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Top News Stories for Tuesday, October 14th 2025
Tuesday, Oct 14th, 2025 -
On the day Israel and Hamas exchanged captives and detainees as part of the Gaza deal, United States President Donald Trump framed the agreement he helped broker as a "historic dawn of a new Middle East". "This is not only the end of a war, this is the end of an age of terror and death and the beginning of the age of faith and hope and of God," Trump told the Knesset, Israel's parliament, on Monday. Trump's address ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Oct 14th, 2025 -
This was the last flight of SpaceX's second-gen Starship design. Version 3 arrives next year. SpaceX closed a troubled but instructive chapter in its Starship rocket program Monday with a near-perfect test flight that carried the stainless steel spacecraft halfway around the world from South Texas to the Indian Ocean. The rocket's 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines roared to life at 6:23 pm CDT (7:23 pm EDT; 23:23 ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Oct 14th, 2025 -
: Can't upgrade your Windows 10 PC? Support has ended, so you need to act now Microsoft has officially ended support for its most popular OS ever. Here's what to do with your Windows 10 PCs that fail Microsoft's Windows 11 compatibility tests. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Doing nothing is not a safe option. After more than a decade, with ...
Source: zdnet.com
Tuesday, Oct 14th, 2025 -
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina dissolved the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, deepening the political crisis in the Indian Ocean island nation after a military rebellion led him to flee the country and go into hiding. Rajoelina issued a decree for the National Assembly to be dissolved immediately, according to a statement posted on the Madagascar presidency's ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Oct 14th, 2025 -
cited her White House confrontation with the Republican president in February as proof that she should serve in the Senate, a bid she formally announced with a campaign launch video Tuesday. "I'll stand up to Trump, just as I did in February," Mills said in a telephone interview previewing her campaign with The Associated Press on Sunday. to Trump's executive order barring transgender athletes from school sports. ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Oct 14th, 2025 -
By Several news organizations, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and NPR, have announced that their journalists will not sign a new set of Pentagon restrictions affecting news gathering in the massive military complex. "We fundamentally oppose the restrictions that the Trump administration is imposing on journalists who are reporting on matters of defense and national security," Jeffrey ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
The 2025 Global Tipping Points Report finds that the world's warm-water coral reefs have become the first Earth system to cross its thermal tipping point, putting them at dire risk. reading time 4 minutes At a conference in 2019, marine biologist and coral reef conservationist Melanie McField was caught off guard by a question from another attendee: How does it feel to have dedicated your life to studying an ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
Here are the notable performances in Week 6 from high school football players in Eastern Mass. conferences/leagues. Ethan Edmunds and Alex Weber , Franklin — Edmunds, a freshman quarterback, turned in his best performance yet with 220 passing yards and a touchdown, with his senior captain in support. Weber tallied 215 scrimmage yards, two touchdowns, and led the defense with seven tackles in a 21-20 Hockomock ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
Taylor Swift is closing out the end of an era with all-new documentary series coming at the end of the year. Fresh off a week-long promo week celebrating the release of her 12th album, "The Life of a Showgirl," the pop superstar is ending with a big announcement: Swift is releasing a six-episode series following her behind the scenes of her historic "Eras Tour." She will also release an extended version of the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
Broadcom chip head Charlie Kawwas said OpenAI is not the mystery $10 billion customer that was revealed in the company's Q3 earnings report. Analysts predicted that AI startup OpenAI was the unnamed customer. Broadcom and OpenAI announced plans Monday to develop and deploy racks of OpenAI-designed chips starting late 2026. In this article Charlie Kawwas, president of the semiconductor solutions group at Broadcom , ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
Welcome to the Unconventional Review, an instant reaction to standouts, stats, and story lines from the Patriots' most recent game … The Patriots' victory over the Bills last Sunday night brought on a long-absent feeling of pure exhilaration. The vibes from their 25-16 win over the Saints in New Orleans Sunday, are rather good, too, but a little more complicated. There's joy in watching Drake Maye's ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
U.S. President Donald Trump chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2017.
Credit - Andy Wong—AP T he U.S. and China have raised new tariffs and export controls on each other, but they may just be a negotiating tactic. President Donald Trump reacted with rare reassurance Sunday night after renewed trade tensions last week threatened ...
