Saturday, October 17, 2026
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Man ICE sought in Houston SUV crash died years ago, family says
The man ICE said it was chasing when an agent hit a Houston worker with an SUV appears to have died years ago, his family says, according to NBC News and AP. ICE said the worker, Miguel Parra Hernández, ran in front of…
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Three men jailed 158 years each for killing Robinson brothers and friend
A judge in Mexico sentenced three men to 158 years and nine months in prison each for killing Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad. The three victims were killed on a surf…
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Trump denies ordering limits on Ukraine's SpaceX Starshield service
President Donald Trump denied Friday that he ordered this week's limits on Starshield, the SpaceX satellite service used by Ukraine's army, CNBC and the BBC reported. Reuters, citing three officials, reported that the…
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Nearly 12-foot alligator kills man fishing at Winter Garden park
An alligator killed a 71-year-old man who was fishing at a park in Winter Garden, Florida, on Friday, WKMG News 6 and WESH 2 reported. Rescuers could not go into the pond at first because several gators were active…
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Former Kentucky student Laken Snelling sentenced to 10 years in newborn's death
A Kentucky judge sentenced former University of Kentucky student Laken Snelling to 10 years in prison Friday in the death of her newborn son, WKYT and WLKY reported. She pleaded guilty in August to manslaughter and…
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19-year-old charged with capital murder after Little Rock store shooting kills 2
A shooting at a Circle K store in Little Rock killed two people Thursday evening. Police charged a 19-year-old with capital murder, KATV and the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. Four others were badly…
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Coast Guard rescues 16 people after boat sinks off Mexico's Baja coast
The Coast Guard pulled 16 people from the sea off Mexico early Friday after their boat sank about 140 miles from Ensenada, NBC 7 San Diego and The Associated Press reported. A survivor said up to 27 people were on the…
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Maduro and wife plead not guilty to new torture charge
Former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty Thursday to a new torture charge in a New York court, Courthouse News and CBS New York reported. Prosecutors say the victims…
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Family identifies bystander who killed Bend school gunman as local father
The armed man who shot and killed the gunman at a grade school in Bend, Oregon, is Kaylub Giamanco, his family said Friday, The Bulletin and The Guardian reported. Giamanco, 36, is a carpenter whose two daughters go to…
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Las Vegas police identify Lake Mead barrel victim as Arkansas man
Las Vegas police have identified the man whose remains were found in a barrel at Lake Mead in 2022 as Edward "Buddy" Lelburian Jackson of Arkansas, the Las Vegas Sun and the BBC reported. He had been shot in the head…
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Trump waives new Russia sanctions and tariffs before they take effect
President Donald Trump has waived many of the Russia sanctions and tariffs in a law he signed in September, CNBC and the BBC reported. The order came days before the penalties were due to start. The law would have let…
Politics
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Mamdani asks New York garage owners to keep ICE off their lots
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani asked garage and lot owners on Friday to keep ICE off their lots, AP reported. Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries and 109 more officials signed the letter too. A Homeland Security spokesperson…
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Ohio appeals court rules state's EdChoice school voucher program unconstitutional
An Ohio appeals court ruled Thursday that the state's EdChoice school voucher program breaks the state constitution, AP and Reason reported. The judges said private schools, not families, get to pick who uses the…
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Los Angeles prosecutors weigh charges in Eric Swalwell sexual assault case
Prosecutors in Los Angeles are deciding whether to charge former congressman Eric Swalwell in a sex assault case, NBC News and the New York Post reported. A woman named Lonna Drewes said in April that he drugged and…
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Two women sue Matt Gaetz over alleged sex trafficking scheme
Two women have sued former congressman Matt Gaetz, saying he and two other Florida men ran a sex trafficking scheme from 2017 to 2019, The Washington Post and the Washington Examiner reported. In an email, Gaetz said…
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Arizona moves to join Nevada's lawsuit over Colorado River water cuts
Arizona asked on Friday to join Nevada's suit over the U.S. plan to share Colorado River water, KJZZ and Inside Climate News reported. The state says the plan cuts water for it, California and Nevada, but not for the…
