Top Stories for the Week of October 11th.

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Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis struck Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport again Sunday, a day after an attack that killed more than a dozen people, including an American, and wounded hundreds. It is the deadliest strike on Saudi soil in more than a decade, and U.S. officials are urging Americans to avoid the airport. Source

Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung in a roughly 90-minute operation Tuesday at Rome’s Gemelli hospital. The Vatican said the surgery was successful with no complications and that the pontiff is expected to stay hospitalized about a week. No change has been announced yet to his planned South America trip next month. See Details

Federal agents seized the phone of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a search connected to an immigration fraud investigation. The move has drawn a sharp warning from Vice President JD Vance, while Democrats are questioning the timing of a raid coming just weeks before the midterm elections. Find out More

President Trump ruled out livestreaming the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. Trump said Hasan will still be executed as scheduled, reversing a livestream plan Defense Secretary Hegseth announced last week that drew bipartisan backlash. Fort Hood survivors praised the decision. Source

Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned Tuesday as U.S. ambassador to Greece at the White House’s request amid a misconduct probe. New press secretary Katie Zacharia announced in her first briefing that the administration had asked Guilfoyle to step down, and the White House later confirmed it received her formal resignation. Guilfoyle, a former top Trump campaign surrogate, called the post the honor of a lifetime. Read More

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her office is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar’s financial disclosures, one day after federal agents searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington home in a separate immigration probe. Omar called the search an attempt to weaponize federal law enforcement against political enemies. Her office points to a congressional ethics office’s earlier recommendation that allegations over her filings be dismissed. Find out More

The Trump administration sued California to block the counting of ballots from roughly 20,000 registered voters the Justice Department says are noncitizens. The suit follows letters giving state officials 48 hours to investigate and set aside ballots from anyone whose citizenship cannot be verified. Voting is already underway, with Election Day less than three weeks away. See Details

President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are reportedly weighing whether to fire Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece. The move follows mounting misconduct allegations, including a Trump donor’s claim that she asked him to pay off a $100,000 credit card bill. Source

Republicans are pulling back from some front-line House districts as the battle lines in the fight for the chamber shift in the final weeks of the campaign. The move reflects how the contest for the House majority is changing heading into Election Day. Source

Six Flags has temporarily closed nine roller coasters similar to Goliath after a rider fell to his death from the ride at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday. The closures affect hypercoasters at six parks in the U.S. and Canada. The man who died was an Atlanta school worker. Source

Florida communities are taking stock of heavy damage after Hurricane Isaias, which killed at least four people across the Gulf Coast and left more than a million without power. The storm’s remnants are now pushing heavy rain and flood threats into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Read More

Police searched a home as they hunt for a motive in a double homicide at a Great Wolf Lodge resort in Pennsylvania’s Poconos. A woman is accused of stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son to death inside a hotel room there. See Details

A man died and several other riders were injured Monday after he fell from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia, west of Atlanta. Riders stranded on the stalled 200-foot coaster were walked down a stairway along the track, and Six Flags has temporarily closed nine similar rides across the country while the cause is investigated. See Details

Newly released 911 recordings show emergency help for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was delayed by confusion after her failed lethal injection on Sept. 30. It took roughly half an hour after the first call for prison officials to confirm the emergency was real, and Pike remains the only person known to have survived an execution attempt in the U.S. Source

Police in Michigan have arrested a suspect in what investigators believe could be a serial killing case. A former FBI profiler says the suspect may have left behind evidence that could prove valuable to the investigation. Find out More

Duane “Keffe D” Davis was sentenced Tuesday in Las Vegas to 40 years to life in prison for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The sentence closes a case that went unsolved for decades. Read More

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase opened third-quarter earnings season Tuesday with mixed results, and all four stocks closed lower. Goldman beat estimates on $18.68 billion in revenue, while Wells Fargo topped profit forecasts but missed on revenue. One strategist called the results a little disappointing for a market that expected more. Source

Oil prices slipped Monday on expectations of more Russian supply following the U.S. diesel deal with Moscow and the announced energy ceasefire. Brent crude fell to about $103 a barrel and U.S. crude to about $90, though Middle East tensions are keeping prices elevated. Source

Netflix is cutting about 6% of its workforce, roughly 1,000 jobs, in its biggest layoffs since 2022. Most of the cuts fall on product, technology, legal and human resources teams, and the company reports third-quarter results next Tuesday. Read More

A hotter-than-expected inflation report is clouding hopes for rate relief, with core consumer prices rising 0.3% in September versus 0.2% forecast, leaving annual core inflation at 2.6%. Energy prices jumped 5.2% for the month and gasoline 9.1%. The data, along with a 1.3% jump in producer prices, supports expectations that monetary policy stays tight. Source

Longtime rivals Apple and Meta are teaming up on artificial intelligence, with Meta releasing an open-weight model called Muse Spark Open that can run locally on connected Mac Studio computers. Meta says the 816-billion-parameter model is the most powerful U.S.-developed open-weight AI system available. It will be free to download with a license allowing commercial use. Source

