Yahoo

Tropical Storm Isaias has formed in the Gulf and is expected to approach the U.S. northern Gulf Coast on Friday after becoming a hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center . Isaias would be the Atlantic Basin's first hurricane of the season and is its ninth named storm. El Nio continues to bring a more active season in the Pacific. The storm formed with less than two months remaining in the 2026 hurricane season , which ends Nov. 30. Maps show possible path Tropical Storm Isaias, whic

Millions of Medicare beneficiaries will receive a $90 payment from the Social Security Administration this week as part of an effort to lower health care costs for older Americans. President Trump announced on Oct. 2 that the administration would send a one-time payment to around one-third of people enrolled in Medicare Part B, which covers doctors' visits, outpatient care and preventive screenings. In a White House statement, the Trump administration said the premium rebates were intended to he

Nidal Hasan, who was sentenced to death for the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, will be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3, according to a memo from the acting Army secretary. The execution, the first carried out by the U.S. military in more than 60 years, is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT, according to the memo issued Tuesday by acting Army Secretary Adam Telle. The Pentagon announced Monday that Hasan would be executed by firing squad after President Donald Trump approved the decision Friday.

With the astonishing news that Christa Pike is conscious, talking and making a medically unprecedented recovery following her botched execution , Tennessee is now facing a critical question: Will the state try to kill her again? Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking,and continues to receivecriticalmedical care, her attorneys said in a statement on Oct. 6. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery. So far, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has not responded

People pay their respects at a memorial on the steps of the Town Hall, following a vigil the previous day, in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, Feb. 14, 2026. - Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press/AP US authorities have announced the arrest of a 30-year-old from Washington state in connection with the February school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. The person, identified by authorities as James Cody Bryant, was arrested in Bellingham, Washington, on Tuesday morning on a char

The former CIA officer arrested after authorities discovered roughly $40 million worth of gold bars in his Virginia home pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to a single count of wire fraud, admitting he defrauded the U.S. government out of nearly $200 million for his personal benefit. David Rush was previously described by prosecutors as a master manipulator who used his clandestine position to amass millions worth of gold bars and luxury watches -. though the government revealed in Tuesd

Christa Pike is conscious and speaking in the hospital after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her last week, her lawyers said Tuesday. Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery, her legal team wrote in a statement r

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a press conference at the House of Collections in Reykjavik, Iceland, on October 6, 2026. - Mark Schiefelbein/Pool/AFP/Getty Images The Trump administration is struggling to get clear answers about the death of a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague, amid days of stonewalling from Russian officials about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the episode. The death of the technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-

Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessees attempt to execute her , is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said Tuesday. Pikes attorneys said her prognosis is still unclear and said she faces a long recovery. Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care, attorneys for Pike said in a statement. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the b

Attorneys for Olympic canoeist David Hearn asked the internal watchdogs at the Justice and Interior departments on Tuesday to investigate the circumstances surrounding his arrest, indictment and the dismissal of the case, according to a letter seen by CBS News. Hearn's case garnered national attention, after he was falsely accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and subsequently indicted on a charge of felony destruction of government property. Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorne

Thousands of people gathered at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., on Monday in support of Jane Doe, the former student who alleges she was drugged and raped by multiple members of a fraternity in October 2024. The Justice for Survivors rally was organized by over 20 student organizations who led a late afternoon march to Day Hall, which houses the university's administrative offices and had been vandalized by activists overnight . Students, faculty, and residents from across the state took pa

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency on Monday as neighboring Pennsylvania battles its largest measles outbreak in three decades. As of Oct. 3, New York has recorded 108 measles cases so far this year, 92 of those since mid-July across 18 rural counties where communities are under-immunized, according to Hochul's order. After reviewing the latest data on measles cases in New York State, I am declaring a state disaster emergency to strengthen our ongoing efforts to confr

BERKELEY, Calif. - After artificial intelligence safety advocates captured Washingtons attention with dire warnings about the technologys power, the Trump administration and its allies embraced some of their suggestions, while moving to sideline the advocates themselves. Battle lines have been drawn in recent days over part of an accord signed by President Donald Trump and AI chief executives last week: Who should audit AI companies systems to ensure their technology behaves as intended. Subscri

One day after a campus-wide alert notified students about a reported rape at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024, the school's police department received a tip from an anonymous caller saying that the Chi Phi's fraternity's leadership asked a potential witness to stay quiet because the reputation of all involved and the frat would be ruined if details of the incident spread across campus, according to the school records reviewed by ABC News. Videos first obtained by ABC News showed that Corn

The $110 billion merger of Paramount Skydance ( PSKY ) and Warner Bros. Discovery ( WBD ) closed on Tuesday after Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied a last-minute effort to halt the deal. The new company known as Skydance ( SKYD ) brings the HBO Max and Paramount+ streaming services under one umbrella, roughly seven months after Paramount won a long bidding war for Warner Bros. over Netflix ( NFLX ). The merger had faced plenty of pushback and a long road to closing. The completed transac

The interior ministry said 86,000 had joined the protests, unions gave a higher figure (ROMEO BOETZLE) Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations. Students have blocked the entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15- to 17-year-olds since late September, complaining of missing teachers, overloaded t

LONDON (AP) British police on Tuesday arrested a 22-year-old man in London on suspicion of a terror offense over a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England that authorities have linked to Iran . The arrest is the seventh in connection with a suspected plot against RAF Fairford , located 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of London, which has been used by American bombers to strike Iran during this year's war. Five British men in their 20s were detained near the perimeter of the

Two injured crew members from one of the ships have been sent for treatment [Petko Momchilov / Reuters] A civilian cargo ship has sunk and its crew is missing after being attacked by drones in the Black Sea, Bulgarian officials say. A second vessel - carrying grain - was also hit within Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said. Its 18 crew were rescued. Radev did not say who was behind the attacks, which come as Russia intensifies strikes in the Black Sea, particularly

MOSCOW, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Russia's health watchdog said on Tuesday that no cases of plague had been detected among people who had come into contact with a Siberian plague institute laboratory worker who died last week. Authorities say the 28-year-old woman died on Friday from pneumonia of an as-yet unestablished origin, in a case that has prompted international concern, including from US President Donald Trump. Rospotrebnadzor, the watchdog, said in a statement that no infectious diseases had be

Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army major who killed 13 people in a 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, will be executed by firing squad, the Pentagon announced Monday. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended and President Donald J. Trump has approved death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell wrote on X . He added, The Secretary of the Ar

Oct 6 (Reuters) - Governments, courts and companies are considering restrictions and examining existing rules on smart glasses amid worries that the technology, brought to mainstream byMeta's Ray-Bans, could be used to photograph, film or audio-record confidential materials or people without their knowledge. Here is a summary of what countries and regions are doing to protect people's privacy, in alphabetical order. AUSTRALIA The federal government said in September it wasconsidering barring the

The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) dropped by almost 800,000 barrels last week, and the Trump administration moved forward with plans to sell another 40 million barrels in the coming months. New data released on Monday by the US Department of Energy showed the US energy backstop sitting at 283 million barrels, down from 283.77 million the week prior. That leaves about two weeks of US oil consumption in the reserve amid widespread worries about global stockpiles, which the head of Saudi Ara

Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful The PTL Club TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86. Bakker died Monday, his second wife, Lori Bakker, said in a statement. His cause of death was not immediately clear. He was a pioneer of Christian television, but to me, he was my husband, my best friend, and the man I was honored to walk beside through so many seasons of life and mini