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Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009. Read more. Why this matters: It’s a stunning revelation about plans for the military’s first execution in more than 65 years. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaking to the conservative TV outlet Real America’s Voice on Wednesday, said, “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public.” The public nature of the execution — let alone one as violent as a firing squad — has raised further questions about how the death penalty is carried out in the U.S., especially after the botched lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee. ps:Imagine that! We are now going to act just like the terrorist by televising an execution????? Are we now any better than they are?????

Japan protests Russia’s extradition requests for ICC president Tomoko Akane and 8 other court staff TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday slammed Russia’s request for the extradition from the Netherlands of the president of the International Criminal Court, a Japanese national, and eight other officials of the court based in the European country. https://apnews.com/article/japan-russia-icc-ef613db91a3f7bd3e5dbddd099143c84?

Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize The South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay, who is currently an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, won the award on Friday for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Read more. Why this matters: Her win is sure to be seen as a high-profile rebuke to President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have both rejected the findings of a U.N. commission she led that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Both leaders also have been highly critical of the institutions where Pillay has worked. Pillay has repeatedly rejected accusations from critics who accused her of antisemitism or allegedly turning a blind eye to the Hamas attacks in Israel. Pillay’s win brings renewed attention to Trump’s ongoing feud with the International Criminal Court. The Trump administration already has sanctioned 13 of the ICC’s staff members, among them key prosecutors and nine judges. There are fears the court as a whole could be sanctioned. Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was a message to those seeking to undermine “the international rules-based system and the institutions.” RELATED COVERAGE ➤ How much do you know about the Nobel Prizes? Test your knowledge here

‘There will be impacts,’ DeSantis warns as Hurricane Isaias approaches North Florida Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that state emergency planners are preparing for Hurricane Isaias to make landfall as a Category 3 storm near the Florida Panhandle. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/there-will-be-impacts-desantis-warns-as-hurricane-isaias-approaches-north-florida/? DeSantis revels in ‘the biggest judicial smackdown that I have ever seen’ Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed vindication Thursday in light of a state appellate ruling handed down the day before expunging the Hope Florida grand jury report that harshly criticized much of the state’s Republican leadership. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/desantis-revels-in-the-biggest-judicial-smackdown-that-i-have-ever-seen/? Florida taking next step against Instagram after rejecting nationwide settlement Florida’s attorney general is asking Facebook and Instagram to tighten their platforms to deny access to its “addictive features” for children, as the state pressed it legal battle against the tech giant Meta. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/florida-taking-next-step-against-instagram-after-rejecting-nationwide-settlement/? Ladapo: Eliminating vaccine mandates isn’t about science, it’s about parents’ rights Florida State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is a well-known vaccine skeptic. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/ladapo-eliminating-vaccine-mandates-isnt-about-science-its-about-parents-rights/? ps:What a crock of horse manure!!!!!

