6 AM · While you were asleep · Monday, October 5, 2026

Brazil heads to Bolsonaro-Lula runoff, U.S. bombers leave UK base, Nobel for optogenetics

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Flávio Bolsonaro edges Lula as Brazil heads to an Oct. 25 runoff

With nearly all ballots counted in Brazil's presidential first round, Flávio Bolsonaro had about 47% of the vote and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva about 45%, according to Brazil's state news agency. Neither passed 50%, so the two meet in a runoff on…

✔ Sources: Al Jazeera (AFP, Reuters, AP), NPR via OPB, Agência Brasil

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U.S. pulls all bombers out of RAF Fairford after suspected plot

The Pentagon says all U.S. bombers deployed to RAF Fairford in England, including 12 B-1B Lancers, have gone back to their home bases in the United States. The move follows arrests over a suspected plot against the base. U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham…

✔ Sources: Al Jazeera, Air & Space Forces Magazine, TNND/ABC45 (citing AP)

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Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to three optogenetics pioneers

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University in Berlin and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and…

✔ Sources: AP via WUNC, South China Morning Post, ETV Bharat

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Supreme Court opens its term with a climate lawsuit case

The Supreme Court opens its new term Monday with Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, which asks whether local governments can sue energy companies in state court over climate-related damages. Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself, so eight justices will…

✔ Sources: NPR via KPBS, CBS News

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Panthers beat Lions 32-26 on Sunday Night Football

Carolina beat Detroit 32-26 on Sunday Night Football. Wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan had 14 catches for a career-high 192 yards and two touchdowns, and Chuba Hubbard ran for two more scores. Jared Goff threw for 412 yards for the Lions. Both teams are 2-2.

✔ Sources: NBC Sports / ProFootballTalk, AP via CBS News Detroit

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