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Stories from October 4, 2025

Southern winds usher in a balmy Saturday evening

Southern winds usher in a balmy Saturday evening

A warm and breezy night is on tap, with temperatures expected to stay well above average, potentially breaking record-warm lows by sunrise. However, a cold front will sweep through late Sunday, bringing a sharp drop in temperatures and ushering in much cooler air to end the weekend.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Journalists work in dire conditions to tell Gaza's story, knowing that could make them targets

Journalists work in dire conditions to tell Gaza's story, knowing that could make them targets

Minutes after journalists converged on the site of an Israeli strike in Gaza, cameraman Ibrahim Qannan began a live broadcast. He was watching, in horror, when a second strike killed his friends and colleagues.
by The Associated Press

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Netanyahu says he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza 'in the coming days'

Netanyahu says he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza 'in the coming days'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days” as indirect talks with Hamas continue in Egypt on Monday on a new U.S. plan to end the war.
by The Associated Press

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Time is short for an ACA premium fix in the shutdown fight, says GOP insurance leader

Time is short for an ACA premium fix in the shutdown fight, says GOP insurance leader

After warning Congress for months about premium spikes, the leader of the country's insurance commissioners — a Republican from North Dakota — says he's hopeful there could be a last minute fix.
by Selena Simmons-Duffin

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Portland braces for federal troops as protests escalate and a conservative influencer is arrested

Portland braces for federal troops as protests escalate and a conservative influencer is arrested

Five years after protests roiled Portland, Oregon, the city known for civil disobedience is again at the center of a political maelstrom as it braces for the arrival of federal troops promised by President Donald Trump.
by The Associated Press

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WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert vows to repair player relationships after criticism by Collier

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert vows to repair player relationships after criticism by Collier

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert says there’s work to be done to repair relationships with players in the league. But Engelbert also said Friday there were “inaccuracies” in some of the comments attributed to her by Napheesa Collier in a blistering assessment earlier this week.
by The Associated Press

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Largest U.S. Lutheran denomination to install Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop

Largest U.S. Lutheran denomination to install Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installs the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop on Saturday, marking a historic moment for the predominantly white denomination.
by The Associated Press

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Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?

Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?

U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade. About 600 million tons of the fuel will be auctioned from publicly owned reserves next to strip mines in Montana and Wyoming.
by The Associated Press

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Hot and breezy Saturday ahead for Minnesota

Hot and breezy Saturday ahead for Minnesota

Get ready for a warm and breezy Saturday as Minnesota experiences near-record temperatures. Southerly winds will gust between 30-40 mph, ahead of a much-anticipated cold front.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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