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Rescue work faced further danger

Small Russian drones reportedly attacked during the rescue effort in Kramatorsk, while public transport was suspended there.

Recent attacks killed more civilians

A missile strike the previous day killed 22 people, including five children, in Pryluky and wounded at least 54 others.

Air defenses remain the priority

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked NATO countries for interceptors, ammunition for combat aircraft and anti-ballistic systems to protect cities and infrastructure.

Military losses include many drones

A Congressional Research Service report counted 81 U.S. aircraft and drones damaged or destroyed, including 45 MQ-9 Reapers, 12 F-15Es, seven KC-135s and one F-35A.

Airport attacks threaten travel

The Houthis attacked Saudi airports four times this week, three people were killed on October 6 and 7, and U.S. officials warned of canceled flights and closed airspace.

Sanctions target oil shipping

The Treasury Department says the 17 vessels carried millions of barrels of Iranian crude, petroleum and petrochemical products to markets in South and East Asia.

Categories do not show every risk

The Saffir-Simpson category mainly measures wind, while this storm’s rainfall, storm surge and flooding could remain serious even if its category falls.

Impacts will spread widely inland

Forecasters expect strong winds to move into Southern states, potentially causing long-duration power outages beyond the immediate coastline.

Evacuation time may be limited

Because storm conditions are already spreading ahead of Isaias, people under evacuation orders are being told to leave immediately rather than wait until tomorrow.

SpaceX is buying spectrum

The planned purchase would give SpaceX access to an 800 MHz spectrum portfolio to support its mobile ambitions.

Wireless shares face pressure

AT&T and Verizon shares are being pressured because investors may see Starlink Mobile as a potential new competitor.

Tower stocks are rising

Cell-tower stocks are moving higher because the announcement may increase interest in the infrastructure used to connect mobile services.

The threshold starts at 20 megawatts

New data centers using at least 20 megawatts would have to cover added costs for generation, storage, transmission and local distribution.

Bills can survive an early exit

A data center could still owe infrastructure costs if it stops buying electricity before the projects built for it are fully paid off.

States could impose tougher rules

States could limit electricity access, require new power supplies or charge data centers more than their direct costs to lower other customers' bills.

The average smooths weekly noise

The four-week average fell to 198,000, making the unusually low level less likely to be the result of a single strange week.

Claims miss some layoffs

Workers who receive severance, do not qualify for benefits or find the application process too difficult may not appear in the claims data.

Other cuts are falling too

Employers announced 20% fewer job cuts in September than a year earlier, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

The spectrum reaches indoors

The licenses include up to 14 megahertz of paired spectrum in the 800 MHz band, which SpaceX says can travel through walls and buildings.

Approval is still pending

SpaceX cannot move ahead with the full plan until the Federal Communications Commission signs off on the spectrum deal.

New satellites add capacity

The FCC has approved plans for 15,000 V2 Starlink Mobile satellites, which SpaceX says will provide more than 100 times the bandwidth of its current generation.

Debt adds financial flexibility

This is Waymo’s first debt financing, giving it borrowed capital without raising another equity round or reducing Alphabet’s majority ownership.

The service already spans 15 markets

Waymo currently offers robotaxi rides in 15 markets, including cities in California, Texas, and Florida, while testing in London and Tokyo.

Safety reviews shadow growth

Federal investigators are examining incidents involving school buses and a child who was struck by a Waymo vehicle traveling about six miles per hour.

H-1B is not a green card

H-1B visas let skilled foreign workers take qualifying jobs temporarily, while labor certification is part of a separate process for seeking permanent residency.

Microsoft disputes the picture

Microsoft said about 80% of its roughly 6,000 H-1B filings last fiscal year extended or changed existing employees’ status, while new hires represented about 1% of its U.S. workforce.

Universities face scrutiny too

The administration named Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and six other universities in an investigation into allegations that international-student programs were being used to undermine American workers’ wages.

Many patients miss available aid

Financial assistance applications can be difficult to find and complete, so eligible patients often leave the hospital without knowing they could qualify.

Automatic checks can boost aid

Hospitals using presumptive eligibility have reported giving out as much as 50% more financial assistance by checking public information such as credit history.

