About 45,000 East and Gulf Coast dockworkers, or longshoremen, head into their third day on strike Thursday, as they call for pay raises and try to prevent automation and robots at major ports.

After vowing revenge for the killing of several top terrorist leaders, Iran launched approximately 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday. Sirens rang over the entire country, sending millions of Israelis into bomb shelters. No Israelis were killed or seriously injured, while one Palestinian man in the West Bank was killed by Iranian missile shrapnel that fell on him.

The Vice Presidential debate is tonight between two Midwestern guys: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance (R). While VP debates are typically inconsequential, this will be the last time voters get to see a clear side-by-side of the two tickets before Election Day. For many voters, it could be their introduction to both men.

Nearly 100 people are dead across Florida, Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas and more than 2 million are still without power — in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The storm is one of the most expansive and damaging hurricanes on record to ever hit the US Southeast.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s 57-page indictment was unsealed on Thursday, showing five federal charges related to bribery, wire fraud, and soliciting campaign contributions from foreign nationals. He will be arraigned in court today.

Mayor Eric Adams (D) has been indicted on federal criminal charges, becoming the first mayor in New York City history to be charged while in office. Despite a flood of calls for his resignation, he is vowing to fight on, arguing they are “based on lies.”