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News Digest
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies; three dead in Minneapolis apartment shooting; Iran’s Red Crescent urges ICC probe of US strike on wedding party
Gloria Steinem has died. MPR News reports the celebrated author, activist, and Ms. Magazine co-founder — described as one of the most visible symbols of the U.S. women's movement — has died. Three people are dead, including the suspected shooter, after a shooting at a…
Today's Digests
AI Digest
Anthropic Open-Sources Commerce Agents While Shopify's 0.8B Fine-Tune Claims a Win Over GPT 5.6
Anthropic released an open-source blueprint for shopping and merchant agents, with claimed retail gains of up to 35% higher cart value, while Shopify's @tobi says a 0.8B fine-tune beat GPT 5.6-sol xhigh on a specialized task. A new eval also argues your agent harness, not your model, drives the spread, with cost per pass ranging from $1.05 to $18.34 on identical models and tasks.
Local News Digest
Nearly 60 Pounds of Meth Seized in Golden Valley Apartment
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office says investigators found 59.6 pounds of methamphetamine — almost 60 pounds — and nearly 2 pounds of cocaine in a Golden Valley apartment last week ([KSTP](https://kstp.com/kstp-new...
Reality TV Digest
Jax Granted Restraining Order Against Brittany as Below Deck's Nathan Is Convicted and on the Run
The Jax and Brittany situation just escalated in a way nobody predicted: [Jax was granted a temporary domestic violence restraining order](https://realityblurb.com/2026/09/02/the-valleys-jax-taylor-is-granted-temporar...
Pop Culture Digest
Amelia Dimoldenberg Is Ending "Chicken Shop Date" After 12 Years — RIP to the Flirting Economy
Amelia Dimoldenberg — host, writer, and producer of the series that turned awkward chicken shop interviews into a whole celebrity ritual — broke the news via Instagram on Thursday, closing the book on 12 years of tele...
Finance Digest
10-Year Yield Hits 4.81% — Highest Since 2023 — as a Hawkish Warsh Fed Meets Trump Pressure and a Heavy AI Earnings Week
The tape enters September stretched: The Motley Fool notes the Dow, S&P 500 (^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite have all rocketed to multiple record highs in 2026, with the S&P 500 topping out at an all-time high in August ...
Gaming Digest
"The Internet We Once Loved Is Gone": SteamDB Sold as Steam Smashes Its All-Time Release Record
The day's biggest story, full stop: Rock Paper Shotgun reports that SteamDB's founders have handed the community-run database over to the owners of Nexus Mods, who've run that site for 13 years. Kotaku quotes SteamDB'...
MTG Digest
"A Disaster": WotC's Own Words on the Zeta Set Sale — While Reality Fracture Prerelease Scrambles Begin
The Zeta Set story keeps unfolding. [EDHREC's breakdown](https://edhrec.com/articles/what-happened-to-the-secret-lair-zeta-sale/) recounts the Sept. 2 Chaos Vault drop through WotC's own admission that it was "a disas...
F1 Digest
Ferrari throw everything at Monza: second ADUO engine confirmed — and a Schumacher tribute 30 years in the making
The engine war takes center stage at the Temple of Speed. Ferrari will introduce their second PU upgrade of the season at Monza, permitted under the new Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities system, as they...
Sports Digest
Vikings Add Veteran Kyle Van Noy Ahead of Packers Opener; NBA Hits Clippers With Harshest Punishment in League History
It's Vikings week — the season opener against the Packers is almost here. Ahead of it, the team agreed to sign linebacker Kyle Van Noy, a 35-year-old, 13-year veteran with 57 career sacks, per ESPN, adding experienced...