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Violent storms overnight knocked over utility poles and trees and carried thunder and heavy winds through stateYet more severe weather struck Thursday in the US south-west as the Four Corners region surveyed blown-away roofs, trees knocked on to homes and power lines downed from overnight tornadoes that injured one person.The injuries weren't life-threatening but rare for an area better known for scalding heat. But this fall has been unusually soggy in the south-west with El Nino conditions that have sent one tropical system after another in from the Pacific, causing the Grand Canyon and surrounding deserts to rage with floods. Continue reading...

Becky Drury says she was hit by gunfire before she could intervene in attack that killed four, including three childrenA teacher wounded in last week's shooting at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school shared her account of the incident, and how she was shot before she could intervene and [pretended] to be dead".Becky Drury was seriously wounded at Silver Rail elementary when Griffin J John II, a 16-year-old former student at the school armed with a shotgun, broke in and headed toward a special education classroom. He shot six people, killing Megan Lambert, a 25-year-old teacher, and three children, including five-year-old Rhoam Summer. Continue reading...

Republican Mike DeWine said ad featuring estranged mother of Democrat Amy Acton was wrong'Donald Trump issued a swift rebuke against Mike DeWine, Ohio's Republican governor, who on Thursday said gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was wrong" to release an ad critical of his Democratic rival Amy Acton that featured her estranged mother.DeWine had implored Ramaswamy to take the ad down, but hours later, Trump urged Ramaswamy to keep airing it and accused the Republican governor of disloyalty. Continue reading...

A police officer shoved a woman to the ground and arrested her after a protest against datacenters at a Utah county commission meeting. A statement from the Utah county sheriff's office said that the woman refused to leave the meeting and struck the officer in the groin before being arrested Continue reading...

New account from Pike's lawyer suggests team was racked by doubts even before pentobarbital began to flowThe Tennessee execution team tasked with setting an intravenous line in the arms of the death row prisoner Christa Pike through which she could be injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital repeatedly warned that her vein might be blowing", before they went ahead with the procedure, her lawyer has revealed.Members of the intravenous (IV) team used up to 10 needles as they sought to establish a line through which Pike could be killed with a massive dose of the sedative. About 20 minutes into the attempt, they began discussing among themselves whether the prisoner's vein might be blowing". Continue reading...

California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii health officials ask CDC prioritizing emerging technologies' to reconsiderCalifornia and Washington asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in May to validate a new way to test for measles - but after waiting two months, the CDC denied the request, citing other competing priorities", according to a letter from the West Coast Health Alliance to the CDC director, Erica Schwartz.The letter, signed by health officials in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington, asks Schwartz to reconsider and validate a rapid, high-volume measles test in preparation for major outbreaks. The alliance also asked the CDC to create protocols to test for other high-priority pathogens to prepare for future outbreaks. Continue reading...

The word justified' has haunted me since Monday,'' the child's maternal grandmother saysSince the Mississippi attorney general, Lynn Fitch, announced on Monday that the police shooting of Kohen Wiley, a one-year-old baby, was justified", footage of the shooting has been made public. It was first reported by Darkhorse Press, a Mississippi outlet.On Thursday, attorneys Ben Crump and Van Turner, who are representing the Wiley family, held a press conference at the Senatobia Church of Christ, in Senatobia, Mississippi. The press conference came shortly after members of the family were able to view footage of the shooting. Continue reading...

Federal judge says government's investigation into alleged noncitizen voting in nine states is relying on flawed dataA federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.US district court judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in Oakland found the government's effort was relying on data that is full of errors and that it was leading to intimidation of groups performing voter assistance efforts. She said it should be halted until polls close on election day on 3 November. Continue reading...

Tech company previously complied with president's demand to rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of AmericaDonald Trump said Google rejected his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean after himself or America.Speaking at a rally in South Carolina on Wednesday, the president said he had called Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, to ask whether the company could handle" his proposal. Continue reading...

