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Greta Thunberg alleges torture during Israeli detention | REUTERS
Reuters   

With U.S. leadership in doubt, can its allies chart their own course?

U.S. allies in Europe and the Indo-Pacific are showing willingness to coordinate and cooperate across a wide range of shared interests, from trade to defense and alliance management to China.
NPR    Oct 7, 5:33 am

WATCH: Former NFL QB Mark Sanchez facing felony charge after physical altercation

Former NFL QB Mark Sanchez, who was arrested following a physical altercation this weekend, is now facing a felony charge of battery involving serious bodily injury, prosecutors in Indianapolis said.
ABC    Oct 7, 8:33 am

Babies take a lesson from soldiers in the war against malaria

Inspired by a military strategy to ward off disease-carrying mosquitoes, researchers see if the technique will help cut malaria infections in little ones.
NPR    Oct 7, 7:03 am
National Guard troops arrive at army base near Chicago | REUTERS
Reuters   

The Nobel Prize for physics is awarded for discoveries in quantum mechanical tunneling

The Nobel committee said that the laureates' work provides opportunities to develop "the next generation of quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers, and quantum sensors."
NPR    Oct 7, 5:33 am

Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem visits ICE facility at center of Portland protests

Noem met with local law enforcement officials at the ICE facility, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
ABC    Oct 7, 9:03 pm

Why Democrats are casting the government shutdown as a health care showdown

Democrats are pressuring Republicans to extend billions of dollars in federal tax credits that have dramatically lowered premiums and contributed to record-low rates of uninsured Americans.
NPR    Oct 7, 4:33 am

WATCH: Near-supermoon lights up American skies

Time-lapse imagery captured the nearly full moon, a forerunner to the harvest supermoon, rising and setting over U.S. cities.
ABC    Oct 7, 8:33 am

A tribe in Arizona planned to connect 600 homes to electricity. Then the funding was cut

The Hopi Tribe received a multimillion-dollar federal grant to install solar panels and battery storage systems for hundreds of homes. But the Trump administration has canceled the funding.
NPR    Oct 7, 4:33 am
Robin Williams' daughter pleads with people to stop sending AI videos of her dad
ABC   

Bondi set to give testimony to Congress at first hearing since Comey indictment

Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to testify before a Senate panel Tuesday amid mounting concerns that the DOJ under her leadership is being weaponized to go after President Trump's perceived enemies.
NPR    Oct 7, 4:33 am

The Supreme Court weighs conversion therapy in a case from Colorado

The case pits conservative Christian groups against the LGBTQ+ community.
NPR    Oct 7, 4:33 am

Why some federal workers aren't scared by the threat of shutdown layoffs

Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.
NPR    Oct 7, 4:33 am

The government has long researched high school experiences. Then DOGE cut the effort

The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.
NPR    Oct 7, 4:33 am

Bondi faces grilling from Senate Democrats on DOJ 'weaponization,' Epstein files

The hearing follows a tumultuous summer for the Department of Justice.
ABC    Oct 7, 8:33 am
From bistro to barista: France's changing coffee culture • FRANCE 24 English
France24   

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen: Lawmakers must find 'common ground' to end the government shutdown

On the seventh day of the shutdown, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen tells NPR she's working with colleagues from both parties to find common ground and reopen the government.
NPR    Oct 7, 6:03 pm

Deploying troops to Chicago is not legally justified, says Illinois attorney general

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says the only "chaos" on Chicago's streets is coming from federal immigration agents carrying our aggressive enforcement.
NPR    Oct 7, 2:33 pm

Indiana woman reported missing after 'suspicious' fire in her house: Sheriff's office

Britney Gard, 46, is considered a missing endangered person "due to her unknown whereabouts," the sheriff's office said.
ABC    Oct 7, 6:03 pm

'Total disaster': How furloughed government workers plan to weather shutdown

Roughly 750,000 federal workers have been furloughed.
ABC    Oct 7, 5:33 pm

DOJ adds 2 out-of-state attorneys to Comey case ahead of his arraignment

The DOJ has added two assistant U.S. attorneys from out of state to work on the case against former FBI Director James Comey ahead of Comey's arraignment on Wednesday.
ABC    Oct 7, 5:33 pm
Bondi to Sen. Durbin: 'I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump'
ABC   

The costs of Israel's longest war, for Israelis

Israelis are paying heavy costs for the longest war in their history: a mental health crisis, trauma, unprecedented division during wartime, animosity abroad and apathy for Palestinian suffering.
NPR    Oct 7, 4:33 pm

'They're survivors': Brother of 2 Israeli hostages fights for their return

Liran Berman, whose twin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman are hostages who may still be alive, spoke to ABC News Live on Tuesday.
ABC    Oct 7, 4:33 pm

Democrats take legal aim at 'the Radical Left' language during shutdown

Democrats and a federal union argue the Trump administration's language posted on federal agency websites and in some emails blaming the "Radical Left Democrats" for the government shutdown is in violation of a 1939 federal law.
NPR    Oct 7, 3:03 pm

These numbers show how 2 years of war have devastated Palestinian lives in Gaza

It's been two years since Hamas-led militants attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. In response, Israeli leaders promised a punishing offensive. Here are some numbers showing the war's toll.
NPR    Oct 7, 1:03 pm

Texas National Guard arrives in Illinois, as Pritzker decries 'authoritarian march'

Texas National Guard arrives in Illinois, as Gov. Pritzker calls for end of Trump administration's 'authoritarian march'
ABC    Oct 7, 10:33 am
Pam Bondi testifies at Senate hearing amid Comey indictment, Epstein controversy | full video
CBS   

Air traffic controller shortages lead to canceled flights, delays nationwide

Controllers are considered essential workers and are exempt from being furloughed during a shutdown.
ABC    Oct 7, 1:03 pm

Trial date set for officer charged in failed response to Uvalde school shooting

One of the officers charged in connection with the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting will go on trial on Jan. 5.
ABC    Oct 7, 1:03 pm

White House floats no back pay for some furloughed federal workers despite 2019 law

A new draft White House memo suggests a 2019 law signed by President Trump that guarantees that federal employees get paid after a shutdown ends would not apply to furloughed workers.
NPR    Oct 7, 12:33 pm

The government shutdown is snarling air travel. Officials say it could get worse

A dozen facilities saw air traffic control shortages on Monday, delaying flights at several airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed "a slight tick-up in sick calls" due to the shutdown.
NPR    Oct 7, 12:33 pm

WATCH: Trump says Sean 'Diddy' Combs asked him for a pardonvv

President Donald Trump said that Sean "Diddy" Combs has reached out to ask him for a pardon following his conviction on two prostitution-related charges.
ABC    Oct 7, 12:33 pm
Canadian theme park warns it may euthanize beluga whales • FRANCE 24 English
France24   

Canadian prime minister to meet Trump as tensions over trade war continue

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are scheduled to meet at the White House on Tuesday amid the trade war between the neighboring nations.
ABC    Oct 7, 11:33 am

Social Security administrator is named to the newly created position of IRS CEO

Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano was named to the newly created position of CEO of the IRS on Monday, making him the latest member of the Trump administration to be put in charge of multiple federal agencies.
NPR    Oct 7, 1:03 am