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What to know:

• Over the last few months, Americans have grown more worried about being able to afford basics like groceries and gas. About half of U.S. adults now say they are “extremely” or “very” concerned about being able to fill their tanks, up from 39% in July. About half are also highly concerned about being able to afford food.
  
  

• President Donald Trump’s struggles on the issue mark a significant departure from his first term, when the economy was often a point of strength. About 7 in 10 Americans say Trump’s handling of the cost of living has been “worse than expected.”
  
  

• That includes roughly half of Republicans, who are also broadly concerned about being able to afford groceries and gas. Despite their frustration, most Republicans — 67% —  say factors outside of Trump’s control are more to blame for high prices.

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WORLD NEWS

Pilot stabs fellow pilot on flight to Israel before passengers intervene to stop attack

A copilot stabbed a captain in an apparent attempt to crash a jetliner as it was flying 174 people to Israel on Wednesday. Passengers burst into the cockpit and wrestled with the attacker even as the plane descended sharply, witnesses and Israel’s government said. It landed safely in Saudi Arabia. Read more.

What to know:

• It was not clear what motivated the attack, which led Israel to scramble warplanes amid concerns about a possible hijacking. In a CNN interview, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacker was an Omani national and was being interrogated in Saudi Arabia, where he was arrested.
  
  

• Aviation experts were surprised the plane did not crash after a descent so extreme that most of the rudder was ripped off the tail.

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Report provides new details in Cornell University gang rape allegations

A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house in 2024 told police weeks after the incident that she could “say with 100% confidence I was raped.” That’s according to a report by CBS New York, which said it obtained a transcript of her interview with investigators. Read more.

Why this matters:

• The transcript, which has not been publicly released, raises new questions surrounding the local district attorney’s decision not to prosecute anyone at the time. In recent days, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten has maintained the woman’s first account to police didn’t include allegations that she was drugged, incapacitated beyond the ability to consent, or forced into sex.
  
  

• Yet, he also said he had reopened the investigation based on new information in the woman's lawsuit, which was filed this month. Cornell has agreed to bring in outside lawyers to independently investigate how the university handled the woman's allegations, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday.