6 AM · While you were asleep · Friday, October 16, 2026

Bend, Oregon school shooting, DOJ sues California, Indonesia stocks plunge, Japan's false quake alert, Brewers to World Series

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Three children and a teacher killed in shooting at Bend, Oregon, elementary school

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…

✔ Sources: CBS News, ABC News, Fox News

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Justice Department sues California over mail ballots it says went to likely noncitizens

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…

✔ Sources: CBS News, ABC News, Al Jazeera

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Indonesia's stock market has its worst day since 1998 after MSCI downgrade warning

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…

✔ Sources: AP via KSAT, AFP via Yahoo Finance

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Japan withdraws mistaken alert for a magnitude 9.9 earthquake

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…

✔ Sources: Malay Mail, BNO News, Onlinekhabar

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Brewers sweep Dodgers to reach first World Series since 1982

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…

✔ Sources: AP via NBC Sports, MLB.com, ABC7 Los Angeles

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