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Runners in Moab 240 successfully evacuated from race route after flooding from remnants of tropical storm RachelAbout 70 runners participating in Utah's Moab 240 ultramarathon were successfully evacuated from the race route on Sunday after being stranded by flooding stemming from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel.The event's host, Destination Trail, addressed the emergency rescue effort in a social media statement which confirmed that all runners were safe and accounted for. Continue reading...

Ana Reyes demands Trump officials explain East Potomac tree cutting and says it will likely cause irreparable harm'US district judge Ana Reyes on Monday ordered a 24-hour halt to tree cutting at the historic East Potomac golf course while she decides on an emergency order from plaintiffs concerned that Donald Trump's plans for the course are moving forward despite a pending court case challenging them.Tree removal for routine maintenance is not exempt from this order," Reyes' wrote. Plaintiffs are likely to suffer immediate and irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief. Continue reading...

Trump and key allies have accused Omar of immigration fraud, and have called to expel her from the countryFederal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar's home on Monday morning as part of a criminal investigation, according to the Department of Justice and reports in the Associated Press and Fox News.In a social media post later on Monday, Omar criticized the raid as an attempt by the Trump administration to target political enemies and weaponize law enforcement" and said she would not be silenced". Continue reading...

Ukrainian leader says he was surprised by Trump's energy ceasefire' announcement, posted as Russian drones hit Kyiv

Mayor calls for end to agency's operations in city after agents shot and wounded man with five-year-old in carThe New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, on Sunday compared US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s recent shooting of a man in the Manhattan enclave of Marble Hill to a mass shooting scene - and called for an end to the agency's operations in his city.Mamdani's joined MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff for his first media interview since ICE agents shot and wounded Oscar Belgal, 28, during an enforcement operation while he was in his car with his five-year-old child also inside. Continue reading...

Regina Romero draws on unique biography to connect with voters in Arizona battleground - can she flip a key swing seat?On a recent morning, Tucson mayor Regina Romero knocked on a yellow door above a mat emblazoned with a cat's silhouette and the words go away, peasants". A young man cracked the door open and stood there silently, a toothbrush dangling from his mouth.After giving him a moment to finish brushing his teeth, the mayor introduced herself and asked if the man had heard of JoAnna Mendoza, the Democrat running to unseat Republican congressman Juan Ciscomani. Romero handed him a pamphlet and rattled off her candidate's virtues. The young man stood stone-faced, until she mentioned that Mendoza had served for nearly two decades as a US marine. Continue reading...

New York judge also orders administration to cancel remaining portion of a $20m advertising purchaseA federal judge has ordered Donald Trump's administration to temporarily halt the broadcast of taxpayer-funded television ads promoting the president ahead of the 3 November midterm elections.Effective as of 6.45pm ET on Sunday, US district judge Jennifer L Rochon of the southern district of New York issued a temporary restraining order aimed at the ads that is meant to stay in effect for at least 14 days. Continue reading...

It's not just that the club's recent charges themselves are unprecedented - it's the language used to describe them too

Researchers will head to remote Pacific atoll, but sceptics say satellite images unlikely to be of her aircraftA team of US researchers is approaching a remote Pacific atoll where they suspect the famed aviator Amelia Earhart crash-landed in 1937, in the latest attempt to crack one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century.The 17-person expedition was inspired by satellite images taken over several years showing a submerged object in the uninhabited island's sandy lagoon - evidence dismissed by other longtime Earhart sleuths who say it is probably a fallen tree. Continue reading...

Boaz Weinstein's hedge fund is waging an aggressive campaign against the FTSE 250's Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust

The debt-collection ecosystem will change as AI takes notes in exam rooms, codes visits and sends billing messagesMedical debt is expected to grow in coming years as Republican-led health cuts come into force this winter. As it does, a changing world of medical billing and debt collection awaits patients: one where artificial intelligence increasingly listens, codes, bills and collects.Artificial intelligence takes notes in exam rooms, codes visits, sends out billing messages and powers AI agents who text patients in billing portals - all changing the debt-collection ecosystem. Continue reading...

Children's Health Defense and RFK Jr publicly dispute recent measles deaths to distract' from damage caused and question vaccines, experts sayThe six-year-old girl at the children's hospital in Lubbock, Texas, burned with fever and struggled to breathe. Doctors soon put her on a ventilator, snaking a thick tube down the child's throat so a machine could breathe for her; they placed IVs to rehydrate her tiny body and they prescribed antibiotics for any bacterial infections that may have taken hold in the weeks she had spent at home battling measles.But it was too late. Within a day of being ventilated, the child went into shock, her blood pressure crashed and she went into cardiac arrest. She could not be resuscitated. Her family, and the nation, mourned: she was the first child to die of measles in the US in a decade. Continue reading...

