Monday, October 21
🚨NATION
📌 Trump's restless week on the trail ends with a rally riff about Arnold Palmer's manhood (NPR)
📌 Trump hands out french fries in Pennsylvania, Harris visits Georgia churches on her 60th birthday in swing state appeals (REUTERS)
📌 At least 7 dead after ferry dock collapses on Georgia’s Sapelo Island (AP)
📌 Navy confirms death of crew after jet crashes near Mount Rainier in Washington (FOX NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Millions of Cubans still without power as crisis deepens (REUTERS)
📌 Moldova faces a tug of war between Russia and the West in two crucial votes (CNN)
📌 Video published by Ukraine allegedly shows North Korean soldiers in Russia (AP)
📌 Germany arrests Libyan suspected of planning terror attack on Israeli embassy (POLITICO)
📌How bomb hoaxes are ruining Indian air travel (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Boeing machinists to vote on new proposal with 35% raises that could end strike (CNBC)
📌 Black patients less likely to receive certain pain relief post-surgery, new research suggests (CNN)
📌 Hundreds of frozen waffle products recalled due to possible listeria contamination (AP)
📌 Ozempic shows promise for alcohol and drug addiction, study finds (NPR)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 NY Liberty win first WNBA championship (NY TIMES)
📌 Alec Baldwin returns to 'Saturday Night Live' to spoof Bret Baier interview with Kamala Harris (AP)
📌 Gen Z is not into ‘Happy Hour’ (PEOPLE)
📌 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Cher, Foreigner, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy and more (NPR)
📌 Hundreds of One Direction fans gather in London to sing, cry and say goodbye to Liam Payne (VARIETY)
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)
Thursday, October 17
🚨NATION
📌 Elon Musk has given $75 million, so far, to put Donald Trump back in the White House (NPR)
📌 100 year old former President Jimmy Carter votes in Georgia, fulfilling wish to live long enough to cast ballot for Kamala Harris (CBS NEWS)
📌 Nebraska Supreme Court rules convicted felons who completed their sentences can vote (NBC NEWS)
📌 Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand counting of ballots (REUTERS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 This is how a Russian disinformation campaign starts (NBC NEWS)
📌 China won't renounce use of force over Taiwan; Xi visits frontline island (REUTERS)
📌 Israel vows to improve Gaza conditions after US threat to withhold weapons (AXIOS)
📌 Italy bans couples from traveling abroad for surrogacy (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 FTC takes on subscription traps with 'click to cancel' rule (REUTERS)
📌 SpaceX sues California regulator, claiming its launches were blocked because of Elon Musk’s politics (GUARDIAN)
📌 New cervical cancer treatment cuts risk of death from disease, according to trial results (CNN)
📌 Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors (NBC NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Garth Brooks says he revealed rape accuser’s name because she refused to give him a pseudonym in lawsuit (THE WRAP)
📌 Nick Jonas runs off stage after being targeted by laser pointer during Jonas Brothers concert (VARIETY)
📌 Someone edited the ‘Wicked’ movie poster to look more like the musical’s version. Cynthia Erivo called it ‘deeply hurtful’ (CNN)
📌 Clark first rookie to make All-WNBA 1st team since 2008, joined by unanimous choices Wilson, Collier (AP)
Wednesday, October 16
🚨NATION
📌 Trump defends high tariffs in testy exchange before Economic Club of Chicago (USA TODAY)
📌 92 people still missing in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, governor says (NBC NEWS)
📌 House Ethics Committee subpoenas documents from lawsuit brought by Rep. Matt Gaetz's friend (ABC NEWS)
📌 North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson sues CNN over report about posts on porn site (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 US demands Israel improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza or risk military aid (AXIOS)
📌 Spanish police seize Russia-bound chemicals, including possible weapons material (NBC NEWS)
📌 Prague to ban organized night-time pub crawls as it tries to cut down on bachelor/stag parties (BBC)
