In her first public statement since surviving a Sept. 30 lethal injection, Christa Pike says she remains in constant physical and emotional pain. Tennessee has paused further executions pending an outside review, The Guardian reported.
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Tens of thousands marched across Italy over living costs, military spending and wars in the Middle East. Police increased security after earlier protests turned violent.
The Vatican says Pope Leo XIV has voted by mail in the U.S. midterm elections, making him the first pontiff to vote in an American election. An Illinois clerk’s office told NBC News it had not yet received his completed ballot.
The Nasdaq fell 2.3% in early trading Friday as losses in Intel, Amazon and Alphabet deepened investor concerns about the cost and payoff of AI expansion.
Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it will close after an eviction order and the loss of its reader-donation system. Its editor says staff will leave the offices and shut down the servers on November 9.
Trump canceled weekend rallies in Kansas and Iowa and plans a burst of tele-rallies instead. The change follows 25 in-person rallies over the past month.
Binance says a security breach affected about $6.3 billion in assets and that roughly $3 billion has been frozen. Two blockchain intelligence firms say a North Korean hacking unit was likely responsible.
Vance has offered Iran new talks while the US considers renewed strikes. The two sides remain divided over the order of nuclear commitments and sanctions relief.