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1. Under Trump, the Federal Trade Commission is abandoning its ban on noncompetes

   Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has called his agency's rule banning noncompetes unconstitutional. Still, he says protecting workers against noncompetes remains a priority.

2. Anthropic to pay authors $1.5B to settle lawsuit over pirated chatbot training material

   The artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay authors $3,000 per book in a landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material.

3. You can trust the jobs report, Labor Department workers urge public

   A strongly-worded statement from Bureau of Labor Statistics workers comes a month after President Trump attacked the integrity of the jobs numbers they release monthly.

4. Headed to the FBI, Missouri's Andrew Bailey opposed abortion, backed Trump

   Andrew Bailey rose quickly to be state attorney general of Missouri where he built a record for fighting abortion and defending Donald Trump. Now he's a co-deputy director of the FBI.

5. How Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans are reacting to Trump's National Guard threats

   Even after a federal court ruled his use of the National Guard in LA was illegal, the president has weighed sending troops to Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans. Here's where things stand in those cities.

6. Hundreds of South Koreans are among 475 detained in a Georgia immigration raid

   "The business activities of our investors and the rights of our nationals must not be unjustly infringed," a foreign ministry spokesman said after about 300 South Koreans were detained.

7. Four Democratic senators urge Smithsonian to resist White House attempts to 'bully the institution'

   Sen. Alex Padilla of California and three other Democrats are reminding the Smithsonian's secretary that the institution "is the responsibility of Congress."

8. Greetings from Guhagar, India, where newly hatched turtles get some help into the sea

   Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

9. Israel is blasting through Gaza City neighborhoods, but people have nowhere to go

   Israel's military says it has gained "operational control" of 40% of Gaza City and plans to intensify its attacks in a large-scale ground offensive to fully occupy the city.

10. Cracks in the U.S. economy: Job growth slows 75% from a year ago

    The U.S. job market showed more signs of weakness Friday, as the Labor Department reported just 22,000 jobs added in August. Revised figures show the economy lost jobs in June, for the first time since the pandemic winter of 2020.