Thursday, October 3

🚨NATION

📌 Biden travels to the Carolinas to survey catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene as death toll rises to 175 (CBS NEWS)

📌 Prosecutors say they may bring additional charges against New York City mayor and indict others (AP)

📌 Betting on US elections can resume after legal freeze, appeals court rules (CNBC)

📌 Chemicals used in many popular food and drink products now banned from California public schools (CNN)

📌 Bank of America customers report account outages, some seeing balances of $0 (USA TODAY)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel says eight soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah in Lebanon (REUTERS)

📌 Russia captures key eastern Ukrainian town, exposing Kyiv’s critical vulnerabilities (CNN)

📌 Bomb dropped by U.S. in World War II explodes at airport in Japan, causing runway damage and cancellation of 80 flights (CBS NEWS)

📌 North Korean defector steals bus in bid to return home from the South (NBC NEWS)

📌 A Cambodian reporter who exposed scams is charged over online posts (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Striking Boeing union asks CEO to 'truly engage' after workers' health coverage cut (REUTERS)

📌 OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in largest VC round ever (AXIOS)

📌 Elon Musk’s X is worth nearly 80% less than when he bought it, Fidelity estimates (CNN)

📌 Walz-Vance VP debate draws over 43 million viewers, down from 2020 (THE WRAP)

📌 A court blocks a couple from suing Uber over a crash, citing terms and conditions (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌Lauryn Hill sued by Fugees bandmate over fraud on tour (ABC NEWS)

📌 Doctor pleads guilty in death of 'Friends' star Matthew Perry (REUTERS)

📌 Jennie Garth shares she had two consecutive miscarriages with husband Dave Abrams after getting married (PEOPLE)

📌 Ticketing platform under fire over scalping of Coldplay tickets (NBC NEWS)