📌 Britain to study use of Lilly's weight loss drug to get people back to work (REUTERS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 25% of adults think they have undiagnosed ADHD, survey shows (CBS NEWS)
📌 US fines Lufthansa $4 million for treatment of Orthodox Jewish passengers on a 2022 flight (ABC NEWS)
📌 A La Niña winter is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US (CNN)
📌 Walgreens to close 1,200 stores as US pharmacies struggle to define a new role (AP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 All the songs Trump played while he stood quietly for 30 minutes at rally (THE WRAP)
📌 Jake E Lee, former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, shot multiple times in Las Vegas (FOX NEWS)
📌 Taylor Swift announces new Eras Tour book and The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology on CD, vinyl (VARIETY)
📌 The Super Bowl will return to Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2028 (ABC NEWS)
Tuesday, October 15
🚨NATION
📌 Federal officials say Trump was not in danger after man arrested with illegal weapons near campaign rally in California (CNN)
📌 Trump ends campaign rally early and jams to music playlist with the crowd for 45 minutes (MO NEWS)
📌 Harris to sit down with chief political anchor Bret Baier Wednesday for first formal Fox News interview (FOX NEWS)
📌 Trump campaign tries to push immigration issue over Bill Clinton’s comments on Laken Riley (CNN)
📌 US to send 100 troops to operate anti-missile system in Israel (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 China deploys record 125 warplanes in large scale military drill in warning to Taiwan (AP)
📌 India and Canada expel top diplomats over murder accusations (BBC)
📌 North Korea to blow up cross-border roads with South amid drone dispute, Seoul says (REUTERS)
📌 Hezbollah drone attack on army base kills 4 Israeli soldiers and injures dozens (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Dow, S&P 500 score record closes to kick off first full week of third-quarter earnings season (MARKETWATCH)
📌 NASA spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter's Europa moon (NPR)
📌 SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms (CBS NEWS)
📌 Acting US labor secretary to meet with both sides of Boeing strike after company announces job cuts (REUTERS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 "Game of Thrones" famed Iron Throne sells for $1.49 million at auction (CBS NEWS)
📌 Lip reader reveals what Nicole Kidman and Salma Hayek said to each other during icy fashion show interaction (PAGE SIX)
📌 Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of sexually assaulting minor, multiple rapes in new civil suits (USA TODAY)
📌 Jelly Roll says he wants to ‘have a conversation’ with the people he robbed 24 years ago (YAHOO)
Friday, October 11
🚨NATION
📌 Milton spares Daytona Beach factory that's a critical supplier of IV fluids (ABC NEWS)
📌 Afghan accused of plotting terror attack worked as CIA guard, officials say (NBC NEWS)
📌 Florida resident "Lieutenant Dan" recounts riding out Hurricane Milton on his sailboat: "I'm not scared of anything" (CBS NEWS)
📌 Republicans appear poised to take control of Senate, new poll shows (NY TIMES)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Ukrainian reporter Victoria Roshchyna dies in Russian detention, official says (CBS NEWS)
📌 At least 22 people killed in Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut. A strike on Gaza school kills 27 (AP)
📌 Kate Middleton makes surprise public appearance alongside Prince William in first public engagement post-chemo (PEOPLE)
📌 The world's sixth 'Blue Zone': Why Singapore values both quantity and quality of life (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 TD Bank to pay $3 billion after breaking US money laundering rules (CBS NEWS)
📌 Tesla is ready to roll out its Robotaxis (WIRED)
📌 Common heart conditions raise the risk of dementia, experts say (CNN)
📌Groceries are more affordable now than in 2019. So why are people still so mad about prices? (MARKET WATCH)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 ABC airs anti-abortion ad with disturbing images during The View broadcast comparing show cohosts to Nazis (EW)
📌 The sex trafficking trial against music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is set to begin May 5, a judge announced Thursday (ABC NEWS)
