Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Alberta voters rejected starting a path toward leaving Canada on Monday, unofficial results show. With more than 1 million votes counted, about 77% backed staying. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Albertans chose unity…

A Russian attack on a production and storage building in the Obukhiv district of Kyiv region killed three people and injured six, Ukrainska Pravda and Suspilne reported. The bodies of a man and two women were found in…

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away appeals from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other accused 9/11 plotters seeking to revive plea deals, NBC News, CBS News and SCOTUSblog reported. The deals would have spared them…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Israel's leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday during a surprise trip to Israel, CBS News, Reuters and The Jerusalem Post reported. The visit came eight days before Israel's…

A drone strike near a market in Sudan's West Kordofan state killed about 80 people on Sunday, the Guardian reported. AP reported that a rare drone attack on Khartoum killed three young children on Monday. Both sides in…

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is in Oslo on Tuesday and Wednesday for talks with Norway's and Finland's leaders and US envoy Steve Witkoff, NRK and VG reported. The aim is a peace plan that could be taken to Russia, NRK…

Houthi rebels fired three ballistic missiles at a government training camp in Yemen's Shabwa province on Monday, AP and Reuters reported. At least 53 people were killed and about 200 were hurt, local officials said…

President Donald Trump waived new sanctions on Russia two days before they were set to take effect. Republicans and Democrats in Congress sharply criticized the move. Trump says he does not want to drive Russia away…

Mississippi's top lawyer says a police officer in Senatobia was right to fire at a moving car on a theft call in June. The shot killed Kohen Wiley, who was 1. A lawyer for his family disputes that and wants police to…

The shotgun a 16-year-old used in last week's school shooting in Bend, Oregon, was bought by his mother and given to him as a birthday gift, sources say. Three children and a teacher were killed. Lawyers for one…

Activist Mahmoud Khalil asked the Supreme Court on Monday to take up his case, NBC News, the Guardian and the Washington Examiner reported. He wants federal judges to be able to rule on his detention now. The Homeland…

President Donald Trump on Monday urged New Mexico to change its name to "New America," CNN, Fox News and KVIA reported. The state's governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, rejected the idea. CNN reported that a president…

President Donald Trump spoke at a rally near Wichita on Monday for Senator Roger Marshall, the Guardian, the Washington Examiner and KCUR reported. Marshall is in a tight race with Democrat Adam Hamilton. In his…

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a challenge to the lottery a Maryland county uses for its magnet middle schools, according to the court's order list. Parents say the plan was meant to cut the number of Asian…

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a federal ban on distilling spirits at home is constitutional, the Washington Post, Reason and JURIST reported. A lower court struck down the nearly 160-year-old law…

President Donald Trump said Monday it was time for "somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine," CNN, the Washington Examiner and CNBC reported. He said Zelensky "doesn't know what he's talking about." Zelensky…

Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan is under fire from President Donald Trump and other Republicans. She said probes by a Democratic Congress could make young graduates think twice about working for the Trump team…

On October 20, 1973, President Richard Nixon wanted Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox fired. The attorney general and his deputy both quit in protest rather than do it. Then Robert Bork fired Cox that night in…

President Donald Trump blamed France's riots on migrants and urged American voters to look at France before the midterms. He said Paris will be a Muslim city very soon. The protests in France began over school…

Vice President JD Vance would not back Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu in his race on Monday. Vance said he backs US candidates and is focused on the midterms. President Donald Trump had just given Netanyahu his full…

Judge Ana Reyes on Monday withdrew her order that the Justice Department refile a brief with the names of career lawyers who agreed with it. She reversed course after a hearing of more than six hours on the East…

Big US bank stocks are on their longest weekly losing streak since the 2008 financial crisis. The KBW bank index has fallen for six straight weeks. The slide comes even though the biggest banks just reported solid…

French government bonds and stocks fell Monday after violent weekend protests, the Guardian and CNBC reported. The 10-year bond yield rose as much as 16 basis points to 4.94%, the Guardian reported. Investors worry the…

Elon Musk said Monday he will give one of his SpaceX shares to every child in the US next year, CNBC, CNN and The Verge reported. That would be worth about $10.5 billion, per CNBC. President Donald Trump said the…