🎉 Yahoo! It's Friday! You made it. Programming note: We'll be off Monday for the holiday. See you back here bright and early Tuesday morning. In today's edition: College football's widening talent gap, Cleveland stays alive, Wilson wins fifth MVP, the Lane Johnson effect, Behind the Lens, all eyes on Tuscaloosa, NFL mock draft, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🏈 MIND THE GAP BASKETBALL LOST CINDERELLA. IS FOOTBALL NEXT? UMass beat Rutgers last month in a rare win for a Group of Six team over a Power Four opponent. (Ed Mulholland/Getty Images) With just three wins in 76 games against Power Four opponents this season, the Group of Six has reached a competitive low point in the modern history of college football. Has the transfer portal, combined with NIL money, killed football's Cinderella? Dan Wolken, Yahoo Sports: In 76 games played this season between the Power Four and the Group of Six, teams from the latter have won just three. But the disparity is even more jarring when you dig into the numbers. Of the 73 wins by power conference teams, 27 had a margin of five touchdowns or more. In 10 of those games, the Group of Six team didn't manage to score a single point. Ever since NIL, revenue sharing and unlimited transfers came to college sports, we have seen bits and pieces of evidence suggesting that Cinderella might be dying in football and men's basketball. On the heels of a March Madness tournament with no mid-majors in the Sweet 16 and a fairly large sample size on the gridiron this fall, it's getting harder to deny the obvious. Bottom line: The talent gap between the 68 schools playing power conference football and everyone else has widened to the point where Group of Six programs sometimes look more like a feeder system than a competitive entity. "Something I'm happy about is we got nine starters on defense who are seniors," New Mexico head coach Eck joked last month after nearly beating Oklahoma. "So all these SEC coaches will be seeing how good our defense is and they'll look up all those guys they'd like to have play for them and they're going to see they're seniors. They have no eligibility left to transfer to the SEC next year." "The power conference schools are paying backups what we're paying starters. That's a reality," said UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford. "Any time you've got guys that are all-league or putting stuff on tape consistently week in and week out, anyone who's saying that isn't in the back of their mind isn't being truthful." Keep reading: Group of 6 struggling to stay competitive as gap with Power 4 widens: 'It's only going to get harder'   📸 SNAPSHOTS PICS DU JOUR José Ramírez came up huge in Game 4. (Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images) ⚾️ Chicago, Illinois The Guardians kept their season alive with a 9-5 victory over the White Sox, tying the series at two games apiece thanks to a six-run outburst in the sixth inning and José Ramírez (2-5, HR, 3 RBI) continuing to rediscover the MVP form that had eluded him in Games 1 and 2. Flip the script? Cleveland is seeking to become the first team to come back from 2-0 down and win a five-game playoff series since 2017, when the Yankees did that against… the Guardians (Indians). That's a lot of trophies. (David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images) 🏀 Las Vegas, Nevada A'ja Wilson was named WNBA MVP on Thursday for a record-extending fifth time. The Aces star received 65 of 74 first-place votes to beat out Lynx rookie Olivia Miles, Fever duo Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark, and two-time MVP Breanna Stewart. A league of her own: Since entering the WNBA in 2018, Wilson has received more first-place MVP votes (274) than all other players combined (233). Buccaneers players celebrate after recovering a fumble in the second half. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) 🏈 Arlington, Texas The Buccaneers beat the Cowboys, 24-16, on "Thursday Night Football" to notch their first victory and pull off the biggest point-spread upset (+9.5) of the season so far. Game notes: Undrafted rookie QB Jalon Daniels (19/25, 189 yds, TD) played well in his second start and Bucky Irving (165 rush yds, 2 total TD) thrashed a Dallas defense that might be even worse than last year's historically-bad unit.   🏈 IN THE TRENCHES THE LANE JOHNSON EFFECT (Michael Owens/Getty Images) The following story is written by Neil Paine, the newest addition to our Yahoo Sports newsletter team. They say you should always hire people smarter than you, and I've certainly done that here. Welcome to "Numbers with Neil." After 14 NFL seasons, six Pro Bowls, two first-team All-Pro nods and two Super Bowl rings earned while anchoring the Eagles' offensive line, legendary right tackle Lane Johnson announced his retirement Tuesday. A tale of two teams: For all his personal accolades, the best way to appreciate Johnson's greatness might be to look at what happened when he wasn't playing — what's known as the "With Or Without You" (WOWY) class of statistics. Take, for instance, the Eagles' record when he played versus when he didn't: Digging deeper: Johnson's excellence becomes even more apparent when we examine the play-by-play data over the same span as above. In plays he participated in, the Eagles gained +0.075 Expected Points Added (EPA) per play. In plays he sat, they lost -0.050 EPA per play, good for an eye-popping gap of +0.125 EPA. Since football is insanely complicated, this type of analysis can be adjusted for quality of teammates and opponents, game situations, and so forth — and it can even be tethered to broader measures of quality such as Pro Football Reference's Approximate Value (AV) as a stabilizer at baseline. If we do that, Johnson comes out around the 10th-most impactful non-QB from 2016-2025, and probably the most impactful lineman — with better pure in-game impact than David Bakhtiari and a better AV-adjusted rating than Trent Williams and Terron Armstead. Fancy numbers aside… The WOWY stat that Philadelphia fans appreciate most about Lane Johnson is very simple: Without him on the roster (1933-2012), the Eagles won zero Super Bowls. With him on the roster (2013-2026), they won two.   