📌 South Korean author Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel prize in literature (GUARDIAN)
📌 Anne Hathaway apologizes to journalist known for string of viral awkward interviews (SALON)
Thursday, October 10
🚨NATION
📌 Republicans in Congress call out hurricane misinformation coming from within their own party (CNN)
📌 True crime drama at Supreme Court pits Oklahoma against its top criminal court (NPR)
📌 Harris campaign, groups raise $1 billion since she became the presidential candidate, source says (REUTERS)
📌 About 3% of US high schoolers identify as transgender, national survey finds (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 LoHaiti's gangs luring more children into crime and sexual abuse, Human Rights Watch says, as 115 people killed in attack (CBS NEWS)
📌 Israel strikes Damascus, Syria, targeting Hezbollah weapons smuggler (WSJ)
📌 Russia declares local emergency in region where Ukraine says it hit weapons arsenal (REUTERS)
📌 Emmanuel Macron gives rare sit-down interview about France’s cultural boom, the dangers of AI, Taylor Swift’s power and losing ‘Emily in Paris’ to Rome (VARIETY)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Amazon same-day prescription delivery expanding to nearly half of U.S. in 2025 (CNBC)
📌 How the DOJ wants to break up Google’s search monopoly (VERGE)
📌 Hurricane Milton could cost insurers up to $100 billion, analysts say (REUTERS)
📌 Honda recalls 1.7M vehicles for defective steering gearbox component (FOX BUSINESS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 A$AP Rocky, Pharrell, Lewis Hamilton and Colman Domingo will co-chair a historic Met Gala (CNN)
📌 Garth Brooks sexual assault accuser’s lawyers condemn singer for naming rape victim (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
📌 Frances Tiafoe apologizes after cursing out umpire in lengthy rant following loss: ‘not acceptable behavior’ (PEOPLE)
📌 North Carolinians Eric Church, Luke Combs on hurricane relief concert: 'Going to be emotional' (USA TODAY)
Wednesday, October 9
🚨NATION
📌 Harris proposes Medicare cover home care costs to help the 'sandwich generation' (NPR)
📌 Ron DeSantis-Kamala Harris war of words over hurricane (THE HILL)
📌 In final rule, EPA requires removal of all US lead pipes in a decade (REUTERS)
📌 Embattled NYC deputy mayor resigns amid growing federal investigation (ABC NEWS) Amid turmoil, NYC Mayor Eric Adams expected to hire internally for top post (POLITICO)
📌 Biden postpones trip to Germany and Angola ahead of Hurricane Milton hitting Florida (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel has now killed two of slain Hezbollah leader’s successors (REUTERS)
📌 Interpol seeking public's help to identify women in 46 cold cases (CBS NEWS)
📌 Russia on mission to cause mayhem on UK streets, warns MI5 (BBC)
📌 Musk’s X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 You can now see climate risk data when shopping for a home on Zillow (CNN)
📌 Nobel physics prize 2024 won by AI pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton (REUTERS)
📌 PepsiCo trims revenue outlook as North American snacking, key international markets lag (CNBC)
📌 Fight within CBS News over controversial interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates over Israel (NY TIMES)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Lisa Marie Presley kept son Benjamin’s body in her home for two months after his death (PAGE SIX)
📌 Trump secretly stayed in touch with Putin after leaving office, new Bob Woodward book says (NY TIMES)
📌 New York Jets fire coach Robert Saleh after 2-3 start and apparent tension with Aaron Rodgers (NBC NEWS)
📌 Sally Field recalls her ‘hideous’ illegal abortion at 17 as she urges voters to back Kamala Harris (GUARDIAN)
Tuesday, October 8
🚨NATION
📌 Supreme Court declines to intervene in Texas emergency abortion case(NBC NEWS)
📌 Chicago mayor names new school board after entire panel resigns amid a fight over district control (AP)
📌 US judge orders Google to open up app store to competition (REUTERS)
📌 Georgia Supreme Court reinstates abortion ban amid legal battle (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Russia sentences 72 year old American to 7 years in prison for fighting for Ukraine (CBS NEWS)
📌 Hezbollah missiles hit Israel's Haifa in escalating conflict (REUTERS)
