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The Pentagon plans to livestream the public execution of Major Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 at Fort Hood in 2009. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Hasan will face a firing squad, potentially on December 3, which would be the first state-sanctioned public U.S. execution in more than 90 years.Tracy Mumford on The Headlines
Residents along the Gulf Coast boarded windows and stocked bottled water as Hurricane Isaias intensified toward a possible Friday landfall in southern Alabama or the Florida Panhandle. Isaias became the Atlantic season’s first hurricane and could become the first to hit the mainland U.S. since Hurricane Milton in 2024.Tracy Mumford on The Headlines
An ICE agent in New York City shot a man in the neck after agents fired seven rounds into his car, authorities say, while his five-year-old son sat uninjured in the backseat. The Department of Homeland Security said agents were arresting an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record but did not explain the shooting.Tracy Mumford on The Headlines
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African human rights lawyer Navatanan Navi Pillay for promoting peace and international law. The committee cited her anti-apartheid work and work on international courts and commissions, including a Gaza investigation Israel denounced.Tracy Mumford on The Headlines
Thursday Senate debates in Georgia, Maine, and Michigan featured Republican candidates defending President Trump’s positions on gas prices, tariffs, and Iran as Democrats tied them to his declining popularity. Personal attacks included disputed claims involving war profits, extremist aides, and alleged terrorism ties.Tracy Mumford on The Headlines
Fishing is a defining issue in Alaska’s midterm races for the House, Senate, and governor as anger grows over deep-sea trawling. Candidates have proposed banning out-of-state boats and targeting Russian and Chinese fleets, while about 60% of U.S. wild seafood comes from Alaska.Tracy Mumford on The Headlines
Nobel prizes had been announced in five of six categories, with economics scheduled for Monday. The awards recognized neuroscience discoveries that may lead to blindness treatments, a South Pole particle telescope, chemistry research aiding pharmaceuticals and origins-of-life studies, and poet Anne Carson’s modern remixes of ancient Greek texts.Tracy Mumford on The Headlines
The Nobel Prize in literature went to poet Anne Carson, known for remixing ancient Greek texts in modern forms. Carson received the institute’s call while eating crackers and drinking tea in Iceland, and her agent said she responded with Yikes before saying she was listening to the wind.Tracy Mumford on The Headlines
The Nobel Prize in physics went to a researcher who pioneered a telescope embedded deep in the South Pole ice. The instrument detects particles arriving from the far reaches of the universe.Tracy Mumford on The Headlines
The Nobel Prize in chemistry went to a pair who solved a longstanding molecular mystery. Their work led to pharmaceutical advances and provided clues about the origins of life.Tracy Mumford on The Headlines
Plastic-wrapped cocaine bundles, known as square grouper, have washed ashore near the Florida Keys and South Florida for decades after smugglers dropped or dumped them. Packages worth tens of thousands of dollars now surface nearly every week, and a ring that distributed found cocaine was recently sentenced to prison.Tracy Mumford on The Headlines
Hundreds competed in Philadelphia’s parallel-parking contest, with judges scoring curb distance and collisions in rounds named Tight Squeeze and Under Duress. The winner received a curb-piece trophy and $76, matching the city’s parking-fine amount.