Friday, October 16, 2026

Guam's governor set Condition of Readiness 1 to begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Guam time, as Typhoon Champi approached, the Pacific Daily News and The Guam Daily Post reported. Champi became a typhoon with top winds of…

Police in Bend, Oregon, named the 16-year-old who killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary and said he was a former student there, KTVZ and NBC News reported. Officials named the teacher as Megan…

Staff at Congressman Ritchie Torres' Bronx office opened a letter with white powder Friday, and six were exposed, CBS New York and ABC7 New York reported. Tests found it was not hazardous, they reported. GOP senators…

Crews have contained 5% of the Bryson fire in Malibu, Cal Fire said Friday. Deadline and the Santa Monica Mirror gave the same figure late Thursday. People in two zones are still under orders to leave, and the…

Orlando police arrested Michelle Parker's ex-fiancé, Dale Smith Jr., on Wednesday on a charge of second-degree murder in her 2011 disappearance, NBC News and WFTV reported. She vanished hours after the pair appeared on…

A 19-year-old Illinois man is charged with making a terrorist threat in an alleged plan for a mass shooting at a Hindu temple, ABC News and CBS News Chicago reported. Police said a tip from someone he messaged led to…

Police in Douglas, Georgia, on Thursday named the five family members who died in an apparent murder-suicide at their home on Oct. 9. Police believe John Anthony Fabrizio, 64, shot his wife, two adult sons and a son's…

A federal judge in Brooklyn on Thursday threw out a Trump administration lawsuit against New York City's sanctuary laws. The judge said the U.S. had no right to sue and that federal law does not force cities to help…

Charlotte's police chief, Estella Patterson, said Thursday that three officers quit over text messages she said showed racial, sexual and religious bias. Three more face firing, and she has asked the FBI to look into…

Six people died when a small plane crashed in Sauk County, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night, the AP reported. They included a grandmother, her two grown daughters and her 13-year-old grandson. Federal safety officials said…

President Trump said Thursday that the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be streamed online, NBC News and the BBC reported. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had planned to stream it, which…

Heavy rain set off flash flooding in parts of Oklahoma on Wednesday, washing out roads and bridges, KOKH and KOCO reported. Rescue crews in Kingfisher County pulled people from floodwater, and no deaths were reported…

Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary just days into the job, CBS News and Fox News reported Friday. The Guardian reported that she was fired, while CBS and NBC News reported that she is expected to get…

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide if a Nigerian man who cooked for a militant group gave "material support" to terrorists, NBC News and Fox News reported. Such a finding would bar him from asylum. The Trump…

On Oct. 16, 1859, John Brown led an armed band into Harpers Ferry, Virginia, to take the federal armory, HISTORY and Smithsonian magazine reported. He hoped to start a revolt of enslaved people, but few joined him…

Disney and ABC told a federal judge that the FCC used early license reviews of eight ABC stations to pressure the network and avoid court review, Deadline and Fox News reported. Disney wants the reviews stopped. An FCC…

A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked a California law that makes federal immigration agents show ID while on duty. The 9th Circuit said the state can't directly regulate the U.S. government, and it ordered the…

President Donald Trump told Newsmax on Thursday that the bomb known as the mother of all bombs is not nuclear. He was asked about a CNN report, published early Thursday, that U.S. military plans could use it against…

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed again denied on Thursday that he or his family has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Washington Post reported. Later that day, President Donald Trump called him a 100% Muslim…

Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola clashed over the Iran war and high prices in a debate Thursday in Anchorage. Each accused the other of lying. When Peltola read from notes, Sullivan asked if the…

President Donald Trump told a rally in Kalispell, Montana, on Wednesday that the Pentagon will build a new "super range" to test advanced weapons. Fox News reported that he did not say where the range would go. Montana…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went on the road with Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat running for Senate in Michigan, in the rural north of the state on Thursday. More than 1,200 people came to their last stop in Marquette…

