The National Weather Service expects significant coastal flooding in San Diego and Orange counties through Thursday, with minor to moderate flooding possible farther north along the Southern California coast. Newport Beach has declared a local emergency and is preparing infrastructure and providing residents with free sandbags as unusually high tides approach.
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The National Weather Service says flooding could close roads and inundate homes, businesses and critical infrastructure in San Diego and Orange counties.
Coastal areas from San Luis Obispo County to Los Angeles County could face minor to moderate flooding, with tides reaching 8 feet.
The weather service advised people to avoid beaches during high tides, keep away from rock walls and jetties, and protect flood-prone property.
Newport Beach declared a local emergency more than a week before the forecast high tides.
Newport Beach staff are inspecting infrastructure, reinforcing beach berms and installing sandbags and other equipment.
Newport Beach is offering free sandbags and has advised residents to check vulnerable areas around their properties.
The city manager said El Niño and a Kelvin wave have raised local ocean water levels by about 15 to 22 inches above expected levels.
Recent regional storms and flooding have damaged homes and a boardwalk and forced residents to evacuate.
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The author argues that persistence can harm a struggling company when leaders ignore changing financial facts. The article recommends setting objective triggers, such as cash limits or missed forecasts, to prompt timely reassessment and action.
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U.S. bankruptcy filings rose 14 percent in the first quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier, according to Epiq AACER data published by the American Bankruptcy Institute.
Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 37 percent over the same period.
Subchapter V elections, a bankruptcy path designed for small businesses, rose 67 percent.
The author describes a board that rejected a sale offer estimated at $80 million to $90 million and chose another path.
The company later entered bankruptcy, where the best offer was a fraction of the original one.
The author recommends objective reassessment triggers such as cash thresholds, missed forecasts, covenant breaches, or financing deadlines.
The article says hope and morale cannot replace cash-flow forecasts or an assessment of a company's remaining financial runway.
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Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to eligible employees in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States as it increases investment in artificial intelligence. The program applies to employees at vice president level or below, with some business-unit workers excluded.
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Microsoft said eligible employees would receive an email about the offer on Monday.
The company described the offer as limited in duration and said it includes financial support and career-planning resources.
Workers focused on data centers and some sales and marketing employees are ineligible, according to a company spokesperson cited by Bloomberg.
Microsoft made another voluntary buyout offer earlier this year, reportedly covering about 7% of its U.S. workforce.
Microsoft reported 223,000 employees globally at the end of June, down from 228,000 at the end of 2025.
Agence France-Presse reported that about 60,000 employees, or roughly one-quarter of Microsoft’s global workforce, could be covered by the offer.
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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky said he would reintroduce articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if Hegseth remains at the Pentagon after Congress returns following the November midterm elections. Massie began impeachment proceedings against Hegseth in September over the war in Iran.
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Massie is a Republican representative from Kentucky.
Massie said he would reintroduce articles of impeachment against Hegseth.
Massie made the move conditional on Hegseth remaining at the Pentagon after the midterms.
Congress is expected to return to Washington after the November midterm elections.
Massie began impeachment proceedings against Hegseth in September.
The article links Massie’s earlier impeachment effort to the war in Iran.
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The French government met student representatives on Monday, October 26, after weeks of unrest. Student union leaders welcomed progress but called for more demonstrations on October 31 to press for further measures.
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The meeting took place on Monday, October 26, 2026.
The French government met with student representatives.
The meeting followed weeks of unrest.
Student representatives had been seeking a meeting with the government for weeks.
Student union leaders said the meeting marked progress.
The leaders called for demonstrations on Saturday, October 31.
They said further demonstrations would press for additional measures.
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The article says settlement expansion and settler violence in the occupied West Bank are likely to continue regardless of the outcome of Israel’s election. It reports that Netanyahu’s opponents have promised some steps against settler violence but mostly oppose a Palestinian state, while settlers have gained greater control over Palestinian communities and land.
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Netanyahu’s nearly uninterrupted 17-year rule has been the longest of any Israeli leader, the article says.
The article reports that Netanyahu’s government distributed thousands of firearms to settlers and that armed settlers have increasingly confronted Israeli forces.
The Tubasi family said settlers forced them from their home in Jalud after a 19-day siege; an Israeli court ordered the military to return them, but they had not been brought back.
The family said troops later drove them away as settlers set fire to their home.
Settlers have established more than 250 rustic camps across the West Bank, according to the article.
Researcher Dror Etkes said the camps have helped settlers gain effective control of about one-fifth of the West Bank.
Data gathered by Etkes’ organization show that at least 127 Palestinian herding communities have been displaced since 2023.
The article says Netanyahu’s opponents have pledged to address settler violence but mostly oppose a two-state solution.
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Pope Leo XIV will make his planned Nov. 6–17 visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru after doctors found no medical reason to prevent travel following lung cancer surgery. The Vatican said his recovery is progressing and that the trip schedule has no announced changes.
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Surgeons removed a lung lobe on Oct. 13 where they found a malignant nodule.
The surgery confirmed Leo had adenocarcinoma, a common type of lung cancer.