UK unemployment unexpectedly fell to 4.7% in the three months to August, the Guardian and the BBC reported. Job vacancies dropped to 691,000, as small firms cut back on hiring. The figures are the last jobs snapshot…

Saudi Arabia postponed its big Future Investment Initiative conference, set for next week in Riyadh, until 2027, CNBC and the Washington Post reported. The move follows weeks of Houthi missile and drone attacks…

South Korea's main stock index fell 3.7% on Tuesday as foreign investors sold, Chosun Biz reported. SK hynix lost about 4% and Samsung lost 3%, Chosun Biz and AFP reported. Tokyo and Hong Kong also fell as worries…

Jio Platforms drew bids worth about 2.5 trillion rupees from big investors, more than 30 times the shares set aside for them, ahead of its stock market debut. The company sold 81.1 billion rupees of shares to 212…

Four Supreme Court justices sat out a music copyright case, leaving the court short of the six it needs to act. That means a lower court ruling stands. It lets songwriters who take back their rights reclaim them…

South Africa's Nedbank has completed its purchase of a 66% stake in Kenya's NCBA Group, a deal worth about 110 billion Kenyan shillings. NCBA keeps its brand, Nairobi headquarters and stock listing. The Kenyatta and…

Hyundai Rotem, maker of the K2 tank, will buy Hyundai Wia's defense unit for 358.4 billion won, or about $252 million to $267 million. The unit makes main guns for the K2 tank and barrels for the K9 howitzer. The deal…

Mynt, the company behind the GCash e-wallet, began trading on the Philippine Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Its 60.9 billion peso offering at 6.60 pesos a share is the largest IPO in the country's history. The stock opened…

Los Angeles Rams receiver Davante Adams tore his hamstring in Sunday's loss to the Arizona Cardinals. He will miss six to 10 weeks, coach Sean McVay said. Kicker Blake Grupe and lineman Poona Ford are out for the rest…

Portugal's football federation suspended Cristiano Ronaldo for 30 days and fined him 255 euros for leaving the national team camp. He walked out after a row with coach Jorge Jesus over playing time. AFP reports he has…

The NBA season starts Tuesday with three games, led by LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers visiting the champion New York Knicks, the AP and the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The Knicks will get their title rings…

Sarina Wiegman has signed a contract extension to coach England's women's team through Euro 2029, the BBC, the Guardian and Sky Sports reported. Her old deal was due to end after next summer's World Cup. She has led…

Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina said she and her husband, French player Gaël Monfils, have separated, the Guardian and Sky Sports reported. In an Instagram post, she said the war in Ukraine had taken a toll on…

Tottenham beat Coventry 3-1 on Monday for their first Premier League win of the season, moving off the bottom of the table, the Guardian and BBC Sport reported. James Maddison scored in his first start in 18 months…

The Indianapolis Colts fired general manager Chris Ballard on Monday after a 2-4 start, CBS Sports and ESPN reported. The latest loss came at home to the previously winless Titans. Owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon said a…

The San Francisco 49ers beat the Washington Commanders 23-17 on Monday night to improve to 6-0, the San Francisco Chronicle and NBC Sports Bay Area reported. San Francisco led 23-3 early in the second half. Safety…

San Francisco 49ers receiver Mike Evans hurt his Achilles and left Monday night's 23-17 win over Washington. His coach, Kyle Shanahan, said it is tendinitis and not a serious injury. A local reporter said Evans may…

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the season after tests found blood clots in his leg and both lungs. He is on blood thinners and cannot play contact football while taking them. The team…

Angel Reese scored 30 points as the Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 79-65 on Monday. The win evened the WNBA Finals at one game each. Golden State turned the ball over 19 times, and Game 3 is Wednesday in…

The Tampa Bay Rays beat Cleveland 7-3 on Monday to win the American League pennant in six games. Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz each hit two-run homers. The Rays will meet the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series…

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet fell to 49.1% in a new poll, the lowest since she took office a year ago, according to Kyodo News. Most people polled said she was too slow to drop her farm…

Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban kept trading fire on their border over the weekend. Afghan sources said seven Pakistani soldiers died, and Pakistan said it destroyed Taliban posts. No one could confirm either side's…