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Trump says 'zero chance' he will replace chief of staff Susie Wiles
President Trump said Friday there is "zero chance" he will replace White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, CNN and the New York Post reported. Reports this week said he had asked allies who could take her job. Trump…
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DOJ warns California election officials of prosecution over noncitizen ballots
The Justice Department warned California vote counters Friday that they could face charges if they knowingly count ballots cast by people it calls noncitizens, ABC News and the Washington Examiner reported. Trump…
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Rep. Andy Harris threatened student reporter with prosecution for recording him
Andy Harris, a Republican in the House, threatened to have a student reporter charged for taping him after a debate, NBC News and ABC News reported. Other reporters in the room were taping too. In an interview with…
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No Kings coalition holds early-vote events nationwide ahead of midterms
The No Kings coalition is holding thousands of events across the country on Saturday to push early voting before the Nov. 3 midterms, The Guardian and the Washington Examiner reported. The Examiner said the focus is…
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Judge dismisses John Brennan's lawsuit over Justice Department records
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by former CIA Director John Brennan, The Washington Post and Fox News reported. Brennan wanted a court order to keep officials from destroying records tied to the probe of him…
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Trump rallies for Collins in Georgia, falsely calls Ossoff's win 'rigged'
President Donald Trump held a rally Friday in Dalton, Georgia, for Senate hopeful Mike Collins and Rick Jackson, who is running for governor, GPB and Fox News reported. He again falsely said Jon Ossoff's 2021 win was…
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Flanagan and Tafoya clash over fraud and Trump in Minnesota Senate debate
Peggy Flanagan and Michele Tafoya faced off Friday in a debate in their race for an open Senate seat in Minnesota. Tafoya, the GOP pick, blamed Flanagan for the state's fraud scandal, The Washington Post and Fox News…
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Nine ex-FBI employees from Trump documents case sue Patel over firings
Nine former FBI employees who worked on the classified documents case against Donald Trump have sued FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Todd Blanche, NBC News and the Washington Examiner reported. They say…
Business
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Dangote refinery IPO plans depositary receipts for Botswana and Kenya, targets Egypt
Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery wants people in Botswana and Kenya to be able to buy into its $1.6 billion share sale, Semafor and BusinessDay reported. They would buy receipts that stand for the shares. The refinery is…
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Australia loses 39,300 jobs as unemployment holds at 4.7%
About 39,300 fewer Australians had jobs in September, but the jobless rate held at 4.7%, ABC News Australia reported. The Australian Financial Review said part-time jobs fell by 73,700. The paper said the data cooled…
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Amazon says it may move NYC warehouses over delivery worker bill
Amazon has said it may close more than a dozen New York City warehouses over a bill backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the New York Post reported. The bill would make Amazon hire its contract drivers. Some Bronx delivery…
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U.S. import prices rise 8.1% from a year ago, most since 2022
Prices for goods brought into the U.S. rose 8.1% in September from a year earlier, the biggest jump since 2022, Reuters and Bloomberg reported. Factory output also rose 0.3% last month, helped by more chip production…
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Ofgem warns of 'difficult winter' as it proposes energy switching charge
Britain's energy regulator, Ofgem, wants to switch on a charge that makes suppliers pay a customer's old supplier if wholesale prices fall sharply, The Guardian and This is Money reported. Ofgem warned of "a difficult…
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Indian IT stocks post best week in 18 years amid AI sell-off
India's Nifty IT index rose 11.72% this week, its best weekly gain in 18 years, Mint and Business Standard reported. Strong quarterly results and a global sell-off in AI stocks drew buyers back to the country's…
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IMF tells UK to look at pensions and welfare before taxing banks
The IMF said Friday that Britain should look for savings on pensions and welfare before it raises taxes on banks, The Guardian and Reuters reported. Finance minister John Healey is weighing a higher tax on bank profits…
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Grid bottlenecks force Britain to pay wind farms to switch off
Britain's grid operator paid £47.9 million on Wednesday to switch off wind farms and turn on gas plants elsewhere, The Guardian reported. Energy Voice reported that the strain comes from limits on moving power around…
