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Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Horizontal bar chart of forecast peak storm surge by Gulf Coast stretch, topping out at 7 feet

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Isaias is the Atlantic's latest first hurricane since 1905, and it targets the Gulf

The season's first hurricane formed on the latest date in 121 years, and forecasters expect landfall on the northern Gulf Coast late Friday.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Rows of stamped gold bars laid out side by side

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Ex-CIA officer pleads guilty to a $194 million fraud and 298 gold bars

Monday, October 5, 2026

A United States federal building with the Great Seal above its entrance

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FBI arrests a California realtor accused of tailing Taiwan's first family
A US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber on a runway with heat haze rising behind it

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US pulls all of its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford over Iran threat

Thursday, October 1, 2026

The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville under a clear blue sky, with the Andrew Jackson equestrian statue in the foreground

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Tennessee halts executions after Christa Pike survives two lethal doses
The front steps and marble columns of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

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Supreme Court lets third-country deportations resume while it hears the case

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