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• Bowe Bergdahl court martial delayed

  17-05-2016 17:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Judge Jeffery Nance has decided Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will face court martial February 6, 2017, the judge announced Tuesday at a hearing at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina.
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• 'I was not going to let others die': Flydubai pilot speaks out from hospital

  02-10-2026 10:18 via yahoo.com
  The Indian captain of the Flydubai plane who was attacked by his co-pilot has said he fought for his life but was determined not to let others die.Speaking to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Smit Machchhar said he was on the ground in the cockpit and still being attacked when he realised the plane was sinking and he had to do something. "I was lying on the floor injured but I told myself to go for one last push to open the door from inside," he said."Others came in and also played a role [i
  
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• U.S. job growth is expected to slow in September, with unemployment steady

  02-10-2026 06:05 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - US job growth likely slowed in September and the unemployment rate is forecast to have been 4.1% for a third straight month, suggesting the labor market remained stable heading into the fourth quarter.The anticipated moderation would follow a surprise jump in nonfarm payrolls in August, which economists partly attributed to volatility ‌linked to the model the government uses to strip out seasonal fluctuations from the data. The Labor Depar
  
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• OpenAI fires workers for mishandling 'sensitive information'

  02-10-2026 04:19 via bbc.com
  
  OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman [Getty Images]
  OpenAI has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling information, including work that involved an external organisation that analyses artificial intelligence (AI) models."Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work," a spokesperson told the BBC.The ChatGPT-maker did not name the sacked workers,
  
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• New details emerge in Cornell rape case as Letitia James takes over investigation

  02-10-2026 03:43 via cnn.com
  
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  New York State Attorney General Letitia James will be taking over as special prosecutor in the case alleging sexual assault at Cornell University, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, saying she “lost faith” in the district attorney’s ability to oversee it.
  The announcement comes as new details have emerged this week about the alleged gang rape of then-student Jane Doe in a room at the Chi Phi fraternity house in 2024, including what she told campus pol
  
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• 'Deeply unwelcome': MLB backs off its plan for a game at Grand Teton

  02-10-2026 03:36 via yahoo.com
  The Grand Teton national park in Wyoming.Photograph: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
  Major League Baseball (MLB) leadership is no longer considering holding a game inside a national park, according to a letter commissioner Robert Manfred sent to officials in Teton county, Wyoming, on Thursday in what could be the league’s biggest swing-and-a-miss off the diamond.
  On 26 September, the Washington Post reported that MLB had reached out to the White House about staging a one-day game at Gr
  
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• Attorney General Letitia James appointed as special prosecutor in Cornell rape case

  02-10-2026 03:08 via abcnews.com
  
  New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she issued an executive order to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor for the alleged “gang rape” that took place at a Cornell fraternity in 2024. “Newly released information continues to raise serious questions about the investigation conducted by the Cornell Police Department and the decision by the Tompkins County District Attorney not to prosecute an alleged sexual assault on Cornell University's
  
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• DOE employee charged with trying to aid Iran-backed Houthis, feds say

  02-10-2026 02:33 via foxnews.com
  
  A U.S. Department of Energy worker from Richland, Washington, was arrested Thursday and charged with attempting to provide "material support" to the Iran-backed Houthis, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, is accused of attempting to use his electrical engineering knowledge and background to support the terrorist group in improving its mobile communications infrastructure, secure components for drones as well as chemicals for homemade explosives."As alleged,
  
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• Witnesses recount the 87 minutes of Christa Pike’s failed execution

  02-10-2026 00:15 via usatoday.com
  For well over an hour, the state of Tennessee tried to kill Christa Pike. Then they raced to save her life.Seven members of the news media who witnessed Pike's botched execution on Sept. 30 described an increasingly troublesome scene in the death chamber at a state prison in Nashville. The process began with Pike's last words, and ended with the state closing curtains in the viewing chamber and ordering the witnesses to leave even as they could hear Pike snoring on what was supposed to be her de
  
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• Judge denies Lindsay Clancy's bid to dismiss murder case, clearing path for retrial

  01-10-2026 22:53 via newsweek.com
  
  A Massachusetts judge has denied Lindsay Clancy’s attempt to have the murder charges against her thrown out, clearing the way for prosecutors to pursue a retrial in the high-profile case involving the deaths of her three children.In a ruling issued Thursday, Plymouth Superior Court Judge William F. Sullivan rejected the defense’s Rule 25 motion for a required finding of not guilty following September’s mistrial. Under Massachusetts law, a Rule 25 motion asks a judge to determin
  
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• Christa Pike's failed execution follows a pattern with lethal drugs in multiple states

