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603 storiesJudge orders Tennessee to preserve evidence in Christa Pike's failed execution
A Tennessee judge ruled Wednesday that the state must preserve evidence from the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike, who survived two doses of pentobarbital on Sept. 30 and has regained consciousness. Pike, 50, was sentenced to death f…
Moscow court places Patriot Park director Vasilyev under house arrest in bribery case
The Khamovnichesky district court in Moscow placed Igor Vasilyev, director of Patriot Park and former governor of the Kirov region, under house arrest for two months in a bribery case. RBC reported the case involves a bribe of 18 million ru…
Ex-CIA official found with gold bars pleads guilty to $194 million fraud
David J. Rush, a former senior CIA official, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, to one count of wire fraud in a scheme prosecutors say cost the federal government about $194 million. Prosecutors said Rush fabri…
Pennsylvania measles cases pass 1,000, largest state outbreak in decades
Pennsylvania has reported 1,004 measles cases in 2026, the state Department of Health said Monday, including at least 198 hospitalizations and five deaths. State health officials say it is the largest outbreak in any U.S. state in more than…
Tennessee Republicans weigh new execution methods after botched lethal injection
Some of Tennessee's top Republicans said they want to explore alternative ways of executing condemned prisoners after the failed execution of Christa Pike on Sept. 30, in which a large dose of pentobarbital did not kill her. Gov. Bill Lee h…
Christa Pike conscious and speaking after failed Tennessee execution, lawyers say
Christa Pike, 50, is conscious and speaking and receiving critical medical care nearly a week after Tennessee's attempt to execute her with the drug pentobarbital failed, her attorneys said Tuesday. They said her prognosis remains unclear, …
US charges Washington state resident in Canada school shooting case
US authorities arrested and charged James Cody Bryant, 30, of Bellingham, Washington, with conspiring to murder people in a foreign country over the Feb. 10 school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. Officials say Bryant communicat…
Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin over suspected plague death in Siberia
President Trump said Tuesday he has a call scheduled with Vladimir Putin about the suspected pneumonic plague case in Siberia, after saying Monday the US was willing to help Russia. The case follows the death of Darya Shipilova, 28, a worke…
Cornell protests grow; faculty push no-confidence vote over rape case handling
Students at Cornell University protested Monday and Tuesday over the school's handling of an alleged 2024 gang rape at the Chi Phi fraternity, after activists vandalized the Day Hall administration building with red-painted messages and a s…
Seoul appeals court to rule in ex-President Yoon's free opinion poll case
A Seoul appeals court is due to deliver its verdict on Oct 7 in the political funds case against former President Yoon Suk Yeol, accused of receiving 58 free opinion polls from political broker Myung Tae-kyun. The first trial sentenced Yoon…
Russian woman at plague research institute dies; cause disputed
A woman in her 20s who worked at a plague control research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region died on October 2. Russian health authorities said on October 4 the cause was “pneumonia of unknown origin,” while speculation of plague infecti…
Trump says US ready to help Russia after pneumonia case in Irkutsk region
US President Donald Trump said Washington could support Russia after a case of pneumonia of unknown etiology was detected in the Irkutsk region. Russia's Rospotrebnadzor said the sanitary situation in Irkutsk and Shelekhov is stable, and th…
AMD's Lisa Su visits Korea, agrees AI chip cooperation with local firms
AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su visited Korea on Oct. 7, about seven months after her March trip, meeting Second Vice Minister Ryu Je-myeong of the Science and ICT Ministry and a roundtable of Korean AI semiconductor and infrastructure companies.…
Abu Dhabi's AI Everything opens with 400 exhibitors alongside Global Food Week
AI Everything 2026 opened on 6 October at the ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi and runs to 7 October, with WAM reporting 400 exhibitors and 180 speakers, and Economy Middle East reporting more than 400 companies, 200-plus investors managing about $10…
Three friends of Nolan Wells sue Terrell Owens for defamation
Three friends of Nolan Wells, a Black college student who went missing from a Mississippi island on the Fourth of July and was later found dead, are suing NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation. The federal lawsuit, filed Monday by …
Russia quarantines hospital as lab worker’s death puts nearly 200 under observation
A female employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East died last week of pneumonia of unknown cause, Russian authorities said, and a hospital in the town of Shelekhov was placed under quarantine. Officia…
Mexico arrests alleged Jalisco cartel leader “The Tank” accused of fuel smuggling
Mexican security forces arrested Ivan Cazarin Molina, known as “El Tanque” (“The Tank”), an alleged regional leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in Zapopan, Jalisco, Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch said. The U.S. Treasury san…
Russian anti-plague lab technician dies of unknown pneumonia; nearly 200 monitored
A 28-year-old laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Shelekhov, Russia, died of “pneumonia of unknown etiology,” according to the public health agency Rospotrebnadzor. The hospital…
US Marine arrested in Naha hotel killing; Japan protests, Okinawa governor speaks out
A 20-year-old US Marine was arrested on suspicion of robbery-murder after a 39-year-old woman was found dead at a hotel in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, and Japanese officials protested to the US side. Foreign Ministry Senior Deputy Minister Ta…
Four former Sanko Seika executives indicted over 2022 fire that killed six
Niigata District Public Prosecutors Office indicted four former executives of rice-cracker maker Sanko Seika, including former CEO Motoyasu Sato (56), on charges of professional negligence resulting in death over a February 2022 fire at its…