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KFC to drop Pepsi for Coca-Cola at U.S. restaurants after four decades
KFC will switch its U.S. restaurants from Pepsi to Coca-Cola drinks, ending a tie that began when PepsiCo bought the chain in 1986, CNBC and Fox Business reported. Coke should be in all U.S. stores by spring 2027…
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On this day, 1973: Arab oil producers move against Israel's backers
On Oct. 17, 1973, Arab oil producers moved against the United States and other countries that backed Israel in the Yom Kippur War, HISTORY and C-SPAN Classroom reported. HISTORY reported that they would cut oil exports…
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Premier League champion Arsenal to cut up to 60 staff jobs
Arsenal plans to cut up to 60 jobs after an outside review of its staff, The Guardian and BBC Sport reported. Coaching and performance staff for the men's and women's teams will not be affected. Manager Mikel Arteta…
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India approves ₹52,878 crore sale of IDBI Bank stake to Fairfax
India's cabinet has approved the sale of a 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank to Fairfax for ₹52,878 crore, The Hindu and Mint reported. The government and state insurer LIC will sell the shares at ₹81 each. The government…
Sports
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Eagles place Jalen Hurts on injured reserve with blood clot Saturday
The Eagles put quarterback Jalen Hurts on injured reserve on Saturday with a blood clot in his calf, the Philadelphia Inquirer and AP reported. He must miss at least four games, and the team has set no timeline for his…
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Auburn upsets top-ranked Georgia 27-24 as time expires on Saturday
Alex McPherson kicked a 34-yard field goal as time expired, and unranked Auburn upset top-ranked Georgia 27-24 in Athens on Saturday, AP and CBS Sports reported. Georgia's Gunner Stockton lost a fumble with 58 seconds…
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Florida stuns seventh-ranked Texas 27-24 in Austin on Saturday
Unranked Florida beat seventh-ranked Texas 27-24 in Austin on Saturday after trailing 17-3, CBS Sports and NBC Sports reported. Arch Manning threw a late touchdown pass to cut the lead to three. He then fumbled while…
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Ohio State ends Indiana's 22-game streak with 19-15 win on Saturday
Fourth-ranked Ohio State beat fifth-ranked Indiana 19-15 in Bloomington on Saturday, ending the Hoosiers' 22-game winning streak, AP and CBS Sports reported. Nick Marsh's left foot came down out of bounds on what would…
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Jódar and Davidovich Fokina set up all-Spanish Shanghai Masters final
Rafael Jódar beat Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the Shanghai Masters final, AP and Marca reported. He will face fellow Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who upset top seed Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4…
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Chwalinska beats injured Swiatek, will face Kartal in Wuhan final
Maja Chwalinska beat an injured Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-1 on Saturday to reach the Wuhan Open final, Dziennik.pl and The Independent reported. Swiatek needed a medical timeout late in the first set and played on with a…
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Neto double gives Chelsea win at Everton as Martínez suffers head injury
Pedro Neto scored twice as Chelsea won 2-0 at Everton on Saturday, BBC Sport and Sky Sports reported. Chelsea goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez went to hospital for tests after a collision, The Guardian and Sky Sports…
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Celtics bench beats 76ers in overtime to finish perfect preseason
The Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 125-120 in overtime on Friday, NBC Sports Boston and NESN reported. Boston rested most of its top players, while the 76ers started Joel Embiid, LeBron James, Tyrese Maxey…
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Mark Sanchez reaches deal to settle truck driver's civil lawsuit
Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez has reached a deal in principle to settle a lawsuit from a truck driver he fought last year, the Los Angeles Times and WISH-TV reported. The terms were not disclosed. The driver's…
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Wolves beat Burnley 2-1 despite Jamie Vardy's first Burnley goal
Wolves came from behind to beat Burnley 2-1 in the Championship on Friday night, Sky Sports and BBC Sport reported. Jamie Vardy, 39, scored first for Burnley at Turf Moor. Two Burnley mistakes then let Fer Lopez and…
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Jena Bishop beats Liz Carmouche to win PFL flyweight title
Jena Bishop beat Liz Carmouche by unanimous decision Friday night in Chicago to win the PFL's women's flyweight title, MMA Fighting and Sherdog reported. All three judges scored the five-round fight 48-47 for Bishop…
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Avalanche rally past Penguins 5-2 as T.J. Hughes scores first NHL goal
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and three assists as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Friday night, the Associated Press reported. Artturi Lehkonen scored twice, and a 24-year-old forward got his…