Myanmar's military-backed government released rare photos of jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi getting two books from Britain's King Charles III. Officials also handed her a sealed letter. The handover in the…

Researchers said the phone of Vladan Djokic, the head of the University of Belgrade and a backer of student protests, was hacked with Pegasus spyware this year, the AP and CyberScoop reported. Serbia holds national…

A top adviser to Ukraine's president said Ukrainians have died because Kyiv still isn't getting reliable US warnings of Russian missile attacks, the BBC and NV reported. A White House official said there were no…

The World Food Programme is cutting food aid to about 500,000 people in Gaza because of funding shortfalls, according to the UN agency. It now supports 1.1 million people there, down from 1.6 million, and has halved…

Robert Kabera, an exiled critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, was found beheaded near Kampala, Uganda, the BBC and ChimpReports reported. Police said Monday his head has not been found and no suspects have been…

A Kenyan court found cult leader Paul Mackenzie and others guilty of murder on Monday over the starvation deaths of 190 children and one adult, Reuters, the BBC and the Daily Nation reported. Prosecutors said he…

Australian independent MP Helen Haines lost a leg after she was hit by a car outside her office in Wangaratta on Monday, the Guardian and ABC News reported. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it a deliberate act…

Lithuania is raising security at more than 15 key infrastructure sites after someone tried to set fire to Starlink equipment in Vilnius. Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius says Molotov cocktails were used and the…

Israeli police said Monday they arrested 10 suspects over weekend violence in the West Bank. The attacks included an assault on a Washington Post photojournalist and on French, Belgian and Polish diplomats. The US and…

France had a mostly calm night after curfews took effect in parts of Paris and other cities, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said Tuesday. The curfews followed a weekend of riots and looting. Officials say more than…

Staffing software company Bullhorn shut down access to its platform over the weekend after a cyberattack. It says it has contained the threat and is working with CrowdStrike to restore service. It has not yet…

A hacker used AI agents to break into websites of more than 100 companies, including Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins, according to Reuters, citing a security researcher. The AI did almost all the work on its own. The…

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says a deal for Xcel Energy to power a Google data center could push costs onto other customers, MPR News and CBS Minnesota reported. The data center is planned for Pine Island…

Some indie game studios are pulling public demos because they fear AI tools could be used to copy their games before launch, Polygon, GamesRadar+, Kotaku and The Verge reported. Alliance Arts canceled its Steam Next…

Germany's government signed an agreement with Nvidia on Monday to develop AI for industry, CNBC, ZDF and The Next Web reported. Nvidia also named four German startups it plans to back. Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged…

According to WIRED, about 80 WhatsApp help pages carried hidden instructions for Meta's support chatbot. One instructed it not to suggest contacting a data protection regulator. WhatsApp said a bug exposed the text…

Apple will hold a "Pro and tell" product launch in Los Angeles on October 28, MacRumors, Engadget and Reuters reported. Apple has not said what it will show. Bloomberg has reported that touchscreen MacBook Pros with…

Microsoft says its October Windows Server updates can break some on-premises Exchange email servers. Users may be unable to sign in to Outlook on the web, and mail can get stuck. A registry change is the only fix for…

Japan's Nikkei says hackers used stolen login details to reach a cloud system and exposed about 1.83 million records. About 150,000 held details such as names, emails or addresses. It is the company's third breach…

Waymo plans to double its 4,000-car robotaxi fleet by year's end and reach 20,000 by the end of 2027, Semafor reports. The New York Post reports it is on pace to import about 5,100 Chinese-built vans this year. Some US…

Hackers broke into an older system at the AI coding tool OpenCode and exposed API keys stored by 1.4% of its Console users. Some users reported hundreds or even more than $1,700 in charges overnight. OpenCode says…

A federal judge in San Francisco ordered former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan held without bail on Monday. The judge said he might flee and questioned a Saudi offer to pay his bond. Alfozan is charged with hiding…

Betty McGuire, who played grandmother Kate Malone on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains, has died at 100, according to Variety. She died of natural causes in Woodland Hills, California, a friend said. She also played a nun…

Richard Riehle, the character actor best known as Tom Smykowski in the comedy Office Space, has died at 78, his representatives said Monday. He had more than 400 film and TV credits, including The Fugitive and…