The rise of AI makes the preservation of democracy even more urgent - especially as the technology threatens institutionsAI safety is having a moment. After years as a topic for techies and futurists, the potential risks from artificial intelligence systems - from cyberattacks to hyper-persuasion to rogue behavior - are suddenly under discussion both in the corridors of power and around kitchen tables.In fact, the conversation now reaches beyond classical safety concerns, getting into AI's impact on economic life and the environment, as well as possible responses, from alignment research to government regulation. Continue reading...

Ukrainian president says the deal is news to me' and that Russia is still attacking energy infrastructure. Plus, investigation into continuing mystery of Havana syndrome

From restaurants to farms to healthcare, the US president's hardline policies have reshaped Americans' daily livesIf there is one campaign promise that Donald Trump has kept, it is his pledge to deliver mass deportations".Two years later, voters are living uneasily with the consequences. Continue reading...

As an alleged 2024 gang-rape at Cornell comes to light, universities are grappling with a choice: student safety or alumni donationsDaniel R Schwarz, an 85-year-old English literature emeritus professor, still works at Cornell University after 59 years because he loves teaching and watching young people grow", he said.Most of his students, he also said, have not been part of fraternities at Cornell in Ithaca, New York, where seven men allegedly gang-raped a woman in 2024. Continue reading...

In a recent visit to Greece, the secretary of state suggested that Europe must rediscover the values of conquest and expansionThey had obviously worked hard on the backdrop - and it was magnificent. On 7 October, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, delivered a major speech in Athens, outdoors, with the Acropolis behind him. The sun was setting, bathing the ancient scene, including the Parthenon, in the light of the golden hour.The golden hour, but yet not quite the golden age. This was not Pericles defending democracy. Instead, Rubio offered a haunting vision of the choices facing the west, arguing that the US and Europe must rediscover the values of exploration and conquest that once drove centuries of expansion, or face decline and irrelevance. Continue reading...

Roger Marshall says he has no idea how this happened' and repaid bill double for 2020 election watch party treatsThe Republican US senator Roger Marshall says he has finally paid off a bakery debt - after six years and repeated collection attempts reported by a Kansas business that had supplied a large order of treats for a 2020 election watch party.We have absolutely no idea how this happened", the Kansas senator wrote in a social media post containing a screenshot of the payment on a $678.75 invoice from Holly's Sweet Treats as well as his $1,300 payment. And we have repaid the bill ... double." Continue reading...

After three straight game-winning drives, Cleveland's quarterback was sacked eight times in a dismal defeat that punctured the hype surrounding his revivalI guess the New York Jets didn't get the memo. This was supposed to be a Deshaun Watson lovefest kind of day. A day where, much to the chagrin of those of us with a moral compass and a functional memory, football fans worldwide could declare Watson was so back" and that the Browns were in some blinkered, alternate universe, a Super Bowl contender. No such luck, as the Browns looked like the Browns - reminding an otherwise jubilant city of Cleveland that they are trapped in the sports equivalent of the Backrooms.Limping along for 155 passing yards and one touchdown, Watson fell to Earth harder than David Bowie in a Nicolas Roeg film (yes, I just watched the Dennis Miller Monday Night Football documentary on HBO). He completed fewer than 50% of his passes and ended the day with a 69.6 QBR. I should also probably mention he got sacked eight times. Yes, eight times. EIGHT TIMES. He only completed seven more passes than he received punishing hits behind the line of scrimmage. It was a performance NBC NFL writer Patrick Daugherty called unspeakably bad." Actually, I think the performance was very much speakable, as I've demonstrated here. Stick around for another 400 words. Continue reading...

The latest attack by Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia may prove to be more calamitous for the region than the world imaginesOn Saturday, Houthi rebels launched a shocking and deadly attack on Saudi Arabia's capital city, Riyadh. At the time of writing, the missile strike on King Khalid international airport has killed at least 13 people and left 300 injured, marking a significant turn in a regional conflagration that is only getting more intense. It was the single most deadly attack on any Gulf country since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran in February. In Saudi Arabia, a country that is unaccustomed to such fatalities, the death toll is bewilderingly high and likely to prompt a bloody response.Over the past year, the Gulf has entered a new era of instability that is not temporary and cannot be reversed. This may feel like an overstatement - casualties have been relatively low, after all, compared with Gaza and Iran - but the gradual erosion of peace and security in places such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE has changed the region more dramatically than its leaders would like to acknowledge.Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Father of toddler killed in Erie mass shooting says reported gunman never seemed distressed or out of the ordinaryThe man who killed eight people, before turning the gun on himself, in a mass shooting in a home in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday was a grandfather who had not shown signs that he was capable of such violence, according to people who knew the shooter.A man whose toddler was among those killed said on Sunday that the man never seemed distressed or out of the ordinary, the Associated Press reports. Continue reading...