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Bruins rally past Ducks 4-2 as DiPietro earns first NHL win
The Boston Bruins scored three power-play goals to rally from 2-0 down and beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Friday night, the official NHL box score shows. Michael DiPietro made 25 saves for his first NHL win, NESN and…
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Elijah Brown throws three TDs as Washington beats Purdue 38-26
Elijah Brown threw for 302 yards and three touchdowns as Washington beat Purdue 38-26 on Friday night, The Associated Press and The Seattle Times reported. Brown started in place of injured quarterback Demond Williams…
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Sixth-ranked Alabama visits 14th-ranked Tennessee in Third Saturday in October rivalry
No. 6 Alabama plays at No. 14 Tennessee on Saturday afternoon on ABC, CBS Sports reported. Both teams are 5-1 going into the old rivalry game. Alabama's top receiver, Ryan Coleman-Williams, is likely to miss it, CBS…
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Tulane forces six turnovers to beat Memphis 31-17
Tulane forced six turnovers and beat Memphis 31-17 on Friday night in New Orleans, nola.com and WDSU reported. Freshman quarterback Trace Johnson won his first career start. Tulane evened its record at 3-3 and handed…
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Notre Dame, BYU meet in first top-10 game at LaVell Edwards Stadium
Second-ranked Notre Dame plays at eighth-ranked BYU at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Eastern time, KSL Sports and TSN reported. It is the first top-10 game ever at BYU's LaVell Edwards Stadium, The Associated Press and TSN…
World
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France protests draw 550,000, ministry says, as PM reports 1,200 arrests
About 550,000 people joined protests across France on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said, BBC News, The Guardian and AFP reported. The CGT union put the count at 800,000. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said 1,200…
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Governor promises payouts to families after Peshawar school roof collapse
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has promised 1 million rupees to the family of each child killed in the Peshawar school roof collapse, Arab News and The Nation reported. Those papers said 34 students and…
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Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted a ballistic missile at oil hub Yanbu
A Saudi-led coalition said Friday it stopped a ballistic missile at the Red Sea oil city of Yanbu, Reuters and AFP reported. It said it also shot down two cruise missiles and three drones. Iran denied any role after a…
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Rubio heads to Samarkand for C5+1 talks with Central Asian ministers
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for C5+1 talks with Central Asian ministers, RFE/RL and Al Jazeera reported. The meetings will run through Tuesday. Analysts say Washington wants a…
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Carney urges Albertans to stay in Canada ahead of October 19 referendum
Prime Minister Mark Carney urged Albertans to vote to stay in Canada before their October 19 vote, CBC News and the BBC reported. "The stakes are high," he said. Picking Option 2 on the ballot would start a process…
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Drone strike on Sudan's Nyala livestock market kills 30, medical source says
A drone strike on a busy livestock market in Nyala, in Sudan's Darfur region, killed 30 people on Friday, a hospital source said, according to AFP and Radio Tamazuj. The Rapid Support Forces, the armed group that holds…
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Minibus carrying pilgrims plunges into drain in India, killing 8
Eight people died when a minibus full of pilgrims fell into a deep drain beside a highway in India early Saturday, The Times of India and The New Indian Express reported. Most of the riders were family. They were on…
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Calgary Transit to review natural gas buses after fiery crash kills three
Calgary Transit says it will review safety on its natural gas buses after a crash and fire killed three passengers Thursday, CBC News and the Calgary Herald reported. Police said a city bus hit several cars and then…
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Japan's weather agency apologizes for false magnitude 9.9 quake alert
Japan's weather agency said sorry after a false alert on Friday warned of a magnitude 9.9 quake, the Asahi Shimbun and AFP reported. The real quake was a 6.9 near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. AFP said the agency got…
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Israeli settlers beat Washington Post photographer during West Bank olive harvest attacks
Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians picking olives in the West Bank on Friday, NPR and the BBC reported. They also beat Heidi Levine, who takes photos for The Washington Post. Medics said about 20 people were…
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Colombia opens embassy in Jerusalem after restoring ties with Israel
Colombia opened an embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday after its new leader restored ties with Israel, AP and Al Jazeera reported. The last leader had cut those ties in 2024 over the war in Gaza, AP said. Palestinian…
