Jordanian security forces arrested three men at dawn on Monday, October 26, 2026, in Karak governorate in connection with a deadly attack on a Greek Orthodox church.

All three suspects were wounded in the operation and no security personnel were injured. CBS News Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya said the men were responsible for the October 23 attack at Saint George's Greek Orthodox Church in Hammoud. CBS News Officials said the assault killed nine people and wounded more than two dozen, revising earlier counts.

Three adults were injured and taken to local hospitals after an explosion and fire involving a food truck on St. Paul's East Side Sunday.

The St. Paul Fire Department responded and said firefighters faced difficult alley access but quickly brought the blaze under control. FOX 9 Officials said the cause of the explosion and fire has not been determined and the incident remains under investigation.

A Ninth Circuit panel heard arguments Sunday on the Justice Department's emergency bid to force California to set aside about 20,000 mail ballots tied to people the government says may be noncitizens.

Panel judges pressed DOJ lawyers for nearly two hours about the timing and legal basis for immediate relief, asking whether the appeals court should step in before a district judge rules. Fox News DOJ asked the Ninth Circuit to act by Saturday if U.S. District Judge David Carter did not rule, saying counties could tabulate hundreds of thousands of ballots while the dispute remained unresolved.

On Sunday, October 25, 2026, the Israel Defense Forces launched a 48-hour exercise across northern and central Israel to guard the October 27 election amid Iran tensions.

The drill mobilizes the 210th Division, the West Bank Division, and the 98th and 96th divisions, alongside Israeli Air Force units. Exercises will simulate surprise attacks and infiltrations by air and land.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil's presidential runoff on Sunday, October 25, 2026, defeating Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro and securing a fourth term. NPR Lula carried more than 51% of the vote to Bolsonaro's more than 48%, with over 96% of ballots counted.

Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin ordered voting hours extended by two hours after both campaigns reported obstacles at polling places. NPR Some precincts had already deactivated electronic machines and did not reopen.

Seven people were arrested after a break-in at The Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis, authorities said.

A security monitoring company detected the break-in through the Basilica's alarm system and guided officers during the response, officials said. FOX 9 Authorities say the suspected offenses include burglary of a business, fleeing police on foot and trespassing, and that Minneapolis police's juvenile unit is leading the investigation; four minors were processed and released. FOX 9 Pastor/Rector Fr. Ralph Talbot said the Basilica will cooperate in prosecuting the suspects and thanked MPD and security staff.

Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in Serbia's parliamentary election on Sunday. CBS News He said his Serbian Progressive Party expects about 105 seats while the student-backed Students' List would take roughly 135-140 of the 250-seat parliament.

Vucic told supporters he believed SNS won roughly 1.7 million votes to the Students' List's about 2.2 million. PBS He blamed the loss on Serbia's independent media, unnamed European countries and what he called an "American deep state." PBS

María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on Sunday, October 25, 2026, reappearing inside a church in Lara state after nearly a year in exile.

Her team confirmed she was back and she posted on X, "Estoy aquí. Con ustedes." CBS News Senior adviser David Smolansky said the return aims to advance a "peaceful, inclusive, and sustainable transition" toward free, fair and verifiable presidential elections.

U.S. measles cases have topped 4,500, with the CDC reporting more than 4,580 cases in 2026 as of Thursday, October 22, and Pennsylvania emerging as the outbreak's epicenter.

CDC data show 96% of U.S. measles patients this year were unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination status. NPR The Pennsylvania Department of Health said on Friday, October 23 that at least 1,338 cases have been confirmed in 44 counties in 2026, with more than 250 hospitalizations and five deaths, three in Lancaster County. NPR Officials say local Amish communities with low vaccination rates are among the hardest hit. NPR Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Debra Bogen held a roundtable with Mifflin County health providers on Thursday, October 22, and providers statewide administered more than 39,000 measles vaccine doses in the first three weeks of October.

Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and several family members suffered minor injuries in a car crash on Saturday, October 24, 2026, while traveling to the Alaska Federation of Natives annual banquet.

Peltola received medical attention and was described as in good spirits after the crash. PBS News Campaign officials said doctors recommended she postpone events scheduled for Sunday and Monday, delaying an eight-stop final-week tour.

On October 25, 2026, Rep. Joyce Beatty's attorneys asked U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington to order the Trump administration to turn over Kennedy Center emails, texts and related documents.

The administration is withholding the records on claims of presidential communications privilege, Beatty's lawyers say the messages directly bear on whether the center's planned closure and renovations were lawful. PBS News A records list cited by Beatty's team shows 19 texts between Kennedy Center CEO Matt Floca and Trump aide Natalie Harp and roughly 180 texts between Floca and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about Kennedy Center matters. PBS News Those messages include exchanges on September 15, 2026, when the center's board again voted to close the building.

The National Weather Service kept a flood watch in effect Sunday, October 25, 2026, for much of the Four Corners region after days of heavy rain.

The Colorado Department of Transportation reported sharply increased San Juan River flows overnight and closed the San Juan River Bridge on Sunday. CBS News San Juan County, New Mexico, officials said floodwaters had receded but left sewage-contaminated mud, and that power outages could last several more days while damage is assessed.

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday, October 25, 2026 defended a Justice Department lawsuit that asks a court to block Alaska from automatically certifying its U.S. Senate election results if the Republican incumbent loses.

Blanche said the DOJ is not "laying any groundwork" for midterm challenges and insisted President Trump is not trying to take over a state election "in any way, shape, or form." NPR He framed the suit's requested remedy as asking Alaska "to not certify if the law is broken." NPR He said the case tests whether a confusing ballot with two Dan Sullivans violated federal law and the Constitution. PBS News Blanche told CBS the effort is meant to "put guardrails in place" and to preserve evidence of possible voter confusion. PBS News He also rejected comparisons to Trump's post-2020 behavior and the January 6 lead-up as "crazy." NPR

On Oct. 1, 2026 Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor to lead a reopened criminal investigation of an alleged October 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.

