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Vance's Pakistan Trip 'On Hold' After Iran Demands Lifting Blockade Of Its Ports, Talks Appear Off Summary Vance's trip to Islamabad 'on hold' as talks appear off for now after Iran demanded US lift blockade of ports. Neither side wants to appear 'weak' by flying to Pakistan first without the other side having already clearly committed. Trump warns: 'Expect...bombs' & urges Tehran "release women" said to be on death row. Overnight, US forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding of the stateless sanctioned M/T Tifani in Indo-Pac region: CENTCOM As just 12 ships...

San Francisco Judge Dismisses xAI Trade Secret Lawsuit Against OpenAI Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, A federal judge dismissed a trade secret lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s xAI against OpenAI, ruling that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate the competing artificial intelligence company improperly obtained confidential information. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin issued the order Monday in San Francisco, dismissing the case with prejudice, resulting in xAI being unable to refile an amended version of the complaint based on the same arguments. Lin found that xAI did not make clear that...

57 California Dams In Poor Or Unsatisfactory Condition, State Auditor Says Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A new report from the state auditor says 57 dams in California are in poor or unsatisfactory condition, posing a safety risk to hundreds of thousands of residents. Out of those 57 dams, 40 have "high or extremely high" hazard classifications as of May, the Oct. 13 report said. "Failure of just one of these 40 high or extremely high hazard dams could pose harm to as many as hundreds of thousands of people...