Friday, October 9, 2026

Hurricane Isaias was a Category 3 storm with 115 mph winds Friday afternoon, about 90 miles south of Pensacola, Florida. The National Hurricane Center expects it to hit the western Florida Panhandle this evening. Storm…

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln came home to San Diego on Thursday after 321 days away, including combat against Iran. Thousands of families greeted its crew of about 5,000. The ship set a Navy record for…

President Trump said the United States will not attack Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, citing productive talks with Tehran. His pledge eased oil prices, though U.S. gasoline still averages about $4.36 a…

Federal prosecutors in New York have charged former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, with plotting to torture prisoners. They say the victims included U.S. citizens held in Venezuelan jails…

A federal judge kept CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters on White House grounds for now and said he will rule by Tuesday on a longer block. The case tests whether a president can bar news outlets over their coverage…

A Russian glide bomb hit two passenger buses in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Thursday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 18. Officials halted public transport in Kramatorsk and nearby Sloviansk…

Yemen's Houthis said they fired missiles at Riyadh's main airport and other Saudi sites on Thursday, a third straight day of attacks. The strikes put civilian air travel in the Gulf at risk, and the U.S. mission in…

The Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Thursday to tie their AL Division Series at two games each. One game now decides which team faces the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays for the pennant. Game 5 starts…

Two new polls show Senator Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva before Brazil's Oct. 25 runoff. The vote decides whether Latin America's biggest economy stays on the left or turns right…

An ICE officer fired seven rounds during an arrest attempt in New York City's Marble Hill neighborhood on Thursday, hitting a 28-year-old man in the neck, police said. A 5-year-old boy believed to be his son was in the…

The Pentagon told U.S. Central Command to finish preparing for a possible return to major combat in Iran, U.S. officials told Axios. A renewed war could mean massive bombing of Iran's energy and nuclear sites and…

The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. No U.S. execution has ever been broadcast live, and the plan drew…

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers met Thursday night in Grand Rapids for their first Michigan Senate debate. They fought over the Iran war, gas prices and tariffs, and the insults kept flying even…

Sen. Jon Ossoff and Republican Rep. Mike Collins held their first Georgia Senate debate Thursday night in Atlanta. They fought over prices, tariffs, the Iran war and Ossoff's charge that Collins has ties to white…

Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson met Thursday night in their second Maine Senate debate. Collins demanded an apology after Jackson said she and her husband are making money off the Iran war. The race is…

The Trump administration on Thursday barred Microsoft, Adobe and six tech outsourcing firms from a program that helps foreign workers get green cards. Vice President JD Vance said Microsoft laid off Americans and hired…

Federal prosecutors have been showing a grand jury in Washington evidence that former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson lied to Congress. She was a key witness against Trump before the House Jan. 6 committee in 2022. No…

House Democrats on Thursday asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, for her financial records and messages. A Trump donor says she asked him to pay her $100,000 credit card bill before her confirmation…

More than 20 million seniors are getting a one-time $90 Medicare payment, and President Trump sent them an email taking credit. The money covers less than half of one month's Part B premium. It comes from a fund…

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he would not change his Oct. 7 anniversary statement, which mourned Hamas' victims but called Israel's war in Gaza a genocide. Jewish leaders and several Democrats called it…

A Nashville judge on Thursday reopened Christa Pike's suit against Tennessee's lethal injection method. It comes eight days after she lived through her own execution. Her lawyers say she can now walk, but her arms…

Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday paused an appeals court order that gave the FCC until Friday to rule on a challenge to cheaper TV ad rates for party committees. The rule lets Republicans, whose party committees…

Gov. Gavin Newsom has joined the campaign against Proposition 39, a California ballot measure that would require voters to show ID at the polls. His move came as Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia gave $8 million to the…

President Trump on Thursday told people in Minnesota to "fight back" against Somali immigrants. The state has the most Somali residents in the U.S., and the Minneapolis mayor called the post racist. It came a day after…

Oil prices slipped early Friday after President Trump said America will not attack Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, one day after crude jumped 4%. Fuel costs still weigh on drivers and truckers as…

Delta Air Lines cut its 2026 profit forecast Friday, saying jet fuel will cost it about $6 billion more this year. As the first major U.S. airline to report, Delta offers an early test of how much of that cost…

Forty-five of the 50 biggest U.S. news websites drew fewer visits in September than a year earlier, Press Gazette reported Oct. 8, citing Similarweb data. That means shrinking reach for newsrooms many Americans rely…

