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Amazon cuts fewer than 1,000 corporate jobs, mostly in the retail unit that runs its main shopping site The cuts hit customer service and selling-partner teams in the US, India and the UK during the Prime Big Deal Days sale. ejph.com

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Former Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel is granted parole for a third time after nearly six decades in prison Gov. Gavin Newsom reversed her two previous parole grants and can review this one too. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Texas executes Jamaal Howard, the first US execution since Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection He received pentobarbital, the drug used on Pike, after the US Supreme Court denied a last-minute appeal; he apologized to his victim’s family. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed 82 Houthi military targets across Yemen in response to the deadly airport attacks Strikes hit Saada, Hodeidah, Al-Jawf and Marib, including 11 missile storage sites, Anadolu and Arab News report. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Suspect behind the South Korean bank hacks may be a 26-year-old in China’s Guangdong province, CrowdStrike says The firm cautioned the identification is not certain, Reuters reports. ejph.com

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US FCC will vote Oct. 29 on banning all Chinese labs from testing electronics sold in the US Chair Brendan Carr said 82% of US electronics in 2025 were tested in China, Reuters reports. ejph.com

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New York alleges TikTok gave thousands of users, including children, a fake “placebo” version of a safety feature in secret experiments Unsealed parts of the lawsuit say Algo Refresh did nothing for users in 2023 tests; TikTok disputes it, Reuters reports. ejph.com

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IMF reaches a staff-level agreement with Pakistan that could unlock about $1.2 billion in new funding The deal covers reviews of Pakistan’s $7 billion bailout and climate facility and still needs IMF board approval, Reuters reports. ejph.com

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Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who led the software team behind NASA’s Apollo moon landings, has died at 90 She led software engineering at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during Apollo and died Sept. 30, MIT said Wednesday. ejph.com

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UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say one of their border posts was deliberately targeted by small-arms fire, with no casualties The force said several rounds hit its position near Kfar Shouba on Wednesday and it is investigating; its mandate ends Dec. 31. ejph.com

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Leon Botstein resigns from all his Bard College roles as House Democrats urge a criminal probe of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein Raskin and Rep. Madeleine Dean asked the Justice Department and FBI to investigate; Botstein denies any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. ejph.com

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The Daily Recap — Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026: Top 10 stories of the day. Today: Russia’s attack kills at least 25 civilians in Ukraine, Isaias nears the US Gulf Coast, and the FBI foils a Mall of America attack plot. #DailyRecap #EJPH #News #BreakingNews #WorldNews #Ukraine #Isaias #Houthis

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UPDATE: Democrats sue the Trump administration to stop taxpayer-funded TV ads promoting the president The ads have cost more than $12 million so far; the White House says Trump’s super PAC won’t reimburse money already spent. ejph.com

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Samsung forecasts a record third-quarter operating profit of about $80 billion, up nearly nine-fold, on the AI memory-chip boom Operating profit of about 107.4 trillion won compares with 12.17 trillion won a year earlier. ejph.com

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UK and Germany launch a partnership to counter sabotage and cyberattacks as UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham heads to Berlin to meet Merz The leaders’ first face-to-face talks on Thursday will also cover Ukraine, the Middle East and the Strait of Hormuz. ejph.com

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Tropical Storm Simon forms in the Pacific off southwestern Mexico and could become a major hurricane by Saturday Forecasters warn of life-threatening flooding as it nears the coast this weekend. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Thousands march in Rio de Janeiro against Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil’s Oct. 25 presidential runoff Students chanted “Never again Bolsonaro” days after he finished first, about 2 million votes ahead of Lula. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Tropical Storm Isaias is rapidly strengthening in the Gulf and is forecast to hit the US Gulf Coast as a Category 1 or 2 hurricane Top winds jumped to 65 mph; a hurricane watch runs from Bay St. Louis, Miss., to Indian Pass, Fla. ejph.com

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A tanker is struck by multiple projectiles in the Gulf north of Qatar, with casualties reported, UK maritime agency says UKMTO says the attack came about 51 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal; the ship is unnamed. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Texas court refuses to halt the execution of Jamaal Howard, set to be the first in the US since Christa Pike’s failed lethal injection Howard’s lawyers argued Texas’s pentobarbital may be degraded; Pike survived two doses of the same drug in Tennessee. ejph.com

