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Today's episode: the FBI says it disrupted a planned mass-casualty attack at the Mall of America and arrested an 18-year-old; Texas executes Jamaal Howard after courts reject a challenge over the drug used in Tennessee's recent failed execution; Isaias becomes the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season as the Gulf Coast faces warnings and state-of-emergency declarations; Nous Research raises $90 million at a $1.5 billion valuation to expand its open-source AI agents into business; and a fan-interference call helps the Rays eliminate the Yankees from the playoffs.

Stories in this episode:

- FBI says it disrupted a planned Mall of America attack and arrested an 18-year-old

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-fbi-minnesota-counterterrorism-action/

- Texas executes Jamaal Howard after courts reject a challenge over the lethal injection drug

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawyers-seek-block-texas-execution-citing-christa-pike/

- Isaias becomes the first hurricane of the 2026 season as Gulf Coast warnings go up

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-season-tropical-threat-gulf-us/

- Nous Research raises $90 million at a $1.5 billion valuation to expand its AI agents

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/nous-research-confirms-it-hit-1-5b-valuation-launches-ai-agents-for-business-users/

- A fan-interference call ends the Yankees' season as the Rays win the ALDS

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/yankees-rays-fan-interference-alds-game-3-anthony-volpe-victor-mesa-jr/

Today's episode: Paramount Skydance completes its roughly 81-billion-dollar takeover of Warner Bros Discovery; President Trump faces criticism over a remark about Iran and two U.S. cities; a Gulf storm forecast to become Hurricane Isaias threatens the Gulf Coast as Florida declares a state of emergency; a California couple is arrested on child abuse charges in a surrogacy case; Google signs a 20-year nuclear power deal to supply its AI data centers; Apple and LG team up on smart home devices; and the Emmy Awards will move to Prime Video starting in 2027.

Stories in this episode:

- Paramount Skydance completes its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery

https://www.dw.com/en/paramount-and-warner-bros-merge-into-one-hollywood-giant/a-79565762?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

- Trump faces criticism over a remark about Iran and two U.S. cities

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/white-house-defends-trumps-comment-to-let-iran-take-out-los-angeles-and-san-diego/

- A Gulf storm forecast to become Hurricane Isaias threatens the Gulf Coast

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/gulf-coast-under-tropical-storm-threat/

- A California couple is arrested on child abuse charges in a surrogacy case

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arcadia-california-couple-surrogacy-arrested/

- Google signs a 20-year nuclear power deal to supply its AI data centers

https://www.theverge.com/science/1006082/google-nuclear-energy-power-purchase-agreement-constellation

- Apple and LG team up on new smart home devices

https://www.theverge.com/news/1006238/apple-lg-homekit-rumor-fcc

- The Emmy Awards will move to Prime Video starting in 2027

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/emmys-will-move-from-broadcast-tv-to-prime-video-in-2027/

Today's episode: measles spreads to its highest U.S. level since 1991 with over a thousand cases in Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court hears a climate-liability case that could affect dozens of similar suits, the Trump administration approves a firing-squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84, and OpenAI begins adding a text watermark to ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union.

Stories in this episode:

- Measles spreads to its highest U.S. level since 1991, with over 1,000 cases in Pennsylvania

https://www.dw.com/en/measles-cases-are-spreading-in-the-us-this-year-with-over-1-000-infections-reported-in-pennsylvania/a-79557286

- Supreme Court hears a climate-liability case that could affect dozens of similar suits

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-climate-change-energy-companies-boulder-colorado-arguments/

- Trump administration approves a firing-squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nidal-hasan-firing-squad-trump/

- Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House Speaker, dies at 84

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dennis-hastert-dies-former-house-speaker-illinois/

- OpenAI adds a text watermark to ChatGPT and Codex, starting in the European Union

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004880/openai-chatgpt-text-watermarks-eu-ai-act

Today's episode: Brazil's presidential election heads to a runoff between Flavio Bolsonaro and Lula, a California realtor arrested at LAX in an alleged China spy case targeting a relative of Taiwan's president, President Trump's new Super Intelligence Force led by Jay Clayton, Pacific storm Nolo becoming a typhoon after crossing the date line, and an Atlantic hurricane season on track to be the quietest of the satellite era.

Stories in this episode:

- Brazil's presidential election heads to a runoff between Flavio Bolsonaro and Lula

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-presidential-election-bolsonaro-lula-runoff/

- California realtor arrested at LAX in alleged China spy case targeting Taiwan president's son

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-agent-arrested-lax-taiwan-president-son/

- Trump names DNI Jay Clayton to lead a new federal Super Intelligence Force

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-super-intelligence-force-trump-jay-clayton/

- Nolo changes from a hurricane to a typhoon after crossing the international date line

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-10-04/now-its-typhoon-nolo-after-pacific-hurricane-crosses-the-international-dateline

- Strong El Nino leaves the Atlantic without a hurricane so far this season, a satellite-era first

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cwgkvyyg8115o

Today's episode: a debris field found from a missing six-person medical flight off Nantucket, an outgoing OpenAI safety engineer warning the company's culture is broken, Apple tightening macOS Full Disk Access over AI-agent risks, Zach Bryan wearing a Free Palestine shirt at Gillette Stadium, and the collapse of Hawaii's 550-year-old Holei Sea Arch.

