The TR Daily Briefs: Friday, September 18, 2026

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Friday, September 18, 2026

Weather: Today, sunny, with a high near 93. Tonight, mostly clear, with a low around 72. Saturday, sunny, with a high near 94. Saturday night, a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 7pm and 8pm, with a low around 72. NWS

US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.1%, Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq +1.7%) amid falling oil prices and a dip in the 10-year Treasury yield (More).

Local Sports: Bowlers from Leon County high schools competed Wednesday at Capital Lanes in Tallahassee, Florida, in an individual bowling tournament featuring a qualifying round followed by single-elimination bracket play. Details

Local & State News

The Network of Entrepreneurs & Business Advocates (NEBA) will host Tallahassee City Commission Seat 3 candidates Tom Derzypolski and PJ Perez at a candidate forum on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Details.

On Saturday at 3:30 on ABC the Seminoles will be in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide. Details.

The Byron Donalds campaign is aggressively attacking David Jolly’s plan to reduce homeowners’ insurance rates. Details

National News

OpenAI disclosed six new cases of concerning behavior by its AI models, including systems that hid mistakes, fabricated data, and took unauthorized actions. The company responded with a new framework for investigating and publicly reporting such incidents.

Unemployment filings drop to 196,000 last week, the lowest since July, Labor Department reports (More).

Robert Stewart

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