James said her office will review the facts, gather evidence, interview witnesses and, if warranted, pursue prosecutions as part of an active criminal investigation. Fox News Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten has acknowledged he did not see a full Nov. 14-15, 2024 campus-police interview transcript before declining to charge the case in 2024. CBS News The transcript shows the woman identified as Jane Doe telling investigators, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped," and that she reviewed and signed a six-page statement. CBS News Meanwhile, the online prediction market Polymarket removed a contract on whether any of the seven men named in the civil suit would be charged after more than $450,000 had been wagered and amid public and regulatory criticism.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said nearly 1,000 people were arrested across France as nationwide demonstrations resumed on Saturday, October 24, 2026.

The Interior Ministry estimated about 410,000 protesters nationwide, including roughly 110,000 in Paris. PBS News Clashes erupted near the Paris march endpoint, where police used tear gas and water cannons, and the Paris prosecutor reported 64 arrests linked to the demonstration. PBS News Authorities sent a major security deployment ahead of the marches, with plans for up to 70,000 officers backed by helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons. CBS News Major Paris museums closed and many shops boarded up as authorities tried to limit damage and looting.

Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Sunday, October 18, 2026, to detain ex-OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan as a flight risk, saying he was "mere days" from flying to Saudi Arabia.

The prosecutors' memo says Alfozan's wife and young son left the U.S. on a new one-way itinerary the day after his October 9 arrest, with tickets purchased by a Saudi military official. PBS News The memo adds that Alfozan has at least two bank accounts in Saudi Arabia and "what appears to be considerable support from a foreign government," and it notes Saudi Arabia has no extradition treaty with the U.S.

The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners alleging clergy sexual abuse agreed to an $800 million settlement on Sunday, October 25, 2026, ending a major wave of litigation in New York.

Archbishop Ronald Hicks emailed clergy on Saturday, October 24, 2026, confirming the agreement. PBS He said a formal signing is scheduled for the week of November 6 after all parties gave unanimous sign-off.

On Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, the Israeli military continued a massive operation across the occupied West Bank, displacing thousands in Hebron and keeping West Bank crossings into Israel closed until after the Oct. 27 election.

The army said it operated in more than 400 locations over the weekend and arrested 40 Palestinians it accused of links to Hamas or Islamic Jihad. PBS Military orders also barred most Palestinian workers with permits from entering Israeli settlements on Sunday and Monday. CBS News Hebron municipality officials say more than 2,200 people have been displaced and that all city entrances and exits remain sealed. CBS News PBS reported a higher estimate, saying more than 2,600 Palestinians were displaced from Deir Bahha, Al-Jalda and surrounding neighborhoods, and residents say the army told them Deir Bahha would be closed for 12 days.

A Stanford NBER working paper warns California's proposed Proposition 40 billionaire wealth tax could shrink, rather than raise, public revenue and undermine funding for health care, the study found.

Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% state tax on billionaire wealth to fund the health care system. CBS News The paper estimates seven publicly known billionaire moves removed about $540 billion, roughly 30% of California's billionaire wealth, from the potential tax base. CBS News Authors project the levy could raise about $30 billion, not the $100 billion proponents claim. CBS News They warn permanent income tax losses from billionaire departures could outweigh the levy by about $39 billion in present value.

Ukraine on Saturday, October 24, 2026, disputed Elon Musk's claim that its military broke Starlink's terms after Starlink and the U.S.-controlled Starshield service were restored following a roughly 10-day slowdown that hurt drone operations.

Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara said military Starlink/Starshield was working normally again and that drone tests showed stable connections above 400 kilometers per hour. Wall Street Journal President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had said earlier the network shut off above about 161 km/h in Ukraine, which limited intercepts and fast-drone missions while the service ran at higher speeds in the EU. CBS News Elon Musk wrote online that Starshield is "owned and controlled by the US government" and that any limits on speed or usage are set by the U.S. military and ultimately the president. NPR Musk also said Ukraine's military violated Starlink terms and that a "loophole was closed," a claim Kyiv rejects.

Saudi Arabia reopened King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Sunday, October 25, after it had been closed since an October 10 Houthi cruise-missile strike.

The October 10 strike on a passenger terminal killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 300, prompting a weeks-long suspension of operations and rerouted flights. New York Times Airport authorities advised travelers to verify bookings before heading to the airport as Houthi forces warned airlines to avoid the facility and called it a "military target." New York Times

On Saturday, October 24, 2026, Kim Jong Un crossed a newly opened bridge into Dandong, China, and formally inaugurated it, framing the visit as a front against U.S. influence.

Kim met senior Chinese Communist Party official Wang Huning, who conveyed greetings from President Xi Jinping and called the memorial visit "of great significance" for bilateral ties. CBS News He visited a Korean War memorial and pledged the DPRK would "firmly carry forward" DPRK-China friendship "forged at the cost of blood." CBS News He also toured a local car factory and returned to North Korea via the new bridge.

At least 12 people, including six children, were injured Saturday near Florida A&M University's football stadium in Tallahassee after a shooting that left at least three victims in serious condition.

Police said the shooting followed a fight and that no arrests had been made during the initial investigation. CBS News At least three victims were reported in serious condition, authorities said.

One person was killed in a shooting Saturday night on the 700 block of 6th Street East in St. Paul, police said.

Officers found the person dead at the scene, and St. Paul police say the investigation is ongoing. FOX 9 Police have not released details about the victim, suspects or the circumstances of the shooting.

The Justice Department is reviewing video of protesters being struck and forcibly removed at Providence Park during a Portland Thorns match on Friday, October 23, 2026.

The footage shows Save Women's Sports activists unfurling a banner and revealing shirts marked "XX-XY" before some were struck with flagpoles bearing transgender flags and then escorted out by stadium security. OutKick A Justice Department spokesperson said the department is aware of reports and will review the matter thoroughly, and a DOJ official cited potential viewpoint-discrimination and First Amendment concerns.

Minnesota is projected to reach 400 solar-powered schools by the end of 2026, and state grants have funded 23 electric school buses plus charging infrastructure for districts across the state.

