Sunday, October 18, 2026

Police in Wichita, Kansas, released the driver of a truck that hit a youth soccer game Saturday without charges, pending toxicology tests and a vehicle exam. The crash killed Cole Adrian, 6, and Nicholas Schafer, 35…

An Air Force airman died after he fell while rappelling from the Alamodome ceiling before UTSA played Navy on Saturday night, the Air Force said. He was part of a pregame ceremony in San Antonio. His name has not been…

An explosion and fire at a Canadian Forces base in Alberta on Saturday killed four service members, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday. Dozens more were badly hurt, he said, CBC News, Global News and CTV News…

A South Carolina judge on Friday let Alex Murdaugh's lawyers run their own tests on the remaining DNA samples before his murder retrial. Judge Debra McCaslin turned down a defense request for broad ballistics data. The…

Pope Leo XIV led the Sunday prayer from his window at the Vatican, a day after he left a Rome hospital, the Associated Press reported. He went home on Saturday, four days after lung cancer surgery, CBS News and the…

Super Typhoon Champi passed about 10 miles south of Guam early Sunday local time, just missing a direct hit. Only about half of the island's power circuits stayed online, the power agency said. President Donald Trump…

Egypt's parliament met on Sunday to weigh a request from President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. He wants lawmakers to let Egypt help defend Saudi Arabia if the kingdom asks, AFP and Reuters reported. Two lawmakers said the…

A tugboat was hit by two unidentified objects off Khor Fakkan, in the United Arab Emirates, on Sunday, a British maritime agency said. One person had minor injuries, and the tug kept sailing. It is the latest in a…

A man in his 30s was shot and killed at a Midtown Manhattan subway station on Saturday, police said. The shooting followed a fight between two men that began on the platform and spilled onto a train. Police put out a…

Drone attacks again snarled Moscow's airports, and more than 350 flights were delayed or canceled on Saturday, by Meduza's count. Russia's air agency then curbed flights at two of the airports late Saturday, DW and…

A truck hit devotees walking to a temple in Gwalior, India, early Sunday, killing 14 people, the district's top official and a senior police officer said. Hindustan Times and India Today had reported 15 deaths, and The…

President Donald Trump said at a rally in Arizona on Wednesday that "leakers should be shot," NBC News and the New York Post reported. He was talking about what he said was a leak of the timing of last year's US…

Vice President JD Vance took hard questions on gas prices, the Iran war and immigration at a CBS News town hall in Michigan that aired Saturday. He blamed the war and former President Joe Biden for high gas prices, AP…

Former President Barack Obama will campaign with Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat running for Senate in Michigan, in Detroit this month, The Associated Press and the New York Post reported. The AP said the event is set for…

No Kings held events across the US on Saturday to get people to vote, The Associated Press and Fox News reported. Organizers billed the events as nonpartisan. But Fox News found protesters in Alexandria, Virginia…

President Trump held a rally in Kentucky on Saturday, The Associated Press and the New York Post reported. He said the government would invest in a drug factory in the state if Republicans win, the outlets reported. He…

Democratic candidates in competitive Senate races raised far more than their Republican rivals from July through September, NBC News and Roll Call reported. In Texas, James Talarico raised $60.2 million to Ken Paxton's…

South Carolina has charged three men named by Representative Nancy Mace in a House speech, including her former fiancé Patrick Bryant, CNN and the New York Post reported. John Douglas Osborne faces sexual conduct and…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is moving $1 million from her own campaign to help Abdul El-Sayed win a Senate seat in Michigan, Al Jazeera and the New York Post reported. The money will go to a fund that backs his race…

California voters will decide on Proposition 40, a one-time 5% tax on billionaires' wealth that would mostly pay for health care, The Guardian and the New York Post reported. Google co-founder Sergey Brin has put more…

SoftBank may buy Allied Universal, a big US security company, Bloomberg and Reuters reported on Friday. A deal could value Allied at about $18 billion, Bloomberg and Reuters said. Bloomberg said SoftBank's founder…