📌 Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was traded for Brittney Griner, is attempting to sell weapons to Iran-backed Houthis (FOX NEWS)
📌 Vigils, protests around the world commemorate the anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 scientists for their discovery of microRNA (ABC NEWS)
📌 FTX bankruptcy judge approves more than $14 billion payback plan two years after exchange collapsed (CNBC)
📌 Spacecraft launches towards asteroid knocked off course by NASA (BBC)
📌 Elon Musk uses @america X handle to boost Trump (AXIOS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Mega Millions tickets will climb to $5 a pop, but officials promise bigger prizes and better odds (ABC NEWS)
📌 Olivia Rodrigo donates all sales from historic Manila show to group that helps women and girls (NBC NEWS)
📌 Cissy Houston, renowned gospel singer and Whitney Houston’s mother, dies at 91 (AP)
📌 Al Pacino reveals he nearly died of Covid-19 – and gives his thoughts on the afterlife (CNN)
Monday, October 7
🚨NATION
📌 Melania Trump speaks out about pro-choice abortion views(CNBC)
📌 Entire Chicago school board resigns amid tensions with mayor (FOX NEWS)
📌 Trump makes a dramatic return to Pennsylvania shooting scene (AXIOS) Elon Musk makes his first appearance at a Trump rally and casts the election in dire terms (AP)
📌 Hospitals worry of IV shortage after Helene shuts down key North Carolina facility (USA TODAY)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 More than 900 people crossed the English Channel in small boats in a day (BBC)
📌 Chinese hackers access US telecom firms, worrying national security officials (CNN)
📌 Climbers rescued after being stranded for 3 days in Himalayas (GUARDIAN)
📌 Russia launches attacks on Kyiv and Odessa, Ukraine says (POLITICO)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Frontier Airlines jet appears to catch fire while landing at Las Vegas airport, FAA and NTSB investigating (ABC NEWS)
📌 Google’s grip on search slips as TikTok and AI startup mount challenge (WSJ)
📌 As America’s marijuana use grows, so do the harms (NY TIMES)
📌 Boeing, striking union to return to negotiations on Monday (REUTERS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Dolly Parton donates $1 million to Hurricane Helene relief efforts (CBS NEWS)
📌 The Menendez brothers' murder case is getting a fresh look (NPR)
📌 Four college volleyball teams forfeit against San José State over possible trans player (NBC NEWS)
📌 Lonely Island reunites on ‘SNL’ for first digital short in six years (DEADLINE)
Friday, October 4
🚨NATION
📌 LA District Attorney is reviewing Menendez brothers case (NY POST)
📌 Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in her new memoir (GUARDIAN)
📌 A downed power line is officially blamed for last year’s Maui wildfire (NPR)
📌 Key takeaways from special counsel Jack Smith's unsealed filing in Trump's 2020 election case (CBS NEWS)
📌 Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for election tampering (ABC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel strikes Beirut, targeting one of the men who was set to become new Hezbollah leader (NY TIMES)
📌 Six migrants die after Mexico soldiers open fire (BBC)
📌 Britain hands Chagos Islands, home of secretive US military base, over to Mauritius (POLITICO)
📌 Israel rescues Iraqi Yazidi woman sold by ISIS to Hamas, and held in Gaza for a decade (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Mark Zuckerberg is now 2nd richest man in the world, ahead of Jeff Bezos (CNBC)
📌 OpenAI gets $4 billion revolving credit line, giving it more than $10 billion in liquidity (CNBC)
📌 Bird flu kills 47 tigers, 3 lions and a panther in Vietnam zoos, state media reports (FOX NEWS)
📌 US school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising (AP)
📌 Tesla recalls over 27,000 Cybertrucks in fifth callback this year (REUTERS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Garth Brooks accused of sexual assault and battery in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist who worked for him (CNN)
📌 Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ to debut at Camerimage Festival three years after on-set death (CNBC)
📌 Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing, alongside Front Row Motorsports, file antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR and its CEO (PEOPLE)
📌 Pink Floyd sells recorded music catalog for $400M (FOX BUSINESS)