Government inspections showed overcharges as high as 39% on some items. The discount store giant was the subject of a 2025 investigation by the GuardianDollar General, the nation's largest dollar-store chain, has agreed to a $1.875m deal to settle allegations that it repeatedly and persistently" overcharged customers across New York state.The New York attorney general's office found that Dollar General often charged customers higher prices at checkout than the prices it promised on shelf labels, signs, advertising circulars and its mobile app. The state agency said one check of 114 items across multiple stores revealed overcharges on individual items as high as 26%, 38% and 39%. Continue reading...

Judge threatens to dismiss Trump's BBC lawsuit unless he cooperates with discovery process and sits for depositionDonald Trump has been ordered by a US judge to cooperate with the discovery process mandated for his lawsuit against the BBC and to sit for a deposition by 11 December - or else he could be subject to sanctions, including the possible dismissal of the $10bn lawsuit.The lawsuit stems from a Panorama documentary aired by the BBC that spliced together comments made by Trump during a rally on 6 January 2021, before the US Capitol riot. While the broadcast was not readily available to view in Florida, Trump's team has argued that he was personally damaged by the broadcast under Florida's Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Continue reading...

The Pentagon's Active Denial System shoots energy beam that causes sensation of intense heat on surface of skin'Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defense, reportedly signed a memo last month permitting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to test a non-lethal heat ray" for potential use at the US southern border.The heat ray", known as the Active Denial System, is a military-grade weapon that shoots an energy beam causing a sensation of intense heat on the surface of the skin", according to a 2009 National Defense University case study on the weapon. Continue reading...

The first awarding marked the apex of Gianni Infantino's hubris. A new version could highlight the good in the world of soccer

Federal authorities allege state senator L Louise Lucas, a vocal Trump critic, led a criminal marijuana enterprise'Virginia state senator L Louise Lucas, one of the state's most powerful Democrats, was charged on Thursday in connection with what federal authorities alleged was a role leading a criminal enterprise that acquired and distributed large quantities of marijuana and laundered the proceeds.An indictment unsealed on Thursday charged Lucas and six other defendants, including several of her relatives, the Department of Justice said in a statement. Lucas surrendered on Thursday, a justice department spokesperson said. Continue reading...

Hegseth's aides, who attempted to move Eisenhower globe themselves, dropped it during relocation, army officials sayA priceless pre-second world war globe coveted by the US defence secretary Pete Hegseth for his office in the Pentagon was damaged by his staff in a botched attempt to relocate it, army officials have admitted.Photographs published by the Washington Post on Thursday show the shattered 30-inch Eisenhower globe, said to have been used by Dwight D Eisenhower, the 34th US president, as he plotted the D-day landings as allied supreme commander. Continue reading...

The beloved high school TV show is returning in a different political climate. I'm skeptical that Ryan Murphy has the nuance this moment needsFor months, Ryan Murphy has been discussing Glee. In July, he expressed his love for the musical comedy drama he created. In September, he said that he had finished writing a pilot for a potential reboot, adding that he had reached out to some of the cast about a reunion. And now it is official: Disney+ and Hulu have commissioned a Glee revival.Glee, which ran for six seasons between 2009 and 2015, was a cultural juggernaut during its initial tenure. The show won six Emmys, four Golden Globes and made stars of actors including Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss and the late Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera. Centred on the trials of New Directions, a scrappy show choir at the fictional McKinley high school in Ohio, the show became known for its peppy covers of show tunes, 80s power pop hits such as Journey's Don't Stop Believin' (a Glee signature), 2010s chart-toppers and some truly baffling mashups (the amalgamation of Scissor Sisters' Let's Have a Kiki and Turkey Lurkey Time from Promises, Promises remains ... a choice). Continue reading...