The Solar for Schools program has awarded or reserved roughly $32.6 million for nearly 25 megawatts of capacity and about 29 million kilowatt-hours of expected annual generation. FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul State officials estimate participating schools will save about $46 million on electricity over 20 years.

St. Paul police arrested Eduart Gomez Ochoa shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, near Dale St. N. and Wheelock Pkwy. W. on kidnapping and burglary charges.

Officers arrested him after a citizen reported seeing him, and he is being held at the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center. FOX 9 Police say the arrest ties to a reported Oct. 22 attempted abduction through an apartment window on the 700 block of Como Ave.

On Friday, October 23, 2026, the Ninth Circuit ruled that President Donald Trump illegally seized the California National Guard in 2025.

The court said Mr. Trump unlawfully ordered Guard troops onto Los Angeles streets during immigration protests despite objections from Gov. Gavin Newsom. New York Times The panel explicitly relied on Supreme Court reasoning from a prior case that blocked Mr. Trump from federalizing Guard troops for deployment in Chicago. New York Times Legal experts quoted in the opinion said the decision undercuts any attempt to federalize state Guard units for deployment to polling places in the upcoming midterms.

Malik Beasley is negotiating a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, his attorney said Saturday, October 24, 2026, in Beasley's New York federal case over alleged game-fixing.

Beasley's lawyer said a direction on the talks is expected in the coming days. CBS News Beasley pleaded not guilty in July 2026 to charges that include wire fraud conspiracy and bribery in sporting contests.

A 15-year-old was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle while crossing County Road 81 at 4th Street SE around 8:13 p.m. The teen was transported to a hospital with serious injuries.

Police said the driver remained at the scene, cooperated with investigators, and is not believed to be connected to earlier disturbances. FOX 9 Brooklyn Park Police Department is leading the ongoing vehicle-pedestrian crash investigation. FOX 9 Earlier in the evening, a person in the Osseo High School parking lot suffered a minor injury after being hit by a vehicle backing up and was treated at the scene.

Marva Cook, a 66-year-old Syracuse resident, was charged federally with illegally voting as a noncitizen after appearing in federal court in Syracuse on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, and now faces possible prison, fines and deportation.

Cook voluntarily turned herself in and was placed in shackles during the hearing. PBS She told Homeland Security investigators earlier in October 2026 that she only recently learned she was born in Germany after long believing she was a U.S. citizen.

Six Flags said it will add seat belts to the Goliath roller coaster and other rides with similar clamshell restraints after a rider was ejected and killed on October 12 at Six Flags Over Georgia.

CEO John Reilly announced on October 23 that seat belts will be installed on Goliath and on other coasters that use the same clamshell restraints. PBS News Six Flags has temporarily closed eight other Bolliger & Mabillard coasters at five parks in the U.S. and Canada while safety reviews proceed. PBS News The company said independent engineers and inspectors have been brought in to review safety procedures across Six Flags parks.

An 18-year-old suspect was arrested in Hamburg on Thursday, October 22, 2026, accused of helping drive a 14-year-old Indiana girl to suicide, German prosecutors said.

Hamburg prosecutors say he faces charges as the indirect perpetrator of murder and grievous bodily harm in the girl's death. CBS News The arrest followed an FBI tip, and authorities say the suspect was linked to the "Nefarious Maniac Kult" inside the global 764 network. CBS News Fort Wayne Police Department's homicide unit and FBI Indianapolis provided information used by German investigators. CBS News FBI officials warned there is no safe haven for people who target children online.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported an early rise in flu hospitalizations, with 46 people hospitalized so far and cases concentrated in the Twin Cities metro.

MDH officials say most hospitalizations involve adults over 65 and described counts as "slightly higher" than usual for this time of year.

Sen. Marco Rubio urged Cubans seeking "positive change" to work secretly with the CIA through a "discrete partnership" in a post on X on Friday, October 23, 2026.

The CIA reposted Rubio's message and a Spanish-language appeal, and it published a video explaining how Cubans could contact the agency. CBS News President Trump, at a South Florida campaign rally the same day, said U.S. warships returning from the Strait of Hormuz would "take care of Cuba" and mentioned sending Rubio "to finish up the deal." CBS News Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla rejected the threats on X and warned that Cuba's shores are inhospitable to hostile forces.

On Friday, October 23, 2026, the U.S. reduced staff and placed embassies in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on restricted operations amid intelligence of advanced Iranian plots targeting Americans.

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton sent an unclassified memo to Secretary of State Marco Rubio warning Iran has "substantially increased" efforts to target U.S. personnel. New York Times The memo said lethal plotting had reached "advanced stages" in the Middle East and other countries, and U.S. officials later authenticated the document.

The Supreme Court refused to let the Trump administration immediately enforce a Bureau of Prisons policy that would limit gender-affirming care for transgender federal inmates on Wednesday, leaving a lower-court injunction in place.

The application was first presented to the chief justice, referred to the full Court and denied; Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said they would have granted the stay. NPR The lawsuit, Kingdom v. Trump, covers about 1,000 Bureau of Prisons inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria; the ACLU says more than 2,000 people in BOP custody identify as transgender and about 800 class members were prescribed hormones.

St. Paul leaders unveiled a three-part winter homelessness plan that orders a 60-day outreach window, a six-month temporary shelter and a permanent indoor village in converted warehouse space.

The proposal comes after the clearing of the Pig's Eye Park encampment, where officials say they engaged roughly 200 residents but only about seven accepted services and many moved to other camps. FOX 9 City leaders say they must fund the effort while managing a $26 million budget deficit, a gap that will force choices about how much to invest in outreach, shelter and permanent low-barrier housing.

Minneapolis police officer Chanica Hall was fired in April 2026 after she recognized her brother on an internal Minneapolis Police Department shooting bulletin, photographed it and sent the image to him.

She failed to disclose her brother on required family-disclosure forms and did not report him as a suspect. AlphaNews Then-chief Brian O'Hara authorized her termination.