Thursday, October 3
🚨NATION
📌 Biden travels to the Carolinas to survey catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene as death toll rises to 175 (CBS NEWS)
📌 Prosecutors say they may bring additional charges against New York City mayor and indict others (AP)
📌 Betting on US elections can resume after legal freeze, appeals court rules (CNBC)
📌 Chemicals used in many popular food and drink products now banned from California public schools (CNN)
📌 Bank of America customers report account outages, some seeing balances of $0 (USA TODAY)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel says eight soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah in Lebanon (REUTERS)
📌 Russia captures key eastern Ukrainian town, exposing Kyiv’s critical vulnerabilities (CNN)
📌 Bomb dropped by U.S. in World War II explodes at airport in Japan, causing runway damage and cancellation of 80 flights (CBS NEWS)
📌 North Korean defector steals bus in bid to return home from the South (NBC NEWS)
📌 A Cambodian reporter who exposed scams is charged over online posts (NPR)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Striking Boeing union asks CEO to 'truly engage' after workers' health coverage cut (REUTERS)
📌 OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in largest VC round ever (AXIOS)
📌 Elon Musk’s X is worth nearly 80% less than when he bought it, Fidelity estimates (CNN)
📌 Walz-Vance VP debate draws over 43 million viewers, down from 2020 (THE WRAP)
📌 A court blocks a couple from suing Uber over a crash, citing terms and conditions (NPR)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌Lauryn Hill sued by Fugees bandmate over fraud on tour (ABC NEWS)
📌 Doctor pleads guilty in death of 'Friends' star Matthew Perry (REUTERS)
📌 Jennie Garth shares she had two consecutive miscarriages with husband Dave Abrams after getting married (PEOPLE)
📌 Ticketing platform under fire over scalping of Coldplay tickets (NBC NEWS)
Wednesday, October 2
🚨NATION
📌 Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene— more than 160 people found dead (AP)
📌 Which products could be affected by a lengthy port strike? Alcohol, bananas and seafood, to name a few (USA TODAY)
📌 Sean "Diddy" Combs slammed with 120 new sexual assault allegations (AXIOS)
📌 Hurricane Helene damages could hit $35 billion (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Six killed and 10 wounded in shooting/knife terror attack in Israeli city of Jaffa (GUARDIAN)
📌 Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as Mexico's first female president (CBS NEWS)
📌 WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed (AP)
📌 More than 20 students and teachers are feared dead in Thailand school trip bus fire (NPR)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Microsoft’s AI boss wants Copilot to bring ‘emotional support’ to Windows and Office (WIRED)
📌 Online scammers duping 20% of the U.S. adults they encounter (AXIOS)
📌 Black-colored plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned toxic flame retardants (CNN)
📌 Reuters, CNN add website paywalls as revenue declines (AXIOS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Dana Carvey breaks down how he developed perfect Biden impression (VARIETY)
📌 Louisiana governor wants live tiger back at LSU football games (NBC NEWS)
📌 Daniel Day-Lewis ends retirement from acting after seven years (GUARDIAN)
📌 Olivia Nuzzi accuses ex-fiance of orchestrating blackmail campaign amid RFK relationship (CNN)
Tuesday, October 1
🚨NATION
📌 Major ports on east coast and gulf coast shut down with huge economic ramifications (NBC NEWS)
📌 Georgia's six-week abortion ban ruled unconstitutional by judge (CBS NEWS)
📌 VA employees improperly accessed JD Vance, Tim Walz's medical records, prompting criminal probe (FOX NEWS)
📌 FBI to pay $22 million to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academy (NBC NEWS)
📌 Second attempted Trump assassin Ryan Routh pleads not guilty to charges he tried to kill former president at golf course (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel begins ‘limited ground operation’ into Lebanon, IDF says (CNN) US officials believe Israel will not conduct full invasion of Lebanon (NYT)
📌 France’s Marine Le Pen on trial for alleged EU funds misuse (BBC)
📌 China stocks surge in biggest single-day rally since 2008 on stimulus cheer (REUTERS)