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Japan PM Takaichi sends Yasukuni offering, expected to skip visit
Japan's leader, Sanae Takaichi, sent a ritual offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday, Kyodo News and Jiji Press reported. China and South Korea see the shrine as a sign of Japan's war past. She is not expected…
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Lula now backs lowering age of criminal responsibility to 16
Brazil's President Lula said in a TV interview Thursday that he now backs lowering the age at which people can be tried as adults from 18 to 16 for crimes labeled heinous, The Guardian and G1 reported. The Guardian…
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Houthi missiles hit Yemen's presidential palace in Aden, killing five
Houthi missiles hit Yemen's presidential palace in Aden on Thursday, the BBC and Al Jazeera reported. Five people were killed and 16 were hurt, the health minister said. The prime minister and other top officials were…
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Philippine watchdog fines onion cartel a record 1.76 billion pesos
The Philippine Competition Commission fined six firms a combined 1.76 billion pesos for running an onion cartel, Rappler and the BBC reported. The BBC put the fine at about $28 million, the agency's largest since 2016…
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Pope Leo asks Putin for ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky
Pope Leo XIV phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday and called for a ceasefire in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine, Euronews and the Kyiv Independent reported. He asked for a pause so…
Tech
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China proposes export curbs on 40 technologies, including AI and solar
China has proposed new export limits on 40 technologies, including AI and solar power, AP and Reuters reported. Twenty-three of them involve AI, such as large models and AI agents. Reuters said using Chinese AI through…
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Australia bill would let social media users switch off algorithmic feeds
Australia has put forward a law that would let people turn off social media feeds picked by algorithms, BBC News and The Guardian reported. Users could see posts only from accounts they follow. The law would also make…
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UK competition watchdog proposes strategic market status for Microsoft
The UK's competition watchdog wants to give Microsoft a special status in its business software, The Register and Reuters reported. Reuters said that could bring rules on how Microsoft bundles tools like Teams and…
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Meta's new business terms could let it train AI on publishers' sites
Meta's new commercial terms, which take effect October 30, let it crawl websites tied to business accounts and use that content to "train" its products, Nieman Lab and Ars Technica reported. Legal experts said the…
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Bank of America says it hired 1,000 contractors to patch Mythos-found flaws
Bank of America brought in 1,000 outside contractors to fix software flaws found by Anthropic's Mythos AI model, CEO Brian Moynihan said Wednesday, CNBC and Business Insider reported. They work alongside about 3,000…
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Florida sues Discord, saying the chat app fails to protect children
Florida's attorney general, James Uthmeier, sued Discord on Thursday, saying the chat app fails to protect kids from sexual predators, Courthouse News and the News Service of Florida reported. The suit faults the app's…
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Some Ray-Ban Meta glasses recorded talks without wake word, owners say
Some Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses saved recordings of everyday talks even though no one said "Hey Meta," owners say, Android Authority and Ars Technica reported. Meta said in a statement to Android Authority that the…
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Brazil court orders Meta to treat Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro equally
Brazil's top election court has ordered Meta to treat President Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro the same way on its apps before their Oct. 25 runoff, AP and G1 reported. The full court backed the order, with a fine of…
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On this day, 1907: Marconi starts first commercial transatlantic wireless service
On Oct. 17, 1907, Guglielmo Marconi began the first commercial wireless service across the Atlantic, The Irish Times and CBC News reported. It linked Clifden, in Ireland, with his station near Glace Bay, Nova Scotia…
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Appeals court lets Georgia enforce social media age-verification law for now
A federal appeals court on Thursday lifted an order that had blocked Georgia's social media law, letting the state require platforms to verify users' ages, Courthouse News Service and the AJC reported. The law bars…
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Suspected Chinese hackers exploited BeyondTrust zero-day since August, researchers say
