Wednesday, October 14, 2026

The Justice Department on Wednesday appealed a judge's order that lets CNN, Politico and MS NOW keep their White House access. The appeal goes to the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. It came less than a day…

David Gonzalez III, the off-duty ICE agent charged after a Fresno lawn fight, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, GV Wire and FOX26 reported. A judge set bail at $37,000 and scheduled the next hearing for Oct. 20. Protective…

Pope Leo XIV has begun walking and is eating normal meals after surgery to remove cancer from his lung, the Vatican said. His doctors said blood tests and a chest X-ray show he is healing as planned. Peru's president…

Hurricane Simon weakened to 90 mph from 105 mph on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said. Mexico dropped the hurricane watch for Las Islas Marias, so no coastal watches or warnings are up. Watches could still…

Rahul Gandhi and INDIA bloc leaders fixed 14 filing flaws in their Supreme Court case on voter-roll cuts, CNBC-TV18 said. The plea seeks a halt and an audit of nearly 13 crore deletions. It is now ready to be listed…

Russian missiles hit Ukrainian power sites overnight, leaving hundreds of thousands without power in the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, President Zelenskyy said. At least six people were killed. The strikes came days after…

Guatemalan officials ordered medical tests for a 15-year-old girl who woke up in her coffin during her own wake, Soy502 reported. Prosecutors have opened an inquiry. Her father had declared her dead without a doctor…

Federal agents took Rep. Ilhan Omar's phone when they searched her Washington home this week, NBC News and the AP reported. A Minnesota grand jury has also sent subpoenas, including to some of her relatives. Omar…

Rick Jackson, the Republican who wants to be governor of Georgia, skipped a TV debate on Monday night. Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms stood alone next to an empty podium, and she later called him a "coward." Jackson…

President Trump pardoned two Alaska auto shop owners onstage at a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday, CBS News reported. The men had pleaded guilty to removing pollution controls from diesel trucks, a Clean Air Act violation…

Two new polls show the Texas Senate race is neck and neck. A Marist poll has Democrat James Talarico ahead of Republican Ken Paxton by 2 points, USA Today reported. A Quantus Insights poll has Paxton up by half a…

Democratic groups are spending millions to beat Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in a Pennsylvania House race, the Washington Examiner reported. An internal poll for Democrats shows him tied 46-46 with Bob Harvie…

A video shows Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton at a 2025 New Year's party in Dubai with two men who had fled federal fraud charges, The Wall Street Journal reported. One had given Paxton $190,000. His campaign says he…

The Justice Department gave California 48 hours to review a list of people it thinks are noncitizens who got mail ballots, Just the News reported. It wants their ballots held until citizenship is confirmed and…

On this day in 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot in Milwaukee while running for a third term. Fox News and HISTORY.com say a glasses case and his folded speech slowed the bullet. He gave the speech…

Refugees now have 10 days, down from 30, to challenge a notice that the government plans to end their status, the AP reported. The rule takes effect Wednesday. Fox News said the rule aims to reduce risks from people…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican Bruce Blakeman met Tuesday night in their only debate, the New York Post reported. Hochul tied Blakeman to President Trump again and again. Politico said Blakeman mostly went…

President Trump said Wednesday that "massive" oil, gas and mineral digs are about to start in Greenland, Fox News reported. But a top Greenland mining official told CNN that the island is "very far away" from work on…

U.S. stocks closed lower Wednesday after a report showed inflation sped up in September. The S&P 500 fell 1.1% to 7,718.94, the Nasdaq dropped 1.9%, and the Dow slipped 0.1% to 51,621.48. Traders saw a 37% chance of a…

Hormel Foods, the company that makes Spam, agreed on Sept. 30 to buy Brakebush Brothers, a family-owned chicken company, for about $1.055 billion. Brakebush had about $1.2 billion in sales over the past year. The deal…

Berkshire Hathaway is putting another $330 million into Bending Spoons, an Italian tech company that buys and runs apps like Evernote and Vimeo. The deal raises Berkshire's stake in the company to 4%, three months…

Galderma, the Swiss company that makes Cetaphil, agreed to buy the skincare brand ZO Skin Health for $1.5 billion. ZO, which was founded in 2007 by a dermatologist, sells products mainly through doctors and skin care…

Oil prices rose Wednesday after an attack on a Saudi Aramco office building and on ships near the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude, the world benchmark, traded between about $105.89 and $106.60 a barrel. Traders fear the…

Netflix is laying off about 1,000 workers, or 6% of its staff, in its biggest layoff yet. Most of the cuts are in its product, tech, legal and HR teams, its two leaders wrote in a memo. They said the business is still…