The trip will include a dozen flights and two helicopter rides to high altitudes.
Leo has gradually resumed Vatican activities while making time for rest and recovery.
The Vatican said the trip will focus on ties with local churches and messages of faith, hope and peace.
Leo said he looked forward to returning to a region where he had spent important periods of his life.
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The United Kingdom imposed sanctions on 15 Sudanese military commanders, militia leaders and security officials accused of war crimes during the fall of el-Fasher. The measures include travel bans and asset freezes, as the UK also announced funding for survivors of sexual violence and humanitarian aid.
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The sanctioned people include members of both the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces.
The UK cited sexual violence, torture and attacks on civilians among the alleged crimes.
The sanctions came one year after el-Fasher fell following a prolonged siege marked by reported mass killings and attacks on hospitals.
UK-funded reporting by the Centre for Information Resilience documented systematic starvation and conflict-related sexual violence, according to the Foreign Office.
The Foreign Office named RSF colonel Hussein Abu Jalak and Al-Nour Ahmed Adam, also known as al-Qubba, among those sanctioned.
The UK allocated £5 million to support survivors of sexual violence and £10 million in humanitarian aid for Sudan.
Amnesty International said tens of thousands of civilians have been killed and 14 million people displaced since the war began in April 2023.
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UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has ordered an independent review into whether authorities missed chances to prevent the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton. The review will also examine the family’s experience of the criminal justice system and, after the police watchdog concludes its investigation, consider the police response.
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Former Conservative lord chancellor Alex Chalk KC will lead the review, which is due to report initial findings within five months.
Nowak was fatally stabbed in December while walking home from a night out.
Vickrum Digwa was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years and has permission to challenge the sentence length on 5 November.
Two officers who first arrived at the scene are under investigation for potential gross misconduct over their response to Nowak’s injuries and the decision to arrest him.
Police body-camera footage showed Nowak saying he had been stabbed, while an officer replied, “Don’t think you have, mate.”
Digwa’s mother, Kiran Kaur, was jailed for three years for assisting an offender after removing the knife used in the killing.
The knife was later found at the family home, along with more than 20 other weapons.
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Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov in the original “Star Trek” series and several films, has died at age 90. His representative confirmed his death to CBS News.
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Koenig was 90 when he died.
His representative confirmed his death to CBS News.
Koenig played Pavel Chekov.
He appeared in the original “Star Trek” television series.
He also appeared in several “Star Trek” films.
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FHFA Director Bill Pulte said Monday that he would not allow what he called “abusive monopolies” to take advantage of consumers in the mortgage market. The article also notes that Pulte discussed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac last month, but the excerpt does not include details of those remarks.
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Bill Pulte is the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Pulte made the statement on Monday.
Pulte posted his statement on X.
He said abusive monopolies would not be allowed to take advantage of consumers.
His warning covered the mortgage market.
The article says Pulte spoke about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac last month, but gives no details in the excerpt.
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A United Nations commission said Russia’s repeated attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure amount to war crimes because the attacks deliberately target civilian objects. It reported that strikes during the winter of 2025–2026 left millions facing prolonged outages, and it also accused Moscow of human trafficking linked to recruiting foreign fighters.
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The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine submitted its report to the UN General Assembly on Monday.
The commission examined Russian attacks on heating plants, power lines, gas facilities, and other energy infrastructure since autumn 2022.
The report said the attacks grew in frequency, intensity, and geographic reach, involving waves of hundreds of drones and missiles.
During the winter of 2025–2026, temperatures fell to minus 21 degrees Celsius, and millions of people faced lengthy outages of heating, electricity, water, and gas.
The commission said Russian commanders knew the targeted heating facilities were essential to civilians and concluded that attacks on civilian objects constituted war crimes.
Commission chair Erik Mose said attacks had intensified again as the cold season approached, raising concerns about risks to civilian life and health.
The report also accused Moscow of human trafficking in connection with recruiting foreign fighters into Russia’s armed forces, and said many recruits were killed, went missing, injured, or captured.
A Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia injured four people overnight on Monday, according to the regional governor.
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Since June, thieves have stolen more than $100 million in cargo bound for data centers, using hacked freight accounts, fake driver credentials and GPS spoofing, according to NBC News. Investigators say some thefts involved staged crashes that separated escort vehicles from trucks carrying valuable equipment.
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The stolen cargo has included servers, fiber-optic cables, computer memory chips, copper wire and bitcoin mining machines.
Thieves reportedly hack freight brokers’ accounts, post fake shipments and send malicious links to trucking companies that respond.
After gaining access to trucking accounts, thieves can bid on real shipments and arrange for cargo to be transferred to accomplices.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office estimated that two stolen Illinois shipments contained about $300,000 in copper wire and roughly $1 million in data center power equipment.
A shipment carrying server equipment valued at $13 million was stolen after a car struck the vehicles of two off-duty police escorts.
In another theft, a truck carrying server rack components valued at about $10 million escaped after an SUV struck its escorts’ vehicle.
Investigators said location-tracking coordinates in the second case appeared to have been spoofed.