Shared buying lowers costs

The hospital association plans to purchase one digital system for multiple members, while L.A. Care has committed $2 million to help establish it.

Check the lot number

A bottle is affected only if its brand, product, expiration date, and lot number match the FDA's recall list.

Class II means limited risk

The FDA's Class II label means use could cause temporary or medically reversible problems rather than indicating a likely severe injury.

Watch for vision changes

No illnesses or injuries have been reported so far, but anyone who used the drops should watch for new vision symptoms and contact a doctor with concerns.

The profiles used brain timing

MEG measures magnetic signals from electrical brain activity at millisecond-level speed, unlike fMRI, which tracks slower blood-flow changes.

Symptoms differed across groups

The groups varied in combinations of depression, anxiety, rumination, trauma symptoms, substance use, daily functioning and overall well-being.

Averages can hide differences

If opposite connectivity patterns are combined in one study, an average result may describe no subgroup accurately and make an effective treatment look only modestly helpful.

Conflict hits farms unevenly

The most frequently affected areas lost about one-third of their cropland, while protracted and high-severity conflicts caused greater losses than intermittent or lower-severity fighting.

Stronger institutions show smaller losses

Cropland losses tended to be smaller where government effectiveness, regulatory quality and the rule of law were stronger, while greater refugee displacement was linked with larger losses.

Potential food is not consumed

The estimated 249,667 square kilometers of lost cropland represents food that could have been produced, not food that people definitely went without, because trade, prices, distribution and access also matter.

Warnings arrive weeks early

Cold weather after a sudden stratospheric warming typically arrives a few weeks after the high-altitude winds shift.

Heating systems change the risk

Scandinavian countries saw smaller demand increases because they are better adapted to extreme cold, while France saw a much steeper rise because its energy system is highly electrified.

Low wind adds pressure

As the U.K. replaces gas heating with heat pumps, cold periods that also bring low wind could make it harder to keep electricity reliable and affordable.

The record comes from Niño 3.4

This monitoring zone stretches from 5 degrees north to 5 degrees south and from 120 to 170 degrees west.

The reading is preliminary

The new temperature record is based on early data, so its significance may become clearer as researchers examine the measurements.

A record is not proof

The unusually warm water may be a warning sign, but it does not by itself confirm that a new kind of El Niño is emerging.

Bullpen collapse decided the game

Chicago’s relievers covered 4⅔ innings and allowed all nine Cleveland runs, including six in the sixth inning.

Ramírez regained his power

José Ramírez hit a two-run homer off a 99.9 mph pitch and added another RBI to finish with three runs driven in.

Chicago faces a pitching dilemma

The White Sox bullpen gets a day of rest before Game 5, but its poor performance leaves uncertainty about which relievers can be trusted.

Her voting margin was decisive

Wilson received 65 of 74 first-place votes, while rookie Olivia Miles finished second with six first-place votes.

Her season was historically efficient

She became the first WNBA player to average at least 25 points while shooting at least 50% overall and 40% from three-point range.

She dominated several categories

Wilson led the league in scoring, blocks, Player Efficiency Rating and Win Shares, while also ranking fifth in rebounds.

Monday could become baseball's rest day

Most teams would normally be off on Mondays, while teams playing that day would instead receive Thursday off, except when holidays or special events interfere.

Wild cards would stay short

The wild-card round would remain a best-of-three series, and the No. 3 seed would choose between the No. 5 and No. 6 seeds.

Pay would not simply shrink

MLB is not proposing lower yearly salaries because of the shorter schedule, though bonuses and similar payments would be adjusted proportionally.

Eight episodes expand the story

The series format will allow the creators to explore the characters and settings in more depth than the original film could.

Adele Lim leads the series

Lim, who co-wrote the 2018 movie, is returning with the original creative team to run the writers room and oversee production.

Rachel enters a powerful family

The story follows Asian-American economics professor Rachel Chu as she visits Singapore and discovers that her boyfriend’s family belongs to the country’s wealthy elite.

Human emotion remains distinctive

Fan specifically cited Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love as a film whose performances contain emotions and expressions she believes AI cannot replicate.

Park’s film shaped her

She said The Handmaiden, which was not released in China, still had a powerful impact a decade after she first found a way to watch it.

