Day: October 9, 2026

South African anti-migrant protests: Cars torched and shops looted in Durban and Soweto

South African anti-migrant protests: Cars torched and shops looted in Durban and Soweto

Thursday’s demonstration turned violent following allegations that a foreign national had assaulted one of the protesters in Durban. Three foreign nationals were arrested in connection with the alleged assault, police said. In Durban, in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, protesters gathered outside a government refugee reception center demanding that it stop accepting asylum applications. Police … Read more

Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed : NPR

Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed : NPR

FILE – This undated photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff’s Department shows former Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan. Uncredited/Bell County Sheriff’s Department/via AP hide caption toggle caption i Uncredited/Bell County Sheriff’s Department/via AP WASHINGTON — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a … Read more

Ex-German Chancellor Schröder attends Putin’s birthday bash

Ex-German Chancellor Schröder attends Putin's birthday bash

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder attended Russian President Vladimir Putin’s birthday party, the Kremlin reported Thursday. Putin celebrated his 74th birthday in Moscow on Wednesday. The Kremlin said Putin learned that Schröder was on a business trip in the Russian capital through Russian media reports. “The president invited his old friend to his house,” the … Read more

Stock market today: Live updates

Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Thursday, October 8, 2026.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUSA Stock futures rose early Friday after a disappointing earnings report from OpenAI took steam out of high-flying artificial intelligence trading. S&P 500 futures rose 0.3%, while Nasdaq 100 … Read more

We may finally know why big dogs die younger than smaller ones

We may finally know why big dogs die younger than smaller ones

Great Danes and Mastiffs rarely live more than a decade, while Chihuahuas can live twice as long. It’s not clear exactly why large dogs die younger than small ones, but new findings may help solve that mystery. The research, published Thursday (Oct. 8) in the journal Science, analyzed a chemical code written on top of … Read more

Utah mom’s breast cancer diagnosis highlights importance of screening

Utah mom's breast cancer diagnosis highlights importance of screening

SALT LAKE CITY — Dani Kurtz was weeks away from her scheduled mammogram when she noticed something.”I discovered a lump in my right armpit,” she said of the January 2025 discovery. Her mammogram came back normal, but the lump still concerned her.”Women who have dense tissue are often told that a mammogram may not catch … Read more