Russia has carried out a massive 'demonstrative' attack on Ukraine, bombarding Kyiv with ballistic missiles just hours after Vladimir Putin said he had agreed to resume trilateral negotiations after talks with the US envoy Steve Witkoff. Strikes on Kyiv killed at least two people and wounded 22, including four children. Twelve regions across the country were bombed. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the strikes proved Russia was not serious about peace

The reigning champions must deal with the absence of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for some time, while fans at Anfield were thrilled by Rio NgumohaParis Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 4-2 on Tuesday, but the reigning champions lost the best player in last season's tournament, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. This autumn has seen much lobbying for the Ballon d'Or, with the Georgian a popular choice, despite his absence from the World Cup. He is expected to be out for six months, although Rodri's comeback from serious injury - he was rested by Barcelona on Tuesday until coming off the bench in the 60th minute - shows it can take far longer than that for players to rediscover their highest level. Continue reading...

The officer says he took possession of the property and renovated it to prevent criminal activity' and squatting'A Florida police officer who discovered a man dead during a welfare check stole his house and identity and spent years renovating the property for himself, authorities said.Brian Louis Sguros, 35, an officer with the Lauderhill police department near Miami, appeared in court Wednesday on charges including criminal use of a deceased person's identification. Continue reading...

Similar withdrawals from UAE, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain reported as concerns grow about restart of war on Iran after US midterm electionsThe US state department has ordered some diplomats and the families of US government employees to leave Saudi Arabia as the gulf kingdom faces a barrage of near-daily attacks, with at least three people killed at an airport and oilfield.Attacks on civilian airports and other critical infrastructure" by the Iranian-supported Houthis in Yemen were highlighted as the reason for the drawdown. The state department spokesperson, Tommy Pigott, said: The safety and security of department personnel and their families remain our highest priority." Continue reading...

New designation of the Land of Standing-Up Rocks, known for its historic rock spires, passed with bipartisan supportAn area of towering rock spires in south-eastern Arizona known among Native Americans as the Land of Standing-Up Rocks has become the nation's newest national park.Legislation to create Chiricahua national park was sent to the White House and Donald Trump signed it on Tuesday. It passed Congress with bipartisan backing and is now the 64th US national park. Continue reading...

Fox News and others have toed president's line - seemingly hoping unrest abroad will make people vote RepublicanDonald Trump sought to capitalize on the scenes of unrest in France, telling a crowd in Kansas on Monday that migrants" and communists" were responsible, and that the scenes were what the radical Dumocrats' want to do to America".As Republicans struggle to convince voters across the country ahead of November's midterm elections, Trump's allies in the conservative media have followed suit, seemingly hoping that the scenes in France can scare people to the polls. Continue reading...

Europe's leaders can no longer trust a word that comes out of Washington. No more slaps on the wrist - we need concrete steps to punish TrumpHistorical comparisons are always inexact. No one conflict precisely mirrors another. Yet Donald Trump's shameless appeasement of Vladimir Putin carries more than a noxious whiff of Neville Chamberlain's failed attempt in Munich in 1938 to head off war with Nazi Germany. To be fair to the former UK prime minister - and history largely hasn't been - his peacemaking efforts had the enthusiastic backing of most people in Britain and France who, like him, were desperate to avoid a repeat of the horrors of the first world war. Trump enjoys no equivalent public support for his treachery. Nor does he face the prospect of a US war with Russia. His betrayal of Ukraine is cynically self-interested, globally dangerous and utterly contemptible.US-Russian talks on agreeing the shoddy terms of a precedent-setting American sell-out of Ukraine are at an advanced stage, after meetings in St Petersburg this week. Trump has zigzagged over the war ever since returning to office. Now, panicked by record-low poll ratings, he seems determined to scapegoat Ukraine and force its de facto capitulation. Recent steps - his shocking decision to fund Putin's war machine by buying Russian diesel, his waiving of tougher sanctions, his mysterious, lethal interruptions in US satellite and intelligence sharing with Kyiv, and his renewed attempt to oust Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy - mark Trump out as the skulking Judas, the craven Brutus of the modern age. He makes Chamberlain look like a man of iron principle. All that's lacking is an umbrella.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading...

