Today’s Lead News Stories

Hurricane Trudy menaces Mexico’s Pacific coast and Greece hit by deadly floods

Trudy weakens to tropical storm after warnings of strong winds and heavy rain, while one person killed in Greece

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy claims US deliberately delaying interceptor missile deliveries to Kyiv

Ukrainian president tells US senators the delayed missiles have already been paid for by European countries, amid growing rift. What we know on day 1,700

The Guardian - AU · Oct 20

Ukraine’s data centre strikes hit Russia where it hurts: Bank accounts, taxis and home access

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centres have disrupted banking, taxi services, food deliveries and digital access to homes, exposing the vulnerability of services used by millions of Russians. This comes as Kyiv expands its campaign against Moscow’s technology infrastructure.

The Times of India · Oct 20

"The Court Requires Me to Warn You That I Pose a Risk of Stalking and Harassment to Intimate Partners"

From Judge Ted Stewart (D. Utah) in U.S. v. Wang, dated Sept. 9 but just docketed today: Defendant objected to… The post "The Court Requires Me to Warn You That I Pose a Risk of Stalking and Harassment to Intimate Partners" appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Reason · Oct 19

Pregame show involving Air Force commandos at Texas football game ends in deadly accident as fans look on in horror

He fell hundreds of feet to his death as tens of thousands of fans watched.

We Got This Covered · Oct 19

Mississippi attorney general rules fatal police shooting of one-year-old as ‘justified’

Officers responding to an alleged shoplifting call fired into the vehicle of Vellesiya Wiley, killing her son, Kohen

The Guardian - US · Oct 19

Roll Call on the Road: Courting the Carolinas

North Carolina has long been a Senate battleground, and this year its neighbor to the south is also part of the fight for control of the chamber. South Carolina hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1998, but Darline Graham, the appointed Republican incumbent, faces a tighter-than-expected contest against Democrat Annie…

Roll Call · Oct 19

Italy to dispatch 500 troops to 'defend Milan' after protests and looting

Luxury stores on Milan's Via Montenapoleone cleared their windows and shut early, bracing for a return of the violence that hit the city over the weekend

The Independent UK · Oct 19

France riots: AI photos falsely depict elderly couple ‘stripped and robbed’

AI-generated photos falsely claiming to show an elderly couple being “stripped and robbed” during unrest in France have racked up millions of views. Amplified by far-right accounts, the images fuelled inflammatory claims about Muslims, Jews and the riots. The FRANCE 24 Observers traced one image to an AI photo montage…

France 24 · Oct 19

Mississippi AG says officer's force was justified during shoplifting call in which boy was killed

Mississippi’s attorney general says a Senatobia police officer was justified in using force during a June shoplifting call that ended in the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley

The Independent UK · Oct 19