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey joined a walkout at an IMF meeting in Bangkok on Saturday as Russia's finance minister spoke, The Guardian and Reuters reported. Nearly half of the delegates left the room…

Netflix and GM report results on Tuesday, and Tesla and Meta report later this week, CNBC and The Associated Press reported. Analysts expect profits at S&P 500 companies to grow by close to 30%. Investors will also get…

HDFC Bank Deputy Managing Director Kaizad Bharucha has asked to leave the bank on December 31, the Indian Express and BusinessLine reported. Bharucha had been in the running to lead the bank. The Reserve Bank of India…

Poundland's owner, Gordon Brothers, is weighing bids for the discount chain, BBC News, PA Media and City AM reported. The chain's bosses back a bid from Martin Property Group, an Irish real estate firm. The shop…

Jio Platforms will open its share sale on October 21, and it is set to be the largest IPO in India, the Indian Express, the Economic Times and Mint reported. Shares are priced at Rs 1,065 to Rs 1,119. Grey market…

The UK must choose Airbus or Lockheed Martin to build its £2.4 billion Skynet 6 military satellites, the Guardian and The News in Portsmouth reported. Some reports say the Defence Ministry favors Lockheed, which plans…

The Iran war has cost the average US household almost $2,000, AP and CNN reported, citing Mark Zandi of Moody's. About $1,100 of that comes from higher energy prices, and that part grows by about $50 a week. The White…

A review of Norway's oil fund has proposed letting it invest in some companies that make nuclear weapons, CNBC and AFP reported. Firms based in nuclear-armed states that are allied with Norway could be let back in. The…

Unifor members at Stellantis in Canada began a two-day vote Saturday on whether to give the union a strike mandate, the Canadian Press and CTV News reported. Talks are stalled over the company's plan to sell its idled…

Ontario's grid operator has signed a deal to buy 600 megawatts of US power this winter, starting November 1, the Toronto Star and CBC News reported. The deal comes after Premier Doug Ford threatened to cut off power…

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 on Sunday night to take a 3-2 lead in the American League Championship Series. Drew Rasmussen gave up one run in seven innings. The Rays can win the pennant at home…

Ka'imi Fairbairn kicked a 49-yard field goal as time ran out, and the Houston Texans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 34-31 at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday. Jacksonville's Travis Hunter caught a touchdown pass and…

The Carolina Panthers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 25-14 on Sunday, NBC Sports and The News & Observer reported. Backup quarterback Tanner McKee, playing for Jalen Hurts, went 26 of 45 for 215 yards and a touchdown…

Leeds and Manchester United drew 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday, BBC Sport and The Guardian reported. Bryan Mbeumo scored first for United, and Dominic Calvert-Lewin tied it for Leeds after the break. Lisandro…

Ole Miss beat 13th-ranked Missouri 31-3 on Saturday, October 17, the Associated Press and the Columbia Daily Tribune reported. Trinidad Chambliss threw three touchdown passes and ran for a fourth score, the Ole Miss…

Sebastian Fundora kept his WBC junior middleweight title by stopping Ermal Hadribeaj in the last second of their fight on Saturday, October 17, ESPN and The Ring reported. Fundora dropped Hadribeaj with a left hand in…

Maja Chwalinska of Poland beat Britain's Sonay Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the Wuhan Open on Sunday, BBC Sport and The Independent reported. It is her first WTA 1000 title. Kartal lost the final, but she will rise to…

BYU beat Notre Dame 28-24 on Saturday night after a last pass fell incomplete in the end zone. Early Sunday, the Big 12 said one second was still on the clock. That would have given Notre Dame one more play, and the…

Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett each scored three goals as the Florida Panthers beat the Seattle Kraken 8-3 on Saturday. Verhaeghe scored three goals in a row, and a Panther has now done that in three straight games…

Tennessee beat Alabama 26-10 on Saturday for its third straight home win over the Crimson Tide. The 14th-ranked Volunteers held sixth-ranked Alabama to one touchdown, and coach Josh Heupel praised his defense. Alabama…

Kingswood won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne on Saturday, October 17, in a race marred by a fall, ABC News, The Age and 7NEWS reported. The mare Ohope Wins was put down by the track vet after tripping over the fallen…