Polls show US voters are deeply upset by high gas prices and are likely to punish Republicans in the midterms as a resultWith fewer than two weeks until the midterms, US voters are unlikely to see relief on one of this election cycle's main issues: gas prices.Airing up her car's tires at a Speedway in Perrysburg, Ohio, Toledo resident Sharie Smith, 41, says soaring costs are having a direct impact on her life. Continue reading...

An American company is still supplying Taser weapons linked to prisoner abuse by Israeli forces. Plus, 12 valuable lessons about life and death by hospice workers

Thousands of people are training to be poll observers to look out for any interference or ICE presence on election dayStevie Lyn is angry at what she's seen in her Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhood over the past year. Since US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began conducting raids all across the city, her Latino neighbors on the west side have had to hide in their homes, too scared to grocery shop, work and vote. That's why she volunteered to become a poll observer.I had to take the anger, because it was eating me alive, and direct it towards a constructive activity," she said. Continue reading...

Frustration with a sprawling fraud scandal has cut Peggy Flanagan's poll lead - could ex-NFL reporter Michele Tafoya win a first statewide election for Republicans in 20 years?As Democrats fight to regain control of the US Senate, hopes are rising in states - from Kansas to Texas - where they have not prevailed in decades. But in Minnesota, where Republicans have not won statewide election since 2006, the contest for an open Senate seat is closer than expected.Should Peggy Flanagan - the state's Democratic lieutenant governor - win the election, she will be the first Native American woman to serve in the US Senate. But history has not yet been made. The closely watched Cook Political Report shifted its rating on the race this week from likely Democrat" to lean Democrat". Continue reading...

The CNN star's wise advice to be truthful, not neutral' should be tattooed on our soulsAfter decades as a renowned international journalist, the CNN star Christiane Amanpour is calling it a career, saying she'll soon leave the cable network which she joined in 1983.She will be missed for the courage in war zones and forthright presentation that have made her one of the most famous names in media.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...

Last year, South Korea took responsibility for enabling the mass export' of children for sale abroad. Now those uprooted are grappling with false promises of a better lifeAs international, transracial adoptees in their 30s in the US, Jacquelyn Wells and Lauren White-Gydas have things in common.They were both born in South Korea to unwed mothers in the 1980s. Both were shipped to the US as newborns to join white families who eagerly welcomed adorable, new daughters. And neither knew many other Asians in the towns where they grew up - Wells in Westford, Massachusetts, and White-Gydas in Salem, Oregon. Continue reading...

The early standouts have emerged. But even the best teams have flaws that can be exposed by their opponentsWho would have thought the 49ers would be here after a rough old offseason? Head coach Kyle Shanahan's participation in training camp was limited due to a serious car crash, team owner Jed York's visit to an Ohio trailer park did not end well, and one player after another endured serious injuries. Despite all this, San Francisco are full of positive vibes. They are top of a tough division and their immense defense, led by the intensity of players such as safety Malik Mustapha and Fred Warner, is complemented by an equally impressive offense. Continue reading...

If Flavio Bolsonaro is elected, Brazil's ecosystems will face collapse. The ruling class would rather burn the world than share it with the poor

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President was reportedly heckled at least nine times during campaign event for Darline GrahamMultiple protesters were removed from Donald Trump's rally at South Carolina's Clemson University on Wednesday, including one who was apparently punched by a rally attender - to the US president's delight.That was great, man. Wow. Man, I loved that. I watched that," Trump said. That was incredible. Wow. That was unbelievable. Is everybody OK? Continue reading...

Russia frees Stephen Hubbard after US request while Steve Witkoff praises Putin, wanted by ICC as war criminal, as a humanitarian'Vladimir Putin ordered the release of an American man from a Russian jail as he met Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg on Wednesday for fresh talks on ending the war in Ukraine, amid increasingly close relations between Moscow and Washington.Trump had previously asked Putin to free Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old former teacher who had spent more than four years in Russian jails on charges of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. Continue reading...