The Metropolitan Opera opened a new opera based on George Saunders' novel Lincoln in the Bardo on Monday night. Missy Mazzoli wrote the music. She is the first woman composer to have a world premiere at the Met since…

Netflix ordered two seasons of "The Apology," an A24 thriller starring Gwyneth Paltrow in her first lead TV role, according to Deadline. She plays a mother whose son was murdered 18 years earlier. Thomas Vinterberg…

Netflix film chief Dan Lin is leaving after more than two and a half years, the latest exit in a shake-up at the streamer. It comes a week after Netflix replaced content chief Bela Bajaria with Peter Rice and cut 6% of…

A New York judge dismissed the defamation lawsuit Mariah Carey's brother Morgan filed over her 2020 memoir, TheWrap and Rolling Stone reported. The judge found he failed to show she acted with "actual malice." His…

Apu spoke on "The Simpsons" on Sunday for the first time since 2017, Variety, the Guardian, CBC and the BBC reported. He is now voiced by Indian American actor Sunil Malhotra. Hank Azaria gave up the role in 2020 after…

Eric Dane's posthumous memoir describes his long struggle with drug addiction, including during his years on "Grey's Anatomy," Entertainment Weekly and Us Weekly reported. He wrote that he entered treatment five times…

A private jet carrying Donnie Wahlberg skidded off a runway and hit a fence at Las Vegas' Harry Reid airport on Sunday after an aborted takeoff, CBS Boston, the New York Post and People reported. Eight people were on…

Ann Hornaday, the longtime film critic at The Washington Post, died Sunday at her home in Baltimore at age 66, The Baltimore Banner and The Hollywood Reporter reported. The cause was glioblastoma, a form of brain…

Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international anchor, will leave the network at the end of June after 43 years, Deadline and NBC News reported. Her daily CNN International show and her PBS show end this year. A weekly…

The mother and young son of slain rapper Drakeo the Ruler have reached conditional settlements with Live Nation and other companies over his 2021 backstage stabbing. The terms were not disclosed. Claims by his brother…

Edwards Lifesciences has asked hospitals to pull four lots of the system used to place its Sapien M3 mitral heart valve. Balloons burst during inflation in three cases, and the company linked one death and one serious…

The FDA approved Enspryng as the first at-home shot for adults with thyroid eye disease, according to Ophthalmology Times. Patients get a shot every two weeks for three doses, then once every four weeks. In one of two…

Patients taking GLP-1 drugs before elective surgery had fewer heart complications and infections afterward, according to Newsweek, which reported on a new study. The study of more than 2 million patients found 11%…

Medicare officials proposed a rule requiring Medicare Advantage plans to check their doctor directories at least every 90 days, Healthcare Dive and Fierce Healthcare reported. Seniors misled by a wrong listing would…

Delaying the hepatitis B shot past birth could sharply raise chronic infections in US children, according to TIME, which reported on a new modeling study. If only about 26% of babies got the shot, chronic cases could…

Reports of rabid animals are rising in California this year, mostly in bats, and experts can't yet explain why, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The state has logged 368 reports so far, up from 342 all of last…

The FDA has given fast-track approval to GSK's drug Jemperli for some people with rectal cancer that has spread nearby, Fierce Pharma and OncLive reported. It is the first drug of its kind for these patients. It may…

Gilead's once-daily pill emvistegrast put 31% of ulcerative colitis patients into remission at 12 weeks, compared with 8% on placebo, Fierce Biotech reported. Gilead plans a larger, late-stage trial in 2027, Fierce…

Missouri and Iowa will not use optional exemptions that could help some people keep Medicaid when new work rules start in January. The exemptions cover hospital stays, travel for care, disasters and high jobless rates…

Four more people died of dengue in Bangladesh, raising this year's death toll to 352. More than 114,000 patients have been hospitalized. Doctors say many patients arrive in shock after late diagnosis and long journeys…

Kenya's confirmed Ebola cases rose to eight after a 49-year-old man tested positive on Sunday. Health officials say he had attended to the country's first Ebola patient and was already in quarantine. Thirty-eight…

