELM plan a 400-megawatt AI data center near Chiba, pairing long-term power supply with rack-scale computing infrastructure and outside capital.
Business & Economy · Reuters
September manufacturing surveys strengthened across several major economies, with semiconductor, capital-equipment and defense demand helping offset pressure from higher energy costs.
Business & Economy · Reuters
Strong memory-chip demand and long-term supply commitments from Micron helped technology shares, but the global bond selloff kept pressure on broader markets.
Business & Economy · Reuters
A nationwide ban on separate debit and credit card surcharges took effect today. Some small businesses say they are folding processing costs into menu and shelf prices instead.
Atlanta · Fox5atlanta
The four-day Atlanta Art Fair returns to Pullman Yards with galleries, installations, talks and performances, giving the city a concentrated contemporary-art weekend.
Atlanta · Secretatlanta
October 1 brings a new batch of state-level changes touching everyday issues including benefits and housing-related rules, making it worth checking what changed before the month gets underway.
Sports · Reuters
Atlanta agreed to a four-year, $78 million extension with defensive tackle Gervon Dexter Sr., including $46.5 million guaranteed, after acquiring him from Chicago in August.
Space · NASA
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 11:10 a.m. EDT for Crew-13 from Cape Canaveral, carrying four crew members for a long-duration International Space Station mission.
Space · Reuters
TakeMe2Space plans to launch a small satellite carrying Nvidia edge-computing hardware so customers can process imagery in orbit instead of transmitting all raw data back to Earth.
Discovery · Sciencedaily
A new study reported mental-health improvement among participants with depression who sharply reduced ultra-processed foods, adding to research on the relationship between diet quality and mood.
Discovery · Eurekalert
Research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings links missions of 90 days or more with higher later-life hip-fracture rates, a concern as human spaceflight shifts toward longer expeditions.
Education · Insidehighered
American institutions still dominate the very top of the Times Higher Education world rankings, but dozens farther down the list lost ground, highlighting intensifying international competition.
History · Upi
President Benjamin Harrison signed legislation establishing Yosemite National Park on October 1, 1890, protecting a landscape that helped define the American conservation movement.
Yellowstone geologists say they have retrieved more than 20,000 pieces of trash from geysers and thermal features this year—including hats and even dental retainers—an odd reminder that litter can become a geological field problem.
Source →Yosemite’s protected status predates the National Park Service by 26 years; the park was established in 1890, while the NPS was created in 1916.
On October 1, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed legislation establishing Yosemite National Park.
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Virgo horoscope →Braves-Phillies winner-take-all Wild Card Game 3 at Truist Park
Whether the 10-year Treasury yield holds above 5.3% and how mortgage/equity markets react
NASA’s Crew-13 launch targeted for 11:10 a.m. EDT
Energy-market reaction to China’s October fuel-export pause