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ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged Catholic teachers on Tuesday to focus less on pre-professional outcomes and more on educating students to have rich spiritual lives and use technology in ways that keep human dignity front and center.Leo issued a set of marching orders to Catholic educators during a special Holy Year celebration that has brought thousands of teachers, students and administrators to Rome.The brief text, which Leo signed Monday at a Mass for the Jubilee pilgrims, is an update to a 1965 Vatican document laying out the priorities for Catholic educators that was adopted during the Second Vatican…

NEW YORK (AP) — A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript featuring the Cat in the Hat and celebrating the United States will be published next year, just in time for America’s 250th anniversary.“Sing the 50 States” is the first full manuscript written by Dr. Seuss — born Theodor Geisel — to be discovered since the posthumous release of “What Pet Should I Get?” in 2015.The new book aims to teach readers the names of the states. “To sing the 50 United States, you have to use your brain,” the Cat in the Hat advises. “Massachusetts. Minnesota. Missouri and Montana. M-i-s-s-Mississippi.…

A UPS worker pushes a cart in New York, US, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUnited Parcel Service on Tuesday reported earnings that topped Wall Street’s estimates ahead of its busy holiday season.Shares of the package delivery giant surged 10% in premarket trading.Here’s how the company performed in its third quarter, compared with what Wall Street was expecting based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $1.74 adjusted vs. $1.30 expectedRevenue: $21.4 billion vs. $20.83 billion expectedFor the period ended Sept. 30, the company reported net income of $1.31 billion, or $1.55 per…

Waymo is currently the robotaxi leader in the United States, and that status has put the company’s vehicles in the crosshairs of vandals multiple times over the last year — most recently this past weekend in Los Angeles. On the sidelines of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana said vandalism against Waymo’s robotaxis is “not okay.” “Obviously, vandalism is a crime, so we’re very focused on working with law enforcement to make sure that we pursue the people who are committing these crimes against our fleet,” Mawakana told TechCrunch. “It doesn’t matter whose fleet it is. It’s not acceptable, it’s…

The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) has unveiled plans for its popular Caribbean Showcase in 2026.The marquee event connecting leading U.S. travel advisors with the top Caribbean destinations will take place from August 22-25, 2026, at Marriott’s St. Kitts Beach Club. Attendees can look forward to more dynamic business sessions, marketplace meetings and destination experiences, in addition to educational seminars, supplier meetings and curated excursions across not only St. Kitts but its sister island of Nevis.Pre-registration for next summer’s 2026 Caribbean Showcase opens this Thursday, October 30, for members of ASTA’s Ambassadors Circle and attendees of the 2025 Caribbean…

Waymo’s co-CEO, Tekedra Mawakana, had a clear message during her interview on the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 stage Monday: “It is imperative that we scale.” Mawakana was speaking in the context of how Waymo balances fundraising (and burning through that money) with eventually achieving profitability. But she was also clear in the interview that she believes Waymo can increase road safety by reaching that scale. All this helps explain why the company has been on an expansion tear this year and expects to launch in many more U.S. cities — D.C., Miami, Denver, Dallas, Seattle, and Nashville — as well as…

CHICAGO (AP) — The 2-year-old boy was so frightened, he stuttered.“Mommy, mommy, mommy,” he repeated, clinging to her.His mother, Molly Kucich, had been grocery shopping when her husband called, panicking. She heard “immigration raid.” Then: “tear gas.”She abandoned her grocery cart and drove as fast as she could to her toddler and his 14-month-old brother, who, on that warm October Friday, were among the hundreds of Chicago children caught suddenly in the turmoil of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.Parents, teachers and caregivers have been grappling ever since with how to explain to children what they’d seen: how much to tell…

NEW YORK (AP) — Sherry Jenkins is a Halloween person by default. She lives in Blairstown, New Jersey, a rural town where much of the original “Friday the 13th” horror movie was filmed. That date is, of course, a huge draw for tourists, but the town and its residents are all in on promoting Halloween as well with a parade and other activities. Jenkins, 69, goes along with the vibe, hosting friends and handing out candy to 1,000 or more trick-or-treaters every year. She’s not alone. About two-thirds of U.S. adults will celebrate Halloween in some way this year, with…

Alex Chriss, CEO of PayPal Inc.Courtesy: PayPalPayPal has signed a deal with OpenAI to have its digital wallet embedded into ChatGPT so users can pay for items found through the leading consumer AI tool, the company told CNBC exclusively.Shares of the company jumped 13% in premarket trading on the news.The agreement, sealed over the weekend, means that starting next year, both sides of PayPal’s ecosystem can plug into ChatGPT: PayPal users can purchase items through the AI platform, and its merchants can sell on it, with their inventory listed there, according to PayPal CEO Alex Chriss.”We’ve got hundreds of millions…

Kevin Damoa came face-to-face with the challenges and dangers of moving freight from road to rail as a 17-year-old U.S. Army enlistee tasked with loading tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles onto the railroad. It was — as the mechanical engineer and founder of Glīd Technologies puts it — the beginning of his love story with logistics. It’s a love story that persisted through a 13-year stint with the U.S. Air Force National Guard as a firefighter to his roles in the private sector at SpaceX, Northrup Grumman, Romeo Power Tech, and Xos Trucks — to name a few. But it…