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U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee calls a settler attack on American photographer Heidi Levine an act of terror, while a truck plows through a Wichita youth soccer game, killing two. Meanwhile, Vance faces questions from a fallen soldier's husband, and Japan prepares to collect samples from a Martian moon.

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US Ambassador Mike Huckabee sharply condemned a West Bank settler attack that seriously injured American photojournalist Heidi Levine, calling it "a despicable act of terror." Levine, who has covered conflict zones for more than four decades, remains hospitalized in Tel Aviv after hand surgery, with broken ribs and other injuries.

She said settlers forced her to the ground and beat her for more than 10 minutes during an olive harvest that also left several Palestinians injured. Huckabee called for a full investigation, arrests and prosecution, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned "violence against anyone" but called the attack "alleged."

A woman drove a truck through a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, Saturday, killing a 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man and hospitalizing 11 others. The 34-year-old driver is in custody and two children were in the truck, while the city canceled all complex events until further notice.

Victims ranged from 5 to 68, and police did not say whether the crash was intentional, saying they are still working to learn why. Police Chief Joe Sullivan said bystanders sprang into action before first responders arrived, while Gov. Laura Kelly said she was monitoring the situation.

Vice President JD Vance faced pointed questions from voters at a town hall aired Saturday night, pressing him on data centers, high costs and immigration. Joey Amor, whose wife was among six US soldiers killed by an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait, asked how leaders would be held accountable.

Vance said it was the first he had heard of it, but called troop placement "a huge mistake" that has since been changed. A Michigan Trump voter now backing a Democrat pressed him on gas prices, and Vance said there is "of course" a chance he skips 2028.

A deadly incident at a Canadian military base in Alberta sparked a major wind-driven fire, overwhelming nearby hospitals as injured patients were rushed to Edmonton, 120 miles away.

A stampede during Durga Puja celebrations in Kolkata killed at least 19 people Saturday night after worshippers ran for cover from rain, and a judge-led team will investigate safety lapses.

Hurricane Trudy, packing 100 mph winds, lashed Mexico's Pacific coast Sunday with heavy rain, as forecasters warned of life-threatening flooding under a hurricane warning stretching from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes.

A man was fatally shot Saturday on a midtown Manhattan E train platform near Carnegie Hall after an argument among two or three men, and no arrests were immediately reported.

Vice President JD Vance fielded pointed questions at a televised town hall Saturday on data centers, high costs and immigration, some from voters who said they had backed him.

Personal bankruptcy filings topped half a million in 2025, up almost 50% in three years, and a retired federal bankruptcy judge warns new student loan caps could push them higher.

Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares closed at $798,000 Friday, just 1.4% below their record and at their highest level since Warren Buffett announced his CEO exit in May 2025.

Institutions are buying up timberland at a pace of one million acres a year, but owners caution a sluggish housing market has left timber prices mostly sliding since summer 2022.

Bending Spoons, the owner of AOL and Vimeo, saw its stock surge 41% after Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a new $330 million stake, lifting its total investment past $900 million.

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Japan is set to launch the first mission to bring back samples from Phobos, one of Mars' two potato-shaped moons, on Tuesday in a five-year effort that includes NASA equipment.

South Korea's finance minister Lee Hyoung-Il predicted the semiconductor boom will last at least through 2027, saying the gap between chip demand and available supply still remains very wide.

Helen Branswell, the infectious disease reporter who flagged the Covid-19 threat early, has died at 69, nearly seven years after her first story on a cluster of unexplained pneumonia cases.

Five top-eight teams lost on Saturday, the first time since 1936, as No. 1 Georgia fell to Auburn, No. 6 Alabama to Tennessee and No. 7 Texas to Florida.

No. 8 BYU stunned No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 when Bear Bachmeier threw the go-ahead touchdown with 1:47 left, and the Cougars then stopped the Irish at the goal line.

The Rays evened the ALCS at two games apiece, beating the Guardians 7-3 Saturday after Jonathan Aranda's seventh-inning single slipped past right fielder Chase DeLauter for two runs.

The Bears plan to start Caleb Williams Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons after the quarterback missed three games with a torn hamstring and practiced fully all week without a setback.

Quentin Tarantino says he has finished the script for his final film, but the director plans to hold off until his new play, The Popinjay Cavalier, closes its run.

HBO has cast Antonio Banderas opposite Nicolas Cage for True Detective, with the fifth season set to begin production in 2027 and no other details announced yet.

Tulsa King opened its fourth season on Paramount+ on Friday night by killing off two longtime characters, and Neal McDonough called his own character's demise "great for television."

What it is: Homemade synthetic drugs are sweeping US streets, with users and recovery workers in Columbus and Chicago describing a supply that is no longer cut but mixed with fentanyl and meth. Overdose deaths peaked at about 110,000 Americans in 2022, mostly from opioids, and have fallen to around 70,000 last year, but the drugs behind them keep changing on the street.

The detail: In Franklin County, home to Columbus, 78% of fatal overdoses in the past year were tied to stimulants, often crack that buyers did not realize had been spiked with fentanyl. Additives now include xylazine, which can cause wounds deep enough to reach bone, and medetomidine, while synthetic cannabinoids soaked into mailed letters caused fatal seizures inside a large Chicago jail.

Why it matters: Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times more potent than heroin, so even a few-dollar hit can kill, and one Chicago-area transit station now dispenses naloxone free from a vending machine.

What to watch: Recovery workers are also testing drugs for new additives, and one kit brought to a Columbus recovery group tested positive for medetomidine, an animal sedative showing up in street supplies. A Chicago dealer working for Mexican cartels says his supply chain is as strong as ever, despite federal moves labeling cartels terrorist groups and fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction.

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Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published (1851) · The US takes possession of Alaska from Russia (1867) · Thomas Edison dies at 84 in West Orange, New Jersey (1931) · Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan after eight years in exile (2007) · Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is freed after more than five years in Hamas captivity (2011)

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