Friday, October 18

🚨NATION

📌 Trump roasts Harris at Al Smith dinner, while VP sends in pretaped message (THE HILL)

📌 Independent panel investigating Trump rally shooting warns of "deep flaws" in Secret Service, calls for "fundamental reform" (CBS NEWS)

📌 Biden cancels $4.5 bln in public workers' student loans (REUTERS)

📌 Young Americans swipe left on Trump voters (AXIOS)

📌 Texas AG sues doctor who allegedly provided transgender care to 21 minors (NBC NEWS)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Russia-Ukraine would turn into "world war" with North Korean troops, Zelensky warns (AXIOS)

📌 King Charles’s Australia visit leading to a conversation down under about ending ties to monarchy (AP)

📌 US long-range B-2 stealth bombers target underground bunkers of Yemen’s Houthi rebels (AP)

📌 Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity (ABC NEWS)

📌 Indian muslims segregate for security (REUTERS)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 LA Archdiocese agrees to record $880M settlement over sex abuse claims (AXIOS)

📌 Meta is laying off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram, and more (VERGE)

📌 The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the first time in human history (CNN)

📌 The sun has reached a maximum period of activity. Expect more aurora, NASA says. (WASHINGTON POST)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Steve Carell discusses most popular ‘Office’ joke he is tired of hearing (FANDOM WIRE)

📌 One Direction is processing 'the loss of our brother' after Liam Payne's death: we’re completely devastated' (PEOPLE)

📌 ‘Dirty Dancing’ Broadway musical in the works for 2025 (VARIETY)

📌 ‘Live PD’ Staged Arrest Leads to $2.5 Million Payout for Civil Rights Violations (VARIETY)

📌 Netflix takes a shot at competitors’ bundling plans as subscribers soar (THE WRAP)