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Month: October 2025

Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–OLDER COACHES DESCRIPTION: HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders’ Pete Carroll is the NFL’s oldest coach,

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–OLDER COACHES DESCRIPTION: HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders’ Pete Carroll is the NFL’s oldest coach,

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–OLDER COACHES DESCRIPTION: HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders’ Pete Carroll is the NFL’s oldest coach,

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Confusion over Afghan internet outage after purported Taliban statement revealed as false

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Confusion surrounds the state of internet connectivity in Afghanistan, after some networks were apparently restored on Wednesday following an outage that began Monday. The Associated Press earlier reported what claimed to be a Taliban statement denying reports that the blackout was a deliberate move and saying old fiber optic cables are worn

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Monitoring group says appeals court in Qatar overturns conviction of the Baha’i community’s leader

By DAVID CRARY Associated Press An appeals court in Qatar has overturned the conviction of Remy Rowhani, leader of the country’s small Baha’i community, according to an international Baha’i organization monitoring the case. Rowhani, 71, had been sentenced to a five-year prison term in August after his conviction on charges related to social media posts.

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MLB Postseason Glance

By The Associated Press All Times EDT x-if necessary WILD CARD SERIES (Best-of-3) American League Detroit 1, Cleveland 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: Cleveland 6, Detroit 1 Thursday, Oct. 2: Detroit (Flaherty 8-15) at Cleveland (Cecconi 7-7), 3 p.m. (ABC) New York 1, Boston 1, Tuesday, Sept. 30: Boston

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Mthethwa (right) being sworn in as South Africa's minister of sports

South African ambassador had faced corruption claims before he was found dead at foot of Paris hotel

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — French prosecutors are piecing together clues over the death of South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa. Early findings, authorities said, suggest Mthethwa had apparently fallen from a high-rise Paris hotel on Monday, hours after sending a “disturbing message” to his wife that he planned to kill

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A sign warns about a no-fly zone in Copenhagen

With EU leaders discussing plans to counter Russian drones, what exactly is a ‘drone wall’?

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of repeated incursions into European airspace, officials are meeting in the Danish capital Copenhagen where they are expected to discuss several measures intended to protect the continent’s skies, including a flagship “drone wall” initiative. The commission, alongside the European Union, is working to build a “Defence Readiness

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Trump administration imposes sanctions on some Iranian people and firms after UN decision

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration sanctions announced Wednesday target dozens of companies and individuals involved in Iran’s missile and military aircraft production, a new punishment intended to support recently reimposed U.N. penalties against Tehran over its nuclear program. The “snapback” U.N. measures freeze Iranian assets abroad, halt arms deals with

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Investigators to review the 2005 shooting death of Hunter S. Thompson, which was ruled a suicide

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Investigators in Colorado are reviewing the 2005 shooting death of journalist Hunter S. Thompson, which was ruled a suicide, authorities said. There’s no new evidence suggesting foul play Thompson’s death, but the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office requested the review at the behest of Thompson’s widow, Anita Thompson, the sheriff’s office and

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Sports on TV for Thursday, Oct. 2

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Oct. 2 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 5 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Fremantle at Hawthorn 5 a.m. (Friday) FS2 — AFL: Essendon at Melbourne AUTO RACING 5:25 a.m. (Friday) ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore COLLEGE

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Hamas fighters patrol a street in Deir el-Balah

Netanyahu defends Trump’s Gaza plan to skeptical hardliners in his government, officials say

By Tal Shalev, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended US President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan to skeptics in his hardline cabinet Tuesday evening, telling ministers that coordination with Washington “is closer than you think,” according to two Israeli officials who participated in the meeting and another official briefed on

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