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UPCOMING
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MEASLES
DESCRIPTION: International health officials meet to discuss whether the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles-elimination status. A final decision is expected next week.
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UNITED STATES
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US--INFANT BURIED ALIVE
Bond denied for South Carolina man accused of burying his 11-month-old son alive
SUMMARY: The father of an 11-month-old boy who survived being buried alive in a dog crate for a day has been charged with attempted murder in South Carolina. Twenty-five-year-old Michael Comer was denied bond on Thursday morning. Authorities say Comer’s son, Koah, was found by rescuers after about 24 hours and is expected to recover. The sheriff said Koah likely survived due to cool temperatures and an air pocket created by a towel. Comer has been in custody since Monday, when Koah was reported missing. In addition to attempted murder, Comer faces charges of burglary and unlawfully placing a child at risk.
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US--EXECUTIONS
Oklahoma man is put to death over a 2001 killing, the first in a pair of US executions
SUMMARY: A 73-year-old Oklahoma man has been put to death, the first of a pair of executions in the United States scheduled for Thursday. James Pavatt received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in McAlester. He was convicted in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend’s estranged husband in 2001. Later Thursday in Texas, 46-year-old John Allen Rubio is set to be put to death for the stabbing and beheading of three young children he was raising in 2003. The death penalty in the U.S. has been under renewed attention, and last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he would commute hundreds of death sentences before leaving office.
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US--DC SHOOTING
5 people are shot in DC, including 1 killed at a gym, and then suspect kills himself
SUMMARY: Authorities say five people have been shot in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the White House and one is dead. A witness says someone was shot in the neck at a gym and died in a pool of blood. A law enforcement official says a shooting suspect who was barricaded Thursday in an apartment building near the initial shooting site later shot himself and died. The shootings were reported in Logan Circle, a mile north of the White House. The area includes a VIDA fitness center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, residences and a Whole Foods supermarket.
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US--BROOKLYN BUILDING COLLAPSE
Death toll rises to 8 in Brooklyn building collapse as rescuers search for survivors
SUMMARY: At least eight people have died after a three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed at the edge of a construction site. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the death toll Thursday morning as firefighters continued to dig through the rubble in the search for others. The building, adjacent to a construction site, collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. Rescuers worked overnight, using dogs to sniff for survivors. The cause of the collapse is under investigation. The three-story building was a mixed-use structure with apartments above commercial space. Mamdani says at least 17 people have been injured, including three firefighters.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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US--ELECTION-2026-THE LATEST
The Latest: Mississippi elects Scott Colom as state’s first Black US senator since Reconstruction
SUMMARY: Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot-counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction. Meanwhile, according to a new plan presented by the Interior Department, President Donald Trump’s administration wants to sell public lands to states, tribes and local governments as part of an effort to “decrease the size of the federal estate.”
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US--KENNEDY-MEASLES-SAMOA
Senators probing RFK Jr.’s testimony on Samoa trip after AP and Guardian showed documents refute it
SUMMARY: Two Democratic senators are launching an investigation into whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied to Congress about his reason for a 2019 trip to Samoa. The investigation comes after The Associated Press and The Guardian published documents in August refuting Kennedy’s testimony. The new inquiry is one of a vast array of investigations planned into the Trump administration after Democrats regained control of the House and Senate from Republicans in the midterm elections. The same senators, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland, are investigating hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gifts reportedly given last year to Kennedy by a donor and former employee.
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US--MELANIA TRUMP-USHA VANCE
Usually private, Melania Trump steps into the spotlight after the midterm election
SUMMARY: Melania Trump is one of the most private women to hold the role of first lady. But she has commanded the spotlight since the Republican Party’s devastating losses in the midterm elections. She brought Russian and Ukrainian officials together at the White House to talk about a temporary ceasefire she brokered in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky. She flew to Louisiana to announce that more than $7 million has been raised to fund scholarships for students formerly in foster care. On Thursday, she will address U.S. soldiers in Alabama. Her burst of activity comes before the worldwide release of a new streaming series about her life as first lady.