3M's Fairmont plant will lay off 62 workers beginning Dec. 18 and will close on Dec. 31, the company said in a WARN notice filed with Minnesota DEED.

The State Rapid Response Team's WARN filing lists Dec. 31 as the scheduled closure date and says layoffs will run through that day. FOX 9 Adhesives and fastener production from Fairmont will move to 3M plants in Knoxville, Iowa, and Aberdeen, South Dakota, consistent with 3M's April restructuring plan. FOX 9 The WARN/DEED filing does not disclose 3M's post-closure plans for the Fairmont property.

A chemical tank exploded at an MC Tank Transport terminal in Toledo around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, forcing more than 900 people to evacuate a one-mile radius amid warnings of additional blasts.

Officials said the tank held up to 5,500 gallons of glycidyl methacrylate, a liquid that can vaporize when released and may remain explosive for up to 12 hours. PBS News Authorities ordered more than 900 residents within a one-mile radius to evacuate and told people within three miles to shelter in place; officials said by Wednesday morning everyone in the evacuation zone had left.

The St. Paul school board unanimously voted Tuesday night to postpone a decision on midyear cuts to English Learner teaching positions, leaving potential layoffs unresolved as the district seeks alternatives.

District leaders said enrollment is 542 students below projections, creating an estimated $4.9 million budget shortfall for this year. FOX 9 The board directed staff to develop at least one alternative to reduce or avoid midyear cuts and set a deadline to vote no later than Oct. 30.

Russia freed American Stephen Hubbard on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026; state media said he was at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg as U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff began talks.

Witkoff confirmed the release and thanked President Vladimir Putin during the meeting, calling him "a humanitarian" in remarks that were later widely criticized. CBS News President Trump said on Truth Social he had asked Putin to free Hubbard and asserted the release required no U.S. prisoner swap. PBS News Hubbard is 74 and is a retired Michigan schoolteacher who served in the National Guard and Air Force. CBS News He was captured in eastern Ukraine in 2022 and is expected to be flown to a Texas military hospital because of poor health.

U.S. naval forces are enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports while Iran has stepped up attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Fox News Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov traveled to Tehran this week for talks aimed at preventing a return to large-scale war. CBS News Brig. Gen. Yadollah Javani warned Iran could retaliate against "investments and assets," explicitly citing undersea internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. and its allies strike Iranian infrastructure.

CENTCOM says the USS Rafael Peralta is enforcing a "steel wall" military blockade that allows no exports or imports to Iran except humanitarian shipments permitted by the United States. Fox News CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins said roughly 97% of ships that sought to transit the Strait of Hormuz have done so successfully without being hit by an Iranian projectile. Fox News Still, the Singapore-flagged, Cyprus-owned container ship GFS Pride was struck by an Iranian projectile on October 14 and later sank while being towed ashore because of a fire onboard. Fox News U.S. Adm. Brad Cooper said more than 20 civilian mariners have been killed by Iranian attacks on commercial shipping since February. Fox News Cooper added that about 400 merchant ships sailed through the Strait in the previous seven days while U.S. forces helped Gulf partners move over 100 million barrels of crude oil during that period.

Israeli forces detained about 80 American and Israeli activists, including U.S. congressional nominee Brad Lander, during an olive-harvest solidarity effort near Nahalin on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.

The group included rabbis from the U.S. nonprofit T'ruah and Israel's Rabbis for Human Rights. NPR They were loaded onto buses after roughly two hours in the grove and taken to a police station for questioning. NPR Israeli troops had declared the area a closed military zone and used drones before arriving, and authorities had not immediately said whether they would press charges. NPR The detentions came after Israeli police arrested 10 suspected settlers in a pre-dawn sweep earlier this week in connection with violent assaults on Palestinians, a U.S. photojournalist and visiting European diplomats.

On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, DOJ Inspector General Don Berthiaume declined to investigate alleged prosecutorial misconduct in the David Hearn Reflecting Pool case.

Berthiaume instead referred the matter to the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility, the unit appointed by the attorney general to review allegations against prosecutors.

Anna Marlene Somoza, a woman described as linked to Mexican cartels, was arrested Sunday, October 18, 2026, in Xochitepec, Mexico, after U.S. Marshals tracked her to the Cuernavaca area.

U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine said federal prosecutors are seeking Somoza's extradition to Arizona so she can face first-degree murder charges in the 1997 death of 3-year-old Crystal Reyes. CBS News Authorities described Somoza as having ties to organized crime and said she had been a fugitive for more than a decade.

Australian MP Helen Haines lost both legs after being deliberately struck by a car near her office in Wangaratta, Victoria, on Monday in what police called a targeted attack.

Surgeons subsequently amputated both legs, and Haines' husband said she is alive and in stable condition at a Melbourne hospital. CBS News Police charged 43-year-old Brendan Nugent with dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally causing serious injury, harming a public official, and cannabis offenses. CBS News Nugent appeared in a Wangaratta court, did not seek bail, and is due back in court on February 4, 2027.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Rose Garden on Monday, October 19, 2026, creating an NIH Division of Women's Health and a White House task force on women's health research.

First lady Melania Trump framed the initiative as this generation's fight to find cures, saying, "Beginning today we will change the reality of women's health." PBS White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, recently treated for breast cancer, will co-lead the task force with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. PBS The executive order lists maternal health, mental health, endometriosis, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, heart disease and stroke as top priorities. PBS It directs agencies to boost research and diagnostic technology for women's health but sets no specific funding goals.

Armed Homeland Security Investigations agents have been knocking on doors in multiple states since September 2026 to ask residents about immigration status and whether they registered or voted.

An internal Department of Homeland Security directive describes a "Criminal Voter Fraud" initiative with field reviews in at least six states and reassigns hundreds of agents from other cases. CBS News Protect Democracy has filed suit saying the door-knocking unlawfully inserts federal agents into state voter-roll checks and intimidates lawful voters, and a former HSI agent calls the practice unprecedented in his 23-year career.

U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick ruled on Oct. 13, 2026 that Elon Musk and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem led a false smear campaign against former FEMA CFO Mary Comans.