  01-10-2026 21:05 via cbsnews.com
  
  Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, received two doses of a lethal drug in a Nashville execution chamber Wednesday night. But she didn't die. Although her survival was "unparalleled," as one expert said, it was the latest example of a botched execution attempt involving lethal injections in Tennessee and elsewhere around the United States."All of this was predicted, and the court did nothing," said Steve Ferrell, an attorney for Pike, at a news conference Thursday, refere
  
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• 9,000 more U.S. troops head to Middle East as Trump weighs new Iran strikes

  01-10-2026 20:38 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is dispatching roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Thursday. The bolstering of the American military presence comes as President Donald Trump warned anew that new strikes against Iran could be on the horizon.The troop movement, which includes a third aircraft carrier, underscores the rapidly evolving dynamic of Trump's war against Iran as he ponders his next move, with midterm elections in the United Stat
  
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• Christa Pike is alive after 2 failed attempts to execute her by lethal injection, lawyers say

  01-10-2026 20:27 via yahoo.com
  Christa Pike's attorney said she is still alive a day after she survived two doses of lethal injection drugs on Wednesday. The inmate is in critical condition and is receiving life-saving medical care, her legal team told reporters Thursday afternoon.Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has since paused executions in the state.Pike, 50, remained alive and snoring loudly after being given two doses of pentobarbital, her attorneys and other witnesses said. She was subsequently taken to a hospital. Lee ordered
  
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• Former Dallas officer who fatally shot man in apartment she mistook for her own gets parole

  01-10-2026 20:02 via dallasnews.com
  
  Former Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger (center) in 2019 leaves the Frank Crowley Courts Building in downtown Dallas. (Tom Fox/Staff Photographer)
  Former Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger has been granted parole after serving seven years in prison for the murder of Botham Jean.
  Guyger fatally shot Jean, a 26-year-old accountant, in September 2018 after mistaking his apartment for her own. She told investigators she believed Jean was an intruder.
  Jean’s killing drew protests in Dall
  
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• Treasury says over 60 million children have been auto-enrolled in Trump Accounts

  01-10-2026 19:16 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  The Treasury Department said that over 60 million children have been automatically enrolled in Trump Accounts, according to guidance filed with the Federal Register. "Millions of children have already enrolled in Trump Accounts. With automatic enrollment, over 60 million more eligible children now have an account ready to be claimed," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.Why are children being automatically enrolled? The idea behind Trump Accounts is to give children a
  
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• France rocked by student riots as hundreds arrested, violence spreads nationwide

  01-10-2026 18:55 via foxnews.com
  
  More than 625 people, mostly students, have been arrested over two days of violent protests near schools and universities across France over what students say are staffing shortages, dilapidated buildings, overcrowded classes, government budget cuts and long schedules.Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened a crisis meeting Thursday, canceling ministers’ trips to focus on the protests, which began last week in Paris-region schools and have snowballed. EUROPE’S LEFT COUR
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s new security alliance faces first real-world test deep in South America as troops deploy

  01-10-2026 18:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Bolivia’s mounting security challenge is emerging as one of the first real-world tests of President Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas, the country’s defense minister told Fox News Digital, as security forces deploy to strategic locations and the government braces for renewed unrest."I believe this is one of the first real tests of whether Shield of the Americas can move from declarations to concrete results," Bolivian Defense Minister Ernesto Justiniano told Fox News Digita
  
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• Hezbollah received $157M in weapons in 2024, mostly from 1 nation, report says

  01-10-2026 18:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Hezbollah terrorists received $157 million worth of weapons in 2024, most of it given freely by Iran, according to a new report from the Israeli nonprofit Center for Research of Terror Financing (CENTEF).The report, titled "Hezbollah Financial Statements," relied on open-source data as well as known valuations of Hezbollah's military assets, according to the Jerusalem Post.The report found that Hezbollah spent just $28 million on procuring weapons, and those were limited to small arms, ammu
  
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• Layoffs are down, but employers aren't rushing to hire for the holidays

  01-10-2026 18:11 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - New applications for US unemployment benefits drifted close to 57-year lows last week and layoffs decreased in September, suggesting labor market stability persisted even as employers remained cautious about boosting hiring.The report from the Labor Department on Thursday joined a raft of other data, including robust consumer spending in August, in painting a rosy picture of the economy despite ‌rising headwinds from the US-Israeli war with Ira
  
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• A plumber, a dentist and the passengers who saved a Flydubai flight

  01-10-2026 18:04 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A dentist and other passengers wrestled with a violent copilot. A plumber seized the controls as the plane plunged towards the desert. And the captain, despite being stabbed, managed to open the cockpit door — helping save all 182 people aboard the Israel-bound flight.“Hollywood isn’t creative enough to come up with stories like this!” said Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel. Although major questions remained unanswered on Thursday about t
  
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• FlyDubai pilot showed world 'the highest form of courage,' India's PM says