Democrat Troy Jackson told Republican Sen. Susan Collins to "shut up" in their last Maine Senate debate on Thursday night, AP and Fox News reported. It came after a protester shouted about data centers and Collins said…

President Trump is using executive privilege to keep some Kennedy Center files secret in a lawsuit, NBC News and the Washington Examiner reported. A White House lawyer said it covers his talks with aides about the…

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Sen. John Cornyn and Karl Rove will be to blame if Ken Paxton loses the Texas Senate race, CNBC and the Washington Examiner reported. He called them "Political Hacks" in a…

Tech stocks fell sharply Friday, ending their worst week since June, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal reported. The Nasdaq fell 2.1% for the day and 4.5% for the week, The Associated Press and The Wall Street…

Canada's industry minister, Mélanie Joly, said Ottawa could fine Cleveland-Cliffs, seek a court order or force it to sell its Canadian assets, CBC News and Bloomberg reported. The U.S. company has begun laying off…

New York's Plaza Hotel will close in January so crews can repair its historic facade, NBC New York and the New York Post reported. The work could keep it closed until 2031. Condo owners will stay in the building, while…

A U.S. bank regulator says the nine biggest national banks it oversees had rules that let politics, faith or a customer's type of work sway what they did, CBS News and Fox Business reported. The findings cover 2020 to…

Digital Realty is offering every household in De Soto, Kansas, up to $1,000 a year for 10 years as it plans a data center there, KSHB 41 and KCTV5 reported. The credits would help with utility bills and property taxes…

U.S. retail sales rose 0.8% in September, more than economists expected, AP and Reuters reported. Much of the gain came from higher gasoline prices. AP said sales excluding gas stations rose just 0.2%, and Reuters said…

Proofpoint, which is owned by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo, agreed on Thursday to buy Varonis Systems for about $6.3 billion in cash, Reuters reported. Varonis owners will get $49.75 a share, a 52% premium to…

Indonesia's main stock index fell more than 11% on Friday after index maker MSCI proposed moving the country out of its emerging markets group, CNA and The Business Times reported. MSCI said worries about who owns…

The cost of insuring CoreWeave's debt against default rose above 1,000 basis points this week, a level seen as a sign of distress, CNBC and Reuters reported. The AI cloud company has about $50 billion in debt. Its…

Penske Automotive Group agreed to be taken private by its two biggest shareholders, Penske Corporation and Japan's Mitsui, Bloomberg and CNBC reported. They will pay $212 a share in cash, valuing the car dealer at…

TSMC said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 69% to a record T$763.1 billion on strong demand for AI chips. It was the chipmaker's sixth straight record quarter. But its CEO said the company is being "prudent" as…

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said Friday in Bangkok that the Fed had made clear it would deliver price stability. But he gave no hint on when it might raise rates again, NBC News reported. He called the AI investment surge…

Game 4 of the AL Championship Series between the Rays and Guardians will be played at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Eastern time, in Cleveland after rain postponed it Friday, MLB said. Game 5 moves to 5 p.m. on Sunday, the…

Chelsea captain Reece James is expected to miss about three months after knee surgery, BBC Sport and Sky Sports reported. The 26-year-old was hurt in training before Chelsea's 5-1 win over Bournemouth last weekend. Sky…

Spain's Rafael Jódar came from a set down to beat Casper Ruud 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals, RTVE and La Vanguardia reported. At 20, he is the youngest semifinalist in the event's history. He also…

Police have arrested four men in the February shooting of 49ers player Keion White, CBS News Bay Area and ABC News reported. White was shot in the ankle at a party he held at a San Francisco club after the Super Bowl…

On Oct. 16, 1968, U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised black-gloved fists on the medal stand at the Mexico City Olympics, HISTORY and the BBC reported. They were protesting racism against Black Americans…

South Korea's Hye-Jin Choi kept the lead at the Buick LPGA Shanghai after Friday's second round, AAP and The Herald Business reported. She shot a 2-over 74 in windy, tough conditions and sits at 6 under. Australia's…