📸 PHOTOGRAPHY BEHIND THE LENS (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) Each week, Yahoo Sports AM goes "Behind the Lens" with Getty Images to share the stories behind the best photographs in sports. This week's photo: LeBron James poses for a portrait during Media Day ahead of his 24th NBA season, and first with the Philadelphia 76ers. Photographer: Emilee Chinn Location: Camden, New Jersey Date: Sept. 28 Behind the lens: Take it away, Emilee… Leading up to this year's 76ers Media Day, I wanted to create a unique look that was simple to execute, knowing media coverage would be heavier with the addition of LeBron James. For this portrait, I used a continuous light with a spotlight attachment aimed at the blue brick wall of the practice gym, shooting on a Canon R1 with a 50mm lens at f/4.5, ISO 320, and 1/200 shutter speed. I had just 45 seconds with LeBron across two setups — classic full-length portraits on a red seamless backdrop and this spotlight look. After quickly getting the essentials on the main set and nearly running out of time, LeBron happily agreed to one final shot. I had spent the week envisioning a portrait that captured his emotion but also added a dramatic feel, and with just one pose and one opportunity under the spotlight, I was able to achieve what I wanted.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WEEKEND WATCHLIST (Hayden Hodge/Yahoo Sports) 🏈 College Football Saturday All eyes will be on Tuscaloosa this weekend for a high-stakes SEC clash between No. 6 Alabama and No. 2 Georgia (7:30pm ET, ABC). Weather is expected to play a factor as Hurricane Isaias has already forced "College GameDay" to move indoors. Best of the rest: No. 1 Texas vs. Oklahoma (3:30pm, ABC); No. 21 UCLA at No. 13 Oregon (3:30pm, CBS); No. 7 Indiana at Nebraska (12pm, Fox); Texas A&M at No. 14 Missouri (12pm, ABC); Stanford at No. 3 Notre Dame (3:30pm, NBC); No. 10 LSU at Kentucky (7pm, ESPN). Friendly reminder: Week 6 of our College Football Challenge is live. Don't forget to make your picks before kickoff. ⚾️ MLB Postseason The Guardians host the White Sox in a winner-take-all Game 5 tomorrow night (8pm, TBS) for the final spot in the League Championship Series. Can Cleveland complete the unlikely comeback? Or will Chicago reach its first ALCS since 2005? The Final Four: The NLCS between the Brewers and Dodgers begins Sunday in Milwaukee (8pm, Fox), while the ALCS begins Monday in St. Petersburg (8pm, TBS) after Game 2 of the NLCS (5pm, Fox). 🏈 NFL Sunday The top two teams in our power rankings will take the field in Seattle, where the reigning champs host the undefeated 49ers (4:25pm, Fox). Other notable games include: Eagles vs. Jaguars in London (9:30am, NFL); Bears at Packers (1pm, Fox); Raiders at Patriots (1pm, CBS); Ravens at Falcons (8:20pm, NBC). Looking ahead: Week 5 concludes on Monday night with the Bills visiting the Rams (8:15pm, ABC/ESPN), who will make NFL history as the first team to play four of their first five games in prime time. 🏀 WNBA Semifinals The finalists could be determined as soon as tonight, with Atlanta and Golden State both in position to sweep on the road. First up is Dream at Liberty (7:30pm, ESPN2), followed by Valkyries at Aces (9:30pm, Peacock/NBCSN). Both Game 4s, if necessary, are on Sunday. Uphill battle: No WNBA team has ever come back from a 2-0 deficit to win a best-of-five postseason series (0-19). But the Aces and Liberty, who have no shortage of talent or playoff experience, seem like decent candidates to end the drought. More to watch: 🇺🇸 Friendly: USWNT vs. Spain (Sat. 2:30pm, TBS) … The world's top two women's soccer teams take the field in Washington, D.C. 🏎️ F1: Singapore (Sun. 8am, Apple) … Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas cycled 217 miles from last week's race in Malaysia to this one. Why not! 🏁 NASCAR: Charlotte (Sun. 3pm, USA) … Kyle Larson leads the way halfway through the 10-race Chase championship. ⚽️ Premier League: Arsenal vs. Leeds (Sat. 7:30am, USA); Liverpool vs. Man City (Sun. 11:30am, NBC) … Play resumes post-international break. 🏒 NHL: Rangers at Capitals (Fri. 7pm, NHL); Maple Leafs at Avalanche (Sat. 7pm, NHL) … The first-place Rangers (4-1-0) have yet to allow a first-period goal, their longest such season-opening streak since 1939. 🚴 Cycling: Il Lombardia (Sat. 4:35am, HBO Max) … The season's fifth and final Monument takes riders 149 miles from Bergamo to Como, Italy. Plus: 🎾 WTA China Open and ATP Shanghai Masters (Fri-Sun, Tennis); 🏀 NBA Preseason (Fri-Sun, NBA/ESPN); ⚽️ MLS Week 29 (Sat-Sun, Apple); 🏍️ MotoGP Indonesia (Sun. 3am, FS2) Got plans this weekend? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🔍 LET'S PLAY GUESS THE LOGO Question: Can you guess this MLB team based on the first logo it used? Hint: They made the playoffs this year. And it's probably not the team you think. Answer at the bottom.   🏈 MOCK DRAFT ANOTHER MANNING IN NEW YORK? (Henry Russell/Yahoo Sports) Yahoo Sports' Nate Tice has released his first 2027 NFL Mock Draft, and it features a blockbuster trade at the top that results in Arch Manning going to the Jets. Mock Draft 1.0: Projecting all 32 first-round picks   Guess the Logo answer: Chicago White Sox. This was their first logo from 1901-02, when they were the Chicago White Stockings… which was also the original name of the Cubs (1876-87). Strange, I know.