A suspected Chinese state-backed spy group exploited an unknown flaw in BeyondTrust's Remote Support tool starting in late August, CyberScoop and The Record reported, citing Google's Mandiant. A patch is now out…
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Cyber incident at contractor BAE halts U.S. bankruptcy court notices
A cyber incident at contractor BAE Systems has shut down the system that sends notices for all U.S. bankruptcy courts, Cybernews and Infosecurity Magazine reported. Courts in at least 18 states have posted warnings…
Entertainment
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Jack Doherty stops Kodiyakredd in 30 seconds in his debut
Influencer Jack Doherty stopped Island Boy Kodiyakredd in 30 seconds on Friday night in his first fight, Bloody Elbow and MMA Mania reported. Doherty scored two knockdowns before the fight was stopped. Brand Risk…
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Meghan made first public appearance since UK move on Thursday in Nottingham
On Thursday, Meghan made her first public appearance since she moved back to the UK, BBC News and the Nottingham Post reported. She and Prince Harry visited three charities in Nottingham and helped prepare food parcels…
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Judge dismisses child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield
A New Mexico judge threw out child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield on Friday, BBC News, TheWrap and CBS News reported. The judge said the prosecutor "failed to act in a fair and impartial manner."…
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'Street Fighter' opens with $4 million in previews, eyes $30 million weekend
Paramount and Legendary's "Street Fighter" made $4 million from Thursday previews and is on track to open with about $30 million, Deadline and TheWrap reported. Deadline estimated it made $12.5 million on Friday…
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Indus Creed guitarist Mahesh Tinaikar dies at 63
Mahesh Tinaikar, who helped start the Indian rock band Indus Creed, has died in Mumbai at 63, Rolling Stone India and The Economic Times reported. His band members said he had a suspected heart attack, Rolling Stone…
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Cody Rhodes punts Baron Corbin as Randy Orton watches on SmackDown
Cody Rhodes punted Baron Corbin in the head as Randy Orton looked on to end WWE SmackDown on Friday, CBS Sports and 411MANIA reported. The scripted scene grows the Rhodes and Orton storyline. Orton had attacked Rhodes…
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Miley Cyrus tearfully sings 'Jolene' for Dolly Parton at Hollywood Bowl
Miley Cyrus cried on stage at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night as she honored her late godmother, Dolly Parton, by singing "Jolene," People and The Hollywood Reporter reported. Cyrus said the only time she saw Parton…
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'Tulsa King' Season 4 premiere ends on a plane crash cliffhanger
Spoiler warning: The 'Tulsa King' Season 4 premiere ends with a plane crash, Entertainment Weekly and TVLine reported. The jet carrying Dwight's girlfriend, Margaret, and Gov. Cal Thresher goes down over the Pacific…
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Majid Majidi's 'Midday Meal' wins top prize at Busan film festival
"Midday Meal," a film by Iran's Majid Majidi, won the top prize at the Busan film festival in South Korea on Thursday, the Korea Herald, the Korea Times and Screen Daily reported. The win means the film can now be put…
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Cordae sued for $25 million over album with Anderson .Paak
A Florida record label, MMMG Inc., has sued rapper Cordae for at least $25 million, Complex and Billboard reported. The label says his new album with Anderson .Paak breaks a 2018 deal that gives it the rights to his…
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Selma Blair's team says she 'did not intend to harm anyone'
Selma Blair's team said she "did not intend to harm anyone" and had a medical emergency on a Delta flight to New York, the BBC reported. She has pleaded not guilty to assaulting an officer and a nurse after the flight…
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Former MTV worker says Russell Brand tried to pull her into toilet
A woman who worked at MTV testified Friday at Russell Brand's trial that he grabbed her arm in 2001 and tried to pull her into a toilet, The Guardian and the BBC reported. She called him a "wild-eyed maniac." Brand…
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Soderbergh steps in to help finish filming 'The Batman Part II'
Director Steven Soderbergh will help finish the last weeks of filming on "The Batman Part II" while Matt Reeves deals with a family matter, Variety and TheWrap reported. Reeves said he is not leaving the film. DC…
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Kimmel jokes about Zacharia's law credentials after White House 'no-talent loser' jab
Jimmy Kimmel hit back on Thursday's show at a White House statement that called him a "no-talent loser," TheWrap reported. He mocked the spokesman who issued it and joked about press secretary Katie Zacharia's law…
Health
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OB-GYN group backs hormone therapy for menopause hot flashes, night sweats
A US group of doctors who treat women now backs hormone therapy for many women with hot flashes and night sweats from menopause, CBS News and NPR reported. It is the group's first update on this in more than ten years…