Nine of the nation’s largest banks cut off customers over their political or religious views, a federal banking regulator said. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency findings add fuel to the long-running “debanking” fight. Find out More

PepsiCo is raising prices on Doritos, Ruffles, SunChips and some sodas, reversing recent price cuts. The move comes as Halloween candy prices are also up sharply from a year ago. Find out More

Pope Leo XIV is set to be admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital late Tuesday morning for surgery to remove a lung nodule that doctors caught at an early stage. The Vatican expects about a week of recovery and has canceled the 71-year-old pontiff’s audiences through Oct. 20, the first major health event of his 17-month papacy. Source

Philippine lawmakers are moving to restrict children’s social media use after a string of school violence incidents. Lawmakers are tying the push directly to the violence that has shaken the country’s schools. Read More

A string of drone strikes on shipping in the Black Sea is raising fears that Russia is escalating to test NATO’s response. Bulgaria says it expects to join a NATO anti-drone initiative by the end of October after a drone attack sank a cargo vessel off its coast for the second time in a week. Source

Pope Leo XIV said tests found a nodule in his lung that will be surgically removed this week. The 71-year-old pontiff, the first American to lead the Catholic Church, had no previously known health problems. Find out More

The horror film “Other Mommy,” starring Jessica Chastain, topped the weekend box office with a $27.5 million debut despite poor reviews. “The Social Reckoning” flopped with $5.5 million, and October ticket sales are running ahead of last year but behind 2019. Read More

Billy Joel, 77, said he is not allowed to drive and must undergo a series of tests before he knows whether he can perform again, as he lives with the brain condition hydrocephalus. The “Piano Man” said his neurologist warned that each concert is “like you’re getting a concussion.” Joel is auctioning more than 70 motorcycles from his collection. Source

R.J. Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. on AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” died Monday in Brownsville, Texas, at age 34. Mitte, who lived with cerebral palsy, became a prominent disability-rights advocate, and co-stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul paid tribute to him. Source

Paramount’s video game adaptation “Street Fighter” is projected to open to $25 million to $35 million from about 3,500 theaters, leading several newcomers this weekend. October has been uneven so far, with “Verity” and “Other Mommy” posting modest wins while Tom Cruise’s “Digger” and “The Social Reckoning” flopped. Source

Country star Ella Langley is standing by her decision to cancel a concert after a bomb threat. She said the show was not worth putting anyone’s life at risk. See Details

Newly released security footage shows Kelly Clarkson visiting Brooklyn curiosity shop Art of Play to ask about a $15,000 mechanical singing bird named Molly, now at the center of an online feud between the singer and the store. The silent video shows Clarkson browsing before pointing to the bird while speaking with an employee. Read More

Jake Bauers won an 11-pitch battle with Blake Snell for a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 to take a 3-0 lead in the NLCS. Jackson Chourio opened the game with a homer on Snell’s first pitch, and Milwaukee is now one win from its first World Series trip since 1982. See Details

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 Thursday to complete a four-game NLCS sweep and reach their first World Series since 1982. Milwaukee rallied from a 4-0 hole after a Shohei Ohtani homer, ending the two-time defending champions’ bid for a third straight title. It is the Brewers’ first National League pennant. Source

The Los Angeles Rams released kicker Harrison Mevis and signed Blake Grupe off the New York Jets’ practice squad after a 37-34 overtime loss to Buffalo on Monday night. Mevis missed both of his field-goal tries, including a 48-yard game-winner in overtime, and his 55.6% success rate this season ranks last in the NFL. Source

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was ejected after hitting Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold along the Seahawks’ sideline, setting off a melee. The 49ers held on 32-29 to stay unbeaten at 5-0, and Greenlaw could face a fine or suspension. See Details

Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson’s suspension for punching Bills pass rusher Bradley Chubb was cut from two games to one on appeal. Jackson will sit out Sunday against Arizona and is eligible to return Oct. 25 against the Raiders. Source

American researchers say they may be just days away from finding the remains of Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane off a remote island in the South Pacific. The expedition could finally solve one of aviation’s most enduring mysteries. Source

British adventurer Karl Bushby is back on home soil after a 28-year walk around the world that began in Chile in 1998 and covered more than 30,000 miles across 29 countries. The former paratrooper swam the English Channel to reach Dover and celebrated with fish and chips, with about 240 miles left before he reaches his mother’s home in Hull. Source

A U.S. military veteran has returned home after walking across four continents and swimming the English Channel. His route covered four continents on foot, plus the swim across the Channel separating England and France. Source

A team searching for Noah’s Ark at Turkey’s boat-shaped Durupinar Formation has built a 3D scale model of the structure as it begins a second phase of research. The group is awaiting lab results on drilled samples and hopes to find wood, though earlier studies concluded the site is a natural rock formation. See Details