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Russian missile and drone attacks kill 4 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy pleads for air defense

By SAMYA KULLAB and ELISE MORTON
Oct 25, 2025 2:11 pm - Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said, and prompted fresh pleas from Ukraine's president for Western air defense systems. In the capital, Kyiv, two people were killed and 13 were wounded in a ballistic missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, Kyiv's police said.
America may run out of Christmas decor this year. Here’s why.

By Jaclyn Peiser
Oct 25, 2025 1:53 am - If you’re hoping to deck your halls with boughs of (faux) holly, now would be the time to head to the store. A potential shortage of artificial trees, wreaths, garlands and other seasonal adornments is looming thanks to a tariff-induced frenzy that caused companies to pause or cancel imports during peak manufacturing season, industry experts warn.
Dead soldiers’ teeth reveal diseases that doomed Napoleon’s army

By Carolyn Y. Johnson
Oct 25, 2025 12:02 am - Historical accounts of Napoleon’s campaign to invade Russia have focused the brunt of the blame on a louse-borne disease, typhus. But a new study of bacterial DNA preserved in the teeth of 13 soldiers adds two new diseases — paratyphoid fever and a relapsing fever — to the ailments that plagued one of the most disastrous episodes in military history.
US kills six in latest strike on alleged drug boat, Hegseth says

By Tara Copp
Oct 24, 2025 7:07 pm - The U.S. military killed six people overnight in the 10th reported strike on a boat alleged to be involved in drug smuggling, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on social media Friday.
Top Democrats demand details of spy agencies’ role in boat strikes

By Warren P. Strobel, Ellen Nakashima and Noah Robertson
Oct 24, 2025 7:05 pm - The top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees demanded details of U.S. spy agencies’ role in lethal attacks on drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific oceans, complaining in a letter Friday to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that they have received “virtually no information” on the topic since the strikes began, despite repeated requests.
Average Obamacare premiums are set to rise 30%, documents show

By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Oct 24, 2025 4:27 pm - Premiums for the most popular types of plans sold on the federal health insurance marketplace Healthcare.gov will spike on average by 30% next year, according to final rates approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and shown in documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
Consumer prices in September rise to a pace not seen since January

By Andrew Ackerman
Oct 24, 2025 3:53 pm - New data released Friday showed inflation heated up in September to a pace not seen since January, according to the first dataset to be released during the government shutdown.
As Israel returns bodies, Palestinians face a grisly search through corpses for lost loved ones

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SARAH EL DEEB
Oct 24, 2025 3:32 pm - In photos, Wahiba Shabat immediately recognized her son’s body. A mother’s heart knows, she said. But when she finally saw his decomposed corpse, she wasn't sure. Israel had handed over her son's body naked, his hands tied behind his back with a zip tie. Scars around his ankles indicated he’d been bound there too, Shabat said.
US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Oct 24, 2025 11:59 am - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the U.S. military is deploying an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, in the latest escalation and buildup of military forces in the region.
Trump’s favorability has fallen among Hispanics since January, a new AP-NORC poll finds

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX
Oct 24, 2025 8:11 am - President Donald Trump's favorability has fallen among Hispanic adults since the beginning of the year, a new AP-NORC poll shows, a potential warning sign from a key constituency that helped secure his victory in the 2024 election.

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