While You Were Out: Daily News Catch-Up
The day's top five stories in about 90 seconds, twice a day: 6 AM ("While You Were Asleep") and 5 PM ("While You Were at Work") Central. Balanced, fact-checked, and every story verified against at least two established news sources. Narrated by an AI voice; sources for every story at whileyouwereoutnews.com.
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Wholesale prices post their biggest monthly jump since 2022, Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian refineries, seven sailors are missing after tankers catch fire off Romania, Maduro pleads not guilty to torture charges, and researchers say spyware was delivered through online ads.
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South Korea's Kospi falls more than 7% in a tech selloff, a school roof collapse in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills at least 28 children and a teacher, Rep. Ilhan Omar's relatives are subpoenaed, TSMC posts record profit, and the Brewers take a 3-0 NLCS lead.
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September inflation came in hotter than expected and tech stocks fell, as Social Security announced a 3.6% raise for 2027; Ukraine says SpaceX limited its military Starlink service; the Justice Department gave California 48 hours to review a list of suspected noncitizen mail voters; records detail the federal takeover of Red Lake Nation's child welfare program; and the Dodgers face a 2-0 hole in the NLCS.
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Yemen's Houthis vow more attacks on Saudi airports and oil sites after a missile hit an Aramco office building, a judge extends his block on the White House ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters, Bank of America faces about $1.2 billion in penalties, Congo's Ebola cases pass 9,000, and the Rays even the ALCS.
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The Vatican says Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer after surgery removed part of his right lung; Kimberly Guilfoyle leaves her post as ambassador to Greece at the White House's request; the Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthi oil sites in Yemen; Goldman Sachs beats forecasts as JPMorgan misses; and Apple unveils its HomeView smart home hub.
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Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home in what the Justice Department calls an ongoing criminal investigation; a cyberattack hit refrigeration in hundreds of French supermarkets; South Korea's Kospi fell more than 5% in a chip selloff; Pope Leo XIV enters a Rome hospital for lung nodule surgery; and the Brewers took a 2-0 NLCS lead over the Dodgers.
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Riyadh's airport stays closed after Houthi attacks, the Kremlin rejects Zelenskyy's 60-day ceasefire offer, China holds live-fire drills, the Dow gains as tech slips, and Zizou Bergs stuns Carlos Alcaraz.
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- Riyadh airport stays closed until Oct. 17 after Houthi attacks: Times of Israel (Reuters): Riya...
North Korea fires several ballistic missiles, Ukraine says Russia struck energy sites after Trump's energy ceasefire announcement, oil slips on hopes of more Russian supply, Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford win the economics Nobel, and Tyler Huntley leads the Ravens past the Falcons in overtime without Lamar Jackson.
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Trump says Russia and Ukraine agreed to an energy ceasefire, Riyadh's airport is struck again as the Houthis claim attacks, Iran calls the U.S. Hormuz reply insufficient, Pope Leo XIV will have lung surgery, and the Jaguars win in London at the buzzer.
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The week's biggest stories and where they stand now, stories you may have missed, and what to watch this week.
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- Isaias leaves deaths and outages across the Southeast: CBS News: Isaias live updates, ABC News: Hurricane Isaias updates
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Saudi Arabia says 12 were killed, including an American, in a Houthi attack on Riyadh's airport; Trump says Ukraine should get a new president; the Pentagon raises the official Iran war troop death toll to 21; unranked Oklahoma beats No. 1 Texas; and Cleveland comes back to reach the ALCS.
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Riyadh's main airport halts flights after another attack as Trump weighs joining Saudi strikes on the Houthis; Isaias kills at least four; Iran's Guards say a tanker hit a mine in Hormuz; the Kremlin says Putin relayed Iran's position to Trump; Shawn Fain wins a second UAW term.
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Isaias makes landfall near Destin and leaves 700,000+ without power, Trump announces a deal to buy Russian diesel, Russian strikes kill at least 12 in Zaporizhzhia, Ella Langley's Tulsa show is canceled over a likely swatting call, and Mike Ditka dies at 86.
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Hurricane Isaias strengthens to a major Category 3 ahead of a Florida Panhandle landfall tonight, the U.S. sanctions the International Criminal Court itself, President Trump forms a committee to investigate Fed Governor Lisa Cook, phone-company stocks sink on a SpaceX spectrum deal, and Minneapolis gets a police chief nominee.
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Hurricane Isaias nears the Gulf Coast with landfall expected late tonight, South African judge Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize, Ossoff and Collins meet in Georgia's first Senate debate, the 10-year Treasury yield touches 5.35%, and the Guardians force a Game 5.
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Isaias strengthens to a Category 2 hurricane aimed at the Alabama-Florida line, Trump rules out striking Iran before the midterms as oil jumps, the Nasdaq falls after a report on OpenAI's revenue, WWF's Living Planet Report, and Anne Carson wins the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Isaias becomes the season's first Atlantic hurricane with warnings from Mississippi to Florida, DHS proposes a $70,000 OPT fee, the DNC sues over taxpayer-funded ads, India's voter-roll protests grow, and the Rays sweep the Yankees.
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Hurricane watches go up on the northern Gulf Coast as Isaias strengthens, Fed minutes point to another rate hike as the 10-year yield hits a 2002 high, a Minnesota man is charged in an alleged ISIS-inspired plot against the Mall of America, Russian strikes kill at least 20 in Ukraine, and four MLB teams face elimination.
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Tropical Storm Isaias forms and could become the season's first hurricane, Yemen's Houthis claim strikes on Saudi airports, the S&P 500 closes at a record, a chemistry Nobel for mirror-image molecules, and the Dodgers and Padres win NLDS Game 3s.
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Tropical Depression Nine forms in the Gulf and could become Hurricane Isaias, Trump says his super PAC will pay for ads taxpayers had funded, Paramount completes its Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, Kenya confirms its first Ebola case, and more than 250,000 march in France for school funding.
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