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Data watchdog urges ministers to weigh trust in Palantir's NHS platform
Sixteen NHS trusts and health boards in England say they do not use the US firm Palantir's £330m patient data platform, The Guardian reported. The watchdog for health data has urged ministers to give trust in the firm…
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Kennedy and Shapiro trade attacks over Pennsylvania measles outbreak
Pennsylvania's health chief wants the CDC to count the state's measles deaths, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. She says leaving them out hides how bad the outbreak is. Kennedy, who runs US health policy, said the…
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Yorkshire ambulance trust probes staff access to tiger victim's records
Yorkshire Ambulance Service is looking into two staff who may have viewed a dead man's medical records without good reason, the BBC and The Guardian reported. William Chapman was killed by a tiger at a wildlife park on…
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Bonded doctors in Uttar Pradesh protest unequal pay in Lucknow
Young doctors serving required state service bonds in India's Uttar Pradesh protested in Lucknow this week for equal pay, The Times of India and Dainik Bhaskar reported. Those at rural clinics say they earn far less…
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Nurse shortage delays child cancer treatments at Auckland's Starship hospital
A shortage of nurses has delayed some cancer treatments for children at Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland, the NZ Herald and RNZ reported. Health officials said treatments were pushed back by up to seven days…
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Shortages of two HRT patch brands leave UK women seeking alternatives
Women in the UK face shortages of two brands of HRT patches, BBC News and The Guardian reported this week. One brand, FemSeven Conti, is out of stock until late November, The Guardian reported. Experts say women should…
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Dozens of BSF personnel hospitalized in Manipur with suspected food poisoning
Dozens of Indian border guards and a few drivers went to a hospital in Manipur on Thursday, sick with what may be food poisoning, The Sangai Express and The Indian Express reported. The Sangai Express said they fell…
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Nigerian gospel singer's aide says Ibadan hospitals turned him away before death
Nigerian gospel singer Toluwanisings died this week after he collapsed in Ibadan, Punch and The Nation reported. His aide says several hospitals would not treat him, and some cited a doctors' strike. A spokeswoman for…
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Kenya's Murang'a County goes to court over Afya.KE health system shutdown
A county in Kenya has gone to court over the loss of Afya.KE, the system its hospitals use for patient files, the Daily Nation and Citizen Digital reported. Murang'a says more than 170 health sites were hit, Citizen…
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Guinea-Bissau denies approving U.S.-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial in newborns
Guinea-Bissau's health minister says the country never approved a U.S.-funded study of hepatitis B shots at birth, The Guardian and DW reported. A Danish ethics panel was informed that it had been approved, The…
Science & Climate
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Bogong moth swarms may be appearing as fake rain on NSW radars
Weather radars in eastern New South Wales may be picking up swarms of bogong moths as rain, Australia's weather bureau said, according to Guardian Australia and news.com.au. Large numbers of insects can look like light…
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Torrential rain in Istanbul sets off floods that kill at least four
Floods after heavy rain in Istanbul have killed at least four people, the AP and BBC Turkish reported. Turkey's interior minister said it is the city's worst flood since 1942. Teams are still looking for three people…
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Cold front brings first frost and freeze warnings to Midwest and Northeast
A strong cold front is bringing the first frost or freeze of the fall to parts of the Midwest and Northeast this weekend, weather.com reported. Freeze warnings began early Saturday west and north of Chicago, NBC…
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On this day, 1989: Loma Prieta quake hits before World Series game
On Oct. 17, 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area minutes before Game 3 of the World Series, HISTORY and the Society for American Baseball Research reported. Fans were already at Candlestick…
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Singapore issues haze-law notices to seven companies over Indonesia fires
Singapore is sending legal notices under its haze law to seven companies tied to fires in Indonesia that have fed the haze over the city, The Straits Times and CNA reported. The firms must stop burning, fight the fires…
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Tall glacier ice cliffs can break off faster than models predict
Tall ice cliffs in Antarctica and Greenland can break off much faster than models predict, a new study found, New Scientist and Earth.com reported. But none of the glaciers it tracked fell into a runaway collapse. A…
