Breaking News – Oct 05, 2026 – Afternoon

Breaking News · Monday, October 05, 2026 · 1 PM

Breaking & developing

12 new stories since the last update. Short summaries — full reporting at the source.

#1 · Drudge Report

STRAIT STAYS SHUT…

Tehran says reopening Strait of Hormuz has been its main goal, while the US continues to focus on nuclear talks.

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#2 · Drudge Report MAY REQUIRE SIGN-IN

TRAVEL HELL: BA flight to Chicago drops 27,000 feet, returns to London!

About 30 minutes into its journey, the aircraft dropped from 36,000 feet to 9,000 feet in around seven minutes, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. The linked outlet may ask you to sign in after a few free articles.

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#3 · Fox News OPEN READ

Teen's hand blown off by police grenade during French student protests: report

A 15-year-old lost his hand after picking up a police grenade as French school protests over underfunding and teacher shortages enter their third week.

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#4 · Fox News OPEN READ

JENNIFER GRIFFIN: I covered wars, terror and tragedy for Fox News. What I found was a family

Fox News' Jennifer Griffin recalls covering Vladimir Putin's rise in Moscow, the Kosovo War and the Second Intifada across nearly three decades.

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#5 · RealClearPolitics

Anthropic vs. the Pope

The folks at Anthropic, the AI company behind the large language model Claude, certainly seem to think it is – or at least, they're extremely open to the possibility.

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#6 · RealClearPolitics

'The Consent Trap'

I'm probably the last person who should write about morality. I grew up on the Left, after all: a hippie childhood in Topanga Canyon, then coming of age as the first generation after Roe v.

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#7 · Dallas Express DALLAS

Fort Worth Middle School To Temporarily Relocate After Heavy Rain Damage

W.A. Meacham Middle School students and staff will temporarily move to another Fort Worth campus after heavy rainfall left portions of the school building unsafe to occupy, Fort Worth Independent School District officials said.

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#8 · Reuters WIRE

US services sector cools in September, price pressures building – Reuters

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#9 · Reuters WIRE

US commodities regulator proposes new federal crypto oversight rules – Reuters

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#10 · NY Post OPEN READ

California school board frontrunner makes stunning excuse for students who can’t do basic math

Richard Barrera, president of the San Diego Unified School Board, has served on the board since 2008 and currently works as a senior policy adviser to State Superintendent Tony Thurmond.

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#11 · Citizen Free Press

Rhodes Scholar Green Beret leads ‘double haters’ in mission to blow up midterms.

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#12 · Drudge Report

PNEUMONIC PLAGUE SHAKING RUSSIA…

According to local media reports, as many as 189 people have also been placed under medical observation in Irkutsk in eastern Russia.

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