The U.S. military awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth nearly $700 million to put the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) into production. The move comes as the United States develops several hypersonic weapons programs and seeks to catch up with Russia and China, which have moved further ahead in developing these weapons.
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ARRW is designed to launch from U.S. Air Force aircraft.
The Air Force had moved to cancel ARRW development in 2023 after several test failures.
The U.S. has no operational hypersonic weapons, according to the article.
Hypersonic weapons can travel at more than five times the speed of sound; some can maneuver in flight, making interception difficult.
The Army and Navy are jointly developing the Dark Eagle/Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, also known as Conventional Prompt Strike.
The Navy canceled its planned HALO hypersonic missile in 2024 because of cost.
A Government Accountability Office estimate puts the cost of a hypersonic missile at nearly $70 million, compared with about $4 million for a Patriot interceptor or Tomahawk cruise missile.
The article says the Trump administration has proposed raising annual U.S. military spending to $1.5 trillion, with about $38 billion for hypersonic programs.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to leave its key interest rate unchanged after its Oct. 27–28 meeting, though investors are watching for clues about inflation and future policy. The meeting comes amid high consumer and mortgage costs, shortly before midterm elections, and ongoing questions about Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s approach to rate guidance and independence from President Donald Trump.
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The Fed’s key interest rate is about 3.9%, and futures markets indicate investors see almost no chance of a rate increase at this meeting.
Some investors and economists had expected a quarter-point increase after inflation came in hotter than expected the previous month.
Fed officials, including Vice Chair Philip Jefferson, have said longer-term interest rates have risen and that officials need time to assess their decisions.
Warsh has criticized forward guidance, which means giving markets clear signals about likely future rate decisions.
The average 30-year mortgage rate reached 7.4% earlier in October and later eased to 7.32%; it was just under 6.2% a year earlier.
Oxford Economics estimates that this year’s mortgage-rate increases have put home buying out of reach for an additional 5 million households.
The meeting is six days before the midterm elections, which the article says have been shaped by affordability concerns.
The article says Warsh raised rates at the Fed’s September meeting despite Trump’s preference for lower rates.
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The BBC reports that Lt Col Michael Morris, a senior US Air Force member who worked at the US Embassy in London, faces charges over alleged possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. He left the UK in August before British police questioned him; the US Air Force says a hearing is due in November to decide whether the case should go to court-martial. Morris is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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Morris served as an assistant military attaché at the US Embassy in London.
The BBC says US authorities questioned Morris after investigators alleged his brother shared child sexual abuse material with him.
Morris left the UK on a civilian flight in August without being questioned by British police.
The US Air Force says charges have been preferred against Morris, who is assigned to the Air Force District of Washington.
A military hearing is scheduled for November at Joint Base Andrews to consider whether the case should go to court-martial.
Morris will enter a plea only if the case is referred to court-martial.
His brother, Benjamin Morris, is facing trial in Illinois on charges involving possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, which he denies.
British police say they remain in contact with US authorities while legal proceedings continue.
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Fox News’ latest power rankings moved Ohio’s Senate and governor’s races from toss-ups to “Lean Democratic” one week before the midterm elections. Recent polls show Sherrod Brown leading Jon Husted and Amy Acton leading Vivek Ramaswamy, though other forecasters still rate the Senate race as a toss-up.
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Fox News shifted both Ohio races toward Democrats in rankings published Tuesday.
RealClearPolitics’ polling average showed Brown ahead of Husted by 3.3 points and Acton ahead of Ramaswamy by 4.4 points as of Tuesday.
An InsiderAdvantage poll conducted October 21–22 found Brown ahead of Husted by 46.7% to 44.4%, with a margin of error of 2.83 percentage points.
A Fox News poll conducted October 15–19 showed Brown leading Husted by five points, 52% to 47%.
The Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated the governor’s race Lean Democratic but the Senate race a toss-up.
Ramaswamy faced bipartisan criticism over a campaign ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother, who accused Acton of lying.
Husted served as Ohio lieutenant governor from 2019 to 2025 and was appointed to the Senate after JD Vance vacated his seat.
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Conservative commentator Scott Jennings said he is concerned Republicans could lose several Senate races, including the race in Texas. He described the Texas contest as having a “bad vibe” during an appearance on CNN.
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Jennings discussed Senate races during a recent appearance on CNN.
He said he was concerned about multiple races.
Jennings singled out the Texas Senate race as a concern.
He called the Texas race a “bad vibe.”
The article does not name the other races Jennings was concerned about.
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Protesters entered the newsroom of pro-Vucic Informer TV in Belgrade on Monday evening, interrupting its broadcast and calling for the arrest of its editor. The incident followed the Student List’s reported election victory over Aleksandar Vucic’s alliance, as celebrations continued and the student movement urged supporters to remain calm.
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Live footage showed about 30 protesters entering Informer TV’s newsroom and surrounding editor-in-chief and owner Dragan Vucicevic.
