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(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. is spending a fortune to assemble the brightest minds in artificial intelligence. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg may want to note: Research suggests that packing a team with too much genius can backfire. Meta is spending a fortune to assemble the brightest minds in artificial

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mercurynews.com > 09/09/2026 > today-in-history-september-9-president-reagan-sanctions-white-ruled-government-of-south-africa

Today in History: September 9, President Reagan sanctions white-ruled government of South Africa

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (291+ words) Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. On Sept. 9, 1985, President Ronald Reagan ordered economic sanctions against South Africa to target apartheid. In 1776, the second Continental Congress formally adopted the name “United States of…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/07/2026 > today-in-history-september-7-panama-canal-treaty-signed-by-president-carter

Today in History: September 7, Panama Canal Treaty signed by President Carter

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (325+ words) Today is Monday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2026. There are 115 days left in the year. On Sept. 7, 1977, the Panama Canal Treaty, which called for the U.S. to turn over control of the waterway to Panama at the end of 1999, was signed in…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/05/2026 > today-in-history-september-5-pan-am-hijacking-kills-20-passengers-crew-members

Today in History: September 5, Pan Am hijacking kills 20 passengers, crew members

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (342+ words) Today is Friday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2026. There are 117 days left in the year. On Sept. 5, 1986, four hijackers who had seized a Pan Am jumbo jet on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, opened fire on the jet’s passengers; a total…...

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mercurynews.com > 08/25/2026 > opinion-life-was-normal-and-then-it-wasnt

Opinion: Life was normal. And then it wasn’t.

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (717+ words) My father, a Holocaust survivor who reached the United States in 1940 at age 29, never disclosed much about his life in Vienna or the time he spent afterward confined in Dachau and Buchenwald. What my sister and I did know was…...

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mercurynews.com > 08/23/2026 > today-in-history-august-23-former-priest-convicted-child-molester-dies-in-prison-attack

Today in History: August 23, former priest, convicted child molester dies in prison attack

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (367+ words) Today is Sunday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2026. There are 130 days left in the year. On Aug. 23, 2003, former priest John Geoghan (GAY’-gun), the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide,…...