Brady Tkachuk scored all three Florida goals, including the overtime winner, as the Panthers beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Thursday, AP and The Hockey News reported. It was his second straight natural hat trick. He…

Manchester United defender Lisandro Martínez said sorry on Thursday for criticizing the club's leaders after a loss. He had said he wanted more from club official Jason Wilcox after Tuesday's 2-0 loss at Atlético…

The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 7-1 on Thursday night in Newark. They scored four goals in just over five minutes across the first and second periods. Luke Hughes scored twice, his first NHL game with…

Top-ranked Georgia hosts Auburn on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET, and running back Nate Frazier is expected to return from a rib injury, the AP reported. Georgia is 6-0 and has won nine straight games in the series. Auburn…

Fourth-ranked Ohio State plays at fifth-ranked Indiana on Saturday at noon ET on Fox, in a rematch of last year's Big Ten title game. Indiana is unbeaten and has won 22 games in a row, the AP reported. Both teams rely…

Southern Nazarene University safety Tyler Ulrich died Thursday, five days after he was hurt in a game at Ouachita Baptist, the school said. He was 21. The school did not reveal the nature of his injury, but his father…

Atlanta Dream star Allisha Gray said Thursday she hopes to play in Saturday's Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at the Golden State Valkyries, ESPN and USA Today reported. Gray hurt her left hand in the semifinals and had a…

Wil Lutz kicked a 53-yard field goal in overtime Thursday night to give the Denver Broncos a 17-14 win over the Seattle Seahawks. The kick came after Ja'Quan McMillian picked off Sam Darnold. Denver is now 4-2, and…

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Thursday to sweep the NL Championship Series. Milwaukee came back from a 4-0 hole, and Garrett Mitchell's homer gave it the lead. The Brewers will play in the…

Hurricane Trudy weakened to a Category 1 storm on Friday, hours after it was a Category 3, EFE and the AP reported. A hurricane hunter plane found top winds near 85 mph, the U.S. hurricane center said. Heavy rain is…

Seven of 12 crew members are missing after drones struck the tanker Wine Trader off Romania's coast on Thursday and set it on fire, the BBC and Euronews reported. Five were rescued, and Romania resumed the search…

Police in Pakistan filed a case Friday against the owners and contractor of a Peshawar school whose roof fell in, The Express Tribune and ARY News reported. The Guardian said at least 34 children and a teacher died…

Russian drones killed two people in Kharkiv on Friday, Reuters and the Kyiv Post reported. Reuters said a third person died in the Volyn region. Attacks on nine regions cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes, and…

President Trump told Newsmax on Thursday that Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries are a "disgrace" that push up world oil prices. He also said he finds Zelenskyy "more difficult to deal with than…

Four people died fighting a wildfire on Thursday in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in Indonesia's East Java, AP and AFP reported. They were trapped by thick smoke and fast-moving flames. AFP said two were park…

More than 300,000 Irish public workers, including nurses, doctors and teachers, went on strike Wednesday over a delayed pay deal, RTÉ reported. It was the country's largest strike in almost 20 years, and another is…

On Oct. 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette, the former queen of France, was put to death by guillotine in Paris, HISTORY and Britannica reported. A court set up during the French Revolution had found her guilty of crimes…

A minibus carrying truck drivers hit a train at the Channel Tunnel terminal near Calais, France, on Thursday evening. The bus driver and 18 passengers were hurt, two of them seriously, French officials said. None of…

Albania's prime minister, Edi Rama, said Thursday that he will not resign. Student-led protests against his government had turned violent for a third day. Police used water cannon and tear gas on crowds in the capital…

Brazil's Senate voted 75-1 on Wednesday to cut the longest legal workweek from 44 hours to 40. The change also bans six-day work schedules that about 16 million people work now. It is a win for President Luiz Inácio…

Yemen's Houthi rebels have hit Riyadh's main airport 20 times since Oct. 1, a Saudi-led coalition says. Its spokesman told reporters Thursday that the attacks killed 17 people and hurt 333, CNN and Middle East Eye…

