Thursday, October 9th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Trust in federal health leadership is failing under RFK Jr., new poll finds (CNN)

  • Grand jury weighing mortgage fraud charges against NY AG Letitia James in Virginia federal court (FOX)

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘putting blame’ on GOP congressional leaders for shutdown (POLITICO)

  • N.C. legislator arrested on child sex charges, officials say (SPECTRUM NEWS)

  • Judge upholds North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for kids (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • UNICEF warns that number of children in Haiti displaced by violence has nearly doubled (AP)

  • Putin admits Russian air defenses downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane in 2024 that killed 38 (EURO NEWS)

  • French appeal court increases sentence of Gisèle Pelicot rapist (GUARDIAN)

  • Keir Starmer hails India trade deal as ‘launchpad’ for closer U.K.-India ties after meeting Modi (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Delta says premium travel is set to overtake coach cabin sales next year (CNBC)

  • OpenAI’s Sora hit 1 million downloads in less than five days (CNBC)

  • Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach (THE VERGE)

  • World’s first pig-to-human liver transplant keeps patient alive for 171 days (EURO NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Blue Jays beat Yankees 5-2 in Game 4 to reach first ALCS since 2016 (AP)

  • Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in literature (NBC)

  • Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ (AP)

  • Justin Bieber shuts down mom’s public prayer for his healing (FOX)

  • Princess of Wales Kate Middleton warns too much screen time damages family life (BBC)


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