Passengers aboard a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv on Wednesday sprang into action after a pilot allegedly stabbed another and plunged the plane thousands of feet in an apparent attempt to crash it, in what Israeli officials are saying was an act of terror.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the intention was to “crash the plane, killing everyone on board” Flight 1073 from Dubai.Passengers described a violent mid-air incident as the unidentified pilot allegedly stabbed the other pilot, later identified by the prime minister as Capt. Smit Machchhar, in the cockpit.”We just heard screams, and they opened the cockpit and saw amounts of blood from someone who had simply tried to murder the pilot and stabbed him with a pocketknife. Then the plane lost control,” a passenger who identified herself as Miriam told Israeli media.Obtained by ABC News – PHOTO: An image from a video circulating online taken by a passenger inside a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv that was diverted to Saudi Arabia, Sept. 30, 2026, after an incident took place inside the cockpit.”We felt like we were, like, going to crash. I was already screaming, ‘Shema Israel’,” she added, referring to the Jewish prayer. “I can’t die, I’m my only daughter, I can’t do this to my mother.”Video What’s next in probe into possible terrorism incident on FlyDubai flightNetanyahu said in a statement that the plane “went into a spin and began to dive.” The passengers were predominantly Israeli citizens, he noted.The prime minister said that even though Machchhar, who is from India, had been stabbed, he “fought back, resisted [and] opened the cockpit door.”Netanyahu said that some passengers took a stand, referring to one he said he spoke with after the incident.Man who helped subdue knife-wielding suspect aboard flight to Tel Aviv honored”He managed to break into the cockpit with one of the crew members, and together they subdued the pilot who had committed the stabbing while he was attempting to sabotage the aircraft’s systems,” Netanyahu said.”Another flight crew member on board entered the cockpit and managed to stabilize the plane,” he added.The flight landed in Tabuk, in northwestern Saudi Arabia, after being diverted.”I salute the heroes on the flight from Dubai who demonstrated resourcefulness and courage. I have instructed the security establishment to prepare for potential additional threats,” Netanyahu said in a statement.Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images – PHOTO: A flight information display board shows cancelled flights to Dubai, at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on September 30, 2026. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz also praised the passengers who stepped up and noted in his statement that investigation is still ongoing.”According to our preliminary information, the terrorist had a single objective: to crash the plane, killing everyone on board,” he said.Machchhar was being treated for his injuries in a hospital in Saudi Arabia and the suspect was detained, according to Israeli and Indian officials. The wounded pilot was in stable condition Wednesday night, the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia said.Israel Foreign Ministry – PHOTO: Captain Smit Machchhar, the captain of flydubai Flight 1073.”We hope that he recovers from his injuries at the earliest. We are in touch with his family and assure them that we will continue to follow up on his health with Saudi authorities and extend all possible assistance for his wellbeing,” the embassy said in a statement.Attorney General Todd Blanche and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told reporters that the U.S. is “closely coordinating with their counterparts overseas,” stressing there are “no credible threats.”Iran live updatesThe flight took off at 7:05 a.m. local time from Dubai, according to Flightradar24.Abir Sultan/EPA/Shutterstock – PHOTO: A Flydubai aircraft sits on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 30, 2026. Tracking data showed the aircraft descended rapidly from 34,000 to 16,000 feet in three minutes.”It was the full like cabin, like cabins opening and everything, like chaos screaming and just the crazy drop. Like you look at the ground and you’re like, OK, I’m going that way right now,” Mika Bauman, a passenger, told ABC News.”I think now I can go on every roller coaster and be fine after that because that was an insane drop,” Bauman added.About 10 minutes after the initial descent, the plane’s squawk code — used by aircraft to communicate with air traffic control — changed to “general emergency.” Seven minutes after that, the squawk code changed again, indicating a hijacking or “unlawful interference.” Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images – PHOTO: Passengers queue at the flydubai counters in Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on September 30, 2026.The aircraft then continued to fly lower at 15,000 feet on average until it landed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, about an hour to an hour and a half after the rapid descent began and the emergency signals were sent.FlyDubai confirmed that the flight “experienced an incident while en route,” and landed in Tabuk.One passenger expressed gratitude that the incident was resolved.”We jumped and helped the pilot. Friends, everything is OK now, as you can see we are landing in Saudi Arabia, you can see I am fine. That’s it. We will see in a few minutes what will happen when we land,” Itzhak Liber, a passenger, said in a video he posted on Facebook.Ariel Schalit/AP Photo – PHOTO:Passengers who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, during a flight on FlyDubai plane, arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sept. 30, 2026. An Israeli security source confirmed to ABC News that the Israel Defense Forces recommended that a military aircraft be sent to repatriate Israeli passengers from Saudi Arabia.However, the Saudi government refused to allow an IDF rescue flight to bring back the Israeli passengers, two Israeli sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.Ammar Awad/Reuters – PHOTO: Passengers who were on the FlyDubai aircraft bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates, which was diverted to Saudi Arabia following an emergency signal, arrive at the Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sept. 30, 2026. The repatriation flight landed on Wednesday evening local time, Israeli emergency services said.”From first assessment, it appears nobody is going to need any medical treatment but we will assess them once more once they’re in the terminal,” an agency spokesman said.Prime Minister’s Office – PHOTO: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with one of the passengers involved in subduing an attacker during a flight on a FlyDubai plane, after he arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sept. 30, 2026.At the airport, Netanyahu met with one of the passengers who subdued the suspect.ABC News’ Victoria Beaule, David Brennan, Gaby Vinick and Dana Savir contributed to this report.This article originally appeared on Good Morning America at https://abcnews.com/International/flight-tel-aviv-diverted-saudi-arabia-after-incident/story?id=136880832

Paramount chief David Ellison, after a fierce year-long battle, is finally about to get his hands on Warner Bros. Discovery — in the most expensive takeover in Hollywood history. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, who is overseeing the antitrust case aimed at blocking the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal approved Paramount’s settlement with the 12 Democratic state attorneys general who brought the case to resolve the litigation.More from VarietyHow HBO’s Casey Bloys Wound Up With the Keys to Paramount-Warner Bros.’ Streaming Empire, and What’s to ComeParamount Deal and U.S. Film Incentive Reflect Hollywood’s Deepening Ties to GovernmentDavid Ellison Recruits Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz for Senior Role at Merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Paramount has tentatively set next Tuesday, Oct. 6, to close the merger, according to regulatory filings. The order approving the settlement by Martínez-Olguín was the final remaining barrier to Paramount’s debt-fueled $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, after it had been cleared by regulators in 68 jurisdictions worldwide including the Justice Department. “[T]he Court finds the proposed consent decree represents a reasonable factual and legal resolution of the dispute,” Martínez-Olguín wrote in her order. She determined that the proposed settlement agreement “reflects a procedurally sound resolution.” “The parties reached their agreement following highly contested, however brief, litigation, and they reached their agreement following what they report to have been several rounds of in-depth negotiations,” the judge wrote. The merged Paramount-WBD will bring together two of Hollywood’s biggest movie studios; the HBO Max and Paramount+ streaming services; and TV businesses including CBS, CNN, MTV, TBS, Comedy Central, Food Network and more. The new company’s entertainment franchises will span Harry Potter, “Game of Thrones” and other HBO hits, the DC Universe, “Yellowstone,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Top Gun” and the Nickelodeon kids’ empire. Some of the top leadership of the soon-to-be-merged company, whose name hasn’t been revealed at this point, is already taking shape. On Wednesday came word that Ellison has recruited Ynon Kreiz, who is stepping down as Mattel’s CEO, for a senior management role at the combined Paramount-WBD. Casey Bloys, head of WBD’s HBO, is poised to assume oversight of the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. streaming business after Cindy Holland announced Tuesday she was stepping down from her role running Paramount+ and other direct-to-consumer. With the deal close, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is expected to depart. Zaslav stands to earn more than $550 million in stock and cash once the Paramount-WBD deal closes, including $34.2 million in cash severance payments. Other top WBD execs anticipated to exit include chief revenue and strategy officer Bruce Campbell and CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels. Martínez-Olguín’s ruling came after merger opponents filed official objections with the court over Paramount’s settlement with the states. The consent decree includes no structural remedies (i.e., divestitures) as California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who led the coalition of states in suing to stop the looming merger, had previously insisted on. Among the terms of the settlement: Paramount-WBD is prohibited from selling the Paramount Studios or Warner Bros. lots in the state for at least five years, and is obligated to