A peer-reviewed paper by Deisher et al titled, Epidemiologic and Molecular Relationship Between Vaccine Manufacture and Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence, delivered one of the most alarming findings in modern vaccine safety research: childhood vaccines grown in human fetal cell lines contain billions to trillions of fragmented human DNA molecules—capable of entering and integrating into the genome of human cells. https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/study-childhood-vaccines-contain-trillions-of-human-fetal-dna-fragments-capable-of-genomic-integration/ Summary: The use of fetal tissue from elective abortions is commonplace in the pharmaceutical industry and in medical research. This opinion addresses the licitness, quasi-benefits, and consequences of using fetal tissue from elective abortions in vaccines and in medical research. All people of good conscience have the responsibility to voice opposition to the use of fetal tissue from elective abortions in order to promote development of alternatives, affirm the value of all human life and limit scandal. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6027112/

Really. Well I am not so sure of that. How can we know for sure because the vaccine makers are no longer required to publish the ingredients in the safety data sheet.

Faith does not need this. But the evidence for a flood is growing and the secular people need to see these things.

I lift weight, but i allow more rest days because of my age. There is a Psychical Therapist for UK called Will Harlow on YouTube. He has great exercise tips too. I saw one therapist who recommended Seniors use lighter weights and longer reps to avoid injuries.

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Israelis mourn on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack as Palestinians live in devastated Gaza Israelis gathered on Wednesday to commemorate the Hamas-led attack in 2023 that killed 1,200 people, saw 251 taken hostage and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that has left much of the territory in ruins and its 2 million people living in dire conditions. Read more. What to know: In southern Israel, families mourned at intersections, bomb shelters, and the site of a music festival that the militants overran three years ago in the deadliest attack against Israel. It is the first anniversary that all the hostages are home. Most of the population in Gaza lives in vast, squalid tent camps, with large parts of the strip’s cities reduced to rubble, after the Israeli retaliatory campaign killed tens of thousands of people. More than half the territory remains in the hands of the Israeli military. Despite a ceasefire deal reached nearly a year ago, Israeli strikes continue almost daily. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ WATCH: Voices from Gaza, their life and expectations after three years of war Satellite photos show how Israeli forces have erased Gaza towns Much of the world sees tragedy in Gaza. Many Israelis, scarred by Oct. 7, see only a threat Netanyahu and his opponents are putting Oct. 7 at the heart of Israel’s elections Israeli ‘NAZA’ documentary opens in the US, reigniting debate over the war in Gaza

Can $1 billion buy victory in the midterm elections? Some Republicans fear the answer is no Republicans have $1 billion at their disposal but worry it may not be enough to counter President Donald Trump’s unpopularity, persistent cost concerns and the fallout from the war in Iran. Read more. What to know: The cash advantage, spread out across a half-dozen groups, is driven largely by the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc., which began stepping up its spending on critical races in September. But that money may have come too late, forcing the president’s group to pay much higher advertising rates because of the shrinking availability of airtime. The 2026 campaign is shaping up as a referendum on the power of money in American politics. Democrats freely acknowledge their disadvantage, relying instead on anti-Trump sentiment among voters and targeted messaging on issues like corruption. Some Republicans, meanwhile, are open about the challenge of trying to spend their way out of a tough campaign at this late stage. The challenge is acute in places like Texas, where Trump will travel on Wednesday for the second time in a week to stump for Republican Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign. The state hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1988, yet MAGA Inc. has spent more than $22 million in the past month, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.

Amelia Earhart: Castaway or crash victim? Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937 during a daring attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world. But nearly 90 years later, what happened to her remains a mystery. Despite dozens of searches, her plane has never been found, fueling theories that she and navigator Fred Noonan either crashed into the Pacific or landed on Nikumaroro Island and survived for a time as castaways. This week, researchers are heading to the remote island as part of a $900,000 expedition to investigate satellite imagery of an object that could either be Earhart’s plane — or simply a tree. + Interactive story: The enduring quest to solve Amelia Earhart’s disappearance + Don’t miss a discovery: Sign up for Wonder Theory, CNN’s science newsletter

Gulf Coast faces hurricane threat A tropical storm is expected to become Hurricane Isaias and batter parts of the southern US later this week. The system is forecast to turn north toward the Gulf Coast and rapidly strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane with 100 mph winds by Friday, bringing threats of heavy rain, powerful winds and flooding across multiple states. The storm’s exact track remains uncertain, but anyone along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida’s Big Bend should monitor the forecast closely. + Read more: Hurricane Isaias could soon take shape + Get live updates and alerts: Download the CNN Weather app

To mail or not to mail? A ballot drop box in Renton, Washington, on September 24, 2026. (David Ryder/Reuters) Election officials are urging voters to use ballot drop boxes as concerns grow that changes at the US Postal Service could delay mailed midterm ballots. The USPS has reduced trips between local post offices and processing centers, meaning some mail can sit longer before receiving a postmark — and even a one-day delay could put a ballot at risk in states with strict deadlines. The concern isn’t hypothetical: A recent study found rejection rates for late-arriving ballots roughly doubled in areas affected by the USPS’ processing changes. Drop boxes, where available, offer voters a way to bypass the mail altogether. But as they take on a bigger role, officials are also working to make them more secure. Several were damaged in recent elections, prompting some cities to add safeguards, including surveillance cameras, fire suppression devices and sensors that can detect tampering. + Read more: Election officials push voters to ‘use the drop box rather than the mailbox’ + USAFacts: Who shows up to the midterms? The past two midterm elections have drawn higher voter turnout than in recent decades. Editor’s note: CNN has partnered with the not-for-profit USAFacts to share government data and insights that we believe are relevant to our audience.

October 7, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. It has been three years since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel. Christa Pike regained consciousness after two botched execution attempts. And Lionel Messi played his last game with Argentina’s national team. There’s more news below, including a look at the future of Washington’s Lafayette Square. But first, let’s go to France. At the Place de la République in Paris yesterday. Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images French drain It is an autumn of discontent in France. Students are demonstrating and workers are striking. Mariners have blockaded ports to protest surging fuel costs. Financial markets are rattled, and bond yields are soaring. The nation will replace a term-limited President Emmanuel Macron next spring, and its politics are turbulent. Mark Landler, our Paris bureau chief, puts it well in his reporting: France suddenly finds itself engulfed by crisis — not a single spasm of unrest, but a cascade of disruption that is roiling city streets, trading floors and public offices across the country. France’s “rentrée,” or “return,” as the French call the back-to-school and back-to-work season, has been anything but orderly. Why? The proximate cause is student anger over conditions in the nation’s schools. An austere new budget offered by Macron won’t dampen the sentiment — the proposal would cut billions of euros in public spending. But the markets are jittery, too, fearful that France could tumble into an all-out financial crisis. Meanwhile, the far-right candidate for president, Marine Le Pen, could take over the country and break from European Union rules. Le Pen is leading in the race, according to recent polls. It’s a lot! In the streets In Paris. Kenzo Tribouillard/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images There were more than 40 demonstrations across France yesterday, as labor activists, teachers, parents and university students rallied to support high schoolers who have spent the past two weeks blockading schools. They’re upset about understaffing, overcrowded classrooms and decrepit buildings. One of the protesters in Paris told The Times he was happy that so many adults had joined the protests. “We feel like we’re not alone,” he said. Another lamented the state of suburban schools. Hers is in the Marais, in the heart of Paris, and she said she was one of the lucky ones. “The buildings are falling apart, their teachers are absent all the time, their classes are overcrowded,” she said. “We have 36 people in our class, and we are among the privileged.” The government said more than 250,000 people had joined the marches. (One union said it was twice that many.) They were mostly peaceful, though a fire was set in Lyon yesterday and the authorities deployed tear gas on the crowds in Marseille and Paris. Some were suspicious. “The government is pushing them to violence, so that public opinion will turn against them and their demands won’t be heard,” one union member told The Times. Beyond the schools In Bordeaux. Philippe Lopez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The anger in France is not simply about education. The country’s debt stands at around $4 trillion, nearly 120 percent of the value of everything it makes in a year. The cost of servicing that debt will be near $100 billion next year. Add on the costs of health care and pensions for the country’s aging population, as well as increased military spending as France supports the war in Ukraine. Now the folks who watch and run the country sound nervous. Next year’s presidential elections intensify that jumpiness. “It’s not just a debt crisis or bond-market crisis,” one European political analyst told Mark. “The investors I’m talking to are worrying about an existential political and constitutional crisis. It’s all of these issues coming together in a deeply unhelpful way for whoever wins the presidential election.” No easy remedy In Toulouse. Ed Jones/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images I tracked Mark down in Paris yesterday and asked him what to make of all of it — the students and the nation’s mood. He told me he spent some time with young people in the suburbs last week and found them genuine and idealistic, mostly well intentioned. He offered a caution as well. This crisis isn’t going away, and when it comes to protests, “the French have a lot of muscle memory.” Again he puts it well: But there are no easy remedies, certainly not from a cash-strapped, debt-laden French government. As the protests expand, other groups with grievances will be tempted to join in. That could change their mostly peaceful character. The question many here are asking is whether France is on the cusp of something like the yellow-vest movement, which disrupted the country, often violently, between 2018 and 2020. Now, let’s see what else is happening in the world. Allons. 10/7, THREE YEARS LATER Gali Berman, left, and his twin brother. Ziv, outside their temporary home in Kibbutz Beit Guvrin, Israel. last year. