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18 storiesAmazon October Prime Day includes vacuum deals, US outlets report
Amazon’s October Prime Day sale, also called Prime Big Deal Days, is underway with discounts on vacuum cleaners, according to CNN, NBC News, Wired and The Verge. NBC News said the sale runs through October 7 and vacuum deals reach up to 56%…
Rescue kittens explore Sea Life aquarium at Mall of America
About two dozen rescue kittens from the Twin Cities-based Bitty Kitty Brigade spent nearly two hours at the Sea Life aquarium at the Mall of America, in a suburb of Minneapolis, before it opened to the public. The visit, the group's sixth a…
FBI Director Kash Patel and country singer Alexis Wilkins announce engagement
FBI Director Kash Patel, 46, and country singer Alexis Wilkins, 27, announced their engagement on Sunday in social media posts. Wilkins posted a black-and-white photo showing her ring with the caption “Went and got the law involved,” and Pa…
Amazon’s October Prime Day runs October 6-8 as retailers cut prices early
Amazon’s October Prime Day, also called Prime Big Deal Days, runs from October 6 at 3AM ET through 3AM ET on October 8, with discounts already live, according to The Verge, NBC News and Wired. Wired listed Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 at $190 ($…
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days Begin With Discounts on Apple Macs, AirPods and iPads
Amazon's fall Prime Big Deal Days sale is live, with early discounts on Apple products including AirPods Pro 3 at $179.00, down from $249.00, AirPods Max 2 at $429.00, and about $200 off most M5 MacBook Air models. Outlets also reported all…
Amazon's October Prime Day runs October 6-7 as outlets round up deals
Amazon's October Prime Day sale, also called Prime Big Deal Days, is running from October 6 through October 7, 2026. NBC News, The Verge and CNN published roundups of discounted products at price points under $50, under $25 and on seasonal …
Amazon October Prime Day Sale Runs Through October 7 With Lightning Deals
Amazon’s October Prime Day sale, also called Prime Big Deal Days, is running now through October 7. It features Lightning Deals, limited-time and limited-quantity discounts available to Prime members. Outlets including CNN Underscored, NBC …
GameStop raises used PS5 Pro price to $1,400, above new console's MSRP
GameStop is listing pre-owned PlayStation 5 Pro consoles at $1,399.99 on its website, up from $800 and above the $899 sticker price of a new console. A leaked memo to employees, which a GameStop subreddit moderator said had been vetted, tol…
Amazon’s October Prime Day sales event prompts deal guides from US outlets
Amazon’s October Prime Day sales event, which The Verge calls Prime Big Deal Days, drew deal coverage from tech and business outlets on October 6. CNN described it as a two-day event and the first of several savings periods running through …
Trump blames France student protests on “out of control mass migration”
President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that the student protests across France were “about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country,” not about schools. The remarks came as France’s Interior Ministry counted 266,000 demonstrator…
Retailers Launch Competing Fall Sales as Amazon's October Prime Day Begins
Amazon's October Prime Day sale is running as rival retailers roll out their own competing fall sales. Walmart's event runs through October 11, with AirPods 4 discounted to $79 and LEGO sets up to 37% off, while Best Buy, Sony and others al…
Prime Day deals cut Nothing Headphone (1) to $189 and Beats Studio Pro to $119
Tech outlets covering Prime Day sales flagged discounts on two pairs of over-ear headphones. Wired and The Verge both reported the Nothing Headphone (1) at $189 at Amazon, while IGN reported the Beats Studio Pro at $119, which it called the…
Amazon's October Prime Big Deal Days sale draws deal coverage from tech and business outlets
Amazon's October sale event, called Prime Big Deal Days or October Prime Day, was live as of October 6, 2026, with outlets publishing lists of discounted electronics, headphones, phones, tablets and games. The Verge said the event runs thro…
Lego announces three new Batman sets for January 1, 2027 release
Lego has announced three new Batman sets due on January 1, 2027: a Batman Returns Batmobile & Duck set, an Arkham Knight Batmobile, and a Joker wall-art build based on the Detective Comics #880 cover. The Joker set, at 1,849 pieces, is the …
Cornell administration building vandalized; protest planned over assault case handling
Cornell's main administration building in Ithaca, New York, was splashed with graffiti and had a glass door damaged overnight, as student organizations planned a Monday protest over the university's handling of an alleged 2024 fraternity-ho…
PepsiCo recalls 122,000 cases of Gatorade over undeclared yellow dyes
PepsiCo has voluntarily recalled more than 122,000 cases of Gatorade in the US because the drinks contain undeclared Yellow No. 5 and/or Yellow No. 6 dyes, according to an FDA notice. The recall covers 28-ounce bottles of Lemon Lime, Lemon …
AirPods Pro 3 drop to $179 at Amazon in early Prime Day sale
Amazon is selling Apple's AirPods Pro 3 for $179, down from a $249 list price, in an early sale tied to its fall Prime Day event, according to three tech outlets. Two of them say the price matches the lowest level tracked since around June.…
Cornell rape lawsuit prompts 'I am Jane Doe' solidarity wave online
A young woman using the name Jane Doe is suing Cornell University and seven fraternity members she accuses of raping her, according to ABC News. Since the filing was reported late last month, social media users have flooded platforms with “…