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• FDA approves new drug for anthrax poisoning

  25-03-2015 15:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials say they have approved an infusible drug to treat patients who have been exposed to anthrax.
  
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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Christa Pike released from hospital following botched execution, attorneys say

  10-10-2026 17:28 via abcnews.com
  
  Christa Pike was released from the hospital and transferred back to prison more than a week after her botched execution, her attorneys said Saturday.
  
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• Isaias kills at least 2 and knocks out power to more than 900,000

  10-10-2026 17:24 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 two people were killed by falling trees, one in Florida’s Escambia County and one in the Birmingham, Ala., area, 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 a
  
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• Christa Pike, who survived an execution attempt in Tennessee, is discharged from hospital

  10-10-2026 17:04 via tennessean.com
  Christa Pike is out of the hospital and receiving medical care in prison following a failed execution attempt.Her legal team, Stephen Ferrell and Luke Ihnen from Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, and Randy Spivey and Kelly Gleason from the TN Office of the Post Conviction Defender, issued this statement on Oct. 10:"Christa Pike was discharged from a local hospital and is now at Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center where she has been housed for more than 30 years. She is gratefu
  
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• Isaias leaves 1 dead and nearly 900,000 without power across 3 states

  10-10-2026 15:28 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 one person was killed when a tree fell on a home in Escambia County, Fla., the sheriff’s office 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-southwe
  
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• At least 1 person killed and nearly 900,000 without power after Isaias makes landfall

  10-10-2026 15:28 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 one person was killed when a tree fell on a home in Escambia County, Fla., the sheriff’s office 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-southwe
  
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• Philadelphia police officer and partner shot while responding to report of armed man

  10-10-2026 14:07 via foxnews.com
  
  A Philadelphia police officer died Saturday after he and his partner were ambushed and shot multiple times while responding to a report of an armed man in the western part of the city.Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel identified the officer who died as Shane Seiber, a 40-year-old father who spent 10 years on the force.He leaves behind his wife and his two children, a 7-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter."He fought valiantly, but he lost his life today," Bethel said at a morning news conferenc
  
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• Army officials caught off guard by Hegseth's plan to livestream execution

  10-10-2026 12:30 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on as President Donald Trump speaks to the news media, on the South Lawn of the White House on October 6. - Finn Gomez/Getty Images
  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s announcement that the execution of the convicted Fort Hood mass shooter would be shown in public caught people across the Pentagon and the Army off guard, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
  Hegseth made the announcement in an interview with far-right podcaster Jack Posobi
  
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• A clock change dilemma pits science against politics

  10-10-2026 12:03 via usatoday.com
  Daylight is already fading, and soon Americans will set back the clocks too. But this year political support is building for doing away with seasonal time changes by switching to permanent daylight saving time.
  That would be a mistake, scientists say.
  A new report echoes a chorus of scientific research saying that permanent standard time is the best solution for eliminating the dreaded twice-yearly clock change.
  You might enjoy daylight saving time for its later sunsets throughout the year. But
  
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• Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelensky for diesel prices

  10-10-2026 09:17 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday it was time for Ukraine to get a new president, suggesting Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not done enough to end his country’s war with Russia and blaming him for high diesel prices in the U.S.“I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does,” Trump said. The president, who on Friday struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to buy diesel f
  
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• Russian strikes kill 8 in Ukraine a day after Trump's diesel deal with Putin

  10-10-2026 09:17 via yahoo.com
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes killed at least eight people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, officials said Saturday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow’s war in Ukraine.Three children were among the eight people killed when Russian aerial bombs hit residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the region's defense council, said Saturday. At least 16 people were wou
  
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• Russian strikes kill 15 in Ukraine a day after Trump's diesel deal with Putin

  10-10-2026 09:17 via yahoo.com
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes killed at least 15 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow’s war in Ukraine.Three children were among those killed when Russian aerial bombs hit residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said Saturday. At least 16 people were wounded in the attack.Missile
  
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• Russian strikes kill 12 in Ukraine a day after Trump's diesel deal with Putin

  10-10-2026 09:17 via yahoo.com
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes killed at least 12 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow’s war in Ukraine.Three children were among those killed when Russian aerial bombs hit residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, Zelenskyy said Saturday. At least 14 people were wounded in the attack.Russia and
  
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• More than 700,000 are without power in Florida and Alabama after Isaias slams coast

  10-10-2026 09:14 via yahoo.com
  By Rhea RoseAbraham and Rajveer PardesiOct 10 (Reuters) - Isaias weakened to a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday, having rapidly lost wind speed after hitting the ‌Florida coast as a Category 2 hurricane, the first of the 2026 Atlantic ‌season, the US National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.The post-tropical cyclone, crossing over southern Alabama ​after making landfall earlier near Destin, Florida is about 55 miles (89 km) south-southwest of Montgomery, Alabam
  
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• Isaias loses strength, but more than 700,000 are without power in Florida and Alabama

  10-10-2026 09:14 via yahoo.com
  By Rhea RoseAbraham and Rajveer PardesiOct 10 (Reuters) - Isaias weakened to a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday, having rapidly lost wind speed after hitting the ‌Florida coast as a Category 2 hurricane, the first of the 2026 Atlantic ‌season, the US National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.The post-tropical cyclone, crossing over southern Alabama ​after making landfall earlier near Destin, Florida is about 55 miles (89 km) south-southwest of Montgomery, Alabam
  
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• Pentagon faces growing backlash over plan to livestream firing squad execution

  10-10-2026 06:51 via cbsnews.com
  
  Washington — The revelation that the Pentagon plans to livestream the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the ex-Army major convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, has sparked intense pushback, with one Republican senator calling it "disgusting" and critics warning it could inspire more acts of terrorism.On Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed CBS News' reporting that the Dec. 3 execution will be livestreamed. Hegseth told Real America's Voice the execution
  
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• Trump says 'they're making a determination' on livestream of Hasan execution

  10-10-2026 06:21 via abcnews.com
  
  While Trump said he supports the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, it's not clear whether he agrees with Hegseth's plan to make livestream it.
  
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• Ella Langley's Tulsa concert canceled over reported security threat

  10-10-2026 05:59 via abcnews.com
  
  Ella Langley's Friday night concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was canceled due to what is being described as a "serious security threat."
  
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• 'Life-threatening' Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida with 105 mph winds

  10-10-2026 05:15 via abcnews.com
  
  Communities on the U.S. Gulf Coast are bracing as Hurricane Isaias made landfall Friday night as a Category 2 storm.The storm, with winds up to 105 mph, made landfall near Destin, Florida, in the Florida Panhandle at 8:30 p.m. CT. As it continued its march over the western part of the Panhandle, the storm weakened to a Category 1.A hurricane warning is currently in effect from just east of Biloxi, Mississippi, through Mobile and Pensacola to Panama City and Mexico Beach, Florida.Many low-lying a
  
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• Trump says Nobel panel not awarding him peace prize leaves 'indelible stain' on Norway

  10-10-2026 04:41 via nbcnews.com
  President Donald Trump lamented the Norwegian Nobel Committee choosing not to award him with its annual peace prize on Friday, telling rallygoers the decision leaves “an indelible stain on the country of Norway.”Speaking at a rally to boost New York Republicans in Syracuse, Trump listed off all of the accomplishments in office he believes have earned him the right to win the Nobel Peace Prize, including efforts to end or prevent conflicts in Africa and Asia and for having “save
  
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