A CDC disease detective joined Pennsylvania's measles response on site Monday. The state has 1,286 cases this year, up 26 since Friday, and five deaths linked to measles. The federal expert will help track where the…

Super Typhoon Champi entered the Philippine monitoring area on Tuesday and was given the local name Rosal. It had winds of 185 kilometers per hour far east of Luzon. Forecasters do not expect it to hit the Philippines…

The Orionid meteor shower, made of dust from Halley's Comet, will peak overnight Wednesday into Thursday, Space.com, BBC Weather and Forbes reported. A bright moon sets after about 2 AM, leaving a dark window before…

An AI-powered racing drone flew a title course faster than three former human world champions, according to Live Science. The drone, called MonoRace, uses just one camera and a tiny computer on board. It was built by a…

On October 20, 2020, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly touched the asteroid Bennu to grab a sample of rock and dust, SpaceNews and the BBC reported. The probe later brought 121.6 grams of material back to Earth in…

Astronomers have identified what they say is the first known green star, Reuters and Space.com reported. It is a white dwarf about 280 light-years away that swallowed rocky debris from its old planets. Sodium in its…

SpaceX is aiming to launch its Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral early Tuesday after bad weather called off a Monday try, Spaceflight Now and NASASpaceFlight reported. The Falcon 9 carries 32 payloads…

A Russian satellite moved within about 500 meters of a commercial radar satellite used by Ukraine, tracking firm LeoLabs said, CNN, Ars Technica and Breaking Defense reported. It stayed close through the weekend and…

Rocket Lab says its new Neutron rocket will not fly until 2027. Engineers found air pockets in a carbon fiber dome on a fuel tank of the rocket's first stage. CEO Peter Beck says the problem is solved, but building a…

Antarctica's Thwaites glacier would keep losing ice for at least 150 years even if ocean melting stopped, according to New Scientist. Researchers turned off ocean melt in three computer models. The glacier still…

Moisture from former Hurricane Trudy and a strong Pacific storm will bring days of flood risk to the Southwest this week. The highest risk on Wednesday covers much of Arizona and parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Utah…

Storm Adam swept across Mallorca on Monday, dropping more than 53 liters of rain per square meter in places. It had already flooded parts of Ibiza's airport. Balearic officials then lowered their alert levels and said…

Lufthansa will start nonstop flights between Columbus, Ohio, and Frankfurt on May 5, 2027. It will be the city's first nonstop flight to Europe. Flights will run three times a week on a 287-seat Boeing 787-9, and…

The UK government says disabled air passengers will get better protection, including more trained staff, according to The Guardian. It plans to remove the cap on payouts for wheelchairs lost or damaged on domestic…

UK drivers will get five minutes to decide whether to park and 10 minutes to leave after a session ends under new private parking rules. Fines for small slips, like a mistyped number plate, will be capped at £20 on…

Some dental floss makers are quietly moving away from PTFE, a material in the PFAS family of "forever chemicals," according to The Washington Post. Procter and Gamble confirmed that Oral-B Glide floss has been…

An Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna made an emergency landing in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Sunday night after a reported bomb threat, the BBC and Euronews reported. A Bulgarian fighter jet escorted the plane…

The State Department raised its travel advisory for Kenya to Level 3, "Reconsider Travel," on Monday, citing health risks tied to Ebola, Reuters and Kenyans.co.ke reported. It also cited crime, kidnapping and…

The Transportation Department has pushed back a rule changing how airlines report the causes of some delays until February 1, 2027, CBS News Philadelphia and AFAR reported. It had been set to start Monday. Critics say…

Kayem Foods is recalling about 1.58 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry after a cooler problem, according to the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The Boston Globe reported that the products…

More than half of first-time buyers in the United Kingdom now pay more on their mortgage than they paid in rent, estate agent Hamptons found. In September, 56% did, up from 28% five years ago. Rising mortgage rates…

Canadians made 1.9 million return trips from the US in September, up 6.8% from a year earlier and the sixth straight monthly rise. But trips were still about 29% below September 2024. Statistics Canada says the gain is…

SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, Gametime and TickPick sued Washington, DC, to block its new ticket resale law. Starting January 1, it caps resale prices at 10% above the original price and limits fees to another 10%. The…