Prices in Argentina rose 1.9% in September, up from 1.7% in August, the country's statistics agency said. That matched what experts had expected, and the government wants to keep the monthly rate below 2%. Prices were…

Taiwan plans to buy 6 million tons of natural gas a year from a planned project in Alaska, its economy ministry said. It may also invest up to $4.4 billion in the project, and gas could arrive as early as 2032…

Consumer prices rose 3.7% in the year through September, up from 3.4% in August and slightly above economists' expectations, as the Iran war pushed gasoline prices sharply higher, ABC News and the New York Post…

BlackRock, the world's largest money manager, beat Wall Street's profit forecasts on Wednesday and drew $205 billion in new client money in the third quarter, Reuters reported. Its assets under management rose to…

Bank of America's third-quarter profit fell 17% to $6.93 billion after a $1.2 billion federal fine, and its revenue missed forecasts on weak trading, CNBC reported Wednesday. Morgan Stanley beat expectations as its…

ASML said Wednesday that some of its customers want to place orders for its chipmaking tools as far out as 2029 and 2030, CNBC reported. Its third-quarter profit beat forecasts. The Dutch firm also guided…

The Six Kings Slam, a tennis exhibition in Saudi Arabia, has been postponed after deadly Houthi attacks on Riyadh. It was set for Oct. 21 to 24 and will now be held Dec. 27 to 30. Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic were…

Amnesty International says Rwanda's new Formula 1 race is a "sportswashing prize" that helps hide human rights abuses. Formula 1 replied that sport can be "a positive force for good." The head of the sport's governing…

The NFL suspended Chicago Bears defensive end Montez Sweat for two games for breaking its rules on banned drugs. He will miss games against the Falcons and the Patriots. Another Bears pass rusher, Dayo Odeyingbo, is…

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Don Mattingly to a two-year deal to stay on as manager, CBS Sports reported. He took over as interim manager in April and led the team to the playoffs. The move came after Alex Cora…

The NBA has told referees to call more offensive fouls when players push off defenders with their free arm, SB Nation reported. Analysts say the change could hurt stars like two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who…

Chicago Blackhawks star Connor Bedard returned weeks early from shoulder surgery and had an assist in a 5-3 win over Pittsburgh on Tuesday, the AP reported. He had been expected to miss games until November. "It's what…

Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard agreed to a two-year, $44.2 million contract extension, NESN reported, citing ESPN. The deal starts in the 2028-29 season. Pritchard, a former Sixth Man of the Year, averaged a…

Sacramento Kings center Maxime Raynaud has a partly dislocated kneecap and will miss the start of the season, the AP reported. The team will check him again in about two weeks. A doctor told NBC Sports California it…

American Ann Li beat top seed Aryna Sabalenka at the Wuhan Open on Wednesday, winning on her 10th match point, the AP reported. It was the biggest win of Li's career. Second seed Jessica Pegula also lost, the BBC said.

On this day in 1908, the Chicago Cubs beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0 to win the World Series for a second straight year. SABR says Orval Overall gave up just three hits. Baseball-Reference shows the Cubs took the series…

Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists in his 800th NHL game as Edmonton beat Los Angeles 4-1 on Tuesday night, NHL.com reported. The Oilers have won five straight. The Associated Press said the Kings are still…

Brady Tkachuk scored three straight goals in the second period as Florida beat Columbus 7-3 on Tuesday night, NHL.com reported. His brother Matthew set up all three. Reuters said Matthew is the first player to assist…

Freddy Peralta threw six scoreless innings and Liam Hicks drove in two runs after a José Ramírez error as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 on Tuesday night. The AL Championship Series is tied 1-1…

A container ship flagged in Singapore sank after being hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, Singapore's port authority said. A second Singapore ship was damaged but reached safety. All crew on both…

The Saudi-led coalition said it shot down a Houthi ballistic missile fired toward Riyadh on Wednesday. Danger warnings for the city and nearby Al-Kharj were later lifted, Saudi officials said. The Houthis vowed more…

On this day in 1981, Hosni Mubarak was sworn in as Egypt's president. It came eight days after President Anwar Sadat was shot and killed by Islamist militants at a military parade in Cairo. Mubarak promised to keep…

On this day in 1973, a student-led uprising in Bangkok forced Thailand's military leader from power after years of army rule. Police and troops fired on protesters, and the official death toll was 77. Prime Minister…

On this day in 1944, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took poison after being linked to a plot to kill Adolf Hitler. Two generals sent by Hitler gave him a choice between a public trial for treason and suicide. The…