Israel says no commercial goods have entered Gaza for two days because traders stopped shipping over a fee set by Hamas, the AP and Reuters reported. Gaza officials deny the claim and say the fee is not a tax. Aid…

North Korea said it test-fired two types of strategic cruise missiles in waters off its east coast on Wednesday, the AP and Yonhap reported. Experts said they may have come from a new submarine shown off in 2023. South…

The bulk carrier Cape Dao sank near the Strait of Hormuz, weeks after it was struck in an attack that killed a crew member, Reuters and AGBI reported. The ship had been under tow after the Sept. 23 strike. A container…

Delivery dates for Apple's first folding iPhone slipped within minutes of pre-orders opening Friday morning, AppleInsider, Macworld and MacRumors reported. About half an hour in, Apple's U.S. store was quoting Jan. 25…

Sega and Creative Assembly are pulling Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition from sale days after its Tuesday launch, The Verge and Polygon reported. Players had flagged bugs and art they believe was made with AI. The…

Google researchers say they used the company's Willow quantum chip to cut errors in special "magic states" about 40-fold, New Scientist and Scientific American reported. These states are needed for the most powerful…

Bluesky's test AI tool, Attie, now lets users type a prompt to build small apps such as games, polls and quizzes, TechCrunch and The Verge reported. Each app gets its own web link to share with friends. CEO Toni…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Bloomberg he would stop selling chips to a customer building unsafe AI, but only after talking to it first. He told CNBC that Nvidia "absolutely must" work with Chinese AI firms on safety…

On Oct. 16, 1908, Samuel Cody flew a British Army plane at Farnborough in what is credited as the first powered airplane flight in Britain, the BBC and The Guardian reported. The flight lasted about 30 seconds. It…

Volvo Cars is expanding its partnership with Nvidia to build a hands-free driving system for city streets and highways, The Verge and TechCrunch reported. The Verge said it would be partially automated, like Tesla's…

The FTC has sent legal demands to OpenAI and Anthropic for files on AI safety problems, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. The demands, sent Wednesday, also ask for marketing files and privacy rules, Axios…

A data breach at CenterPoint Energy hit more than 1 million people in Texas, a state report shows. The data taken included names, addresses, Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers. CenterPoint said it is…

Apple says it starts taking preorders for the iPhone Duo, its first folding phone, at 8 a.m. ET on Friday. The phone starts at $1,999, Reuters reported, and reaches stores on Oct. 23, according to HardwareZone. A…

Google launched Universal Cart in the U.S., a tool that saves products from many retailers in one cart across Search and the Gemini app, TechCrunch and The Verge reported. It can alert shoppers to price drops and…

Meta released Muse Spark Open, an open-weight AI model that developers can download and run on their own computers, CNBC and Axios reported. It has 816 billion parameters, CNBC said. Meta worked with Apple so the model…

Tesla is taking $50,000 deposits for its new Roadster from buyers in the U.S., Canada and China. Buyers pay $5,000 up front and the rest within 10 days, and the money is fully refundable. Tesla did not announce a…

Researchers at Citizen Lab say spyware has been used to hack people through online ads that need no click. They found that dozens of Al Jazeera devices were hit in 2024 and 2025. The ads came from an Israeli ad firm…

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been moved from a federal prison in New Jersey to FCI Allenwood Low in Pennsylvania, the BBC and ABC News reported Friday. The Bureau of Prisons confirmed he is now at Allenwood Low but did not…

Lucian Piane, who wrote music for "RuPaul's Drag Race," died Monday at 46 after a car hit him in Glendale, California, the Los Angeles Times and NBC Los Angeles reported. He was crossing San Fernando Road when he was…

A Cook County sheriff's officer who worked security at a WWE "Monday Night Raw" show is suing WWE and wrestler Montez Ford, the Chicago Sun-Times and FOX 32 Chicago reported. The lawsuit says Ford gave him an unwanted…

Russell Brand, 51, is on trial in London on seven counts of rape and sexual assault, AP and The Independent reported. He denies them all, and a prosecutor called him a "ruthless" sexual predator. The first woman to…