Fitzpatrick concluded that Department of Homeland Security officials and other senior figures falsely accused Comans of bypassing leadership to send "egregious" migrant hotel payments to New York City. CBS News He named Noem, Elon Musk and Corey Lewandowski among the defendants he found responsible for spreading the false claims. CBS News Court records show the disputed payments to state and local governments, including New York City, were approved by senior DHS and FEMA officials and by staff at Dogecoin-related companies overseen by Musk.

The Federal Aviation Administration approved the Boeing 737 Max 10 for passenger service in the United States on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, ending years of regulatory delays and clearing the way for airline deliveries.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, speaking at Boeing's Everett, Washington factory, said the certification followed "extensive safety reviews," including thousands of hours of test flights, and called it a major win for American manufacturing. NPR Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stephanie Pope said the certification "clears the path to deliver an airplane" and described it as a major milestone in Boeing's recovery and future growth. NPR Boeing expects to begin 737 Max 10 deliveries in 2027. NPR The Max 10 will typically seat 185-210 passengers, compared with 175-195 on the Max 9 and 160-180 on the Max 8.

An annual U.N. emissions report released in October 2026 found that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose dramatically last year while global emissions were flat, marking the United States as a major outlier.

The report says the U.S. was the only major economy with a dramatic rise and is now tied with Russia for the highest per-capita emissions among G20 countries. NPR It attributes the increase to higher electricity demand and to Trump administration measures that extend coal-plant operations, roll back vehicle fuel-economy standards, and phase out tax credits for solar and wind.

Florida executed William Reaves by lethal injection immediately after 6:00 p.m. Central on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. CBS News He took several big breaths about 30 seconds after the injection, then stopped moving, was checked by a medic and was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. Central.

Reaves was convicted of killing Vero Beach Deputy Richard Raczkoski after a September 1986 struggle over a gun at a convenience store. CBS News A 911 call placed by Reaves led to the encounter, a gun fell from his shorts, the two fought and Reaves shot Raczkoski four times as the deputy ran away. CBS News He was 77 at his execution and was the eighth Florida prisoner over age 70 put to death in 2026. CBS News More than 100 military veterans sent Gov. Ron DeSantis a clemency letter citing Reaves' reported 100% VA-rated Vietnam War PTSD, and his attorneys said jurors were never told of that rating. CBS News Florida's Supreme Court rejected his last state appeals last week, and petitions remained pending before the U.S. Supreme Court when he was put to death.

On October 20, 2026, the Memphis City Council voted down a proposed one-year moratorium on new data centers and instead approved a 135-day construction ban to pause projects while officials study their local impacts.

Council members and proponents said the shorter ordinance was intended to complement Mayor Paul Young's separate 90-day executive order to study data center development and its effects on the city.

A shooting in Burnsville about 7 p.m. Tuesday wounded one person and prompted police to issue a shelter-in-place order near the 1700 block of McAndrews Road West.

Police said the victim was struck by gunfire and suffered injuries that are not life-threatening. FOX 9 Officers called in mutual-aid partners and remained on scene as they worked an active investigation.

Minnesota and federal authorities announced a coordinated crackdown Monday that brings 46 federal, state and local agencies together under the state's Crime Gun Intelligence Center to target recent Somali gang violence across the Twin Cities.

The effort will expand existing task forces, rely on NIBIN shell-casing matches and be framed as a "data-driven" policing strategy, officials said. FOX 9 FBI Special Agent in Charge Chris Dotson said federal tools, including possible RICO prosecutions, are "on the table" as part of the operation. FOX 9 Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher estimated about 300 Somali gang members in roughly 13 groups and urged arrests of about 50, with RICO charges sought against roughly 25.

Minnesota officials announced that 46 law enforcement agencies have agreed to share gun evidence and intelligence through the Minnesota Crime Gun Intelligence Center as part of a New Jersey-modeled, data-driven Twin Cities anti-gang effort.

State leaders said the coordination will run through the Crime Gun Intelligence Center and focus on intelligence sharing across jurisdictions. FOX 9 Officials said the framework intentionally builds on existing task forces rather than creating a brand-new statewide gang task force. FOX 9 BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said the aim is to identify "trigger pullers" because gangs are more mobile and cross city lines more often. FOX 9 ATF Special Agent in Charge Joe Persails said combining local intelligence with federal resources and heavier use of ballistic databases such as NIBIN will help identify shooters more effectively. FOX 9 FBI Special Agent in Charge Chris Dotson said RICO is one possible federal charging avenue among several investigative tools, and local leaders urged that focusing on Somali and East African gangs not be seen as blanket blame of the Somali community.

Nigeria's Health Ministry confirmed an Ebola case in Abuja on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, in a woman who had been in eastern Congo and transited through Uganda, raising alarm amid a fast-spreading regional outbreak.

The woman developed symptoms on October 7 and was admitted to a private Abuja hospital on October 11 before testing positive for Ebola. PBS News Health Minister Muhammad Pate said authorities have identified and begun tracing 44 contacts of the patient.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted Toforest Johnson's death sentence to life in prison without parole on October 20, 2026, in the case over the 1995 killing of a Jefferson County deputy.

Ivey said there was not enough direct evidence to justify execution but she stopped short of declaring Johnson innocent. CBS News Johnson was convicted in the 1995 killing of Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff William Hardy, who prosecutors say was shot twice in the head while working off-duty at a hotel. CBS News Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr and several former Alabama judges and prosecutors have questioned the conviction and urged a new trial. CBS News A key prosecution witness testified she overheard Johnson confess on a phone call and was later paid $5,000 for her testimony, a payment the defense says was not disclosed at trial.

President Donald Trump said in an Oval Office exchange on Oct. 20 that Rep. Ilhan Omar "could" be deported and "could also go to jail," escalating the spotlight on a federal citizenship probe.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Oct. 16 called investigators' case "strong" as the inquiry into Omar's immigration records widened.

Trump administration lawyers argued before the D.C. Circuit on Friday that presidential papers belong to Donald Trump personally rather than to the American people under the Presidential Records Act.

