Today's news is dominated by a brutal tech stock selloff stoking Wall Street fears about the AI bubble, a rash of major security breaches including a $6.3B Binance hack, election-related legal rulings, and a fragile local truce enabling evacuations in Ukraine.

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Judge bars federal government from trying to separate ballots | AP News

A judge barred the federal government from separating ballots cast for Dan J. Sullivan after the Justice Department sought to isolate them to investigate possible voter confusion with the GOP incumbent senator.

The Justice Department confirmed in court documents that they seek to isolate ballots ranking Dan J. Sullivan to probe “confusion” with the GOP incumbent senator.

The AI Gold Rush Is Turning Into a Wall Street Bloodbath

Alphabet lost roughly $500 billion in market value as investors grew increasingly worried about Silicon Valley's massive AI spending spree.

Alphabet lost roughly $500 billion in market value as investors grow increasingly worried about Silicon Valley's massive AI spending spree.

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Investors dumped tech shares, sending the Nasdaq Composite to its worst day since June and its worst month since March 2025.

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Stock market rocked as investors dump tech shares; Nasdaq suffers worst day since June: Live updates

Some residents of the war-ravaged city of Oleshky have begun evacuating as a local Ukraine-Russia truce holds, according to Russian and Ukrainian officials.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite posted its worst month since March 2025.

Oleshky residents begin evacuation journey as local Ukraine-Russia truce holds | AP News

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Russian and Ukrainian officials say some residents have been evacuated from the war-ravaged city of Oleshky.

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