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Bolivia Ends Socialist Rule

• Bolivia is heading to a presidential runoff between two opposition candidates after centrist Rodrigo Paz captured 32.8% of the vote and former president Jorge Quiroga got 26.4%, ending over 20 years of rule by the socialist MAS party. The Movement Toward Socialism party's official candidate finished sixth with just 3.2% as the economic crisis drove voters away from the ruling party.

• Bolivia's economy has deteriorated under the socialist government, with inflation soaring from 2% to 25%, creating long fuel lines and making basic imports difficult to afford. The crisis fractured the ruling party as former President Morales and current President Luis Arce blamed each other for the meltdown.

• The October 19 runoff will determine control of the world's largest lithium reserves, crucial for electric vehicle batteries. Quiroga promises to sell to foreign companies while Paz opposes the plan. Bolivia appears set to shift away from its alignment with China and Russia after both candidates said they favor closer US ties.

Cambridge Dictionary Goes Delulu

• Cambridge Dictionary added 6,000 new words this year. Social media slang dominated the additions more than in previous updates. Terms like 'skibidi,' 'tradwife,' and 'delulu' made the cut alongside work-from-home vocabulary and tech terminology.

• ‘Skibidi' is defined as gibberish that can mean 'cool' or 'bad' or be used as a meaningless joke popularized by YouTube videos viewed over 60 million times. 'Tradwife' describes married mothers who embrace traditional gender roles while posting about it on social media. 'Broligarchy' combines 'bro' and 'oligarchy' to describe powerful tech men like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos who attended Trump's inauguration.

• Remote work since the pandemic has generated terms like 'mouse jiggler' for devices that fake computer activity when users are not actually working. New workplace terms include 'work wife' and 'work spouse' for trusted office partnerships.

Hurricane Erin

• Hurricane Erin strengthened into a Category 4 storm Monday with 140 mph winds, hammering the Turks and Caicos and the southeast Bahamas while brushing Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with heavy rain and gusts.

• The storm, which briefly hit Category 5 over the weekend, is forecast to turn northeast and avoid a direct US landfall. Still, officials ordered evacuations on North Carolina’s Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, where flooding could wash out roads for days.

• Even without landfall, Erin’s size and strength mean days of hazardous surf and rip currents along the US East Coast. Storm trackers say to expect 8–12-foot waves from northern Florida up to New Jersey and Long Island Tuesday (today) through Thursday.

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Quick Stories

US News

• President Trump said he called Putin to arrange a Putin-Zelenskyy meeting after hosting European leaders for Ukraine talks, calling it a critical step toward ending the war. (More)

• Mississippi will send 200 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., joining three other Republican-led states supporting the Trump administration’s federal crackdown on crime and homelessness in the city. (More)

• Dominion Voting Systems settled its defamation suit against Newsmax for $67M, avoiding trial over false 2020 election claims. Payments will be split into three installments through 2027. (More)

World

• Dubai police caught three thieves hours after they stole a $25M pink diamond from a trader lured to a villa under a fake viewing. Police used AI and CCTV footage to track the suspects. (More)

• Swatch apologized and removed an ad showing an Asian model pulling his eye’ corners after it sparked accusations of racism and boycott calls on Chinese social media. (More)

• Hamas has agreed to a proposed Gaza ceasefire and staged hostage release, freeing about half of the 50 Israeli captives during a 60-day truce. Israel has yet to respond, insisting on full release. (More)

Business & Economy

• US stock markets closed mixed on Monday (S&P -0.01%, Nasdaq +0.03%, Dow -0.08%). Markets finished relatively flat as traders await key retail earnings and Fed Chairman Powell’s annual Jackson Hole summit speech. (More)

• Soho House will go private in a $2.7B deal led by MCR Hotels, giving shareholders $9 per share, a 17.8% premium, after years of losses since its 2021 market debut. (More)

• Novo Nordisk will sell Ozempic for $499/month (less than half its list price) to US cash-paying patients through its website, programs, and GoodRx. (More)

Sports & Entertainment

• Joe Flacco will start the season as the Cleveland Browns quarterback after injuries to other contenders left the 18-year veteran with the most first-team practice reps. (More)

• Jasveen Sangha, known as the "Ketamine Queen," pleaded guilty to selling Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed the "Friends" star. She faces up to 45 years in prison. (More)

• MSNBC will rebrand as My Source News Opinion World (MS NOW), dropping the NBC name and peacock logo after its corporate spinoff, aiming for independence while keeping its liberal editorial direction. (More)

Science, Health, & Tech

• Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed CAPPSID, a cancer therapy that hides a tumor-killing virus inside tumor-seeking bacteria, allowing it to bypass immunity and safely destroy cancer cells. (More)

• Texas health officials declared the 762-case measles outbreak over after 42 days without new cases. Two unvaccinated children died, 100 were hospitalized, and the outbreak spread across 37 counties. (More)

• Streaked shearwaters poop almost exclusively in flight, shedding about 5% of their body weight per hour. This behavior may keep them clean, avoid predators, fertilize oceans, and influence disease spread. (More)

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