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Death inside Folkston facility comes as officials allegedly threaten hunger strikers there with force-feedingAn immigrant detained at a sprawling detention center complex in Georgia died on Friday, local and federal officials confirmed, after the facility has already faced national scrutiny for its response to an ongoing hunger strike inside.The death inside the D Ray James facility in Folkston, Georgia, comes as federal immigration officials and private contractors are allegedly threatening hunger strikers there with force-feeding, a detained hunger striker, his wife, attorneys and advocates all said this week. Detainees are refusing food to protest prolonged captivity and bad conditions. Continue reading...

Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem fell from ride earlier this month, spurring amusement park to temporarily shut it downSix Flags will install seatbelts on its Goliath rollercoaster in Georgia, after a rider plummeted to his death earlier this month.Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, a 42-year-old father and educator, was thrown from his seat on the Goliath, a coaster that plunges riders down 165ft, before a second drop of 180ft. On his way down, he collided with the ride's other cars. Continue reading...

Baseball's two best regular-season teams are also among its lowest spenders. But their unlikely World Series comes with a warning about the sport's futureThe best pitcher in baseball led the best team to victory over the second-best team? Weird.A World Series that makes the logical feel novel began on Friday as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in Game 1. Of course the Brewers, with their MLB-topping 103 regular-season victories, should be facing the 98-win Rays on the grandest stage. But of course, since these are two of the smallest and lowest-budget franchises in the sport, they shouldn't. Continue reading...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 4,588 cases across the country, more than double the tally in 2025Federal health authorities reported an additional 178 cases of measles in the US this week, as the vaccine-preventable illness continues to sicken people across at least 43 outbreaks.The new data reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) comes as experts criticize the agency for lack of transparency, and as health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr takes steps to further upend US vaccine infrastructure. Continue reading...

Other voter concerns have prevailed but return of Congress likely to see renewed focus on late sex offender's activitiesAs US voters head to the polls for crucial and fraught midterm elections, some survivors' advocates in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation have expressed concern that the scandal could recede into the background.Political experts believe, however, the Epstein issue is not going away permanently and that many voters can balance day-to-day concerns such as affordability and AI with the scandal involving the late financier and accused sex trafficker whose social circle was widespread among America's elite. Continue reading...

The basketball star seems proud to leave the job to his partner. That's so last centuryNobody can accuse the basketball star LaMelo Ball of being bad at his job. That said, the Minnesota Timberwolves point guard doesn't seem to be a huge fan of dribbling.Ball has a nine-month-old son, LaOne, with his partner Ana Montana (real name: Analicia Chaves) and is apparently uninterested in dealing with all the body fluids that come with a baby.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Nazhat Shameem Khan claims some staff are facing banking difficulties' but their work is unaffectedThe deputy prosecutor of the international criminal court has said new US sanctions are beginning to take effect on its staff but insisted they have not hindered the court's work.The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced the sanctions this month, accusing the ICC - a frequent target of the Trump administration - of being a rogue court" and declaring: Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC." Continue reading...

Critics decry Trump administration rule that lets hunters lure bears with human foods on federal lands in AlaskaA new Trump administration rule allows hunters to bait bears on federal lands in Alaska with bacon, doughnuts, meat scraps or other human foods typically used to help kill the trophy animals at close range.Opponents say the practice will cause bears to be more aggressive around humans, and allege that the rule change is a political gift to largely rightwing trophy hunters. The rule replaces a 2024 Biden administration rule that banned the practice, and environmental groups criticized the move as indefensible and inexcusable". Continue reading...

New details of IV team's attempts to find a vein shared by Pike's lawyer shocked and disturbed' practitionersMedical experts have expressed shock at the apparent incompetence shown by Tennessee's execution team during the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike, the prisoner who survived a normally fatal dose of pentobarbital, which they say would be considered medical malpractice in any other setting.New details emerged on Thursday of how Tennessee's intravenous (IV) team struggled for almost an hour to set up a line into Pike's arms through which she would be administered the fatal dose of sedative. A blow-by-blow account was released in legal proceedings from Pike's lawyer, Randy Spivey, who was present inside the death chamber at her 30 September failed execution. Continue reading...

Ultra-endurance swimmer Catherine Breed navigated waves, wildlife and pollution to become the first person to swim from state's northern-most tip to Mexico borderNearly four months ago, Catherine Breed, a 33-year-old from the San Francisco Bay Area, set out to become the first person to swim the entire coastline of California - from its northern-most tip to the border with Mexico. She and her support team prepared for encounters with sharks and storms. They hadn't anticipated completing the marathon swim during a year of historic super El Nino weather.But after dodging hurricanes, wildlife and 8ft waves in an unusually volatile Pacific Ocean, Breed finally celebrated the end of her journey on a beach in San Diego on Monday. Continue reading...

