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Meta denies accusation of anti-Lula political bias in Brazil after electoral court ruling

Tech giant Meta has denied accusations it has acted with political bias during Brazil’s presidential campaign

October 16, 2026

Arts

Grynspan holds lead for next UN chief as race enters decisive stage

An informal poll by the United Nations Security Council on Friday placed former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as the narrow

October 16, 2026

Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Actor Selma Blair did not intend harm on flight, spokesperson says

A representative for Selma Blair, who was arrested this week and charged with assault for actions on a US Delta Air Lines flight,

October 16, 2026

Arts|Crime

Florida art dealer gets nearly 4 years in prison for scheme to sell fake Andy Warhol artworks

A South Florida art dealer has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for a scheme that involved selling fake Andy Warhol artworks

October 16, 2026

Arts

Trump rallies with top Republicans in critical battleground state of Georgia

Donald Trump flew to Georgia to campaign with Republican candidates for the Senate and governor

October 16, 2026

The Latest: Teacher threw cellphone and tackled gunman who killed 4 at Oregon school, police say

A 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, killing three children and a teacher before he was shot by a person at the scene who pursued him into the school

October 16, 2026

Arts|Health|Technology|Travel

Georgia amusement park reopens as scheduled after roller coaster death

Six Flags Over Georgia has opened for the first time since a man fell to his death from the Goliath roller coaster

October 16, 2026

Arts|Business|Technology|Travel

Boeing sales chief McMullen to retire, company memo says

Boeing jetliner sales chief Brad McMullen is retiring in December and will be succeeded in one of the industry's most high-profile jobs by Ryan Weir, currently in

October 16, 2026

Arts

The Latest: Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving post after a rocky start

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is transitioning out of the role after a brief and rough tenure as President Donald Trump’s chief spokesperson

October 16, 2026

ICE pursuit in Houston that broke a man's leg targeted a suspect who died years ago, family says

A federal immigration vehicle hit a Houston construction worker while pursuing a man who apparently died years ago

October 16, 2026

Arts|Entertainment

Selma Blair speaks out on plane incident that resulted in her arrest, saying she ‘did not intend to harm anyone’

October 16, 2026

Arts|Business|Environment

Hurricane Trudy strengthens slightly as it moves towards Mexico’s Pacific coast

Hurricane Trudy has strengthened slightly as it moves towards southwestern and west-central areas of Mexico’s Pacific coast, and could keep growing through Saturday

October 16, 2026

Arts|Business|Crime|Economy

Vandalism threatens nearly $1 billion Metrocenter Mall redevelopment in Jackson

October 16, 2026

Arts

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during olive harvest, and other Middle East developments

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians in towns across the occupied West Bank during the olive harvest

October 16, 2026

Arts

FAA set to approve Boeing 737 MAX 10 as soon as next week, sources say

The Federal Aviation Administration is set to approve the long-delayed Boeing 737 MAX 10 as soon as next week, after completing a

October 16, 2026

Arts|Business|Economy|World

Mexico limits tariffs break to established local carmakers

Mexico said on Friday that a new five-year tariff break for imported car parts will apply only to automakers that already have production facilities in the country.

October 16, 2026

Arts|Asia|Crime|Europe|MidEast

Community leaders say foiled Illinois mass shooting was result of surge in anti-Hindu hate online

Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of attempting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois

October 16, 2026

Arts|Health

Pope Leo speaks with Putin from hospital, just days after lung cancer surgery

October 16, 2026

Putin says Russia is building non-negotiable 'security zone' in Ukraine along border

Russia is establishing a "security zone" inside Ukraine along their border, which will be non-negotiable in any future talks with Kyiv, President Vladimir Putin said on

October 16, 2026

Arts

Israeli settlers torch cars and trees in West Bank villages, disrupting Palestinians' olive harvest

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villages across the West Bank

October 16, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Massachusetts mom hopes to thank teens who showed kindness to son with autism at indoor playground: "It just meant so much"

October 16, 2026

Arts

Trump says ‘zero chance’ he’s replacing chief of staff Susie Wiles

October 16, 2026

Arts|Business|Food

California baker turns childhood passion into business with nonprofit’s help

October 16, 2026

Arts|Entertainment

Can DC blend horror with a superhero movie? 'Clayface' wants to blur genres

Superhero films and horror have usually stayed on separate sides of the multiplex

October 16, 2026

Arts

Burrowing owl rescued from glue trap in Florida

October 16, 2026

Arts|Entertainment|Interview

Chuck Lorre gets candid on hits, flops and hard lessons in new memoir 'Sitcom'

Legendary producer Chuck Lorre, known for hits like “The Big Bang Theory,” reflects on his career in his new memoir, “Sitcom.”

