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• Dr. Dre announces new album

  03-08-2015 14:05 via edition.cnn.com
  
  It may be time to let go of the idea of a "Detox" album from Dr. Dre.
  
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• American citizen among at least 12 people killed in blast at Saudi Arabia airport

  11-10-2026 06:08 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  By Timour Azhari and Enas AlashrayRIYADH, Oct 10 (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed and more than 300 wounded in an attack on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade, as the Iran-backed Houthis escalate a campaign they launched this summer.The ‌dead from the third attack this week on the airport included four Saudis, two people from Bangladesh and one person each from the US, Jordan, Palestine, ‌Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the
  
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• Bracing for the midterms, Trump says he will be blamed if Republicans lose

  11-10-2026 02:31 via nbcnews.com
  Midterm elections often punish the sitting president’s party, and Trump’s popularity isn’t helping the GOP’s cause.(Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty)CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Even as he makes a case that Republicans should win the midterm congressional elections, President Donald Trump is bracing for the fallout should they lose.Someone is bound to get blamed, and Trump said at a rally in Tennessee on Saturday that he expects it will be him.“If we don’t win the mi
  
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• Five people shot and killed in apparent murder-suicide, Georgia police say

  11-10-2026 02:01 via theguardian.com
  Deceased were all members of the same family, officials say, and one of victims placed the initial emergency callFive people were shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide at a residence in Georgia on Friday, authorities say.The deceased were family members who lived at the home in Douglas, a city in south Georgia. Continue reading...
  
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• Justice Dept. probing TV networks over brief boycott of White House pool coverage

  11-10-2026 01:59 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The US Justice Department said on Saturday it is investigating whether ‌television networks violated federal antitrust laws over ‌their decision to boycott covering the White House following its ​decision to pull the credentials of reporters from three news organizations, including CNN.The networks under investigation, according to the New York Times, are ABC, CBS, CNN, ‌NBC and Fox ⁠News."Group boycotts among commercial competi
  
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• Twelve killed and hundreds injured in Houthi attack at Riyadh airport

  11-10-2026 01:37 via theguardian.com
  Donald Trump evaluating whether US should join Saudi strikes against the Iran-backed Yemeni rebelsYemen’s Houthis have launched a missile attack on Riyadh’s international airport in Saudi Arabia, killing at least 12 people and leaving hundreds wounded, the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority has said.Operations at King Khalid international airport in Riyadh were suspended as ambulances rushed to the airport. More than 300 people were reported injured in the deadliest attack in any Gulf Ar
  
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• Nine people, including children, dead after mass shooting in Pennsylvania

  11-10-2026 01:24 via theguardian.com
  Authorities say suspect among dead in house after standoff with police in Erie and there is no ongoing threatA man fatally shot eight people, including a pregnant woman and children, at a Pennsylvania residence on Friday before killing himself, police say.The victims have not been publicly identified, but seven relatives and a family friend died in the rampage. Continue reading...
  
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• Four dead as Isaias weakens to post-tropical cyclone after striking Florida panhandle

  11-10-2026 01:20 via theguardian.com
  Some of deaths came from falling trees as half a million people without power and rain and flooding still a concernAt least four people were reported dead on Saturday amid Isaias after it made landfall late on Friday on Florida’s panhandle as a category 2 hurricane, according to authorities.The storm also took down trees, knocked out electricity for hundreds of thousands and flooded highways – but as Saturday evening approached, the region was reopening. Continue reading...
  
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• Skies across the UK illuminated by the northern lights

  11-10-2026 00:30 via theguardian.com
  Though mostly visible near the Arctic Circle, the natural phenomenon dazzled sky-gazers as far south Devon, Hampshire and KentThe northern lights illuminated the skies across the UK on Friday and Saturday evening.Sky-gazers as far south as Devon, Hampshire and Kent were treated to the dazzling natural phenomenon, also known as the aurora borealis. Continue reading...
  