Conner Weigman threw five touchdown passes as 20th-ranked Houston held off 18th-ranked Oklahoma State 35-32 on Saturday, October 17, the Associated Press and the Houston Chronicle reported. Oklahoma State scored 29…

China's Ruoning Yin won the Buick LPGA Shanghai by one stroke on Sunday, October 18, the Associated Press and The Herald Business reported. Yin broke a tie with Hye-Jin Choi with a short birdie putt on the 16th hole…

Erling Haaland scored twice as Manchester City beat Ipswich Town 3-2 on Saturday, October 17, The Guardian, BBC Sport and Sky Sports reported. City have now won all seven of their Premier League games under Enzo…

Mike Malott knocked out Joaquin Buckley in the second round of the UFC main event in Edmonton on Saturday, October 17, the UFC's official results show. Malott landed a knee and a final punch at 2:32 of the round…

Alexander Isak scored the winner as Liverpool came from behind to beat Brentford 2-1 on Saturday, October 17, The Guardian and Sky Sports reported. Brentford had two players sent off, one just before halftime and one…

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 on Saturday, October 17, ESPN and Sports Illustrated reported. The win tied the ALCS at two games each. Tampa Bay scored three runs in the seventh inning, helped by…

The Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-64 on Saturday in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. Gabby Williams scored a game-high 26 points as the Valkyries rallied late with defense, ESPN and the San Francisco…

French President Emmanuel Macron said on TV on Sunday that nothing justifies the riots and looting that hit France a day earlier, the BBC and Euronews reported. "We all feel anger and shame," he said, the BBC said. He…

Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg in Russia overnight, and one person was killed, officials said, according to the BBC, Reuters and AFP. Fires broke out at the city's oil terminal and at an oil depot, the governor…

Hurricane Trudy is a Category 2 storm as it moves up the Pacific coast of Mexico, CBS News and EFE reported. In Colima, officials reported floods, fallen trees and stuck cars, EFE said. Its winds are about 105 mph, and…

Chile's president, José Antonio Kast, went to Bolivia on Friday on the first state visit by a Chilean leader in 71 years. He and Bolivia's leader, Rodrigo Paz, signed deals on trade, energy, mining and a fiber link, La…

On October 18, 1867, Russia handed Alaska over to the United States at a flag ceremony in Sitka, US records show. The Russian flag came down and the US flag went up on Castle Hill. The US had agreed that March to pay…

A fire at a resort near Inani Beach in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, killed 10 people on Saturday, The Daily Star and The Business Standard reported. Police have filed a case naming the resort's owner and manager, the…

On October 18, 1989, East German leader Erich Honecker resigned, and Egon Krenz took his place, BBC On This Day and Chronik der Wende reported. The official reason was ill health, the BBC said. It said the real reason…

Two Romanian F-16 jets shot down two drones over the Black Sea near the town of Sulina on Saturday evening, Euronews and DW reported. The first drone was hit within two minutes of entering Romanian airspace, Defence…

North Korea says it test-fired a new fast torpedo on Thursday that uses artificial intelligence to find and track targets, Chosun Biz and AFP reported. State media said the test proved its rocket motor works. Analysts…

Ethiopia set up a caretaker government to run the Tigray region for six months on Friday, Reuters and AP reported. It is meant to help people who fled go home and to hold an election within six months, Prime Minister…

Mexican police arrested César Jáuregui on Saturday, Expansión Política and El País reported. He was once the top prosecutor in Chihuahua state, and the case is about a drug raid in April that two CIA agents took part…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that the US is working on a plan for a meeting of the leaders of Ukraine, the US and Russia, the Kyiv Post and NV reported. It could take place at the G20 summit…

A stampede at a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata killed 19 people on Saturday, The Hindu and The Indian Express reported. People had come in from the rain when a misleading warning that it could fall set off panic, The…

Masked Israeli settlers attacked a French mayor and diplomats from Europe in the West Bank on Saturday, the Guardian and the BBC reported. They knocked the mayor to the ground in Taybeh and smashed a window of a…