October 16, 2026

7-year-old cancer survivor returns home after 10 months at St. Jude

October 16, 2026

Arts|Crime

Massachusetts man pleads not guilty to killing his mother after argument over cats

October 16, 2026

Dodge the cops, reach the protest: India's latest online political game goes viral

A web-based multiplayer game in which players dodge police and detention on their way to a protest site in New Delhi has gone viral, as

October 16, 2026

Arts|Business|Economy|Finance|Food

KFC switch to Coke puts PepsiCo's food service ties in focus, analysts say

KFC's decision to switch from Pepsi sodas to Coca-Cola at its US restaurants could raise questions about PepsiCo's other longstanding food service partnerships, analysts said, even

October 16, 2026

Hurricane Trudy weakens but may regain strength off Mexican coast

Hurricane Trudy weakened on Friday but could regain strength in the coming hours, meteorologists warned, as the storm approached

October 16, 2026

Arts

Russian attacks kill eight in Ukraine, cut power to over a million

Russian attacks killed at least eight people and injured 60 across Ukraine on Friday, hit two shopping centres and cut power to more than 1 million people after strikes on the

October 16, 2026

Arts|Business|Economy|Technology|World

Judge rejects CFTC, Gemini bid to vacate $5 million settlement

A federal judge in Manhattan has rejected a joint request by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange founded

October 16, 2026

Arts|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

Stocks slip as dollar heads for weekly loss

Global stocks fell modestly on Friday as markets stabilized after a sharp tech-led selloff, while the dollar headed for a

October 16, 2026

Russian strikes and winter hardship may drive more Ukrainians from homes, UN agency warns

Millions of Ukrainians face another winter of

October 16, 2026

Arts|Finance|Science|Technology|World

Private credit roundup: CoreWeave's debt stress tests private credit's AI financing boom

Private credit's expanding role in financing AI infrastructure faced one of its clearest market tests this week as CoreWeave's bonds fell to distressed levels, raising questions

October 16, 2026

Arts|Fashion and Beauty

Alcala's Western Wear in Chicago is an iconic 3-generation family business celebrating Mexican fashion

October 16, 2026

Arts|Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Sean 'Diddy' Combs moved to a new prison after reports of a luxury lifestyle behind bars

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been moved to a federal prison in Pennsylvania after reports that the hip-hop mogul was living the high life and was injured in a fight at his New Jersey lockup

October 16, 2026

US manufacturing output rises in September

US factory production increased in September, but lost considerable momentum in the third quarter amid headwinds from the Middle East conflict, which has snarled supply

October 16, 2026

Arts

Families wait for answers after Nigerian military plane crash

More than a week after a Nigerian Air Force plane crash killed all 25 people on board, families say they are still waiting for answers as military teams

October 16, 2026

Supertanker rates fall from record highs

The cost ‌of shipping oil on the largest tankers fell this week from record highs as demand eased following a wave of attacks on vessels in the Middle East

October 16, 2026

Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Esther McGregor and Emilio Sakraya reportedly set to star in ‘Fourth Wing’ TV series

October 16, 2026

Arts

GOP-controlled local boards restrict voting on Sundays and find other ways to make voting harder

October 16, 2026

Arts

Tayari Jones' novel 'Kin' wins the Kirkus Prize for fiction, earning a $50,000 award

Tayari Jones' novel “Kin” has won the Kirkus Prize for fiction

October 07, 2026

Why the 26 secretary of state races this November matter more than they did before Trump’s drive to assert federal authority over elections

Secretaries of state are at the center of growing conflict over how election authority should be divided between states and the federal government. There are 26 elections for the job this November.

October 16, 2026

Arts

Norwegian teen jailed for 20 years for UK murder plot after being recruited online

A Norwegian teenager who flew to Britain to commit murder after being recruited online by a Swedish organised crime group linked to Iran was jailed on Friday for 20 years.

October 16, 2026

Arts|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets

UK's FTSE 100 logs strongest week in six months on defensive-sector rally

Britain's blue-chip stocks had their best week in six months, as investors flocking to defensive sectors offset a rout in AI-linked stocks, while finance minister John Healey's

October 16, 2026

Swiss journalist risks court sentence for exposing top banker

Zurich prosecutors this week charged Swiss journalist Lukas Haessig with violating banking secrecy over reporting that set off a high-profile corporate criminal trial of the

October 16, 2026

Arts|Finance|Technology|World

Tipping Point

Hello Morning Bid readers! Are we reaching an inflection point?

