October 2026 News

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Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after ten months abroad, announcing her arrival in a social media post. In a post on X, Machado declared: "I'm here, with you all."  Machado made her first public appearance among worshippers at the Church of Santa Rosa in Lara state, western Venezuela, where she was quickly surrounded by an ecstatic congregation. She then travelled on to Caracas, where hundreds of cheering supporters swarmed her car. "Here" she tweeted, when she arrived in the capital. 

Former President Barack Obama on Saturday seized on what he described as cruelty and indecency coming from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, stepping into one of the nation's ugliest midterm fights as he worked to rally Democratic voters in two Midwestern battlegrounds. 

Twelve people, including several minors, were injured in a shooting near Florida A&M University’s Bragg Memorial Stadium, where homecoming celebrations included a football game Saturday. The Tallahassee Police Department said in a statement that 11 of the 12 were shot and that three victims had serious injuries, with one minor in serious condition. The others, it said, were in stable condition. Six of the injured are under 18 years old and the youngest is 11 years old, Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell said at a news conference early Sunday.

 Left-wing incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of the far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro

• It was a tight runoff, with Lula winning 51.7% of the vote against Bolsonaro’s 48.2%, official results showed.
• Brazilians voted in the final round of the presidential election
• Lula won almost 80% of the votes cast by Brazilian voters in Germany

Baylor has made a change in football leadership, as Dave Aranda has been relieved of his duties as head coach, Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Doug McNamee announced Sunday. Defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. 

Police are investigating after a woman was sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Central Park, authorities said. According to police, officers received a 911 call reporting an assault near East 66th Street and Fifth Avenue in Central Park. When officers arrived, they were informed that an unidentified man approached a 39-year-old woman, displayed a knife and sexually assaulted her, police said. The victim was transported to a local hospital in stable condition. No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing. Police did not immediately release additional information about the suspect. Authorities are continuing to investigate the incident.

In the center of a busy intersection on Williamson and Baldwin Streets in Madison, Wisconsin, several officers from the Madison Police Department wrestled a man to the ground in the early afternoon Wednesday, used a taser on him and then shot him at close range. Unable to cross the intersection, several vehicles stopped and their drivers got out to film the arrest. In videos posted online, residents can be heard screaming in shock and anger. Hundreds of protesters converged on the scene Wednesday evening and marched downtown, interrupting the Concert on the Square. Protest speakers identified the man as Corey Ruiz and a crowd of hundreds of people chanted his name. 

When Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Tuesday announced that several thousand non-citizens were accidentally added to New Jersey’s voter rolls three years ago, she laid much of the blame on her predecessor and fellow Democrat, former Gov. Phil Murphy.

Sherrill said she was “appalled” by the last administration’s “reckless failures” and a lack of transparency that she’d only learned of the mishap last week.

 - Liverpool are in the driving seat to sign Paris Saint-Germain star Bradley Barcola, The Sun reports. The club are looking to recruit an established winger following the exit of Mohamed Salah this summer, and Barcola is high on their shortlist. The France international is also wanted by Arsenal, who missed out on signing Morgan Rogers, and Bayern Munich. PSG believe Barcola has a transfer value of around £100 million. 

Georgia Tech raised more than $415 million in Fiscal Year 2026, exceeding the previous annual record by more than $100 million and pushing Transforming Tomorrow: The Campaign for Georgia Tech past the initial campaign target of $2 billion with 18 months remaining.

New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced today that Joey Thomas, Patrick Carter, Dele Harding and Nick Williams will assist the Saints coaching staff for the 2026 preseason, as part of the Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship program, bringing a wealth of experience and success to the team in training camp. 

Weeks after the Obama Presidential Center’s star-studded opening in Chicago, a subcontractor who previously claimed his company was stiffed for nearly $4 million has shut down operations and laid off 25 union workers. Mike Owen, the owner of Chicago-based Adamson Plumbing Contractors, told Fox News Digital that the financial fallout forced the company to abandon about half a dozen other construction jobs and left it on the verge of collapse. Owen described the shutdown as a painful decision he believed was necessary to save the company from bankruptcy.

Sister Theresa Aletheia and Sister Danielle Lussier stand out at daily Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Lexington, Ky. Their heads are covered in waist-length teal veils, and black canvas work aprons cover their gray habits. The aprons feature an embroidered image of Jesus on the cross, alive and gasping for air. "It is an important moment for us, when Jesus calls out to the Father, 'My God, my God, Why have you forsaken me?'" Sister Theresa Alethia says. "That's the moment that we enter into with the people that we serve."

Wholesome eating is a central part of the Trump administration's efforts to Make America Healthy Again. But a landmark nutrition education program for recipients of federal food assistance and other low-income people will cease to exist within weeks after President Trump eliminated it last summer when he signed a massive Republican spending and tax bill. 

An attorney representing the family of Nolan Wells said on Wednesday that an independent autopsy failed to identify a clear cause of death in a case that has drawn national attention. "These findings are inconclusive ... pending further investigation," said Benjamin Crump. 

When you have a president with a low approval rating going into the midterms, the conventional wisdom is to keep him away from competitive races. But that's not the approach President Trump and his political team are taking. The president travels to Georgia today, a swing state with a key Senate race and a toss-up gubernatorial contest. It's the latest example of Trump traveling to states and districts with competitive races. So far this year he has already campaigned with a dozen candidates in elections seen as toss-ups.

Cambodia’s prime minister said on Thursday he has nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, lauding his “extraordinary statesmanship” in halting a border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand. 

A Chinese married couple convicted of trying to steal cutting-edge research from an Ohio children's hospital to share with China will have their U.S. citizenship revoked, the Justice Department (DOJ) said Tuesday. U.S. Judge James E. Simmons Jr., ordered that Li Chen and Yu Zhou be stripped of their naturalized U.S. citizenship, citing their convictions for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets, which involved "moral turpitude" that prevented them from having the good moral character necessary to naturalize, federal prosecutors said.