  01-10-2026 17:52 via foxnews.com
  
  The Indian pilot being credited with helping save the lives of 174 passengers after being stabbed on a FlyDubai aircraft heading to Israel has "shown the world the highest form of courage," India’s prime minister said.Narendra Modi said Thursday that Capt. Smit Machchhar, "without fearing for his own life," had "fought valiantly and prevented another 9/11-like attack from happening" on Wednesday aboard FlyDubai Flight FZ1073, which had to make an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.Mo
  
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• Trump says he’d consider pardoning members of his administration

  01-10-2026 17:48 via abcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump said in an interview out Thursday that he would be open to pardoning members of his administration, pointing to former President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon to relatives and members of the administration out of concern they would be politically targeted after he left office. "Yeah, sure, I'd do that," the president answered when asked by TIME magazine earlier this week if he was "considering pardoning members of your administration prior to the end of your term?"
  
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• 'This is a tragedy': Tennessee Gov. Lee responds to botched Christa Pike execution

  01-10-2026 17:40 via yahoo.com
  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee paused executions in the state after an inmate survived two doses of lethal injection drugs on Wednesday.Christa Pike, 50, remained alive and snoring loudly after being given two doses of pentobarbital, her attorneys and other witnesses said. She was subsequently taken to a hospital. Her health status remained unknown as of Thursday, Lee said.Lee ordered "a comprehensive, third-party review to determine exactly what occurred" and said that another scheduled execution late
  
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• Tennessee inmate Christa Pike's condition unknown after surviving 2 lethal injections

  01-10-2026 17:40 via yahoo.com
  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee paused executions in the state after an inmate survived two doses of lethal injection drugs on Wednesday.Christa Pike, 50, remained alive and snoring loudly after being given two doses of pentobarbital, her attorneys and other witnesses said. She was subsequently taken to a hospital. Her health status remained unknown as of Thursday, Lee said.Lee ordered "a comprehensive, third-party review to determine exactly what occurred" and said that another scheduled execution late
  
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• Tennessee halts executions after Christa Pike survives 2 lethal injections; her condition is unknown

  01-10-2026 17:40 via yahoo.com
  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee paused executions in the state after an inmate survived two doses of lethal injection drugs on Wednesday.Christa Pike, 50, remained alive and snoring loudly after being given two doses of pentobarbital, her attorneys and other witnesses said. She was subsequently taken to a hospital. Her health status remained unknown as of Thursday, Gov. Lee said.Gov. Lee has ordered "a comprehensive, third-party review to determine exactly what occurred" and said that another scheduled
  
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• Tennessee's failed execution raises questions about widely used lethal-injection drug

  01-10-2026 17:07 via yahoo.com
  The lethal drug administered in Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute Christa Pike has been used in multiple states that carry out the death penalty and by the U.S. government after President Donald Trump resumed federal executions during his first term. Pike, 50, remained alive after two doses of pentobarbital were administered Wednesday, according to her attorneys and media witnesses. One of her lawyers said Thursday that she was being treated at a hospital.Tennessee officials haven&rsqu
  
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• Judge permanently dismisses Reflecting Pool vandalism case against ex-Olympian

  01-10-2026 17:03 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge in the nation’s capital agreed on Thursday to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a move that could prevent federal prosecutors from reviving the case under political pressure from President Donald Trump.D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman ordered the dismissal of David Hearn’s case with “prejudice,” which would block U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s off
  
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• Iranian negotiators kicked out of US as talks stall, Trump lays out 'possible' timeline for more strikes

  01-10-2026 16:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly ended talks and ordered the Iranian delegation to leave the U.S. after negotiations stalled, yet again, with no clear sign of a breakthrough more than seven months into the conflict.And now, President Donald Trump is directly warning Iran it's "possible" he will go harder with strikes in the Middle East after the midterm elections in November and revealed the U.S. military has significantly rebuilt its arsenal in recent months.The latest messaging from the
  
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• Cornell's Jane Doe describes the moment she realized 'I was assaulted'

  01-10-2026 16:40 via yahoo.com
  A woman who accused seven members of a fraternity at Cornell University in 2024 of rape reportedly told the school’s investigators that she “felt like bait” on the night of the alleged assault. "I felt like lions around me,” she said during a 2025 hearing, according to ABC News. “It just was a totally debilitating place to be in."The comments were included in a 99-page report prepared by the university as part of its Title IX investigation, per ABC.The report a
  
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• Two people dead and patient missing after medical helicopter crashes off Catalina

  01-10-2026 16:39 via yahoo.com
  A view of Catalina's Avalon Harbor. A medical transport helicopter crashed off the island on Wednesday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)Investigators have located the wreckage of a medical transport helicopter that crashed in the Pacific Ocean after departing Wednesday night from Santa Catalina Island, killing a pilot and a nurse. One person, a female patient being taken to the mainland, remains missing, and two people survived. Sources familiar with the investigation said the missing
  
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