In this episode of Guardian Australia's US politics podcast, co-hosts Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad look at how Katie Zacharia broke the record for shortest tenure as White House press secretary. They then look at the pattern of how women in the Trump administration are treated when they're perceived to have made mistakes - versus how men seem to survive their missteps.They also look at how the US might be changing course on Russia's war on Ukraine. Are relations between the US president, Donald Trump, and the Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at their lowest point ever - and what happens if the US decides to take Russian president Vladimir Putin's side in this war? Continue reading...

USDA says screwworm found in elk in Texas, and warns hunters and ranchers to be vigilant to help stop spreadThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Wednesday it had confirmed the first detection of flesh-eating parasite the New World screwworm in US wildlife in an elk in Pecos county, Texas.The elk was located on a game ranch and was reported after being harvested by a hunter, the USDA said in a statement. Continue reading...

Former speaker is latest target of mailings sent to various Congress members in the lead-up to the midterm electionsCalifornia representative Nancy Pelosi's office received a suspicious letter" on Wednesday in what appears to be the latest incident of ill-intentioned mailings targeted at US Congress members before the midterm elections.The offices of more than three dozen members of Congress across the political spectrum have received envelopes containing white powder in recent days. One lawmaker's office said preliminary tests indicated the powder was not hazardous. Continue reading...

JD Vance, the vice-president, criticized Republicans who have spoken out against a controversial campaign ad from Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. The ad features the mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, calling her daughter a liar. In a Tuesday statement, Acton's brother, Philip Stearns, said his sister is estranged from her mother, who had married a man that sexually abused Acton when she was 12. He said his mother, Donna Arthur, remained in the marriage after her husband was arrested and her children were taken away from her Continue reading...

Incumbent Mike Lawler is fending off a challenge from Democrat Cait Conley in state's 17th congressional district

New Mexico lawsuit claims in exchange for furthering Epstein's criminal project, his associates received generous salaries'The attorney general of New Mexico on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein's longtime attorney, Darren Indyke, and Epstein's longtime accountant, Richard Kahn, accusing them of having facilitated and concealed" Epstein's crimes, and is seeking to stop them from being paid by Epstein's estate while the litigation plays out.The lawsuit, filed in the US district court for the district of New Mexico, names Kahn and Indyke as defendants both in their individual capacity, and in their capacity as co-executors of Epstein's estate. The complaint also names Epstein's estate, and the 1953 Trust, which holds the estate's assets. Continue reading...

Vladimir Putin ordered the release of former teacher Stephen Hubbard, who had spent more than four years in Russian jails on charges of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. This came as Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff met with the Russian president in St Petersburg for fresh talks on ending the war in Ukraine, amid increasingly close relations between Moscow and Washington.

As prices keep rising, more of the president's supporters are asking what happened to the economic good times he promisedIt is no great revelation that Donald Trump is enrichinghimself as president. He raked in $2.2bn in 2025, with his position and his personal interests frequently overlapping. Yet this week's poll finding that 34% of Republicans (and 66% of all American voters) think that he is using his position to make himself rich merits attention. Separately, voters in a Fox News poll last week put government corruption atthe top of their list of concerns - just ahead of inflation and high prices.Mr Trump pledged that people would be better off if they voted for him. The billionaires are; not the rest. He promised to lower the costs of groceries (they have risen again) and to cut the price of gasoline to below $2 a gallon. It's more than double that, thanks to his reckless and illegal war on Iran. Tariffs have bumped up the cost of living too. Incumbents will always struggle when the economy does. But the gulf between his own prosperity and the daily life of his base now looks less like an inspiration and more like an insult. Cash offers seem unlikely to help much. Continue reading...

Decision stands in contrast to recent trans rights actions from court that often sides with Trump administrationThe US supreme court went against Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday, refusing to allow the immediate enforcement of sweeping restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender individuals held in prisons and federal facilities.The decision marks an unusual victory for transgender rights before the nation's highest court, which has largely sided with the administration and other opponents of transgender rights in several major cases. Continue reading...