On this day in 1913, an explosion at a coal mine in Senghenydd, Wales, killed 439 men and boys who worked underground. One rescuer also died, bringing the toll to 440. It is still the worst mining disaster in all of…

On Oct. 14, 1066, William, duke of Normandy, beat the army of King Harold II of England at the Battle of Hastings. The bloody fight lasted all day, and Harold was killed near the end. William was crowned king of…

On Oct. 14, 1964, Nikita Khrushchev was forced out as leader of the Soviet Union after about 10 years in power. Party leaders voted him out, and he left office the next day at age 70. Leonid Brezhnev took over the…

The US lifted sanctions on Jorge Rodríguez, the head of Venezuela's National Assembly, on Wednesday, Reuters reported. The same day, the government and part of the opposition began a third round of talks backed by the…

A Houthi missile hit an office building at Saudi oil giant Aramco's headquarters in Dhahran, the BBC reported. Saudi officials said it caused a limited fire and no injuries. The Yemeni group said it was striking back…

Ethiopian troops have reached Zalambessa, a town on Ethiopia's border with Eritrea, Reuters reported. A group that tracks wars said tanks were moving toward the border. Eritrea denies sending any troops into Ethiopia…

Colombia changed its rules for how police handle protests, giving officers more room to act against violence and roadblocks, the AP reported. Critics fear the change will lead to more police violence. The rules took…

China's aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed past Okinawa into the western Pacific on Wednesday, Kyodo News reported. Its jets took off and landed near a Japanese island, and Japan sent its own fighter jets in response…

A Delhi court sent two leaders of India's youth-led "Cockroach" movement to jail for five days after they climbed into a closed protest site, the BBC reported. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi called the arrests "an act…

On this day in 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. HISTORY.com says the 35-year-old Georgia-born minister won for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America…

On this day in 1962, a U.S. spy plane took photos that showed Soviet missile sites in Cuba. HISTORY.com and the State Department say that set off the Cuban Missile Crisis. HISTORY.com says the two superpowers then came…

Hungary's parliament voted 139-51 on Tuesday to repeal most of a 2021 law that limited LGBTQ content for children, Deutsche Welle reported. The law was passed under former Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The EU then…

An Israeli strike on a Gaza City apartment killed a Palestinian woman and hurt others on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency and WAFA reported. Medics named the dead woman as Reem Asaad Awad, 33. The hit came in the Rimal area…

On this day in 2011, Apple's iPhone 4S went on sale, with a new voice assistant called Siri. It came days after Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died. Many fans in long lines said buying the phone was a way to honor him.

Google is adding an optional "enhanced protection" mode to its Messages app to help catch scams. It uses Google's Gemini AI to study chats with unknown senders and check links before you tap them. The feature will roll…

WhatsApp now lets anyone join a call by clicking a link, even if they do not have the app or an account. Guests wait in a waiting room until the host lets them in. Calls are free, encrypted and can include up to 32…

Sarfraz Maredia, who runs Uber's self-driving ride and delivery business, will leave the company on Nov. 16. He has been at Uber for more than 12 years and is taking a job outside the industry. His duties will be split…

Facebook is adding a feature called Your Algorithm that lets users pick topics they want to see more or less of. People can also describe in their own words what they want in their feed. Meta says it now uses AI…

A jury in Delaware found that chip designer Arm broke a license deal with Qualcomm and hurt its business with Meta. But it awarded Qualcomm only $1 on each of those two claims. Arm won the other four claims, and a…

Microsoft released fixes for more than 1,400 security flaws this week, a record for its monthly update. One flaw in Windows is already being used by attackers. Experts say users and companies should install the…

OpenAI says a former employee sent more than 100 secret files about an unreleased device to his personal accounts before joining Apple. The claim came in a court filing in a trade secrets fight between the two…

China's top memory chipmaker, CXMT, says it will launch a denser kind of server memory by the end of the year. Its rivals in South Korea have only shown that design in research so far. The claim helped knock down…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the chipmaker will soon announce $2 billion in new investments in Europe, The Next Web reported. He spoke in Paris at the start of a tour that also takes in London and Berlin. "Europe needs…

Security firm XBOW says its researchers used a public OpenAI model to build a full attack on Google Chrome in six days. The attack chained three bugs to take over a Windows computer from a web page. Google fixed the…

On this day in 1947, test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. NASA says his Bell X-1 rocket plane reached Mach 1.06. The flight proved that the feared sound barrier could…

SpaceX has put a speed limit on Starlink terminals used by Ukraine's military, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. They said the change disrupted some of their drone missions. It came without warning, as the US…