The appeal comes as the administration asks the court to overturn a post-Watergate rule that treats presidential records as public property. NPR The case is before the D.C. Circuit on arguments tied to whether the Presidential Records Act can be applied to documents held after a president leaves office.

Hennepin County Judge Rachel Hughey on Tuesday ordered 17-year-old Nyzeir A'shoun Reay of Inver Grove Heights certified to stand trial as an adult on two counts of second-degree murder in a Brooklyn Park park shooting.

Reay faces two counts of second-degree murder for the July 5 shooting at Hartkopf Park that left a 16-year-old boy critically wounded and later dead. FOX 9 U.S. Marshals arrested Reay on July 29 in Peoria, Illinois, on a Hennepin County warrant before he was extradited back to Minnesota.

On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, British counterterrorism police rearrested a 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service under the National Security Act.

Police said one man was first arrested on September 27, 2026, when a suspected plot at RAF Fairford occurred. PBS News The other was first arrested on October 1 and both were released on bail before the rearrests.

Jamal Jevonte Nash, 29, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder after police say he struck his 69-year-old father twice with a hammer at a North St. Paul home on Oct. 18.

Court records show Nash is being held on $1 million bail in Ramsey County. FOX 9 Police say Nash told officers, after being read his rights, that he hit his father because he believed his father was holding him hostage and someone was attacking his family.

President Donald Trump announced a Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program in the Oval Office on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, and said he will personally decide who gets paid.

He said whistleblowers could receive 1% of reported fraud amounts with no cap and that awards would not require criminal charges, remarks that conflict with guidance on the government site. CBS News The America.gov/fraud page states awards are capped at $30,000 and conditioned on criminal charges, creating an apparent contradiction with the president's remarks.

A judge rejected an insanity defense and convicted Jack Joseph Ball, 25, of first-degree premeditated murder in the killings of his sister and her unborn child on Tuesday.

The judge found Ball spent months planning the attack and arranged to be alone with his sister. FOX 9 Court records show he hid weapons and kept journals describing fantasies of killing and dismemberment. FOX 9 The judge said the writings, which included necrophilia and cannibalism fantasies, showed he understood his actions were criminal and wrong.

A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, published Monday, found midwater marine life in the Gulf of Mexico's "twilight zone" declined roughly 60% after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill.

From 2011 to 2015 researchers recorded a 63.5% fall in midwater fish, a 62% drop in crustaceans, a 59.7% decline in squid and octopus, and a 72% fall in krill. PBS News Follow-up sampling through 2023 found populations remained far below 2011 levels, with only slight and statistically weak upticks in 2022-2023.

Alberta voters decisively rejected a proposal to begin a legal process toward independence in a province-wide referendum held Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, with roughly 75% choosing to remain in Canada.

Unofficial tallies published Tuesday showed more than 1.8 million votes counted from about 81% of voting areas. PBS More than 1.35 million Albertans, roughly 43% of eligible voters, had cast advance or special ballots before the vote, and more than 100 polling stations extended hours on voting day. NPR Prime Minister Mark Carney called the result an affirmation of Canadian unity, and Premier Danielle Smith said, "Albertans have voted for a stronger Alberta in a united Canada." PBS

On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar were "very, very close" to a bilateral trade agreement after talks in Mumbai.

Rubio told reporters that only a "small number of items" remain to be wrapped up and he expects the deal to be completed shortly. PBS News Jaishankar said the talks in Mumbai covered ways to strengthen ties in trade, energy, technology and defense and included discussion of regional developments. PBS News They also took part in a trilateral meeting with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. PBS News Rubio is scheduled to visit Reliance Industries' Jamnagar refinery in Gujarat on Wednesday, October 21 and to meet business leaders as part of the trip's commercial focus.

Ukraine's 92nd Assault Brigade says it used a heavy-lift aerial drone to evacuate a wounded soldier from a front-line position on Monday, October 19, 2026, in a life-saving medevac operation.

The soldier, Konstantyn Vlasenko, had been trapped for almost 500 days. CBS He had carried out partial self-amputations of both legs while isolated in an area that was too heavily mined and exposed to Russian drones for ground or robotic rescue.

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts could miss the rest of the 2026 season after tests showed deep vein thrombosis in his left leg and blood clots in both lungs, the team said by Oct. 19-20.

Hurts was first hospitalized in London on Saturday, October 10, 2026, where doctors detected a superficial blood clot in his left calf and told him to stay awake overnight. CBS News Despite that diagnosis, Hurts was cleared to play on Sunday, October 11, 2026, and threw for 222 yards and a touchdown in the Eagles' 19-17 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. CBS News Head coach Nick Sirianni said he is not a medical expert and that he fully relies on the team's medical staff, declining to explain why Hurts flew and played after the initial clot was detected.

Fifteen defendants tied to Minneapolis anti-ICE protests are scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday at 2 p.m. for a hearing on motions over what evidence will be admissible at trial.

An eight-count indictment charges them with conspiracy to impede a federal officer and interstate stalking and threats. FOX 9 It also charges solicitation to commit a crime of violence, multiple assaults on federal officers, and destruction of government property.

President Donald Trump announced at a Kansas rally on Monday, October 19, 2026, that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will launch an $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief program to offset farmers' diesel costs during the harvest.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said the program will cover part of farmers' estimated 2026 crop-year losses with payments tied to Farm Service Agency acreage reports and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates yields and prices. CBS News USDA said it will announce payment rates for major commodity crops in November, that farmers can apply via Login.gov, and that crop insurance will not be required to qualify.

Israel Defense Forces military police detained at least 40 ultra-Orthodox Jewish men at Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, on suspicion of evading mandatory military service.

The IDF said the men had passed through the airport border crossing and are subject to mandatory service. CBS News The military police said the suspects will be tried in accordance with Israeli law.

Elon Musk donated $158 million in September to the Senate Leadership Fund, which quickly routed the money to a Texas political committee supporting Attorney General Ken Paxton in a close Senate race.