📌 Norway is mulling building a fence on its border with Russia, following Finland’s example (AP)
📌 Rwanda is dealing with its first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Major service outage for Verizon customers across the US (CNN)
📌 Fed sees no 'hurry' to cut rates as confidence in economy grows, Powell says (REUTERS)
📌 Ford targets EV ‘fence-sitters’ with offer of free home charger and installation (VERGE)
📌 X is now worth less than 25% of what Elon Musk paid for it (YAHOO FINANCE)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 NYC’s first-ever ‘garbage’ restaurant week is here: Michelin chefs making special dishes — out of trash (NY POST)
📌 Netflix fails to get Baby Reindeer lawsuit dropped (BBC)
📌 Oasis adds US, Canada and Mexico stops to reunion tour (AP)
📌 Former ‘Bachelor’ Colton Underwood welcomes first baby with husband (TODAY)
📌 Baseball legend Pete Rose dies at age 83 (ABC NEWS)
📌 Basketball star Dikembe Mutombo, known for his shot-blocking skill and famed finger wave, dies at 58 (CNN)
Monday, September 30
🚨NATION
📌 A new trend has emerged in American politics: The very youngest voters — 18-to-24-year-olds — say they're more conservative than the cohort that's just older (AXIOS)
📌 Iranian hackers indicted Friday allegedly sought to impersonate Ginni Thomas as they targeted Trump campaign (CNN)
📌 Indicted NYC Mayor adopts familiar defense: He was targeted for his politics (NBC4)
📌 Gov Gavin Newsom vetoes bill that would have required speeding alerts in all new cars (ABC7)
📌 Maps with voter registration options and deadlines for 2024 election (CBS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 China, at UN, warns against 'expansion of the battlefield' in the Ukraine war (ABC)
📌 US troops will leave some longstanding bases in Iraq with task force to fight ISIS set to end by 2026 (DEFENSE NEWS)
📌 German diplomat: The West should spend less time fretting about Russian President Vladimir Putin's red lines and set its own (POLITICO)
📌 Sudan’s civil war rages: “Don’t kill my child. Kill me instead.” (NYT)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 SpaceX launches half empty spaceship on rescue mission so it can bring 2 NASA astronauts home next year (AP)
📌 New survey: 1 in 3 Gen Z men turn to social media for health advice (CNBC)
📌 NTSB issues 'urgent' safety alert on Boeing 737 rudder system (FOX BUSINESS)
📌 Touchscreens are over. Even Apple is bringing back buttons. (WSJ)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Donna Kelce says son Travis ‘can’t clean’ and ‘can’t cook’ but hints he might be ‘getting some help’ from Taylor Swift (PEOPLE)
📌 Chicago White Sox make history after losing 121st game this season, the most in baseball history (NBC)
📌 Sorry, Harvard. Everyone wants to go to college in the south now. (WSJ)
📌 Secrets of the ultimate celebrity photographer (NYT)
Friday, September 27
🚨NATION
📌 Helene makes landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane (AP)
📌 Melania Trump says Democrats, media fostered threats against her husband in rare interview (ABC NEWS)
📌 Benghazi ‘mastermind’ Ahmed Abu Khatallah resentenced to 28 years in prison (CNN)
📌 Americans blame politicians for misinformation (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 US and allies call for an immediate 21-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah (AP)
📌 Israel kills Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike, Netanyahu vows to continue 'with full force' (ABC NEWS)
📌 Biden pledges $7.9B in military aid to Ukraine ahead of Zelenskyy meeting (POLITICO)
📌 Japanese man acquitted of 1966 murders after 45 years on death row (REUTERS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Lawmakers push for accountability after 10th death linked to Boar’s Head listeria outbreak (CBS NEWS)
📌 Why thieves aren't targeting EVs (AXIOS)
📌 Southwest reveals when and how it will get rid of open seating (CNN)
📌 OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity (REUTERS)
📌 CNN plans to paywall news content starting next month (THE WRAP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Macklemore clarifies anti-American remark made at pro-Palestine concert in Seattle: 'Sometimes I slip up' (USA TODAY)
📌 Cardi B calls out estranged husband Offset as he accuses her of cheating while pregnant (E!)