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times Three years ago, militants from Hamas stormed out of Gaza, slaughtered about 1,200 people in southern Israel and retreated with about 250 hostages. In the war that followed, Israel killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and flattened much of the territory. The two stories below reflect life in each community since Oct. 7, 2023. Gali and Ziv Berman, twin brothers, were snatched from their kibbutz by Hamas gunmen when they were 26 and freed two years later. Read how they’re rebuilding their lives. Israeli strikes on Gaza, though less frequent now, haven’t stopped. Saher Alghorra, a photographer for The Times, has documented how residents are coping. Watch the video below to see his images. The New York Times THE LATEST NEWS Politics President Trump does not plan to reimburse taxpayers for the more than $10 million he already spent on TV ads promoting himself, White House officials said. The Justice Department is filling the ranks of its civil rights division with conservative partisans and conspiracy theorists. The U.S. trade deficit — the difference between what the country imports and what it exports — hit a 17-month high, despite Trump’s tariffs. Around the World Kenya recorded its first case of Ebola, in a man who had recently arrived from Congo, which is at the center of a severe outbreak. The police in Britain said they had arrested a seventh man as part of an investigation into an incident near an air base used by the United States, on suspicion of planning terrorist acts. A far-right party in Germany won the speakership in a state legislature, for the first time since the Nazi era. Artificial Intelligence China’s booming A.I. sector has given local researchers a reason to stay in the country. But China still has trouble luring talent from overseas. Hospitals in Canada are using A.I. to train new surgeons. OpenAI released solutions to 377 advanced math problems. Mathematicians weren’t happy. Crime A Southern California couple were arrested and charged with conspiring to abuse 15 of their children, nearly all of whom were born to surrogates. The authorities in Rhode Island arrested a man in a murder case from 1985 after collecting his DNA from a water bottle he tossed at a rock concert. Other Big Stories Paramount closed its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, putting David Ellison, the son of the tech mogul Larry Ellison, in control of a vast media empire now called Skydance. Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on asymmetric organic synthesis. IN ONE CHART The New York Times Americans say their representatives in Washington are too old, but we keep re-electing them. The Times analyzed 143 partisan primary Senate and House races with an incumbent and a challenger in 2026. Nearly half featured an incumbent 65 or older. Only seven of those lost; 57 won. Explore the details of our gerontocracy here. FREE TO READ Spot the Spyder: This beloved adult tricycle has become a victim of the Trump administration’s trade war with Canada. How did that happen? Take the physical challenge: The Nickelodeon show “Double Dare” first aired 40 years ago this week. Bring on the slime. Your pick: The most clicked link in The Morning yesterday was a video about ancient artifacts revealed by melting glaciers in Switzerland. Keep out: Lafayette Square, steps from the White House, is a historic protest site. See how Trump plans to fence it off. The New York Times OPINIONS Foreign countries are flooding A.I. models with propaganda. To resist their influence, think like a spy, a former senior intelligence officer suggests. As trade disruptions become more common, now may be the time for the United States to reclaim its onetime position as a shipbuilding leader. The Anniversary Sale ends soon: Morning readers, enjoy our best offer. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your interests with expert coverage of news, culture, business and more. Save now: $1/week for your first year. TODAY’S NUMBER 130 million — That is at least how many names an election commission struck from India’s voter roll, a number larger than the population of Mexico. Learn why it happened, and what’s happening as a result. MESSI’S ‘LAST TANGO’ Lionel Messi Luis Robayo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Last night, Lionel Messi played his final game for Argentina’s national team. Our correspondent Emma Bubola was there. She sent in this dispatch: They were wearing Messi jerseys, holding Messi cutouts, scrawling Messi’s name on their foreheads. Argentines packed a stadium in Buenos Aires to watch their idol, possibly the world’s greatest soccer savant, play his final game for their country last night. For Argentines, Messi was much more than a sports hero. In a country hobbled by a chaotic economy and far removed from the center of world affairs, Messi brought Argentina the spotlight. With him, they were excellent — often the best. Outside the stadium last night, supporters distributed stickers with a world map. They had Argentina at the center. RECIPE OF THE DAY Rachel Vanni for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Spencer Richards. Here’s an easy midweek dinner: chicken and white bean stew, with a bunch of kale stirred in at the end. It’s a great reminder of the excellence of chicken breasts poached in broth. Have a Parmesan rind in the fridge? Add that early and it’ll bring an additional thrum of flavor to the whole. A LEGACY REVISITED The author Cormac McCarthy in 1973. David Styles There’s a new biography of the novelist Cormac McCarthy, by Tracy Daugherty. Dwight Garner reviewed it for The Times, and his sentences crackle. Dwight opens with a scene of McCarthy writing in bed, his typewriter balanced on a piece of wood in his lap. Then: He didn’t stay in bed all the time. His life, in this telling, was also packed with cars, cheap hotel rooms, interstates, young women, crazy friends, dive bars, and wives and children left behind, not necessarily in that order. If his life were a stock car, one side would have a dull matte finish and the other would have flames running down the side. Read the whole, delicious thing. More on culture The National Book Foundation announced the finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards, across the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature. See who made the cut. Stephen King’s 1974 novel, “Carrie,” has been a paperback best seller, an Oscar-nominated film, a Broadway flop, a network TV movie and a big-screen remake. Now it’s a series. Here’s what to know before you watch that. Eva Marie Saint seduced Cary Grant in “North by Northwest” and won an Oscar for her role as Marlon Brando’s love interest in “On the Waterfront.” She died at 102. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS Owen Richards for The New York Times Golf at St. Andrews in Scotland, the sport’s birthplace — or just enjoy more beautiful photographs of the course and its history. Let us help you find your next great book. Pack your lunch. It’s cheaper than the options at the salad bar and often more delicious, too. You’ll need a lunch box. The deskbound busy bees at Wirecutter have found a few. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was notched. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times and me. See you tomorrow. — Sam Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Host: Sam Sifton Editor: Adam B. Kushner News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Evan Gorelick, Brent Lewis, Lara McCoy, Karl Russell Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Editorial Director, Newsletters: Jodi Rudoren Deputy Editorial Director: Lauren Jackson