Federal Election Commission filings show Musk gave $75 million on Sept. 9 and $83 million two weeks later, for a combined $158 million. CBS News The Senate Leadership Fund disbursed equal amounts the day after each contribution to a Texas PAC that has reported more than $100 million in pro-Paxton and anti-Talarico spending.

On Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, Sens. Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren and Raphael Warnock released a report urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to tighten oversight of contractors that run state Medicaid eligibility systems.

The inquiry singled out Deloitte, General Dynamics Information Technology, Gainwell Technologies and Conduent as the firms that build and operate most states' Medicaid eligibility IT systems. CBS News The senators asked CMS to require specific contract standards, to publish contracts and amendments, and to disclose vendor performance data and change orders as a condition of federal funding.

President Donald Trump publicly endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection on Sunday, tying possible U.S. military action against Iran to Israel's choice of leader.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quietly visited Israel on Monday and met with Netanyahu, a trip reported to U.S. and Israeli outlets. CBS News He posted on X that he was in U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility and praised U.S. personnel as "on a historic mission." CBS News The post did not say he was in Israel, and the Pentagon declined public comment.

Blaine residents are seeing steep jumps in their quarterly water bills, with many receiving statements of about $450 to more than $900 and some saying bills have roughly doubled.

Residents described "sticker shock" and are questioning how rates were set and billed. FOX 9 City officials say the increases are part of an aggressive strategy to cut reliance on long-term debt and to fund capital needs with cash.

A former Robbinsdale school principal has been charged in a criminal complaint accusing her of sexually abusing a student, with incidents dated to January 2021 and January 2023.

The complaint includes one count covering conduct when the victim was 13-15 and a second covering conduct when he was 16-17. FOX 9 The victim told reporters he says the abuse actually continued until about age 20. FOX 9 He also reported that the former principal allegedly bribed him not to report the abuse. FOX 9 In a follow-up interview he described intercourse happening about five times a week and oral sex more often. FOX 9 He said the frequency declined after she moved to Wisconsin, though she allegedly returned to Minnesota for further sex acts.

A 16-year-old opened fire inside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, killing three children and a teacher and critically wounding two others on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

Police identified the shooter as a 16-year-old Bend resident named John Griffin. CBS News A 36-year-old parent, Kaylub Giamanco, followed the attacker into the school and fatally shot him, ending the rampage, officials said. CBS News Authorities confirmed two victims by name — 5-year-old Rhoam Summer and 25-year-old teacher Megan Lambert — and said the families of the other child victims asked for privacy.

U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes sharply rebuked Trump administration lawyers on Monday in Washington over plans to renovate East Potomac Golf Links and questioned whether the government had misled the court.

Reyes repeatedly contrasted President Trump's public posts touting a "final plan" with government statements that the renovation remained conceptual, asking, "Do I believe the president of the United States or do I believe you?" NPR Ahead of the hearing, Trump called Reyes a "crazed lunatic" on Truth Social and asserted renovation work did not need court approval, declaring, "Work is scheduled to begin IMMEDIATELY!" NPR Reyes said she had ordered in May that the government give notice of any substantial construction, including removal of more than 10 trees. NPR Officials told the court late on Friday, October 9 that they planned to remove as many as 529 trees and began felling the next day, prompting Reyes to order a stop and impose a 24-hour halt after saying she was "beyond disappointed." NPR

The University of North Carolina and the federal government announced a settlement on Monday, October 19, 2026, that closes 19 federal inquiries and preserves UNC's access to federal research funding.

Under the agreement, UNC will align its policies on admissions, diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and responses to perceived antisemitic conduct with standards set by the Trump administration. New York Times The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights will end 18 investigations and the Justice Department will drop a separate compliance review as part of the deal.

On October 19, 2026, Mississippi's attorney general said a Senatobia police officer was justified in the shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.

The shooting occurred in mid-June as officers responding to a Walmart shoplifting call fired at a car they said was driving toward police. PBS News Neither Kohen's mother, Vellesiya Wiley, nor the driver have been charged with shoplifting, and the mother denies any theft occurred.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Dulce Foster ordered Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud held without release pending trial on Monday, October 19, 2026, in a case alleging a plotted terror attack at the Mall of America.

Prosecutors told the court Mohamud was arrested October 6 in a Richfield park after allegedly buying an AK-47, 200 rounds and four 30-round magazines from an undercover FBI employee for $600. PBS News Prosecutors say he intended to attack the Mall of America on October 24 during a Hmong arts celebration and aimed to kill as many people as possible on behalf of ISIS.

Mahmoud Khalil asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, October 19, 2026, to allow federal judges to quickly review and reverse immigration-related detentions.

Khalil, a lawful permanent resident, was detained for more than three months after participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University in 2024 before a New Jersey federal judge ordered his release as unconstitutional. PBS The petition challenges a 3rd U.S. Circuit ruling earlier this year that said federal courts lack jurisdiction to hear such detention claims until immigration courts fully adjudicate each case. PBS That 3rd Circuit ruling was stayed to allow Khalil to appeal.

Japan launched the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission to Phobos on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, from Tanegashima Space Center, carrying NASA instruments and a sample rover.

The H3 rocket used four solid strap-on boosters and two hydrogen-fueled first-stage engines, followed by two upper-stage burns, releasing the 9,900-pound MMX probe one hour 11 minutes after liftoff. CBS News The mission cost is about $350 million, and NASA has two instruments aboard MMX. CBS News NASA scientist Thomas Statler said returned samples could help determine whether Phobos and Deimos formed from a giant impact or are captured asteroids.

On Friday night, October 16, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order pausing implementation of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act by invoking the law's national-interest waiver.

The waiver explicitly halted the law's planned 100% tariffs on top importers of Russian crude and natural gas and suspended 500% tariffs on certain Russian goods until further notice. CBS News The move followed the administration's separate deal to buy hundreds of thousands of tons of Russian diesel and has drawn sharp bipartisan criticism as aiding Moscow's war effort. CBS News President Trump defended his approach, saying, "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine," and that "we've given a lot to Ukraine, they've given us nothing." CBS News

On Monday, October 19, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security said Ukrainians and Sudanese with temporary protected status (TPS) will remain shielded from deportation past the October 19 end date.