Tech stocks fell Thursday after OpenAI told investors its yearly revenue pace was about $50 billion, not the $68 billion widely reported. The drop hit chipmakers and cloud firms that millions of retirement accounts…

SpaceX agreed Thursday to buy Grain Management's nationwide 800 MHz airwaves to push its Starlink Mobile phone service indoors. The deal puts SpaceX on a path to compete with the carriers that sell most Americans their…

Starbucks has worked on a possible takeover of Chipotle in recent months, the Financial Times reported Thursday, and Starbucks called it "rumors and speculation." A deal would put lattes and burritos under one roof run…

Australian AI data center firm Firmus pulled its stock market listing Friday after investors balked at its price. The retreat is a warning sign for the money pouring into AI buildings, including retirement funds that…

Waymo closed a $5 billion loan Thursday, its first-ever debt deal, to expand its robotaxi service in the U.S. and abroad. Riders in more cities could soon hail a car with no driver, including in Detroit, where Waymo…

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, with claims slipping 2,000 to 197,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. For workers, that means layoffs remain rare even as hiring has slowed sharply…

SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son is seeking up to $100 billion from Gulf investors for a new fund that would buy companies and run them with AI, the Financial Times reported Friday. The push matters because SoftBank is one…

India's largest IT company, Tata Consultancy Services, said Thursday its AI revenue passed $3 billion last quarter, more than 10% of sales. That matters to U.S. clients and workers because TCS runs tech projects for…

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Wells Fargo report third-quarter earnings Tuesday, Oct. 13, with Bank of America and Morgan Stanley a day later. Their results show how borrowers and savers are holding up…

The federal budget deficit grew to nearly $2 trillion in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday. That is $218 billion more than the year before. Interest on the national debt…

A top bank regulator fined the bank arm of American Express $350 million on Thursday for weak checks on dirty money. Banks must flag suspect money to police, and the regulator says Amex fell short. The bank failed to…

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson will not play Sunday night at Atlanta because of his left ankle injury, coach Jesse Minter said Friday, after Jackson missed practice all week. Backup Tyler Huntley will…

George Russell was fastest Friday in the only practice session of the Singapore Grand Prix, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and McLaren's Lando Norris. The Mercedes driver will still start Sunday's race from the…

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-16 on Thursday night in Arlington, Texas, for their first win of the season. Undrafted rookie quarterback Jalon Daniels, filling in for injured Baker Mayfield, played…

Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson was named WNBA Most Valuable Player on Thursday for a record fifth time and the third year in a row. No other WNBA player has more than three. She now faces elimination Friday night…

The New York Liberty host the Atlanta Dream on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2, needing a win to keep their WNBA semifinal alive. Atlanta leads the best-of-five series 2-0 after a 101-98 overtime win Wednesday. Dream…

The Golden State Valkyries can reach the WNBA Finals in only their second season with a win over the Las Vegas Aces on Friday at 9:30 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBCSN. Golden State leads the semifinal 2-0 after an 83-81…

No. 2 Georgia and No. 6 Alabama are still set to kick off Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC in Tuscaloosa, even as Hurricane Isaias heads for the Gulf Coast. Alabama has barred tailgating and closed campus parking until…

Top-ranked Texas (4-0) meets unranked Oklahoma (2-2) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The Longhorns, who won 23-6 last year, are 8.5-point favorites. Oklahoma's offense has stalled, with…

The Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers meet in the National League Championship Series for the second straight year, starting Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on Fox in Milwaukee. Game 1 could feature a duel between Brewers…

Ben Shelton celebrated his 24th birthday Friday by beating Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 7-6 (6) to reach the third round of the Shanghai Masters. Top seed Alexander Zverev also won, and qualifier Rei Sakamoto upset Andrey…

The Friedkin Group, the American owners of Everton, said Friday it is exploring new investment for the Premier League club, including a possible sale of a controlling stake. The group bought Everton in December 2024…

The NFL has asked the Supreme Court to rule that sports bets on prediction markets like Kalshi are gambling that states can regulate. The league backed New Jersey's fight with Kalshi and wants a decision before the…

Major League Baseball on Thursday proposed cutting the regular season to 154 games from 162 starting in 2029, with most Mondays off. Fans would see longer Division Series, and top seeds could pick their playoff…

Hurricane Simon is expected to grow fast into a very strong storm before it reaches Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center says. A hurricane warning is in effect for part of the coast. Up to…

South African judge Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work to promote peace and international law. The Nobel committee in Oslo said she helped make sure war crimes and genocide get taken to…