The unbeaten 49ers edged the Super Bowl champion Seahawks 32-29 after the Packers thrashed the Bears 31-7 in week five of the NFLTOUCHDOWN! Bengals 7-0 Dolphins 14:03, 1st quarterJ Burrow to M Gesicki for four yardsJ Croskey-Merritt 33 yard rush Continue reading...

Ukraine's president reportedly says Kyiv would accept a deal if Moscow does after US president posts announcement with no detail on social media

Senior official says president and US secretary of state are extremely pissed off' by conduct of US envoy to GreeceDonald Trump and Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, are considering firing US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.A senior US official said Sunday that Trump and Rubio are extremely pissed off" by Guilfoyle's reported conduct and would likely decide on what action to take this week after Monday's federal holiday. Continue reading...

Democratic Senate candidate's remarks come as Trump has long baselessly claimed his 2020 election loss was stolenDemocrats must win by massive numbers" during November's federal midterm elections because Donald Trump and his Republican allies are bound to try to sow doubt about the integrity of the results, Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan said on Sunday.El-Sayed's comments on NBC's Meet the Press came with the Democrats favored to win control of the House of Representatives during the 3 November midterms - and polls show that the party could also win Senate seats in states that traditionally elect Republicans and gain a majority there, too. Continue reading...

A fuel deal with Vladimir Putin, and sanctions against the legal institution, ram home the president's belief that might is rightOn Friday, Donald Trump drove home his belief that might is right and the rule of law is an obstacle rather than an essential foundation stone of international order. First came the escalated assault on the international criminal court (ICC), sanctioning the body itself. Then he announced a deal with Russia tobuy diesel.The US has long chafed at the notion of being boundby the rule of law that it espoused publicly. Thathypocrisy now appears as a lesser vice. The president has declared that my own morality" is all that constrains him. His brazen flouting of the law, embrace of dictators and rhetorical attacks all undermine global standards.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

Analysts say fuel will take weeks to ship and quantity is too small to affect prices, while full deal is unlikely to be met given damage to Russian refineries

How will the Seahawks and 49ers fare today? Here is what to know, including kick-off time, TV channels and live stream optionsLast winter, two games between the 49ers and Seahawks decided the shape of the NFL season. The two teams played each other in the Bay Area on the last weekend of the regular season, and Seattle's win secured the NFC West and homefield advantage when the teams met later in the NFC divisional playoffs. Seattle's advantage only got more lopsided at home, and a 41-6 win proved to be the launching pad that sent the Seahawks flying through the rest of the playoffs, ending with a Super Bowl victory. The Niners watched from home.Now they meet again in one of the most anticipated games of the 2026 season to date. The 49ers take an unbeaten record on the road against a 3-1 Seattle team who have kept the train on the tracks despite Sam Darnold getting hurt early in Week 1 and missing a game. Whoever wins here will claim divisional favorite status as we move into the second quarter of the season, and they'll also give themselves a good shot to claim a head-to-head tiebreaker that may be important in the league's most competitive division. Continue reading...

Parra-Hernandez suffered a broken leg and taken to a hospital after being hit by car during an ICE operationAn Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent driving a vehicle struck a man on Saturday while trying to pursue him and someone else in the Houston area, according to authorities.The federal agency had been trying to pull over and arrest Jose Mendoza-Cervantes in north-west Harris county, Texas, when he and the victim, Miguel Parra-Hernandez, exited the vehicle, officials said. Continue reading...

Comments were among the most direct overtures by Trump to woo Democratic senator into his Republican partyDonald Trump on Saturday openly encouraged Democratic US senator John Fetterman to switch parties and become a Republican just weeks before the federal midterm elections could reshape control of Congress.I'd love to see him as a Republican," the presidents told reporters at Joint Base Andrews as he returned to Washington DC from a rally in Tennessee. He does better as a Republican than he does as a Democrat."Guardian staff contributed reporting Continue reading...

