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US Rushes 9,000 More Troops and a Third Carrier Toward Iran as Trump Vows War Will End 'Right After the Election'

The Pentagon is sending roughly 9,000 sailors and Marines and a second carrier strike group into the region, pushing total US forces there toward 20,000, as the seven-month war grinds on.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo Debuts in Heat Colors Tonight — in Quebec City, of All Places

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NORTH ATLANTIC

Air Ambulance Carrying Six Vanishes Over Atlantic Near Nantucket

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US · OXFORD, MISS.

'People Were Dying From Them': Feds Charge Oxford Vape Clerk and Teen Son After Two Ole Miss Students' Deaths

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US · PHILADELPHIA

America's Oldest Natural History Museum Goes Dark After 198 Years

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US · HAWAII

Gone Forever: Hawaii's 550-Year-Old Sea Arch Collapses Into the Pacific

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WORLD · CANADAYESTERDAY

Quebec Could Vote Itself Toward Independence Monday — But Not While Trump's in Office, Separatist Leader Vows

Polls show the sovereigntist Parti Québécois on track to win Monday's election, even as voters reject a referendum anytime soon.

WORLD · AVIATION

Co-Pilot's Mid-Air Axe Attack: How Passengers Stopped a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv Flight From Crashing

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WORLD · UNITED KINGDOM

Charged: Iranian Duo Accused of Plotting Second Yom Kippur Attack on Manchester's Jews

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WORLD · BRAZIL

Brazil Votes Sunday With Lula and a Bolsonaro Locked in a Dead Heat

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The WeeklyObserver

US Rushes 9,000 More Troops and a Third Carrier Toward Iran as Trump Vows War Will End 'Right After the Election'

Giannis Antetokounmpo Debuts in Heat Colors Tonight — in Quebec City, of All Places

Air Ambulance Carrying Six Vanishes Over Atlantic Near Nantucket

US News

'People Were Dying From Them': Feds Charge Oxford Vape Clerk and Teen Son After Two Ole Miss Students' Deaths

America's Oldest Natural History Museum Goes Dark After 198 Years

Gone Forever: Hawaii's 550-Year-Old Sea Arch Collapses Into the Pacific

World

Quebec Could Vote Itself Toward Independence Monday — But Not While Trump's in Office, Separatist Leader Vows

Co-Pilot's Mid-Air Axe Attack: How Passengers Stopped a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv Flight From Crashing

Charged: Iranian Duo Accused of Plotting Second Yom Kippur Attack on Manchester's Jews

Brazil Votes Sunday With Lula and a Bolsonaro Locked in a Dead Heat

Celebrity & Entertainment

'Animal House' Star Mary Louise Weller Dies One Day Before Her 80th Birthday

Diddy Faces Sentencing Tomorrow: Prosecutors Want 11 Years, His Lawyers Say He's Already Served Enough

Tony Romo Booted From the CBS Booth After Drunk-Driving Arrest Ends His Broadcast Run

Michael Douglas Finally Confesses: He and Kathleen Turner Were Secret Lovers for 40 Years

Seven States Sue Trump Over $810 Million 'Pocket Rescission' After Federal Watchdog Calls It Illegal

Guns, God and Gender: Supreme Court's New Term Opens Monday With a Docket That Could Reshape America

Federal Judge Halts Trump's Border Wall in Big Bend National Park, Says Crews 'Cut Corners'

Wall Street's Deal Machine Stalls: Global M&A Craters 41% as Borrowing Costs Bite

Hiring Stalls, Unemployment Creeps Up: The Last Jobs Report Before the Midterms Is Ugly

Meta's $3.9 Billion Tax Trick: Zuckerberg Calls AI Chips 'Experiments,' Warren Cries Foul

Oil Rockets Past $111 a Barrel as Iran's War Hammers a Qatari Gas Giant and Washington Preps More Troops

Sports

October Arrives: All Four MLB Division Series Open Today With Rays-Yankees Headlining

Pitt Stays Perfect: Panthers Outlast Virginia Tech 35-33 in Friday Night Shootout, Survive Heintschel Injury Scare

Kansas State Pays Fired Coach Jerome Tang $12 Million After His Postgame Meltdown