The reprieve covers about 101,000 Ukrainians and 1,800 Sudanese while DHS decides whether to extend, redesignate, or terminate TPS. PBS DHS did not say how long the interim protections will last or when a final decision will be announced. PBS Advocates called the action a "last-minute" bandage and urged Congress or the administration to create a permanent residency path for people who cannot safely return.

Minnesota voters will decide races in the 2026 general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, with absentee voting open since Sept. 18 and early in-person voting running Oct. 16-Nov. 2.

Early in-person voting now works like Election Day, with voters filling out ballots and feeding them directly into tabulators at at least one site per county. FOX 9 Hennepin and Ramsey counties are offering multiple early voting sites. FOX 9 Absentee ballots can be requested online or by paper, and completed ballots must be received by Election Day or delivered in person by 5 p.m. on Nov. 3 to count. FOX 9 Use of 24-hour drop boxes and third-party ballot return is limited, so check local rules.

A visitor, Brother Rogerio Renato Mateucci, 55, was killed when roof debris fell on him at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West amid strong winds on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, in Scottsdale.

The victim was the rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná and a Marist brother. New York Times The collapse happened around 2 p.m. local time when high winds ripped part of the compound's roof and sent debris into a visitor area. New York Times Taliesin West, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed World Heritage site and National Historic Landmark, has been closed to the public until further notice.

Gangs in Croix-des-Bouquets on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, attacked an armored vehicle carrying four Salvadoran aviation technicians with explosives and gunfire, and the soldiers are missing.

The Salvadoran military said the vehicle was set on fire and the soldiers escaped on foot, while repeated ground and helicopter attempts to reach them were repelled by heavy fighting. PBS News U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz told the Security Council on Monday that the four are believed to be alive but remain missing and warned gangs they will not intimidate the coalition.

Shawn Oliver, 42, suspended his campaign for Massachusetts lieutenant governor after his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence following a crash in New Bedford late Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026.

Police arrested Oliver at a hospital on suspicion of operating under the influence, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, a marked lanes violation and speeding. PBS News Oliver announced on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, via X that he was ending his campaign, saying the election was too important to be overshadowed by personal matters.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Department of Justice v. McNutt, a challenge to a 160-year-old federal ban on distilling liquor at home that carries criminal penalties.

The statute at issue traces to an 1868 law that makes private home distilling for personal use a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison and forfeiture of property. Axios The case will focus on whether Congress can justify the ban under its taxing power after lower courts struck much of the law, and the Department of Justice asked the high court to review those rulings. Axios CBS News

Around 3 p.m. CT on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, F-16s intercepted a general aviation plane that entered restricted airspace over Cincinnati during a President Trump rally.

North American Aerospace Defense Command said the fighters safely escorted the aircraft out of the area and warned that temporary flight restriction violators may face federal enforcement upon landing. CBS News Air Force officials on Sunday reminded pilots to review Notices to Air Missions, known as NOTAMs, for current airspace restrictions before flying.

On Monday, October 19, 2026, the Supreme Court declined to revive a previously negotiated Guantanamo plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, clearing the way for the Pentagon to withdraw it.

Axios said the court's move was framed as a refusal to "revive" the plea agreement and that the decision leaves the Pentagon free to withdraw the deal. Axios CBS News separately reported that the high court turned away an appeal from the accused 9/11 mastermind.

On Monday, October 19, 2026, Kim Yo Jong warned North Korea may deploy more "tactical strike means" along the Demilitarized Zone and resume loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts aimed at South Korea.

She framed the warning as a response to what Pyongyang calls hostile acts by the South, but she did not spell out what weapons would be sent or when broadcasts would resume.

Alexandros Paporakis, a teen from Palatine, Illinois, was arrested after authorities say he drove to an Aurora Hindu temple on Oct. 11 while armed and allegedly targeting Indian worshippers.

Police say Paporakis remained in the Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple parking lot for several minutes and left only after his rifle jammed. PBS He was arrested on Wednesday, October 14, near his Palatine home after a Taco Bell coworker alerted authorities that he planned to "kill Indian people." PBS Authorities recovered weapons and ammunition, a gas canister labeled with a slur against South Asians, multiple items bearing Nazi symbols, and a manifesto in which he fantasized about mass murder and killing nonwhite people. PBS U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who said he and his parents were inside the temple during the incident, is urging the FBI to prosecute it as a hate crime and to redirect resources toward combating domestic violent extremism.

A National Guardsman and a suspect were shot near the U.S. Capitol shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday, October 18, 2026, and both were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening leg injuries.

Interim D.C. police chief Jeffrey Carroll said Guardsmen in a van on Capitol Hill saw a fight and a person draw a gun. CBS News Carroll said Guardsmen ordered the person to drop the gun and fired after the person allegedly pointed it at them.

Mexico announced Sunday, October 18, 2026, that authorities arrested five suspects tied to a Sinaloa cartel faction in the killings of 10 workers employed by a Canadian mining company in Sinaloa.

The defense ministry said the suspects work for a Sinaloa faction controlled by Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's sons and named one suspect as Jesus Abraham, alias Taliban. CBS News Officials said the 10 Mexican workers were kidnapped at gunpoint on January 23, 2026, from a Vizsla Silver project in Concordia, Sinaloa. CBS News Their bodies, including two engineers and a geologist, were later found buried in clandestine graves.

President Trump is tying a five-year, $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program to state rollbacks of certificate of need hospital laws, rewarding states that weaken or repeal CON rules with higher application scores.

CMS guidance calls certificate of need requirements an "additional expense and burden on rural facilities" and explicitly links fewer CON rules to better scoring under the program. CBS News Tennessee passed a bipartisan bill in April 2026 to dismantle most of its remaining CON rules over four years, and Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa and Mississippi said they will consider changes.