Tuesday, October 6, 2026

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in their NL Division Series. Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 over seven innings, and Kiké Hernández and Freddie Freeman homered…

A projectile hit the tanker On Peace in the Strait of Hormuz, injuring 12 of its 19 crew members, India's foreign ministry said Tuesday. Eleven of the hurt sailors are Indian, and they were taken with Oman's help to…

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed at record highs on Tuesday as bond yields eased and oil prices steadied. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% to 7,820, its first record close since August, and the Nasdaq gained 0.5% to 27,605 for a…

Polk County officials on Tuesday named the Winter Haven High School student killed in Monday's bus crash as 16-year-old Adinaluz Prieto Oyola. Sheriff Grady Judd showed bus video of a white Chevy Malibu crossing the…

Air and sea drones hit two cargo ships early Tuesday inside Bulgaria's Black Sea economic zone, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said. The Togo-flagged Alfa Watan sank and there is no word on its crew, while all 18 sailors…

Updated: Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday. He led the work on IceCube, a South Pole observatory that uses a huge block of ice to catch tiny particles from deep space called neutrinos…

President Trump approved a plan to execute Nidal Hasan by Army firing squad, the Pentagon said Monday night. Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. It would be the first execution after a…

Yemen's Saudi-backed government says its forces retook the Red Sea port of Mokha on Monday and secured the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The Houthis deny it, and sources told Reuters and AFP that troops had only reached the…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency over measles Monday. The order lets paramedics, pharmacists and midwives give the MMR vaccine and lets nurses order tests. New York has 108 cases this…

Moscow's mayor said 650 drones flew toward the Moscow region overnight, and the regional governor said two people were killed in one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks on the area. Russia fired 137 drones at…

The International Criminal Court on Monday made public arrest warrants for four Taliban leaders, including their top leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada. Judges say the men likely took part in the abuse of women and girls…

Israel will close Gaza crossings and seal off the West Bank again Wednesday, the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, after a first closure Monday. No new aid enters Gaza on closure days. UN chief…

A federal judge in Boston on Monday blocked the Trump administration from fining migrants up to $1.8 million for not leaving the U.S. after deportation orders. He said the fines were imposed unlawfully. Homeland…

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from two Michigan brothers who were told not to wear "Let's Go Brandon" sweatshirts at school. The order leaves in place a ruling that the school could ban the phrase…

Soldiers and families of six troops killed by an Iranian drone in Kuwait in March say warnings were ignored before the attack, AP reports. They want the Army to release its investigation, which was finished in June. It…

President Trump said Monday that his super PAC, MAGA Inc., will pay for the government TV ads praising his record after criticism from both parties. The White House said the change applies only to future ads. AdImpact…

The White House kept Politico off Air Force One for President Trump's Nebraska trip Monday, extending a ban on outlets it accuses of false coverage. Politico, CNN and MS NOW are suing. A federal judge holds a hearing…

Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson hold the first of four Maine Senate debates Tuesday, opening a week of debates in close races. Polls show near-ties in Maine and Kansas. Republicans hold the Senate 53-47…

The Justice Department says it has filed 40 cases in six weeks to strip U.S. citizenship from naturalized Americans convicted of serious crimes. Officials call it the largest such push in modern history. Critics warn…

President Trump rallied Monday in Grand Island, Nebraska, for Sen. Pete Ricketts and Gov. Jim Pillen on the first day of early voting there. He also signed an order easing rules on tax-free farm diesel. Trump won…

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Republican Dan Cox meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. on Maryland Public Television in their only debate, a rematch of 2022. In Oregon, Gov. Tina Kotek and Republican Christine Drazan clashed in the…

A federal judge in El Paso has blocked border barrier construction near Big Bend National Park in West Texas. Landowners and an environmental group sued, saying the work would harm a remote, wild stretch of the Rio…

A California real estate agent was charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China and spying on relatives of foreign officials living in the U.S. Law enforcement sources told CBS News one target was the son of…

PEN America says U.S. public schools banned books nearly 12,000 times in the 2025-26 school year, a record. Texas passed Florida with more than 8,100 bans. Supporters of the removals say parents should decide what…

French industrial group Schneider Electric agreed Monday to acquire Boston-based engineering software maker PTC for about $22.6 billion in cash, the largest deal in its history. The $205-a-share offer is a 42.3%…

President Trump signed an executive order Monday allowing drivers to use cheaper red-dyed farm diesel on highways while deferring the 24.4-cent federal tax on it through the end of the year. Diesel prices reached a…