invest at least an additional $300 million on film production in the U.S. annually. The combined Paramount-WB also must release at least 30 movies for theatrical distribution in the first two years (something Ellison has repeatedly promised he would do) and at least 32 in years 3-5, with a 45-day window for wide-release films. The merged Paramount-Warner Bros. also will be subject to monitoring by a “news editorial independence board,” which will establish “guiding editorial and journalism principles for” for CNN and CBS News. Questioned by the judge last week about how the settlement addresses the state AGs’ concerns over fair competition in the three markets identified in the lawsuit — wide-release movies, tentpole movies and basic cable — Paula Blizzard, senior assistant attorney general for the antitrust section of the California Attorney General’s Office, said the reasoning was that the states were wary about permanently blocking the Paramount-WBD deal — and she said Warner Bros. Discovery, if it were denied the deal to merge with Paramount, would likely seek another M&A partner. “Sometimes we say, here are some remedies that will address the harm we see, but are not going to permanently change the structure by either completely blocking the merger or [requiring] divestment, and this is one of those cases,” Blizzard told the judge. In her order, Martínez-Olguín wrote that she found that the proposed consent “includes important backstops requiring divestment of studios and/or cable channels in case of the combined entity’s failure to comply with the proposed consent decree’s terms. Further, the proposed consent decree imposes these requirements on film distribution and basic cable negotiations in the midst of a rapidly changing marketplace. The Court therefore finds that the proposed consent decree reflects a settlement between the parties that is a fair, reasonable, and good faith approach to address the competitive harms alleged in the Complaint, and does not violate the law or public policy.” The groups behind the #BlockTheMerger coalition, for one, filed an amicus brief with the court urging Martínez-Olguín to reject the settlement. And the judge had left open the door to a potential additional third-party review of the settlement: Martínez-Olguin asked both the AGs and Paramount to respond to a letter submitted by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) “to urge the Court to subject the proposed consent decree to an independent public-interest review before entering it.” In separate filings Monday, Paramount and the AGs countered that the deal was vigorously negotiated, has “teeth” and should not be subjected to an independent “public interest” review. Paramount lawyers argued that the deal resolves the AGs’ primary concern of a reduction in theatrical releases after it merges with Warner Bros. Discovery. Martínez-Olguin noted that “Amici express dismay at many of the proposed consent decree’s provisions. However, a proposed consent decree like this one represents a negotiated settlement that does not fully remediate an alleged violation or even necessarily resolve the ultimate factual and legal issues of a case.” Best of VarietyWhat’s New on Netflix in October 2026What to Watch on Disney+ in October 2026The Best Celebrity Memoirs of 2026: Sylvester Stallone, Ari Emmanuel, Lena Dunham and MoreSign up for Variety’s Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.This article originally appeared on Variety at https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-warner-bros-merger-judge-approves-settlement-ags-1236893467/

The New York state prosecutor who has reopened an investigation into the alleged rape of a woman by seven members of a fraternity at Cornell University in October 2024 says he was not provided with a transcript of her interview with campus police before his office initially decided not to pursue charges.On Tuesday, CBS New York published excerpts from a Nov. 14, 2024, interview with police, in which the woman reportedly asserted, “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped.” Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said he had never seen the transcript before.”I’m going to follow up on this because this is news to me,” Van Houten told the network. “If she had said those words, we certainly would want to have explored that more. Like I said, that wasn’t provided to me.”In a civil lawsuit filed earlier this month against the school, the woman, a former student identified as “Jane Doe,” said she was the victim of a “gang rape” at the Chi Phi fraternity on Cornell’s Ithaca, N.Y., campus.In a lengthy statement released on Monday, Van Houten announced that he had started pursuing criminal charges against the seven fraternity members and would present the case to a grand jury. He also sought to explain why he initially decided not to prosecute them.According to Van Houten, Jane Doe “did not allege that she was drugged against her will or gang raped” in a six-page sworn statement to campus police in November 2024.”On the contrary, Jane Doe’s statement described her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual,” Van Houten said. “My office obviously did not and could not have based our November 2024 decision on the allegations in a civil lawsuit that would not be filed until nearly two years later.”It’s unclear when the sworn statement cited by Van Houten was dated.According to ABC News, Jane Doe told police in a sworn statement