A Saudi court has sentenced Anojan Sivarasa, a 24-year-old worker from Sri Lanka, to death for a Facebook comment insulting the Prophet Muhammad. He deleted the post fast, but now his life is at stake, and Sri Lanka…

Ethiopian drones hit Eritrean troops who had crossed into the Tigray region, a conflict monitor and witnesses said Thursday. Witnesses saw burned trucks and troops pulling back north from the city of Adigrat. The clash…

South Africa has pulled an order telling refugee offices to take in more asylum claims, after protests turned violent in Soweto and Durban. At least 24 cars were burned and shops owned by foreigners were looted on…

South Korea said Thursday it is recalling its ambassador to Ukraine, sharply raising a dispute over Kyiv's public disclosure that two captured North Korean soldiers had been sent to Seoul. South Korea says Ukraine…

France's education minister promised Thursday night to send 3,000 substitute teachers to the hardest-hit high schools, after about 71,500 people joined student protests nationwide. In Paris, police used tear gas to…

India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party says police have held at least 10,000 people ahead of a protest set for Saturday in New Delhi. The group wants India's top election official to quit over a review of voter lists…

Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians across Gaza on Thursday, some of them in tents, medical sources said. Israel's army said it hit militants. Aid groups warn that close to a million people who lost their…

Greenpeace says space photos show a 10-square-mile oil slick in the Black Sea after a drone attack set a tanker on fire off Sochi, Russia. Russian officials had said there was no oil in the water. Separately, Syria…

Imran Khan's party took its protest march into Peshawar on Thursday evening, and leader Sohail Afridi says the next stops are Charsadda and Mardan before a big gathering in Swabi. The march, now in its sixth day…

Two new polls say Spain's two main right-wing parties would win a majority in the snap election on November 29. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has built his campaign around housing, but his Socialists gained only a…

Luca Niculescu, picked to be Romania's next prime minister, met the three biggest parties Thursday and says they are open to a deal. But the Social Democrats want the Liberals and the Hungarian party to join them in…

Rescuers in Istanbul pulled three more bodies from a partly collapsed apartment building, raising the death toll to five and ending the search early Friday. Police detained the building's architect and its construction…

OpenAI said Thursday it banned ChatGPT accounts tied to a Russian influence campaign in Latin America and a separate Iranian one that used fake reporters. The Russian group ran a research center whose local staff did…

Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak announced a "Welcome Home" event for Tuesday, October 13, where Apple is expected to show its first smart home hub. Bloomberg reports a second launch around October 27 with the first…

Google Cloud on Thursday unveiled a "universal" Gemini agent for businesses that takes on multistep work tasks and keeps running in the cloud after you close your laptop. Companies can also create "coworker" agents…

More than 100 members of Congress asked Google and Spirit Airlines on Thursday to keep former Spirit workers' records out of a $10 million sale of the airline's internal data for AI training. The trove includes about…

The Chinese developer of ARTEX, an AI tool linked to a wave of South Korean bank hacks, said Thursday it will no longer release the tool publicly. CrowdStrike says a Chinese-speaking hacker used ARTEX with Anthropic's…

Amazon is ending its Fire tablets and replacing them with three Alexa Tablets that run Android with the Google Play Store. The catch for bargain hunters is that prices now start at $229.99, compared with $59.99 for the…

Meta on Thursday stopped running ads from TikTok owner ByteDance on Facebook and Instagram in the United States and six other countries. The ban also blocks ads from other companies that send users to TikTok. It is the…

Arc Raiders hit a 24-hour peak of 131,388 players on Steam on Thursday after its big Frozen Trail update went live. That is the online shooter's best showing since April, after months of hovering between about 30,000…

President Trump posted Thursday that the White House sees anyone who says "Artificial Intelligence" instead of "Super Intelligence" as "THE ENEMY." It is his latest push to rename the tech. A September order told…

President Trump gave the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin and Lisa Su on Thursday. He called Musk a "modern-day Thomas Edison." The medal, created in 1959, has mostly gone to scientists…

Eleven tech companies on Thursday pledged $2.4 billion in computing credits and AI tools to the Genesis Mission, the White House effort to speed up federal research with artificial intelligence. Nvidia led the list…

Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, on Thursday launched a program with 11 security firms to protect power grids, water systems and other key services. It also opened a tool that sends automated bug reports to…

Jessica Chastain's horror film Other Mommy opens Friday and is on track for a No. 1 weekend of about $20 million, trade outlets report. Early reviews have been rough, and Variety's critic says it "misfires in every…

