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From a powerful storm in the Southeast to a rare death-penalty reversal in Florida, the weekend brings consequential developments. Scientists are exploring new cancer treatments, a deportation case is testing immigration policy, and the WNBA championship picture is taking shape.

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Hurricane Isaias made landfall on Friday night along the northern Gulf Coast of Florida with heavy rain and powerful winds, and it has since been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. Hundreds of thousands of households in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia are without power, and all three states have declared emergencies.

The storm is still moving across the southeastern United States, with warnings of life-threatening storm surge along the coast. Forecasters have warned of flooding well inland. Isaias was the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, and it is one of three storm systems affecting North America this weekend.

Governor Ron DeSantis has withdrawn a death warrant for the first time since taking office, calling off the execution of William Lee Thompson days before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection. DeSantis signed the letter on Thursday, in a state that runs the nation's busiest death chamber.

Thompson, 74, had been scheduled to die within days. DeSantis has used the death penalty aggressively in his final term, and this is the first time he has pulled back a warrant he had already signed, in a state that has carried out more executions this year than any other.

The Arlington County Board is suing to halt construction of the 250-foot Triumphal Arch that Trump wants built at Memorial Circle, becoming the first government body to take the project to court. The site sits on federal parkland across Memorial Bridge, immediately next to the county.

Filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, the suit says the National Park Service is "proceeding full-speed toward ground-disturbing construction" without completing environmental review. Board chair Matt de Ferranti called the project egregious and unlawful. A White House spokesman said the administration has been fastidiously compliant with every legal requirement.

Russian aerial bombs killed at least eight people, including three children in the Zaporizhzhia region, officials said Saturday, as Ukraine struggles against bombardments that killed over 55 in four days.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants are now targeting Saudi Arabia's air links abroad, firing missiles at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and several southern cities as the busy travel season begins.

Indian police detained thousands of protesters in New Delhi as the youth-led "Cockroach" movement tried rallying against a contentious voter list revision, with several leaders held before arriving.

President Trump called this year's Nobel decision an indelible stain on Norway at a Syracuse rally, hours after the Peace Prize went to former International Criminal Court judge Navi Pillay.

National Park Service crews begin cutting trees Saturday at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, the public course Trump wants redesigned, with as many as 529 trees possibly coming down.

Country star Ella Langley canceled her sold-out show in Tulsa about two hours before showtime after a caller threatened shots and bombs, though police said they found no credible threat.

Moderna closed up about 14% at a four-year high, and Novavax rose 15% as well, after reports of a planned cancer vaccine partnership involving the NIH.

Kalshi has hired former FBI agent Sean Fern to run its first anti-money-laundering team, as prediction markets draw increasing scrutiny from state and federal regulators.

Two inflation reports land in the coming week, along with retail sales figures and quarterly results from the nation's biggest banks, with the midterms less than a month away.

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Three fired OpenAI employees say they were punished for speaking up about safety, while the company says Mikita Balesni and his colleagues were dismissed for mishandling sensitive information.

Colorado researchers have made a tattoo ink that stays invisible until UV light hits it, and one use would be markers that guide radiotherapy to the right spot.

Six rings of towers will pump carbon dioxide over the Amazon canopy north of Manaus, where researchers want to know how the forest copes at 620 parts per million.

Golden State swept the Aces in Las Vegas to reach the WNBA Finals, where the Valkyries took Game 3 87-77 in overtime in only their second season.

Atlanta swept New York to reach its first WNBA Finals since 2013, and Angel Reese scored 22 as the Dream took Game 3 85-83 on Friday night.

Columbus beat Pittsburgh 3-2 in a shootout after Evgeni Malkin tied the game early in the third period and Kent Johnson scored the only shootout goal.

College sports investigators are looking at five to ten Power Four schools over payments that may have breached the $21.5 million spending cap on sharing revenue with players.

Two golden Labs now work the halls of a Colorado high school, where Norene and Polenta greet students still processing a shooting at Evergreen High.

The Met has put Lee Krasner beside Jackson Pollock, and "Past Continuous" now gives the painter long overshadowed by her husband a show of her own.

Wynonna Judd has released her first album in ten years, and "The Hard Truth" takes on her mother Naomi's death and the granddaughter she is raising.

What it is: Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of Californians worth more than $1 billion, the first tax on billionaires' wealth anywhere in the country. It applies to billionaires living in the state as of January 1, and about 90% of the revenue would replace federal healthcare cuts, with the rest going to education and food assistance. Voters decide on November 3, and mail ballots are already going out.

The detail: Opponents have raised more than $300 million, nearly a third of it from Google co-founder Sergey Brin, with John Doerr and Eric Schmidt also funding the committee fighting the measure. That is roughly ten times what the yes campaign has raised at $32.4 million. On advertising, the gap is wider still, because opponents have spent or booked about $96 million of airtime against $209,000 from supporters.

Why it matters: The opposition is not only tech money. Governor Gavin Newsom, Planned Parenthood's California chapter and the California Teachers Association all oppose it, while Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ro Khanna campaign for it. "We just believe this proposal is seriously flawed and could do more damage than good," said Jodi Hicks, who runs Planned Parenthood's California affiliate. Newsom opposes this measure but has called for a national billionaire tax.

What to watch: Whether California's reliance on its wealthiest residents holds up. The top 1% of earners supply nearly half the state's personal income tax revenue, and opponents argue the tax would drive them out, while the union behind the measure says the state faces $100 billion in lost federal healthcare funding over five years.

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Columbus goalie Cam Talbot, now 39 years old, became the first NHL goalie to win games with nine different teams, stopping all three Pittsburgh shootout attempts on Friday.

Nearly 100 arborists climbed trees in a St. Louis park, and the International Tree Climbing Championship marked its 50th anniversary with competitors from 22 countries.

A man named Hitler Mussolini has been elected mayor in Peru, where 229 residents of a remote Andean district put him 25 votes ahead of his rival.

The US Naval Academy opens in Annapolis (1845) · The Wuchang Uprising begins the revolution that ends imperial China (1911) · "Porgy and Bess" premieres on Broadway (1935) · The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty takes effect (1963) · Spiro Agnew resigns as vice president (1973) · Orson Welles dies in Los Angeles (1985)

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