Good morning! Here’s your Friday briefing — the six stories we’re publishing this morning, plus what happened overnight and what’s ahead today.

This morning’s top stories

• Guardians Take 2-1 ALCS Lead as Rookie Petey Halpin’s Bat Flip Goes Viral; Rain Threatens Game 4 — The Guardians are one win from the pennant after a 3-2 Game 3 win, but rain could disrupt tonight’s Game 4.
• Apple Invites Media to Oct. 28 Launch: Touchscreen MacBooks, New iPad Mini, M6 Macs Coming — Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports an all-day LA event focused on touchscreen Macs, a first for Apple.
• Ohio AG: You Could Get Cash Back in a $96.5M Generic-Drug Price-Fixing Settlement — Ohioans who overpaid for generic drugs between 2009 and 2019 may be eligible; claims at AGGenericDrugs.com.
• Apple Intelligence Finally Gets China’s Approval: Tim Cook Confirms Late-October Beta — A test version with live translation and writing tools arrives in late October.
• ChatGPT Can Now See Your Chrome Tabs — Plus 13 New Voices Are Coming — OpenAI’s Chrome upgrade lets ChatGPT view your open tabs; 13 new voices rolling out.
• The Beekeeper 2 Trailer Drops: Jason Statham Takes on the Rogue Beekeepers — In Theaters Jan 15, 2027 — The first trailer is out for the January 2027 sequel.

While you were sleeping

• Midnight Briefing: Deadly Oregon School Shooting Tops Oct. 15’s Biggest Headlines — Catch up on overnight’s biggest stories.
• Oregon school shooting update — Overnight, the NY Post reported the teen fired his mother’s shotgun at a pickup truck before the rampage; a candlelight vigil was held at Drake Park; Bend-La Pine schools stay closed Friday.
• Florida daycare crash — A 79-year-old driver crashed into a Florida daycare, injuring 3 children.
• Maine Senate debate heckler — An “oh, shut up” heckler crashed the Maine Senate debate between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson.
• Savannah Bananas 2027 schedule — Dodger Stadium, Notre Dame, Mexico, and a Disney documentary.

What’s ahead today (Friday)

• iPhone Duo pre-orders open at 8 AM ET, ahead of the October 23 launch.
• Nickelback and Remi Wolf general on-sales at 10 AM.
• Guardians ALCS Game 4 tonight in Cleveland — rain is forecast, MLB working on contingency plans.
• Zach Bryan’s EP “Young Manhood & Other Donatable Organs” drops today — plus his massive 2027 stadium tour announcement.

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