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FILE - Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Curt Anderson, file)

5 executions in 8 days: Why the death penalty is being used more in the US this year

3:56 PM on Thursday, October 9

The U.S. has seen 34 executions so far in 2025, with eight more scheduled for later this year, including seven this month

Oklahoma’s GOP governor opposes sending out-of-state troops to states that don't welcome them

3:47 PM on Thursday, October 9

Oklahoma’s Republican governor is opposing part of President Donald Trump’s use of National Guard in cities

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks before signing legislation related to student literacy in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

New California law aims to stabilize insurance for people who can't get private coverage

3:32 PM on Thursday, October 9

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to prevent the state’s plan that provides insurance to homeowners who can’t get private coverage from running out of money

New California law aims to stabilize insurance for people who can't get private coverage

3:30 PM on Thursday, October 9

New California law aims to stabilize insurance for people who can't get private coverage

United States Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent presents an award to the President of Argentina Javier Milei at the Global Citizen Awards ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

US buys Argentine pesos, finalizes $20 billion currency swap

3:26 PM on Thursday, October 9

The U.S. Treasury has purchased Argentine pesos and finalized a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina’s central bank

Mark Bray, a Rutgers assistant professor of history, waits in a hotel room in Newark, N.J., before a planned flight to Spain on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

2:39 PM on Thursday, October 9

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas

President Donald Trump speaks upon departing a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in foreground, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

At a key moment in talks that led to the Gaza ceasefire deal, Trump refused to take no for an answer

2:36 PM on Thursday, October 9

After months of gridlock, the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza came together in a matter of days after a deft maneuver — or perhaps a misunderstanding — by President Donald Trump that boxed in the two adversaries

Pope Leo XIV arrives for a Mass for the participants in the jubilee of ordained people in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown

2:09 PM on Thursday, October 9

Pope Leo XIV has urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks

President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Urrego addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Colombian President Petro suggests Qatar could mediate US military actions off Venezuela

2:07 PM on Thursday, October 9

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has proposed that Qatar could mediate to end the U.S. military presence in international waters near Venezuela

Tropical Storm Raymond, the third system now off the coast of Mexico, forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean

1:56 PM on Thursday, October 9

Tropical Storm Raymond, the third system now off the coast of Mexico, forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean

British Airways flight diverted to Bucharest where Romanian authorities reported smoke on board

1:20 PM on Thursday, October 9

Authorities in Romania say British Airways flight en route from Istanbul to London was forced to make an emergency landing on Thursday in Romania’s capital after four people on board reportedly suffered possible smoke inhalation, but required no medical care after all passengers were evacuated

Spectators look on as U.S. Navy ships pass the viewing stand during the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, along the Delaware River, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Ship parade kicks off events celebrating 250 years of the US Navy and Marine Corps

1:14 PM on Thursday, October 9

A parade of ships streamed up and down the Delaware River beside Philadelphia to kick off a celebration of the 250th birthdays of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps

This image made from a Parma Heights Police Department body camera video shows a police officer approaching a runaway inflatable pumpkin on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Parma Heights Police Department via AP)

After a police pursuit of a huge inflatable pumpkin, body cam video shows officer struggling with it

12:55 PM on Thursday, October 9

The subject of an Ohio police pursuit took off down the road, a flash of orange in the darkness, but officers eventually caught up and grabbed the escapee: a runaway inflatable pumpkin as tall as them

North Dakota State District Judge Jackson Lofgren listens during a court hearing on March 31, 2025, at the Burleigh County Courthouse in Bismarck, N.D. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

Judge upholds North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming care for kids

11:28 AM on Thursday, October 9

A North Dakota judge has upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for kids

FILE - Hungary's Laszlo Krasznahorkai poses for photographers in London, Tuesday, May 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Hungarian master of absurdist excess László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel literature prize

3:49 AM on Thursday, October 9

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize in literature for work that upholds the power of art in the midst of “apocalyptic terror.”

Personnel walk inside an immigration processing facility in Broadview, Ill., on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Illinois urges judge to stop National Guard deployment after Trump administration 'plowed ahead'

1:44 AM on Thursday, October 9

The state of Illinois is urging a judge to order the National Guard to stand down in the Chicago area

Media take photos of a display showing the captured inmates who broke out of prison months ago at Louisiana State Police offices in downtown New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

What to know about the capture of the last of 10 escapees from a New Orleans jail

12:26 AM on Thursday, October 9

All 10 fugitives who made a brazen escape from a New Orleans jail in May are back in custody after the last inmate was captured in Atlanta

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House GOP leadership deliver the Republican message on the government shutdown, now in its ninth day, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators struggle to find a way forward as government shutdown enters ninth day

12:01 AM on Thursday, October 9

Senators are laboring to find a way to reopen the government but found themselves struggling to overcome a fundamental lack of trust between the two parties

Federal officers stand guard in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, after protesters learned that U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

What to know about National Guard deployments in Chicago and Portland

4:50 PM on Monday, September 29

A federal judge quizzed a Trump administration attorney on the role National Guard troops would play if deployed in Chicago to assist ICE agents with immigration enforcement

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