Walgreens is closing approximately 1,200 stores as the pharmacy chain struggles with declining consumer spending. The closures will occur within the next three years.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Economics and Business

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The New York Times sent Perplexity a "cease and desist" notice demanding the company stop using its content for generative AI purposes.

Cornell Tech

Law and Policy

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Brian Collins, canine and feline expert at Cornell University, says the key is to plan ahead and monitor pets for their comfort during Halloween festivities.

New York State

Veterinary Medicine

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Bruce Tracey, professor of human resource management at Cornell University, says employers should start developing pre-emptive natural disaster plans. 

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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OpenAI claims propagandists seeking to influence elections around the globe have tried to use ChatGPT in their operations.

Computing & Information Sciences

Arts and Sciences

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Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and says EV’s are a “double-edged sword” in a disaster

Economics and Business

Law, Government & Public Policy

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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A bipartisan group of attorneys general filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday alleging the platform has “addicted” young people and harmed their mental health.

Law and Policy

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) should be barred from enforcing its 2022 rule regulating “ghost guns” as firearms, but there is no question they are firearms says Cornell University’s Brooks School of Public Policy professor Max Kapustsin.

Law and Policy

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Jonathan Lin, an atmospheric scientist researching hurricane dynamics and impacts, comments on Hurricane Milton intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Uriel Abulof is a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and a professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University. Abulof says the idea of a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine should now be a diplomatic imperative.

International

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