Even with a multimillion-dollar war chest, the US representative faces a stiff fight for his seat from Democrat Rebecca BennettThe stars above New Jersey seemed aligned for Tom Kean Jr.The Republican congressman had a war chest of more than $2.4m in February, an endorsement from Donald Trump and a district whose lines were redrawn in 2022 to benefit his party. He was an established political figure with widespread name recognition, thanks to his father's stint as a well-regarded governor of New Jersey. Continue reading...

Ebro Ahmed, who acted after driver's medical emergency, said he hopes incident will show Eritreans in a good way'A man who hopped on to a school bus full of terrified children that was careering down a Minnesota street after its driver had a medical emergency and manually halted it says he was motivated to act by a Qu'ran verse about how saving one life is equivalent to saving all of humanity.I'm a numbers guy, and those numbers make sense to me," Ebro Ahmed, 27, said on Friday during an interview about his actions four days earlier in front of his family's convenience store in Saint Paul, Minnesota. I didn't do it for me. It was selflessness in the name of God." Continue reading...

Vice-president's visibility has risen as Trump's popularity wanes, but path to inherit Maga throne is more complicated than it may seemA day after JD Vance suggested Donald Trump would endorse him if he runs for president, the vice-president shifted awkwardly in the Oval Office as his boss was asked about the remark.He's a very talented person, and he's a very good person," Trump said of the man standing behind him, with a forced smile this week. But we've literally - I don't think we've ever talked about," the president claimed, leaving the assertion unconfirmed. Continue reading...

Former USA team doctor Larry Nassar's 2018 conviction sparked a global reckoning in gymnastics, yet gymnasts say they are still being let downIt has been 10 years since the Indianapolis Star published allegations of sexual abuse by Larry Nassar, the former team doctor for USA Gymnastics, setting off a chain of events that would lead to a reckoning for the sport. Hundreds of women came forward with their own allegations against Nassar, who also worked at Michigan State University, leading to his conviction and jailing.The exposure of his crimes sparked a wider investigation into how gymnastics had allowed predators to abuse young athletes around the world. While Nassar was the worst recorded case, it emerged many other countries had questions to answer about the failure to protect victims from not only sexual but physical and emotional abuse. But a decade later, on a large houseboat moored in Rotterdam three tram stops away from the Ahoy Arena, where the World Gymnastics Championships are taking place this week, survivors and advocates raised fears about the slow pace of change. Continue reading...

We've heard much about the end of the west. At the proposed summit between Trump, Putin and Xi, those fears could crystalliseIn the final two years of a US presidency, when Congress has been lost, approval ratings have sunk like a stone and their party has started to think about who's coming next, the person occupying the Oval Office can feel their power draining away. Domestic legislation, particularly in an era where bipartisan cooperation is almost nonexistent, grinds to a halt. But as the days tick by until the end, and as presidents begin to think about their legacy, there is one part of the job where they still have power: the rest of the world.In the final weeks of his presidency in 1992 George HW Bush sent 28,000 American troops to Somalia to help end a famine. For Bill Clinton, it was a quixotic attempt to bring peace to the Middle East by ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Barack Obama restored diplomatic ties with Cuba, making a historic visit to Havana, as well as a final, successful push on the Iran nuclear deal. Continue reading...

The Senate candidate denounced opponent Ken Paxton, calling out corruption allegations and support from MuskJames Talarico, the Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Texas, has taken aim at Elon Musk, warning that the tech mogul is trying to buy political influence and declaring: Texas is not for sale."Talarico held a campaign rally on Friday at the University of Texas at Austin, packing an auditorium at his alma mater with hundreds of students and other supporters, who cheered, whooped and waved campaign signs. Continue reading...

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Letters from federal prosecutors represent latest escalation as Trump continues to make claims of voter fraudFederal prosecutors sent letters to county registrars across California on Friday demanding that local officials set aside and verify ballots that the Department of Justice said may belong to noncitizens, according to the Los Angeles county registrar and a letter obtained by the Associated Press.The letters are the latest escalation in a legal battle between California and Donald Trump's Department of Justice, which has recently focused on the state in its efforts to root out noncitizen voting ahead of the midterm elections. Continue reading...

