• Thu, 15 Oct 2026

• Lawyer questions al-Qaida suspects competence before USS Cole bombing trial
• Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon wont livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter
• The 6 victims who died in a Wisconsin plane crash included a 13-year-old boy and his mother
• Lawsuit by 2 women accuses ex-Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz of sex trafficking
• Trump administration advances plan for peptide drugs favored by RFK Jr.
• FBI agents and analysts fired for roles in Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back
• Las Vegas police plan to release the ID of a man found in a barrel in Lake Mead
• States sue AI giant OpenAI, saying its popular chatbot is hurting children and deceiving adults
• Trump administration sues California to block state from counting alleged noncitizen mail-in ballots
• Florida man killed ex-fiancee hours after their Peoples Court episode aired, police say
• New York man shot by ICE officers appears in immigration court
• A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattans Upper West Side. New Yorkers are captivated
• California orders lenders to report on their handling of insurance payouts to LA fire survivors
• BBC asks judge to force Trump to sit for deposition in his own lawsuit against the channel
• Authorities investigate letters with suspicious substances sent to congressional, election offices
• Al Pacino to get lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild
• The Latest: AP-NORC poll: Strong majority of voters believes Trump is failing at home and abroad
• Holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial says he was struck by how methodical she was
• A new Medicare season begins, but some shifts will arrive in 2027
• Frustrated with Trump, voters overwhelmingly want change in Washington, an AP-NORC poll finds
• Ex-Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro is returning to federal court to face torture allegations
• Teen accused of plotting mass shooting at Chicago-area Hindu temple
• Study says global warming did more than El Nio to turbocharge Hurricane Polo
• Hot weather and winds raise California wildfire threat as power shutoffs start
• Black Panther Party stalwarts to celebrate 1966 founding in Oakland, programs that aided the poor
• Everyone has the same question in the midterms wheres the beef? (And how much does it cost?)
• With anger spreading over Iran war, Democrats hope to flip Republican seats with veterans help
• Lawyers for New York man shot by ICE say officer fired into car without warning
• Police investigate report of sexual assault at a fraternity party near the University of Chicago
• Cornell president pressed by faculty frustrated by his handling of fraternity rape allegations

• Wed, 14 Oct 2026

• Chicago Catholics rally for prayer in Pope Leos hometown after his lung cancer diagnosis
• Judge extends order blocking Trump from banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from White House
• Rep. Ilhan Omars phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal probe, AP source says
• Texas prosecutor says ICE officer appeared to intentionally strike a man with a vehicle in Houston
• Prosecutors urge life sentences for Alexander luxury real estate brokers in sex trafficking case
• ICE rejects suggestion that its officers wear body cameras that automatically activate
• Appeals court judges question the government about Trumps DC National Guard deployment
• Pilot reported ice building up on the wings before Wisconsin crash that killed 6
• Blockbuster-era law governing privacy of video rentals gets a fresh look from the Supreme Court
• Roller coaster riders death puts spotlight on the safety of ever more thrilling rides
• The first new sunscreen type in 25 years has arrived on US store shelves
• The Latest: Battle lines as Republicans retreat from front-line House districts
• Iowa faces a reckoning over water quality and cancer rates in midterm campaigns
• Social Security recipients to get 3.6% cost of living boost, an average of $75 per month
• FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of placing recording device in company conference room

• Tue, 13 Oct 2026

• A list of US roller coaster fatalities dating back to 2003
• Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his death
• Cornell suspends fraternity parties, gives state police role in investigating campus assault reports
• Florida executes a prisoner who killed his cellmate in hopes of getting a death sentence
• Jury selection begins in federal death penalty trial of Buffalo, NY, supermarket mass shooter
• CVS agrees to pay $315 million to settle Justice Department case over opioid prescriptions
• The Latest: Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns, vows to challenge allegations of improper conduct
• Katie Zacharia, Trumps new White House press secretary, makes a brief appearance before reporters
• Trump says he cares for Americans. They think hes more focused on his wealth, an AP-NORC poll finds
• Six Flags closes 9 rides after 1 person dies in an incident involving a roller coaster in Georgia
• Emergency help was delayed by confusion after failed execution of Christa Pike, 911 calls reveal
• Shiyazh Pete, first Navajo NFL player, recognized on Indigenous Peoples Day
• Storms cause 5 deaths in Mexico as flood risk eases in southwestern US
• After surging troops to the border, US Army showcases a quieter Rio Grande
• Experts urge parents to prepare kids for possible livestreamed execution
• Duane Keffe D Davis faces life in prison for orchestrating murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
• Selma Blair accused of attacking 2 flight attendants and assaulting a police officer and nurse