Meta removed the word "train" from new terms for business accounts after news groups objected. The old wording seemed to let Meta use content from linked websites to train its AI. Legal experts consulted by Nieman Lab…

Hackers used a compromised credential for a ConnectWise backup service to get into more than 160 groups' Microsoft 365 systems, security firm Huntress said. That access could let them read mail and files. ConnectWise…

TikTok has permanently suspended an account used to promote "Musk," a film about Elon Musk, The Hollywood Reporter and TheWrap reported. TikTok said the account broke its rules on political content. The move came as…

A Tesla hit a parked California Highway Patrol car on Interstate 80 in Fairfield this week, and two officers inside were badly hurt. The 22-year-old driver said he was asleep with a driver-assist system on, the patrol…

A court in Cologne, Germany, has barred Snap from using data from its My AI chatbot for ads without a legal basis. The case was brought by a German consumer group, which says the bot gets young users to share personal…

Amazon Web Services met residents of Trenton, Ohio, on Thursday ahead of a November 3 vote on a data center ban. Issue 17 would bar data centers that need more than 25 megawatts of power. The same night, the city…

Waymo plans to launch driverless taxi rides in Toronto in 2028, its first city in Canada, CBC News and NOW Toronto reported. Its cars will start mapping city streets in the coming days with trained staff at the wheel…

Gunmen on a motorcycle fired at Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff's car in Mumbai on Sunday evening. Shroff was not shot, but his driver and a bystander were wounded, police said. Police have formed 15 teams to find the…

Taylor Swift sang "The Fate of Ophelia" live for the first time at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday. She played four songs after Conan O'Brien introduced her. On the red carpet, she wore a custom blue…

"Street Fighter" was the top movie in North America this weekend with $31 million, studio estimates show, The Hollywood Reporter and TheWrap reported. A new film about Elizabeth Holmes, "You Can See Everything," made…

The Kid Mero and Kazeem, the morning hosts at New York radio station Hot 97, slammed its bosses on air on Wednesday, TMZ and Barrett Media reported. Kazeem called it the worst place he has ever worked, TMZ, Barrett…

Bette Midler accepted the 2026 Woody Guthrie Prize at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa on Friday night, KTUL and the Tulsa World reported. She sang her own take on a Guthrie song, All You Fascists (Bound to Lose). Country…

Deva, a Tamil film composer known for hit songs in Rajinikanth films, died Saturday at 75, The Hindu and the Indian Express reported. He brought gaana, a street music style from Chennai, into big films. Doctors could…

BTS ended its three shows at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago on Saturday, October 17, ADN Radio and 24horas reported. For the last show, the seven members came on stage in the dress of Chile's huasos, or country…

Singer Joni Mitchell, who was born in Canada, is now a US citizen, more than six decades after she moved to the United States. She posted a photo from her ceremony on Tuesday with the caption "A journey that began 62…

Kelly Clarkson says staff at Art of Play, a shop in Brooklyn, treated her as if she could not afford a $15,000 mechanical bird. The shop says the bird, named Molly, is fixed to the wall and not for sale, and that it…

ABC's 9-1-1: Nashville ended its season 2 premiere on Thursday with a tribute to Fiona Lowe, the daughter of executive producer and director Chad Lowe. A title card read "In Loving Memory, Fiona Lowe" beside her photo…

Comedian Paul Whitehouse fought back against a mugger who tried to take his bank card at a cashpoint in Islington, north London, on Friday, his wife said. Dr Mine Conkbayir wrote on Instagram that he got his card back…

Comedian Joe Lycett was banished from The Celebrity Traitors on Friday night and revealed that he was a Faithful. He had loudly said he wanted to be made a Traitor, and a slip at the round table sealed his fate. The…

Harry Styles played an unreleased song he wrote for his late One Direction bandmate Liam Payne at Madison Square Garden in New York on Friday. The song is called "What Is Enough." Friday marked two years since Payne…