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Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife are expected to face new US charges over the alleged torture of Americans, CNN and Reuters report A US official told Reuters an announcement could come as soon as Thursday. ejph.com

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Syrian refugee accused of the 2023 Annecy playground knife attack will stand trial for 13 attempted murders, French prosecutors say Four young children and two adults were stabbed in June 2023. ejph.com

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US State Department rejects a Reuters report that Iran sent Hezbollah $200 million to help Lebanese displaced by the war Reuters sources say it would pay $3,000 each to about 50,000 families. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine killed at least 25 civilians, including five children, and wounded about 100, AP reports The deadliest strike, on a Pryluky apartment block, killed 19 people. ejph.com

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Rubio warns in an Athens speech that the West faces “atrophy, servitude and decline” and urges Europe to “awaken from its long slumber” Speaking before the Acropolis on Wednesday, he said the West is at an “inflection point.” ejph.com

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The EU’s diplomatic service, Canada and Lithuania pull their sponsorship of Europe’s top disinformation conference under US pressure, the Guardian reports #Disinfo2026 opened Wednesday in Vilnius. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old Madrid pensioner whose eviction sparked Spain’s housing protests and a snap election, has died Madrid’s tenants’ union announced her death on Wednesday; Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez offered condolences. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Saudi Arabia says Houthi attacks on the Abha and Riyadh airports killed three foreign residents and injured 36 Two women were killed at Abha airport and a Sudanese resident in Riyadh, the civil aviation authority says. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Kremlin says no Trump–Putin call has been scheduled on the Siberian plague-lab death, as Trump says he doesn’t believe it was a bioweapon Trump says the US is in “deep discussions” with Moscow, and Washington has sent a formal request for details. ejph.com

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Syria is weighing military help for Saudi Arabia in its war with Yemen’s Houthis, possibly including troops, Reuters reports A US official says Riyadh asked Damascus to send forces; no final decision has been made. ejph.com

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Fed minutes show most US central bank officials expect another rate hike this year, but no urgency for an October move 16 of 18 officials projected one more hike this year; the next decision is due Oct. 28. ejph.com

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Belgian police say 107 people have been arrested in Liège since last week as student protests over education costs turn violent Students are protesting tuition and bus-pass costs and overcrowded classes, echoing protests in neighboring France. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Hurricane and storm surge watches go up along the US northern Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Isaias strengthens Isaias is forecast to become a strong hurricane and reach the coast late Friday or early Saturday. ejph.com

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France will release 10 million barrels of diesel from its strategic stocks to cut pump prices, Prime Minister Lecornu says Lecornu says the diesel, bought before the price surge, should cut pump prices by 12 to 18 euro cents a liter. ejph.com

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Gunmen kill more than 25 soldiers and over 100 gold miners in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, Reuters reports, as troops repel a jihadist assault in Borno Local authorities had earlier given AFP a lower toll of 17, and troops separately killed more than 25 jihadists in Borno. ejph.com

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UPDATE: Eritrean troops are seen driving through the Tigray town of Adigrat, the first sign of their presence in Ethiopia’s new war, witnesses say Eritrea denies its forces are there, days after the two neighbors cut diplomatic ties. ejph.com

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FBI says it thwarted a planned ISIS-inspired mass shooting at the Mall of America by an 18-year-old it sold an assault rifle to in a sting Prosecutors say Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud planned to target a crowded event at the mall on Oct. 24. ejph.com

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Mexico enacts a constitutional reform barring dual citizens from running for president, governor or Mexico City mayor Sheinbaum signed the decree Wednesday; from 2028, candidates with a second nationality must renounce it first. ejph.com

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France summons Iran’s ambassador over what it calls a disinformation campaign about its school protests The move came a day after Tehran summoned France’s ambassador and accused Paris of “violent treatment” of student protesters. ejph.com

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Canada indefinitely suspends plans to expand medically assisted dying to people whose only condition is mental illness Justice Minister Sean Fraser said a new law will pause the expansion that was due in March 2027, citing a lack of medical consensus. ejph.com

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UN migration agency says more than 200,000 people have been forced from their homes in Yemen as fighting escalates The IOM counted 201,217 displaced, up from 76,000 in mid-September, and warned aid money is running out. ejph.com

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