📌 Lana Del Rey obtains marriage license to wed alligator tour guide Jeremy Dufrene (PEOPLE)
📌 Attendees call ‘Bridgerton’-inspired ball in Michigan a chaotic disappointment (NBC NEWS)
Thursday, September 26
🚨NATION
📌 The Secret Service is investigating a report that an agent groped a Harris staff member (AP)
📌 Senate report details Secret Service failures in response to Trump assassination attempt in Butler (CBS NEWS)
📌 House passes bill to head off government shutdown until December (THE HILL)
📌 Kentucky sheriff pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of judge in his chambers (CNN)
📌 US tracking ongoing Iranian threats to government officials, Blinken says (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Russia planning attacks on Ukrainian nuclear power plants, Zelensky warns (GUARDIAN)
📌 US troops deployed to Cyprus as fears of wider Middle East war intensify (CNN)
📌 Murder of Paris student fuels anger at failed deportation (BBC)
📌 Haiti PM says nation far from winning gang war as UN deadline looms (REUTERS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Meta debuts cheaper Quest VR headset, new AI features (VERGE)
📌 Though it’s not the moon yet, it’s the next best thing for European astronauts (AP)
📌 Google, Volkswagen partner on smartphone AI assistant (REUTERS)
📌 Meet Pesto the Penguin, Australia's nearly 50-pound baby penguin capturing hearts worldwide with its hefty fluff (CBS NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum settle divorce spat over Magic Mike Money— six years after separating (DAILY MAIL)
📌 Kim Porter’s children say she didn’t write bestselling memoir about Diddy (AP)
📌 Julie Chrisley makes emotional court appearance as her 84-month tax evasion sentence is upheld (PEOPLE)
📌 Taylor Swift endorsement actually hurts Kamala Harris, poll suggests (NEWSWEEK)
Wednesday, September 25
🚨NATION
📌 Harris backs eliminating Senate filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade (AXIOS)
📌 In a blow to Trump, Nebraska governor will not call a special session to change state's electoral votes (NBC NEWS)
📌 Arizona Democratic campaign office damaged by gunfire (AP)
📌 Son of Ryan Routh, accused in Trump assassination attempt, arrested for child pornography (ABC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel and Hezbollah renew fire after deadliest day for Lebanon in decades, thousands flee south (TIME)
📌 Hurricane John dissipates into a tropical depression after hitting Mexico’s Pacific coast, killing 2 (AP)
📌 After CEO’s arrest, Telegram says it will now turn some bad actors’ data over to law enforcement (CNN)
📌 Russia, Iran and China are using AI in election interference efforts, U.S. intelligence officials say (NBC NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 US DOJ to sue Visa over debit card market monopoly (FOX BUSINESS)
📌 FTX fraudster Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years in prison, ordered to forfeit $11 billion (CNBC)
📌 Longshoremen from Maine to Texas appear likely to go on strike, seaport CEO says (AP)
📌 The state of Maryland sues Dali ship owner and manager over the Key Bridge collapse (NPR)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Woman accuses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and bodyguard of drugging and assaulting her in 2001 and filming it (CNN)
📌 Jail Buddies: Sean 'Diddy' Combs moved to same section of New York City jail housing as Sam Bankman-Fried (NBC NEWS)
📌 Ryan Murphy defends Menendez brothers Netflix series after Erik Menendez blasts it as 'blatant lies' (DEADLINE)