Ben Affleck directs and stars in Animals, a kidnapping thriller that comes to Netflix and some theaters Friday. He plays a man running for mayor of Los Angeles whose son is taken for a $7 million ransom. IGN calls it…

Matchbox: The Movie, an action comedy based on Mattel's toy cars, began streaming on Apple TV on Friday. John Cena plays a CIA agent who drags his childhood friends into a hunt for a stolen nuclear warhead. Most early…

Brendan Hunt, who plays Coach Beard, says Ted stepping down at the end of season 4 was Jason Sudeikis's plan from the very start, because Ted wants more time with his son. Apple has not renewed Ted Lasso for a fifth…

Richard E Grant became the first Traitor ever caught at a first Round Table on the UK show, banished in a landslide vote. Myha'la followed him out on the same Thursday episode. Hannah Fry has joined the Traitors, who…

Paramount is making a live-action movie based on Cyberpunk 2077, the hit video game from Poland's CD Projekt Red. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who produced the Transformers films, is attached, and the game studio will help…

Troye Sivan released his fourth album, She's the Best, on Friday. It opens with party songs, then turns to loneliness and love for a partner he has not met yet. The Guardian says he deserves to be a much bigger star…

Harry Styles and Radiohead's Thom Yorke sat down together for Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians issue. Styles admitted he had long been scared to meet his hero. Yorke said he is working on a solo album that has…

Apple TV released the trailer for season 2 of Stick, its golf comedy starring Owen Wilson, and Rhea Seehorn joins the cast. This time, his washed-up pro Pryce Cahill tries to become the oldest golfer ever to win a…

Cupertino, a new CBS legal drama from Robert and Michelle King, the team behind The Good Wife, opened Thursday night to strong reviews. Mike Colter and Rachel Keller play fired lawyers who take on Silicon Valley firms…

Taylor Swift's "Patient Zero" also topped Billboard's Streaming Songs chart, giving her a 12th No. 1 there with 34.5 million U.S. streams. Her album The Life of a Showgirl jumped back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with…

Marvel used the first day of New York Comic Con to announce a new spy series called Zodiac and three more Marvel Zombies specials. It also confirmed Finn Jones returns as Iron Fist. On Friday, fans get an Avatar: Seven…

Kenya now has 66 people in quarantine who may have been exposed to its first Ebola patient, Health Minister Aden Duale said Thursday. A second suspected case in Wajir County tested negative in early lab results…

The Kennedy health department formally launched a federal push on vaccine injuries Thursday, led by a new clinic at the National Institutes of Health. Medicare would also pay doctors for time spent reporting suspected…

Florida health officials heard hours of public comment Thursday on a plan to stop requiring four vaccines for school and child care entry. Parents' rights activists praised the plan, while doctors warned it could put…

The FDA told Newron Pharmaceuticals that four deaths among patients taking its experimental schizophrenia drug may signal a heart risk, the company said Thursday. The agency's freeze on U.S. enrollment in a key trial…

Argenx stopped a late-stage trial of its drug Vyvgart in Sjögren's disease Thursday after an outside panel said the study would not meet its main goal. Sjögren's is an autoimmune disease that dries out the eyes and…

The FDA on Thursday approved the immune drug Tecentriq, given with chemo, for stage 3 colon cancer with a gene repair defect called dMMR. Patients get it after surgery to help keep the cancer from coming back. In a key…

The American Society of Hematology has raised the test cutoffs used to diagnose iron deficiency. That means some people who were told their iron was fine could now get a diagnosis. For most adults, the cutoff on a…

Health officials in New York, Utah and California say flu season is starting weeks ahead of normal. They are urging people to get a flu shot now, since it takes about two weeks to build protection. New York's health…

The U.S. has 3,887 confirmed measles cases this year, the CDC's latest count shows, far above all of 2025. Pennsylvania alone has 1,078 cases and five deaths, and new clusters keep turning up in places like southern…

Bird flu is spreading again on U.S. poultry farms as migrating wild birds head south for the winter. About 550,000 birds in 21 flocks were infected in the past 30 days, CIDRAP reported, with Minnesota turkey farms hit…

Saturday is World Mental Health Day, and this year's theme asks governments and employers to listen to people who have lived with mental health conditions. More than 1 billion people worldwide live with one, the World…

People with Parkinson's who stayed active more hours each week had slower declines in memory, thinking and movement, a new study in the journal Neurology found. The University of Cincinnati team followed 294 patients…

