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A pair of September surveys showed U.S. service-sector activity expanding at its fastest pace in more than five years, even as input costs and selling prices surged at rates not seen since late 2022.

Tennessee has postponed the Dec. 3 execution of convicted double murderer Gary Wayne Sutton after Gov. Bill Lee suspended executions statewide following a botched lethal injection attempt on death row inmate Christa Pike.

Maricopa County, Arizona says a vendor error sent 3,126 early ballots to voters six days before the scheduled mailing date, drawing criticism from President Trump and Rep. Abe Hamadeh, though county officials say the ballots remain valid.

Security researchers say a new Windows malware strain called x47.c can use xAI’s Grok chatbot to help it evade detection while stealing passwords, hijacking browser sessions and draining victims’ AI account credits.

New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie took a birthday trip to Rio de Janeiro with influential Albany lobbyist Patrick Jenkins, and neither man will say who paid for it, raising questions under the state’s strict $15 gift limit.

The defending champion Knicks open preseason play Monday at Philadelphia, a near pick’em game that bettors see tilting toward the 76ers because of their deeper bench experience.

A bipartisan bill introduced by Rep. Nathaniel Moran and Sens. Tim Scott and Adam Schiff would offer federal subsidies to film and TV productions that shoot in the U.S., with added incentives for rural and disaster-recovery areas.

A new state audit found Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s office overpaid employees without seeking repayment, split purchases to dodge a $5,000 card limit, and lacked proper documentation for nearly all vendor payments tested, with most issues from a 2022 audit still unresolved.

The Justice Department charged 16 lawful permanent residents with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes, officials announced.

Court filings from 2016 show Mariam Jukaku, sister-in-law of Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, was a plaintiff in lawsuits over alleged placement on the federal terrorist watch list, amid ongoing scrutiny of El-Sayed’s family and political associations.