On this day in 1977, singer and actor Bing Crosby died of a heart attack after a round of golf near Madrid, Spain. He was 73 years old. He collapsed while walking to the clubhouse after he and his partner won their…

On this day in 1990, Leonard Bernstein, the composer of "West Side Story," died at his home in New York at age 72. He led the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1969. He was the first American-born conductor to win…

On this day in 1994, Quentin Tarantino's crime film "Pulp Fiction" opened in U.S. theaters. It had already won the Palme d'Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, that May. Made for under $10 million, it earned…

British singer Marika Hackman has announced her fifth album, "False Dogs," which comes out Feb. 19. She also shared its first song, "33," which features a children's choir. She plans her biggest tour of the U.K. and…

Universal Music Group, the world's biggest music company, is laying off staff in the U.S. and U.K., and several top leaders are leaving. Among them are the head of Def Jam and the president of Polydor in the U.K. The…

BTS's album "Arirang" has passed 5 billion streams on Spotify, the group's label said Wednesday. That is the most for any album released this year, and 2 billion more than the next album, by Olivia Rodrigo. All 14…

Prime Video put out the official trailer for "The Greatest," a new show about boxer Muhammad Ali, BroadwayWorld reported. It is the first scripted series his family has approved, and newcomer Jaalen Best plays the…

Netflix put out the first trailer on Wednesday for "Guarding Stars," a holiday romance movie starring Leighton Meester and Jared Padalecki, UPI reported. Meester plays a bodyguard who protects an action star at his…

Actress Martha Plimpton slammed comedian Shane Gillis's "Saturday Night Live" monologue in an Instagram video, Variety reported. She called it stupid. She also said SNL creator Lorne Michaels needs more women in the…

Actor Danny Trejo says he is "not pro-ICE" after fans criticized his role in "Pawn Shop," a film from Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire. His son said Trejo did not know who Shapiro was when he signed on, Variety reported…

Rapper Blueface had Chrisean Rock's name tattooed on his back during a livestream, Complex reported. He had proposed to her days before at an Arizona club. Rock cried at the reveal and then had her old face tattoo of…

A hundred years ago today, the first Winnie-the-Pooh book went on sale. HISTORY.com says the book about a bear of very little brain came out on October 14, 1926. A Columbia University library post notes it was printed…

Ian McKellen will star as a 3D hologram in a new play called An Ark, the BBC reported Wednesday. The show comes to Manchester, England, next spring. BroadwayWorld said it runs from March 27 to April 10, and tickets go…

A study cannot show that some migraine drugs cause miscarriage, but it found a link. People who used anti-CGRP antibody drugs in early pregnancy had a 42% higher risk of miscarriage. Another older migraine drug…

The FDA expanded its approval of the bladder cancer drug Anktiva to patients with a type of tumor that grows from the bladder lining. It is the first treatment approved for this group. The agency based the decision on…

The FDA has launched a new plan to change how drugs for rare diseases are developed and reviewed. The agency says rules should fit the small number of patients with each disease. It will hold a public meeting on Oct…

A vaccine for glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer, missed the main goal of its trial. It did not help patients live significantly longer overall. But patients 65 and younger who got the vaccine lived about four months…

The Trump administration is cutting off Affordable Care Act subsidies for about 189,000 people. Officials said they also had Medicare, Medicaid or other government coverage, or had died. People who are flagged get 30…

Florida has nearly 300 cases of dengue fever spread by local mosquitoes this year, most of them in the Tampa area. It is the largest outbreak in any U.S. state in decades. Counties have declared emergencies and are…

Congo's Ebola outbreak has passed 9,000 confirmed cases, with 4,381 deaths, health officials said Tuesday. It is the largest and deadliest outbreak in the country's history. The strain behind it has no approved vaccine…

Kentucky now has 157 confirmed measles cases this year, WKYT reported Wednesday, up from the 105 that WLKY reported Tuesday. Laurel County has the most, with 56 cases. Nearly every case is in someone with no recorded…

The FDA received reports of two deaths in people who took bootleg versions of retatrutide, an unapproved weight-loss drug, CBS News reported. The reports do not prove the drug caused the deaths. The FDA would not say…

Olympus shares fell as much as 16.5% in Tokyo on Wednesday after the company disclosed an FDA warning letter, Nikkei reported. MassDevice said the Oct. 7 letter faults quality controls at six facilities in Japan…

Air pollution in western Singapore reached its highest level this year on Wednesday, as smoke from fires in Indonesia drifted across the region. Officials advised people to limit time outdoors, and several sports…

