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Officer who shot into car and killed 1-year-old boy justified in use of force, Mississippi attorney general says

PentaPost brief from external reporting · From WFMY News 2 · Read the original

2 hr ago

Trump: New Mexico should 'immediately' change its name to New America

PentaPost brief from external reporting · From WFMY News 2 · Read the original

44 min ago

SEC Announces Roundtable on Machine-Understandable Data in the Age of Super Intelligence

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7 hr ago

Texas regulators keep issuing data center permits despite Abbott's pause order

PentaPost brief from external reporting · From Inside Climate News · Read the original

3 hr ago

Engineering Squadrons Fortify Pacific Airfields, Advance Agile Combat Employment

The agency's own statement · From U.S. Department of Defense · Read the original

3 hr ago

Community outraged as convicted serial rapist, also heir to cosmetics fortune, walks free

PentaPost brief from external reporting · From FOX8 WGHP · Read the original

8 hr ago

U.S. government issues message observing Yom Kippur

The agency's own statement · From Compilation of Presidential Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Read the original

4 hr ago

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Red notification for tropical cyclone CHAMPI-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.233 million .

PentaPost brief from external reporting · From GDACS (European Commission Joint Research Centre) · Read the original

Oct 14

Magnitude 4.9 earthquake recorded: 52 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 4.9 earthquake on October 19 at 10:42 PM UTC. The agency gave its location as 52 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of about 76 km. A seismologist had reviewed the solution when PentaPost read the feed. The USGS record did not set its tsunami flag. The agency's event page is linked below.

Read on PentaPost · Original at U.S. Geological Survey

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2 hr ago

Police say three suspects tried dairy burglary, stole bread and vapes

PentaPost brief from external reporting · From New Zealand Police · Read the original

25 min ago

Canada and Dominican Republic foreign ministers meet to discuss shared priorities

PentaPost brief from external reporting · From Government of Canada · Read the original

46 min ago

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake recorded: 116 km WNW of Höfn, Iceland

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 5.3 earthquake on October 19 at 2:44 PM UTC. The agency gave its location as 116 km WNW of Höfn, Iceland, at a depth of about 10 km. A seismologist had reviewed the solution when PentaPost read the feed. The USGS record did not set its tsunami flag. The agency's event page is linked below.

Read on PentaPost · Original at U.S. Geological Survey

PentaPost brief from official sources · From U.S. Geological Survey · Read the original

10 hr ago

Yemen travel advisory set at Level 4 of 4

The U.S. Department of State issued a travel advisory for Yemen dated October 10, 2026. It places the destination at Level 4 of 4, which the department words as "Do Not Travel". Level 1 is the lowest of the four levels and Level 4 the highest. The full advisory, with the department's reasons, is at the link below.

Read on PentaPost · Original at U.S. Department of State

PentaPost brief from official sources · From U.S. Department of State · Read the original

Oct 10

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