• Mon, 12 Oct 2026

• What to know about the search of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omars home
• Dogs bring calm and joy to students following shooting at Colorado high school
• Authorities name the attacker and most of the 8 victims in last weeks Erie mass shooting
• Archbishop of the U.S. military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad
• The Latest: Rep. Omar says she will not be silenced after Homeland Security searches her home
• Many GOP states have imposed new voting rules this year, some mirroring Trumps midterm proposals
• Alex Gibneys Musk has already gotten under Elon Musks skin. It goes nationwide this week
• Elon Musk quietly becomes biggest known donor in midterm contests as he tries to save Republicans
• Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads

• Sun, 11 Oct 2026

• Pennsylvania shooter who killed 8 was familys patriarch, father of toddler killed says
• Isaias moves north into Appalachians and mid-Atlantic; Southern California battered by Rachel
• Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case
• Six senators call for Trump administration to immediately reverse course on Russian diesel plan
• Other Mommy tops the box office with $27.5M; The Social Reckoning opens to $5.5M
• A freed man faces life back in prison after a Supreme Court ruling on the First Step Act
• Republicans want Abdul El-Sayed to be the main character of the midterms. Hes happy to oblige
• Nonpartisan state Supreme Court elections are being put to the test in Montana
• 4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast
• DOJ says its investigating whether White House TV pools coverage halt violated antitrust law
• 4 family members and shooter dead in rural Georgia shooting

• Sat, 10 Oct 2026

• Philadelphia police officer killed, another injured after responding to reports of man with a gun
• Knicks champion Karl-Anthony Towns opens up about grief for World Mental Health Day
• The Latest: Isaias drops heavy rain on Alabama as Mexicos Pacific coast prepares for Simon
• Shooting leaves 9 dead including suspect in Erie, Pennsylvania, police say
• Park service could remove more than 500 trees at historic golf course Trump wants to redesign
• Pope Leo declares death penalty inadmissible as his native US plans to livestream execution
• Anthropics Claude AI submits a false tip on a Philadelphia unsolved homicide case
• Christa Pike is discharged from a hospital after surviving execution attempt, her attorneys say
• Trumps Medicaid cuts strip refugees and other legal immigrants of their health coverage
• The United Auto Workers tries to reassert political power in Michigan as it faces internal divisions
• Isaias makes landfall as hurricane, hammering US Gulf Coast with powerful winds, dangerous flooding

• Fri, 09 Oct 2026

• Videos show ICE shooting in NYC unfolded in a few chaotic seconds
• New York prosecutors seek to sustain their case against Luigi Mangione, despite his federal plea
• A botched execution and plans for one in public show the US is conflicted about capital punishment
• Justice Department wont enforce registration rules on silencers and certain guns after court ruling
• Legal path seems narrow to challenge livestream of Fort Hood shooters execution, experts say
• Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooters execution
• Congregants celebrate the reconstruction of one of Americas oldest Black churches
• The Latest: Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 3 ahead of expected Friday evening landfall
• Hurricane Isaias could nudge fuel prices higher if Gulf of Mexico refineries lose power
• Severe turbulence injures at least 8 aboard Avianca flight, forcing emergency landing in Miami
• FBI arrests suspect in ShinyHunters hack of the bureaus jobs portal
• How Texas landowners are fighting back against Trumps border wall
• El Nios storm-killer winds and climates warming waters in fight over future of Hurricane Isaias
• Arizona congressional candidate says she was sexually assaulted when repairing campaign signs
• The midterms stakes are high for these 2028 presidential prospects
• The FBI has seized tools used by Chinese hackers for cyber operations, officials say
• Residents board up windows and National Guard troops deploy as Hurricane Isaias nears US Gulf Coast
• ICE officer shoots a man while making an arrest in New York, officials say
• Public executions in the US were once a community spectacle and then they stopped
• New US indictment charges Maduro with overseeing machine of repression, torture of Americans
• Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt, her attorneys say
• The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay

• Thu, 08 Oct 2026

• Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASAs Apollo program, dies at 90

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