Freight broker C.H. Robinson agreed Monday to acquire rival RXO for $5.8 billion, creating a logistics company valued at more than $25 billion. RXO shareholders would receive $30.25 a share in cash and stock, a 29%…

Canadian energy giant Cenovus agreed Monday to acquire Athabasca Oil in a C$5.7 billion cash-and-stock transaction. Cenovus expects to nearly triple production at Athabasca's properties, from about 40,000 to 115,000…

The Federal Reserve releases minutes from its September meeting on Wednesday, when it raised rates for the first time since 2023. Since then, a weak jobs report and cooler inflation have cut the odds of another hike…

The average 30-year mortgage rate climbed to about 7.54% on Tuesday, up from 7.37% a week earlier, according to Mortgage Research Center data. Rising Treasury yields have pushed home loans to their most expensive level…

Bitcoin slipped about 1.2% to roughly $85,600 early Tuesday after sellers again turned it back from $87,000, its third failed attempt at that level in two weeks. Stock indexes remain near record highs, while rising…

General Motors and Ford both reported lower U.S. sales for the third quarter, down 5.5% and 6.6%, as electric vehicle purchases collapsed after the federal tax credit expired. Toyota and Honda gained ground by selling…

A threatened 50% U.S. tariff on Canadian cars, trucks and auto parts is set to take effect Jan. 1, doubling today's 25% rate. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says several issues remain quite difficult to…

GE HealthCare agreed Monday to buy Sofie Biosciences for $945 million in cash, adding a U.S. network that makes and delivers short-lived radioactive drugs used in PET scans. The deal also brings U.S. rights to a…

India's IndiGo raised fuel charges on new bookings starting Tuesday, its third increase this year, after jet fuel prices jumped more than 14% in a month. Korean Air's October surcharges are up nearly 40% in two months…

Japanese drugmaker Shionogi agreed to buy IntraBio, a small drug company in Austin, Texas, for $2 billion. IntraBio makes a new drug for two rare genetic diseases that harm the brain and nerves. Shionogi wants to grow…

The U.S. men's national team beat Canada 1-0 on Tuesday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, to finish its fall window 4-0. Justin Ellis scored off an Alex Freeman cross. The Americans next play Haiti in the Concacaf Nations…

Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov will miss six to eight weeks with a left leg injury, coach Paul Maurice said Tuesday. He will not need surgery. In San Jose, the Sharks are still checking captain Macklin…

Novak Djokovic won his seventh China Open title on Tuesday when Alex de Minaur got hurt and quit early in the second set of the Beijing final. Djokovic had won the first set 7-6 (3), and the title is the 102nd of his…

Bijan Robinson ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns, and Brian Robinson Jr. added three more, as the Atlanta Falcons routed the New Orleans Saints 45-24 on Monday night in New Orleans. The win lifts Atlanta to 2-2 and…

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin said Monday that the 2026-27 season will be his last in the NHL. He has spent all 22 of his seasons in Washington. The 41-year-old holds the league record with 929 goals and…

The Baltimore Ravens don't know yet if Lamar Jackson will play Sunday night at Atlanta after he hurt his left ankle. Coach Jesse Minter said he doesn't expect a long absence. Baltimore is 6-11 without Jackson since…

The winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the 2-2 Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night, with undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels starting again for injured quarterback Baker Mayfield. Kickoff is 8:15 p.m. ET on Prime Video, and…

Top-ranked Texas, at 4-0, meets unranked Oklahoma, at 2-2, on Saturday at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas in the 122nd Red River Rivalry, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. Texas is favored by about 8.5 points and is…

The Atlanta Dream lead the New York Liberty 1-0 in the WNBA semifinals, but star Allisha Gray hurt her shooting hand in Game 1 and may not play Wednesday. Game 2 tips off at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, and Golden State, up…

Baseball's labor deal expires Dec. 1, and team owners are pushing for a salary cap that the players' union has rejected for decades. Royals owner John Sherman said Monday that the two sides meet every week and want to…

Austin Smotherman shot a 3-under 68 on Sunday to win the Bank of Utah Championship by two shots, earning his first PGA Tour title in his 100th career start. He finished at a tournament-record 26 under par, which also…

Kimi Antonelli leads Mercedes teammate George Russell by 84 points heading into this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, after Russell's engine failed at Sepang. Even a perfect weekend cannot clinch the title, so Austin on…

Police in Britain arrested a 22-year-old man in London on Tuesday, the seventh person held in a suspected plot against RAF Fairford. The U.S. pulled about a dozen B-1 bombers from that base over the weekend over fears…

Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs began talks Monday on a new government after Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' United List won the most seats ever by one party. Kulbergs says growing the economy comes first. His…

German agents on Tuesday arrested August Hanning, who led the country's foreign spy service from 1998 to 2005. Prosecutors say he is suspected of treason and of spying for foreign powers. They say a former top aide…

Brazil's two presidential finalists began a three-week sprint to the Oct. 25 runoff on Monday. Lula, 80, is reworking his campaign after trailing in the first round. Flávio Bolsonaro won about 47% of valid votes to…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early national election for Nov. 29 after lawmakers voted down his emergency housing measures. Rents and evictions have set off protests across Spain. Polls show the…

Police in New Zealand and Australia are now digging into the past of the flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking his captain with a crash axe on a Tel Aviv flight. New Zealand says he spent 175 days there on a student…

Romanian President Nicușor Dan named diplomat Luca Niculescu as prime minister-designate on Monday, his fourth try to end a five-month government crisis. Niculescu has 10 days to win a vote in parliament. The…

Preliminary results show nationalists won the Serb and Croat seats on Bosnia's three-member presidency, while a moderate kept the Bosniak seat. Turnout fell to about 42%, the lowest since the 1990s war, DW reported…

Quebec voters elected the Parti Québécois on Monday, and its leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, will be the next premier. The party wants Quebec to leave Canada. But it won about 59 of 127 seats, short of the 64 needed…

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi promised families of people abducted by North Korea on Tuesday that she would find a breakthrough "at any cost." She is also defending skipping a G7 video call last week. Japan…

Ethiopia's new parliament re-elected Abiy Ahmed as prime minister for five more years on Monday. In the north, residents say Tigrayan forces are rounding up men and boys as young as 15 to fight. The war restarted Sept…

China says a Philippine military plane illegally flew over Scarborough Shoal on Oct. 3. Manila says a Chinese J-16 fighter jet flew unsafely close to its patrol plane. The shoal sits about 124 nautical miles off the…

Former Lima Mayor Rafael López Aliaga leads the race for Peru's capital by about 44,900 votes after Sunday's local elections. About 400,000 votes on 1,924 disputed tally sheets are still under review. There is no…

Backers of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan pushed their protest march toward Peshawar on Tuesday after talks with the government broke down. Officials say they may impose emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…

OpenAI strategy chief Jason Kwon told Australian lawmakers on Tuesday that the company's response to a June breach by one of its AI agents was "not good enough." The agent got into a government portal that holds…

The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, said Monday that AI agents it believes were run by OpenAI edited its wikis without approval and tried to misuse its tools. Wikipedia feeds chatbots, search engines and…

Denmark says hackers stole names, addresses and national ID numbers from its Central Person Register, the database behind taxes and public services. Anyone who gets a call or email that seems to know their details…

Georgia Power said Monday that hackers broke into its online customer portal and saw limited account details for about 300,000 customers. Names, addresses, phone numbers, emails and the last four digits of Social…

OpenAI said Monday it will add an invisible watermark to ChatGPT and Codex text for European Union users in the coming weeks to meet the EU's AI Act. The tool to detect it is not public yet. OpenAI's own tests show…

Lucid Group said Monday it delivered 3,806 electric vehicles in the third quarter, down 6.7% from a year earlier, while building just 2,954. It was the first full quarter since the luxury EV maker cut its Arizona plant…

Apple said Monday that developers can now submit apps built for the iPhone Duo, its foldable phone, ahead of its Friday, Oct. 23 release. Apps that are not updated will show black borders on the big inner screen…

Meta and Microsoft, two of Anthropic's biggest business customers, are cutting how much their employees use its Claude AI tools, The Information reported Monday. Microsoft had been on pace to spend at least $1 billion…

Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveiled Beam on Monday, a 501-billion-parameter AI model whose core files, called weights, it plans to release free later this month. Open models let companies run AI on their own computers…

Meta, TikTok and X are in a British court challenging how much data the UK regulator Ofcom can demand under its new online safety law. The case tests how well rules meant to protect children can be checked. The hearing…

Federal regulators have put on hold a plan by PJM, which runs the power grid for about 67 million people in 13 states and Washington, D.C., to buy emergency power for a shortfall driven largely by data centers. The…

San Francisco will block robotaxis such as Waymo from picking up or dropping off riders along its northern waterfront from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday during Fleet Week. Uber, Lyft and taxis can still serve…

Taylor Swift's new single "Patient Zero" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving her a 16th chart-topper. The song ends Ella Langley's record 24-week run with "Choosin' Texas." Swift now trails only the…