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Republicans redrew congressional districts in several states to improve their chances in the midterms, but many of the altered seats are now considered competitive. The article links the tougher outlook to a stronger polling environment for Democrats and says some Republican incumbents also face challenging races.
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Redistricting made districts in Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas more conservative.
Many of the changed districts backed Donald Trump by double digits under their new boundaries.
The Cook Political Report rates several redrawn seats as competitive despite their conservative lean.
RealClearPolitics’ generic-ballot polling average showed Democrats ahead by 8.3 points as of Monday.
The Cook Political Report shifted several race ratings toward Democrats and described Democrats as favorites to retake the House.
The article says redrawn districts around Dallas, Memphis and parts of Louisiana are not considered competitive, with Republicans favored to gain seats.
Alabama lawmakers redrew Representative Shomari Figures’ district into a more conservative seat; Cook rates the race Lean Republican.
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Six-year-old Cole Adrian was remembered at his funeral in McPherson, Kansas, after he was killed when a pickup truck drove onto a soccer field in Wichita on 17 October. His father, Chris Adrian, spoke about Cole’s joyful nature and thanked the soccer community for its support. Police say the crash remains under investigation, and the driver has not been charged.
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Cole Adrian, six, and soccer coach and middle school teacher Nicholas Schafer, 35, were killed at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita.
Ten other people were injured, including several children.
Police say a 34-year-old woman drove the pickup truck from a parking lot and across the field during a game.
The driver was arrested at the scene and released the next day without charges while the investigation continues.
Investigators are awaiting toxicology test results and examining the truck.
Wichita’s police chief said the release decision followed legal and constitutional requirements.
Youth soccer players wore shirts with the letters “LLCA” in tribute to Cole; his family interpreted them as “love like Cole,” among other messages.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz denied reports that Netanyahu sought an action against Iran before Israel’s Tuesday election. Opposition figures accused Netanyahu of putting political interests ahead of security, while Katz said Israel would respond forcefully if Iran attacked first.
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Israel’s election is scheduled for Tuesday and is the first since the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.
Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu and the military chief of staff disagreed over a possible action involving Iran.
Netanyahu’s office called the report fake news, and Katz said Israel had no intention of initiating an attack on Iran before the election.
Katz described reports of a rift between political and military leaders as false and said Israel would respond forcefully if Iran attacked first.
Opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot warned Netanyahu not to put political interests above Israel’s security.
Avigdor Lieberman asked Israel’s attorney general to investigate Netanyahu over alleged efforts to draw Israel into a war before the election.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said the election’s outcome would make no difference to Iran’s view of Israel.
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Anthropic filed paperwork for a planned U.S. stock-market listing, disclosing information about its finances, customers, operations and the risks of its AI systems. The filing describes fast-rising revenue and customer numbers, but also large reported losses, heavy infrastructure needs and reliance on a small group of major customers.
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Anthropic said advanced AI systems could pose catastrophic or existential risks if developers do not use safeguards, oversight and security measures.
The filing said a hacking group Anthropic believed was backed by China used Claude to help break into institutions, including technology companies, financial firms, chemical manufacturers and government agencies.
Anthropic reported a loss of $80.7 billion in the first half of the year, compared with $16.2 billion in revenue for that period.
Anthropic reported $131.6 billion in cash on hand, which the filing said was mostly available for day-to-day operations.
The company said leasing data centres cost it $321.4 billion so far this year.
Anthropic said five enterprise customers account for a quarter of its business, while 250 large customers each paid at least $10 million in the past year.
Anthropic said its enterprise customer count grew from about 1,500 last year to nearly 12,000 this year.
The article says Anthropic is widely expected to debut at a valuation of $2 trillion or more, but the company had not disclosed a target share price.
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The Justice Department’s lawsuit over possible voter confusion in Alaska’s Senate race has stirred controversy days before the midterm elections. The report says Blanche responded combatively, but the provided article text does not describe the lawsuit’s claims or his remarks.
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The Justice Department filed a lawsuit concerning possible confusion in Alaska’s Senate race.
The lawsuit has stirred controversy, according to the report.
The controversy comes days before the midterm elections.
The headline describes Blanche as combative over the lawsuit.
CBS News reporter Kaia Hubbard reports on the issue.
The provided article text does not give details of the lawsuit or Blanche’s response.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Flávio Bolsonaro, while Serbia’s ruling party lost power in elections on Sunday, the article reports. The results challenge the influence of leaders aligned with U.S. President Donald Trump, whose endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a test in Israel’s Tuesday election.
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Lula defeated Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede and called for the Brazilian election results to be annulled, according to the article.
Jair Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year sentence after being convicted of plotting a coup to overturn his 2022 election loss.
Serbia’s ruling party lost after a student-led opposition movement challenged the party of Aleksandar Vučić, who conceded defeat.
The article says Hungary’s Viktor Orbán lost power in April after 16 years in office.
Far-right parties are gaining support in France and Germany, even as populist leaders lost power in Serbia and Hungary.
Netanyahu is seeking another term in Israel’s Tuesday election and has highlighted Trump’s endorsement.
The article says Israel’s election could affect U.S. policy in the Middle East, including decisions about the war in Iran.
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