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The Israeli military says it has located some bodies in the Gaza Strip, raising the possibility that some of the roughly 100 hostages held there have been found dead. The spokesman asked the public not to speculate about the identities as the process to extract and identify the remains would take several hours. Brazil's top court ordered X, formerly Twitter, to go dark in the country after the platform refused to name a legal representative there, leaving many of its 20 million users scrambling to other platforms.

American steel executives are optimistic about a rebound in demand for steel next year, fueled by an improving U.S. economy, large infrastructure projects, and potential interest rate cuts that could encourage consumer spending. A senior member of Crowdstrike's operations team is set to testify before Congress about the company's global IT outage in July that disrupted industries worldwide.

In a weekend shocker, Goldman Sachs is planning to lay off more than 1,300 employees, upwards of 4% of its global workforce, as part of an annual review process aimed at getting rid of the lowest performers. In the lead up to the presidential election, voters in 41 states will also decide on ballot measures related to abortion rights, voting procedures, minimum wage increases, and other issues.