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October 6: New York Measles Emergency and Trump Immigration Fines
In Tennessee
Christa Pike has been scheduled for execution by lethal injection on September 30, three decades after her first-degree murder conviction for killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995. If carried out, it would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in more than 200 years.
In business
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery have merged into Skydance Corp., and employees have been told layoffs are coming. Chairman and CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz notified staff in a memo Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, Reuters reports that luxury group LVMH has lost more than $167 billion in market value in 2026. Weakness in China is weighing on the company, with softer demand and Chinese shoppers becoming more selective about luxury purchases.
In Ukraine
Russia is intensifying missile and drone attacks on infrastructure and populated areas while making little progress on the ground in eastern Ukraine, according to Rolling Stone. The attacks threaten to leave parts of the country without heat and electricity over the winter.
In U.S. immigration courts
A federal judge in Boston has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to fine migrants up to $1.8 million for failing to leave after receiving final deportation orders. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole ruled Monday that the administration had imposed the fines unlawfully.
In a separate case, Kilmar Ábrego Garcia is due back in federal court Tuesday as the government seeks to deport him to Liberia. Officials are asking to lift Judge Paula Xinis’s preliminary injunction preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining and deporting him. The hearing is part of an 18-month legal battle that began when he was mistakenly sent to El Salvador last year.
At Birzeit University
Israeli soldiers removed a monument commemorating students and alumni killed by Israel and replaced it with a fig sapling.
In New York
Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency Monday over a measles outbreak that has sickened more than 100 people.
In Hungary
Prime Minister Peter Magyar says Hungary will introduce a wealth tax on billionaires next year, according to Bloomberg. The measure fulfills an election pledge to make the wealthy shoulder a larger share of public obligations.
In data security
A reported data leak at Trump Mobile has exposed an online dataset listing 3,615 people. It includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses and order information, raising security questions about the wireless company’s wider technology chain.
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