🇦🇷 1 for the road: Messi's farewell Lionel Messi waves during his final game for the Argentina national team. Photo: Matias Baglietto/Reuters Lionel Messi played his final game for the Argentina national team last night — bidding farewell to international soccer after 21 years, 125 goals and a World Cup championship. The Argentine soccer federation turned the exhibition game into a national farewell billed as "the last tango." Photo: Alessia Maccioni/Reuters A drone display honored Messi at the end of the match. Go deeper.

📺 Fox News turns 30 Data: Nielsen. Chart: Christine Wang/Axios Fox News turns 30 today with a distinction few legacy TV networks can claim: Its ratings lead over rivals has never been wider, Axios Media Trends author Sara Fischer writes. Last year, the network averaged 1.69 million total-day viewers, compared with 551,000 for MS NOW and 432,000 for CNN. Through Sept. 29, Fox is outpacing CNN and MS NOW combined this year in both total day viewership and primetime. Then and now: Sean Hannity, who joined the network in 1996, hosts the primetime "Hannity." Photos: Fox News The big picture: Fox News launched Oct. 7, 1996. Fox News Media president and executive editor Jay Wallace, who has been with the network alongside CEO Suzanne Scott since launch, attributes the brand's durability to consistent ownership and strategy. "We've had a pretty consistent model for 30 years," Wallace told Sara. He credited the Murdochs' stewardship for allowing the network to be creative in developing new products and pursuing challenging stories. Keep reading ... Watch the first broadcast ... Anchor reflections ... Anniversary page.

🚨 Senate shocker: Toss-up Kansas Chart: The New York Times In a major Senate shift, Cook Political Report yesterday moved Kansas — yes, Kansas — from lean Republican to toss-up, citing "perhaps a perfect confluence of events." Cook also moved New Hampshire from toss-up to lean Democrat, and North Carolina from lean Democrat to likely Democrat. 📊 The N.Y. Times/Siena poll (charted above) gives Democrats a lead among likely voters in the Senate races in Texas and Alaska, each of which usually votes Republican. Democrats have an edge in Ohio, which has trended red for years. Republicans have an edge in Iowa. Kansas, which hasn't voted for a Democratic senator since 1932, is neck and neck. More from the poll (gift link).

