A federal judge has dismissed President Trump’s revised defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal over its report on an alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein. The judge found that Trump had not plausibly alleged actual malice.
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London police arrested 139 people at a protest against the ban on Palestine Action ahead of a Supreme Court appeal. A separate vigil in Edinburgh ended with no reported arrests.
Binance says it has replenished 90% of the $6.3 billion in assets stolen in Thursday’s hack and has set aside company funds to cover all losses. Investigators are still tracing the funds and examining how the attackers gained access.
Virginia and Washington, D.C., have sued to stop construction of President Trump’s planned 250-foot arch near Arlington National Cemetery. They say the project would disrupt traffic and emergency services and violate federal laws.
Iran’s supreme leader warned that renewed attacks would bring retaliation without geographic limits, while mediators pursued a deal. Iranian claims of tanker explosions in the Strait of Hormuz contrasted with U.S. assurances that shipping lanes remain open.
One person was killed and six were wounded in a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield, California. Police were searching for a suspect; a separate shooting at a Michigan Spirit Halloween store also left one person dead.
Four planes carrying evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky landed in Belarus under a temporary humanitarian ceasefire. Ukrainian officials expected the residents to cross into Ukraine later Saturday.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he is open to a formal apology for the transatlantic slave trade but rejects financial reparations. Caribbean leaders and reparations advocates welcomed the prospect of dialogue while pressing for further action.