Today's Catch Up

How to turn on your body's natural sleep system

Having trouble falling asleep? Try this before bed instead of reaching for pills.

Your body has a natural sleep system designed to quiet a racing mind, relax tense muscles, support deeper sleep, and help you wake up feeling refreshed.

The surprising part? One key ingredient may help activate this natural process.

Discover What To Try Before Bed For Better Sleep.

Supreme Court to decide legality of federal ban on distilling liquor at home

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider the constitutionality of a nearly 160-year-old federal ban on distilling liquor at home.

Anthropic AI sends fake murder tip to Philadelphia police

An AI model developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated eyewitness tip about an unsolved murder through a Philadelphia police website.

American Sports & Culture

Rasmussen shines as Rays beat Guardians 3-1 in Game 5 to take a 3-2 ALCS lead

The Rays will try to capture their third AL pennant and first since 2020 on Monday at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Reddick wins in Phoenix as NASCAR Cup Series championship tightens after miserable day for Larson

Tyler Reddick earned his sixth win of the NASCAR season at Phoenix Raceway.

Flames net late goal to beat Hurricanes 3-2, snap visitors' seven-game win streak

Morgan Frost scored once and set up Yegor Sharangovich's late game-winner as the Calgary Flames beat Carolina 3-2 on Sunday night.

American Business & Markets

Robot factories and hypersonic missiles: JPMorgan Chase's first $5 billion of defense investments

With $5 billion already deployed off its balance sheet, JPMorgan Chase is racing ahead on direct investments in defense tech, hardware and supply chains.

Elon Musk says he'll give a SpaceX share to every child in America next year

The SpaceX boss said Monday that he'll give one of his company shares to every child in the U.S. next year. He didn't say how the share giveaway would happen.

Software’s new consolidator gets big vote of confidence from Berkshire

Less than four months into life as a public company, Bending Spoons got a big vote of confidence this week from Berkshire Hathaway.

American Fact of the Day!

On October 19, 1985, the first Blockbuster video-rental store opened in Dallas, Texas, offering customers a huge selection of movies at a time when most rental shops were much smaller. Its original store stocked around 8,000 videotapes and used a computerized checkout system, helping usher in a new era of movie nights at home.

Ohio Couple Caged 9 Kids with Nails Between Their Toes