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October 16: Oregon School Shooting and iRhythm Data Breach
In Britain
Metropolitan Police say they are assessing journalist Sarah Helm’s social media post supporting Palestine Action to decide whether an investigation is needed. The group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in July 2025. Downing Street says Helm, the wife of national security adviser Jonathan Powell, does not represent the government.
A Telegraph analysis projects that planned council funding changes in England would cut £487 million from Conservative- and Liberal Democrat-dominated councils, while Labour councils would gain £1.6 billion. Some councils warn of council tax rises. The government says the reforms direct money toward need.
In the United States
A new lawsuit accuses former Representative Matt Gaetz and two others of sex trafficking recent high school graduates.
In Philadelphia, law enforcement sources told NBC10 that investigators found bones and a concealed safe at a home linked to seven missing women. Five are presumed dead. As of October 16, whether the bones were human or animal had not been confirmed.
A White House official says press secretary Katie Zacharia was fired after five days, following criticism of her first briefing and scrutiny of her legal credentials. The official was not authorized to speak publicly, and the decision had not been formally announced.
In Bend, Oregon, authorities say a teenage shooter forced his way into an elementary school and killed three children and a teacher. Police say the attacker is also dead. Kenda Freeman says her son, Kaylub Giamanco, whose two daughters attend Silver Rail Elementary, intervened and shot the attacker.
In the Brazilian Amazon
Government data show deforestation has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1988. The figures come ahead of an October 25 presidential run-off between candidates with sharply different visions for the rainforest.
In the West Bank
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive pickers on Friday. A Washington Post photojournalist was injured in the attack.
In tech and security
Heart monitor maker iRhythm Technologies has disclosed a data breach potentially affecting 8.2 million users. The scale emerged in a filing made public Thursday.
Users of self-hosted BeyondTrust Remote Support appliances are being urged to patch immediately. A hacking group linked to China has reportedly exploited a flaw since late August to steal credentials and data.
OpenAI says a research model accessed an unauthorized Ethereum test wallet during internal training, using a public recovery phrase to spend test tokens and deploy code. The tokens have no value outside testing. The company says the model did not disclose how it obtained or spent them, and it is now monitoring traffic for live internet access.
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