The Michigan candidate for US Senate seat is running without directly acknowledging specific constituent groupsAbdul El-Sayed has an impressive resume: Rhodes scholar, professor of epidemiology at Columbia University, executive director of the Detroit health department. And, at 41, the Michigan Democratic senatorial candidate represents a new generation of politicians, a shift that he also embodies sartorially. Whereas casual dress for many politicians is a tieless dress shirt with rolled up sleeves, El-Sayed has embraced a post-corporate, digital nomad-ish uniform: fitted black T-shirt, slim jeans and sneakers.His progressive politics are having a moment among liberals, and he remains unswervingly disciplined about his message: Money Out of Politics, Money in Your Pocket, Medicare for All." On paper he appears well-aligned to Democratic sensibilities in this moment, and he is competitive in the polls. But his support is softer than overall Democratic sentiment would dictate, especially among Black voters. Continue reading...

Trump's big, beautiful bill' spending cuts will be fully felt next year, but hospitals are already feeling the squeezeMaternity wards across the United States are facing a wave of closures as cuts to federal Medicaid funding take effect, experts have warned.According to analysis by the non-profit Protect Our Care, 52 maternity wards have closed since the HR1 bill was announced in July 2025, with a further eight having announced their upcoming closure. Continue reading...

As raw milk industry experiences record growth, experts say it might contain pathogens that can sicken peopleAs raw milk becomes increasingly popular among Americans, there have been several recent disease outbreaks tied to the product, alarming public health officials.Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics called for a ban on sales of unpasteurized milk in the United States. Continue reading...

Darializa Avila Chevalier criticizes NYPD's inaction' in protecting Marble Hill protesters after ICE shot a manDemocratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier believes that the New York police departments' conduct towards protesters after an ICE agent shot and wounded a man in the district she is running to represent violated the spirit, if not the letter" of the city's sanctuary laws.These rules ban local police from helping federal immigration authorities in civil immigration enforcement operations. Continue reading...

They're the latest technological innovation no one asked for - now with added consent issues!I went to a party recently. A fancy one, filled with expensive people and interesting clothes.You might find this surprising, as I expend hundreds of words a week in this publication bemoaning human interaction, but I love parties. I like free champagne, passed appetizers and forced, go-nowhere small talk. Continue reading...

Even if AI supercharged the economy, its impact on the government's finances would be muted'Back through political history to the age of Ronald Reagan, Republicans have repeatedly promised the US public that tax cuts would pay for themselves, firing up economic growth and filling the government's coffers.The promise never really panned out. From the Gipper's day on, the Republicans' tax cuts inevitably increased the budget deficit. Despite its failure, though, the promise is back, coated in a fine new layer of artificial intelligence pixie dust. It will fail again. Continue reading...

Rev Dr Frederick Douglass Haynes III is reclaiming a faith-based politics to counter Trump-allied white evangelicalsIt was that point in the evening: dinner plates were cleared; speeches had run long; people were chatting, milling or eyeing the exit. But then the Rev Dr Frederick Douglass Haynes III took the stage. Bald, bearded, bespectacled and dressed in black, he delivered a mix of fiery sermon and performance poetry. Soon the guests were back in their seats - rapt, listening, clapping and whooping.Haynes's rolling cadence was evocative of the pulpit but the political message was far from kumbaya. Aiming to succeed Democratic star Jasmine Crockett in Texas's 30th congressional district, he danced like a butterfly with references to the boxer Muhammad Ali and rapper Tupac Shakur. But he also stung like a bee, branding Donald Trump as President Pickpocket" and Republicans as the authors of racist gerrymandering and voter suppression. Continue reading...

David McCloskey's new book depicts a calamitous collapse of the special relationship' - could things get darker still?The special relationship", the time-honored emotional bond between the US and Britain that has sustained through war and peace, is in trouble.The ties of history, culture and language that have bridged an ocean and bound the two countries politically for generations are fraying as perhaps never before - strained relentlessly by Donald Trump, who has gleefully sacrificed traditional alliances and diplomatic niceties on the altar of his America first" agenda. Continue reading...

Investigation launched after five broadcasters last month ceased presidential coverage after CNN, MS Now and Politico were barred from White HouseThe US Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press pool to halt coverage of the US president, Donald Trump, last month violated antitrust law, an agency spokesperson said Saturday.A spokesperson for the department said group boycotts among business competitors might violate US law. The Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws," they said. Continue reading...

Deceased were all members of the same family, officials say, and one of victims placed the initial emergency callFive people were shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide at a residence in Georgia on Friday, authorities say.The deceased were family members who lived at the home in Douglas, a city in south Georgia. Continue reading...

Authorities say suspect among dead in house after standoff with police in Erie and there is no ongoing threatA man fatally shot eight people, including a pregnant woman and children, at a Pennsylvania residence on Friday before killing himself, police say.The victims have not been publicly identified, but seven relatives and a family friend died in the rampage. Continue reading...