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A slogan Barack Obama once borrowed lost its author today, and a European rail network that went decades without a fatal high-speed wreck now has two this year. Washington wants receipts on how your data sets your price, while one tech giant climbed and another stumbled after the bell.

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Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve conditions in the nation's fields, died Wednesday at 96, her family said. She coined the rallying cry "Sí, se puede," meaning "Yes, it can be done," and kept marching and speaking well into her 90s.

Her organizing earned her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, when then-President Obama joked he had stolen her slogan for his 2008 campaign.

The Trump administration is proposing to dramatically scale back a Biden-era rule curbing methane from oil and gas drilling, a move Trump announced in Texas. Methane is roughly 80 times more planet-warming than carbon dioxide over 20 years, and the proposal arrives amid voter backlash over high gas prices.

EPA chief Lee Zeldin said the Biden EPA "destructively targeted" the industry, while an Environmental Defense Fund official argued capturing leaked methane leaves more gas to sell.

The Trump administration moved to ease access to unproven peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a draft open for two weeks of comment. It tells the FDA not to act against specialty pharmacies selling six wellness peptides, including BPC-157, which Kennedy said he used on a muscle injury.

FDA staffers had little input and opposed the changes, six people familiar with the matter said, while analysts estimate the market could top $2 billion.

A high-speed train collision in Spain near Urda, in Toledo province, killed at least 68 people and injured dozens more, the country's second deadly high-speed crash in nine months.

A Sudanese military drone strike on a busy market in Nyala, South Darfur, killed more than 100 people and wounded 113 others, according to a rights group tracking the violence.

The holder of an Ontario lottery ticket stepped forward to claim a C$40 million jackpot just hours before it was set to expire at midnight after nearly a year unclaimed.

King tides swamped beach communities on both coasts, flooding streets and sending seawater into homes and businesses in California, Florida and the Carolinas, with flooding possible into the weekend.

Three news outlets banned by President Trump in September amended their lawsuit on Wednesday, seeking full access to press pool duties in the Oval Office and aboard Air Force One.

Apple unveiled its first touchscreen laptop, a MacBook Pro with an OLED display that goes on sale Nov. 6 starting at $2,899 for the 14-inch model, a notable price jump.

Alphabet shares sank more than 10% after Google's parent missed profit estimates and reported negative free cash flow of $9.07 billion, even as revenue grew 25% to $127.58 billion.

Microsoft shares rose 4% after hours as Azure cloud growth of 48% powered a revenue and earnings beat, with quarterly revenue up 19% to $92.28 billion.

DoorDash's bid to buy Instacart could be announced as soon as Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal reportedly valuing the grocery app near $17 billion.

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The developing human brain purges mutation-riddled neurons around birth, an analysis of over 2,300 nerve cells found, with over a quarter of fetal neurons abnormal versus roughly 6% in babies.

A human challenge trial infecting 45 volunteers with a mild strain of dengue virus is beginning to reveal why second infections often turn severe, a quirk complicating vaccine development.

Marine life is rebounding in Chile's Guaitecas Archipelago, where fishers say a salmon farm once left the sea "dead," though at least 313 farms have been authorized across the reserve.

Harry Kane received a guard of honor from his Bayern Munich teammates Wednesday after becoming the first English Ballon d'Or winner in 25 years and Bayern's first in 45.

Drew Rasmussen will start Game 5 for Tampa Bay on three days' rest as the Rays try to stave off elimination against the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series.

Dodgers owner Mark Walter says he's keeping the team "no matter what," his first public comments since a federal investigation into his business empire put the club's future in question.

A strained hamstring will sideline Tyrese Haliburton, the Pacers star who missed 16 months with a torn Achilles, just four games into his return, with no clear timeline yet.

Former Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy will lead the ceremonies for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics, replacing Peter Rice after Netflix hired him as its chief content officer.

Jamie Dornan admits feeling "pressure" playing Aragorn, taking over from Viggo Mortensen to play a younger version in the "Lord of the Rings" prequel "The Hunt for Gollum."

The Vatican unveiled a popemobile exhibition featuring eight Mercedes-Benz versions of the car popes have used since 1930, ahead of its public opening Thursday, with Pope Leo XIV thanking Mercedes.

What it is: The Federal Trade Commission is ordering Delta, Walmart and other companies to reveal how they use shoppers' personal data to set prices, reaching United, JetBlue, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and Target. The agency is also studying whether ride-hailing and delivery apps like Uber set independent drivers' pay using personal data such as their phone usage or history of accepting jobs.

The detail: A senior FTC official said the agency wants to know whether location, browsing history and income shape individual prices and wages, and plans a study to inform lawmakers. Delta said it has "zero tolerance for discriminatory or predatory pricing," while JetBlue and Walmart's CEO have both said they don't use personal information to set prices.

Why it matters: Personalized pricing is hard to spot from the outside because different people see different prices, fueling worries that algorithms can charge each shopper the most they're willing to pay. The move lands as voters consistently rank the cost of living as their top issue, and lawmakers in at least 30 states have weighed pricing-related bills this year.

What to watch: Companies that don't comply could be compelled in federal court, and comments run until Nov. 21 on a proposed policy requiring businesses to disclose personalized pricing. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson has said personalized pricing could violate consumer protection laws where consumers do not expect it, and has warned that companies should expect enforcement.

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A San Francisco startup wants humans to walk its robot dogs, offering $20 for four to six hours of work and requiring walkers to carry home any that break down.

Dozens of protesters rallied outside Liberty Mutual's headquarters to demand the insurer ditch Liberty Biberty, its fluffy yellow mascot, with the 19-year-old organizer billing it "the next Boston Tea Party."

A financial advisor now owns more than 1,000 copies of spreadsheet software, nearly doubling his 2018 Guinness World Record haul of 506, and insists his hobby isn't that strange.

Columbus lands in Cuba (1492) · Czechoslovakia declares its independence (1918) · Greece rejects Mussolini's ultimatum as Italian troops invade (1940) · Bill Gates is born in Seattle (1955)

"Alors, c'est la guerre!" ("Then, it is war!") — Ioannis Metaxas, Greek leader, rejecting Italy's ultimatum (1940)

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