October 16, 2026

Arts|Technology

Poland urges internet firms to act on violent content after school stabbings

Poland summoned internet companies including Google and Meta to the Digital Affairs Ministry on Friday, demanding they do more to curb the spread of violent content

October 16, 2026

Arts|Economy|Entertainment|Finance|Technology

US equity funds draw renewed inflows as Treasury yields ease

US equity funds attracted inflows in the week to October 14, following outflows the previous week, as Treasury yields eased from recent peaks and investors looked ahead to a strong

October 16, 2026

UN says Gaza malnutrition gains fragile as commercial supplies halt

Gains in tackling malnutrition in Gaza remain fragile and could be undermined by disruptions to supplies entering the Palestinian enclave, the UN

October 16, 2026

Arts

Remote work made these colleagues more open with each other, not less

Remote work does not necessarily mean that social connections break down. Instead, it can provide the spark for stronger and better relationships between co-workers.

October 16, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment

'Wild-eyed' comedian Russell Brand tried to drag me into toilets, woman tells UK court

One of six women who accuse Russell Brand of sex offences told a London court on Friday that the British actor and comedian turned into a "wild-eyed maniac

October 16, 2026

Arts|Entertainment

Will a new leader and a new name boost the rebellion in eastern Congo?

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, took over leadership of rebel forces occupying eastern regions this week, in the

October 16, 2026

Arts|Environment|Interview|Technology

AlertWildfire founder urges California homeowners to prepare as fall fire season intensifies

October 16, 2026

Arts|Europe|Technology|World

Italy air traffic capacity fully restored after network disruption caused delays

Italy's air traffic capacity has been fully restored after overnight issues with the data transmission network

October 16, 2026

BOJ chief vows to keep raising rates, anchor inflation around target

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will focus on anchoring underlying inflation around its 2% target and won't tolerate any

October 16, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Behind bars, 27 Colorado women graduate from program aimed at breaking cycle of incarceration

October 16, 2026

Trump administration sued over accelerated immigration process for migrant kids

October 16, 2026

Arts

Hegseth's TV instincts backfire as Trump rejects execution livestream

As he took to the stage this week at an Army event, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remarked how much it looked like a TV set.

October 16, 2026

Arts|Business|Food|Interview|Lifestyle

State Fair of Texas' oldest Black-owned concessionaire celebrates 50 years in business

October 16, 2026

Arts|Entertainment|Sports

Eyewitnesses at Six flags see fatal accident

Eyewitnesses at Six Flags theme park says they saw the horror first hand of a man falling from the rollercoaster. CNN's Isabel Rosales reports.

October 14, 2026

Arts|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

CoreWeave bond rout tests market's math on AI buildout

A sharp decline in CoreWeave's bonds this week is emerging as a test of investors' willingness to

October 16, 2026

Arts

Russia talks up refinery attack as Trump blames Ukraine for expensive fuel

Russia has publicly acknowledged a Ukrainian drone strike on a major oil refinery this week and broadcast images on state media, breaking with its usual practice in order to

October 16, 2026

Catholics in Africa outnumber those in Europe, Vatican says

There are now more Catholics in Africa than in Europe, the Vatican said on Friday, releasing the latest Catholic Church statistics compiled by its news agency Fides.

October 16, 2026

Brazil's incoming right-wing Congress takes aim at judge who jailed Bolsonaro

Brazil's next Congress is spoiling for a fight with the Supreme Court, including plans for an unprecedented impeachment of one of its justices that could

October 16, 2026

Arts|Asia|Economy|Europe|MidEast

Iran ships some LPG, jet fuel despite US blockade, data shows

Iran has managed to export some liquefied petroleum gas and jet fuel since July, despite a US naval blockade, shipping

October 16, 2026

Arts|Entertainment

Horses tie the knot at special wedding on Georgia farm: "They just really fell in love"

October 16, 2026

Arts|Entertainment|Health|Interview|Science

Roller coaster death and injuries leave fans asking whether the thrill is worth the risk

October 16, 2026

Arts|Entertainment

Nathan Fielder’s movie on Elizabeth Holmes absolutely lives up to the hype

October 16, 2026

Arts|Election

Alaska's Sullivan and Peltola clash over Iran and high prices in testy Senate debate

Alaska’s major U.S. Senate candidates clashed over Iran and consumer prices during a televised debate in the high-stakes contest that could play into control of the chamber

October 15, 2026

Arts|Economy|Environment

LA fire survivors are set to lose case managers as standoff between California and FEMA drags on

A 78-year-old retired teacher whose California home was destroyed by a catastrophic wildfire faces losing her disaster case manager amid a funding standoff between the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency

October 16, 2026

Arts|Election

Elon Musk settles fraud lawsuits over his $1 million giveaways to 2024 election voters

October 16, 2026

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