on Nov. 15, 2024, that the incident “felt like coercion,” and that at one point she said “no to the foursome” one of the fraternity brothers had proposed. She also stated: “I felt like I was unable to make any decision because of how intoxicated I was.”Cornell University issued a statement on Monday saying it supported the district attorney’s decision to reopen the case while pushing back against claims that the school did not thoroughly punish those involved in the alleged assault following its own Title IX investigation.”Any suggestion that the university did not impose consequential punishments for those involved is false,” the university said. “A continuation of the false narrative that there were minimal consequences in this case is irresponsible, will make survivors feel less safe and supported, and will perpetuate the underreporting of sexual assault.”Meanwhile, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that she is calling for a “transparent, independent review” of Cornell’s initial response to the allegations, which she described as being “nothing short of horrifying.” What does the lawsuit allege?The Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., is seen on Sept. 28.AP Photo/Heather AinsworthOn Sept. 14, Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit against Cornell University and seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity, alleging that she was the victim of a “gang rape” at the fraternity house when she was incapable of consent — and that the school failed to protect her from “sexual predators” on its campus.The defendants named in the lawsuit include Cornell, the seven fraternity members, the Chi Phi fraternity, the woman’s own sorority, Delta Delta Delta, and an off-campus bar that allegedly served her alcohol.She is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages resulting from “sustained psychological injuries, severe emotional distress, along with pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life.”According to her lawsuit, Jane Doe was a 20-year-old student at the school in October 2024 when she went to visit a friend at the fraternity house on Cornell’s Ithaca, N.Y., campus while intoxicated. Shortly after arriving, Jane Doe alleged that she was pressured by two fraternity brothers into snorting what they said was ketamine before sexually assaulting her. One of the men then allegedly sent a message to the fraternity’s Snapchat group suggesting that she was available for sex. A screengrab of part of the chat was included in the lawsuit.According to the complaint, multiple other members of the fraternity showed up, and she was raped for hours.”The Snapchat was disgusting and vulgar and immoral,” Van Houten told ABC News. “But the question that we analyzed was, did Jane Doe consent to what happened? And the law in New York state is clear: That if you are voluntarily intoxicated, or under the influence of drugs such that your judgment is impaired, that does not legally under the penal law constitute your inability to consent.”During the alleged assault, the fraternity members “began pouring lines of Ketamine all over her body and snorting them,” according to the complaint.”At around 5:45 AM, this assault concluded and Plaintiff lost consciousness,” the lawsuit stated.About three weeks later, on Nov. 8, 2024, Jane Doe reported the incident to the university’s police department.What was Cornell’s response?A student walks past a Cornell University sign in Ithaca, N.Y., on Sept. 28.AP Photo/Heather AinsworthAccording to the lawsuit, the accused fraternity members were temporarily suspended while Cornell conducted a months-long Title IX investigation that included at least 12 hearings. According to the suit, the accused fraternity members were “afforded the opportunity to mitigate their conduct by submitting essays to Cornell.”Two of the seven accused fraternity members were ultimately expelled, while the others received lesser sanctions, according to the complaint. Jane Doe dropped out of school.Last week, Cornell issued a statement saying it was “aware of a lawsuit concerning the deeply disturbing allegations of sexual assault involving members of the student community that occurred in 2024.”The school said that it concluded its Title IX investigation but would not disclose individual sanctions, citing federal privacy laws.”The Cornell Office of Civil Rights and the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards investigated and adjudicated the allegations consistent with university policies. The Xi chapter of Chi Phi fraternity remains barred from our campus,” the statement said: “Federal privacy law prohibits Cornell from disclosing specific information regarding individual students and we therefore are unable to make a public statement on any other disciplinary response. Violations of university policies could lead to sanctions up to and including suspension or expulsion. We will respond in detail through the legal process.”The university also pointed out that it launched a task force on campus sexual assault in the wake of the incident and issued a report in March with recommendations for “an environment that fosters sexual health and safety.””Several of the recommendations have already been implemented, while others are in development with oversight by a university implementation committee,” Cornell said.According to USA Today, more than 1,200 incidents of sexual assault, domestic and dating violence and stalking were