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• Hurricane Isaias updates: at least four people dead and hundreds of thousands without power – as it happened

  11-10-2026 00:18 via theguardian.com
  This liveblog is now closed. Read the full story hereKey things to know about Hurricane IsaiasSign up for the US Breaking News emailFlorida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, said no requests for search and rescue assistance had been received following Isaias, which he described as “cautiously, a good sign”.Speaking to Fox News, he said:I think that may be a sign that people heeded the warnings, took proper precautions. We sure would love to say we have not gotten a report of a fatality
  
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• At least 12 people dead and dozens wounded after blast at Riyadh airport

  10-10-2026 23:26 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  By Timour Azhari and Enas AlashrayRIYADH, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The third attack this week on Riyadh's international airport left 12 people dead on Saturday and dozens wounded, according to three people familiar with the matter, with all flights diverted and Western governments telling citizens to avoid the area.There ‌was no immediate claim of responsibility for the incident but Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have been escalating their missile strikes on Saudi Arabia, and claimed responsibility
  
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• Despair after 200-year-old ‘grandmother’ tree toppled for Trump’s border wall: ‘It crushes your heart’

  10-10-2026 22:57 via theguardian.com
  Protesters spent months occupying an ancient cottonwood. Then a tense standoff with US border patrol came to a headA 200-year-old cottonwood tree near the US-Mexico border, known as the “grandmother”, has been destroyed to make way for the construction of Donald Trump’s border wall, despite a months-long effort by protesters trying to save it.In late July, land defenders began a tree-sit in the ghost town of Lochiel, Arizona, taking turns occupying a platform high in the tree&r
  
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• Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader after diesel deal with Russia

  10-10-2026 22:42 via theguardian.com
  
  US president suggests Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not done enough to end warDonald Trump has said Ukraine needs “a new leader”, a day after making a deal with Vladimir Putin to buy large quantities of Russian diesel.The US president suggested Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war with Russia and blamed him for high diesel prices in the US. Continue reading...
  
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• Mystery at Russian plague lab as WHO struggles to explain young worker's death

  10-10-2026 22:13 via yahoo.com
  GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Saturday it still doesn’t know what caused the death of a young worker at a lab in Russia that focuses on plague and other illnesses.The U.N. health agency has cited initial, unconfirmed reports suggesting pneumonic plague, a severe disease less common than the better-known bubonic plague linked to the Black Death in the Middle Ages. Pneumonic plague spreads from person to person, causing a severe form of pneumonia, but recovery rates
  
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• Isaias leaves 4 people dead and 700,000 without power as flood threat grows

  10-10-2026 21:36 via yahoo.com
  Isaias made landfall near Destin, Fla., around 9:30 p.m. ET Friday as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. It was the first hurricane of an unusually quiet Atlantic season. At least four people have died, two in Florida and two in Alabama, officials said.The storm weakened quickly as it moved inland. As of 5 a.m. ET Saturday, it was a post-tropical storm with 35 mph winds about 25 miles south-southwest of Montgomery, Ala., moving nor
  
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• Isaias kills at least 4 and knocks out power to more than 900,000

  10-10-2026 21:07 via yahoo.com
  Isaias made landfall near Destin, Fla., around 9:30 p.m. ET Friday as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. It was the first hurricane of an unusually quiet Atlantic season. At least four people have died, two in Florida and two in Alabama, officials said.The storm weakened quickly as it moved inland. As of 5 a.m. ET Saturday, it was a post-tropical storm with 35 mph winds about 25 miles south-southwest of Montgomery, Ala., moving nor
  
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• Pauline Hanson seems more and more like the de facto opposition leader. At CPAC, Angus Taylor warmed the seat for her

  10-10-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Cooperation between One Nation and the Liberals ‘up to Angus Taylor’, Hanson says at conservative conference. How would that work?Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcastThe annual Conservative Political Action Conference billed itself as a chance for the leaders of the three main conservative parties – Liberals, Nationals and One Nation – to make their pitch and compete for rightwing voters.The reception they received in Brisbane on Saturday suggests P
  
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• Falling international student numbers create ‘massive problems’ for Australian universities, expert warns

  10-10-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Immigration debate and visa uncertainty are putting students off and increasing pressure on budgetsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUniversity leaders warn they’re struggling to fill international student places due to visa uncertainty and heated political debate on immigration, with regional areas hit the hardest amid concern that financial deficits could affect domestic students.The latest numbers from the Department of Education in October show on average unive
  
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• Albanese wants universal childcare to be his legacy. But paying for it isn’t as easy as ABC

  10-10-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Labor is running out of time to make its case to Australian families about how it is going to make childcare accessible and affordable for allGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastRachel Hill, a mother of two from Sydney, explains the maths of family planning.The not-for-profit worker has bumped up her workload from two days a week to full-time to try to cover ever-rising costs. Instead, the additional money has been swallowed by childcare fees. Continue reading...
  