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth alleges Confucius Institutes operating in disguise on US university campusesThe US defense department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses known as Confucius Institutes as a threat to US national security, defense secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday.Washington has long accused Confucius Institutes of being Chinese propaganda tools and has taken steps to crack down on them. Continue reading...

US secretary of state makes comments after Trump tells US rally warships could intervene on return from IranMarco Rubio urged Cubans seeking political change in their country to act, saying now is the time" moments after Donald Trump told a Friday rally for candidates in south Florida that US warships could intervene in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war.The US secretary of state, in his social media post addressed to those who seek to create positive change", urged Cubans to capitalize on Trump's plans. The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete [sic] partnership with the CIA," Rubio said. Continue reading...

Kaylub Giamanco recounts the day he confronted the Silver Rail elementary school shooter, who killed three boys and one teacherThe Oregon father hailed as a hero for stopping a school shooting last week spoke for the first time about the incident, describing his experience and how he told a 911 operator: I have to go in. People are going to die."Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter, has received national attention and praise for stopping the bloodshed at Silver Rail elementary in Bend, Oregon, where his children attend school. Continue reading...

Police body camera and security footage released on 21 October shows the police shooting of Kohen Wiley on 14 June in Senatobia, Mississippi. The released video comes after the Mississippi attorney general announced that the shooting 'was justified'. After the release of the video, the police officer who shot into the vehicle and killed Kohen Wiley resigned from the Senatobia police department. Continue reading...

With just 11 days until the US midterm elections, Democrats need a net gain of four seats to reclaim CongressWith just 11 days until the US midterm elections, early voting data is rolling in nationwide. Democrats need a net gain of four seats to reclaim the majority in each chamber of Congress. Here is where the numbers stand as of Friday: Continue reading...

Rodney Hinton ran over Larry Henderson after he viewed body-cam footage of police shooting dead his son RyanAn Ohio man who killed a deputy with his car just hours after seeing video of his son killed by Cincinnati police was found guilty of murder and other charges on Friday, according to authorities.Rodney L Hinton, 40, faces between 15 years and life in prison after his convictions in the death of Hamilton county special deputy Larry Henderson. His sentencing is tentatively scheduled for 16 November. Continue reading...

Trump justice department claims there could be confusion' about two Republicans on the ballot named Dan SullivanDonald Trump said he ordered the justice department to file a lawsuit to block the certification of Alaska's US Senate results if the Republican incumbent loses, a move that voting rights experts called an unprecedented intervention" by the federal government with control of Congress in the balance.I'm the one that said do it," Trump told reporters as he landed in Florida for a campaign rally on Friday. Continue reading...

Donald Trump told rally-goers on Thursday evening that he had 'the right to run again' for president, invoking a claim he has repeatedly made that he may seek a third term despite it being unconstitutional Continue reading...

An electoral supercycle over the next year may redefine the continent's future. But what's happening on the streets is shaping it, tooFrance sneezed, and Europe has again caught the cold. The wave of unrest which began with teenagers at a high school soon drew in hundreds of thousands of people nationwide and then spread across the continent. Protests have filled the streets in Lisbon and Madrid, and have ignited into violence in Milan, Brussels and Tirana as well as in French cities.French authorities say they are deploying 70,000 officers on Saturday and are allowing only marches organised by unions. They blame hard-left militants as well as opportunistic young perpetrators for last weekend's destruction and looting, when a minority hijacked largely peaceful protests. But with fuel prices set to rise further over the winter, the demands and participants broadening, and President Macron utterly failing to meet the moment, there is no sign of an end to the wider discontent and no speedy resolution in sight. Continue reading...

Hunter Foster fired at vehicle during a shoplifting call at a Walmart, killing one-year-old Kohen WileyHunter Foster, the Mississippi police officer who shot into a vehicle and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley, has resigned from the Senatobia police department. Earlier this week, Mississippi's attorney general, Lynn Fitch, announced that the shooting was justified".The Senatobia board of aldermen accepted Foster's resignation on 21 October and the resignation took effect immediately. Foster was placed on leave on 16 June, days after the 14 June shooting. Yesterday, the Mississippi department of public safety released body-camera and surveillance footage from the shooting, at a Walmart in Senatobia, during which the toddler died in his mother's arms after being shot. Continue reading...

US constitution unequivocally states that he can't campaign again, which the president also seems to acknowledge

People in Russian-occupied city facing severe shortages of food, water and electricity, with some reportedly surviving on weedsThe White House has said that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, where a deepening humanitarian crisis has left thousands of civilians struggling to survive.In a statement on Friday, the White House said both sides had agreed to halt all military operations in the city from 29 October to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and preparations for the evacuation of civilians. Continue reading...