Stories in this episode:

- Coast Guard finds debris field from a missing six-person medical flight off Nantucket

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medical-plane-missing-nantucket-six-on-board/

- Outgoing OpenAI safety engineer warns AI giants are not being careful enough

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004408/openai-safety-quits-sounding-the-alarm

- Apple tightens macOS Full Disk Access controls, citing risks from AI agents

https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004295/apple-limit-mac-disk-access-ai-agents

- Zach Bryan wears a Free Palestine shirt at Gillette Stadium

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zach-bryan-free-palestine-shirt-gillette-stadium-robert-kraft/

- Hawaii's famed Holei Sea Arch collapses, prompting warnings of unstable cliffs

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/holei-sea-arch-collapses-hawaii/

Today's episode: a weaker September jobs report as unemployment rises to 4.2%, the FAA clearing a Boeing 737 MAX software glitch, Amazon's billion-dollar pledge to data-center communities facing backlash, the death of Gypsy Rose Blanchard's partner Ken Urker, and a surge in Slovenian web domains sparked by Trump's AI rebrand.

Stories in this episode:

- U.S. hiring slowed in September as unemployment rose to 4.2%

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/september-jobs-report-us-hiring-labor-market/

- FAA clears a Boeing 737 MAX software glitch as not a safety risk

https://www.afp.com/es/node/3845205

- Amazon pledges $1 billion to data-center communities amid growing backlash

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-1-billion-data-center-investment-ai/

- Ken Urker, Gypsy Rose Blanchard's partner, is found dead in Louisiana at 34

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gypsy-rose-blanchard-partner-ken-urker-dies-at-34/

- Trump's 'super intelligence' AI rebrand sparks a surge in Slovenian .si domains

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx2z23xj555o

Today's episode: Tennessee's failed attempt to execute Christa Pike, Renee Good's family suing the federal government over her killing by an ICE officer, new details and a special prosecutor in the Cornell rape case, and battery charges against rapper Rick Ross.

Stories in this episode:

- Christa Pike is in critical condition after Tennessee's failed execution attempt

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckge4eql4q7eo

- Renee Good's family sues the US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/renee-good-family-civil-lawsuit-against-federal-government-ice-killing-minneapolis/

- Cornell rape case: Title IX transcripts reveal new details as a special prosecutor is named

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell-title-ix-investigation-docs-reveal-new-details-rape-investigation/

- Rapper Rick Ross is charged with battery after a woman alleges domestic violence

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rick-ross-arrested-miami-beach-battery-strangulation/

Today's episode: the U.S. completing its troop withdrawal from Iraq after twelve years, Israel's response to a foiled attempt to crash a Flydubai flight, Defense Secretary Hegseth's cuts to the general-officer ranks and a new drone command, Google's restricted launch of its Gemini 4 Argon AI model, Reddit ending RSS and public API access over AI scraping, and a bittersweet farewell on Ted Lasso.

Stories in this episode:

- The U.S. completes its troop withdrawal from Iraq after 12 years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c65ym1dyn92mo

- Netanyahu vows to investigate a foiled attempt to crash a Flydubai flight

https://www.dw.com/en/flydubai-pilot-investigated-over-possible-attempt-to-crash-tel-aviv-bound-flight/a-79484761

- Hegseth announces a 20% cut to generals and a new drone command

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-20-cut-generals-and-admirals-military-pentagon/

- Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon but restricts who can use it

https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002980/google-gemini-4-argon

- Reddit will end RSS feeds and public API access, citing AI scraping

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/

- Ted Lasso says goodbye to Annette Badland's Mae

https://www.tvline.com/2272724/ted-lasso-season-4-episode-9-mae-death-annette-badland/

Today's episode: a taxpayer-funded White House ad campaign drawing ethics criticism, the Supreme Court clearing the way for Tennessee's first execution of a woman in over 200 years, the death of actor Chad Lowe's 13-year-old daughter, new arguments in the Lindsay Clancy case, and the Chicago White Sox's historic playoff berth.

Stories in this episode:

- A taxpayer-funded White House ad campaign draws ethics criticism

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ethics-expert-on-taxpayers-paying-for-trumps-new-ads/

- The Supreme Court declines to halt Tennessee's execution of Christa Pike

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwe879654mj7o

- Fiona Lowe, the 13-year-old daughter of actor Chad Lowe, dies

https://variety.com/2026/digital/people-news/fiona-hepler-lowe-chad-lowe-daughter-dies-1236885914/

- Lindsay Clancy's lawyer argues there is no proof she killed her children

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/lindsay-clancys-attorney-argues-first-time-no-evidence-killed-kids/

- The White Sox reach the playoffs for the first time after back-to-back 100-loss seasons

https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/white-sox-vs-astros-al-wild-card-game-1-picks-surprising-chicago-could-have-a-problem-in-houston-on-tuesday/

Today's episode: SpaceX's first orbital Starship flight, weaker federal fuel economy standards, a Senate college-sports bill, OpenAI delaying a model over safety, a reopened Cornell assault investigation, and the New York Times' 100 best TV shows.

Stories in this episode:

- SpaceX's Starship reaches orbit for the first time, then ends its flight early

https://www.allsides.com/news/2026-09-28-0700/science-spacexs-starship-reaches-orbit-first-time-deploys-starlink-satellites

- The Transportation Department finalizes weaker fuel economy standards

https://www.theverge.com/news/1001610/trump-weakens-fuel-efficiency-standards

- The Senate passes the Protect College Sports Act, 77 to 22

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-approves-bill-regulate-college-sports-ncaa/

- OpenAI delays its GPT-6.1 Astra model, citing safety concerns

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/openai-halts-gpt-astra-safety-concerns/

- A New York DA reopens the criminal inquiry in the Cornell gang-rape case

https://www.allsides.com/news/2026-09-28-0700/criminal-justice-details-emerge-case-former-cornell-student-alleging-gang-rape-fraternity-members

- The New York Times ranks the 100 best TV shows of the century

https://www.newser.com/story/397177/nyt-ranks-100-best-tv-shows-of-the-century.html