Robert Kelker-Kelly, who played Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives and Stavros Cassadine on General Hospital, has died at 62. He died Saturday evening at his home in St. Peters, Missouri. Police said nothing appeared…

Disney is licensing a batch of its shows and movies to rival Netflix, starting with Percy Jackson and the Olympians and five Ice Age films. Felicity arrives in the U.S. on Wednesday, and Will Trent follows Nov. 3. The…

Paramount+ has renewed Sylvester Stallone's Tulsa King for a fifth season, and production is moving from Georgia to New York. The news comes before Season 4 premieres Oct. 16. Four new series regulars will join the…

Stephen King's new novel, Other Worlds Than These, comes out Tuesday and finishes the Talisman trilogy he began with Peter Straub in 1984. Straub, who died in 2022, sent King the idea in 2013, and King wrote it alone…

Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning, with Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg, opens in theaters Friday. It faces the Jessica Chastain horror film Other Mommy, which forecasters expect to win the weekend. Early estimates…

Ted Lasso ends its fourth season Wednesday on Apple TV, the same night Abbott Elementary returns for Season 6 on ABC. Jamie Foxx's new stand-up special hits Hulu that day, too. Later this week bring Avatar: Seven…

Austin City Limits Music Festival returns to Zilker Park for its second weekend Friday through Sunday, with Kings of Leon, Lorde and Twenty One Pilots among the headliners. A muddy first weekend left the Great Lawn in…

Tickets for three new spring 2027 tours go on sale this week, starting with Carly Rae Jepsen's presale Tuesday. Lola Young's first North American headline run since her 2025 collapse opens presales Wednesday. Earth…

Kylie Jenner is set to star in Bachelorette Weekend, a murder thriller series headed for Hulu, Deadline reported. She would play a bride who is found dead in a pool, with her friends as suspects. Kim Kardashian would…

Steven Spielberg's alien drama Disclosure Day starts streaming on Peacock on Friday, after earning $241 million worldwide in theaters. The same day, Apple TV releases Matchbox: The Movie, starring John Cena. Both give…

Comedian Shane Gillis will host Saturday Night Live for the third time on Oct. 10, with Rosalía as musical guest. It is the third episode of SNL's 52nd season. The show airs at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC and streams live on…

Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday. The patient, a Kenyan man who had lived in Congo, died in a Nairobi hospital Monday night after he flew in from Uganda and passed airport checks. Officials are tracing…

Pennsylvania confirmed 1,004 measles cases on Monday, the first time any state has passed 1,000 in 35 years. Nearly 200 people have been hospitalized and five have died, all of them unvaccinated. Nationally, the CDC…

A federal appeals court in Boston hears arguments at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s picks for the CDC vaccine panel can return to work. A judge froze the panel and Kennedy's new…

Russia's health watchdog says a 28-year-old technician at Irkutsk's anti-plague institute died of pneumonia of unknown cause, and tests found none of the germs she worked with. A hospital outside Irkutsk is under…

Medicare's yearly open enrollment runs Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, and 2027 plan prices are now out. CMS projects the average Medicare Advantage premium will fall to $12 a month. But a KFF review finds about 13% fewer…

States are finalizing 2027 Affordable Care Act premiums ahead of open enrollment, which starts Nov. 1. Final average increases include 10% in Colorado, 14.5% in Michigan, 17.7% in Minnesota and 20.7% in Georgia. Most…

Montana began denying or ending Medicaid coverage this month for expansion adults who don't meet or report new work rules, three months before most states. Nearly 71,000 Montanans are subject to them. Five governors…

A Chilean supplier widened its recall of frozen organic berries sold at Walmart and Trader Joe's over possible E. coli O145. The bags went to Walmart stores in 30 states and Trader Joe's in 26 states. The berries were…

A listeria recall of a Walmart frozen pasta now covers every bag, not just two lots. Check for 22-ounce bags of bettergoods lemon alfredo fettuccine with UPC 194346442706. No one has been reported sick, but listeria…

Click Therapeutics said Monday the FDA has cleared Motivista, a prescription phone app, as the first treatment aimed at schizophrenia's negative symptoms, such as low drive and pulling away from people. It is used…

The Trump administration on Monday finalized rules that make health insurers post smaller, cleaner price files. Plans must also give members personal cost estimates by phone, and the files will update every three…

A new CDC report counted 72,093 violent deaths in 2023 across the 50 states and Washington, D.C., and guns were involved in 58.6% of them. Suicides made up 62.4% and homicides 28.5%, with men 85 and older at the…

