Bend, Oregon school shooting, DOJ sues California, Indonesia stocks plunge, Japan's false quake alert, Brewers to World Series
Three children and a teacher killed at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school; the Justice Department sues California over mail ballots; Indonesia's stocks have their worst day since 1998; Japan withdraws a mistaken magnitude 9.9 quake alert; and the Brewers sweep the Dodgers to reach the World Series.
Police in Bend, Oregon, say a 16-year-old killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday afternoon. Police say an armed community member followed him into the school and shot him; he was dead when officers arrived within minutes. A 7-year-old and a 54-year-old teacher are in critical condition. Police have not given a motive, and the FBI is assisting.
The Justice Department sued California on Thursday in federal court, saying more than 20,000 likely noncitizens are registered to vote and were sent mail ballots. It asks a judge to have those ballots set aside, not canceled, until each voter's citizenship is determined. California officials call the effort unlawful, and Los Angeles County declined to open a thumb drive of names the department sent.
The Justice Department saysAttorney General Todd Blanche said "state-facilitated voter fraud is unacceptable." The department says it asked California to work together to identify noncitizens and that it is not seeking to purge rolls or cancel votes, only to set questioned ballots aside until citizenship is checked.
California officials saySecretary of State Shirley Weber says the department's efforts are unlawful and "serve only to cause chaos and fuel public distrust," and that state law already limits registration to citizens. Gov. Gavin Newsom called the suit an attempt to suppress voters three weeks before Election Day.
Indonesia's Jakarta Composite index fell about 11% on Friday, its steepest one-day drop since 1998, after index provider MSCI said Indonesia's emerging-market classification is "no longer appropriate" and opened a consultation on making it a standalone market. It is not a final decision; MSCI is taking input until April 30, 2027. Funds that track MSCI's emerging-market indexes could be forced to sell Indonesian stocks. Elsewhere in Asia, stocks rebounded after Thursday's tech selloff.
Japan's Meteorological Agency issued an earthquake early warning on Friday afternoon for a magnitude 9.9 quake and withdrew it about eight minutes later. The system overestimated the size of a magnitude 6.9 quake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and placed it near the Kuril Islands. The strongest shaking in Japan was intensity 1, and no tsunami warning was issued. The agency says it is investigating and has no sign of a cyberattack.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 in Game 4 at Dodger Stadium to sweep the NLCS, ending the two-time defending champions' bid for a third straight title. Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth and David Hamilton added one in the ninth. It is Milwaukee's first World Series trip since 1982 and its first National League pennant. The Brewers host Game 1 on Oct. 23 against the winner of the Rays-Guardians ALCS.
