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News Digest
Five Dead as Amazon Cargo Jet Overruns Miami Runway; Canada's $20B Retaliation Tariffs Take Effect; AfD Breaks Through in German State Election
Miami cargo crash: At least five people died when an Amazon Prime Air cargo jet overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, MPR News reports, citing the Federal Aviation Administration. Trade escalation: Canada's retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion…

AI Digest
Code Review Becomes the Bottleneck, and Teams Are Deleting It
Engineers report that AI-generated PR volume has outstripped human review, with one team dropping most reviews in favor of pre-commit hooks, CI, and observability while toolmakers build for review and QA as the new constraint. OpenAI reset Codex usage after GPT-6 Astra drained paid plans, and the day's capability claims ran from Jensen Huang's "AGI has arrived" to OpenAI publishing data on models accelerating its own research.
Local News Digest
Hiawatha Avenue drops to one lane starting Tuesday as Highway 55 construction runs through December
Road work starts today: MnDOT's Highway 55/Hiawatha Avenue project begins Tuesday, reducing the corridor to one lane in each direction between Minnehaha Parkway and East 44th…
Reality TV Digest
Bravo Cuts Ties With Nathan Gallagher After Domestic Violence Convictions — While The Traitors Completes Its Reality Emmy Takeover
The Season 12 finale just wrapped, but the tell-all is where the real fireworks are: a shocking preview shows Catie Norboe storming off set in tears ([Reality Blurb](https://realityblurb.com/2026/09/07/video-90-day-fi...
Pop Culture Digest
Steve-O Cemented a "Jackass" Butt Plug Into His Brand-New Olympic-Length Pool
Cardi B and Offset hit pause on the whole messy divorce thing for one day, reuniting Saturday for a massive joint birthday party for two of their kids (TMZ). Kid Cudi is directly…
Finance Digest
Fed Hike on the Table, Goldman Sees $120 Brent, and the AI IPO Wave Looms as Traders Return From Labor Day
U.S. markets were closed Monday for Labor Day, so Tuesday's session is the first real test of September's tricky seasonality. The backdrop is less forgiving than it was a month ago: 10-year yields hovering near 4.8% a...
Gaming Digest
It's Zelda Day — 40th Anniversary Direct Drops In Hours, And The Ocarina Of Time Remake Price Has Seemingly Leaked Early
The big one: The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct airs later today, and Nintendo Life says the company has hinted at what to expect with a cheeky "you probably already know" — fitting, since the outlet separate...
MTG Digest
MaRo Counters Standard Critics: "Vintage and Legacy Have Very Robust Metagames"
The Standard card pool debate is the story of the day. After a player argued that a bigger, higher-powered pool forces netdecking, Mark Rosewater pushed back — he's been told…
F1 Digest
Monza Miracle — Antonelli Charges From P19 to End Italy's 60-Year Home Win Drought
History at Monza: Antonelli won the Italian GP from 19th on the grid — the first home winner at Monza since 1966 — with a reported 26 overtakes, the most in a single race in…
Sports Digest
NFL Season Kicks Off Wednesday Night With a Super Bowl Rematch as Patriots Visit Seahawks
Quiet day on the Minnesota front — no Vikings, Twins, Timberwolves, Wild, Lynx, United or Gophers headlines made the national roundup today. The biggest local-relevant note: the Vikings' season opener arrives this wee...