Sally Rooney's novels will no longer be supplied to bookshops in Britain, the BBC and AP reported. Her publisher Faber said British law stops it from paying her, because she has said she will give her earnings to…

Alan Mandell, an actor known for his work in Samuel Beckett's plays, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles at 98, the Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter reported. In 1957 he played Lucky in "Waiting for…

On Oct. 16, 1923, Walt Disney and his brother Roy started a cartoon studio, HISTORY and NPR reported. That same day, film producer Margaret Winkler made a deal to put out their new cartoons. That small studio grew into…

Dopamine Chamber, the fifth album from Irish band Fontaines D.C., came out on Friday. The Guardian called it "a gargantuan triumph," and Pitchfork called it "cruel, beautiful feel-bad music." The album includes a duet…

Peacock's new series Crystal Lake, a prequel to the Friday the 13th horror films, premiered Thursday. Reviews in The Hollywood Reporter and the Guardian praised Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees, the killer's mother…

Dylan Dreyer of the "Today" show said on her podcast that she is now divorced from Brian Fichera, Page Six and TV Insider reported. Page Six said it confirmed the divorce was finalized on May 19. The two split in 2025…

Zendaya will star in an untitled science fiction movie that 'Civil War' director Alex Garland will write and direct for A24, The Hollywood Reporter and TheWrap reported. Plot details have not been released. The film is…

"SNL" star Michael Che said he can't criticize host Shane Gillis over the backlash to his joke about women's gym clothes. "That's comedy," Che said Thursday on NBC's TODAY show, according to TODAY.com and Fox News. Che…

A judge in Los Angeles will let Halle Berry's son, Maceo, 13, testify in her legal fight with his father, Olivier Martinez. He may speak only about Martinez's request for a restraining order. Berry denies that she…

Netflix said Thursday that former Disney executive Peter Rice will become its chief content officer on Oct. 26. He replaces Bela Bajaria, who is leaving after nearly 10 years. The news came as Netflix cuts about 1,000…

Tennessee health officials are looking into a possible food illness outbreak after 19 workers at a Walmart warehouse in Lebanon went to hospitals, NewsChannel 5 and WSMV reported. In 911 calls released this week, one…

About a quarter of Army men tested below a common cutoff for low testosterone in a new JAMA study, Defense News and Ars Technica reported. The researchers said the Pentagon's new tests for men 30 and older could lead…

New NHS England guidance says trans patients should be cared for on single-sex wards or bays that match their biological sex, the BBC and The Guardian reported. Clinical needs come first when both cannot be met. Trans…

Florida has 368 cases of dengue spread by local mosquitoes this year, most of them in Hillsborough County. Pinellas County added 17 cases in one week as the outbreak spreads. Both counties on Thursday extended their…

The U.S. has pushed back a new customs rule for small mail shipments by 90 days, to Jan. 20. Patient groups had warned the rule could block or raise the cost of drugs people order from pharmacies in Canada. The old…

About 1,500 nurses at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh voted 99% on Thursday to allow a strike if talks fail. They plan a picket on Oct. 29, KDKA and WPXI reported. The hospital network said it expects to reach…

Minnesota has 25 measles cases in two unrelated outbreaks since mid-September, the state health department said Thursday. Todd County has 19 cases and Fillmore County has six, and everyone who got sick was…

Critically ill patients with acute kidney injury who started on intermittent dialysis were more likely to die than those on continuous treatment, a French trial found. By 90 days, 63.1% of the intermittent group had…

Rush University System for Health and Endeavor Health plan to merge into a system with 12 hospitals, the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times reported. All of the hospitals would carry the Rush name. The deal needs approval…

Health officials sent the White House a policy that could let pharmacies make certain peptides, AP and Reuters reported. Two people familiar with the plan told AP it would let pharmacies make popular peptides such as…

On Oct. 16, 1869, two men digging a well on a farm in Cardiff, New York, found a 10-foot stone man. People paid to see the "giant," but it was a statue George Hull had made as a hoax, according to Archaeology magazine…