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• Pentagon raises official toll of troops who died during war with Iran to 21

  10-10-2026 19:51 via yahoo.com
  The Pentagon acknowledged late Friday that the number of troops who have died in the Middle East during its operations against Iran is higher than previously reported, and updated the official count to include two more noncombat deaths.The Washington Post exclusively reported last month, based on information from six U.S. officials, that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its official, public database, known as the Defense Casualty Analysis Sy
  
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• Trump says he will 'make a decision' on Hegseth plan to livestream execution

  10-10-2026 19:39 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would decide whether to live-stream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, two days after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it would be publicly shown."There are two thoughts: don't show it, and show it," Trump said at the White House. "By showing it, maybe other people won't be doing what he did. I'll make a decision, ultimately."Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Po
  
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• Several wounded after explosion rocks Riyadh airport and halts flights

  10-10-2026 19:22 via yahoo.com
  By Timour Azhari and Enas AlashrayRIYADH, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Several people were wounded in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Saturday that forced a suspension of operations, the ‌country's civil aviation authority said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but it comes amid ‌an escalation of missile strikes by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis against Saudi Arabia.The airport had already been struck in two earli
  
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• Several wounded after blast at Riyadh airport as Trump weighs joining Saudi strikes

  10-10-2026 19:22 via yahoo.com
  By Timour Azhari and Enas AlashrayRIYADH, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Several people were wounded in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Saturday that forced a suspension of operations, the ‌country's civil aviation authority said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but it comes amid ‌an escalation of missile strikes by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis against Saudi Arabia.The airport had already been struck in two earli
  
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• Man dies after jumping into tiger enclosure at Yorkshire zoo

  10-10-2026 19:13 via theguardian.com
  Police say man was pronounced dead at the scene after being attacked by tigerA man has died after being attacked by a tiger after jumping into its enclosure at a zoo in Yorkshire, police have said.Emergency services were contacted shortly after 1.30pm on Saturday when the man entered the enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, and was set upon by the tiger. Continue reading...
  
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• Thousands gather in London to express support for Palestinians after three years of ‘genocide’

  10-10-2026 18:52 via theguardian.com
  Twenty arrested in first march since Ed Miliband declared UK’s position was that Israel’s occupation of West Bank was unlawfulThousands of people have gathered in central London to express their support for Palestinians after three years of “genocide” carried out against them by Israel.The demonstrators, many wearing keffiyehs and holding Palestine flags, gathered on the Embankment at midday on Saturday. Some carried placards reading “End the genocide” and &ld
  
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• Hurricane victim's husband says tree crashed through Florida home and pinned his wife

  10-10-2026 18:30 via newsnationnow.com
  (NewsNation) — Joey Williams, the husband of a woman who died in Florida as Hurricane Isaias battered Gulf Coast states, is remembering his wife as an "ultra-nice badass person" whom everyone loved.
  Jenn Biggs Williams, 57, worked in human resources. She and Joey were married for a decade. She is the first known fatality of Hurricane Isaias, which struck the Gulf Coast over the weekend.
  A person in Birmingham, Alabama, also died in connection with the storm, the Jefferson County Emergency
  
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• Hurricane Isaias updates: Isaias downgraded to post-tropical cyclone

  10-10-2026 18:03 via abcnews.com
  
  The Gulf Coast is bracing for dangerous conditions, extreme wind and flooding.
  
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• Man kills 8 people, including children and relatives, in Pennsylvania home, police say

  10-10-2026 17:32 via yahoo.com
  A man killed eight people including a pregnant woman, children and other relatives at his home in Erie, Pennsylvania, before taking his own life as well, authorities said Saturday. Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said the 45-year-old man was related to seven of the victims in the previous day's shooting, while the eighth was a friend of the pregnant woman.Video and audio evidence recovered by investigators included muffled gunshot sounds coming from inside the home just before two “distressed
  
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• 9 killed in Pennsylvania shooting as police cite 'deeply disturbing' circumstances

  10-10-2026 17:32 via yahoo.com
  Nine people were killed Friday in a shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Saturday. Police said the suspected shooter was also dead.“I have not seen anything like this in my 28-plus years,” Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah told a local news station. “I’m not sure that the city of Erie has ever seen the loss of life and the devastation that we just witnessed.”Lorah declined to provide more details but said the circumstances of the shooting were “de
  
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• Loud blast at Riyadh airport as travelers evacuated and airlines cancel flights

  10-10-2026 17:29 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  By Timour Azhari and Enas AlashrayRIYADH, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Many people were wounded in a blast at Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, according ‌to two eyewitnesses and two people briefed on the matter, and travellers ‌were evacuated from parts of the facility.One of the eyewitnesses reported seeing an explosion and then ​seeing multiple people lying injured on the ground inside the airport. More than a dozen ambulances were seen rushing to the airport.The Saudi governm
  
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