Mississippi’s attorney general says an officer’s use of force was justified in the shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley outside a Senatobia Walmart. The boy’s family disputes the police account and has called for footage of the incident to be released.
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Trump signed an order to create a women’s health division at NIH and a White House task force. The initiative sets a 90-day deadline for the division but specifies no funding targets.
One person was killed in a shooting near a Columbus, Ohio, mosque. Police said the mosque was not targeted and, according to Al Jazeera, linked the shooting to a dispute at an apartment building.
Christiane Amanpour plans to leave CNN in June 2027 after 43 years. Her CNN International program will end the month before, and NBC News reports she also plans to leave PBS.
Prosecutors say a former OpenAI engineer accused of concealing a recorder in a meeting room was preparing to move to Saudi Arabia. They are seeking his detention pending trial, citing his contacts and alleged flight risk.
A Kenyan court has found Paul Mackenzie and 29 other cult leaders guilty of murder in a case involving 191 deaths, 190 of them children. Mackenzie is due to be sentenced on 6 November.
Russia’s foreign minister met Iranian officials as Gulf states pressed Moscow to help restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Attacks on vessels continued, while a missile strike on a Yemeni military camp killed at least 50 people, according to a government official.
Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no warning from its partners before an overnight Russian missile barrage and alleges delays in vital U.S. supplies. U.S. officials deny changing intelligence sharing or deliberately slowing Starshield data.