On Oct. 16, 2017, scientists said they had seen two dead stars, called neutron stars, crash together, the Guardian and BBC News reported. It was the first time one cosmic event was picked up in both gravitational waves…

Climate change did at least as much as a record El Niño to fuel Hurricane Polo's rapid jump to Category 5 last month, a quick study found, AP and El País reported. The study, not yet peer-reviewed, says warming made…

Severe drought was declared Thursday in parts of six counties in southern England, the BBC and the Guardian reported. Two key reservoirs are less than 20% full after the driest April to September in over 100 years. An…

On Oct. 16, 1843, Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton came up with a new kind of number, called quaternions, on a walk in Dublin. He carved the key formula into Broom Bridge, according to RTÉ and Trinity College…

Scientists in Argentina suspect a bacterium in an unusual number of right whale calf deaths around Península Valdés, El Mundo and ADNSUR reported. El Mundo said more than 350 dead whales have been found this year…

Last week, Nikon took away the top prize in its microscope video contest because the video broke its rules on AI, the BBC and Nature reported. Scientists had said the video of cells in a child's airway did not look…

Archaeologists in Egypt's Nile Delta have uncovered the remains of two large statues of Ramses II after a farmer reported an unusual stone on his land, CBS News and Live Science reported. One head is about 5.2 feet…

A key Atlantic Ocean current weakened by warming could recover if the climate later cools, a modeling study suggests, New Scientist and Reuters reported. In one climate model, the current slowed a lot but did not…

Delegates from 69 countries voted Thursday in France to stop adding leap seconds to the world's official time, the Guardian reported. Starting in May 2027, clocks will be allowed to drift up to an hour from Earth's…

Mexico has cut the area where gillnets are banned in the habitat of the vaquita porpoise by about 86%, Excelsior reported. A strict no-fishing zone stays in place, El Universal reported. Only seven to 10 vaquitas are…

A round hole in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal from a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan may be the oldest sign of a human ancestor killed by a wooden spear. The Neanderthal died 75,000 years ago, BBC News reported. It is…

NOAA expects a warmer than normal winter across much of the northern U.S. and a wetter one in the South. A strong El Niño is driving the outlook for December to February. Forecasters said the rain and snow could ease…

On Oct. 16, 1958, Chevrolet began selling the El Camino, a mix of a car and a pickup truck, according to HISTORY and MotorTrend. It was built on the Impala and was Chevy's answer to Ford's Ranchero. Chevrolet dropped…

On Oct. 16, 1829, the Tremont House opened in Boston, and many call it the first modern hotel in the United States. Guests got private rooms with locks, a lobby and indoor toilets, according to Boston magazine and…

U.S. holiday sales will top $1 trillion for the first time this year, the National Retail Federation forecast Thursday, the Boston Globe and AP reported. The group expects sales to rise 4.2% in November and December…

Chick-fil-A will add Spicy Chick-fil-A Sauce to its menus across the country on Nov. 16, Fox News and Allrecipes reported. It is the chain's first new permanent sauce in 10 years. The sauce adds spicy peppers to the…

Britain's government will review the drop-off charges drivers pay at airports after prices rose sharply, the BBC and PA reported. RAC analysis found 16 of the 20 airports it studied raised the fees since last summer…

Social Security benefits will rise 3.6% starting in January, about $75 a month on average, AP and CBS News reported. CBS said it is the largest annual increase in four years. Some retirees and advocates said the raise…

Since September, Norman, Oklahoma, has urged families to trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 30, because of an Oklahoma home football game on Halloween. A police spokesperson told News 9 that game days take up to 80…

TSA has pulled its Gateside program, which lets PreCheck members go through security without a flight, back to its first 13 airports, CNN and 9News reported. The program had grown to hundreds of airports this month…

Southwest Airlines will swap its two A-List loyalty tiers for new Silver, Gold and Platinum levels in January 2027. Platinum members will get unlimited Companion Pass trips. Chase card holders will earn one qualifying…