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INTERNATIONAL
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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR
US envoys meet with Putin in Moscow on Ukraine talks, then head for Dublin to see Zelenskyy
SUMMARY: U.S. envoys have met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin and then headed to Ireland to talk with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Washington seeks new momentum in peace efforts. Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner brokered talks this week between delegations from Moscow and Kyiv. The meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, brought the first direct discussions between Ukrainian and Russian representatives in nine months as the push for a settlement stalled. Although no major breakthroughs occurred, they agreed on a large prisoner swap. The U.S. and Zelenskyy want Europe involved in negotiations, but Russia opposes this. In Ukraine, meanwhile, fighting continues along the front line between forces from Kyiv and Moscow.
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ML--MIDEAST-WARS-GAZA-HOSPITAL
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills 6 people, including a doctor and a child, Health Ministry says
SUMMARY: Gaza’s Health Ministry says an Israeli airstrike has hit one of the main hospitals still operating in the Gaza Strip, killing six people, including a surgeon and a 13-year-old boy. The Israeli military said the strike Thursday on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza was targeting a Hamas commander and other militants, without providing evidence. The commander it identified was not among the dead. The ministry and witnesses said the strike hit the hospital’s surgical wing. Footage showed several wards and operating rooms heavily damaged or destroyed, with debris scattered across hospital beds and equipment and rebar dangling from holes in the ceiling. At least 28 people were wounded.
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BUSINESS
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NVIDIA-JENSEN HUANG-THE LATEST
The Latest: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after his affair raises US security concerns
SUMMARY: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned after his extramarital affair with a Chinese businesswoman who reportedly was also acting as a spy for Beijing raised U.S. national security concerns. The company named Colette Kress as interim CEO. She had been Nvidia’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. Nvidia’s board had gathered to discuss Huang’s future after revelations that he was having an affair with a former Megaspeed executive suspected of being a Chinese government agent. Shares of Nvidia, one of the largest companies in the world, fell sharply at the opening bell Thursday.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS
Wall Street steadies after absorbing big swings for Nvidia’s stock and oil prices
SUMMARY: Big swings for Nvidia’s stock and oil prices hit Wall Street, but the U.S. market appears to be absorbing them. After falling nearly 1% at the start of Thursday’s trading, the S&P 500 quickly erased all of the loss and turned 0.1% higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 135 points, while the Nasdaq composite erased an early loss of 1.6% to rise 0.1% Nvidia’s stock initially plunged 14% following the resignation of its CEO, Jensen Huang, but it quickly halved its loss. Oil prices swung after President Donald Trump said he’s no longer interested in a deal with Iran.
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NVIDIA-COLETTE KRESS
Who is Colette Kress, Nvidia’s interim CEO? Longtime exec takes top spot after Jensen Huang resigns
SUMMARY: Nvidia has appointed Colette Kress as interim CEO following Jensen Huang’s resignation. Kress, who joined Nvidia in 2013 and served as executive vice president and CFO, steps into the role during a challenging time for the company. Huang, a co-founder of Nvidia, resigned after reports of extramarital affairs surfaced, including one with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy. Kress expressed her commitment to building on Nvidia’s foundation and continuing its leadership in accelerated computing and AI. Before Nvidia, Kress held roles at Cisco, Microsoft, and Texas Instruments.
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NVIDIA-JENSEN HUANG
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after his affair raises national security concerns
SUMMARY: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned after his extramarital affair raised national security concerns. The company named Colette Kress as interim CEO on Thursday. She is the current executive vice president and chief financial officer. Huang faced growing calls to resign following his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy. Late Wednesday, media reports said Huang had another extramarital affair with an Nvidia employee who reported to him. Shares of Nvidia, one of the largest companies in the world, plunged.
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HEALTH/SCIENCE
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MED-BE WELL-PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING
New guideline urges routine prostate cancer screening for middle-aged men
SUMMARY: The American Cancer Society is recommending routine prostate cancer screening for more middle-aged men, in a major change to its guidelines. That means a blood test for what’s called PSA, or prostate-specific antigen. The new guideline says men at average risk of getting prostate cancer should get a PSA test every two years between the ages of 50 and 69. It says men at high risk, including Black men and those with a strong family history of prostate cancer, should get yearly PSA checks and start earlier at age 45. An abnormal PSA doesn’t mean that a man has prostate cancer, but may require further testing.
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