reported to Cornell University’s Title IX from 2018 through 2024. Of those, 14 cases resulted in suspensions, while seven ended in expulsion or dismissal, per the paper.”Cornell takes each report seriously and, to the greatest extent possible, honors a complainant’s decision not to pursue resolution,” Rebecca Valli, a Cornell spokesperson, said in a statement to USA Today. “The university provides support and resources regardless of whether the respondent is subject to our conduct processes, and regardless of whether a complainant consents to an investigation.”Reactions to the allegationsFlorence Pugh attends an event for Netflix’s “East of Eden” in New York City on Sept. 27.Jason Mendez via Getty ImagesThe harrowing allegations revealed in Jane Doe’s lawsuit prompted reactions from several celebrities, including Florence Pugh, who posted a lengthy response on Instagram calling for men to speak out against sexual violence.”This is really the moment where we need our men to be as horrified and as sickened as us,” Pugh wrote. “You need to be leading conversations about how we change the allowance and complicity of this behaviour as much as we are. How can you expect us to trust that it’s ‘not all men’ when in moments like this, many of you stay quiet?”In an expletive-laden Instagram post, actor Josh Gad tore into Cornell, seizing on allegations in the civil lawsuit that the fraternity members were required to write essays as part of the adjudication process.”When we start setting a precedent that our girls and women can be brutally raped, and the resulting disciplinary action is to hand out (checks notes) ESSAYS (like it’s Bart Simpson being a lil’ rascal), about why it was wrong to brutally violate an innocent girl, we have lost our f***ing minds,” Gad wrote.Toby Morton, a former South Park writer, launched a website, TheCornell7.org, dedicated to holding the school and the accused fraternity members accountable.”Accountability is coming,” Morton wrote on Instagram. View this post on Instagram Mariska Hargitay posted a joint statement on Instagram with the Joyful Heart Foundation, which supports survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, with a quote from a scathing editorial by the Cornell Daily Sun.At a town hall in Ithaca, N.Y., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, said that “the culture of rape, sexual assault and pedophilia is protected in elite institutions across the United States, including Cornell.””Jane Doe, that survivor, lost her education because you can’t stay in school when something like that happens to you,” Ocasio-Cortez told the crowd. “She had to lose her education, and those men were protected by an institution and granted an Ivy League degree as a reward. Never again.”She also had a message to Jane Doe and other survivors of sexual assault.”I want you to know that you are not defined by the things that have happened to you,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “You are bigger than that. You are stronger than them. And they will never define you for your entire life. And that you can achieve anything that you want to achieve, from one survivor to another.”This article originally appeared on Yahoo News at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/prosecutor-reopens-criminal-investigation-into-cornell-gang-rape-allegations-183826467.html

The US Senate is set to leave Washington soon for election-season campaigning after two failed votes Wednesday on highly charged issues: AI data center costs and lawmakers’ stock trading.The Ratepayer Protection Act and the Stop Insider Trading Act were blocked by Democrats and fell short of the required 60 votes to advance in tallies of 57-43 and 53-47, respectively.The data center bill garnered a handful of Democratic votes — but not enough to advance the legislation — while the stock trading bill failed on a party-line vote.The political pattern around both bills was similar: Republicans charged Democrats with obstruction, while Democrats countered that both GOP-sponsored measures were bad-faith attempts to address serious issues.Voters have strong feelings about the costs associated with data centers and insider trading by members of Congress. To that end, both sides staked out their campaign trail positions. Senate Majority Leader John Thune described the bills as “eminently commonsense pieces of legislation,” while Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer shot back and called the data center bill “a fraud.”Visitors are seen at the US Capitol as rain falls in the Washington earlier this month. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Bill Clark via Getty ImagesWith a little over a month until the midterms, Democrats are bullish on their odds of winning majorities in Congress while Republicans search for ways to avoid a drubbing at the polls.But on these issues at least, neither side will have results to show beyond the rhetoric.On the Ratepayer Protection Act, Democrats aim to “prevent Republicans from gaining a political victory ahead of the midterms and hope that obstructionism does not resonate with voters,” Stifel chief Washington policy strategist Brian Gardner wrote in a client note.The votes on Wednesday afternoon are widely expected to be among the last before Senators go home to campaign. The House adjourned two weeks ago and is not scheduled to return to Washington until Nov. 9.No agreement on lawmaker stock trading banRepublicans have been pushing a measure in recent months to limit, but not fully ban, lawmaker stock trading. President Trump even called for the measure’s passage in his State of the Union address.But the measure was dead on arrival among Democrats, as the bill was amended to include controversial election-related provisions that Trump has also called for.The Stop Insider Trading Act would prohibit lawmakers and their families from purchasing new stocks, but it would allow lawmakers to continue owning individual stocks. It would also require a public notice at least seven days before any sale.Advocates of a complete ban say the legislation is a watered-down version of reform that doesn’t resolve the underlying conflicts of interest.Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters on Sept. 29. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Andrew Harnik via Getty ImagesThe bill initially had some bipartisan support, but its failure was ensured when voter identification requirements — mirroring those in the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — were added.Meanwhile, a report this week from Punchbowl News underlined the salience of lawmaker stock trading as a campaign issue. Lawmaker stock trades — alongside broader worries about congressional corruption — have been mentioned in ads in more than 80 races around the country, at a cost upwards of $117 million, Punchbowl reported.Deferred action on data centersThe data center legislation, called the Ratepayer Protection Act, would have pushed state utility commissions and regulators “to consider implementing a standard” to hold data centers more responsible for the costs of their activities, with an overall goal of providing “financial assurances or contributions to cover the cost of any generation.”Critics of the bill describe the measure as toothless and “optional” for states and too weak in the face of other ideas that would require tech companies to pay back more to communities where their facilities are located.The ratepayer bill was sponsored by Sen. Jon Husted, an Ohio Republican who is locked in a tight contest for reelection. He has touted the bill as the best chance to take some action now and accused Democrats of playing politics by blocking it.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is seen on Capitol Hill after a meeting with fellow Democrats on Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP Photo/J.Scott ApplewhiteBut the bill even drew some skeptical commentary from Republicans. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina told a reporter on Tuesday that he likes the bill’s message but was skeptical it would “actually accomplish much of anything.”Tillis voted to advance the bill on Wednesday alongside all Republicans, while Democrats largely stood in opposition. Four Democrats — Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar, and New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan — broke ranks and voted to advance the measure.Trump, meanwhile, has stepped up his defense of both AI and data centers this week and championed the idea of self-regulation for the sector. The president has long said that Americans should embrace data centers and has pushed voluntary commitments from tech giants to cover costs for local communities.The president promised Tuesday that these new facilities “are going to make communities very happy.”Ben Werschkul is a Washington correspondent for Yahoo Finance.Click here for political news related to business and money policies that will shape tomorrow’s stock pricesRead the latest financial and business news from Yahoo FinanceThis article originally appeared on Yahoo Finance at https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/senate-fails-to-advance-data-center-and-lawmaker-stock-trading-bills-before-campaign-break-181734520.html

Two parents are expected to face charges after a toddler was found with a loaded, holstered handgun inside his Michigan daycare, officials said.A teacher noticed the gun Monday morning and took “immediate action,” Canton Police Chief Joseph Bialy told ABC Detroit affiliate WXYZ. Officers then responded to the incident in Canton, just outside of Detroit, and secured the weapon, according to Canton police.No injuries were reported.2 employees killed, 1 hurt in workplace shooting in Virginia; suspect dead: PoliceThe Canton Public Safety Department said the toddler’s parents are scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday. The charges are not clear and have not yet been formalized; the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said a judge is expected to authorize the charges Thursday morning.”The message here is that no matter how busy our lives are, we have a great responsibility if we’re going to choose to own a firearm,” the chief told WXYZ.Children’s World said in a statement, “There is nothing we take more seriously than the safety, security and well-being of the children entrusted to our care. We understand the concerns this event has caused our families, and as educators and parents ourselves, we fully share those feelings.””We are proud of the immediate response our teachers took to ensure the safety of our children and are grateful that nobody was harmed,” the statement continued. “… Effective immediately, we are introducing additional measures, including checking backpacks.”This article originally appeared on ABC News at https://abcnews.com/US/toddler-found-loaded-gun-daycare-michigan-police/story?id=136884435