Man with knives strapped to both hands stabs 8 at South Korea supermarket

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Tuesday 1:40 p.m. local. 59-year-old suspect attacked people while on escalator between basement supermarket and upper floors. Knives fastened to both hands. Ten knives later recovered from backpack. Bystanders blocked him with chairs. Police detained him. Six women, two men injured. One in cardiac arrest. Others back and shoulder wounds. Suspect was wearing electronic monitoring … Read more

Pope Leo arrives at Gemelli for surgery to remove lung nodule

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Motorcade left Vatican Tuesday morning. Admitted for removal of small localized nodule found on routine check. Announced Sunday: well-contained, spotted early. Surgery this afternoon under general anesthesia. Recovery expected about a week. All audiences canceled through Oct. 20. Cardinal Baldassare Reina leading Rosary at hospital chapel at 6 p.m. American Thoracic Society: fewer than 5 … Read more

Drones sink ship off Bulgaria. Eleven missing. PM summons Russian ambassador.

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Two merchant vessels hit overnight in Bulgaria’s Black Sea exclusive economic zone. One sank 17 nautical miles east of Krapets. Five crew rescued, eleven still missing. Identified in some reports as Guinea-Bissau-flagged HS Dignity or Turkish-owned Azov Concorde. Second vessel, Maltese-flagged Chelsea 3 (Ukrainian-owned, registered Odesa), hit by three drones near Byala. All 15 crew … Read more

14-year-old shoots principal and teacher at Aubagne middle school. Hid shotgun in guitar case.

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Joseph Lakanal middle school, Aubagne near Marseille. Monday morning. 14-year-old pupil entered with a hunting shotgun concealed in a guitar case. Fired on the first floor, hitting the 53-year-old principal in the leg and lower back and a 37-year-old teacher in the thigh. Continued to the second floor and fired twice more, once into an … Read more

Oil rebounds Monday on continued Middle East supply risks despite Russian diesel deal talk

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Prices reversed early losses. Traders weighing possible increased Russian diesel supplies and an energy ceasefire claim against ongoing Hormuz restrictions, tanker attacks, and Houthi strikes on Saudi targets. Independent refiners (Valero, Marathon, Phillips 66) expected to post strong earnings. Physical Brent still at wide premiums to futures. https://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/202610126397/dow-jones-top-energy-headlines-at-4-pm-et-oil-prices-rebound-amid-persistent-middle-east-supply-risks-russia

Selma Blair arrested after alleged attack on two flight attendants on Delta LAX-JFK flight

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BREAKING: Actress Selma Blair was arrested after reportedly trying to open a plane door midflight, punching one flight attendant and biting another aboard a Delta flight to New York’s JFK Airport. Two flight attendants reported injuries, with one taken to the hospital. Blair’s… pic.twitter.com/PsrYK2e87i — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 12, 2026 Sunday night Delta 938. Port … Read more

Zelensky threatens Russian diesel shipments to the U.S.; Washington weighs intelligence cutoff

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Zelensky attempting to publicly blackmail the US President: should end well. — Ghigosaurus (@ghigisaurus) October 12, 2026 Ballistics on Kyiv, six explosions without an alert — we did not receive data on the launches. We have a clear illustration of cooperation between the Russians and the Americans. — Slava 🇺🇦 (@Heroiam_Slava) October 12, 2026 Trump … Read more

Crazy flooding on the Las Vegas Strip after tropical storm rainfall ties the October 1947 daily record. Streets flooded. Eight vehicle rescues.

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Remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel moved inland from Southern California on Sunday. National Weather Service: 1.08 inches at the official station, breaking the Oct. 11 daily record (0.78 inches in 2012) and tying the all-time October daily maximum set on Oct. 12, 1947. Harry Reid International around 1.28 inches. West valley/Red Rock up to 2.45 … Read more

Talarico still leads Paxton in Texas Senate polling and markets after two-week absence and mental-hospital claims that collapsed

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RCP average from mid-September to early October: Talarico 48.1, Paxton 45.3. Recent Trafalgar (Oct 6-8) Talarico +3, YouGov +6. Kalshi and Polymarket priced Talarico around 63-64 percent as of Sunday. Claims that he was at Ohio’s Lindner Center of Hope during his flu absence were denied by the hospital, his campaign, and Talarico himself. Full … Read more

Saudis open probe into how air defenses failed to stop Houthi barrage that hit Riyadh airport

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🇸🇦🇾🇪 Saudi Arabia is investigating how a Houthi missile and drone barrage managed to get through its air defenses and hit Riyadh’s main international airport, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 300. Early findings suggest the attack was coordinated: multiple… pic.twitter.com/WW6PebIGrp — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) October 12, 2026 Two regional officials said … Read more

Musk has spent $366 million this cycle to hold the House and Senate, already more than the $290 million he put into 2024

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Reuters and the Times: $366 million total on the 2025-26 cycle so far. $276 million of that since July alone. Breakdown of the recent tranche: $158 million to Senate Leadership Fund, $20 million to Congressional Leadership Fund, $76 million to his America PAC, $10 million to Lone Star Liberty PAC for Ken Paxton in Texas, … Read more

Gold’s 1980 crash had a weapon today’s governments may struggle to use: 20% interest rates.

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For those under the illusion that the current gold market is a repeat of the 1980s, understand what actually ended that bull market. The Fed under Paul Volcker raised interest rates to nearly 20% to crush inflation and restore confidence in the dollar. Now imagine raising interest rates anywhere close to those levels today. Governments … Read more

ATTENTION CONGRESS | Cut spending now, the time has arrived for fiscal sanity, don’t be the next France.

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The eurozone debt crisis everyone wrote off is stirring again, and this time France is at the center. France's 10-year yield premium over German bunds has blown out to about 140 basis points, the widest since 2012. Debt is pushing 117% of GDP, and the IMF warned about it for… pic.twitter.com/UkDxwyyQO3 — Kurt S. Altrichter, … Read more

America has gotten so expensive that staying home is becoming the only affordable hobby. 40% of workers earning over $300,000 say they’re living paycheck to paycheck. 20% of Families have fallen behind on loan payments. Only 20% chance of a recession next year?

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Everyone complains about how bad the economy is but the odds of us going into a recession are so slim? Make it make sense please… https://t.co/KDF5SmLcjS — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) October 12, 2026 A month ago the bond market was bracing for a wave of rate hikes. That bet is unwinding fast. … Read more

Living with mom and trading stocks on margin.

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HOUSTON — During a late night at home in May 2021, Hy Luu, a 29-year-old engineering consultant, was researching how to obtain more capital to invest in shares of Tesla . That’s when he discovered margin investing: the act of borrowing money from a broker to buy securities such as stocks, while using existing investments … Read more