South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were launched from the Wonsan area at about 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. Japan said the object it tracked fell outside its exclusive economic zone, and no damage to vessels had been confirmed.
Families who prepaid tuition at Atlanta's Midtown International School have filed a class-action lawsuit against the school and its board, alleging the school ended the year with $18,000 in cash and an estimated $370,000 owed to parents.
Liel Abada came off the bench and scored three times in the second half as Charlotte FC beat CF Montreal 4-0 at Bank of America Stadium on Wednesday night, locking up a place in the 2026 MLS Cup playoffs for the fourth straight season.
A Travis County jury found Shane James competent to stand trial on Monday, nearly three years after a December 2023 shooting spree that killed six people in Austin and Bexar County and injured three others. Jury selection for his capital murder trial began on Tuesday, and his attorneys have told the court they intend to use an insanity defense.
The United States Fastpitch Association says anyone found to have taken part in the fight at a 12-and-under tournament in Sugar Land will be banned for life. Kiarious Hall and Jazmine Hall have bonded out of jail, one man remains hospitalized with a skull fracture and three brain bleeds, and prosecutors will decide whether the misdemeanor assault charges become felonies.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were launched from the Wonsan area at about 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. Japan said the object it tracked fell outside its exclusive economic zone, and no damage to vessels had been confirmed.
The Saudi-led coalition said its air defences intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile aimed at the Eastern Province early on Thursday. Civil Defence alerts in the Eastern Province and Najran were issued and then lifted, and no casualties or damage were reported.
An independent inquiry into the Wang Fuk Court fire, which killed 168 people in November 2025, found inadequate regulatory oversight. Ho is the first official to resign over the disaster, and Lee has promised wide reforms to the building rules.
Winnipeg voters returned Scott Gillingham to the mayor's office on Wednesday night, giving the former pastor and two-term St. James councillor a second mandate in a 12-candidate race fought on public safety, transit and property taxes.
A three-judge bench said no legal framework mandates public disclosure of ultimate beneficial owners, that investment disclosures already go to SEBI and custodians, and that any framework is for the government to make.
Frankfurt is expected to leave its deposit rate at 2.5 percent on Thursday, signal that December is live for the next hike, and face questions about French bond yields and Christine Lagarde's future.
Asian markets gave up early gains on Thursday. Alphabet's cash burn wiped nearly 400 billion dollars off its value in after hours trade, and Samsung fell more than 4 percent despite a record profit, dragging the KOSPI down 2.6 percent.
South Korea's benchmark index gave up early gains and fell 3.01 percent by late morning on Thursday, as Samsung Electronics shares slid after record third quarter results and a deferred plan for shareholder returns.
Names, job titles, email addresses, cell phone numbers and office locations for more than 41,000 Homeland Security staff were published online on Wednesday after a hacker stole the data in an undisclosed breach earlier this year, TechCrunch and the BBC reported.
At its Pro and tell event in Los Angeles on October 28, Apple launched its first touchscreen Mac, a MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR OLED display, M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, and prices from $2,900.
Qun Wan and Meiqin Xu allege ChatGPT helped their daughter Bowen Wan, 31, taper off lamotrigine and hide the plan from her doctors before she died in February 2026. The claims are allegations in a lawsuit, not court findings.
Apple unveiled a 14-inch MacBook Pro and a 24-inch iMac powered by its new M6 chip on Tuesday, with prices starting at $1,999 and $1,499, preorders opening Wednesday and availability on November 6.
Orlando City led 2-0 at Soldier Field behind a goal and an assist from Antoine Griezmann, but Jonathan Bamba scored in the 57th minute and set up the tying goal in the 69th as Chicago Fire took a point from the season finale at the stadium.
Barbara Barrie died on Wednesday at her home in New York City. Her daughter told The New York Times the death was chosen and medically assisted after a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi premiered Ramayana: Rise of a Legend at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, and the first viewers praised the scale of the film and Yash's Ravana ahead of the November 5 release.
Stephen Kovacevich died on October 27, 2026, at the age of 86. The American pianist, who made London his home, left complete Beethoven sonatas, two recordings of the Diabelli Variations made forty years apart, and a reputation for taking risks at the keyboard.
Kevin Bleyer died on Sunday, October 25, 2026, in a car crash on a rural road in Millrift, Pennsylvania, his family confirmed on Tuesday. He wrote for The Daily Show for nine years and contributed to speeches for Barack Obama.
A 52 card deck can be arranged in more ways than there are atoms on Earth. The exact count runs to 68 digits, and the honest math is stranger than the viral version.
The same leaf tastes bright and citrusy to one person and like a mouthful of soap to another. The difference sits in a smell receptor gene called OR6A2, and the chemistry is real.
The holes in Emmental come from gas made by bacteria, but the bubbles need a starting point. For centuries that starting point was microscopic hay dust falling into open milk buckets.
The narwhal's famous spiral is a single canine tooth that erupts through the upper lip and can grow about three metres long. It is wired with millions of nerves and built to feel the Arctic water.
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