Contents of laptop of Joe Biden's son were part of a bizarre saga in the final weeks of 2020 presidential electionTwo former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged on Friday with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden's laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides surrendered on Friday and made their first appearance in federal court in Washington DC. Floris's legal team expressed outrage at the development coming from the US Department of Justice, the parent agency of the FBI. Continue reading...

Voting rights advocates say directive would disenfranchise young and low-income voters, but Republicans say it's needed to combat voter fraud

The New York mayor's passion for the Gunners and human rights presents an opportunity to push back on the club's lucrative UAE sponsorshipLike him or not, there is no doubt that New York mayor Zohran Mamdani's passion for certain issues is electric, and that passion played a large part in him getting elected. But today, two of his biggest passions are on a collision course.On one hand, Mamdani is now arguably the US's most high-profile supporter of English Premier League champions Arsenal. A superfan since he was a child, he has put the Gunners into the American spotlight more than anyone since becoming mayor. The Empire State Building gleamed in Arsenal's red and white when they won the Premier League title. He wrote an essay about what Arsenal's championship means to him, talks about Arsenal at press conferences and interviews and inaugurated Thierry Henry Way near Times Square in honor of the Arsenal legend. Continue reading...

Conservative media personalities who have long benefited from boosting the president will be forced to wrestle with the likely fallout of Republican losses in next month's US midterm electionsNothing lasts forever. Jesse Kelly knows his meteoric rise through conservative radio will end one day - just like Donald Trump's power over the Republican party.Every day, the 6ft 8in Kelly walks a tightrope between sycophancy and criticism of the US president: the same fine line many rightwing hosts have attempted to tread throughout Trump's rise, fall, and then resurrection from the political graveyard after his 2020 presidential election defeat. Continue reading...

State authorities investigating killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti said federal officials paused transfer of evidenceThe federal government has stopped sharing evidence with Minnesota authorities who are investigating the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers during a violent anti-immigration, anti-protest crackdown in the state earlier this year, state officials said in recent court filings.Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration in March for access to materials they said they needed to independently investigate the shootings. Continue reading...

CBP commissioner Rodney Scott says $46bn Texas project is justified amid court-ordered pause on wall's constructionThe Trump administration's top border official defended plans to build a wall and other infrastructure in the Big Bend of Texas despite mounting opposition against the project and a court-ordered pause on construction, saying his goal of fortifying the country's borders was non-negotiable".Rodney Scott, the commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), said the $46bn wall project was justified despite a bipartisan coalition of landowners, local businesses and environmentalists who view it as a waste of taxpayer money that could be destructive to a region with historically low migrant crossings, in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press. Continue reading...

Republicans are resorting to childish taunts to defend an uncommonly dishonorable state attorney generalIt's a bit like Lucy with the football. Every few years, Democrats convince themselves that a Texas Senate seat might finally switch from red to blue. On paper, it makes sense. Texas is a large and urbanizing state with an increasingly educated - and increasingly non-white - population.Other one-time Republican strongholds that have undergone similar demographic shifts have turned purple or even blueish - think Georgia, for example. The border counties along the Rio Grande valley, with their deep poverty and big Latino populations, were long thought to be fertile ground to nurture a kind of anti-Trump populism that could be converted into pro-Democratic sentiment. The state Democratic party is anemic there, but a few talented candidates have emerged.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

Byron Donalds removed mentions of the president from his website and has barely uttered his name - will his ploy prove successful in a tight governor's race?It took Byron Donalds, addressing a wildly supportive crowd at a rally in Florida's bluest county, some time to list those he blamed for any affordability" issues they might be experiencing.Joe Biden, and the radical policies of the Democrats, were at fault, the Republican nominee for Florida governor insisted in his stump speech at Broward county's Green Glades West ranch, even though neither has wielded power in Washington for almost two years. Continue reading...

Documents show German party's scramble to request support after president's 2016 election win and co-leader's pursuit of Steve BannonA data leak from Germany's far-right German Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) has revealed the extent of efforts by the party to court Donald Trump and other leading figures in the Maga movement, stretching back more than a decade.The trove reveals the pains the AfD took in wooing the president, whom they saw from the beginning as a potential ally, with senior party officials agonising over the wording of an obsequious congratulatory telegram when he was elected in 2016, which included the wish that his hopes as a person be fulfilled". Continue reading...