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• Scientists create first active mammalian brain map

• Medical student creates free mobile clinic

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Today’s Big Story

Georgia ICE Raid

• Federal agents arrested 475 workers Thursday at a Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant construction site in Georgia as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. The raid was the largest single-site enforcement operation in Homeland Security Investigations' history.

• Most detainees were South Korean nationals found to be in the US illegally or without proper work authorization. The arrests stemmed from a months-long criminal investigation into unlawful employment practices, though no charges have been filed against employers yet.

• Roughly 400 agents from multiple federal agencies participated in the operation. Investigators said the workers were employed through layers of contractors and subcontractors, not directly by Hyundai or LG Energy Solution. All detainees remain in ICE custody.

• Hyundai has committed $26 billion in US investment through 2028, while the Georgia facility represents the state's largest economic development project worth $7.6 billion.

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Saturday’s Quick Hits

• AI company Anthropic will pay at least $1.5 billion to settle claims it used pirated books to train its language models. The deal covers 500,000 works at $3,000 each, making it the largest copyright settlement ever. Authors said Anthropic illegally downloaded books from pirating sites to train AI systems. A judge ruled the training was fair use, but downloading pirated copies wasn't. The settlement could impact similar lawsuits against OpenAI. (More)

• President Trump signed an order Friday renaming the Department of Defense to Department of War, though Congress must approve the formal change. The order lets officials use the new name in correspondence and ceremonies. Trump called it "more appropriate" for today's world and criticized the "woke" name change after World War II. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it's about "restoring warrior ethos" in the military. The original War Department existed from 1789 until after World War II. (More)

• The US added only 22,000 jobs in August, far below the expected 75,000, while unemployment rose to 4.3% - the highest since 2017 outside of the pandemic. Job growth has slowed dramatically this year, with 598,000 jobs added compared to 1.14 million in the same period last year. President Trump blamed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates sooner, calling him "Too Late" on social media after the weak report was released. (More)

• Two 17-year-olds were arrested for murdering congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, who died in June crossfire from a drive-by shooting in Washington, D.C. The 21-year-old University of Massachusetts student worked for Rep. Ron Estes just one month before getting shot near the convention center. US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the teens face adult murder charges. Police are looking for a third suspect. (More)

• Scientists finished the first complete activity map of a mammalian brain using 600,000 mouse brain cells from 139 mice across 12 labs. The study found decision-making uses far more brain areas than expected, challenging how textbooks explain the process. When mice did simple tasks like moving a wheel toward flashing markers, almost all brain regions showed activity that predicted rewards. (More)

• Bryan Hooper Sr., 54, walked out of a Minnesota prison Thursday after 27 years for a murder he didn't commit. A state judge vacated his conviction for the 1998 killing of Ann Prazniak after the trial's key witness confessed she lied and actually committed the murder herself. Chalaka Young, now in a Georgia prison, told multiple people she pinned the crime on Hooper to avoid responsibility. (More)

Weekly Dose of Positive

• After Assad’s fall, Syrians are flocking to Damascus bookshops for once-banned works on politics, religion, and prison life, marking a new era of literary freedom after decades of censorship. (More)

• Tourists in China's Guizhou province formed a human wall to break the raging river flow and rescue a boy trapped between rocks in the current. (More)

• A Denver paramedic paralyzed in two separate accidents underwent rare surgery and regained movement within 12 hours, determined to walk his daughter down the aisle at her upcoming wedding. (More)

• Medical student Steffi Casimir provides free foot care to homeless people through a mobile clinic in Oakland, preventing infections and potential amputations. (More)

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