Her career changed direction

After largely disappearing from Chinese screens following a 2018 tax evasion case, she worked abroad and took roles across languages, including in Mother Bhumi and Green Night.

Grinchmas gets a giant centerpiece

Universal Plaza will become a Who-ville setting centered on a 65-foot tree with hundreds of ornaments and 200,000 LED lights.

Hogwarts adds a nighttime show

Hogsmeade will feature holiday decorations, several daily Frog Choir performances and castle projections set to music from the Harry Potter films.

Each land has its own treats

Visitors can find hot Butterbeer in Hogsmeade, seasonal food and merchandise at Minion Cafe, and Mario and Luigi snowmen near Super Nintendo World’s entrance.

The figures combine two outcomes

Cirium counted both flights formally canceled and flights that had not flown, so the total covers more than one type of disruption.

Two airports were targeted

The reported attacks focused on Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia and King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.

The strikes caused casualties

Saudi Arabia’s aviation authority said the attacks killed three people and injured 36.

Satellite links power the service

Starlink uses a network of satellites in low Earth orbit to connect planes rather than relying only on older onboard systems.

Long flights may improve most

American's Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft often use Panasonic service today, which can experience connectivity gaps on international routes.

Regional jets remain excluded

The expansion covers American's Airbus and Boeing mainline aircraft, while the airline's separate regional-jet fleet is not slated for Starlink.

Stamps remain possible

A traveler may politely ask for a stamp, but CBP guidance no longer makes receiving one a guarantee.

I-94 details matter

After arrival, travelers should check their name, passport number, admission category, and required departure date because the visa's expiration date may be different.

Some travelers lack I-94s

US citizens and green card holders generally do not receive I-94 records, while temporary visitors such as tourists, students, and workers usually do.

STEM extensions cost less

The proposed fee would be $30,000 for a STEM OPT extension rather than the $70,000 charge for starting OPT.

Earlier approvals are protected

Students whose OPT is approved before the fee takes effect would not have to pay it.

Schools could shift costs

Although institutions would initially be expected to pay, the proposal says they could pass the cost to students, employers, or the broader student body.

Classroom rules could loosen

The draft would remove federal requirements covering class sizes and ratios, curriculum expectations and some staffing rules.

Administrative funding would shrink

The proposed administrative-cost cap would fall from 15% to 5%, which critics say could force programs to choose between staffing and improvements such as longer hours or technology.

The draft adds new requirements

Programs would have to provide whole foods, offer 30 minutes of physical activity for every 3.5 hours of classroom instruction and meet state licensing requirements.

Virginia uses more than residency

One Virginia law requires qualifying students to have attended school or received home instruction in the state and to show that they or a parent filed Virginia tax returns for at least two years.

Wording drives the dispute

The DOJ read the federal law to mean all U.S. citizens must qualify, while Payne read it to mean one or more citizens, avoiding a result that could eliminate in-state tuition altogether.

States face mixed rulings

Judges sided with the DOJ in Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas, while Payne said several of those cases involved laws explicitly tied to residency.

The surgery reroutes lymph fluid

Surgeons make a small neck incision and connect lymph-node vessels to a nearby vein to create a possible new path for drainage.

Early evidence lacks comparisons

The reported studies were small and did not compare treated patients with a placebo or similar untreated group, making the results hard to interpret.

The trial starts cautiously

The US Food and Drug Administration first approved five procedures before allowing the researchers to expand the study to 15 patients.

7-OH concentrates kratom’s punch

Although 7-OH occurs in small amounts naturally, manufacturers can extract it and turn it into stronger pills, gummies, shots, and capsules.

Daily use can bring withdrawal

People who became accustomed to drinking several Feel Free tonics a day reported feeling very unwell when they stopped.

Business ties complicate regulation

The article describes political connections and investments involving figures linked to the kratom industry as agencies consider rules for 7-OH.

Energy bills are a key target

Some candidates want rules ensuring new data centers cannot raise household electricity costs.

Ohio shows the issue’s limits

Even in data-center-heavy Ohio, just 3 percent of voters called the facilities their top issue, the highest share reported nationwide.

Past support creates campaign risk

Candidates who previously backed data centers are now being pressured to explain or retreat from those positions, including Greg Abbott in Texas.