Val Chmerkovskiy will miss next week's "Dancing with the Stars" over a social media post about judge Carrie Ann Inaba, NBC News and Variety reported. The deleted TikTok post appeared to reference Will Smith's 2022…

Two women died after C-sections at a state hospital in Kota, India, The Indian Express and PTI reported. One died on Friday and one on Saturday, and one family says the hospital was negligent. Hospital officials say…

Nurses at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, voted to accept the hospital's final contract offer. The vote ends a strike that began on September 1, 2025, and lasted 411 days. The three-year…

Ebola has spread to North Ubangi, a Congo province on the border with the Central African Republic, Reuters and RFI reported. Two cases have been confirmed there, but officials have not yet announced them. The outbreak…

A woman swept away by a flooded stream near Barcelona on Saturday was found dead in the sea on Sunday, El Periódico and Ara reported. In southern Valencia, more than 200 liters of rain per square meter, about 8 inches…

Very heavy rain flooded roads across Chennai, India, from Saturday evening into Sunday. One area got more than 350 millimeters of rain, more than 14 inches. Officials sent about 15,000 city workers to clear water and…

A meeting of the UN's climate science panel in Ethiopia was suspended without a deal on when to publish its next major reports. Many countries want them out in 2028, before a key review of climate goals. Saudi Arabia…

Visitors on North Carolina's Hatteras Island have been ordered to leave as a slow nor'easter brings flooding risk to the Outer Banks. Forecasters warn that Highway 12 could flood at high tide and people could be…

An avalanche near the closed Portillo ski resort in Chile killed three hikers on Saturday afternoon. Four other members of the group were hurt, one critically. Officials said the group passed signs that banned entry…

Warm water from a strong El Niño is drawing tropical fish and hammerhead sharks to Southern California, Reuters and the Los Angeles Times reported. Reuters put one fishing company's yellowfin tuna catch this year at…

Cyclone Wati is heading for the southern Cook Islands, and people on Aitutaki are getting ready, RNZ and Cook Islands News reported. The Category 2 storm had winds of about 91 kilometers per hour on Saturday, RNZ said…

High surf is wearing away parts of California's Pacific Coast Highway as El Niño brings warm, rough seas, SFGate and ABC7 reported. Part of one lane in Laguna Beach has been closed after a crack opened, SFGate…

On October 18, 1989, the space shuttle Atlantis took the Galileo probe into space and sent it on its way to Jupiter, the Los Angeles Times and UPI reported. The probe cost $1.4 billion. The crew let it go about six…

A woman from Florida died on Saturday when falling rock trapped her and another bike rider on a popular trail in Pennsylvania. She was 76. The other rider was flown to a hospital, and part of the Great Allegheny…

Police in Philadelphia arrested a woman who stood in the way of an Uber delivery robot and would not move, PhillyVoice and 6abc reported. Carolyn Marvin was charged with disorderly conduct. She said she blocks the…

A Singapore Airlines flight from San Francisco to Singapore turned back on Wednesday because of an unruly passenger. The airline said the man hurt himself and was handed to local authorities after landing. The plane…

Keystone Resort in Colorado is selling lift tickets for October 24, but it has not set an opening day. Last season Keystone was the first resort in North America to open, on October 25. Other ski areas nearby plan to…

A British Airways flight turned back to London Gatwick Airport after a passenger's power bank caught fire on board, the Evening Standard and the Sussex Express reported. The fire started about 15 minutes into the…

Boston Public Schools wants students to keep phones and other personal devices off for the whole school day. The plan would cover every grade and start in fall 2027. The School Committee plans to vote on it in January…

Amtrak and VRE trains between Washington's Union Station and Virginia are on pause until October 26 for track work, WTOP and NBC4 Washington reported. VRE trains will not run to Union Station. Amtrak is running buses…

Low water on the Danube and Rhine is still forcing river cruise lines to cancel or change trips, The Independent and Travel Weekly reported. Riviera Travel has canceled Danube sailings in October. Other lines are…

Travel groups are pushing the EU to keep letting countries ease its new biometric border checks when queues get long, The Independent and Skift reported. Airport waits still often top two hours, the reports said. A…