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  1. Tennessee governor orders outside review after death row inmate Christa Pike survives execution attempt

    A group of people stand behind a podium, where one woman speaks. A large photograph of a young woman is shown behind them.

    Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a classmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of lethal injection late on Wednesday, prison officials said, foiling the state's first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries.

  2. Families of Canadian mining firm workers kidnapped in Mexico plan to file RCMP complaint

    White vans and pickup trucks parked in a parking lot with cardboard strewn around.

    The families of the workers of a Canadian mining firm kidnapped earlier this year by a suspected cartel commando squad in the violence-torn Mexican state of Sinaloa plan to file an RCMP complaint against the Vancouver-based company, their lawyer says.

  3. Trump says 'very bad' Canada is being 'taught a little lesson' as trade action escalates

    U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he hosts a Hispanic Heritage Month reception in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, September 30, 2026.

    U.S. President Donald Trump's war of words with Canada continued Wednesday as he veered off a prepared script at an event marking Hispanic Heritage Month in the States to chastise Canadian leaders for being what he called "very bad."

  4. Passengers foil bid to crash Dubai-Tel Aviv flight after co-pilot stabbed pilot, Israel says

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    Passengers on a FlyDubai flight reached Israel safely on Wednesday after passengers and crew foiled a co-pilot's attempt to crash the aircraft, Israeli officials said, in a struggle that began when he stabbed the pilot and sent the jet plunging.

  5. After day of delays, witnesses say Tennessee unable to carry out execution of Christa Pike

    A woman holds a black Tennessee Department of Correction board with a number on it, in a mug shot.

    Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts considered a last-minute appeal.