Some protesters called for Vucicevic’s arrest and shouted slogans about a free Serbia and Vucic’s absence.
Vucic called the newsroom incident an attack on free speech and journalism in a post on Instagram.
The article says the Student List, which grew out of a student-led anti-corruption movement, defeated Vucic’s alliance in Sunday’s election.
The student movement has not named a prime minister or other key officials, and its leading election-list candidate called for calm.
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia said it would seek to have Informer TV’s broadcasting licence revoked, citing alleged legal and programming violations.
Police cordoned off Belgrade’s Pink TV station after a group gathered outside it.
Public broadcaster RTV in Vojvodina apologized for what it described as uncritical and one-sided reporting.
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Alex Pretti’s parents spoke publicly for the first time since he was fatally shot by a federal agent in Minnesota in January. They said they have not heard from the federal government about his death.
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Pretti’s parents spoke publicly for the first time since his death.
A federal agent fatally shot Pretti in Minnesota.
The shooting happened in January.
Pretti’s parents said they have not heard from the federal government about his death.
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British police charged two men over an alleged plot linked to a security incident at a U.S.-operated air base last month. The United Kingdom has blamed Iran for the incident, but the article excerpt does not provide details about the second man or the charges against him.
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Police announced the charges on Tuesday.
The case concerns a suspected plot to attack a U.S.-run air base last month.
The United Kingdom has blamed Iran for the incident.
Mohmed Ahmad Abdulkarim, 24, is from London.
Police charged Abdulkarim under the National Security Act.
The available article excerpt ends before describing the full charge or identifying the second man.
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The FBI searched a Southern California home under a court-authorized warrant as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Sources told ABC News the search is connected to an investigation into former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who does not live at the home but is believed to have stayed there for a time.
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The FBI confirmed it conducted an operation in the Los Angeles region on October 27, 2026.
The search warrant was court-authorized.
Sources told ABC News the search is connected to an ongoing investigation into Eric Swalwell.
Swalwell is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House from California.
Sources said Swalwell does not live at the home but is believed to have stayed there for a time.
The FBI said it had no further comment.
ABC News said it had contacted an attorney for Swalwell for comment.
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The U.S. military said an airstrike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific killed five people on Tuesday. The attack was part of a campaign of strikes that media tallies say has killed more than 240 people; the administration says the targets were involved in trafficking, while legal experts and rights groups question the evidence and legality of the attacks.
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The U.S. military announced that Tuesday’s strike killed five people.
The strike targeted a vessel the military described as suspected of drug trafficking.
Media tallies cited in the report count more than 70 similar attacks since the start of Donald Trump’s second presidency.
Those attacks have collectively killed more than 240 people, according to the tallies.
The Trump administration says the people and boats targeted were involved in drug trafficking.
The administration has not provided definitive evidence to support its trafficking claims, according to the report.
Legal experts and rights groups argue the strikes could be extrajudicial killings if they targeted civilians who posed no immediate threat to the United States.
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Florida state Democratic Rep. Angie Nixon and Republican Sen. Ashley Moody are competing in a Senate race that is heating up with one week remaining before the midterm elections. CBS News reporter Cristian Benavides reports on the race.
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Angie Nixon is a Democratic state representative in Florida.
Ashley Moody is a Republican senator.
Nixon and Moody are competing in a Florida Senate race.
The report says the midterm elections are one week away.
CBS News reporter Cristian Benavides covered the race.
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A federal magistrate judge criticized the Justice Department for filing an amended complaint against former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides that added an obstruction charge without a judge’s signature. The officials face allegations that they made false statements to Congress about their knowledge of investigations involving Hunter Biden; their lawyers asked the court to strike the complaint.
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Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said unsigned complaints are not the court’s practice and expressed concern about the filing.
The amended complaint added an obstruction charge shortly before a preliminary hearing in Washington, D.C.
The new charge alleges the officials’ statements helped them avoid questioning and impeded a House investigation into the Bidens.
Defense lawyers challenged the case’s use of a criminal complaint signed by a magistrate judge rather than a grand jury indictment.
The judge was considering the defense request to strike the complaint; prosecutors could still seek a felony indictment if it were struck.
The case concerns a since-disbanded FBI task force that monitored foreign influence.
The laptop at the center of the case was reportedly left at a Delaware computer repair shop in 2019 and later became the subject of 2020 news reports.
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A keeper at Beekse Bergen Safari Park in the Netherlands died Tuesday after a leopard attacked her while she was caring for two Persian leopards. The park said it will launch an independent investigation to establish what happened.
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The keeper was attacked in an indoor leopard enclosure at the park in the south of the Netherlands.
The leopards were inside because of bad weather, and staff are usually kept away from them.
The enclosure had no cameras, so the circumstances of the attack are unclear.
The keeper suffered serious injuries to her head and neck and underwent emergency surgery before dying Tuesday.
The park said she had worked there for nearly 40 years, with a few short interruptions.
A park spokesperson told local media that the leopards were behaving naturally.