📌 Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi cast in Wuthering Heights film, critics unimpressed (BBC)
Tuesday, September 24
🚨NATION
📌 Man suspected in second Trump assassination attempt left a letter detailing his plans, prosecutors say (NPR)
📌 Melania Trump was paid for a rare appearance at a political event. It’s not clear who cut the unusual six-figure check (CNN)
📌 California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores (AP)
📌 Category 3 Hurricane Helene expected to hit Florida's Gulf Coast later this week (USA TODAY)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel hits 1,300 targets in expanded Lebanon strike campaign against Hezbollah, hundreds killed (ABC NEWS)
📌 Japan scrambles fighter jets that shoot flares to warn Russian spy plane to leave airspace (CBS NEWS)
📌 German voters fend off far-right in latest state vote, early results suggest (NBC NEWS)
📌 Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 California sues ExxonMobil for alleged decades of deception around plastic recycling, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit (CNN)
📌 Boeing sweetens offer to union as strike enters second week (NBC NEWS)
📌 New York reports death from rare mosquito-borne illness Eastern Equine Encephalitis after 1st case diagnosed in nearly a decade (ABC NEWS)
📌 Nasal spray flu vaccine gets FDA approval for home use (FOX NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Levi’s teases Beyoncé collaboration as denim trend takes hold (CNBC)
📌 John Mulaney and Olivia Munn have a second child, a daughter named Méi (AP)
📌 Eric Stonestreet says ‘it felt a little hurtful’ when a Mitch and Cam ‘Modern Family’ spinoff was rejected (CNN)
📌 Diddy’s music streams jump after arrest and indictment (ABC NEWS)
Monday, September 23
🚨NATION
📌 From camo hats to libertarian rhetoric, the Harris-Walz campaign is staking its claim to symbols of conservative identity (AXIOS)
📌 Mom of suspect in Georgia school shooting indicted on elder abuse charges (NEW YORK POST)
📌 Titan submersible malfunctioned days prior to the fatal dive, former scientific director testifies (CNN)
📌 Georgia election board controversially votes to require all ballots to be hand-counted in November (NBC)
📌 Man spits on ground outside of his home, DNA match later leads to his arrest in 1988 stabbing murder of Boston woman (CBS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Secret Service’s next challenge: Keeping scores of world leaders safe at this week’s UN General Assembly (AP)
📌 Iran gave Russia missiles but no launchers (REUTERS)
📌 Ireland scraps plans for controversial hate speech laws (FOX NEWS)
📌 A prisoner freed by Russia in the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War has vowed to return to the country one day (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Deep into the smartphone era, who is still using pagers? (AP)
📌 Ex-Pentagon official discusses government's hunt for UFOs: 'I have to be careful what I say' (PEOPLE)
📌 Amazon ends remote work (TECH CRUNCH)
📌 A NASA probe the length of a basketball court is flying to one of Jupiter’s moons (MASHABLE)
📌 Hotter summers are making high school football a fatal game for some players (AP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Selena Gomez addresses backlash after saying she can’t carry children: ‘I like to be honest’ (USA TODAY)
📌 Caitlin Clark playoff tickets cost more than entire WNBA finals (SI)
📌 Kathryn Crosby, actor and widow of Bing Crosby, dies at 90 (VARIETY)
📌 Whoopi Goldberg offers Hillary Clinton a gig on ‘The View’ (DEADLINE)
📌 MLB All-Star CJ Abrams sent to minors after all-nighter at casino (ESPN)