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A new open-source Python project called Agent-Reach, published on GitHub by developer Panniantong, lets AI agents read and search content across Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili and XiaoHongShu through a single command-line tool with no API fees. The project is quickly gaining traction, drawing attention from developers interested in giving AI assistants broader access to web content without paid API access.

Researchers report that poor nutrition scores predict mortality risk independently of body weight, suggesting that a person's dietary quality matters even when their weight appears normal. The finding challenges the common focus on body size alone as a health indicator and points to nutrition assessment as a useful tool for identifying people at higher risk of early death.

California lawmakers have passed a bill that eases home delivery of enteral nutrition, the tube-based feeding supplies used by patients who cannot eat normally. The measure is expected to reduce barriers for home medical equipment providers delivering these products, improving access for patients receiving nutrition care at home.

Forecasters say a tropical system is likely to develop in the Gulf of Mexico this week, even though El Niño conditions typically suppress Atlantic hurricane activity. Meteorologists are tracking several possible scenarios for the system's track and strength, with details still uncertain. Interest is high because El Niño would normally make such development unusual at this point.

Colorado is seeing unusually warm October weather, and 9News reports the mild conditions could change how local wildlife behaves. Animals that normally begin preparing for winter may stay active longer, alter feeding or migration patterns, and appear in areas where people do not expect them. The report is prompting residents to pay attention to wildlife activity in their neighborhoods this season.

Physicists have outlined how a photon with an energy of 300 teraelectronvolts — among the most energetic gamma rays ever detected — could have travelled to Earth. The finding addresses a puzzle in high-energy astrophysics, since such photons should normally be absorbed along the way, and it points to extreme cosmic accelerators capable of producing them.

A New York Times report argues that the artificial intelligence investment boom is continuing to grow despite high US interest rates, posing a dilemma for the Federal Reserve. Normally, elevated rates would cool such borrowing-heavy spending, but AI investment keeps surging, limiting the Fed's ability to use rate policy to manage the economy and inflation.

Princeton City Schools has issued an update for families as a strike by school bus drivers continues. The district statement addresses how student transportation will be affected and what measures are being taken while drivers remain off the job. Parents and staff are watching for further developments as negotiations aim to end the walkout and restore normal bus service.