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Authorities arrested a Florida mother at Orlando International Airport after she left her four children at home while traveling to Las Vegas on a business trip. Authorities said a babysitter checked on the children before and after school.
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The woman was arrested at Orlando International Airport.
She had four children at home.
She traveled to Las Vegas for a business trip.
The children were left at home without continuous supervision.
A babysitter checked on the children before and after school, according to authorities.
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Sen. Bernie Moreno and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed exchanged criticism over a campaign video featuring Moreno and Republican Rep. Mike Rogers. Moreno and Rogers posted the video on X Monday, urging Michigan voters to support Rogers.
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Moreno is a Republican senator from Ohio.
Moreno was elected to the Senate in 2024.
El-Sayed is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Michigan.
Rogers is a Republican representative and a candidate for Michigan’s Senate seat.
Moreno appeared with Rogers in a video posted to X on Monday.
The video encouraged Michigan voters to support Rogers.
The article describes an exchange on Monday and Tuesday between Moreno and El-Sayed over the video.
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Former U.S. ambassador to Israel Edward Djerejian discusses how the Gaza war may affect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of reelection. The supplied article text does not include Djerejian’s specific assessment or conclusions.
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Edward Djerejian is identified as a former U.S. ambassador to Israel.
Djerejian discusses the Gaza war’s possible effect on Netanyahu’s reelection chances.
Benjamin Netanyahu is identified as Israel’s prime minister.
CBS News presents the segment as a video.
The video is listed as 6 minutes and 13 seconds long.
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Dr. Jennifer Shuford has resigned as chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency said on Oct. 27, 2026. She was hired in April, and her last day will be Nov. 12.
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The CDC announced Shuford’s resignation in a statement on Tuesday.
Shuford serves as the CDC’s chief medical officer.
The agency hired Shuford for the role in April.
Her last day at the CDC will be Nov. 12.
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The column examines Nigel Farage’s response to a remark by Raheem Kassam, a close associate, who called Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch a “Nigerian scammer.” In a BBC Breakfast interview, Farage pointed to Kassam’s Indian heritage while disputing the implications of the remark; the column also describes differing reactions from Reform politicians Robert Jenrick and Danny Kruger.
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Raheem Kassam called Kemi Badenoch a “Nigerian scammer.”
The article says Kassam had previously served as chief of staff in one of Farage’s political organisations and was being discussed as a possible next chief of staff for Reform.
Nigel Farage discussed Kassam’s remark in an interview with BBC Breakfast presenter Sally Nugent.
During the interview, Farage said Kassam was of Indian heritage.
Robert Jenrick described Kassam’s comment as “forensic journalism,” according to the article.
Danny Kruger argued that the phrase was not racist, saying he did not think Farage’s friends were racist.
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The UK government has launched Warm Home Loans, offering households loans of £7,500 to £35,000 for upgrades such as solar panels, batteries and heat pumps. The scheme is intended to spread costs over time, while the government says combining these technologies could cut energy bills by up to £550 a year, or £850 with a time-of-use tariff.
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The Warm Home Loans scheme launched on Tuesday and offers interest-free or low-interest loans.
British Gas and E.On are among the energy suppliers partnering with lenders to offer loans to customers.
Loans may cover up to £10,000 for an air-source heat pump or £35,000 for a ground-source heat pump.
The government’s boiler upgrade scheme currently offers grants of up to £9,000 for some heat-pump installations.
The government estimates that installing a heat pump, battery and solar panels could save up to £550 a year on bills, with a further £300 possible through a time-of-use tariff.
E.On chief executive Chris Norbury said a trial found fuel-poor customers in Coventry saved more than £250 a year on average by pairing home batteries with time-of-use tariffs.
The article reports that the government is expected to cut hundreds of millions of pounds from the boiler upgrade scheme’s £2.7bn five-year budget.
Other participating lenders include HTG Finance, Secure Trust Bank, South Manchester Credit Union and Sunsave.
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Brazilian environmentalists and Indigenous groups welcomed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s reelection, hoping his government will continue efforts to curb Amazon deforestation. They warned that a Congress with strong far-right and agribusiness representation could weaken environmental protections, while Lula’s support for offshore oil drilling has also drawn criticism.
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Lula defeated Flávio Bolsonaro in Sunday’s runoff, receiving 51.78% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.21%.
Lula won by 4.4 million votes after trailing in the first round.
Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede and said he would ask the electoral court to nullify the result; the results were scheduled for certification on Dec. 18.
Indigenous groups and advocacy organizations mobilized voters in the Amazon, and court rulings helped secure transportation to polling places for people in remote areas.
About 60% of the Amazon rainforest lies in Brazil, and the forest absorbs large amounts of carbon dioxide.
Lula’s government announced the lowest Amazon deforestation rate on record the previous week, according to the article.
The Climate Observatory said seven in 10 incoming lawmakers oppose its climate and environmental agenda.
Environmentalists criticized Lula’s support for drilling for oil in offshore waters near the Amazon.
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