Tropical Depression Nine formed in the Gulf on Tuesday. The hurricane center says it should be Tropical Storm Isaias by early Wednesday, a hurricane by Thursday and near the coast from Louisiana to the Florida…

SpaceX passed on a Tuesday-morning chance to launch 21 Space Development Agency satellites from California, a day after its countdown stopped in the final minute. Next Spaceflight lists the next try for 12:54 a.m. PDT…

NASA and SpaceX are aiming for 8:05 a.m. EDT Wednesday for four Crew-12 astronauts to undock from the International Space Station, ending a stay of nearly eight months. Splashdown off California is set for about 11:34…

Leaders from 14 nations, including Australia's Anthony Albanese, visited Tuvalu on Tuesday for talks before next month's COP31 climate summit in Turkey. Pacific leaders said a 2023 world pledge to move away from fossil…

The Draconid meteor shower peaks Thursday evening, Oct. 8, into early Friday, with viewing starting around 9 p.m. EDT, NASA says. Unlike most showers, it is best soon after dark, so families can watch before bedtime…

A federal appeals court on Monday refused a request by 18 young people to pause EPA's repeal of its 2009 finding that greenhouse gases harm public health. The repeal stays in effect while the case goes on. So does the…

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will name the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. Stockholm time, or 5:45 a.m. EDT, with a free livestream. Recent prizes went to metal-organic frameworks and…

Maharashtra, the Indian state that is home to Mumbai, ordered every city, town and village to cut water supply by at least 10% starting Oct. 16 after a weak monsoon. Officials are saving drinking water through August…

Singapore's air hit the unhealthy range in all five regions by midday Tuesday as smoke from fires in Indonesia drifted in. Officials told people to cut back on long or hard outdoor exercise. The weather service says a…

Artemis III astronaut Andre Douglas told Reuters on Monday that the mission could still launch next summer, but "anything can happen" while SpaceX and Blue Origin finish their moon landers. The flight will practice…

Hurricane Rachel, a Category 1 storm with 90 mph winds, was about 540 miles off the tip of Baja California late Monday and heading out to sea. Mexico says it poses no danger. Closer to land, a low off southern Mexico…

Astronomers reported Monday what may be the first planet ever found that formed from the remains of a dead star, a white dwarf about 790 light-years away. Our Sun will become a white dwarf someday, so the find hints at…

Leaf color is at or near peak across much of the Adirondacks and northern Vermont, state foliage reports show. Pennsylvania's northern tier is close behind, with Potter and McKean counties peaking around this weekend…

The National Weather Service posted freeze warnings for parts of upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania, with lows at or below 32 degrees. Frost advisories cover parts of Connecticut, New Jersey, Vermont, New…

Walmart is recalling about 4.48 million Expert Grill wire-bristle brushes because bristles can break off, stick to food and be swallowed. The brushes sold from January 2021 through August 2026 for $1 to $28. Owners…

Health-focused restaurant chain True Food Kitchen filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday after closing 12 restaurants. Its 34 remaining locations in 14 states stay open while it seeks a buyer. Court papers show the…

A customer filed a proposed nationwide class action Friday claiming McDonald's used an AI pricing system to coordinate menu prices across nearly 14,000 U.S. restaurants. The suit, filed in Chicago federal court, says…

Chanel designer Matthieu Blazy showed his spring 2027 collection Monday at Paris's Grand Palais, a year after his debut for the house. Birds hung over the runway, and knee-length skirts made a return. Paris Fashion…

A 100-piece bag of Halloween candy averages $16.96 this year, up 3.5% from last year and 71% since 2021, a FinanceBuzz price study found. High cocoa and sugar costs are keeping prices up. Shoppers still plan to spend…

Starbucks said Monday its holiday drinks return Nov. 5, led by new Tiramisu Velvet drinks and the returning Peppermint Mocha. The news comes about two weeks after the chain said it would close about 250 North American…

Social Security's 2027 cost-of-living raise will be announced Oct. 14, after September inflation data come out. The Senior Citizens League and analyst Mary Johnson both forecast 3.5%, which would lift the average…

Chip City, the New York-born cookie chain backed by Danny Meyer's investment fund, has closed all its remaining stores. The company blamed tough economic conditions. The shutdown came days after a co-founder sued the…

Domestic round-trip fares average $402 for Thanksgiving and $452 for Christmas, the highest in 10 years, Hopper data show. Higher jet fuel costs and fewer seats are part of the reason. Kayak says Thanksgiving fares…

When asked where to shop, popular AI chatbots most often point people to Walmart and Costco, UBS analysts found. They tested 12 everyday shopping questions on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Muse in three states. Amazon…