Four Crew-12 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles on Thursday. That ended a 237-day mission that traveled more than 100 million miles. NASA said the international crew will discuss their…

A burst of solar material that left the sun on Tuesday is set to reach Earth on Friday. NOAA expects minor to moderate storm levels. If skies stay clear, the northern lights could show up as far south as New York…

Astronomers have traced the most distant fast radio burst yet to a small, young galaxy. The flash of radio waves lasted only milliseconds and traveled more than 10 billion years to reach Earth. The find, published in…

NASA released a new image from its Curiosity rover showing dawn light on wind-carved cliffs on Mars. The cliffs belong to a rock layer unlike any the rover has crossed before. Scientists hope the rover will reach that…

NASA and the Energy Department signed a deal Thursday to work together on nuclear power for space. NASA wants a moon reactor ready to launch by 2030 and a nuclear-driven spacecraft flying in 2028. The Register notes…

NOAA's monthly update says El Niño intensified in September and should continue building through the end of the year. Forecasters now estimate an 83% chance it becomes the strongest event since 1950 by late fall. That…

Hurricane Isaias became the Atlantic's first hurricane of the season on Wednesday night, later than any first hurricane in the satellite era. Scientists say a very strong El Niño smothered storms all season with strong…

A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld the dismissal of New York City's lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Shell and BP. The city said the firms misled buyers about their gas, but the judges said the ads would not fool a…

A new study estimates about 294,000 people live in areas of extreme flood risk below Nepal's Himalayan peaks, where climate change is destabilizing rock and ice. It follows August floods that killed at least 1,455…

SpaceX will try again just after midnight Pacific time Saturday to launch 21 military satellites from Vandenberg. The launch has been delayed all week. The satellites will join a Space Force network built for secure…

The Draconid meteor shower peaked Thursday night but remains active through Saturday, and a nearly moonless sky should help viewers. Unlike most showers, the Draconids are best observed in the evening, right after…

A senior United Nations official told Pacific leaders that passing the 1.5-degree warming limit is no reason to give up. Talks in Fiji and Tuvalu ended Thursday, and Turkey and Australia said they will draft one main…

Gas prices rose about a penny overnight to a $4.37 national average Friday, according to AAA, as Hurricane Isaias approaches Gulf Coast refineries. Nearly 500,000 barrels a day of refining capacity sits in or near the…

PepsiCo is recalling 122,021 cases of 28-ounce Gatorade in four flavors because the drinks contain yellow food dyes not listed on the label. The FDA rates it a Class II recall, meaning serious harm is unlikely. The…

North Carolina lawmakers voted to suspend the state's 41-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline and diesel through Nov. 30, and Gov. Josh Stein is expected to sign the measure Friday. Drivers may not see lower prices…

Daylight saving time ends early Sunday, Nov. 1, when most Americans will set their clocks back one hour. The House voted in July to make daylight saving time permanent, but the Senate has not acted on the legislation…

Fall color is at or near peak across northern New England, and Vermont forecasters call it the best display in years. Saturday looks sunny and calm, making it the top day for leaf-peeping over the holiday weekend. Rain…

Pacearth Direct is recalling about 110,550 PACEARTH swing seats sold on Amazon because the seats, clips or straps can break while in use. The company has received at least 30 reports of falls and nine injuries…

The 2027 Social Security cost-of-living raise will be announced Wednesday, Oct. 14, after September inflation data comes out. Forecasters' estimates range from about 3.2% to 3.6%. A higher Medicare premium could take…

More U.S. home sellers are cutting asking prices as listings pile up and buyers pull back. About one in five listings had a price cut in September, the highest share for that month since 2018, Realtor.com says. But…

Bags of Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins now carry a plain warning: "Carving not on actual product." The new label comes weeks after a federal judge threw out a $5 million lawsuit claiming the jack-o'-lantern faces on…

Conagra Brands has stopped making Celeste frozen pizza, a budget freezer staple known for its single-serve pies and its "Mama Celeste" mascot. Pizzas already made will stay on shelves until they sell out. The company's…

Souplantation, the all-you-can-eat soup and salad buffet that shut every restaurant in 2020, plans to reopen in Fountain Valley in 2027. It will be the chain's first spot in California since the pandemic. The company…

About one in 15 pet cats tested carried Giardia, a gut parasite nicknamed "beaver fever," a large study in the journal PLOS One found. About one in five infected cats had strains that can also sicken people. The study…