🤖 AI agent economy unfolds Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images Axios CEO Jim VandeHei writes in his weekly C-Suite newsletter: We're getting a live look into the post-app, post-web world: Meta's new personal agent, Muse — the #1 free app on Apple's App Store in the U.S. — and Microsoft's new Copilot for Business are built on the same premise about where this is headed. Why it matters: We won't use apps (life) or software (work) to get things done. We'll tell AI agents, each running on its own cloud computer, and they'll do it for us. This is happening now. Ben Thompson, whose Stratechery is essential reading for tech thinkers, lays it out in his latest essay, "Apps, Agents, and Aggregation." He can be dense and deep in the weeds. Read him anyway. 1. You (Muse): You text your agent, and it gets the job done. Once you grant permission, it plugs into your email, calendar, payments and shopping, doing the clicking and scheduling you'd otherwise do with apps and websites. That's why Amazon blocked Muse, Thompson explains: An agent shopping for you never sees or clicks on Amazon's ads. Instinct, an invite-only Muse competitor lighting up Silicon Valley, just raised $1B at a $10B valuation — 4x its value ONE MONTH earlier. 2. Your business (Copilot, OpenAI's dots, Muse for Small Business): Same idea, but built for the enterprise. The competition in this space is intense. Microsoft's new Autopilot works overnight, monitors Teams channels and handles follow-ups. You tag it like a colleague, and any employee can build and share an internal app or solution on the spot. Both Meta (Muse for Small Business) and OpenAI (dots) rolled out their versions this week. Anthropic's entire business is built around business. Thompson's bet: No human will touch clunky enterprise software again. Why would you, when an agent can customize what you need cheaply and instantly? 🥊 Reality check: Trust is the hurdle. Just 8% of Americans say they'd trust Meta with their passwords, and 58% wouldn't share them with any AI agent, according to an Oppenheimer survey.

Bibi's last stand Photo illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Photos via Getty Images Israel is marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attacks three weeks before an election where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's personal culpability for the country's worst-ever security failure will be a central issue, Axios' Barak Ravid and Dave Lawler write. Why it matters: Netanyahu has defied expectations by keeping his government afloat through years of simultaneous wars and perpetual emergency. Tight polls still leave the ultimate political survivor a path to hang on. The big picture: Oct. 7 still looms over the country and his candidacy. The opposition lambasts him for refusing to take responsibility or allow an independent inquiry into the Hamas attacks that killed around 1,200 people. Netanyahu's chief opponent, former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, lost his son and two nephews during the war in Gaza. Sources close to Eisenkot say he sees his main mission as replacing the man he holds responsible for allowing the Oct. 7 attacks. 🔎 Zoom in: Netanyahu blames the deep state, claiming his security chiefs kept him in the dark. His political and media allies have even spread conspiracy theories implying that those officials betrayed Israel. But recent reporting suggests Netanyahu had at least some warning. Israeli outlet Haaretz reported that United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ) told Netanyahu that Hamas was planning a major operation days before the attack. Three knowledgeable sources confirm to Axios that UAE intelligence gave a general warning to its Israeli counterparts and that MBZ spoke to Netanyahu to make sure he received it. Netanyahu denies receiving the UAE warning and has sued several media outlets and journalists that reported he had. Between the lines: The vote could determine not just Netanyahu's political survival, but his legal future as well. Losing power would also mean losing any levers to delay or influence an ongoing corruption trial. But if he wins, Netanyahu could argue he was acquitted by the people of Israel and take stronger action to thwart the proceedings. 👀 The intrigue: President Trump could give Netanyahu a boost by endorsing him, but so far he's declined. Trump has privately blamed Netanyahu for the Oct. 7 failures, according to two people who have discussed the matter directly with the president. He's also mused about Netanyahu damaging Israel's international reputation. However, Trump has stuck close to Netanyahu during the war in Iran and may still endorse him.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 7 2001 U.S.-led attack on Afghanistan begins American and British forces begin an intense bombing campaign on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The invasion of Afghanistan was the opening salvo in the United States “war on terror” and a response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. read more 21st Century 2023 Hamas launches deadliest attack in Israeli history 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger elected California governor American Revolution 1780 Battle of King’s Mountain Arts & Entertainment 1960 CBS broadcasts the premiere episode of “Route 66″ 1975 A judge reverses John Lennon’s deportation order 1983 ‘Never Say Never Again,’ which brings back Sean Connery as 007, opens in U.S. theaters 1955 Poet Allen Ginsberg reads “Howl” for the first time Civil War 1864 Union and Confederate forces clash at Darbytown Road outside Richmond Cold War 1949 East Germany created 1960 Kennedy and Nixon debate Cold War foreign policy Crime 1985 Palestinian terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship Inventions & Science 1913 Moving assembly line debuts at Ford factory Sports 1985 Lynette Woodard becomes first female Harlem Globetrotters player 1916 Georgia Tech shuts out Cumberland, 222-0, in most lopsided college football game World War II 1943 Japanese execute nearly 100 American POWs on Wake Island 1944 Hundreds of prisoners revolt at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs and transformed modern medicine. https://apnews.com/article/nobel-prize-chemistry-sweden-e92801a294ba29d5ff1fbbf63904c977?

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🌴 California dreaming Photo: Natalie Daher I snapped this view of the Pacific and Santa Monica Mountains on a cloudless morning yesterday from Santa Monica, Calif. I'm on the ground producing an upcoming Axios Show interview with longevity entrepreneur Bryan Johnson.