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Brazil's Amazon deforestation falls to lowest level since records began
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 41.8% to an estimated 3,335 square kilometers in the year to July, the lowest since records began in 1988, The Guardian and G1 reported. Clearing in the Cerrado savanna fell 23.8%…
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Norte fire burns homes in Orange County as Santa Ana winds blow
The Norte fire, fed by strong Santa Ana winds, grew to about 570 acres in Orange County on Friday, CNN and CBS Los Angeles reported. Six homes were burned or damaged, and none of the fire was contained by that evening…
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El Niño drought raises famine risk in war-torn Sudan
A drought driven by El Niño covers about half of Sudan and is raising the risk of famine, New Scientist and Al Jazeera reported, citing a UN-backed hunger monitor. Hunger in two Darfur camps has passed famine levels…
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Paraná River flooding forces thousands from homes in Paraguay's Ayolas
Flooding on the Paraná River has forced thousands of people from their homes in Ayolas, Paraguay, La Nación and Telefuturo reported. Paraguay's emergency center put the number at 3,438 on Friday, La Nación reported…
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UK travel bosses see no real shift to cooler holiday destinations
Extreme heat in Europe has not sent many British tourists to cooler spots, the Guardian reported from an Abta trade event. Garry Wilson, who runs easyJet Holidays, said people still want to go to Majorca, the Guardian…
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Venice to charge day-trippers on 72 days in 2027, up from 60
Venice will charge day visitors its access fee on 72 days in 2027, up from 60 this year, Corriere del Veneto and the German news agency dpa reported. The fee will apply on set days from Good Friday, March 26, through…
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Minnesota grower Travis Gienger wins fifth Half Moon Bay pumpkin title
Minnesota grower Travis Gienger won the giant pumpkin weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, California, on Monday, October 12, Agweek and Coastside News reported. His winning pumpkin, named Rocky, weighed 2,389 pounds. It was…
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On this day, 1814: London Beer Flood kills eight women and children
On Oct. 17, 1814, a huge vat of beer burst at a London brewery and sent a wave of porter through nearby streets, HISTORY and The History Press reported. The flood killed eight women and children in the poor St Giles…
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Hollywood Burbank Airport's new $1.3 billion terminal opened Tuesday
Hollywood Burbank Airport opened a new terminal on Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times and City News Service reported. The building cost about $1.3 billion and replaces older ones that opened in 1930 and sat too close to a…
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Polish president signs law changing nightly tourist fees from 2027
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has signed a law that changes how towns charge overnight visitors a local fee, LoveKraków.pl and Rzeczpospolita reported. From Jan. 1, 2027, the top fee will be 5 zloty a night. Kraków…
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Rules, London's oldest restaurant, given to the National Trust
Rules, the oldest restaurant in London, has been given to the National Trust, The Guardian and BBC News reported. The owner gave the building and its visitor books, menus and photos in a gift worth £11 million. Rules…
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On this day, 2018: Canada legalizes recreational cannabis
On Oct. 17, 2018, Canada made it legal for adults to buy and use cannabis, the BBC and CBC News reported. The BBC said it was the second country to do so, after Uruguay. The first legal sale came at midnight in…
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Golden Corral confirms closures, says many buffets may reopen under new owners
Golden Corral has closed at least six of its buffets this year, in Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Florida, Idaho and Texas, USA Today and Restaurant Dive reported. The chain said many could reopen with new franchise owners. It…
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Halloween candy prices are up about 8% from a year ago
Candy prices are up about 8% from a year ago, federal data show, NBC News and Yahoo Finance reported. Halloween chocolate is up 15.5%, according to PwC figures cited by NBC News. In a new Ipsos poll, 51% of Americans…
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India says new airfare rules approved, to be published within two weeks
India's government informed the Supreme Court on Friday that new rules to curb volatile airfares are approved and will be published within two weeks, The Hindu and the Financial Express reported. The court wants them…
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Data network fault disrupts flights across Italy, ENAV rules out attack
A fault in the data network behind Italy's air traffic control cut the number of planes it could handle on Friday, Il Sole 24 Ore and Corriere della Sera reported. Flights were delayed and canceled across the country…