Scientists have put lab-grown sunflower sea stars on the seafloor of Monterey Bay, California, for a test. The sea stars eat purple sea urchins, which have destroyed large areas of kelp forest. Researchers hope to…

Scientists in China found the fossil of a bird that lived about 150 million years ago and had small wings. Its wings were a third shorter than its legs, so it likely ran more than it flew. The find suggests flight was…

A yearly report on Earth's climate says 7 of 16 key warning signs are at record levels. They include the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, the heat stored in the ocean and the height of the sea. Scientists also…

NASA has finished stacking the two big side boosters for its Artemis III rocket, The Florida Press and NASA said, and all four main engines are now on the core stage. Next, the core stage will be joined to the…

On Oct. 14, 2012, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumped from a balloon about 24 miles above New Mexico. He reached 833.9 mph and became the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound. The whole trip…

A strange source of high-energy light in the Milky Way may be the leftovers of two dead stars crashing together, a new study suggests. Such crashes make gold and other heavy metals. If confirmed, it would be the first…

Archaeologists studied 597 wooden objects and imprints left by Neanderthals at a rock shelter near Barcelona, Smithsonian Magazine reported. They include bark trays, poles and pointed sticks that may have been weapons…

An amateur astronomer in Spain used AI tools to find signs of a possible new planet in public NASA data, Scientific American reported. The planet would be about 1.4 times as wide as Earth. NASA's TESS telescope will…

Scientists have described a tiny microbe called Sukunaarchaeum with the smallest genome ever found in its group of life, ScienceAlert reported. It lives inside a tiny ocean plankton. It seems to rely on its host for…

On this day in 1968, the Apollo 7 crew sent the first live TV broadcast from an American spacecraft. NASA says viewers saw the three astronauts hold up joke signs from orbit. The show came about three days into the…

Scientists found 11,742 kinds of viruses in mud from a part of the Pacific seabed that miners want to dig up, Interesting Engineering reported. More than 99% had never been seen before. ScienceAlert said the work gives…

An Australian court on Wednesday overturned a heritage order that had blocked part of a planned goldmine in New South Wales. The order had prevented the company from building a waste dam near the source of the Belubula…

Haldiram's, a well-known Indian snack and sweets company, opened its first U.S. restaurant in Frisco, Texas, on Oct. 11. The 4,400-square-foot restaurant serves Indian street food, curries and sweets. It also has a…

UGG and the fashion label JW Anderson are releasing their first shoe collaboration on Oct. 15. It turns UGG's famous Classic Boot and its Tasman slipper into new loafer-style shoes in three colors. The shoes cost…

Eleven restaurants in South Australia have won the first Michelin stars ever given in Australia. Magill Estate Restaurant, at the Penfolds winery near Adelaide, was the only one to get two stars. The state government…

Lululemon and the Danish fashion brand Ganni are launching a 22-piece clothing line inspired by 1980s dance movies on Oct. 15. It mixes Lululemon's workout fabrics with Ganni touches like leopard print and ruffles. It…

Krispy Kreme plans to open 33 new shops in New York City, Long Island and New Jersey over the next five years. The shops will be run by a franchise company that already operates 12 Krispy Kreme stores. No sites or…

Dunkin' brought back its Spider Donut for Halloween on Wednesday. It also added a new purple Berry Battie drink and a glow-in-the-dark bucket of 50 Munchkins, with $2 from each bucket going to charity. The items are…

Taco Bell and the bakery Milk Bar are launching a Birthday Cake Empanada on Oct. 15 for $3.49. The crispy shell is filled with cake batter flavor and topped with pink frosting and rainbow sprinkles. Rewards members can…

Costco has added a $2.99 vanilla apple pie sundae to its US food courts, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. It follows the return of the $1.49 twisted churro, which the company dropped in 2024, Fast Company said…

Wednesday is National Dessert Day, and many restaurant chains are giving out free or cheap sweets, Savor Nation reported. Jason's Deli is giving away strawberry shortcake with an entree through Sunday. Del Taco rewards…

Wegmans opened its first Charlotte-area grocery store in Ballantyne on Wednesday, and some fans started lining up the afternoon before, WSOC reported. The 110,000-square-foot store will bring about 450 jobs. Hundreds…

A UK ocean charity on Wednesday lowered its ratings for European hake and UK coley, two fish often sold as swaps for cod. The Marine Conservation Society now rates coley caught around the UK as red, its worst grade. It…

Relatives of Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, 42, called him the sunshine of their family after he died on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia, FOX 5 Atlanta reported. Police say he was thrown from the ride Monday…