Credit - Andy Wong—AP T he U.S. and China have raised new tariffs and export controls on each other, but they may just be a negotiating tactic. President Donald Trump reacted with rare reassurance Sunday night after renewed trade tensions last week threatened ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, according to an administration official, a Western official and a Ukrainian embassy spokesperson. Trump appeared to confirm the meeting while speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back from the Middle East. Asked whether he is hosting Zelenskyy on Friday, Trump ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Mike Rulli, a Republican from Salem, has introduced legislation that would cut federal funding to state and local governments that replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day, positioning himself against a movement that has gained traction across the country over the past three decades. The Italian Heroes and Heritage Act, introduced Friday, would reaffirm Columbus Day as a national ...
Source: cleveland.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Lincoln Riley might finally have USC football ready to compete in the Big Ten. Two games against Michigan have told the story of just how close the Trojans are to being what Riley envisioned when they joined the conference last summer. A road loss in 2024 offered a reality check. A home win in 2025 offered a chance to make a statement. Last season, USC traveled to Ann Arbor and left as a loser, ...
Source: cleveland.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
Scott Peyree takes over leadership of online lending platform following founder's sudden death LendingTree, Inc. announced Monday its founder and CEO Doug Lebda died unexpectedly in an all-terrain vehicle accident over the weekend. The board has appointed LendingTree's Chief Operating Officer and President, Scott Peyree, to succeed Lebda, effective immediately. "We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former NFL quarterback and sports analyst Mark Sanchez was released from custody Sunday, about a week after police said he was stabbed during a fight with a truck driver outside an Indiana hotel. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Sanchez's release. He faces a felony battery charge, along with several misdemeanor charges, for what prosecutors have said was a fight ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders announced plans Monday to vote next week on redrawing the state's U.S. House district map, taking up President Donald Trump's call to secure more GOP seats nationwide and resist rival moves by Democrats. to revamp district lines to partisan advantage ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. North Carolina Republicans created a map in 2023 that resulted in GOP candidates ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
Oct. 13 (UPI) -- At least 153 unvaccinated students at two northern South Carolina schools exposed to measles are being quarantined for 21 days, state health officials said. The students, because they didn't have immunity, will be excluded from school until the potential disease transmission period has ended, the South Carolina Department of Health Education said in a video briefing Thursday . The schools affected ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Uncertainty over the economy and tariffs is forcing retailers to pull back or delay plans to hire seasonal workers who pack orders at distribution centers, serve shoppers at stores and build holiday displays during the most important selling season of the year. American Christmas LLC, which creates elaborate holiday installations for commercial properties such as New York's Rockefeller Center ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law. In arguments Wednesday, lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices to wipe away and make it much harder, if not impossible, to take account of race in redistricting. "Race-based redistricting is fundamentally contrary to our Constitution," Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
Their faces stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped. Their stories, told by anguished family members, are almost as well-known as celebrities. They are civilians and soldiers, fathers and sons. Some were at the Nova music festival, where almost 400 people were killed and dozens kidnapped. On Monday, Hamas — which is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
The Dutch government has invoked control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned semiconductor maker based in the Netherlands, under its Goods Availability Act. Following the announcement by the Hague, Wingtech's Shanghai-listed shares plunged 10% to hit its max daily limit. A close-up view of the Nexperia plant sign in Newport, Wales on April 1, 2022. The Dutch government has taken control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Pro Bowl safety Brian Branch punched wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster , triggering a postgame scuffle after his Detroit Lions lost to the Kansas City Chiefs . Branch prompted the scrum as players were exchanging handshakes after the 30-17 setback Sunday in Kansas City, Mo. He walked up to Smith-Schuster, who held his hand out for a handshake, before hitting him in the face mask. Smith-Schuster ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research into the impact of innovation on economic growth and how new technologies replace older ones, a key economic concept known as "creative destruction." The winners represent contrasting but complementary approaches to economics. Mokyr is an economic historian who delved into ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Oct 13th, 2025 -
Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails T he police could not hold the crowds back. As soon as they saw the Palestinian prisoners and detainees through the windows of the bus, hundreds of people gathering in front of a theatre in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank rushed forward, chanting the names of loved ones they had not seen for years or, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Oct 12th, 2025 -
▶ Follow live updates on the AP Top 25 poll . Get the AP Top 25 college football poll delivered straight to your inbox every week with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — From the day he was hired more than a decade ago, James Franklin stressed the importance of creating a family atmosphere at Penn State. Over the course of 11-plus seasons in Happy Valley, that approach ...
Source: apnews.com